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石家庄市新华区2016高考英语阅读理解和作文暑假练习6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。our body clock，or natural body rhythm，influences our energy and alertnesspaying attention to it can help us choose the suitable time of day when we best perform specific tasksthe reality，however，is that most of us organize their time around work demands，school deadlines，commuting or social eventsdoing whatever your body feels like doing is a luxury in todays fast-paced modem societybut that doesnt mean it isnt worth tryingobeying our body clock has significant health benefitsdisrupting our natural body rhythm，on the other hand，has been linked to problems such as depression，obesity，or headache，says steve key，a biology professorwhen the body clock can synchronize（使同步）the rhythms of its natural processes，it “gives us an advantage in daily life”，says keyaccording to him，when it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most adults perform best in the late morningas our body temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday，our memory，alertness and concentration gradually improvehowever，he adds，our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereaftermost of us are more easily distracted（分心）between noon and 4 pm alertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm，making that a good time for a napsurprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powersfor most adults，problems that require open ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they are tired， according to a study in the journal thinking & reasoningwhen choosing a time of day to exercise，paying attention to your body clock can improve resultsphysical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm，says michael smolensky，a professor of biomedical engineeringof course, not everyones body clock is the same，making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans 1if we know our natural body rhythm well, we can afind out the suitable time to do specific tasksborganize our time around work demandscdo whatever our body feels like doingdbe sure to be healthy2which of the following is not true?aour alertness is influenced by our natural body rhythmbdoing whatever your body feels like is very difficult in our modem societycobeying our body clock is good for our healthddisrupting our natural body rhythm can lead to obesity3according to steve key，which of the following is not true?awhen our body clock synchronizes the rhythms of its natural processes，we can do betterbwhen it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most people perform best in the late morningcas body temperature rises before awakening in the morning，our concentration gradually improvesdwe concentrate better in the late morning than between noon and 4 pm4inspiration（灵感）to solve a difficult problem will most probably come to us awhen we get up in the morningbwhen we are tired in the eveningcwhen we are full of energy in the late morningdwhen we are asleep at night5which of the following can be the suitable title for the passage?awhat is natural body rhythm?bnatural body rhythm is good for uscsomething about natural body rhythmdthe latest research about natural body rhythm【参考答案】1-5 adbbc 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中，选出最佳选项。 “i never expected that i would be so busy. why cant there be 25 hours in a day?” complained liu ran in hong kong as mid-term exams were going on.the 18-year-old was shandong provinces top scorer in this years college entrance examination. after graduating from taian no.1 high school, she chose the chinese university of hong kong(香港中文大学) ， although both peking university and tsinghua university promised her a place.“i want to experience a more international school and social life in hong kong. im majoring in journalism, so hong kong will surely help widen my horizons,” liu said.it is two months since liu first set foot on hong kong. she missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.“the canteen offers mostly western or guangdong food, but its convenient to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. people speak cantonese and almost all classes are in english,” liu explained.her english and cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment. “im happy that i made the right decision to study here. with a mix of the eastern and western cultures, there is so much to discover and learn,” she said.liu has 18 credit hours(学分) of classes every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. she has signed up for four associations including the chinese language debating team and the drama club. essays, book reports and presentations also take plenty of time to prepare. and , of course, there are various parties to attend.“i wasnt a party animal before, but that may be interesting part of college. i sense myself changing,” liu said.56. liu ran chose the chinese university of hong kong, because_.a. she couldnt be admitted to peking universityb. hong kong is a good placec. she wants to be far from her homelandd. the chinese university of hong kong can widen her horizons57. according to the last paragraph, we can infer_.a. now liu ran is an animalb. liu ran hates the busy life in the chinese university of hong kongc. liu ran likes the food thered. the busy and full life makes liu ran feel good58. liu ran had to overcome the difficulties in many aspects except_.a. food b. language c. missing home d. no friends【参考答案】56-58 ddd 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。swiss international air lines（swiss）will introduce daily non-stop flights between beijing and zurichthe new service to the financial center of switzerland is expected to start on dec12,2012，which marks an expansion of services for the chinese marketin may 2008，swiss already started direct flights to shanghaithe first flight to europe has a special price of 2,680 yuan，which does not include taxes and fuel surcharges“i am delighted the airlines of switzerland can contribute to growing economic ties between the two countries with new daily flights scheduled，”says swiss ceo harry hohmeister“we are witnessing a growing demand for tourist travel in both directions”apart from shanghai and hong kong，beijing will be the third chinese destination for swissthe new route marks a return to beijing for swiss：the airlines previously flew to the chinese capital as late as june 2003swiss will initially operate its new daily non-stop beijing-zurich flights with an airbus a340-300（219 seats）and airbu: a330-300（236 seats）air-crafts the modem swiss business class offers the most suitable comforts since the seats can be adjusted into a two-meter-long bedseating firmness and softness can be adjusted thanks to air cushionswith the introduction of the new swiss service from beijing，the lufthansa group airlines may attract more chinese customers when traveling to europeswisslufthansa and austrian airlines already connect five chinese cities with europe and beyondthis airlines group is the leading european airlines network in the chinese marketin the summer of 2011，the lufthansa group operated 78 weekly flights from china including hong kong to europeswiss is part of the lufthansa group as well as a member of the star alliance，the worlds biggest airlines grouping1according to the passage，from dec12,2012， ait will only take us a day to fly from beijing to zurich bwe can fly directly from beijing to zurichcthe first flight from beijing to europe will only cost you 2,680 yuandthe direct flight to shanghai started by swiss will be canceled 2why is the new flight added?aswiss wants to offer good service to chinese peoplebswiss wants to contribute to growing economic ties between the two countriescthere is a growing demand for tourist travel in both directionsdswiss wants to create more opportunity for people to work3whats special about the airbus of the new flight?athe airbus can carry more passengers than other planesbthe seats in it can be adjusted into comfortable beds cit offers all kinds of services for passengers to choose fromdit has two kinds of air cushions on its seats4whats the right relation between swiss，lufthansa and austrian airlines?aswiss is the customer of the lufthansa group airlinesbaustrian airlines is a part of swisscswiss is part of the lufthansa groupdswiss belongs to austrian airlines5what is the passage mainly about?aswiss already started direct flights to shanghai bswiss adds direct flights from beijing to europecbeijing will be the third chinese destination for swissdswiss is the worlds biggest airlines grouping【参考答案】15、bbcb阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。that year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. one of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. it made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty cornersbefore this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. now they were great fun. encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. to do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. it didnt seem like any of this bothered the new kid.however, little lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. lewis was sure he would see him crying. so, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. on leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet himit was the new teacher!the teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. following from a distance, lewis could hear they were talking about math.59. the math lessons became interesting again because of the new teachers _.a. creativity b. imagination c. responsibility d. curiosity60. the passage implies that the stupidest child_.a. was in great need of math teachers help after classb. knew much more about math than other classmatesc. had no much gift for math and was slow to learn itd. disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons61. according to the passage, lewis followed the stupidest in order to _.a. learn about where he lived b. find out if he felt upsetc. say something to comfort him d. make friends with him62. what does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ? a. to find the stupidest kids mistakes. b. to think up the most original ways to explain. c. to use all kinds of stuff. d. to follow him home after school.【参考答案】59-62 abbc （2014重庆卷 ）写作二 (满分20分）青少年研究专家susan 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