河北省唐山市丰润区2016高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练（9）

1、河北省唐山市丰润区2016高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练（9）阅读理解。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。 Its 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my h

2、usband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise, I feel extremely tired, but a smile is of

3、 my face. Its not a smile because the DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit. Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hur

4、t when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmothers chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years, I have learned its okay to just say “no.” I shouldnt feel sorry for refusing food that I dont want to eat.So what dri

5、ves me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? What gives me the reason to just say to ice cream? Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, increases self confidence and energy, extends life and above all improve my body shape. This is the point where a smile appears

6、 on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right. Its through commitment and sweat that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.( ) 1.Why is there a smile on the authors face in the morning?A. Because she sees her family sleeping

7、peacefully.B. Because she finishes her favorite exercise C. Because she enjoys the interesting DVDD. Because she feels a sense of achievement( ) 2. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?A. She doesnt treat others politelyB. She likes to make others surprised C. Others dont understa

8、nd what she doesD. Others try to help her by offering her food( ) 3. What does the underlined word “commitment” in the last paragraph mean?A. Good health B. Firm belief C.A strong power D.A regular half( ) 4. What can we learn about the author from the text?A. She acts in a strange wayB. She wants t

9、o look different from othersC. She aims to develop a good body shapeD. She has difficult getting along with others【答案与解析】【要点综述】本文叙述了作者不辞辛苦地坚持锻炼，有时还不为他人所理解的故事；她只为自己的坚定信念，即通过锻炼来改变自己。【参考答案】1-4、DCBC阅读理解。One might expect that the evergrowing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for t

10、he countries that receive the holidaymakers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the longterm future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rockbound Pacific island is advertised as the last paradise(天堂) on earth. However, the scale

11、 and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of seaside holidays, overcrowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.Those countries with little expe

12、rience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of th

13、ousands of holidaymakers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of precious trees and plants.Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effect

14、s. Farmland makes way for hotels, roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The onetime farmer is now the servant of some multinational organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he was

15、n't happier in his village working his own land.Thankfully, the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and in fact obta

16、in financial support from tourist companies. At the same time, tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and proble

17、ms are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning worldwide tourism can preserve the market for these companies. If not, in a few years' time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.71What does the author indicate in the

18、 last sentence of Paragraph 1?A. The Pacific island is a paradise. B. The Pacific island is worth visiting.C. The advertisement is not convincing. D. The advertisement is not impressive.72The example of Nepal is used to suggest _A. its natural resources are untouched B. its forests are exploited for

19、 farmlandC. it develops well in health and education D. it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists73What can we learn about the farmers from Paragraph 4?A. They are happy to work their own lands. B. They have to please the tourists for a living.C. They have to struggle for their independence. D. The

20、y are proud of working in multinational organizations.74Which of the following determines the future of tourism?A. The number of tourists. B. The improvement of services.C. The promotion of new products. D. The management of tourism.75The author's attitude towards the development of the tourist

21、industry is _A. optimistic B. doubtful C. objective D. negative【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了旅游业的发展对当地以及环境等方面的影响。71. C考查推理判断。由“Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rockbound Pacific island is advertised as the last paradise(天堂) on earth”可知每个月广告上不停地更换所谓的太平洋上某个岛是“地球上最后的天堂”，由

22、此可推出广告是不可信的，故选C项。72. D考查推理判断。由第三段第一、二句“Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal”可知尼泊尔的例子是用来说明其受到旅游的负面影响。73. B考查推理判断。由第四段后几句“The onetime farmer is now the servant of some multinational organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back

23、that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.”曾经的农民成为了某些跨国组织的仆人，自己不再主宰自己的生活，强颜欢笑来取悦游客谋生。74. D考查细节理解。由最后一段第一句“The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate”可知旅游业的管理决定其未来。75. C考查

24、观点态度。综观全文可知，作者只是客观地介绍了旅游业发展的相关问题。【浙江省金丽衢十二校2014高考英语第二次联考】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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。 Think of the last time a song really moved you, or meant something to youListening to andplaying music affects marry different sections of the brain, affecting us physically as well.Why are we

25、 as humans so connected to music? Making music is something that we are born with. There's a reason we refer to music as the“universal language”；there has been no known human culture without music,Dancingandmusic came before agriculture, and possibly even before languageThe fact that whale music

26、 andhuman music have so much in common suggests that music may exist before humans and that wemay be latecomers to the musical scene rather than being the inventors of music We begin life being affected by music; babies first begin to respond to music even beforetheir birth，Whether or not it's t

