（整理版高中英语）龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练（二十三）

1、 龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练二十三第1篇 can you believe your eyes? a recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.martin doherty, a psychologist at the university of stirling in scotland, led the team of scientists. in this experiment, doherty and his team tested the perception(

2、观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. the researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. the first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.the first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white back

3、ground. one of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circl

4、es, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. heres where the trick lies in. in some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. and the lar

5、ger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.when young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they werent fooledthey were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. ol

6、der children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.as children get older, doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. in other words, they wi

7、ll begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. as a result, theyre more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.1. doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate_.a. childrens and adults eye-sightb. peoples a

8、bility to see accuratelyc. childrens and adults brainsd. the influence of peoples age解析考查细节理解能力。第二段第二行可以得出结论。答案b2. when asked to find the larger circle，_.a. children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones aroundb. only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones aroundc.

9、 children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones aroundd. adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around解析考查细节理解能力。第三段清晰地说明了区分圆圈的比例。答案c3. according to the passage, we can know that_.a. a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white backgroundb. an orange circle appear

10、s bigger than a gray one of the same sizec. a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real sized. a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size解析考查细节理解能力，对第四段整体的理解和第五段最后一句可以得出答案。答案d4. visual context may work when children get older than_.a. 4 b. 6c. 10 d. 18解析考

11、查推理判断能力。从第五段和第六段第一句判断得出答案。答案b5. why are younger children not fooled?a. because they are smarter than older children and adults.b. because older people are influenced by their experience.c. because peoples eyes become weaker as they grow older.d. because their brain can hardly notice related things t

12、ogether.解析考查推理判断能力。第四、五、六段提及到46岁小孩和6岁以上小孩的区别是判断的依据。答案d 第2篇bill fulton doesn t remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. the leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished (完美无缺的). and when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he

13、 apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers (露天看台) in the baker middle school gym.fulton s social security card and bicycle license, bearing the address where he lived during his teenage years, were positioned in their respective compartments, apparently untouched since the year afte

14、r world war il ended.worker nathan osborne found the wallet along with old homework, lost library books and a 1964 talent show program while removing the bleachers for renovations on june 17. it was brought to fulton s door the following day by melanie trindle, the baker middle school secretary.midd

15、le school principal mindi vaughan said the brown pine bleachers were connected to the gym balcony s brick wall and had remained in the same place since the school, known as the helen m. stack building, opened in 1936.fulton, 78, said he probably lost the wallet while cheering for the baker high bask

16、etball team with a group of friends. fulton said the bicycle id was needed because he delivered medicine for rodamar drug.he was surprised, however, that his bicycle id wasnt inside. he said he always kept it there.but rather than focus on what was inside the wallet, fulton said the recovery has led

17、 him to reflect on his life one that took him to the korean war and berlin before the return to baker city. he worked at ellingson lumber company for 30 years, from march 1964 to april 1994.since his retirement, fulton has enjoyed spending time with his 11yearold black dog, smokey. the two often hik

18、e the nearby mountains.trindle s knock on the door, wallet in hand, induced a slight ripple in his life, prompting him to consider the times he hadnt thought about in many years. “where did all the times go？ fulton said with a deep sigh. “it s hard to believe that the times have gone so fast.语篇解读本文是

19、记叙文。一个丧失了几十年的钱包居然被找到，而且还给了失主。钱包勾起了失主对过去岁月的回忆。1when the wallet was found, it_.a. was still in good conditionb. was a little damagedc. had just lost colord. was just repaired解析细节理解题。从文章第一段第二句可知，钱包的皮还很光滑，上面的图案也保持完好，因此a项正确。答案a2the wallet was important to fulton because _.a. he could get his bicycle id b

20、ackb. it called up his memories of the pastc. it could help him to find his student idd. it made him think of his school days解析推理判断题。综合全文尤其是第一段和最后一段的信息可知，钱包勾起了fulton对往昔岁月的回忆。答案b3fulton lost the wallet when_.a. he was doing his homework on the balcony bleachersb. he was doing some exercise in the bak

21、er middle school gymc. he was removing the bleachers for renovations on june 17d. he was watching a basketball match with his friends解析细节理解题。从文章第五段可知，fulton和朋友们在一起看篮球赛，在为一支篮球队助威时他丧失了钱包。答案d4after he retired, fulton_.a. lived a peaceful and pleasant lifeb. often regretted losing his walletc. lived a h

