湖北省江岸区武汉二中2023届高三上学期英语晚训14(20-13).docx

1、武汉二中2023届高三(上)英语晚训(十四)2022年10月7日12日第二部分第一节(共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A. B. C和D个选项中, 选出最佳选项。A1. Ensure passport is valid.Passports are required for travel to the U. S. and must be valid for the entirety of the travelers stay. 2. Complete the application for a tourist visa, Form DS160.This is a

2、n online form available through the U. S. Department of State. 3. Print the DS160confirmation page.After successfully completing the application, the applicant will receive a confirmation with a 10digit barcode. Take a printout of this page. This page is required to schedule a visa interview. 4. Upl

3、oad a digital photograph.The DS160application requires the applicant to upload a digital photograph that meets the following requirements:The digital photograph must be a squareMinimum dimensions must be 600pixels by 600pixelsMaximum dimensions must be 1200pixels by 1200pixelsImage must be in colorI

4、mage must be in the JPEG formatFile size of the image must be less than or equal to 240kilobytes5. Pay the application fee for the B2tourist visa. The fee can be paid electronically as a bank transfer or in cash at designated(指定的) bank branches. 6. Make an appointment for the visa interview. After p

5、aying the application fee, the applicant will have to schedule two appointments as part of the tourist visa process:The first appointment is at the Offsite Facilitation Center (OFC) to provide biometrics information, which includes fingerprinting and photograph. The second appointment is with the co

6、nsulate or embassy for a personal visa interview. 7. Complete the visa fingerprinting at an OFC. This appointment should be scheduled at least a day or two before the interview at the consulate. As part of this appointment, the applicants digital photograph and fingerprints will be taken. 8. Attend

7、the visa interview at the designated U. S. consulate or embassy on the day and time the appointment.The applicant brings the following to the visa interview:Passport (and old passports if any)Passportstyle photographThe DS160confirmation pageVisa application fee receiptsInterview appointment letterS

8、upporting documents9. Receive a B2visa and travel to the U. S. If the interview goes well, the consular officer will approve the visa application and give the applicant a B2visa. 1. The passage mainly focuses on_. A. how to apply for a U. S. tourist visa B. strict process of passport application. C.

9、 making preparations for visa documents D. the U. S. tourist advertisement of applying for visa. 2. What are applicants required to do when applying for B2visa? _A. Complete the visa fingerprinting after the interview. B. Pay the application fee only through bank transfer electronically. C. Print ou

10、t Form DS160. D. Attend a personal visa interview. BFirst, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed(展现) in the last few years. You should be as proud of

11、 yourself as we are. College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often questionwhat good is this course. I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you:Education is what you have left after all that

12、is taught is forgotten. What I mean by that is the material taught isnt as important as you gain the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about-this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired,

13、 after which you must become self-learner. Do not fall into the trap of dogma(教条). There is no single simple answer to any question. Remember during your high school debate class, I always asked you to take on the side that you dont believe in? I did that for a reason-things rarelyblack and white, a

14、nd there are always many ways to look at a problem. You will become a better problem solver if you recognized that. This is calledcritical thinking, and it is the most important thinking skill you need for your life. This also means you need to become tolerant and supportive of others. I will always

15、 remember when I went to my Ph. D. advisor and proposed a new thesis topic, he saidI dont agree with you, but Ill support you. Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Dont be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion wil

16、l create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots. Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during colleg

17、e you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience. Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life. 3. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Its a parents letter in

18、tended for a college student. B. Parents are proud but worried about unpredictable future of children. C. Learning skills are the top priority in Columbia. D. Though uneducated, the writer offers practical college guidance. 4. Which of the following is the most appropriate to fill in the blank at th

19、e end of the 3rd paragraph? A. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isnt critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever. B. After the years, I have learned this isnt just flexibility, but encouragement of critical thinking. C. When I fac

20、ed the greatest challenge in my life, you gave me a big hug. D. Your Columbia degree will take you far even if you dont graduate with honors. 5. By mentioning Steve Jobs, the author intends to tell us that_. A. your dream of connecting dots to form a beautiful curve will be realized. B. following yo

21、ur own heart in college may guarantee opportunities of success. C. Steve Jobs is a typical example to illustrate that freedom and enjoyment count. D. Steve Jobs owes his success to his critical thinking. CThe newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, objectively selected f

22、acts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment facing American journalists-to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news understandable as community news, t

23、o recognize that there is no longer any such thing aslocalnews, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in the financial market, political circles, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start an interpretation, you

24、are entering dangerous waters, the rushing tides of opinion. This is nonsense. The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall limit himself to thefacts. This insistence raises two questions. What are the facts? And:Are the bare facts enough? As for the first question, co

25、nsider how a so calledfactualstory comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall hold th

26、e lead of the piece. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large influence, or on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three. Thus in the presentation of a so-calledfactualorobjectivestory, a

27、t least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and theirnews neutralism, arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news. The two

28、 areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processes-as objective, that is, as any human being can be. If an editor is determined to give a prejudiced view of the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpr

