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1、台儿庄 2014 高考英语短语总结、阅读理解训练（20）及答案join in参加 ( 大型活 )join sb. in参加 ( 接名 ，表示活 )judge by/from以来判断Judging by/from ,从判断，jump with joy高 地跳起来keep (sb./sth.) away from阻止、 离keep a certain distance away保持一定距离keep a strict eye on sb./sth.密切地关注keep as a young man年 候keep back阻止、阻 、使后退扣留、保留keep fit保持身体健康keep good hou

2、rs保持良好的生活 奏keep in touch with与保持 系keep off使离开keep on doing sth.持 做某事keep ones promise/words遵守某人的 言keep out使不 入keep quiet保持安静keep sb. doing sth. 某人一直做某事keep sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事keep silent保持沉默keep sth. in check阻止、防止、阻碍keep the record保持 keep the rules遵守 keep up 持、保持 ( 精神状 )- 1 -key points要点kiss

3、each other goodbye/hello与某人 吻再 / 好knock at/on the door/window敲 、窗knock down 倒knock into sb.撞 、突然碰 knock over撞翻knock sb./sth. off 把某人 ( 物 ) 从撞掉knock sth. into sth.敲 knock sth. out of sth.从中敲出来know about sb.认识 ( 听 ) 某人Do you know how it is when you see someone yawn and you start yawning too? Or howhar

4、d it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently itsbecause we have mirror neurons (神 元） in our brains.Put simply, the existenceof mirror neuronssuggeststhatevery timewe see someoneelse do something, our brains imitate (模仿 )it， whether or not we actually performthe same a

5、ction. This explains a great deal about how we learn to smile, talk, walk,dance or play sports. But the idea goes further： mirror neurons not only appear toexplainphysical actionsy they also tell us that there is abiologicalbasis for theway we understand other people.Mirror neurons can undoubtedly b

6、e found all over our brains, but especially inthe areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how otherpeople feel.Researchershave found thatmirrorneuronsrelate stronglyto language.A group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to(for example

7、:“The hand took hold of the ball”), the same mirror neurons weretriggeredas when the actionwas actuallyperformed (inthisexample, actually takinghold of a ball).- 2 -Any problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Muchresearch suggests that people with social and behaviora

8、l problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.Research into mirror neurons seems to provide us with ever more informationconcerning how humans behave and interact(互动） .Indeed,

9、 it may turn out to be theequivalent( 相等物） forneuroscienceof what Einsteinstheoryof relativitywas forphysics.And the nexttimeyou feeltheurge to cough inthe cinema when someone elsedoes-well, perhaps youll understand why.72. Mirror neurons can explain.A.why we cry when we are hurtB. why we cough when

10、 we suffer from a coldC. why we smile when we see someone else smileD. why we yawn when we see someone else stay up late73. _Theunderlinedwordtriggered in the third paragraph probably means“_ A. set offB. cut offC. built upD. broken up74. _We can learn from the passage that mirrorneurons _.A. relate

11、 to human behavior and interactionB. control human physical actions and feelingsC. result in bad behavior and social disordersD. determine our knowledge and language abilities75. What is the passage mainly about? A.Ways to find mirror neurons.B. Problems of mirror neurons.C.Existence of mirror neuro

12、ns.D. Functions of mirror neurons.参考答案72-75 CAAD- 3 -*结束AMonarch ButterfliesOne of the last West Coast homes of the Monarch butterfly, a type of insect maysoon disappear.Strangely,itisin a town thatcallsitselfButterflyU.S.A.,PacificGrove, California.The town of Pacific Grove loves the butterflies. E

13、very year they have a parade( 游行 ) and hundredsof childrendressup as butterflies.Monarch butterfliesare thetown mascot.Tourism isveryimportant, andmany people come tosee thebutterflies.The butterflies are good for the development of the town.In 1981 therewere so many butterfliesitlookedlikeitwas rai

14、ningbutterflies.Tens of thousands of Monarchs stayed on tree branches near Pacific Grove. Now thereare not somany. The building goes on a little bit at a time, and you dont noticeit day by day. Over time, you can see that there has been a lot of development. Asnew buildings go up, many trees are cut

15、 down. This reduces the natural homes for thebutterflies.Monarchs travel hundreds of miles each year, returning to the same woods, oftento the same trees. The female Monarchs need milkweed to lay their eggs; the maleswill follow the females.Millions of Monarchs have traveled regularly along the same

16、 path for thousandsof years. They start their trip in the mountains of Mexico and travel to the middlepart of America. If the woods where the butterflies live are destroyed, the wholespecies ( 物种 ) could be lost. There have been Monarch butterflies along the coast of California for as long as man ca

17、n remember, but no one is sure how much longer they will last.56 Which of the following is true about Monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove?AThey have disappear.BThey come to stay every year.- 4 -CThey help develop the towns tourism.DThey give a name to Pacific Grove.57 The unde rlined word“mascot” i