27、rue, everyone has heard that playing classical music; for your babysupposedly helps him or her become smarter. A study done in the United Kingdom concluded thatchildren were able to .recognize and even preferred music that they had heard lip to three monthsbefore birth. Although it made no differenc

28、e whether it was rock music or country music, thebabies who were exposed to faster songs showed a stronger preference for that song than thosewho had heard something slower. Researchers have also found that the playing of soft backgroundmusic or a mother's soft singing actually helps premature (

29、早产的）babies. Those who were.subjected to the music tended to gain weight faster and were able to leave hospitals earlier thanthose who weren't. However, the study in the UK uncovers no links between babies listening tomusic and increased intelligence or brain development. Another experiment at th

30、e University of California at Irvine compared the puzzle-solvingabilities of 3-year-olds who were given piano lessons with those of others who sang, usedcomputers, or did nothing. The children studying the piano were better at the puzzlesAlso, highschool students with a musical background seem to do

31、 better in their SATs，Whether it's naturalintelligence that helps the children do better in both music and math，or the music that helpsdevelop other areas, you can't deny the benefits of a musical background. On the other hand, it's possible that some music and lyrics（歌词）could be had for

32、 childrenand teenagersThe lyrics of today's popular music are stated more and more clearly. A study oilmass media and teenagers showed that a group of 14- to 16-year-olds in 10 different southeasterncities listened to music an average of 40 hours per week. Obviously, the music they are listening

33、to plays a large part in their lives，and especially influences self-identity. So any bad influencesin the music will have a very direct effect on the teenagers. Several other experiments mentioned in the American Academy of Pediatrics' policy statement on the "Effect of Music Lyrics and Mus

34、ic Videos on Children and Youth" supported this idea. One study from Sweden found that children who developed a preference to rock music were more likely to be influenced by their peers than by their parents. Others showed links between a predilection for heavy metal and detrimental behaviors,

35、including taking drugs, self-killing risk, and other risk-taking habits. The American Acajeny of Pediatries (AAP) doesn't support the idea of censorship（检查制度）, but strongly encourages parents to monitor what their children are listening to. 50.Music is regarded as the “universal longunge” becaus

36、e_51.Acording to Paragrapg 3,what afgerts bubies preference for songs? A.The tone B.The specal C.The style D.The lyries【参考答案】50、C 5154、BDAD 阅读理解。 People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Curren

37、t Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. "We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,"

38、; Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth." According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, faci

39、al expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian peop

40、le while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focus

41、ed much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the w

42、hole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less." In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emo

43、tion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.( ) 1. The discovery shows that Westerners . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth B. consider facial expressions universally reliable C. observe th

44、e eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions ( ) 2. What were the people asked to do in the study?A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers' faces. ( ) 3.

45、 What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to?A. The participants in the study. B. The researchers of the study.C. The errors made during the study. D. The data collected from the study. ( ) 4. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to .A. do translation more

46、successfullyB. study the mouth more frequentlyC. examine the eyes more attentivelyD. read facial expressions more correctly( ) 5. What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Eye as the Window to the SoulB. Cultural Differences in Reading EmotionsC. Effective Methods to Develop Social SkillsD.

47、 How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding【语篇解读】本文为科普说明文。主要介绍了最新的科学研究发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂他人的面部表情。1. 答案：A考点：细节理解题解析：根据第三段 “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.” 可以得出答案2. 答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第五段 “by recording the eye movem

48、ents of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral.”可以判断选C3. 答案：A考点：词义猜测解析：根据定语从句 “that they show”所修饰的 eye movements 在研究中为the participants 所作（从the eye movem

49、ents of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people”可知）可判断选A4. 答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第六段 “It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners.”可判断选C5. 答案：B考点：主旨大意题解析：文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。之后更具体地介绍研究的结构及其研究过程，最后得出结论

50、：文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧，即：不同的文化背景使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。由此判断最佳标题应为B。【2014高考英语安徽省六校联考】任务型读写 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。Once kids hit the teenage years, parenting becomes more difficult than ever. Establishing effective house rules is one of the best ways to educate teenagers

51、. House rules must respect teenagers desire to be independent and make sure they behave responsibly.How can effective house rules be established?First of all, get your teenager to take part in making the rules, which can help keep them motivated to follow them. Ask their opinion about what sorts of

52、things they think are important when creating the rules and try to include some of their ideas.When creating the list of rules, dont list every single rule imaginable. Instead, try to limit it to the ten most important rules. Ive seen some parents come up with several pages of rules which turn out to be more like a rule book rather than a list. Remember, it is important to make the list easy to remember and to be a basic guide.Then, it is important that you write out the list of rule