高中英语专项训练《阅读理解》(十)

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Stagecoach Buses — Popular tickets

Dayrider

Travel as much as you like in one day.

With Stagecoach Dayrider bus tickets you can make as many journeys as

you like for one offer more value for money than buying a single

Dayrider

or return, as you can travel on all Stagecoach buses within your chosen

ticket tickets using the Stagecoach Bus App or buy on the

contactless payments now available on all our buses, you don't

need to worry about finding the correct change!

Bus and Boat

Bus and Boat

Unlimited bus travelfor one car in the selected zone, plus a boat ride.

Explore the countryside on bus then enjoy the fine mountain views from

the comfort of a boat can board one of our many boats or

steamers located at four of the districts most outstanding oach

have combined bus & boat tickets which are available for Coniston,

Detwent Water, Ullswater and Windermere.

Sightseeing

Sightseeing Tickets

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Tickets

Never get lost and don't miss a thing.

Hop-on and hop-off all day as much as you like at any of the bus stops on

the route and see all the best sights and attractions your chosen town or

city has to 'll also learn lots of history along the way from one of

our expert guides.

Student Tickets

Student Tickets

Flexible student bus tickets

Are you a student and getting ready for the new term? You can travel for a

lot less with Stagecoach's student bus 'll need a current student

ID card with a photo to buy a Stagecoach student name on your

ID card will need to match the name on your ticket.

is true about the "Dayrider" ticket? need the correct change to buy it.

can use it to travel anywhere in the city.

can be purchased with your mobile phone.

can be used with any bus company.

you want to go sightseeing around of the lake areas, which ticket is the most suitable?

er. and Boat. eeing. t tickets.

is needed ifyou want to buy a student ticket?

A.A photo of yourself name. bus app. student ID.

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B

When Allen invited me on a camping trip to the mountains, I imagined a wooden cabin

overlooking a lake, with a warm fireplace, hot cocoa, and soft my happy image became a

nightmare when Allen and his older brother, Leo, showed up with a truck filled with camping

equipment—tents, sleeping bags, and water bottles, We were going on survival training!

The ever-efficient Leo was keen to leave the city behind us and urged us to l hours

later, as we drove through the forest, the mountains seemed bigger than I remembered; the trees

were larger, and the environment felt more threatening.

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At the trailhead Leo tied a sleeping bag onto my already heavy pack and lectured Allen and me

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about hiking , with Leo in the lead, we set off along the narrow and steep dirt track that

wound up the mountain.

After 6 hours of climbing, we finally reached the legs aching, I dropped my pack and

groaned but there was no time to rest."We need to set up camp quickly," said Leo." There are dark

clouds coming in.A storm’s on its way."

I thought he was kidding, but Leo was quite and Allen worked expertly, while I stood

around and pretended to help, thunder rumbling in the just finished putting up the

tents when it wind, thunder, and lightning were relentless.

Leo, sensing that I was scared, started telling us some stories about his camping

each time lightning lit up the tent and the thunder echoed, I jumped."Don't storms

pass quickly," Leo said trying to comfort me."And at least the rain will keep the bears away," he

said with a teasing smile, which was less comforting.

And just as quickly as the storm came rushing in, it passed, and we exited the view was

incredible — I could see for darkness set in, I stared in wonder at the millions of glowing

stars in the night sky.

I won't lie — I was still wishing for a hot shower and a soft bed but as I gazed upward at the

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Milky Way, I knew this was an adventure I would never forget.

was the author surprised when Allen came to get him at the beginning of the story?

had arrived earlier than arranged.

saw that Allen was not well prepared.

realized their trip would be challenging.

's brother was unexpectedly with him.

was it necessary to set up camp immediately after reaching the mountain top?

was almost night time. weather was changing.

were tired and needed to rest. needed protections from animals.

can we guess about Leo?

was an experienced and capable was inconsiderate of other's feelings.

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had known the writer for a long time.

had not been to this mountain before.

did the author feel at the end of the story?

ied. stic. . ointed.

C

Sleep, considered a luxury by many, is essential for a person's chers have found

that insufficient sleep and tiredness increase a person's risk of developing severe medical

conditions, such as obesity (being very overweight), high blood sugar levels, and heart

, a new study has found that getting sufficient sleep is also the key to improving

academic performance.

