2023高考阅读理解考前热身（Day9）

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2023高考阅读理解考前热身（Day9）A（应用文）●Academic courses and electivesNoble Street College Prep (预科) offers an array of academic courses and electives that help students create a well-rounded profile when they apply to college and/or pursue options after high school. All students are given the chance to rank our elective offerings. As students enter the Upper School(11th and 12th grade), they can also select some of their academic courses based on teacher recommendations. Classes in the Upper School have both juniors and seniors in the same courses. Click here Courses & Electives Offerings; External Fine Arts Opportunities; Fine Arts Events Calendar to see a list of courses offered at Noble.●Office hoursNoble students who have below a 3.0 current unweighted Grade Point Average (GPA) are placed on the Academic Intervention Program (AIP). Students that are on AIP are required to attend one office hour a week (after school 4:10 — 5:10 p.m.) to get extra academic support from classroom teachers. All students are welcome to attend office hours, but students that are on AIP are at risk of earning demerits (被记过) for not attending. All teachers are also available by appointment. Students can work on assignments, complete missed work, and/or receive tutoring.●PowerSchool, Noble Space and Google ClassroomNoble students can successfully navigate through high school with online tools like PowerSchool, Noble Space, and Google Classroom where they can look up school log entries, such as demerits and after school hours, grades, GPA, and class materials.1．Who must attend the office hours at Nobel Street College?A．All students. B．Students with a GPA below 3.0.C．Students who didn’t finish assignments. D．Students who are free between 4:10 — 5:10 p.m.2．What do the online tools offer?A．Teachers’ qualifications. B．Plans for community activities.C．Details about academic performance. D．Information about various applications.3．Where is this text probably taken from?A．A piece of news. B．A guiding brochure.C．An official website. D．An electronic textbook.B（记叙文）It was a stormy evening, and all that Neil could hope was to find a shelter that could keep him protected from the chilly wind and cold rain. After work he had to get home on time, as his busy schedule was preventing him from spending quality time with his family. The bus stop on the way provided temporary shelter, where Neil was becoming increasingly agitated(焦虑不安的) with every passing minute. All his evening plans were washed out.“Sir, why don’t you buy a pack of groundnuts(花生) from me?” Neil looked around to see a man in rag standing by his side. “Oh, no, I’m not interested right now.” “Fried groundnuts will do you a world of good now. Moreover, you can also take some for your family.” The very mention of family brought a concern to Neil. His wife had specifically told him to come home early, if not for her sake, at least for the sake of their seven-year-old son.When he was lost in thought, the groundnut seller had filled a bag with the remaining nuts and offered him an unexpectedly low price. But, Neil refused to buy them: “I do not want to buy anything at this point!” Suddenly, he heard a voice of a kid. “Dad, I want some money to buy books for the school.” He saw a ten-year-old boy, totally drenched from top to bottom, as though he had just run a race. He was talking to the groundnut seller. “Yes, yes, I’m ready to leave now. Come! How many books do you want? Why did you get wet in the rain? Your mother must be getting worried.”Neil turned to the seller. There was an instant when they both made the perfect eye contact. Neil had the look of what it is to be a father. The groundnut seller did not say anything and gave the packet of groundnuts without saying a word. Neil pulled a note from his wallet, placed it in the man’s hand, and walked away without waiting for the change.4．Why did Neil become more anxious at the bus stop?A．The rain stopped him from getting home on time.B．The chilly wind made him feel colder and colder.C．He thought of his boring and heavy work.D．He couldn’t find a good place to keep off the rain.5．Why didn’t Neil buy the man’s groundnuts at first?A．He didn’t have enough money on him. B．His family doesn’t like groundnuts.C．He was in a bad mood at that time. D．His family was a little poor.6．What does the underlined word “drenched” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A．Wet through. B．Very excited. C．Well dressed. D．Sweat heavily.7．What made Neil buy all the seller’s groundnuts?A．The seller’s generous action. B．His having a pity for the seller.C．The seller’s greatness as a father. D．