内容正文:
2026-2027 外刊英语阅读汇编
高三英语二轮阅读理解专项练习(十六)
A 应用文 + B 人物记叙文 + C 科技科普 + D 社会议论文
Passage A
(人与社会・城市读书节)|难度★★☆☆☆
City Autumn Reading Festival Guide
To encourage lifelong reading and enrich citizens’ spare time, the municipal library will hold the 12th City Autumn Reading Festival from September 12 to September 28. All citizens, primary and secondary students are welcome to take part in all free activities.
Core Activity Zones
1.New Book Sharing Salon (9:00-11:30 every morning)
Writers and book critics will share newly published works covering youth growth, natural science and foreign literature. Each salon allows 80 listeners at most. Visitors can raise questions and exchange reading feelings with guests on site.
2.Parent-child Reading Corner (14:00-16:30 daily)
This area is specially prepared for families with kids aged 4 to 12. Staff will organize picture-book reading, story role-play and handcraft book-making. Parents must stay with their children all the time for safety management.
3.Old Book Exchange Booth (all opening hours)
People can bring clean, complete second-hand books to exchange for reading coupons. One book equals one coupon, and 5 coupons can be exchanged for a brand-new paperback. Damaged, torn or exam exercise books are not accepted for exchange.
Practical Tips
1.Opening Hours: 9:00 — 17:30 every day, closed at noon for one hour (12:00-13:00).
2.Registration: Large groups over 15 people need to book seats three days in advance via the library official WeChat account. Individual visitors can enter directly without reservation.
3.Rules: No loud noise or food inside reading areas. Water bottles with covers are permitted.
Questions
1.What activity can visitors join in the morning every day?
A. Parent-child picture-book games
B. New book sharing salon
C. Second-hand book exchange
D. Handcraft making for teenagers
2.How can people get a new paperback at the festival?
A. Attend three book salons continuously
B. Bring five qualified old books for exchange
C. Take part in parent-child reading activities
D. Make a handcraft book by themselves
3.What can we learn about the reading festival from the text?
A. Small family groups need to book seats ahead of time.
B. Visitors can stay inside the library during lunch break.
C. All kinds of used exercise books can be traded for coupons.
D. Children under 12 must be accompanied by their parents.
Passage B
人与自我・人物成长记叙文|难度★★★☆☆
A Teenager Who Builds Wildflower Gardens
Li Miaomiao, a 17-year-old high school student, has spent three years turning empty, neglected corners in her community into wildflower gardens. Her love for wild plants began on a family trip to the countryside when she was 14.
During that trip, she noticed colorful wild flowers growing naturally along country roads. Local villagers told her wildflowers could attract bees and butterflies, improve soil and cool the air without much care. In contrast, the neatly trimmed ornamental flowers in city parks needed plenty of water, fertilizer and regular cutting. This contrast inspired her to start her small garden project.
At first, many neighbors doubted her plan. They worried wild plants would look messy and take up public space. Some even thought weeds would spread to their yards. To change their minds, Miaomiao made a detailed plan: she collected native wildflower seeds online, divided the empty land into small pieces and put up boards introducing the environmental value of each plant.
She spent every weekend planting, watering and clearing rubbish alone at first. Slowly, some warm-hearted neighbors joined her. Elderly residents brought home-made organic fertilizer, and younger students helped pull out harmful weeds. After one year, the once empty ground was covered with golden chrysanthemums, clover and daisies. Bees and small birds often came to stay.
Miaomiao does not stop here. She now gives short speeches at her school to call on more teenagers to build small wildflower corners around their neighborhoods. “We do not need perfect, fancy gardens. Native wild plants are cheap, easy to raise and great for urban ecology. Small efforts from young people can make our cities softer and greener,” she said.
Her project has won a city youth environmental award this year. When asked about her future plan, she says she will keep sharing wildflower seeds and environmental knowledge with more people.
Questions
1.What made Li Miaomiao decide to plant wildflowers in the community?
A. The environmental advantages of wild plants she learned in the countryside
B. The award for environmental projects offered by the city government
C. The ugly messy landscape of ornamental flowers in city parks
D. Her teacher’s suggestion to carry out public welfare projects
2.What was neighbors’ initial attitude towards her wildflower plan?
A. Supportive and willing to offer help
B. Doubtful and worried about side effects
C. Uninterested and paid no attention
D. Enthusiastic and joined her immediately
3.Which of the following is one advantage of wildflowers mentioned in the text?
