Unit 18 Beauty能力提升题组训练(B).阅读理解ATeens For Planet EarthThis is a social networking site for teenagers who want to get involved in protecting our planet.They can connect with other green-minded teens,choose a project or create their own.Teens For Planet Earth encourages young folks to get busy in their own communities.They offer guidance on local projects with categories such as habitats,animals,water and education.Awards are given to active members.MeezAt Meez,teens can create their own avatars(头像),rooms and virtual pets.It is a social community of creative people that combines avatars,virtual worlds and games.Meez offers contests and chat as well as homework help,a fashion central and a writers corner.A chat area for younger teens is available.Other areas are music,geek(极客)central,art and sports.CyberteensCyberteens is another cool site that celebrates the teen years.Here teenagers can find community,games,and news.There is a link called “creativity” where teens can share their poems,stories,photos and artwork.The “cool links” section offers a huge variety of options to the curious teens.This site also has surveys and helps with jobs and schoolwork.Student.comStudent.com is a resource site for teens and high school students.Its social network has over 900,000 members.Members earn points to win prizes just by browsing and they offer several multi-player games.Points are used to buy items at auction(拍卖会).Student.com is filled with useful information and articles.1.What is Teens For Planet Earth aimed to?A.Set up a project.B.Give awards to teens.C.Get young folks busy.D.Give advice on local projects.2.Which website offers assistance in jobs?A.Teens For Planet Earth.B.Meez.C.Cyberteens. D.Student.com.3.What makes Student.com special among these websites?A.It has the most members. B.Teens can read articles on it.C.It offers help on school work.D.Teens can make purchases on it.4.What can we infer about the websites mentioned in the text?A.They provide game platforms.B.They benefit teens in their social life.C.They award outstanding teens.D.They offer various study guidance.语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四个在社会生活方面给年轻人提供各种帮助的网站。答案及剖析:1.D细节理解题。根据第一段中的They offer guidance on local projects with categories such as habitats,animals,water and education.可知,他们对部分项目提供指导,故选D。2.C细节理解题。根据第三个标题Cyberteens以及第三段中的This site also has surveys and helps with jobs and schoolwork.可知,Cyberteens网站对工作和学业提供帮助,故选C。3.D推理判断题。根据第四段中Points are used to buy items at auction (拍卖会).可知,这个网站的点数可以被用来买东西,而其他三个网站均没有涉及到这一点。故选D。4.B推理判断题。结合全文,四个网站都是在社会生活方面给年轻人帮助,故选B。B(2018安徽马鞍山二中高三段考)Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful,there is a natural desire of us to capture (捕捉)and preserve itwhich means,in this day and age,that we are likely to reach for our phones to take a picture.Though this would seem to be an ideal solution,there are two big problems associated with taking pictures.Firstly,we are likely to be so busy taking pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest encourage us to take a photograph in the first place.And secondly,because we feel the pictures are safely stored on our phones,we never get around to looking at them,so sure are we that well get around to them one day.The first person to notice the problems was the English art critic(评论家),John Ruskin.He was a keen traveler who realized that most tourists make a poor job of noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see.He argued that humans have a natural tendency to respond to beauty and desire to have it,but there are better and worse expressions of this desire.At worse,we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs.But,in Ruskins eyes,theres just one thing we should doattempting to draw the interesting things we see,regardless of whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.Ruskin said,“Drawing can teach us to see:to notice properly rather than gaze absent-mindedly.In the process of recreating with our own hands what lies before our eyes,we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.”Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modern tourists,especially those who prided themselves on traveling around the whole Europe in a week by train,“No changing of places at a hundred miles an hour will make us stronger,happier,or wiser.There was always more in the world than men could see,if they ever walked slowly; they will see it no better for going fast.The really precious things are thoughts and sights,not pace.”5.According to Paragraph 2,when taking pictures,people tend to .A.forget to appreciate something attractive on the spotB.find it hard to learn skills of taking good picturesC.find a good way to keep things in their mindsD.have a chance to meet the challenge of new technology6.According to Ruskin,what should travelers do to best express their appreciati