PAGEPAGE5小卷速測(cè)(七)完形填空+閱讀理解C+回答問題(限時(shí):20分鐘)Ⅰ.完形填空AHelpingHandBillGatesisoneoftherichestpeopleintheworld.Hehasmorethan$50billion.Heisfastbecomingthemostgenerouspersonaswell.Heandhiswife,Melinda,foundedacharity(慈善),theBillandMelindaGatesFoundation.Thentheyuseditto1awayalotoftheirmoney.

Whydidtheystartthecharity?TheGatesfeelthatwithsuccesscomesresponsibility.Theywanttousetheirmoneyto2others.

TheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationspendsbillionsofdollars.Itgivesmoneyto3sotheycangotoschool.Thefoundationalsoprovidesmoneyformedicalresearchandhasgivenover$1billiontoimprovethe4ofpeopleincountrieswithalotofpoverty(貧窮).

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TheGatesFoundationisprivate.Aprivatefoundationissetupbypersonsratherthancompanies.Mostprivatefoundationsdon’thaveasmuchmoneyastheGatesFoundationdoes.Manyhavelessthan$1million.7,thesefoundationsareabletodoalotofgood.

Forbeingchampionsofglobalhealthworldwide,andforusingtheirwealthtohelppeoplewhoneeditmost,theworldowesBillandMelindaGatesbigthanks.Thesamegoesforthemanysmallerprivatefoundationsacrosstheworldthat8ahelpinghandtothosewhoneeditmost.

()1.A.put B.clear C.give D.take()2.A.train B.help C.invite D.push()3.A.students B.doctors C.farmers D.researchers()4.A.health B.relationship C.attitude D.environment()5.A.expensive B.prepared C.delicious D.limited()6.A.choose B.overcome C.accept D.lead()7.A.Then B.Hopefully C.Still D.Proudly()8.A.share B.place C.show D.lendⅡ.閱讀理解Studieshaveshownmostpeoplefailtorealizehowmuchtimetheyspendontheirsmartphoneseachday.FrankandAmelia’sfamilywereputtoatest,usingafreeappcalled“Moment-ScreenTimeTracker”.TheVascellaros—Frank,Amelia,14-year-oldtwinsFrankieandJoe,and17-year-oldSam—allsaidtheydidnotreallyknowtheywerespendingsomuchtimeontheirphoneseachday.“Honestly,Idon’tfeellikeI’monmyphonealot,”AmeliaVascellarosaid.AmeliawasonherphonefarlessoftenthanFrank,accordingtotheapp.WhileAmeliaspentaboutanhourperdayonthephone,Frankspentclosertofourhoursonhisphone—whichcameasasurprisetohim.Thechildren’stimevariedbuttheyoftenspentmorethanacoupleofhoursonthephoneaswell.Minneapolis-basedDr.KirstenLindSealseesphoneusagecomeupalotamongfamilies.LindSealsaidmanyfamilymembers’phoneusehasbecomeproblematic.“Ifwehearmorethanonce,‘Doyouhavetobeonyourphonerightnow?Canyoupleaseputyourphonedown?DidyouhearwhatIsaid?’itmaybeasignthatisnegatively(消極地)influencingourfamilyrelationshipsandourdailylives,”shesaid.LindSealsaidactuallypayingattentiontohowmuchtimeonespendsonthephoneisagoodfirststepindecidingwhentoputitdown.Sheasksparentstoencouragemoreface-to-facecommunicationforteensandyoungadultsastheycontinuedevelopingtheirsocialandemotionalskills.“Whatwefindisthatwearereallylosingoutonempathy—theabilitytounderstandotherpeople’sfeelingsandproblems—whenwespendalotoftimeonoursmartphonestocommunicatewithotherpeople,”shesaid.9.WhydidLindSealmentionthethreequestionsinParagraph5? ()A.Toencouragepeopletoliveasimplelife.B.Toaskpeopleiftheyusephonestoomuch.C.Toshowtheimportanceofcloserelationships.D.Toexplainthesignsofproblematicphoneuse.10.HowdidLindSealprobablythinkoftheapp? ()A.Sheworriedaboutit.B.Shesupportedit.C.Shefeltitwasawasteoftime.D.Shethoughtitneededimprovements.11.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout? ()A.Toomuchuseofsmartphones.B.Theinfluenceofappsonteens.C.Children’ssafetyontheInternet.D.Problemsamongfamilymembers.Ⅲ.回答問題Englishisanimportantgloballanguage,butthatdoesn’tmeanit’seasytolearn.ManyexpertshavetriedtomakeEnglisheasierforstudentstolearnbuttheyweren’talwayssuccessful.In1930,ProfessorCKOgdenofCambridgeUniversityinventedBasicEnglish.Ithadonly850words(andjusteighteenverbs)andOgdensaidmostpeoplecouldlearnitinjustthirtyhours.TheproblemwasthatpeoplewholearnedBasicEnglishcouldwriteandsaysimplemessages,buttheycouldn’tunderstandtheanswersin“real”English!Itwasalsoimpossibletoexplainawordifitwasn’tintheBasicEnglishwordlist.Forexample,ifyouwantedawatermelon,youaskedfor“alargegreenfruitwiththeformofanegg,whichhasasweetredinsideandagoodtaste”!R.E.Zachrisson,auniversityprofessorinSweden,decidedthatthebiggestproblemforlearnersofEnglishwasspelling,soheinventedalanguagecalledAnglic.AnglicwassimilartoEnglish,butwithmuchsimplerspelling.“Father”became“faadher”,“new”became“nue”and“years”became“yeerz”.UnfortunatelyforsomestudentsofEnglish,Anglicneverbecamepopular.Eveneasieristhelanguagewhichships’captainsuse:it’scalled“Seaspeak”.Seaspeakusesafewsimplephrasesforeverypossiblesituation.InSeaspeak,forexample,youdon’tsay,“I’msorry.Whatdidyousay?”or“Ididn’tunderstand.Canyourepeatthat?”It’sjust“Sayagain.”Nomoregrammar!IntheageofinternationalcommunicationthroughtheInternet,anewformofEnglishmightappear.Alargenumberoftheworld’se-mailsareinEnglishandincludeexamplesof“NetLingo”likeOIC(Oh,Isee)andTTYL(Talktoyoulater).Inanotherfiftyyears,Englishmightnotexist,wewillprobablyallspeakfluentInternetish!12.WhohavetriedtomakeEnglisheasierforstudentstolearn?

13.WhendidBasicEnglishinvent?

14.WhydidR.E.ZachrissoninventAnglic?

15.InSeaspeak,howdopeoplesay“Ididn’tunderstand.Canyourepeatthat?”?

16.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

【參考答案】Ⅰ.[主旨大意]本文主要介紹了比爾·蓋茨夫婦和世界上其他一些慈善基金會(huì)在幫助貧困地區(qū)孩子受教育、解決饑餓和人類健康問題等方面所進(jìn)行的慈善活動(dòng)。1.C根據(jù)上文信息可知比爾·蓋茨夫婦建立了慈善機(jī)構(gòu),此處自然可以推知,他們應(yīng)該是捐出了很多錢。putaw