课时作业15 Unit 15 Learning 课时练(一) 阅读理解·组块专练———练速度 (限时：35分钟) 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A [2020·重庆调研]Since the vacation season is over, it's time to start thinking about ways to improve your travel quality — your ability to get around without looking like a foolish tourist — before your next trip. Read a book. The right travel book can educate and inspire you.“Good writing helps me to look at my surroundings with new eyes，” says Martha Merritt, Dean of International Education at the University of Richmond. A book about travel is not necessarily a travel guidebook. It can simply be a book — fiction or nonfiction — about a place. Find your attractive group on social media. That's what Tiffany Burnette, who runs a design company in Philadelphia, does between trips. She spends time on the website's travel groups connecting with new friends and learning new travel skills. Learn a language. “I spend 15 to 20 minutes each day working on my basic language skills so that I can at least show respect，” says Jeff Wilson, the host of “Real Rail Adventures” on PBS. “Phrases like ‘please’ ‘thank you’ counted.” Michelle Williams, who has traveled to more than 50 countries, says, “An app like Duolingo is a great way to improve your language skills before you travel.” While these tools could make you a smarter traveler, only one thing is guaranteed to improve your travel quality. You have to get out of your seat. You can start your journey by visiting your travel agent from the United States Tour Operators. 1．What can you improve after you read the passage? A．Ways of thinking. B．Ability to read. C．Ability to travel. D．Ways of writing. 2．How does Tiffany Burnette learn new travel skills? A．By reading travel books. B．By connecting with travel groups. C．By working on languages. D．By running a travel company. 3．Who would like to learn language skills with an app? A．Martha Merritt. B．Tiffany Burnette. C．Jeff Wilson. D．Michelle Williams. B [2020·唐山一模]Stan Lee, co?founder of the Marvel Universe (漫威宇宙) and co?creator of many of its most popular superheroes, died at the age of 95. Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York in 1922. As a son of working?class Jewish immigrants from Romania, times were hard and he lived with his family in a shabby single?bedroom apartment. After graduating from high school at 16, Lieber landed a job as an assistant at Timely Comics. By the early 1940s, he was a temporary editor for the company. It was at this time that he began using his pen name — Stan Lee. In 1947, two years after returning from serving for the U．S. Army, Lee married his wife, Joan. The two began their 70?year marriage and had two children. In the late l950s, DC Comics breathed new life into its classic superhero and experienced a significant success with its updated version of the Flash, ... ...
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