练习58　阅读理解＋读后续写

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The Gvernment's sugar tax n sft drinks has brught in half as much mney as Ministers first predicted it wuld generate, the first fficial data n the plicy has shwn.
First annunced in April, 2016, the tax which applies t sft drinks cntaining mre than 5g f sugar per 100ml, was intrduced t help reduce childhd besity (肥胖). It is believed that tday's children and teenagers are cnsuming three times the recmmended level f sugar, putting them at a higher risk f the disease.
Initially the sugar tax was expected t make ￡520m a year fr the Treasury. Hwever, data f the first six mnths shwed it wuld make less than half this amunt. At present it is expected t generate ￡240m fr the year ending in April 2019, which will g t schl sprts.
It cmes after mre than half f sft drinks sld in shps have had their sugar levels cut by manufacturers (制造商) s they can avid paying the tax. Drinks nw cntain 45 millin fewer kils f sugar as a result f manufacturers' effrts t avid the charge, accrding t Treasury figures. Since April drinks cmpanies have been frced t pay between 18p and 24p fr every litre f sugary drink they prduce r imprt, depending n the sugar cntent.
Hwever, sme high sugar brands, like Classic Cca Cla, have accepted the sugar tax and are refusing t change fr fear f upsetting cnsumers. Fruit juices, milk­based drinks and mst alchlic drinks are free f the tax, as are small cmpanies manufacturing fewer than 1m litres per year.
Tday's figures, accrding t ne gvernment fficial, shw the psitive influence the sugar tax is having by raising millins f punds fr sprts facilities (设施) and healthier eating in schls. Helping the next generatin t have a healthy and active childhd is f great imprtance, and the industry is playing its part.
1．Why was the sugar tax intrduced?
A．T cllect mney fr schls.
B．T imprve the quality f drinks.
C．T prtect children's health.
D．T encurage research in educatin.
2．Hw did sme drinks cmpanies respnd t the sugar tax?
A．They turned t verseas markets.
B．They raised the prices f their prducts.
C．They cut dwn n their prductin.
D．The reduced their prducts' sugar cntent.
3．Frm which f the fllwing is the sugar tax cllected?
A．Mst alchlic drinks.
B．Milk­based drinks.
C．Fruit juices.
D．Classic Cke.
4．What can be inferred abut the adptin f the sugar tax plicy?
A．It is a shrt­sighted decisin.
B．It is a success stry.
C．It benefits manufacturers.
D．It upsets custmers.
B
Can a small grup f drnes (无人机) guarantee the safety and reliability f railways and, at the same time, help railway peratrs save billins f eurs each year? That is the very likely future f applying tday's “eyes in the sky” technlgy t making sure that the millins f kilmetres f rail tracks and infrastructure (基础设施) wrldwide are safe fr trains n a 24/7 basis.
Drnes are already being used t examine high­tensin electrical lines. They culd d precisely the same thing t inspect railway lines and ther vital aspects f rail infrastructure such as the crrect psitin f railway tracks and switching pints. The mre regularly they can be inspected, the mre railway safety, reliability and n­time perfrmance will be imprved. Csts wuld be cut and peratins wuld be mre efficient (高效) acrss the bard.
That includes huge savings in maintenance csts and better prtectin f railway persnnel safety. It is calculated that Eurpean railways alne spend apprximately 20 billin eurs a year n maintenance, including sending maintenance staff, ften at night, t inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerus wrk that culd be avided with drnes assisting the crews' effrts.
By using the latest technlgies, drnes culd als start prviding higher­value services fr railways, detecting faults in the rail r switches, befre they can cause any safety prblems. T perfrm these tasks, drnes fr rail dn't need t be flying verhead. Engineers are nw wrking n a new cncept: the rail drnes f the future. They will be mving n the track ahead f the train, and prgrammed t run autnmusly. Very small drnes with advanced sensrs and AI and travelling ahead f the train culd guide it like a c­pilt. With their ability t see ahead, they culd signal any prblem, s that fast­mving trains wuld be able t react in time.
5．What makes the applicatin f drnes t rail lines pssible?
A.The use f drnes in checking n pwer lines.
B．Drnes' ability t wrk at high altitudes.
C．The reductin f cst in designing drnes.
D．Drnes' reliable perfrmance in remte areas.
6．What des “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer t?
A．Persnnel safety.
B．Assistance frm drnes.
C．Inspectin and repair.
D．Cnstructin f infrastructure.
7．What functin is expected f the rail drnes?
A．T prvide early warning.
B．T make trains run autmatically.
C．T earn prfits fr the crews.
D．T accelerate transprtatin.
8．Which is the mst suitable title fr the text?
A．What Faults Can Be Detected with Drnes
B．Hw Prductin f Drnes Can Be Expanded
C．What Difficulty Drne Develpment Will Face
D．Hw Drnes Will Change the Future f Railways
Ⅱ.读后续写
[2022·烟台市高考诊断性测试]阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
An anxius call came int Jimmy Gilleece's bar. A newly married wman, wh had spent the afternn at the bar, culdn't find her wallet. She didn't care abut her ID, credit cards, r $ 150 in cash—but her wedding ring was inside.
Gilleece didn't like the idea that a theft culd have ccurred at his place. S he set ut t lk fr the wallet. He spent hurs lking thrugh security camera vides, watching the wman's every step in the bar until she went t sit n a bench utside and left when her ride arrived. Within minutes, a yung man apprached the bench, slipped smething int his pcket, and walked ff. Gilleece psted a clip (片断) n the bar's website. “I didn't want t punish him，” he said.“I just asked if anybdy knew wh the guy was.”
Within hurs, Gilleece gt a text frm 17­year­ld Prather, wh admitted having taken the wallet and tld Gilleece he'd dne it because he hadn't eaten in tw days. He said he saw the ring but thught it was fake (假的), s he tk the mney and threw the wallet ff the dck (码头) int the cean. Then he bught a sandwich.
Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, tld the teen t meet him at the dck, where they gt talking and Prather revealed that he wasn't getting alng with his family and had been living in the wds fr a week. Judging frm Prather's small bdy and red cheeks, Gilleece saw him fr what he was: mre f a kid than a criminal.
But the plice were already n the case, and because f the missing ring, Prather culd be facing charges. “He wuld be ging t big by prisn. I have t help him smehw，” Gilleece thught.
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Gilleece paid tw divers t search the waters where Prather had thrwn the wallet.
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常见词语辨析
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many修饰或代替可数名词复数；much修饰或代替不可数名词
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“时间段＋ag”相对现在多久以前；“时间段＋befre”相对过去多久以前
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sme用于肯定句；any用于疑问句和否定句
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s与very均可修饰形容词或副词的原级，much多修饰比较级，very much修饰动词
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ever“从来，在任何时候，曾经”；never“从来不”
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latest为形容词，意为“最新的”；later作副词表示“较晚地；后来”，与表示时间的词连用，表示“……之后”
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beside为介词，表示“在……旁边”；besides为副词，表示“除此以外(还)”
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used t d sth.“过去常常做某事”；be used t ding sth.“习惯于做某事”
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n相当于nt a或nt any；nt否定动词