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1、2022年高考英语二轮专题复习精练 阅读理解（5）Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my familys last vacation. It was my sixyearold sons winter break from school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airl
2、ine, 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 ninemonthold and took off for home.The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits t
3、o take an even later flight. Yes, I encouragedokay, orderedthem 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 bigtime bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar.
4、 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 of the Trade
5、: 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 es to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldnt hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape lo
6、nger, and its the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.1. 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 cancelled.2. What can we
7、 learn about the author?A. She rarely misses a good deal.B. She seldom makes a promise.C. She is very strict with her children.D. She is interested in cheap products.3. What does the author do?A. Shes a teacher. B. Shes a housewife.C. Shes a media person.D. Shes a businesswoman.4. What does the auth
8、or 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.文章大意一些人千方百计地省钱，作者也不例外。上次作者家人一起度假返程时，由于预订该趟航班机票的乘客过多，Delta航空公司给每位退票的乘客返还400美元。作者因为要去纽约开会就先带着9个月大的孩子如期回家了，而丈夫和6岁的儿子则等待次日的航班，结果由于他们乘坐了更晚一些的航班而得到了多达1600美元的补偿。1A。考查细节
9、理解。根据第一段的第五句“The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day.”可知，由于预订这趟航班的乘客过多，因此航空公司决定对于那些愿意退票，然后乘坐次日航班返回的人每人返还400美元。2A。考查细节理解。根据第一段的前两句及第三段第二句中的“But as a bigtime bargain hunter”可知，作者很少错过很便宜的东西，故A项符合题意。3C。考查推理判断。根据
10、第四段的第二句“I have been the consumer reporter of NBCs Today show for over a decade.”可知，作者是一位媒体人。4C。考查主旨大意。根据最后一段的内容可知，作者想要告诉我们如何聪明地花钱，在哪些地方可以省钱，在哪些地方可以出手大方。Bxx河南省豫北三校高三联合考试 Good News vs. Bad NewsBad news travels fastwhen you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that things that ge
11、t the most coverage are all tragedies like wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.This is the classic rule for the mass media. “They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre feeling，” Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, US, told The New York Times.But with social
12、media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rulesgood news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New
13、York Times website and analyzed the “most popular” list for six months.One of his findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list. Those_stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others.Besides science stori
14、es, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article was, the more likely it was to be shared，” Berger wrote in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example, “stories about newers falling in love with New York City” he wr
15、ites, tend to be shared more than “the death of a popular zookeeper”The difference between the two is due to the fact that the mass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends “you care a lot more about how they react”， Berger explained. But does all the go
16、od news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily. According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when theyre talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on microblogs. This, researchers f