A. They need lots of water and fertilizer to grow well
B. They look tidier than all park ornamental flowers
C. They help improve soil and cool down the surroundings
D. They can stop all kinds of weeds from spreading
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A. The differences between wildflowers and ornamental flowers
B. A teenage girl creates wildflower gardens and spreads environmental ideas
C. How to win youth environmental awards through public projects
D. Ways for teenagers to carry out volunteer activities in communities
Passage C
人与自然・人工智能环保科普|难度★★★☆☆
AI Helps Monitor Ocean Plastic Pollution
Plastic waste floating in oceans has become a worldwide environmental problem. Traditional ocean pollution monitoring mainly depends on human teams taking boats to collect samples, which costs lots of money, takes a long time and can only cover limited sea areas. Now artificial intelligence is offering a more effective solution.
Scientists have developed an AI system that works together with satellite cameras and drone equipment. Satellites take wide-range photos of ocean surfaces, while drones fly close to the sea to capture clear detailed pictures. All images are sent to the AI program for fast analysis. The AI can tell plastic bags, plastic bottles and fishing nets apart from seaweed, waves and floating rocks automatically.
Before AI technology, researchers needed to spend hours checking each picture one by one by eye. It was easy to miss small pieces of plastic waste and make wrong judgments. The trained AI model can finish the analysis of thousands of ocean photos in less than one hour, with higher accuracy than human eyes. It also marks the exact position and quantity of plastic rubbish on electronic maps for environmental teams.
The system has been tested along the coastal areas of eastern China for two years. The data collected shows that the AI can find over 90% of visible floating plastic waste. Based on the AI’s data, environmental workers can set targeted cleaning routes instead of traveling blindly across the sea, greatly cutting fuel costs and working time.
Experts point out that AI monitoring is only a detection tool. To reduce ocean plastic pollution fundamentally, governments, factories and ordinary citizens must work together to cut plastic use, classify waste strictly and recycle plastic products. Without changes in people’s daily habits, even the most advanced AI cannot solve the pollution problem completely.
Questions
1.What is the shortcoming of traditional ocean plastic monitoring?
A. It cannot collect any sea water samples for research
B. It costs much money and covers limited sea areas
C. It relies completely on satellite and drone equipment
D. It can find plastic waste with high speed and accuracy
2.How does the AI system identify ocean plastic waste?
A. By analyzing images taken by satellites and drones
B. By collecting plastic samples directly from the seawater
C. By calculating the fuel cost of cleaning boats automatically
D. By communicating with fishermen to record waste positions
3.What benefit does the AI system bring to environmental teams?
A. It can clear plastic rubbish in the ocean by itself
B. It helps workers design efficient sea cleaning routes
C. It completely stops people from using plastic products
D. It can remove all hidden underwater plastic waste
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. AI technology alone cannot solve ocean plastic pollution thoroughly.
B. AI monitoring equipment will replace human environmental workers soon.
C. Reducing plastic waste only requires strict rules from the government.
D. The AI system has already solved most global ocean pollution problems.
Passage D
人与社会・社会心理议论文|难度★★★★☆
The Value of Slow Reading in the Short-video Age
Nowadays, short videos, quick news feeds and brief online articles take up most young people’s spare time. Many people get used to absorbing fragmented information in 10 or 30 seconds. They find thick, long books boring and hard to finish, and regard slow reading as a waste of time. However, psychologists and language educators stress that slow reading is irreplaceable for people’s thinking ability.
Slow reading means reading long texts quietly without frequent interruptions. Unlike short fragmented information which only brings shallow amusement, long books require readers to follow complex story lines, remember large numbers of characters and understand hidden logical relationships between paragraphs. During slow reading, readers need to think, guess and connect plots actively, which trains deep thinking and logical reasoning skills.
Researchers carried out a one-year experiment with two groups of high school students. Group A only read short online content every day, while Group B kept slow reading one long literary book every week. At the end of the experiment, tests showed that Group B performed much better in composition writing, logical analysis and reading comprehension of long articles. Students who only watched short videos were easier to lose focus when facing long, complex materials.
Many people argue that slow reading takes too much time in a fast-paced society. Experts explain that slow reading does not mean spending the whole day on books. Even 20 to 30 minutes of quiet, continuous reading every day can produce clear improvements in thinking ability. The key difference lies in whether people can stay focused without switching screens constantly.
Slow reading does not refuse short digital information. It only reminds young people to keep a balance. Short videos can relax people in their free time, but slow reading is the necessary way to build steady, deep thinking, which supports people’s study, work and long-term self-improvement.
