【正文】 rds ceremony attracts only influential businessmen.D.D.getting downre from, how they like to purchase music, what they eat, their attitudes towards ticket prices, how receptive they are to different forms of advertising, why they go to festivals in the first place, where they sleep, and much more.s UK Festival Awards. The latest UK Festival Market Report can be downloaded below.s Awards present a wide range of honors across categories that are decided via a bination of public voting and professional judgments. Since launching in 2004 it has evolved into a major event at The Roundhouse in London, giving the industry a chance to collectively celebrate and fondly reflect upon the achievements of the past year.s beloved festival industry.這篇文章旨在讓人們意識到充足睡眠的重要性,呼吁人們關(guān)注睡眠問題。 （3）考查推理判斷。與B項(xiàng)表述的意思相近,故選B。To arouse the awareness of enough sleep.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，充足的睡眠對我們非常重要,為了引起人們的足夠重視,3月21日被宣布為世界睡眠日。To talk about people39。. A.sleeping has nothing to do with one39。D.serving as a morning call. A.re likely to have better skin, better memories, better judgment, and, oh, yes, longer lives.t do well without more. But the survey found that, on weekdays, only 21% of Americans actually get a full eight hours of sleep, and another 21% get less than six hours.【英語】高考英語閱讀理解(社會文化)技巧小結(jié)及練習(xí)題一、高中英語閱讀理解社會文化類1．閱讀理解 March 21 has been declared World Sleep Day, a time to recognize and celebrate the value of sleep. Many sleep experts hope it will be a wakeup call.t get as much sleep as they should during the workweek. On average, adults are thought to need at least eight hours of sleep a night, although some can manage with less and some won39。 To many of us, the thought of spending more time sleeping is, well, a big yawn. On the other hand, the thought of being smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful has a certain appeal. And those are just a few of the advantages that can be ours if we consistently get enough sleep, researchers say. Also on the plus side: We39。 “When you lose even one hour of sleep for any reason, it influences your performance the next day,” says Dr. Alon Avidan, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center.t function as well during the day.t be in top physical shape unless we also get plenty of sleep.”（1）The underlined part in Paragraph 1 means s attentionC.being healthier is one of the advantages for usB.spending more time in sleeping is a waste of time（3）What Jennifer Vriend said in the last paragraph implies that lazy people tend to sleep longsleeping is only part of our life（4）What is the purpose of the passage? A.To stress the function of sleeping at night.D.由此可知,a wakeup call含有警鐘的意思。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。2．閱讀理解Wele to the 2017 UK Festival Awards Conference is an opportunity to recognize the hard work, vision and creativity of the nation39。 Throughout the day of the event, the Conference invites numerous industry insiders(行家) to discuss the issues most relative to the sector, reviewing its immediate past and portending to the future. The evening39。 With a gourmet dinner, gala awards ceremony and aftershow party, it attracts over 1,000 of the most influential people in the business. Conference is owned and produced by Festival Awards Ltd, an independent pany founded in the UK. undertaken in the preparation stage for last year39。 Included in the Report is a bunch of related information about festivalgoers: where they39。 We hope you find the information useful. （1）Which phrase is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “portending” in paragraph 2? A.adding upThe Festival Awards Ltd, is responsible for not less than three events.C.B.D.根據(jù)reviewing its immediate past 和to the “展望未來”，故選D。故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War. Today the Fringe, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. . bee a nonofficial event gone beyond an art festival shows all year round growing rapidly【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了愛丁堡音樂節(jié)形成和發(fā)展，包括對創(chuàng)設(shè)目的，參與群體，發(fā)展規(guī)模等方面進(jìn)行了簡要而準(zhǔn)確的敘述，回顧了愛丁堡音樂節(jié)的發(fā)展歷程。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“At the same time, the ‘Fringe’ appeared as a challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to the official festival. ”可知Fringe 與official是相對的；再根據(jù)“Eight theatre groups turned up？”以及第四段中的“Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform ”可知很多團(tuán)體和大學(xué)生也參與了進(jìn)來，所以Fringe譯為非正式的，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(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)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism(相對主義), are simply reflections of local social and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.It explains the history of artistic works.C.history gives art works special appeal to set them apartC.they establish some general principles of artC.Are Artistic Values Universal?Is Human Nature Uniform?根據(jù)第一段中的“The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativi