2022高考英语暑假阅读提速练（Day 9）—湖南专版

2022高考英语暑假阅读提速练（Day 9）—湖南专版 目录 内容 Exercise 1 说明文+记叙文 Exercise 2 七选五训练2篇 Exercise 3 完型填空练习 Exercise 1 阅读理解训练 （A） 　The UK's music festivals are world-famous but there are plenty more to celebrate in the country. Burns Night, Scotland On 25 January, the Scots celebrate the life and works of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns by holding a special Burns supper. This can be a casual gathering of friends or a huge formal dinner. Guests take it in turn to recite Burns' poems or sing one of his songs. Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales For 10 days each May, the small town of Hay-on-Wye on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is filled with writers, filmmakers, musicians, comedians, politicians, and people who come to hear them talk and exchange ideas. The festival celebrates great writing of all genres (体裁) and it all takes place in a tented village in the town. Camp Festival, Dorset As a branch of a festival held in Dorset, it's one of the best family festivals in the UK. Held every year in the grounds of the historic Lulworth Castle in Dorset, the festival includes top live music acts but, as the organizers say, “kids are king” at the Camp Festival, with a wide variety of entertainment, workshops and fun for kids. The 2020 Camp Festival takes place from 25 to 28 July. Guy Fawkes Day or “Bonfire Night” All over the UK on 5 November, the British light bonfires and set off fireworks in their back gardens or, more commonly these days, at organized events in public parks. They celebrate the Catholic Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November, 1605. 1.Which festivals are related to literature? A.Burns Night and the Hay Festival. B.The Hay Festival and the Camp Festival. C.Burns Night and Guy Fawkes Day. D.The Camp Festival and Guy Fawkes Day. 2.When does the festival most appealing to children take place? A.In January.　　B.In May. C.In July.　　D.In November. 3.What does Guy Fawkes Day celebrate? A.A historical event. B.A successful explosion. C.An organized strike. D.An impressive building. （B） Algorithms (算法) affect nearly every part of a person's experience on the Internet. Search engines are most people's entry to the Internet. If a person wants to find information about something, they usually start with a search bar. As soon as they start typing or choosing links, the algorithm starts gathering data about every choice users make and uses that data to try to find the websites or information that most directly relates to what the user is looking for. The problem with algorithms is that they can limit the kinds of information people see, says MacMillan,a reading researcher with Project Information Literacy (能力). He argues this can be harmful to people's critical thinking and lead them to believe that only one point of view is correct. Companies also pay to post advertisements for products that could relate to users' search data. For example, if ... ...