河北省邢台市高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题8.doc

河北省邢台市2014届高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题8engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性)，but when it comes to my college education i am an idealist and a fool. in high school i wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. but thats not what i did.i chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university that doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. obviously, this was not a practical choice; i came here for more noble reasons. i wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. i wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who werent studying science or engineering. my parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. they told me i was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and i believed them.i headed off to the college and sure i was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. i was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.now im not so sure. somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. after three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, i have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.the reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as i supposed in high school. individually they shape a person in very different ways. the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.文章大意：本文作者以自身的经历说明很难做到文理兼顾，共同发展。因而自己当初想要成为通晓人文科学的杰出工程师，是不切实际的。36. at present, the writer is studying _.a. engineering at a college with a large engineering department.b. engineering in a small liberal-arts university.c. literature in a liberal-arts university.d. communicating and technology.【答案】b 【解析】细节理解题。根据i chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university作者选择了小的文科学院上学的工程专业，故选b。 37. why did the writer choose his major in a different way from ordinary students?a. because he wanted to be an electrical engineer in high school.b. because he didnt like studying in labs.c. because he intended to turn out a technical expert.d. because he expected to get improved more iii humanities.【答案】d【解析】细节理解题。根据i was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one.”，因为他希望提高人文学科这就是作者选择在一所很小的文科院校学习的根本原因。38. what can be inferred from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?a. no noble idea can be out of touch with reality eventually.b. the writers noble ideas are practical.c. noble ideas have nothing to do with reality.d. the writer considered his noble ideas as valuable as others.【答案】a【解析】推理判断题。根据这句话我们不难推断出作者原先的想法是不切实际的，故选a。39. what problem has the writer found in his study at college? a. he cant get used to the engineer factory.b.math, physics and engineering courses are too difficult to learn.c.its hard to combine engineering with the literal arts.d.he has made no progress in the literal arts.【答案】c【解析】细节理解题。根据the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.把工程学与人文科学联系起来很难。故选c。40.how has the writer felt about his choice?a.he felt proud at the beginning but a bit doubtful at present.b.he has been feeling positive all the time.c.he has decided to give up.d.he shares the same opinion with his parents and teachers.【答案】a【解析】细节理解题。根据i am an idealist 及the struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.作者起初感觉很骄傲但是目前感觉有点怀疑，故选a。较难题目特训：介绍说明类-7psychologists have discovered that even the most independent-minded of us will conform to social pressure when we are with a group of people. in one classic experiment, people were shown a vertical（垂直的） line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three.you might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform it by themselves they do it very well. however, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed by the opinions of other people when we do this task in a group. in one study, a group of three people was set up, where two of the people were confederates（同伙） of the experimenter. when the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers, people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. in fact, 75% of people gave at least one wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion.but why do people conform in this way? in an easy task like this, it seems that people do not want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. on more difficult tasks, people also conform because they lose confidence in their own ability to make decisions and prefer to trust the majority opinion instead.a typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we come across people in distress. would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street? it turns out that you are much more likely to go to her assistance if you are alone. when other people are also around, a diffusion of responsibility occurs. people are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the womans assistance.63. in paragraph 1, the underlined word “conform” probably means “ ”.a. seek independence b. disobey ordersc. follow what others dod. seek pleasure64. what is the purpose of the experiment described in paragraph 2?a. to explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of others.b. to prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of others.c. to train the confederates of the experimenter as independent-minded.d. to describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others.65. in the last paragraph, according to the author, why wouldnt one help the woman?a. he thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand.b. he thinks he has nothing to do with it.c. he is too shy to give his helping hand.d. he thinks someone else will offer assistance.66. what method does the author mainly use to develop the text?a. giving examples.b. cause-effect analysis. c. comparative analysis.d. process analysis.【参考答案】7.63-66 cbda较难题目特训：介绍说明类-8. a research by the national center for health statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “hispanic mortality paradox(西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”on average, hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 for whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population. the report shows that the hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost every age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care access,” says elizabeth arias, author of the report. “you would expect the hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”the hispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue national numbers. researchers are struggling to explain why hispanics live longer. “we dont know,” says david hayes-bautista, director of the center for the study of latino health and culture at uclas david geffen school of medicine. “we thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”potential factors: culture and lifestyle. support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. latino groups in particular have very strong family and social ties. migration. the “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. and when immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there. “solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because hispanics use health services lessthey make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” hayes bautista says. “its clearly something in the latino culture,” he says.1. in 2006, hispanics life expectancy isyears longer than the average of the total population. a. 2. 5 b. 7. 7 c. 2. 9 d. 80. 62. what does the underlined word “outlive” in the second paragraph probably mean? a. to live longer than. . . b. to live shorter than. . . c. to die out. d. to expect to live. 3. what is the main idea of paragraph three? a. hispanics were born better than whites. b. morality is closely related with health care access. c. whites should have longer life expectancy. d. even experts cant explain the phenomenon. 4. what is mr. hayes-bautistas opinion about the paradox? a. he supports there is a problem with the data. b. he intends to trust the cultural factor. c. he believes in the “healthy migrant effect”. d. he thinks health care the most important factor. 5. which of the following inferences is true according to the passage? a. black people suffer the lowest social status in america. b. hispanics might have healthier ways of life. c. only healthy people can immigrate into america. d. white people dont have strong family ties. 【参考答案】8. cadbb阅读理解-dwhen it comes to making a good career in the business world, being honest and getting along well with colleagues gives a person a solid competitive advantage, claims a new research.dr.jon bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect. according to another study , the gross-functional product development teams, can achieve a great quality and better cost benefits from socializing and interacting with individuals who work for their suppliers.the first, dr. bohlmanns study analyzed cross-functional product development teams, which combine together engineers, researchers and business personnel. the point to involve people with various backgrounds was to show that there was a focus on finance, marketing, and also on a design and functionality, right from the start of the product-development process. in addition to all this, this diversity also helped to make communication more effective in order to ensure that all members of the team were socializing and cooperating, and not just working at cross-purposes.as a result, it indicated that interactional fairness awareness indeed had an effect on a cross-functional communication. in other words, all the team members who thought that they had been treated well and respected, showed a great increase in their commitment to the success of the project they had been working on in cooperation with other team members, and, in particular, when they realized their project manager or supervisor to be a kind, nice and honest guy.according to dr. bohlmann, the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goals. and if bohlmanns study comes to the conclusion that nice and honest guys are the first to finish, the second research by dr. rob handfleld shows us that cooperating and socializing well with others can give a team, and even a company an edge, when it comes to product development.41.according to the passage, being a successful project manager, you should havethe following qualities except _.a. honesty b. kindness c. desire for power d. respect【答案】c 【解析】细节理解题。根据dr.jon bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect.如果想做一个好的项目经理需要诚实、善良及尊敬，没有提到对权利的欲望，故选c。42. what does