2023年高考英语复习讲练测第12讲 阅读理解推理判断题（练）（全国通用原卷版）

1、2023年高考英语复习讲练测第12讲阅读理解推理判断题（练）Sophia Gholz is an award-winning childrens book author, music lover, and magic seeker. Sophia enjoys writing fiction with humor and heart. When writing nonfiction, she pulls on her love of science and her family background in ecology.Her book, The Boy Who Grew a Forest,

2、 shares the true story of Jadav Payeng, a man in India who singlehandedly planted an entire forest over the course of his lifetime. When he was younger, Jadav Payeng was shocked by the destruction of his island home. So he took matters into his own bands and began planting one seed at a time. Jadavs

3、 forest is now over 1300 acres and provides a home to many animals, some endangered. Jadav is still planting today and his hard work has now been celebrated around the world.To write this story, Sophia got to know more about Jadav Payeng and his forest through a documentary film called Forest Man. I

4、nfluenced by her father, a forest ecologist and a scientist, she grew up learning about the importance of trees and the natural world. When she heard about a man on a mission to reforest an entire island on his own, she was drawn to this story.As for research, most of her research was done online. S

5、he read every news article that she could find about Jadav and listened to every interview. Then she reached out to several people who had met or interviewed Jadav as well, including the producer of his short documentary film.She hopes that The Boy Who Grew a Forest lights a spark in everyone who re

6、ads it to go out and care for our beautiful planet. Shed love young readers to be inspired to plant or to learn more about animal habitats, biodiversity and science in general.1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. A story on how to plant trees.C. Destruction of Jadavs island home.What do w

7、e know about Jadav Payeng ?He has quit planting recently.C , He was an actor of Forest Man.Endangered animals in the forest.D. A book introducing a tree- planting hero.B. He is known to many people.D. He planted trees with his family.Which words can best describe Jadav Payeng?A. Humorous and skilled

8、.C , Determined and diligent.B. Creative and outgoing.D. Controversial and helpful.What*s the purpose of writing The Boy Who Grew a Forest?A. To encourage research on wildlife.B. To describe a boys farming experience.C. To stress the importance of planting trees. D. To advocate the action to protect

9、 the earth.Its common knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vincis most famous painting seems to look back at viewers, following them with her eyes no matter where they are in the room. But this common knowledge turns out wrong.A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking o

10、ut at an angle of 15.4 off to the viewers right - well outside the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. In other words, said the study author, Horstmann, “Shes not looking at you.”This is ironic （挖苦），because the entire phenomenon of a persons gaze （凝视）

11、in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the “Mona Lisa effect”, which is absolutely real. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the perso

12、ns gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.Horstmann and his co-author were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificial-intelligence avatars （虚拟头像）when Horstmann took a long look at the “Mona Lisa“ and realized she wasnt looking

13、 at him.To make sure it wasnt just him, the researchers gathered 24 people to view images of the “Mona Lisa” on a computer screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected （相交）Mona Lisas gaze. To calculate the angle o

14、f Mona Lisas gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the Mona Lisa“ portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right.So why do pe

15、ople repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isnt sure. Its possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think the woman is looking straight at them. Or maybe the people who first coined the term “Mona Lisa effect“ just thought it was a cool na

16、me.It is generally believed that the woman in the painting Mona Lisa. A. attracts the viewers to look backseems mysterious because of her eyesfixes her eyes on the back of the viewers D. looks at observers wherever they stand 6. What did the new study find?The Mona Lisa effect does not really exist.

17、The mystery of the womans smile in the painting.The angle of the gaze in Mona Lisa effect.Mona Lisa effect does not occur with Mona Lisa.The experiment involving 24 people was conducted to. A. confirm Horstmanns beliefB create artificial-intelligence avatarsC. calculate the angle of Mona Lisas gazeD

18、. show how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied 8. What can we learn from the passage?A. Horstmann thinks it cool to coin the term Mona Lisa effect”.The Mona Lisa effect contributes to the creation of artificial intelligence.Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire fbr attentio

19、n.The position of the ruler in the experiment will influence the viewers9 judgement.CTeaching children to empathize with others measurably improves their creativity, and could potentially lead to several other benefits, new research suggests.The findings are from a year-long University of Cambridge

20、study with Design and Technology (D&T) year 9 pupils at two London schools. Pupils at School A spent the year following the standard curriculum, while School Bs D&T lessons used a set of engineering design thinking tools to foster students creativity and empathy in solving real-world problems.Both s

21、ets of pupils were assessed fbr creativity at the start and end of the school year using the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking: a well-established psychological test.The results showed a significant increase in creativity among pupils at School B. At the start, the creativity scores of pupils in Sc

22、hool A were 11% higher than those at School B. By the end, however, creativity scores from School B were 78% higher.Pupils from School B again scored higher in categories such as emotional expressiveness and “open-mindedness”, indicating an improvement in empathy was driving the overall creativity s

23、cores.Meanwhile, the study suggests encouraging empathy can deepen pupils general engagement with learning. They found that boys in School B showed an improvement in emotional expression, scoring 64% higher at the end of the year than at the start, while girls improved more regarding cognitive empat

24、hy, showing 62% more perspective-taking.The research is part of a long-term cooperation between the Faculty of Education and the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, led by Bill Nicholl and Ian Hosking. Teaching fbr empathy has been problematic despite being part of the National

25、 Curriculum fbr over two decades. Ifs vital if we want education to encourage the designers and engineers of tomorrow. said NicholLWhat was the purpose to introduce engineering design thinking tools in D&-T lessons?To assess the pupils* creativity accurately.To show the superiority of standard curri

