【高考一轮】话题十六　重大政治历史事件、文化渊源（A）含解析

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话题十六　重大政治历史事件、文化渊源(A)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
　　　　　　　　　　　　
A
[2019· 安徽省安庆市高三模拟考试 (二 模 )]Last year marked the
100th anniversary of the end of World War I. There were events around the
world in memory of those who died in the conflict. We have picked out
three of them in European countries. Let's take a look.
Belgium
In a park, the famous Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen had an
exhibition called Coming World, Remember Me. The works consisted of
600,000 individual clay sculptures, one for each person killed during the
World War. In the center of the exhibition was a big egg made of clay,
symbolizing a new world.
U. K.
In a small town called Aldridge, almost 100 houses in one street were
covered with 24,000 poppies and statues of soldiers. They stood for the
men from the area who had been killed in the war. The flowers were chosen
because of a poem written by the Canadian doctor John McCrae in 1915.
They made people think of fields of blood.
France
The British artist Guy Denning arrived in La Feuille, a small town in
the northwest of France, to stick lifesize drawings of soldiers who never
came back home. Armed with glue and a brush, Denning stuck his
drawings carefully on walls. Before long 112 men, mainly young adults,
were brought back to mind, if not to life.
1．What do we know about Coming World, Remember Me?
A．It's the name of an exhibition.
B．It's a film about World War I.
C．It's a work standing for peace.
D．It's a sculpture made of clay.
2．Why were poppies chosen to symbolize the dead soldiers?
A．The British preferred them.
B．They showed the cruelty of war.
C．A Canadian doctor suggested them.
D．The fields were filled with them.
3．How was the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I marked
in France?
A．A memorial to the dead soldiers was built.
B．112 wounded soldiers in the war were helped.
C．Drawings of some dead soldiers were put up.
D．Young adults were encouraged to join the army.
B
[2020·成都第一次诊断]Japan recently lowered its voting age from 20
to 18. This decision was in part to help young people feel more engaged in
politics. But it may also signal the change of social views regarding the
beginning of adulthood.
Adulthood has traditionally been defined by a combination of age
and the achievement of social milestones(里程碑). Most countries have a
legally defined age to determine when a person becomes an adult — the
age of majority. In Australia, most states consider a person to be an adult in
court at 18. The age of 18 is also consistent with other adult privileges,
such as the right to purchase alcohol and to marry. However, 17yearolds
can serve in the army and get a driver's licence. The law defines adulthood
on the basis of age and it also recognizes the process of becoming an adult
as involving himself gradually in social responsibility. This legal approach
to adulthood is mirrored in other countries, where there are differences
between the age of majority and social responsibility given to young
people.
Socially, determinants of adulthood traditionally focus on a person
taking increasing responsibility for their lives in various ways. Completing
school, taking fulltime employment, getting married and parenthood —
these are all observable indicators to determine when a person is viewed as
an adult.
Since the 1980s, however, people have achieved some of these
observable milestones at later ages. Increased access to education has
delayed young people leaving home and developing romantic relationships.
Economic changes have also resulted in unstable employment markets and
increases in costs of living, prompting many young people to remain at
home and dependent on parents.
Due to these social changes, our expectations of young people and
their level of social responsibility have also changed. The recognition of a
new life stage — emerging( 发 展 初 期 的 ) adulthood — has been
recommended to account for the changes to social milestones that have
traditionally represented adulthood.
4．What can we learn about adulthood from the text?
A．People reach observable indicators much later.
B．Age alone is a reliable determinant of adulthood.
C．Participation in politics is a responsibility for adulthood.
D．Economic changes mainly shift people's views on adulthood.
5．What right can people enjoy at the age of 17 in most states of
Australia?
A．Voting. B．Buying wines.
C．Getting married. D．Driving legally.
6．What does the underlined word “prompting” in Paragraph 4
probably mean?
A．Encouraging. B．Advising.
C．Forbidding. D．Persuading.
7．What's the main idea of the text?
A．Emerging adulthood reflects a new life stage.
B．Adulthood is defined differently in different places.
C．Social changes are challenging the idea of adulthood.
D．Adulthood is a combination of rights and responsibilities.
Ⅱ.完形填空
During the early years of the twentieth century polio ( 小儿麻痹症)
was an annoying and whispered word. Polio __1__ small children and
damaged their nervous system. So thousands of American youngsters were
__2__ to withered (萎缩的) arms and legs and lifelong disabilities.
The __3__ of polio in the 1910's, 20's and 30's led medical
professionals around the world to __4__ for a weapon to use against the
disease. The socalled Great Race for a polio vaccine (疫苗) __5__ with the
discovery of the century by American doctor and medical researcher Dr.
Jonas Salk in 1952.
Before announcing it to the world in 1955 that an __6__ injected (给
……注射) vaccine against the feared virus was now a __7__， Dr. Salk
first tested his vaccine successfully in 1952. Albert Sabin followed Dr. Salk
a few years later by inventing an oral __8__ of the polio vaccine in 1962.
The efforts of Dr. Salk and his contemporaries to fight back against
the polio virus have __9__. The once terrible disease is __10__ a fear of
mothers now. Polio has not been completely __11__ from existence, but it
no longer carries the __12__ that it used to carry thanks to the vaccine
developed by Dr. Salk.
The polio vaccine is sure to __13__ in the history of medical
discovery, and Dr. Salk and his contemporaries' accomplishments should
__14__ all of the great power that education and __15__ provide for
humans.
1．A.struck B．influenced
C．discouraged D．disconnected
2．A.admitted B．exposed
C．accustomed D．reduced
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