22、ard life by raising dogs in the mountainsd. quite missed his past life解析推理判断题。分析文章倒数第二段可知，fulton退休以后经常牵着狗到山里散步，可见生活非常惬意。答案a5which of the following best describes fulton s feeling when the wallet was returned?a. thankful.b. overjoyed.c. surprised. d. doubtful.解析推理判断题。文章虽然没有明确说明fulton接到钱包时的反响，但丢了那么多年的

23、钱包失而复得，他应该感到吃惊。答案c长难句解读and when he looked inside，the contents brought back memories from 1946，when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers(露天看台)in the baker middle school gym.语意：当他看钱包里面时，里面的东西把他的记忆带回到了1946年，当时他显然是把钱包丢在了贝克体育场的露天看台上。本句是一个复合句。第一个when引导时间状语从句，第二个when引导非限制性定语从句，修饰19

24、46。 第3篇pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty (皇室). wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. the crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. the stars are transported in their chauffeur driven rollsroyces

25、, private helicopters or executive aeroplanes. they are surrounded by a permanent entourage(随从) of managers, press agents and bodyguards. photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported，for, like royalty, pop stars are news. if they enjoy many of the p

26、rivileges of royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. it is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public.they must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them. they are no longer private individuals, but public property. the financial rewa

27、rds they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are great.and why not? society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. the great days of hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation (奉承) on an alltime scale. by today s s

28、tandards, the excesses of hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. a single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. the competition for the title “top of the pops is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge.it is only right that the stars shou

29、ld be paid in this way. dont the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries? pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency often more than large industrial companies and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contri

30、butions to the exchequer(国库). so who would begrudge them their rewards?it s all very well for people in boring jobs to complain about the successes and rewards of others. people who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the iceberg. for every famou

31、s star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. a man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. he has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. but a man who att

32、empts to become a star is taking enormous risks. he knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. he knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure.but he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed: they are the pay

33、back for the huge risks involved and once he makes it, he will certainly earn them. that s the essence of private enterprise.语篇解读明星的生活总是令人羡慕不已。他们的生活中有光鲜的一面：不菲的收入，以豪华汽车和私人飞机代步，一言一行都成为人们关注的焦点然而，我们也应看到，他们活得很累，他们为成功所付出的艰辛和代价是一般人难以想象的。1the author develops the passage mainly by _.a. comparing different id

34、easb. giving explanationsc. inferringd. listing typical examples解析篇章结构题。本文主要通过解释向读者说明道理。答案b2the underlined word “begrudge in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _.a. be jealous of b. be satisfied withc. be anxious about d. be crazy about解析词义猜想题。结合上下文的语境判断本句意为：谁会对他们所得到的感到妒忌、不满呢？接下来作者讲了一般人从事枯

35、燥但稳定的工作，所以这里意思是：从事稳定工作的人会妒忌这些明星。答案a3according to the passage, which of the following can match the view of the author?a. he who laughs last laughs best.b. if you venture nothing, you will gain nothing.c. he who makes no mistakes makes nothing.d. success belongs to the persevering.解析推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，想成

36、为明星就要冒更大的风险，然而一旦成功，回报也是丰厚的，那些选择了稳定工作的人是没有权利期待高额回报的。“if you venture nothing，you will gain nothing.意为：不入虎穴，焉得虎子，即要成功就要冒险。答案b4the author holds a(n) _attitude towards the high income of pop stars.a. critical b. approvalc. optimistic d. indifferent解析推理判断题。根据全文可知，作者认为明星们理应得到高收入，因为他们为此付出了高昂的代价。答案b5which of

37、 the following is true according to the passage?a. people are blind in idolizing stars.b. there is fierce competition in becoming pop stars.c. the government taxes pop stars very little.d. pop stars life is more luxurious than that of royalty.解析细节判断题。根据文章最后一段的“he knows at the outset that only a hand

38、ful of competitors ever get to the very top.以及第二段的最后一句可知答案。答案b 第4篇do american children still learn handwriting in school? in the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting.but studies have yet to a

39、nswer the question of how well they are teaching it. one study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who ba

40、sically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day which really for handwriting is pretty much.many adults remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again. today s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.ins

41、tead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. after all, that is why we write.handwriting involves two skills. one is legibility,_which means forming the letters so they can be read. the other is fluency writing without having to think about it. fluency continues to dev

42、elop up until high school.but not everyone masters these skills. teachers commonly report that about onefourth of their kids have poor handwriting. some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.but steve graham at vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. american children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. but guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the colle