大题04 阅读理解：六选四 -【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04 阅读理解六选四 上海高考英语六选四阅读主要考察学生对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握。此类题型有一定难度，想要答好此类题，考生需要从整体上把握文章的逻辑结构和内容上的联系，理解句子之间、段落之间的关系，对诸如连贯性、一致性等语段特征有较强的意识和熟练的把握，并具备运用语法知识分析理解长难句的能力。此题型是对语言能力和阅读理解能力的综合测试。分析篇章结构，把握全篇文脉，是解答这一题型的关键。值得注意的是文中不同的地方挖空，考査的能力要求也会有所不同。 1）选材特点：一般为400词左右的短文，以说明文和议论文常见。 2）设空设空类型：一般有五种：标题类、主题句类、承上启下类、归纳总结类、语篇拓展类。 【上海南洋模范中学2022-2023学年高三3月考试英语试卷】 Discover how trade unions have shaped the way people work. If you are travelling by train this summer you may find this journey is affected by the national rail strike. _____47_____ This year lots of workers are taking strike action and asking for better pay. Teachers, for example, are thinking about whether to go on strike in the autumn. Strikes are usually organized by trade unions. Read on to find out what trade unions are and how they have shaped the way people work. What is a trade union? It is an organization that looks after the rights of people who work in the same industry, do a specific job or work at the same company. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) represents 80,000 transport workers, and the National Education Union has more than 460,000 members who work in teaching. Trade unions give their members a strong, group voice and support when dealing with the companies they work for. _____48_____. There are trade unions for lots of professions including actors, doctors, farmers, journalists, nurses and teachers. How did trade unions start and grow? Workers have been organizing themselves into unions for hundreds of years. During the Industrial Revolution (1760 - 1840), when lots of people left the countryside to work in factories in harsh conditions, workers began pressing their employers for better pay and safety rules. In 1871, the Trade Union Act, which made it legal to form trade unions, was passed. Since then, trade unions have made a big difference to the way people work, helping to set a minimum wage, making it illegal for children to work, and making sure workers can