湖南省长沙市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练（25）.doc

湖南长沙市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（25）【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】 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。parents used to rely on physical punishments to control their childrens bad behavior, which has been proven to be very harmfultherefore, most parents now choose to simply yell, thinking that languageprobably wont hurt as muchbut is that really so? using harsh words such as lazy or stupid is just as harmful as hitting, according to a new study carried out at the university of pittsburgh, usit cannot reduce or correct their problem behavior, said professor ming - te wang, leader of the study, in an interview with the wall street journalon the contrary, it makes it worse in the study, which involved 976 two - parent families, researchers asked the kids about their behavior problems, while asking their parents how often they had yelled at them nearly half of the parents admitted that theyd shouted at their children in the past yearresearchers noted that the kids whose parents used more harsh words experienced more behavior problems after-wards, including fighting, stealing, lying as well as symptoms of depression adolescence is a very sensitive period when kids arc trying lo develop their self -identities（个性）when you yell, it makes them feel they are not capable, and that they are worthless and useless, wang saidthis may explain why so many parents say that no matter how loud they shout, their teenagers don t listen while harsh yelling can stop bad behavior in the moment, it doesn t teach children to be-have how parents want them to, according to professor alan kazdin of yale university, uswhat parents need is to praise their children for good behaviorif parents really need to punish their kids, they should try things like taking away smartphones and reminding them that good behavior will get them back after all, we want to teach kids, not hurt them, said kazdin1how do most parents react to their childrens misbehaving now? aletting them alonebbeating them cshouting at themdpraising them2the study finds that using harsh words acan make things even worsebinspires children to do betterccorrects childrens bad behaviordhas a better effect than hitting3according to professor ming - te wang, aphysical punishments are sometimes necessarybchildren are more self - centered in adolescencecparents should never punish kids for misbehavingdharsh yelling damages childrens self - confidence4in professor alan kazdins opinion, parents should aset good examples for their childrenbtake away their children s smartphonescpraise their children for good behaviordalways think in their childrens shoes5what does the underlined word them in the last paragraph refer to?achildren bbad behaviors cparents dsmartphones【参考答案】15、cadcd 阅读理解。exploit your parking spacean unused parking space or garage can make money. if you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300 a week. put an advertisement（广告）for free on let park or at my house park.rent（出租）a roomspare room? not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. try advertising your room on roomspare or roommateeasy.make money during special eventswont want a full-time lodger? then rent on a short-term basis. if you live in the capital, renting a room out during the olympics or other big events could bring in money, grashpadder can advertise your space. live on set renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. a quick search on the internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your home gets picked.use your roof you need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. in return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the national grid. however, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.( ) 1. if you earn 5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.a. 800 b. 500 c. 4500 d.5000( ) 2. where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?a. on letpark. b. on roomspare.c. on grashpadder. d. on roommateeasy.( ) 3. if you want to use energy free, you have to_.a. sign an agreement with the governmentb. pay around 14,000 for the equipmentc. sell the roof to some energy companiesd. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years( ) 4. for whom the text most probably written?a. lodgers. b. advertisers.c. house owners. d. online companies【参考答案】1-4、bcdc阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. brain-computer interface(bci) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines. recently, two researchers, jose millan and michele tavella from the federal polytechnic school in lausanne, switzerland, demonstrated(展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts. in the laboratory, tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. he could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts. “our brain has billions of nerve cells. these send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. but spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” tavella says. “our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”the researchers designed a special cap for the user. this head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. the computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. the wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. they help the computer react to commands from the brain. prof. millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “the practical possibilities that bci technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication, and controlling devices. one example is this wheelchair.”he says his team has set two goals. one is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. and the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time. 1. bci is a technology that can.a. help to update computer systems b. link the human brain with computersc. help the disabled to recover d. control a persons thoughts2. how did tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory? a. by controlling his muscles. b. by talking to the machine.c. by moving his hand.d. by using his mind.3. which of the following shows the path of the signals described in paragraph 5? a. scalpcomputercapwheelchair b. computercapscalpwheelchairc. scalpcapcomputerwheelchair d. capcomputerscalpwheelchair4. the team will test with real patients to.a. make profits from them b. prove the technology useful to themc. make them live longer d. learn about their physical condition5. which of the following would be the best title for the text? a. switzerland, the bci research centerb. new findings about how the human brain worksc. bci could mean more freedom for the disabledd. robotic vehicles could help to cure brain injuries【参考答案】1-5 、bdcbc【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】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。it s never a real problem for us when the weather gets cold we have many different ways of coping with the coldwe can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winterbut things are not as easy for plants unlike humans, plants cant move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warmso how do they manage to survive the freezing winter? the cold is a big challenge for plantstheir living tissues can be damaged when they freezeits like a plants equivalent(相等物）to frostbite（冻疮）also，the process of freezing and thawing（解冻）can cause air bubbles to form in the plants water transport systemif enough of these air bubbles come together as water thaws they can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves and kill the plant to live through cold weather，plants have developed three strategies，some plants，such as oak trees, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves, before the winter chill sets in-effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leavesand growing new leaves and water transport cells when the warm spring returns. other plants, pine trees for example, protect them-selves by narrowing their water transport cells, which makes it easier for cells to travel among air bubblesthe third stratef;yi8 also the most extremesome plants; die on the ground in winter and start growing as new plants from seeds when conditions get warmer however, these smart strategies were developed nmry8lowlyover millions of years of evolutionthis leads scientists to worry that plants may not be able to deal with human-caused climate change, which has only started occurring over the past