【正文】 （英語）高三英語閱讀理解(社會文化)模擬試題含解析一、高中英語閱讀理解社會文化類1．閱讀理解 I travel a lot, and I find out different styles(風(fēng)格)of directions every time I ask How can I get to the post office? Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑的)in Japan because most streets there don39。t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks(地標(biāo))in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop. In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat. In many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile. People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map. They measure distance in time, not miles. How far away is the post office? you ask. Oh, they answer, it39。s about five minutes from here. You say, Yes, but how many miles is it? They don39。t know. It39。s true that a person doesn39。t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, Sorry, I have no idea. But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers I don39。t know. People in Yucatan believe that I don39。t know is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!（1）When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually _______. the place carefully him a map of the place him the names of the streets to recognizable buildings and places（2）What is the place where people measure distance in time? York. Angles..（3）People inYucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________. order to save time a test as to be polite fun（4）What can we infer from the text? 39。s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.39。s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly. have similar understanding of politeness. Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，作者圍繞不同國家回答問路的風(fēng)格，介紹了不同國度的不同文化。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Foreign tourists are often confused（困惑的）in Japan because most streets there don39。t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks（地標(biāo)）in their directions instead of street names.”可知在日本通常是用地標(biāo)指路。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map。 they measure distance in time, not miles.”可知，在洛杉磯用走一段路用多少時間來指路。故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers‘I don39。t know.’People in Yucatan believe that ‘I don39。t know’ is impolite.”可推斷，因尤卡坦人可能會給游客一個錯誤的答案的目的是為了禮貌。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“I find out different ‘styles’ of directions every time I ask ‘How can I get to the post office?’ 以及下文舉例說明可知，作者圍繞回答問路的風(fēng)格，介紹了不同國度的不同文化。因此推斷作者說明了對旅行者來說了解不同地方的文化差異很重要。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。2．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, schol