【正文】 （英語(yǔ)）高三英語(yǔ)試卷分類匯編英語(yǔ)閱讀理解(社會(huì)文化)(及答案)及解析一、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀理解社會(huì)文化類1．閱讀理解 There are lots of ways to educate yourself on the Internet. You can find photos, documents, and films on almost any topic you can imagine. And at , you can access lectures by artists, scholars, designers, technicians and others. TED began in 1984 as a conference that brought together individuals from the fields of technology, entertainment and design. It was intended to be a onetime event focusing on technology and design. The event ended up losing money, and it was six years before the founders tried it again. This time it worked, and since 1990, the TED conference has been an annual event. There are now two held every year, with topics as diverse as music, medicine, and money. Other specialized spinoff conferences address narrower issues. The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to offer free knowledge from the world39。s most inspired thinkers, as the website puts it. The current version of the site was launched in April 2007, and contains videos of talks given at the TED conferences around the world. The talks are transcribed into hundreds of languages. The TED website is owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non profit devoted to fostering the spread of great ideas. The Sapling foundation acquired TED in 2001. Since then, it has been focusing on using TED to broadcast ideas that might change the world. TED, of course, isn39。t immune to criticism. It39。s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices (more than 6,000 dollars total). It39。s been accused by a few people of censorship for not publishing their talks. One controversial speaker was upset about being criticized by the conference39。s host afterward. The plaints, however, seem to be relatively few for such a large, longrunning organization. And accusations of elitism ring hollow when so much is given away for free on TED39。s website. Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.（1）What is the main topic of the article? case against TED39。s on TED today. and cons of . is TED（2）Which of the following statements is NOT true? TED conference came after the success of . TED conferences are now held every year. talks are available in many languages. Sapling Foundation owns .（3）From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that ________. is accepted to all involved that some TED talks might not be published host of the conference is one who plays a supportive role to the speakers is criticized for giving special treatment to the wealthy or powerful negative ments on TED greatly affects its reputation（4）This author probably believes that________. is elitist is beneficial isn39。t important is the best website【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了TED以及它的歷史發(fā)展。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“And at , you can access lectures by artists, scholars, designers, technicians and others.”，你可以訪問(wèn)藝術(shù)家、學(xué)者、設(shè)計(jì)師、技術(shù)人員和其他人的演講。以及以下幾個(gè)段落的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”，故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to ‘offer free knowledge from the world39。s most inspired thinkers,’ as the website puts it.”TED網(wǎng)站源于一種與世界分享會(huì)議的愿望，用網(wǎng)站的話說(shuō)，就是“向世界上最有靈感的思想家們提供免費(fèi)的知識(shí)”。可知，“”這種表述錯(cuò)誤，故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“TED, of course, isn39。t immune to criticism. It39。s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices.”當(dāng)然，TED也免不了受到批評(píng)。它因其高昂的票價(jià)被稱為精英主義；以及最后一段中的“And accusations of elitism ring hollow when so much is given away for free on TED39。s website.”而當(dāng)這么多東西在泰德的網(wǎng)站上免費(fèi)贈(zèng)送時(shí)，精英主義的指責(zé)就顯得空洞了?？赏茢喑觯琓ED因給予富人或有權(quán)勢(shì)的人特殊待遇而受到批評(píng)，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.”不管它的缺點(diǎn)是什么，TED都是那些尋找它的人鼓舞人心的信息來(lái)源。可推斷出，這位作者可能認(rèn)為TED是有益的，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。2．閱讀理解 Being attractive isn39。t usually considered much of a disadvantage in today39。s world. Actually, there is the endless potential benefit about it, but researchers have found one area that being pretty makes life a challenge securing yourself a boring, low173。paying job. This stands in contrast to a large body of research that attractiveness, in general, helps candidates in the selection process. For the most part good looks is a blessing. We treat pretty people more favorably in general, often vote for them more in elections, and pay them more in their professions. The research suggests that attractive people may be discriminated against in selection for relatively less desirable jobs. Researchers carried out four experiments involving more than 750 participants, including university students and managers who make hiring decisions in the real world. Participants were shown photos of two potential job candidates, one attractive and the other unattractive. Participants were then asked a series of questions designed to measure their opinions of the job candidates and whether they would hire these candidates for a less173。than173。desirable job. The less desirable jobs included a warehouse worker, housekeeper, customer service representative and the more desirable jobs included things like a manager, project director, IT elite(精英). In all experiments where they were asked, participants were significantly less likely to hire the attractive candidate for the less desirable job and more likely to hire the attractive candidate for the more desirable job. Ms Lee said, In the selection decision for an undesirable job, decision makers were more likely to choose the unattractive individual over the attractive individual. Co173。author Dr Madan Pillutla said, It is interesting that decision makers consider others39。 opinions in their decisions. They thought that attractive individuals would want better outes, and therefore would be less satisfied, so they favored unattractive candidates when selecting for a less desirable job. The research also suggests the established view that attractive candidates are favored when applying for jobs might be limited to high173。level jobs.（1）What do people generally think of being attractive? A.It is a disadvantage.B.It is a bl