2013年高考英语二轮专题训练阅读理解60天(21)

1、-1 - 2013 年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解 60 天（21） READING COMPREHENSION Directio ns: Read the followi ng three passages. Each passage is followed by several questi ons or unfini shed stateme nts. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the informati

2、on given in the passage. A Four out of ten wome n who diet end up heavier tha n whe n they started watch ing their waistline （腰围），a study revealed today. The research also showed that a large perce ntage of wome n start no tici ng the pounds creep ing back on just 21 days after reach ing their ideal

3、 weight. Yesterday, Dr Ian Campbell of the Jenny Craig weight man ageme nt program said: “ In the UK 61.4 per cent of adults are overweight or obese. Successful weight man ageme nt requires a Ion g-term commitme nt in order to lose weight successfully and for good. Dieti ng can be a real challe nge

4、so sett ing realistic goals and rema ining focused on them is importa nt. Otherwise as this research shows, wome n could end up heavier tha n whe n they started. ” The Food: Body: Mind ” report was publicized by Jenny Craig who quizzed 2000 women aged between 18 and 65 who diet regularly on their at

5、titudes, beliefs and behaviors around weight loss. Six in ten said they are currently on a diet and one in five wome n said they are on a “ continu ous diet ”. It found the most commontriggers to start dieting was seeing their reflection in the mirror ” , preparing for a summer holiday or unflatteri

6、ng photos posted on social n etwork ing sites. Other popular reas ons in clude comme nts by friends or relatives or their other half. However, the study showed that one in ten give up within one day, while almost a fifth man age to make it to a week or more. The average is ten days. Many blamed pres

7、sure they put on themselves to lose weight too quickly for the weight gain, which leaves them with a bigger appetite than normal. Others blamed colleagues, who tuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter, while mothers who polish off their childre ns leftovers （剩饭）w

8、as ano ther com mon cause of weight gain. 56. Which of the following might be the best title for this article? A. Three reas ons to fail in diet ing B. Importa nt things for successful diet C. Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK D. Four in ten women gain weight on diets 57. I n the UK, wome n wh

9、o go on a diet _ . A. are all overweight or obese B. are likely to gain weight aga in after reach ing their ideal weight C. all fail because they are not persiste nt eno ugh D. end up heavier tha n whe n they start to diet-2 - 58. The underlined word “triggers ” in Paragraph 4 probably means _ . A.

10、effects B. examples C. causes D. imagi nati on 59. Which of the following is NOT the reason why many people quit dieting very soon? A. The pressure they put on themselves to lose weight quickly. B. Colleagues who give them fatty lun ches and sn acks. C. Reflect ions they see in the mirror. D. Leftov

11、ers of children s taken by their mothers. 60. In which colu mn of the n ewspaper do you probably find the passage? A. Health. B. Economy. C. Sports. D. Educati on. B The USgovernment has started a website, Admongo to help children think critically about the advertising aimed at them. It claims to pr

12、ovide visitors with an “aducation ” through games and other en terta inment. A cartoon man dressed in old time pilot clothing greets visitors to Adm on go. Call me Haiz, he says upon arrival in a rocket ship that ope ns up with a crazy world in side it. Spacey dance music plays in the backgro und as

13、 Haiz tells visitors that they n eed to lear n about advertis ing. Its inven tors say eight to twelve years old is the age kids develop their critical thinking abilities. Kids that age are also a big market for advertisers. advertiser. To know what the advertiser is really say in g. A nd to know wha

14、t the advertiseme nt is trying to get the child to do. Childre n lear n these things through a video game. They create their own game character. They can choose different skin colors, hair styles, eye and mouth shapes. Then they begi n a trip through ad-la nd, where there are ads on buses and billbo

15、ards. The players have to find all the market ing in the n eighborhood before they can move on to the n ext level. The Adm ongo game takes players in side a home, to the advertis ing studio and everywhere else ads can be found. It is a complete exploration of the world of marketi ng. One such area i

16、s food marketi ng. The Federal Trade Commissi on (FTC) says it is a big bus in ess. The FTC estimates that food, drink and fast-food restaura nts spe nt more tha n one and a half billi on dollars on advertis ing to young people in 2009. The FTC says childre n are importa nt for three reas ons. They

17、buy products. They in flue nee pare nts and caregivers to buy. And they are the future adult buyers of the products. A recent study says most advertising aimed at children is for foods of the lowest nutritional value. First Lady Michelle Obamahas said she would like to see advertisers marketi ng hea

18、lthy foods for childre n. 61. What is the best title of the text? A. A website aimed at children s food B. The cartoon guide named “ Haiz ”The idea behind Admongo is to teach children three things: To identify the - 3 - character. 64. Children are important for advertising because they are A. import

19、ant for the society C. easily influenced by ads 65. According to Michelle Obama, lots of foods A. of low quality B. yummy Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the extreme experiment of Frederick in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak

20、if he heard no mother tongue he told the nurses to keep silent. All the babies died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation （剥夺，丧失 ）. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the ability to survive is serio

21、usly affected. Today no such extreme deprivation exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to signals of the baby, whose brain is programmed, to mop up language rapidly. There are

22、critical times, it seems when children learn more rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. Linguists suggest that speech milestones are reached in a fixed order and at a constant age, but there are

23、cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. Recent evidence suggests that a baby is born with the ability to speak. What is special about man s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to connect the sight and

24、feel of, say, a teddy bear with the sound pattern “ teddy bear ”. But speech has to be developed, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the child, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child s b abbling, clinging, grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivi

25、ty of the mother to these signals reduces the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child s nonverbal （ 非语言的 ） signals is basic to the growth and development of language. 66. Frederick s experiment was extreme because _ . A. he want

26、ed to prove children are born with ability to speak B. he wanted his nurses to say another language C. he was unkind to the nurses D. he ignored the importance of mothering to the babies 67. The reason that some children are backward in speaking is most likely that C. An “ aducation ” website for ch

27、ildren 62. Why did the government start the website? A. To advertise the video game for children. know about advertising. C. To attract the biggest market of buyers. products of its company. 63. What can players do in the website game? A. Play video games during the trip. C. Eat in a fast-food restaurant. D. A popular online video game B. To help children B. the most potential buyers D. easily affected by poor products advertised for children are C. of high nutrition D. healthy - 4 - A. they do not li