2023年高二暑假话题阅读专练（词汇积累）：社会（含答案）

2023年高二暑假话题阅读专练（词汇积累）：社会 （共5题） 一、阅读理解题（共5题） Life experiences can show one's "grit" (坚韧). Complex challenges early in life helped the following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions. Ursula Burns, Chairwoman, VEON; Former CEO, Xerox Her family was so poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care. But Burns' early gift for maths won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox, where she would compete her way to the top. "I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side," she says, "Not a lot scares me." Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman, Starbucks Schultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn, surrounded by poverty, and was the first in his family to go to college (on a football scholarship). After training in sales, he set up the company that would later buy Starbucks. "In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money, I spoke to 242 people, and 217 of them said no." he said. Sean Combs, CEO, Sean John Combs began a generation of hip-hop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion. But he story could have turned out much differently: His drug dealer father was killed when he was 3. "It made me work even harder." he recently said. Geisha Williams, CEO, PG&E Her parents fled Cuba when Williams was 5. By 7, she was her parents main translator in talks with lawyers and accountants at grocery stores they owned.The experience did help her. "I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger." she told Fortune. (1) Who did best in math at school A．Combs B．Burns C．Schultz D．Williams (2) How did the death of Combs' father influence him A．It made him a failure. B．He became a drug dealer. C．It made him even stronger. D．He became a hip-hopper. (3) What can we learn from the passage A．Cuba is a good place to do business. B．No one wanted to help Schultz at first. C．Poor family kids can be successful easily. D．Difficulty in life pushed Williams forward. Australians have long been known for having a relaxed and casual attitude to life. According to Dr. Tanya King, senior lecturer from Victoria's Deakin University, "It's Australians' egalitarianism, sense of humor and informal language that are most commonly mentioned as examples of this attitude". Egalitarianism roots in the way that the nation was built. In Australia's founding era in the late 1700s, criminal settlers were often cruelly treated and robbed of their basic human rights by governors. The criminal class, who were mostly working-class Brits and Irish, was unable to seek civic positions that were reserved for immigrants who were not criminals, with the latter arguing that if criminals gained equal rights it would be 'rewarding criminality'. Because of this, an egalitarian spirit was worn as a symbol of honor by many criminal settlers. They may not have had power, education or wealth, but they had a shared belief in equality. The informal way Australians use langua ... ...