26、culumTo train pupils to empathize with others in reality.To improve pupils* involvement with class activities.How did the researchers get the result?By doing an experiment.By conducting interviews.C , By giving out questionnaires.D. By referring to related literature.What can we infer from the study

27、 result?The creativity of pupils in School B always took the lead.The empathy of pupils in School A promotes their creativity.Boys and girls differed in their change due to the D&T course.Teaching fbr empathy has already achieved a lot due to education reform.Where is the text probably from?A. A pop

28、ular journal.A political report.An autobiography.A science magazine.DWith the social media freely available, Ive realized how easy it is to become a jealous cow. The truth is that however much I remind myself of the many wonderful things I have in my life, there are still moments when I look at thos

29、e around me and feel bitterly upset by their success.Its a horrible thing to admit! In an ideal world, Fd never want to be jealous of another person*s achievements and Fd want to celebrate the successes of my friends. But sometimes itfs hard, even when we want to. But I don*t want to live my life as

30、 a jealous cow, and I assume you don*t either.It*s easier to celebrate other peoples wins if you celebrate your own. How often do we take the time to enjoy our success rather than instantly move onto the next thing we want to achieve? Last year, I decided to write a book. It was the only professiona

31、l goal I set fbr myself and, while it tired me out, I got there. But as soon as it was done, I started planning my next goal-making the book a success. As I saw other people publishing books, I stopped celebrating and instead began to fear that mine wouldn!t compete.When I told a friend how I was fe

32、eling, she reminded me how much easier it is to clap fbr someone else when we also clap fbr ourselves. So, I took myself out fbr lunch, ordered a glass of wine and wrote myself a congratulations card. When I saw all those other books being written on my social media, I felt proud of each and every o

33、ne of us who had battled to the end of the word count.The other trick for celebrating other peoples success is to realize that there is no limit on success. We can make more, which means that while it might seem as if others have everything and we have nothing, the reality is that life turns quickly

34、 and our luck could change at any time. If others have achieved those things, we can too. When we celebrate others, were acknowledging their achievements but also cheering for ourselves as well as fbr our hopes and dreams and our belief that we can make them happen. And hopefully, when we do, those

35、people will cheer fbr us too.What can we infer from Paragraph 1 ?Social media is the source of the authors jealousy.Frequent successes on social media encourage envy.It is a pleasure to face others* successes on social media.People tend to be crazy about immediate success online.As far as the author

36、 is concerned,what should we do after achieving success?A. Appreciate whafs been done.Show it off on social media.Reflect on gains and losses.Waite for others* congratulations.15 . One of the keys to removing jealousy lies in. A. pursuing those achievable goalsdevoting yourself to the next goaladmit

37、ting personal incompetence D. changing your attitude to success 16. What is the best title for the passage? A. Pm so happy fbr us!What a considerate friend!I dont care about it!How selfless you can be!EFlocks of hundreds of regent honeyeaters （王吸蜜鸟）could once be spotted all over south-eastern Austra

38、lia on a regular basis, but today the species is critically endangered, with only 300 believed to exist in the entire world. They were also known fbr the complexity of their mating songs, but as their numbers started declining, scientists started noticing male regent honeyeaters didnt even sound lik

39、e their species anymore. Today, there is enough evidence that regent honeyeaters have forgotten how to sing, which could cause the entire species to go extinct.At one point, Australian scientists noticed that male regent honeyeaters were imitating （模仿）the songs of other bird species. Some experts be

40、lieved that the imitation was a purposeful strategy to avoid attacks from their enemies. However, a recent study showed otherwise. Young regent honeyeaters learn their songs from adult members of their species, just like human children learn to speak, but because they are spread so thin in their hab

41、itat-they could occupy probably 10 times the size of the UK but are really small in quantity-many males dont get to listen to the right songs, so they start adopting the tunes of other bird species. The problem is that these arent the songs female regent honeyeaters want to hear, so their chances of

42、 finding a mate are very slim.Scientists are now planning to catch wild males that can sing and put them next to caged regent honeyeaters so that the young birds can learn the right song. They then plan to release them into the wild every few years, where they will hopefully be able to attract femal

43、es and reproduce.“This study shows how damaging population declines and habitat fragmentation （碎片） might be to this critical process in the life of songbirds J said Dr Sue Zollinger, an expert in animal communication from Manchester Metropolitan University.17. Why are regent honeyeaters faced with e

44、xtinction?A , They are short of food.C Their habitats are badly destroyed.What is paragraph 2 intended to do?Analyse the reason.C Present the problem.They are incapable of imitation.D. Male birds fail to sing the right songs.B. Draw a conclusion.D. Add some background.What are scientists doing to he

45、lp the honeyeaters?Broadcasting mating songs to the young birds.Introducing wild birds to teach caged ones.Training them to escape from the enemies.Spreading them in different habitats.Why does the writer mention Dr Sue Zollingers words?To indicate the difficulty of catching wild birds.To offer some

46、 strategies for animal communication.To point out the critical tunes of the birds mating songs.To stress the significance of an ideal population per habitat.FOn July 24, 2020, Mike Stout launched his kayak （皮筏艇）just before 8： 30 a.m. About 56 miles and 16.5 hours later, he landed on the sandy Michig

47、an shore. It was his second time crossing Lake Michigan.By chance, Stout said, he gave kayaking a try in 2016. Already in good physical condition, he considered kayaking a weekend escape. Then he was challenged by a client of his firm to think bigger. He did go big quickly. Weekend kayak trips were 40, 50 and 60 miles long over the next few months. Then his goal was to cross Lake Michigan that year. On August 3, Stout completed his first crossing of Lake Michigan in 15.5 hours. Since then, hes finished countless long-distance trips on Minnesota rivers and lakes.In head