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1、题组层级快练13 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note阅读速度提升练(时间：20分钟).阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。(2017模拟冲刺)The Tropical Paradise HolidayWelcome to St Anna, our tropical paradise just off the coast of Latin America. You can spend two weeks in our luxury fourstar hotel. The cost of your flight is inc
2、luded in the holiday, and you can be picked up from your home by our special airport bus. On your arriving, our coach will be waiting to take you to the hotel. All flights leave from Heathrow on a Monday morning.The Cowrie Hotel is built right on the beachfront, and many rooms have wonderful ocean v
3、iews. If swimming and surfing are not enough for you, the hotel also offers horse rides on the island, and a discount membership of the golf club.The Rain Forest Adventure HolidayEvery year Broughton holidays offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest. You may have a choi
4、ce of Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, or even to the greatest rain forest of them all, the mighty Amazonian forest.You will fly to our special base camps at the edge of the forest, where you will be given five days of survival training, and talks on the local wildlife.Then you take a bus into the fores
5、t. You will have to walk the final five miles to the camp sites to avoid disturbing the local ecology. All of the camp sites have been carefully built to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.Remember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness, and they a
6、re not suitable for families with young children. Also remember that no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time, so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays, you will need to book early!1. Choosing the Tropical Paradise Holiday, travellers can enjoy _. A. a welcome
7、 partyB. beautiful ocean viewsC. different indoor activitiesD. free membership of the golf club2. What can we learn about the rain forest holiday?A. Travellers will learn to talk with wild animals.B. Different means of transportation will be used.C. The holiday will end with a survival training.D. B
8、ooking early, travellers will get a discount.3. What kind of people will probably choose the rain forest holiday?A. People loving water sports.B. People travelling with children.C. People preferring comfortable hotels.D. People concerned with environment and wildlife.4. Which of the following is men
9、tioned in both holidays?A. Transportation.B. Price.C. Reservation. D. Departure time.答案与解析【文章大意】本文是广告文体阅读。文章主要介绍了两个假期旅游的好去处，以及旅游的方式和主要风景和活动等。3. 答案B解析细节理解题。根据The Tropical Paradise Holiday部分中的第二段的“many rooms have wonderful ocean views”可知B项正确。A项文中未提及；根据该部分第二段中的“If swimming and surfing are not enough fo
10、r you, the hotel also offers horse rides on the island, and a discount membership of the golf club.”可知，这些活动都是室外活动，而非室内活动；而且高尔夫也不是免费的，只是有折扣。2. 答案B解析推理判断题。根据The Rain Forest Adventure Holiday中的第二段和第三段中坐飞机、坐公交车和步行等判断选B项。3. 答案D解析推理判断题。根据The Rain Forest Adventure Holiday中的第三段的You will have to walk the fin
11、al five miles to the camp sites to avoid disturbing the local ecology. All of the camp sites have been carefully built to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.判断应该是关注环境和野生动物的人们会选择雨林旅游。4. 答案A解析细节理解题。根据文章The Tropical Paradise Holiday部分和The Rain Forest Adventure Holiday都提到的是fli
12、ght，即两段都提到交通方式。Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their hightech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported t
13、hat “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.The main goal of technology companies is to get peop
14、le to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.I see
15、people trapped in a pathological(病态的)relationship with timesucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices th
16、at eat up time and money.What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control