Questions
1.Why do many young people dislike slow reading nowadays?
A. They think long books are dull and a waste of time
B. They believe slow reading cannot bring any fun at all
C. They have no spare time to finish any thick books
D. They are forbidden to read paper books by schools
2.What is the core advantage of slow reading compared with short fragmented information?
A. It provides more funny and relaxing entertainment
B. It helps develop deep thinking and logical ability
C. It allows people to get information within 30 seconds
D. It reduces the time people spend on daily reading
3.What result did the one-year experiment show?
A. Students reading short articles wrote better compositions.
B. Slow reading regularly improved students’ comprehensive reading ability.
C. Short videos helped students focus on long complex texts easily.
D. All students refused to continue slow reading after the experiment.
4.What is the author’s main opinion in the text?
A. Short videos and quick online news should be completely given up.
B. Slow reading for hours every day is necessary for all teenagers.
C. Young people should balance short digital information and slow reading.
D. Fragmented information can train people’s deep logical thinking ability.
标准答案汇总
Passage A
1.B 2.B 3.D
Passage B
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B
Passage C
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A
Passage D
1.A 2.B 3.B 4.C
完整答案详解
Passage A 解析
1.答案:B 细节理解题
定位活动板块 1:New Book Sharing Salon (9:00-11:30 every morning),上午固定开展新书分享沙龙。
干扰项:A 亲子阅读是下午活动;C 换书全天可参与,非限定上午;D 无青少年手工活动。
2.答案:B 细节理解题
原文:5 coupons can be exchanged for a brand-new paperback. One book equals one coupon,五本合格旧书兑换五张券,换取新书。其余选项无原文依据。
3.答案:D 细节理解题
原文 Parent-child Reading Corner 标注适合 4-12 岁儿童,家长必须全程陪同。
错项排除:A 15 人以上团体才需要预约,家庭小组无需;B 中午 12:00-13:00 闭馆,无法留在馆内;C 破损、习题类旧书不允许兑换优惠券。
Passage B 解析
1.答案:A 细节理解题
乡村旅行时她发现野花改良土壤、降温、易养护的环保优势,对比城市观赏花卉养护成本高,由此萌生种花计划。
干扰项:环保奖项是后期成果;C 文中未说观赏花杂乱;D 无老师提议相关内容。
2.答案:B 细节理解题
原文 Many neighbors doubted her plan. They worried wild plants would look messy and take up public space,邻居最初持怀疑态度,担心产生负面影响。
3.答案:C 细节理解题
原文 wildflowers could attract bees and butterflies, improve soil and cool the air without much care,野花可改良土壤、降温。
错项:A 是观赏花卉特点;B 野花外形并不整齐;D 无法彻底阻挡杂草。
4.答案:B 主旨大意题
全文围绕 17 岁女孩打造社区野花花园、带动邻居参与,并在校宣传环保理念展开。其余均为局部细节。
Passage C 解析
1.答案:B 细节理解题
原文 Traditional ocean pollution monitoring...costs lots of money, takes a long time and can only cover limited sea areas,传统监测耗资大、覆盖海域有限。
2.答案:A 细节理解题
AI 系统结合卫星、无人机拍摄海面图像,上传程序识别塑料垃圾。
3.答案:B 细节理解题
AI 标记垃圾位置与数量,工作人员据此规划精准清理路线,节省人力燃油成本。
干扰项:AI 仅监测,无法自行清理垃圾、杜绝塑料使用、清除水下垃圾。
4.答案:A 推理判断题
尾段:AI monitoring is only a detection tool. To reduce ocean plastic pollution fundamentally...must work together,仅靠人工智能无法彻底解决海洋塑料污染。
Passage D 解析
1.答案:A 细节理解题
原文 They find thick, long books boring and hard to finish, and regard slow reading as a waste of time,年轻人觉得厚书枯燥,认为慢读浪费时间。
2.答案:B 细节理解题
慢读需要主动思考梳理逻辑,锻炼深度思考与推理能力,碎片化短视频只能带来浅层消遣。
3.答案:B 细节理解题
坚持每周慢读长篇书籍的学生,写作、逻辑分析、长篇阅读能力显著优于只刷短视频的学生。
4.答案:C 主旨大意题
文末核心观点:不必完全抛弃短视频碎片化信息,但年轻人要平衡短视频娱乐与深度慢读,借助慢读建立深度思维。
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