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1、定远县育才学校2021届新高三英语暑假特训卷02 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B,C或D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A A few years ago, Adina Lichtman was handing out sandwiches on the streets of New York City to help people experiencing homelessness. One man, grateful for the sandwich, approached her
2、and offered a surprising idea.“Its great that youre giving out sandwiches,” he said, “but one thing we really need is socks, especially as winter approaches.”“Here I was, sandwiches in hand, thinking I knew the best way to help people,” Lichtman said. “It was a powerful lesson, and I wanted to put i
3、t into action.”She began that night, with a simple step: going door-to-door on the floor of her dormitory at New York University, asking her classmates if they could each just donate (捐赠) just one pair of their own socks to someone experiencing homelessness. She got 40 pairs of socks in a single nig
4、ht, from a single floor. The next morning she opened her door to find a lot of socks that other people had donated.That morning officially kicked off Knock Knock, Give a Sock (KKGS), a new nonprofit (非营利的) organization that has now provided over 350,000 pairs of socks to the homeless across America.
5、 To date, over 50 colleges and high schools across the US have joined KKGS over the years.“While many people donate clothing, 9 out of every 10 clothing donors have never donated socks. On top of that, people who are trying to donate socks often find it difficult to donate used socks,” she says. “KK
6、GS is one of the only organizations that collects used socks. We have volunteers knocking on doors of their classmates in school, of their workmates at work, and even of their neighbors.”But, whether youre 26 or 62, you dont need to wait to organize your own sock drive, collect socks, or even wash a
7、nd clean some of your own to donate to your local shelter, or someone in need who you meet on the street.1.How did the homeless mans words affect Lichtman?A.They caused her to start KKGS.B.They pushed her to go to college.C.They encouraged her to house the homeless.D.They made her continue to give o
8、ut sandwiches.2.How did Lichtmans classmates react to her request for donation?A.Some refused it politely.B.They strongly supported it.C.Some felt quite surprised by it.D.They considered it unreasonable.3.What advice does the author offer to people?A.Take action in small ways.B.Start your own organi
9、zation.C.Make donations from an early age.D.Find creative ways to help people.B For most of us, there is no debate bananas are yellow. Color isnt as objective as you might think though. Our brain decides what color we are looking at based on the light that comes into our eyes, and how we see colors
10、actually varies a lot.There are many ways color can confuse our brains. Positioning and shading can change what we think we are looking at. Two people can see the same thing very differently because of how our brains deal with light.How we see color, however, is governed by much more than just our b
11、odies. Our emotions or even the time of year, can change how our eyes and brains react to what we see. Yellow looks different to us depending on the season, according to scientists at the University of York. In the summer yellow appears more “greenish” whereas in the winter yellow appears more “redd
12、ish”. This is the result of living in an environment where the level of green light increases in the summer. When the trees are full of leaves, our eyes need to adapt. With extra green all around us, our brain has to recheck its understanding of yellow.Researchers in Rochester, New York have found t
13、hat feeling sad can impact on your ability to identify (辨别) colors. Participants were shown some small pieces of cloth which had most, but not all, of the colors removed from them. Later, they were asked to identify what color they were looking at. A group who had watched the death of Mufasa in The
14、Lion King found it harder to pick out blue and yellow than others who had not seen the film. Psychologists believe that dopamine which controls our brains reward and pleasure centers has an impact on how we identify these colors. So while color might seem to be one of the simplest things in our worl
15、d, it is actually a mystery scientists are only just beginning to solve.4.What does the passage mainly focus on?A.Why we see colors differently.B.How our brains receive colors.C.Why colors affect our emotions.D.How people can identify colors.5.Which of the following is unable to affect peoples abili
16、ty to identify colors?A.Position.B.Intelligence.C.Environment.D.Feeling.6.Yellow looks different in summer and winter because of _.A.peoples different sightB.the different temperaturesC.the different levels of green lightD.peoples different body conditions7.What can we learn from the last paragraph?A.The sad feeling weakens peoples ability to identify colors.B.We can fi
