【正文】 最新高考英語閱讀理解(社會(huì)文化)模擬試題含解析一、高中英語閱讀理解社會(huì)文化類1．閱讀理解 A music festival is a munity event focusingon live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presentedwith a theme. On the list are the music festivals for fans around the your favorite now! Field Day January 1, 2018. Sydney Field Pay means New Year39。s Day for young peoplein Sydney. Seen as the city39。s original multi－stage party, it39。s a gathering of friends ingtogether for a great fun filled first day of the year. There39。s an air of hopeand positive energy on a perfect summer39。s day. The Envision Festival February 22 – 25, 2018, Uvita The Envision Festival is an annual gathering inCosta Rica that aims to provide anopportunityfor different cultures to work with one another to create a better festival encourages people to practice art, music, dance performances, andeducation. Meanwhile, our connection with nature is expected to bestrengthened. The McDowell Mountain Music Festival March 2 4, 2018, Phoenix The McDowell Mountain Music Festival is Phoenix、musicalcelera ,on of munity culture. Since its founding in 2004 f it is the only100% non – profit music festival designed to support, entertain and educate themunity. The festival attracts thousands of visitors each year from aroundthe country, and it is an opportunity to experience true culture. The Old Settler39。s Music Festival April 19 22, 2018, Dale The Old Settler39。s Music Festival is a nationallyknown music festival for American music. The festival is held in the country ofTexas at the height of the wild flower season. The Old Settler39。s Music Festivaloffers great music and activities for the whole family.（1）In which city can people enjoy a fun New Year39。s Day? A.PhoenixB.Uvita.C.SydneyD.Dale（2）What is special about the McDowell Mountain Music Festival? A.It encourages people to receive education.B.It is not aimed at making money.C.It provides an opportunity for friend gathering.D.It focuses on cultural exchanges.（3）Which festivals are connected with nature? A.Field Day and the Envision Festival.B.The Envision Festival and the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.C.The Old Settler39。s Music Festival and the McDowll McDowell Mountain Music Festival.D.The Envision Festival and the Old Settler39。s Music Festival.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了世界各地的四個(gè)受歡迎的音樂節(jié)：講述了節(jié)日舉行的時(shí)間和節(jié)日特色。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Field Day部分中的“Field Pay means New Year39。s Day for young people in Sydney.”可知，F(xiàn)ield Day對(duì)于年輕人來說意味著新年，因此人們?cè)谙つ崮軌蛳硎苡腥さ男履?。故選C。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)The McDowell Mountain Music Festival部分中的“Since its founding in 2004 f it is the only 100% non profit music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the munity.”可知，自從建立以來，這個(gè)節(jié)日一直是非盈利的音樂節(jié)。因此推斷它的目的不是賺錢。故選B。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)The Envision Festival部分中的“Meanwhile, our connection with nature is expected to be strengthened.”和The Old Settler39。s Music Festival部分提到的“The festival is held in the country of Texas at the height of the wild flower season.”可知，這兩個(gè)音樂節(jié)與大自然有關(guān)。故選D。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)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 Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4, 8, 5, 3, 7, 9, 6. Read them loud. Now look away and spend 20 seconds memorizing them in order before saying them out loud again. If you speak English, you have about a 50% chance of remembering those perfectly. If you are Chinese, though, you39。re almost certain to get it right every time. Why is that? Because we most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within a twosecond period. And unlike English, the Chinese language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds. That example es from Stanislas Dahaene39。s book The Number Sense. As Dahaene explains: Chinese number words are remarkably brief. Most of them can be spoken out in less than onequarter of a second (for instance, 4 is “si” and 7 “qi”). Their English pronunciations are longer. The memory gap between English and Chinese apparently is entirely due to this difference in length. It turns out that there is also a big difference in how numbernaming systems in Western and Asian languages are constructed. In English, we say fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, so one might expect that we would also say oneteen, twoteen, threeteen, and fiveteen. But we don39。t. We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. For numbers above 20, we put the “decade” first and the unit number second (twentyone, twentytwo), while for the teens, we do it the other way around (fourteen, seventeen, eighteen). The number system in English is highly irregular. Not so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logical counting system. Eleven is tenone. Twelve is tentwo. Twentyfour is twotensfour and so on. That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children. Fouryearold Chinese children can count, on average, to 40. American children at that age can count only to 15. By the age of five, in other words, American children are already a year behind their Asian friends in the most fundamental of math skills. The regularity of their number system also means that Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Ask an Englishspeaking sevenyearold to add thirtyseven plus twentytwo in her head, and she has to change the words to numbers (37+22). Only then can she do the math: 2 plus 7 is 9 and 30 and 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask an Asian child to add threetensseven and twotenstwo, and then the necessary equation(等式) is right there, in the sentence. No number translation is necessary: it39。s fivetensnine. W