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1、浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2020届高三英语 上学期阅读理解备考复习2Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them .Take my familys last vacation .It was my six-year-old sons winter break from school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delt
2、a , the airline ,offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day .I had meetings in New York, so I had to get back . But that didnt mean my husband and my son couldnt stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.The next day, my husband and son were offered
3、more credits to take an even later flight.Yes, I encouraged-okay, ordered-them to wait it out at the airport to earn more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?Now some people may think Im a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value
4、 of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.Ive made a living looking for the best deals and exposing (揭露) the worst tricks .I have been the consumer reporter of NBCs Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks
5、 of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your moneys worth. Im also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldnt hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It ke
6、eps its shape longer, and its the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.56. Why did Delta give the authors family credits?A. They took a later flight.B. They had early bookings.C. Their flight had been delayed.D. Their flight had been cancell
7、ed.57. What can we learn about the author?A. She rarely misses a good deal.B. She seldom makes a compromise.C. She is very strict with her childrenD. She is interested in cheap products.58. What does the author do?A. Shes a teacher. B. Shes a housewife.C. Shes a media person. D. Shes a businesswoman
8、.59. What does the author want to tell us?A. How to expose bad tricks.B. How to reserve airline seats.C. How to spend money wisely,D. How to make a business deal.BThe baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert (警觉). Twenty centimeters from her face researchers hav
9、e placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focus - until a third, with three black spot
10、s, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before
11、 two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on),changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselv
12、es. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became m
13、ore excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise(同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.60. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the babys_.A. sense of hearing B. sense of sightC. sense of touch D. sense of smellCI
14、t happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obamas Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was ,in his words, “a brilliantly（精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk
15、 about Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all .I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they havent .In the World Book Days “Report on Guilty
16、Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as Im not one to lie too often (Id hate to be caught out ),Ill admit here and now that I havent read the entire top ten .But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent o