His being moved by the seller’s son.C（社会热点-议论文）When you buy something for yourself, you probably spend hours shopping around for the best deal on the highest quality product. Some of you may even desire to know how a brand operates as a company. However, when we donate money to one of the countless charities out there, most of us don’t conduct such research. We have absolutely no idea about where that money goes to, what it buys or who it helps. At least that is the case for the majority of charities. Perhaps you should start to take a greater interest in the winding path that your charitable donations take, because many of them may lead to dead ends.You really should ask the question: will my donation to this charity actually help the people or cause? Sometimes it makes matters worse. For example, many charities help African people install water pumps to deliver clean water to their communities. Money has been invested over the past 20 years to install a total of 60, 000 pumps across sub-Saharan Africa. However, today 40% of those have failed to work at some point. They have been left there, like expensive but useless decorations.One of the least effective means of giving is when charity sends endless shipping containers full of material goods to underdeveloped nations. For instance, Kenya imports more than 100, 000 tons of clothes from global charities each year. The issue is that these mountains of regularly imported clothes have completely destroyed local textile industries, which have previously supported local economies.Eventually, to whom and how much you give is your choice. It is important to provide highly specialized services instead of material goods. As a general rule of thumb, the more your donation matches the need of the receivers, the better it will be for the long-term prosperity of those you want to help.8．What do most people do when they donate?A．They keep track of their donations.B．They neglect the process of charities.C．They select products of highest quality.D．They do research on application of funds.9．Why is the example of water pumps mentioned in paragraph 2?A．To stress effective giving. B．To illustrate a fault investment.C．To confirm a charitable failure. D．To complain the pumps' quality.10．Which view will the author most probably agree with?A．Donations should meet local demands.B．Ineffective charities must be abandoned.C．Material goods can boost textile industry.D．Specialized services turn out satisfactory.11．Which is the best title for the passage?A．Has your donation hit a dead end?B．Why should you make a donation?C．Where does my donation take its way?D．Will my donation to charity really help?D（新鲜科技-说明文）In the threatening trouble of climate change, growing commercial crops on solar farms is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land that can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity(寿命), according to a new Cornell research. “We now have, for the first time, a physics-based tool to estimate the costs and benefits of co-locating solar panels and commercial agriculture in terms of increased power conversion efficiency and solar-pancl longevity, ” said lead author Henry Williams, a doctoral student in Cornell Engineering. “There is potential for agrivoltaic (农业光伏) systems-where agriculture and solar panels coexist-to provide increased passive cooling through taller panel heights, more reflective ground cover and higher evapotranspiration (蒸散) rates compared to traditional solar farms,” said Max Zhang, professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, “We can generate renewable electricity and conserve farmland through agrivoltaic systems.” In New York, for example, about 40% of solar farm capacity has been developed on agricultural lands, while about 84% of land suitable for solar development is agricultural, according to a previous research study from Zhang’s group. The engineers showed that solar panels mounted over vegetation reveal surface temperature drops compared to those built over bare ground. Solar panels were mounted 4 meters above a cotton crop and the solar panels showed temperature reductions by up to 10 degrees Celsius, compared with those mounted a half-meter above bare soil. “As you decrease the solar panel operating temperature, you can increase efficiency and improve the longevity of your solar panels, ” said Williams, “We’re showing double benefits. On one hand, you have food production for farmers, and on the other hand, we’ve shown improved longevity and improved conversion efficiency for solar developers.”“Up to this point, most of the benefits from agrivoltaic systems have been around areas with abundant sunshine, ” said Zhang, “This research is taking a step toward evaluating the application of agrivoltaics in climates representative of the Northeastern U. S. in relaxing the land-use competition it faces.”； 12．What does the new Cornell research convey?A．Growing commercial crops can relieve climate change.B．It’s costly to improve solar panel performance and longevity.C．Commercial agriculture can increase power conversion efficiency.D．The coexistence of solar panels and commercial crops is mutually beneficial.；13．Why does the author list the figures in paragraph 3?A．To show the promising future of agrivoltaics.B．To indicate the lack of solar farms in New York.C．To tell agricultural lands are based on solar farms.D．To demonstrate agricultural farms are more developed.；14．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．The Northeastern US is rich in agricultural lands.B．Hot climate zones are ideal for developing agrivoltaics.C．The research made a breakthrough in land-use competition.D．The application of agrivoltaics in Northeastern US proved practical.；15．Which is a suitable title for the text?A．Approaches to Tackling World Climate ChangeB．Methods of Increasing Agricultural ProductionC．Agrivoltaics Have Been Well Received in the USD．Growing Crops at Solar Farms Generates Higher Efficiency 参考答案BCC ACAC BCAD DABD