湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（50）

用心 爱心 专心1 湖北省湖北省 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 5050 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them Their values this can not be repeated too often aren t necessarily our values Physical comfort cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms and an old person lying alone on bed taking no notice of the worms But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of Some social workers the ones who clear up the worms think we re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks 冒险 are being taken with the health and safety of the old Indeed the old can be easily hurt or harmed The old is like a car it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts But never forget that such operations are painful experiences however good the results are And at what point should you stop to treat the old body Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active knowing that it is designed to die You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide because so long as they can see the technical chances they will feel it necessary to give them a try by the rule that while there s life there s hope Talking to the old however you re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun 1 After reading Paragraph 1 we learn that A very old people are able to keep their living places very clean B old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedom C every old people enjoy living with their relatives D social services have nothing to do with very old people 2 Some social workers think that A old people should keep their living places clean B one should not take risk dealing with old people C health and safety are more important than personal freedom D personal freedom is more important than health and safety 3 In Paragraph 3 the underlined word it refers to A one s memory or health B the conclusion you have come to C whether age is happy or unpleasant D your talk to the old people 4 The writer of this passage thinks that 用心 爱心 专心2 A it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death B the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is uncertain C old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich D medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors B Perhaps the most astonishing theory to come out of kinetics the study of body movement was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell He believes that physical appearance Is often culturally programmed In other words we learn our looks we are not born with them A baby generally unformed facial features A baby according to Birdwhistell learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around family and friends This helps explain why the people of some regions of the United States look so much lilke New Englanders or Southerners have certain common facial characteristics that cannot be explained by genetics 遗传学 The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth it is learned later In fact the final mouth shape is not formed until well after permanent 永久的 teeth are set For many this can be well into adolescence 青春期 A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike We learn our looks from those around us This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas In the United States for example the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently In New England they smile less and in the western part of New York State still less Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peach Tree Street jn Atlanta Georgia People in densely 稠密地 populated urban areas also tend to smile and greet each other in public less than people in rural areas and small towns 5 The passage might be taken out of a book dealing with A physics B health C chemistry D body movement 6 Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance A has little to do with culture B is decided by our parents C can be infiuenced by culture D varies from place to place 7 Ray Birdwhistell can tell what region of the United States a person is from by A the way he or she talks B how he or she raises his or her eyebrows C what he or she likes best D how much he or she laughs 8 According to the passage people who live are more friendly A in the north B in the country C in New York City D in densely populated areas 用心 爱心 专心3 C Since we are social beings the quality of our lives depends in a large measure on our interpersonal relationships One strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful 有压力 的 conditions Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties Studies over types of illnesses from depression to heart disease show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely Social support cushions stress in a number of ways First friends relatives and co workers may let us know that they value us Our self respect is stengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties Second other people often provide us with informational support They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them Third we typically find social companionship supportive Taking part in free time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting 转移注意力 us f rom our worries and troubles Finally other people may give us instrumental support money aid material resources and needed services that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems 9 What does the word cushions mean A gets rid of B makes up of C takes place of D lessens the effect of 10 The researches show that people s physical and mental health A depends on their ability to deal with daily werries and troubles B is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes C lies in the social medical care systems which support them D has much to do with the amount of support they get from others 11 Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of A informational support B social companionship C the strengthening of self respect D instrumental support 12 Why are interpersonal relationships important A They can cure types of illnesses B They can deal with life changes C they can smooth away daily problems D They can make people live more easily D 用心 爱心 专心4 Wearing seat belt is of course the first step to safe driving These additional measures might also save your life Count to three Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary Jim Clark a California driving instructor suggests a least amount of three seconds following distance To figure this pick an object on the roadside ahead When the car in front of you passes it start counting one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three If you get to that object before you reach one thousand three you don t have three seconds of following time time needed to keep away from accidents Let followers pass If someone s driving after you get out of his way Clark advises You re better of being safe than right Expect the worst In a study the Federal Highway Administration 联邦公路局 found that 68 percent of drivers do not come to a complete stop at stop signs When you re driving and see someone come near to a stop sing assume the person s not going to stop And when you stop at a crossing and another car comes near with its turn signal on don t take it true that the driver will turn Instead wait until he turns He may have had the signal on for miles Stay outside In crowd multilane 多车道 traffic drive in either the outside left or outside right lane That allows you somewhere to go if a problem develops traffic expert Francis Kenel says If you re in the middle all you can do is to pause from time to time 13 According to the text if you want to drive safely you should A wear seat belt B take some additional measures C at least take 5 steps D count to three 14 When you finish counting 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