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1、2022年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练（6）【由江西省吉安一中xx模拟改编】 阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 To Whom It May Concern:Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine. All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world. You know how to avoid unnecessary activ
2、ities!As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article. First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons. Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone. Besides, birds are cheaper tha
3、n telephone service. After all, we are a business. We have to think of the bottom line. As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees sauna(桑拿房).Next, we sold the puters off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby. Our electricity bill went way down.
4、 Big savings! The boss is impressed. We have pletely embraced paper technology. Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter. By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us
5、. We can erase and reuse it. Just tie it to Maggies leg and shell know where to take it.Now its very calm and quiet here. You can notice the difference. No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office co
6、rrespondence by paper airplane.Wonderful! Ive always wanted to work for an insurance pany ever since I was a little girl. Now its perfect.Sincerely yours,Eleanor LightlySpokeswoman and pany Hair StylistABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it1. Which of the following best describes the li
7、fe the author is leading?A. A simple, slow-paced life. B. A life of hard work and security.C. A religious, peasant-like life. D. A life away from paper and pencils.2. Where is Eleanors letter sent to?A. How To Magazine. B. ABC Activity Insurance pany.C. Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm. D. The I
8、nternational Institute of Not Doing Much.3. Which of the following is practiced in the authors pany?A. Replacing the manual work system with modern technology.B. Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity.C. Recycling paper resources whenever possible.D. Buying birds and pets as pany for
9、the staff.4. What is true about Maggie?A. She works as a manager in the authors pany.B. She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna.C. She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail.D. Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the pany.5. What is the purpose for t
10、he person to write this letter?A. to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment.B. to plain about the bad working condition.C. to persuade people to live a simple life.D. to express his gratitude for the good advice.【参考答案】1-5、ADCBD 阅读理解练习阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。When 47-year-old vol
11、unteer Susan Boyle stepped on to the stage of Britains Got Talent and announced she was unemployed, had never been married and “never been kissed, actually”, few in the audience would have wondered why. This Ms. Boyle, looking unfashionable, from a village in Scotland, shocked the three judges and t
12、he audience with the song “I Dreamed a Dream” from the musical Les Miserables on a show of “Britains Got Talent”, one of the hottest reality shows in Britain.She couldnt hide the awkwardness when walking to the center of the stage in a housedress, and everyoneincluding the judgesseemed laughing at h
13、er when she said she wanted to be as successful as Elaine Paige. As soon as she began singing, however, everyone present fell silent, then rose within seconds to applaud her incredible voice as the celebrity(名人) judges sat open-mouthed, and remained standing to the end.After her performance, one of
14、the judges Piers Morgan said, “Without doubt that was the biggest surprise Ive had in three years of this show. When you stood there everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing now. That was amazing.” Actress Amanda Holden followed, “I am so thrilled because I know that everybody was against yo
15、u. I honestly think that we were all being cynical(愤世嫉俗的)and I think thats the biggest wake-up call ever.”Susan obviously won over the hearts of millions around the world with sensation spreading across the Atlantic. Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moorewho between them have nearly 1.5 mill
16、ion followersspeak highly of her. Kutcher posted a link to the video clip(片段). The Scottish talent made her live American debut(露面) via satellite connection on CBSs The Early Show, doing an interview and singing live from her room. And she already accepted an invitation from talk show host Oprah Winfrey.Now Boyle has bee one of the worlds hottest c
