大题01 阅读理解：记叙文或新闻报道 -【大题精做】冲刺2024年高考英语大题突破+限时集训（上海专用）

专题01 阅读理解记叙文/新闻报道 从命题形式上看，常见的有等题型。除了推论或词义辨识题，记叙文命题的顺序一般都会按照文章的脉络和故事发展的顺序层层推进，否则就会觉得别扭，逻辑不通。同时，记叙文需要事件的发展过程作支撑，一半以上的题目都会用来检测考生对故事的了解，因此，我们必须弄明白整件事情的发展脉络。而其余像主旨大意、作者意图之类的题目，则取决于文章的落句，集中考查对作者所发的感触的理解。综上所述，记叙文的应对策略即： （2023·上海市复旦附中模拟预测）Apple on Tuesday said its revenue fell 5 percent in the first quarter, compared with $88.3 billion a year earlier, as chief executive Tim Cook admitted that people are holding on to their i-Phones longer. Revenue from the maker if i-Phones came in at $84.31 billion, slightly higher than the company estimated earlier this month, when it wanted that sales would fall to about $84 billion. At the time, Cook cited a slowdown in China’s economy as well as President Trump’s trade war for weakening i-Phone demand. It was Apple’s first warning in more than 15 years. Apple’s stock jumped more than 4 percent in after-hours trading. In its results, Apple said net sales of i-Phones were down by more than $9 billion compared with the same quarter last year. Cook conceded that many Apple users are “holding on to their older i-Phones a bit longer than in the past,” which contributed to lower i-Phone demand. But he also pointed to shifts in foreign exchange values that made Apple products more expensive in certain markets. Consumers are holding on to their smartphones for three years or longer. The Washington Post reported last month. But higher selling prices — with some high-end models costing over $1,000 — have been able to compensate for fewer new phones sold. Sales increased in other categories such as services, wear-ables and tablets. Altogether, Apple reported net income of $19.97 billion for the quarter compared to $20.01 billion in the same period a year earlier. The popularity of Apple’s smartwatch has driven significant growth in the company’s wear-ables segment, according to the company. “Our wear-ables business is approaching the size of a Fortune 200 company,” said chief financial officer Luca Maestri. While Cook asknowledged the co