Jeffrey Gross, the university science professor who led the research, was not trying to find the

relationship between sleep and grades when he handed out smart watches to the 100 students in

his chemistry d, the professor hoped the wrist-worm devices, which track a person's

physical activity, would show a connection between exercise and academic achievement.

While Gross's data showed no relationship between these two factors, the study found something

the researchers were analyzing their data, they noticed that there was a straight-line

relationship between the average amount of sleep a student got and their results in the course's 11

quizzes, three midterm tests, and the final exam.

Even more interesting, it was not sufficient for students to just head to bed early the night before a

d, it's the sleep you get during the days when learning is happening that matters most.

The time students went to bed each night was similarly who went to bed in early

hours of the morning performed poorly, even if the total sleep time was the same as a

higher-performing student."When you go to bed matters," Gross says, "If you go to bed at 10, or

12, or 1 at night, and sleep for seven hours, your performance is the if you go to bed

after 2, your performance starts to go down even if you get the same seven , quantity isn't

everything."

Perhaps the most interesting was the huge impact that small differences in sleep patterns had on

the students' overall course grades for students averaging six and a half hours of sleep

each night were 25% lower than students who averaged just one hour more rly,

students who varied their bedtime by even one hour each night had grades that dropped 45%

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below those with more regular bedtimes.

Who knew getting A's just required some extra ZZZ's?

on his original objectives, which best describes Professor Gross's research findings?

ntal. te. cing. ul.

were the people taking part in the study?

school chemistry students. eers from different universities.

sor Gross's own students. sity student athletes.

did Professor Gross's team measure academic performance? the students wear a special watch.

students' university entrance test results.

the students regular after class quizzes.

the students' normal test and quiz grades.

on the study's findings, who is likely to perform best academically.A.A person who has a good night's sleep the night before an important test.

B.A person whose normal bedtime varies between 9

D.A person who sleeps for a total of 7 hours each night.

D

How affordable is high culture? One great myth of our time is that tickets for opera, theatre, ballet

and orchestral (管弦乐) concerts are too expensive, especially for the is infuriating as,

in Britain, at least, the claim is ridiculous and cheap tickets to hear London's

orchestras range from ￡ 7 to ￡ 9 — same as a cinema ticket, and lower than the entry price to

many pop music and comedy comparison, when the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Orchestra performs with top soloists and conductors the cheapest seat is ￡ 30; and at the Berlin

Philharmonic, it's an expensive ￡46.

Finding cheap tickets to the opera and ballet isn't so h companies don't charge the

ridiculous high prices found on the Continent ( ￡2,000 for a good seat at a premiere of La Scala's

Carmen last December), but the tickets are still pretty fees paid to star performers

mostly account for y, however, one spectacular technological innovation has

transformed the 's live (or slightly delayed) cinema New York

C.A person who sleeps from 11 6 day.

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Metropolitan Opera now beams its shows to 800 cinemas round the world, and British companies

aren't far tic opera is excellent the cost of a good bottle of wine ( ￡ 10 or

￡ 15 for the Royal Opera House's shows) you can sit in your local movie-house and see a

high-definition relay of what's occurring on the world's grandest , it's not the same as

being there, but it's almost as sound is images, particularly of dancers,

are you can react to the show as part of a live audience, rather than sitting on your

own at home.

To me, this mountain of evidence, together with free museum admissions, indicates that the arts

world should stop worrying that its audiences are still mostly who can afford

to visit a pub can also afford to see top-quality drama, music and real battle now should

be ensuring that school children are given enough tastes of high culture to make them want to buy

all those cheap tickets when they grow up.

does the underlined word "infuriating" in paragraph 1 mean?

interesting. annoying. certain. ely obvious.

is the main reason for expensive opera tickets? amount of money charged by top performers.

costly technology required for broadcast.

demand of companies for big high cost of renting the stages.

of the following is true about cinematic opera? can decide where to watch the opera.

ces are discouraged from responding to The performances.

provides an inexpensive way of enjoying a live opera performance.

sound and visual quality are superior to the live performance.

statement would the author agree with?

quality of opera performances is improving.

culture is becoming more affordable in Europe.

cost of access to high culture activities should be lowered.

en should be encouraged to participate in high culture events.

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A【答案】1.C 2.B 3.D B【答案】4.C 5.B 6.A 7.B

C【答案】8.A 9.C 10.D 11.C D【答案】12.B 13.A 14.C 15.D

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