（整理版高中英语）高考英语（阅读理解）25分钟冲刺训练（1）及答案解析

1、高考英语阅读理解25分钟冲刺训练1 及答案解析(第*篇)happiness is contagious,_researchers reported on thursday.people with the most social connections spouses, friends, neighbors and relatives were also the happiest, the data showed. “each additional happy person makes you happier， christakis said.“imagine that i am connect

2、ed to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others. it is this fabric of humanity, like an american patch quilt.each person sits on a differentcolored patch. “imagine that these patches are happy and unhappy patches. your happiness depends on what is going on in the p

3、atch around you， christakis said.“it is not just happy people connecting with happy people, which they do. above and beyond, there is this contagious process going on.and happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered.“if a social contact is happy, it increases the likelihood that yo

4、u are happy by 15 percent， fowler said. “a friend of a friend, or the friend of a spouse or a sibling (兄弟姐妹), if they are happy, increases your chances by 10 percent， he added.a happy thirddegree friend the friend of a friend of a friend increases a persons chances of being happy by 6 percent.“but e

5、very extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that youll be unhappy by 7 percent， fowler said.the finding is interesting and it is useful, too, fowler said.“among other benefits, happiness has been shown to have an important effect on reduced mortality (死亡率), pain reduction, and improved cardia

6、c (心脏的) function. so better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to promote a healthier society， he said.the study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.“a happy friend is wo

7、rth about $ 20,000， christakis said.语篇解读美国科学家的一项最新研究成果说明，快乐感可以互相传递。这项研究成果为我们构建更为健康、和谐的社会提供了依据和方法。1according to the research, your happiness _.a. has nothing to do with your workmates or schoolmatesb. has something to do with anyone who has a close relationship with youc. depends on those who are in

8、favour of you or are against youd. has little to do with what social connections you have解析推理判断题。根据第二段、第三段内容可知，快乐感会不断传递和扩散，你的配偶、朋友、邻居、亲戚等的快乐指数会直接影响你的快乐程度，应选b。答案b2the underlined word “contagious in the first paragraph means _.a. infectious b. beautifulc. effective d. prior解析词义猜想题。第一句是全文的主题句。由文章第二、三、四

9、段可知，快乐感可以在人们之间传播，故contagious的意思是“有感染力的，有传染性的。答案a3it can be inferred that_.a. happiness spreads as fast and widely as unhappinessb. unhappiness spreads faster and more widely than happinessc. happiness spreads faster and more widely than unhappinessd. the spread of unhappiness has not been studied by

10、 researchers解析推理判断题。根据第六段“and happiness is more contagious than unhappiness，they discovered.一句可推知选c。答案c4which of the following will increase your chances of becoming happier most?a. being in a party with a happy atmosphere.b. a happy experience of your brother or your parents.c. a happy trip to a fo

11、reign country of your friends.d. happiness of your friend s friend.解析事实细节题。根据第七、第八段讲述的别人的快乐感对你的影响几率可知，排在最前的是“if a social contact is happy，应选a。答案a5what does christakis mean by saying “a happy friend is worth about $ 20,000” ?a. a happy friend can help you bring in a wealth of $ 20,000.b. a happy frie

12、nd is a wealth which is worth about $ 20,000.c. a happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 2%.d. a happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 8 %.解析句意理解题。结合上一段中的“that having $5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent可知，一个快乐的朋友带给你的快乐相当于大约$2

13、0,000带给你的快乐，也就是$5,000的四倍，即一个快乐的朋友给你带来快乐的几率为8%，应选d。答案d长难句解读the study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.该句为主从复合句，主句为the study also fits in with other data，suggested in 1984为过去分词作定语修饰data，后面that引导的

14、是同位语从句，说明data的内容。该从句的主语为having $5,000 extra，a persons chances为宾语，of becoming happier为定语修饰chances，by about 2 percent为程度状语。*结束 (第*篇)if you travel to a new exhibit at the san francisco conservatory of flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. take bladderworts, a kind of such plant

15、, for example. they appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. but these are the fastest-known killers of the plant kingdom, able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes(酶) similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest

16、 the insect. when dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again.meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn t offer much food value. in such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of y

17、ears. north america has more such plants than any other continent.generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers (a container like a bottle) full of nectar(花蜜)the asian pitcher plant, f

18、or example, has bright colors and an attractive half-closed lid. curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip, and then slide down the slippery (光滑的)slope to their deaths.hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing cab escape, and the digestive enzymes can get to work.

19、a tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.some of these pitchers are large enough to hold two gallons. meateating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn t a good place t

20、o get a drink.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一些特别的植物靠捕食动物获得生长所需养分的“食肉植物。1from the first paragraph, we can know that bladderworts can _.a. capture 50 small insects in a secondb. capture an insect in the shortest timec. be found floating on a quiet laked. digest an insect in 1/50 of a second解析细节理解题。第一段指出，bladderwort

21、s能在1/50秒的时间内捕获一只小昆虫，是植物中的捕获动物速度最快的，因此选b。答案b2if the trap door of a meateating plant is closed, the plant _.a. is fooling insects into taking a sipb. is producing nectarc. is tempting insects to come closed. is enjoying a dinner解析细节判断题。第二段说，一旦“陷阱门将猎物关起来，类似于人胃里的那些消化酶就开始慢慢地消化它了，由此判断d正确。答案d3meateating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they _.a. can get nutrition from animalsb. don t need