湖北省武昌区高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练（3）.doc

湖北武昌区2016高考英语阅读理解二轮选练（3）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。【2014高考训练】 aamerican lamar baylor spends most of his time in new york city, working as a performer in the broadway musical the lion king. but since 2011, he has also spent weeks in kigali, the capital of rwanda. there, he teaches dance to boys who live on the street. his teaching is part of an effort by the rebecca davis dance company. the project helps young people learn more about dance and learn how to behave in a classroom environment.lamar baylor describes his students as genocide (种族屠杀) survivors. they have lost all of their families, some even have been in prison. “they have been through things that no one should ever have to go through,” said baylor. dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that theyve never had before. they can also take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions.boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships, and are sent to the sunrise boarding school. about 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid. all the students are male, because few girls in rwanda live freely on the street.the rwanda program is the largest one set up by the rebecca davis dance company, founded and directed by rebecca davis. ms. davis has also set up dance programs in bosnia-herzegovina and guinea. about 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was launched in 2010.as for lamar baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life. he is from camden, new jersey. camden has sometimes been called americas poorest and most dangerous city. mr. baylor says that growing up in camden, it took a long time for him to find out what he wanted to do. he now thanks dancing saved his life.41. what do we know about lamar baylor according to the text?a. he spends most of his time in rwanda.b. he is director of the musical the lion king.c. he himself grew up in a poor environment.d. he started the rwanda program on his own.42. it can be learned from the text that the children in rwanda .a. have gone through tough timesb. have committed violent crimesc. worked hard to win scholarshipd. forced mainly on dancing 43. in how many countries are the dance programs launched?a. two b. threec. fourd. five44. which of the following is true of the dance project?a. most children participating in it were boys.b. the project could date back to the year 2010.c. in is aimed to improve the kids dancing skills.d. it has gained much support from the world.45. what can be the main idea of the text?a. dance offers street children path to education.b. the largest dance project was set up in guinea.c. education is important to street children.d. where you grow up decides what you are.【参考答案】4145 cabba【2014高考训练】boredom and creativitymost of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream.that is the finding of dr. sandi mann from the university of central lancashire. dr. mann conducted two studies. in the first experiment, 40 people were asked to carry out a boring task. they were told to copy numbers out of a telephone directory for 15 minutes. after that they were asked to complete another task. a pair of cups were given to each of them. everyone tried to come up with different uses of the cups, and was given a chance to display their creativity. meanwhile, another group of 40 people were just asked to come up with uses for the cups without doing any boring tasks before. it turned out that the 40 people who had first copied out the telephone numbers were more creative than the control group(对照组). to see if daydreaming was a factor in this effect, a second boring task was introduced that allowed even more daydreaming than the boring writing task. this second study saw 30 people copying out the numbers as before, but also included a second group of 30 reading rather than writing them.again the researchers found that the people in the control group were least creative, but the people who had just read the names were more creative than those who had to write them out. this suggests that more passive boring activities, like reading or perhaps attending meetings, can lead to more creativity. compared with reading, writing reduced the scope（范围） for daydreaming. as a result, it reduces the effects of boredom on creativity.dr. mann says: “boredom at work has always been seen as something to be avoided, but perhaps we should accept it in order to promote our creativity. what we want to do next is to see what the practical implications of this finding are. do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their work - or do they go home and write novels?” 67. who proved to be the most creative in the two studies?a. the people who attended meetings. b. the people who did the reading task. c. the people who invented uses for cups. d. the people who copied telephone numbers. 68. the studies conducted by dr. mann indicate that creativity results from _. a. creative tasksb. controlled activitiesc. the range of daydreamingd. reading and writing ability69. what is dr. manns attitude towards boredom at work? a. positive. b. skeptical. c. subjective. d. disapproving. 70. what will dr. mann probably continue to research in their study? a. the real causes of creativity. b. the actual use of boredom. c. the practical reasons of boredom. d. the writing ability improved by boredom. 