29、etation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that support his particular viewpoint. Or he can do it by the place he gives a story-promoting it to page one or dragging it to page thirty. 6. According to Paragraphs 12, which of the following statements is true? _A. The most important task of

30、reporters is to provide facts for the readers. B. If a reporter makes clear the facts he writes, he will get into trouble. C. In order to make current events clear to the readers, reporters and editors must select facts objectively. D. For reporters, interpretation of facts is no less important than

31、 presentation of the facts. 7. Which of the following can best express the authors attitude toward objectiveness? _A. He does not think there exists any objectiveness in news writing or reporting. B. To make clear the news is a way to be objective for the readers. C. Objectiveness is controlled by e

32、ditors rather than writers. D. Properly choosing facts prepares a solid ground for objectiveness. 8. Where a story is presented in a newspaper shows_. A. the storys factual matterB. the editors prejudiceC. the reporters backgroundD. the storys impact on the readers9. The purpose of the last paragrap

33、h is to_. A. show us the authors judgmentB. show us where to place a storyC. show us the authors viewpoint on objectivenessD. show us how to be neutral. DAfter much thought, I came up with a brilliant plan. I worked out a way for Rich to meet my mother and win her over. In fact, I arranged it so my

34、mother would want to cook a meal especially for him. Rich was not only not Chinese and he was a few years younger than I was. And unfortunately, he looked much younger with his curly red hair, smooth pale skin, and the splash of orange freckles(雀斑) across his nose. He was a bit on the short side, co

35、mpactly built. In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily forgettable, which was why I didnt notice him the first year we worked together at the firm. But my mother noticed everything. So what do you think of Rich? I finally asked, holding my breath. She tossed the eggplant in the hot oil

36、, angry hissing sound. So many spots on his face, she said. They are freckles. Freckles are good luck. I said a bit too heatedly in trying to raise my voice above the noise of the kitchen. Oh? She said innocently. Yes, the more spots the better. She considered this a moment and then smiled and spoke

37、 in Chinese:When you were young, you got the chicken pox. So many spots, you had to stay home for ten days. So lucky, you thought. I couldnt save Rich in the kitchen. And I couldnt save him later at the dinner table. When I offered Rich a fork, he insisted on using the slippery ivory chopsticks. Hal

38、fway between his plate and his open mouth, a large chunk of red-cooked eggplant fell on his brand new white shirt. And then he helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas, not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful. He declined the new greens, the tender and expensive l

39、eaves of bean plants. He thought he was being polite by refusing seconds, when he should have followed my fathers example, who made a big show of taking small portions of seconds, thirds and even fourths, always saying he couldnt resist another bite and then groaning he was so full he thought he wou

40、ld burst.But the worst was when Rich criticized my mothers cooking and he didnt even know what he had done. As is the Chinese cooks custom, my mother always made modest remarks about her own cooking. That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which

41、 she always served with special pride. Ai!This dish not salty enough, no flavor, she complained, after tasting a small bite. This was our familys cue to eat more and proclaim it the best she had ever made. But before we could do so, Rich said, You know, all it needs is a little soy sauce. And he pro

42、ceeded to pour a riverful of the salty black stuff on the china plate, right before my mothers horrified eyes. And even though I was hoping throughout the dinner that my mother would somehow see Richs kindness, his sense of humor and boyish charm. I knew he had failed miserably in her eyes. Rich obv

43、iously had a different opinion on how the evening had gone. When we got home, I was stillshuddering, remembering how Rich had firmly shaken both my parentshands with that same easy familiarity he used with nervous new clients. Linda, Tim, he said, well see you again. My parentsnames are Lindo and Ti

44、n Jong, and nobody except a few older family friends ever calls them by their first names. What did she say when you told her? I knew he was referring to our getting married. I never had a chance, I said, which was true. How could I have told my mother I was getting married, when at every possible m

45、oment we were alone, she seemed to remark on how pale and ill he looked. Rich was smiling. How long does it take to say, Mom, Dad, I am getting married? You dont understand. You dont understand my mother. 10. Which is NOT the reason why the author didnt tell her mother she was getting married? _A. S

46、he didnt have a chance to tell her mother. B. Her mother disliked Richs freckled face. C. Mother was impressed by his boyish charm and humor. D. She was shocked by Richs violation of cultural taboo. 11. Which of the following is NOT closely related to cultural differences in the story? _A. “Ai!This

47、dish not salty enough, no flavor, she complained, after tasting a small bite. B. Rich obviously had a different opinion on how the evening had goneC. Halfway between his plate and his open mouth, a large chunk of red-cooked eggplant fell on his brand new white shirt. D. “Linda, Tim, Rich said, well

48、see you again. 12. What does the underlined part in the story really mean? _A. Father made a big show of his preference for the dish by helping himself to the dishes more times, which Rich didnt follow. B. Rich behaved politely by not following Father who kept having more servings of greens. C. Father had a good appetite for more portions of greens while Rich had good table manners of having oneserving. D. Rich di