（江苏专用）2020高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解组合练（二）.doc

阅读理解组合练(二)(限时30分钟)A(2019·苏州一模)World's best beaches: 2020 Trip Advisor award winnersNo.1　Clearwater BeachIt lies in America, about a forty minute drive west of Tampa.It impresses travelers with two and a half miles of sugar white sand, crystal clear waters and gentle Gulf wind.The beach offers calm, shallow water, making it an ideal playground for tourists.* Bargain hotel nearby: Pier House 60 Marina Hotel, from ＄293 per night * Airfare: As low as ＄71 round trip from ORD (Chicago) to TPA (Tampa)No.2　Siesta BeachJust south of Sarasota, Siesta Beach on Siesta Key is known for its eight mile stretch of sugar fine, quartz white sand.It's also a great spot for kids to collect seashells and sand dollars.* Bargain hotel nearby: Tropical Beach Resorts, from ＄295 per night * Airfare: As low as ＄238 round trip from EWR(Newark) to SRQ (Sarasota)No.3　Ka'anapali BeachAmong the most visited beach in West Maui, this area is a popular spot for quiet relaxation or water sports.It's also famous for the daily cliff diving ceremony off of the beach's northernmost cliffs known as Black Rock.* Bargain hotel nearby: Lahaina Shores Beach Resort, from ＄289 per night * Airfare: As low as ＄382 round­trip from SFO (San Francisco) to OGG (Kahului)No.4　South BeachPeople watching is a great pastime in Miami's South Beach, which draws celebrities and models.Travelers love the wide, fine, white sand­covered beaches as well as the surrounding area, known for wild nightlife and excellent restaurants.* Bargain hotel nearby: Room Mate Lord Balfour, from ＄264 per night * Great airfare: As low as ＄107 round­trip from LGA (New York) to MIA (Miami)语篇解读：本文主要介绍了世界上几个最佳海滩的一些特色和去旅行的费用。

1．Siesta Beach is different from other three beaches in that ________.A．tourists enjoy an exciting sportB．fine sugar white sand covers itC．many famous persons visit itD．children have more great fun解析：选D　细节理解题从No.2 Siesta Beach的最后一句“It's also a great spot for kids to collect seashells and sand dollars.”可知该沙滩是个让孩子们收集贝壳和沙海胆的好地方，它会非常吸引孩子游玩，使他们获得快乐2．How much may they pay at least if Mr and Mrs Smith from Chicago visit a beach?A．＄364.　　　　　　 B．＄435.C．＄579. D．＄657.解析：选B　细节理解题由于夫妇是来自Chicago，所以是Clearwater Beach，Airfare应当是71×2＝142，另外酒店费用是293一晚，所以最少应该是293＋142＝435。

B(2019·南京、盐城二模)That competition keeps prices down is well known.But it is hard to measure by just how much, because prices vary for all sorts of reasons, from differences in labour costs and rents to taxes.Rising to the challenge is a new paper in The Economic Journal by Giacomo Calzolari, Andrea Ichino, Francesco Manaresi and Viki Nellas，economists at the European University Institute, Bologna University and the Italian central bank.They looked at pharmacies (药房) and specifically at customers who may be particularly easy to rip off: new parents.Using data for 2007 to 2010 covering about a fifth of pharmacies in Italy, the researchers measured the way in which prices of hygiene products for babies changed as the number of babies varied.They took advantage of a peculiar law from the 1960s, according to which regions with at most 7,500 people are allowed just one pharmacy (supposedly to keep the quality of services high)．They compared prices in places with populations just below this threshold, and just above.The products studied included some 3,000 varieties of shampoos, bath foams, baby wipes, creams and so on.Many are also used by adults on themselves.Some people, for example, prefer sun­cream labelled “for children” because of its high level of protection.When raising prices for these products, even a pharmacist with a monopoly (垄断) must consider the risk that adult users will switch to products that are not aimed at children.But a rise in the number of babies, and hence buyers who are parents, could tip_the_scales towards price increases.By contrast, the pharmacist should already be charging as much as parents are willing to pay for products without adult users, such as nappies.The scholars found that pharmacists raised prices when there were more new parents — but only in regions with a single pharmacy, and not for nappies.In monopoly areas a doubling of the number of babies from one month to the next (not unusual in a small population) coincided with a 5% increase in the price of the basket of baby­hygiene products.The study is timely.Italy's government has started to loosen some of the many restrictions that stop competition in the pharmacy sector (though not yet the one that the researchers relied on)．But such regulations are plentiful in many other lines of business, and not just in Italy.The consumers who pay the price are often those who find it hardest to travel to shop around — for example, people with crying babies on their hands.语篇解读：研究人员发现竞争有利于降低价格，尤其是在一些人口比较少，只有一家垄断的药店的地方，儿童用药价格就比较高，所以建议政府放宽医药行业准入门槛，多增加一些药店，这样可以减轻年轻的父母的负担。

3．What's the purpose of the study?A．To review the function of the special law for pharmaci。