18、n Paragraph 2 probably refers to _.Aa new type of butterflyBan insect believed to bring good luckCa parade organized by Pacific GroveDa special dress for children in Pacific Grove58 What problem do Monarch butterflies face now?ANew buildings take up their living space.BThere has been too much rain i

19、n recent years.CTheir natural homes are destroyed by tourism.DThey have to travel a long distance to get home.59 Where do Monarch butterflies start their trip to Pacific Grove?AFrom Central America.BFrom the West Coast.CFrom the West Coast.D From Mexico.*结束Passage *I moved to a new neighborhood two

20、months ago. In the house with a large36across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children.At the end of the day, he would37his taxi on the road. I38why he didnot park it in the garage.Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoonhe would

21、 come home from39,leavehistaxiand go out forhis40affairsin his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was41.- 5 -I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I42tobe outside one evening two weeks43 , when the garage door was44 and hedrove out in his“own” car:a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯） !It

22、shook me completely 45I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But46inside, hesaw himself as something else: A Rolls-Royce owner and a（ an） 47 . He droveothers in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world lookedat his taxi and48him a taxi driver. But for h

23、im, a taxi was just somethinghe drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove or a（ an）49 .We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, notas bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 50as close friends or go for avacationas a51 .Welove lifeas itis. Yet often,we

24、 base ourentirehappinessand success on how high we 52the social ladder how much bigger and better a53 we have. And we54 our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. Weshould focus more on55 we are than what we do!36.A. windowB. garageC. doorD.yard37.A. parkB. stopC. checkD.repair38.A. knewB.

25、understoodC. askedD.wondered39.A. parkB. factoryC. roadD. work40.A. businessB. nationalC. personalD. public41.A. wastefulB. meaningfulC. wonderfulD.plentiful42.A. appearedB. intendedC. expectedD.happened43.A. laterB. moreC. agoD. before44.A. brokenB. fineC. shutD. open45.A. onceB. beforeC. whenD. un

26、til46.A. farB. deepC. longD. little- 6 -47.A. driverB. engineerC. fatherD. son48.A. calledB. madeC. electedD. turned49.A. experienceB. earningC. lifeD.position50.A. competitionB. performanceC. debateD. party51.A. familyB. companyC. teamD. whole52.A. buildB. climbC. standD.lay53.A. houseB. garageC. c

27、arD.taxi54.A. rejectB. boycottC. ignoreD. value55.A. whoB. whatC. whichD. where参考答案36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.D51.A 52.B 53.D 54.C 55.A*结束Movie makers at one time worriedthatthey might be put out of businessby television.Recently, however, more and more pe

28、ople have been going to the movies. This may bepartly because the economic situation in America has worsened. When at the movies,people forget their troubles, as they get involved in the story on the screen. Also,directors have recently been producing pictures that large numbers of people wantto see

29、.Americans in the millionsare returningto theirlove affairwith the movies.Motionpictureindustryexpertssee two main factorsresponsibleforthis:an increasedneedby Americans to escape from economic worries and a large number of new movies with- 7 -broad audience appeal.Movie makers admitthattheirrisingp

30、opularityispartlythe resultof poor economicconditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theaterattendance.“Whenpeople are fearful about the future, they look for escape,” comments Jack Valenti,president of the Motion Picture Association of America.“In a shaded theater, witha 65-foot screen,

31、you lose yourself for two and a half hours and people find thisbeneficial.”60. What did movie makers worry about before?A. That no one would go to the cinema.B. That movies couldn t be a business any more.C. That their movies might be played on television.D. That people preferred watching TV to seei

32、ng films.61. Why are so many people going to see movies now?A. Because people now have much more money.B. Because people have troubles.C. Because people wanted to escape from real life.D. Because watching movies is now much cheaper than watching TV.62. What does the underlined word mean in the first

33、 paragraph?A. become badB. become popularC. become attractive D. become amazingA new survey finds that more than eighty percent of Internet users in the UnitedStates search for health information online The survey found that searching onlineis one of the leading ways that people look for a second op

34、inion though doctors arestill the main source of health informationForty-four percent of people are actually looking for doctors or other providerswhen theysearch forhealthinformationonline Anotherfinding ofthe survey:- 8 -Two-thirds of Internet users look online for information about a specific dis

35、easeor medical conditionThe Internet has also become an important source of emotional support for peoplewith health problems Susannah Fox says onein five Internet users has gone onlineto find other people who have the same condition It was more popular among peoplewithmore serioushealthissues one in

36、 fourpeople livingwithchronicdiseases（慢性病）And itwas basicallyoffthe chartswithpeoplelivingwithraredisease Theyare so eager to find other people online who share their health concernsA disease is consideredrareif it affects fewer than two hundred thousand peopleworldwide The rise of social networking has made it easier for people with rarediseases to connect with each other and feel less aloneSocial networking is alsochanging the way some doctors and patients commun