2023高考阅读理解考前热身（Day21）

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2023高考阅读理解考前热身 （Day21）A（应用文）CES is produced by the Consumer Technology Association known as the place where many companies launch their latest technology offerings. Here is a look at some of the top products presented at CES 2023.All-in-one communicationTechnology company Anker announced the launch of an “all-in-one” device designed to improve communications for employees working from home. The Anker Work B600 sits on top of the computer display like a traditional webcam. But it combines several elements of communication into one device that includes a camera, speaker, microphone and a light.AirSelfie cameraElectronics maker AirSelfie launched its latest self-flying camera designed to take “selfie” pictures. The new device, called Air Pix, is a small, light camera that flies through the air and captures high-quality photographs and video. Air Pix can fly, frame and take pictures all by itself before landing back on the user’s hand.Labrador’s assistive robotRobot maker Labrador announced its Retriever robot designed to hold things and, as its name suggests, also retrieve (找回) things. The robot can be controlled by voice commands or from an app on a phone. It can also be programmed based on an exact map of a users home. The Retriever is designed “to serve as an extra pair of hands and lighten the load of everyday tasks in the home”.Self-driving tractorAmerican-based farm equipment manufacturer John Deere presented a fully self-driving tractor equipped with six different cameras and a series of sensors to guide the tractor through the fields. Farmers can control the vehicle and see the tractor’s progress in real-time through a mobile device which is to help farmers do more work with less equipment and people.The company noted that such machines can help improve farming methods as the world’s population grows and food demand is expected to rise 50 percent by 2050.1．Which operator’s product will teleworking staff be most interested in?A．Anker B．AirselfieC．Labrador D．John Deere2．What kind of product can effectively help the elderly with mobility difficulties?A．The “all-in-one”device. B．Self-flying camera.C．Retriever robot D．The fully self-driving tractor.3．What impact will self-driving tractors have on agriculture in the future?A．Improving products quality.B．Promoting agricultural modernization.C．Increasing agricultural investment.D．Reducing the environmental pollution.B（夹叙夹议）If you choose only to complain and escape from a misfortune, it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.In an accident, a boy lost both his arms and his father------who was the main source of support for the family. Since then, he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother. In order to take care of him, his younger brother became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.As the two brothers grew up together, they had their share of problems and they would often quarrel. Then one day, his younger brother wanted to leave, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.A similar misfortune happened to a girl, too. One night her mother, who suffered from chronic（慢性的）mental illness, disappeared. Her father went out to look for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene (煤油) light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.Though her elder sister who was studying in another city, showed her willingness to take care of her, she was determined to be completely independent. At school, she always studied hard. Most of all she learned to be self-reliant.One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his uncertain future at being left on his own, while the girl was full of enthusiasm for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother's arms are my arms; while the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.4．What attitude should we take towards a misfortune in the author's opinion?A．Trying to find an escape from it.B．Facing it bravely with a positive mind.C．Asking for help from your relatives.D．Ignoring it and living a normal life.5．After the accident, the boy      .A．decided to live with his brother B．learnt to do things with his toesC．made a living all by himself D．depended wholly on his brother6．What did the girl mean by "Broken wings, flying heart"?A．Never give up hopes in face of hardship.B．It's not easy for her to live a normal life.C．If a bird loses its wings, it cannot fly.D．If you lose your hands, your life will be hard.7．How does the author develop the text?A．In the order of time. B．By listing facts.C．By making a comparison. D．In the order of importance.C（新鲜科技类说明文）What would you look like when you are 80 years old? It seems too far away to imagine, but an app named FaceApp tries to show you.The app creates transformations of users’ faces using various filters(滤镜) and features. The FaceApp aging challenge went viral last month. Even many celebrities like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber shared their wrinkly, grey-haired selfies on social media.FaceApp helps us stop thinking of things that don’t matter and focus on the present. “We view these images as inferred fiction, not realized and therefore unreal,” US author Nicci Gerrard told The New York Times. “We think of our younger selves, because in one sense that’s who we are. Our younger stories are all still part of us, while our older selves don’t yet exist.” However, not everyone can laugh at their older selves. For some, aging is terrifying and it’s hard to accept what the future holds in terms of looks and feelings. As MetroUK noted, “FaceApp is making people into a painful crisis.”In addition, FaceApp is facing a number of accusations regarding user privacy. When a user makes changes to a photo, it needs to be uploaded to the servers in Russia, where the company is located, then AI filters your image and sends it back to you. By using the app, you grant FaceApp the license to use, reproduce, change, adapt, and publish your image, as stated in its service agreement.Despite the concerns over privacy, however, FaceApp does light up the Internet. It gives us the chance to take a look at our futures and perhaps let us consider how to prepare for it.；8．What can FaceApp do?A．Tell how old users are. B．Show users’ images in old age.C．Test users’ imagination. D．Help users contact celebrities.；9．Which of the following can replace the underlined words in Paragraph 2?A．Caused trouble. B．Got updated.C．Led to doubts. D．Became popular.；10．Which opinion may Nicci Gerrard agree with?A．We should make full preparations for old age.B．It’s unnecessary now for us to consider old age.C．Our young stories deserve to be remembered.D．It’s a good idea for us to stop using FaceApp.；11．What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A．How FaceApp gets users’ privacy involved.B．What punishment FaceApp is faced with.C．How well FaceApp company serves users.D．What FaceApp service agreement contains.D（研究报告）A broken heart. A sad ending to a love affair. That’s something most of us have experienced, or probably will. After all, it’s part of human life; needed, at least one time, to become more fully adult. But no question, the experience can be painful, even destructive.But research shows there are pathways through the heartache. Listening to sad music is a major one. It can help you begin to feel joy and hopefulness about your life again. It can activate empathy(同理心) and the desire to connect with others — both roads through the prison of heartache and despair.Sad music can help heal and uplift you from your broken heart.A recent study from Germany found the emotional impact of listening to sad music is an arousal of feelings of empathy, compassion(同情), and a desire for positive connection with others. That, itself, is psychologically healing. It draws you away from the prison with yourself, and possibly towards helping others in need of comfort.Another experiment, from the University of Kent, found that when people were experiencing sadness, listening to music that was “beautiful but sad” enhanced their mood. In fact, it did so when the person first consciously embraced their awareness of the situation causing their sadness, and then began listening to the sad music. That is, when they intended that the sad music might help, they found that it did.These findings link with other studies that show embracing your sad situation emotionally — accepting reality as it is — activates healing and growth beyond it. In short, acknowledging your full experience arouses hope — another seeming paradox. For example, research from Cornell University, described here and published in Psychological Science, found that embracing discomfort about a life experience or new situation, and viewing it as a step towards growth and change, create motivation to find a pathway through it, beyond it. As Churchill famously said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” That discomfort points you towards creating a plan, a new action. It fuels hope.12．Which is NOT the benefit of listening to sad music?A．Making you full of sadness.B．Activating your feelings of empathy.C．Healing your broken heart.D．Giving you a desire to connect with others；13．How does the author mainly develop this passage?A．By giving examples.B．By telling experiences.C．By presenting research findings.D．By quoting a famous saying.；14．Who are most likely to be helped by the “beautiful but sad” music?A．People who have a broken heart.B．People who are suffering great pain.C．People who accept their sadness.D．People who like beautiful music.；15．What could be the best title for the passage?A．Listening to Music Brightening Your LifeB．Listening to Sad Music Healing Your Broken HeartC．The Power and Beauty of Sad MusicD．A Study on Listening to Sad Music 参考答案ACB BDAC BDBA ACCB