【参考答案】67b 68c 69a 70b【安徽省蚌埠市三县联谊校2014高考二模】dtwo friends have an argument that breaks up their friendship forever, even though neither one can remember how the whole thing got started. such sad events happen over and over in high schools across the country. in fact, according to an official report on youth violence, in our country today, the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment, but the terrible reality of violence. given that this is the case, why arent students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?first of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. a report on violence among middle school and high school students indicates that most violent incidents between students begin with a relatively minor insult (侮辱). for example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults, which in turn can lead to violence. the problem isnt in the sandwich, but in the way students deal with the conflict.once students recognize that conflict is unavoidable, they can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution (解决) stay calm. once the student feels calmer, he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. rude words, name-calling, and accusation only add fuel to the emotional fire. on the other hand, soft words spoken at a normal sound level can put out the fire before it explodes out of control.after both sides have calmed down, they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution; listening. listening allows the two sides to understand each other. one person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without interrupting. afterward, the listener can ask non-threatening questions to clarify the speakers position. then the two people should change roles.finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. this doesnt mean trying to figure out whats wrong with the other person. it means understanding what the real issue is and what both sides are trying to accomplish. for example, a shouting match over a peanut butter sandwich might happen because one person thinks the other person is unwilling to try new things. students need to ask themselves questions such as these: how did this start? what do i really want? what am i afraid of ? as the issue becomes clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller. even if it doesnt, careful thought helps both sides figure out a mutual solution.there will always be conflict in schools, but that doesnt mean there needs to be violence. after students in atlanta started a conflict resolution program, according to educators for social responsibility, 64 percent of the teachers reported less physical violence in the classroom; 75 percent of the teachers reported an increase in student cooperation,and 92 percent of the students felt better about themselves. learning to resolve conflicts can help students deal with friends,. teachers. parents, bosses, and coworkers. in that way, conflict resolution is a basic life skill that should be taught in schools across the country.68.this article is mainly about a. how to deal with school conflictsb. the cause of arguments in schoolsc. how to analyze youth violence d. the lives of school children69.from paragraph 2 we can learn that_.a.violence is more likely to occur at lunchtimeb.a small conflict can lead to violencec.students tend to lose their temper easilyd.the eating habit of a student is often the cause of a fight70.why do students need to ask themselves the questions stated in paragraph 5?a. to find out who to blame.b. to get ready to buy new things.c. to make clear what the real issue is.d.to figure out how to stop the shouting match.71.the writers purpose for writing this article is to_.a.complain about problems in school educationb.teach students different strategies for school lifec.advocate teaching conflict management in schoolsd.inform teachers of the latest studies on school violence【参考答案】6871、abcc 【安徽省蚌埠市三县联谊校2014高考二模】edid you know that womens brains are smaller than mens? the average womens brain weighs 10% less than mens. since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的) than women. right? wrong. men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. why? after years of study, researchers have concluded that its whats inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. the brain consists of “grey matter” and“white matter”.while men have more of the latter ,the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexs.it has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. this means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. when it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, its women who come out on top every time. there are other important differences between two sexes. as white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “a great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. that may explain one of lifes great mysteries:why men refuse to ask for directions and women often need to! the differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. a boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. these brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. it may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research. if all this disappoints you, it shouldnt. “the brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it,” says a biologist.72. which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? a. womens brain is 10% less than mens. b. grey matter plays the same role as white matter. c. grey matter controls thinking in the brain. d. both sexes have the same amount of white matter.73. what can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? a. men do better dealing with one job at a time. b. women prefer doing many things at a time. c. women do not need to tell directions. d. men have weaker spatial abilities.74. which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? a. young boys may be stronger than young girls. b. more women take up jobs requiring speech skills. c. women may have stronger feelings than men. d. our ancestors needed more spatial skills.75. what is the writers attitude in writing this passage?a. defensive. b. persuasive. c. supportive. d. objective【参考答案】7275、cabd 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a.b.c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】arecently, professor of philosophy（哲学）in the united states has written a book called money and the meaning of life. he has discovered that how we deal with money in our daily life has more meaning than we usually think. one of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. from the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.he says our relations with others often become clearly defined（清晰的）when money enters the picture. you might have wonderful relationship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. but you will know him only when you ask him to lend some money. if he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesnt. this person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. the author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.question: what is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?answer: the most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. i am nothing. i dont know much. all i am is rich