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2018届上海市各大名校高三英语题型分类汇编加强版：阅读理解B篇
One【2018届上海市上海实验学校高三英语10月考试题】 III. Reading Comprehension Section B ( 22%)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
（B）
Hillary vs. The Donald
For years, general and politicians used sports metaphors(比喻) to explain some of the most consequential issues of our time. So just this once, let’s flip the script. Forget for a moment that the future of America—not to mention civilization—hangs in the balance. Instead, imagine the debate as a sporting event...
Think Trump as Mike Tyson. Announcer: “He’s still looking to land that one big punch. And he’s had it with the fact—checking low blows and policy-question clinches. Hold on! Did he just bite the top of her ear off?”
Or Clinton as the late, usually mid-mannered Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green, firing back at critics who suggested she didn’t take her opponent seriously enough: “He is who we thought he was! That’s why I took the stage! Now if you want to crown him, you can crown him! But he is who we thought he was!”
It’s so tempting that a number of political analysts are using sports-writing tools to break down the matchup: offense vs. defense, strengths and weaknesses, how the coaching staffs and straining facilities compete with each other, even how the practice sessions have been going.
No one has posted a point spread yet, so feel free to add your own, mercifully. The best comparisons to the Clinton-Trump battle from different sports: FOOTBALL
Clinton is serious and prepared. She uses her practice time purposefully. She has experience, a multitude of game plans and knows how to manage the clock. If she was a player, she’d be Peyton Manning. If she was a coach—let’s see: wonky, secretive, willing to bend rules, even got caught recently fudging an injury report—she’d be Bill Bellicose. Definitely Bellicose.
As a plays and never saw a throw he wouldn’t make. If he was a coach, he’d be Chip Kelly in his Oregon days, breaking the mold with his house-on-fire offensive attack. Or maybe Steve
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2018届上海市各大名校高三英语题型分类汇编加强版：阅读理解B篇
Hurried at Florida, less worried about what his opponents might do than whether he could sneak out of a film session and squeeze in nine holes before sundown.
59. The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ____________. A. educate the public on the wide use of sports metaphors B. entertain the public by using sports metaphors in politics C. compare the candidates and issue an appeal for votes for Hillary
D. indicate the subtle relationship between sporting events and election campaign 60. The underlined phrase “break down” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________. A. stop working because of a fault B. change something into a different form
C. change people’s fixed attitude towards something D. divide something into parts to understand it better
61. According to the passage, which of the following statement is TRUE? A. Bill Belichick is Hillary’s favorite football coach.
B. If Trump went in for boxing, he would bite his opponent’s ear. C. Hillary met with criticism for underestimating her opponent. D. Issues of great importance can be solved in an easy-going way.
Keys: 59-61 BDC
Two【2018届上海市上海实验中学高三英语下学期4月考试题】 III. Reading Comprehension Section B ( 22%)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(B)
The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some languages, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace. In some cultures we greet people by shaking hands or with another gesture to show that we are not carrying weapons – that we come in peace. And there are certain symbols which people in very
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2018届上海市各大名校高三英语题型分类汇编加强版：阅读理解B篇
different cultures recognize as representing peace. Let’s look at a few of them. The dove
The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of war. There was a tradition in Europe that if a dove flew around a house where someone was dying then their soul would
be at peace. And there are legends which say that the devil can turn himself into any bird except for a dove. In Christian art, the dove was used to symbolize the Holy Ghost and was often painted above Christ's head. But it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949. The rainbow
The rainbow is another ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection between human beings and their gods. In Greek mythology it was associated with Iris, the goddess who brought messages from the gods on Mount Olympus. In Scandinavian
mythology the rainbow was a bridge between the gods and the earth. In the Bible a rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that God had forgiven his people. In the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is a common symbol for marriage because the colours represent the union of yin and yang. Nowadays the rainbow is used by many popular movements for peace and the environment, representing the possibility of a better world in the future and promising sunshine after the rain. The olive branch
The olive tree has always been a valuable source of food and oil. In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena gave the olive tree to the people of Athens, who showed their gratitude by naming the city after her. But no one knows for sure when or why it began to symbolize peace. There is probably a connection
with ancient Greece. Wars between states were suspended during the Olympic Games, and the winners were given crowns of olive branches. The symbolism may come from the fact that the olive tree takes a long time to produce fruit, so olives could only be cultivated successfully in long periods of peace. Whatever the history, the olive branch is a part of many modern flags
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