江苏省南通市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解统练题.doc

江苏南通市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解统练题阅读理解。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。 people from east asia tend to have more difficulty than those from europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in current biology explains why. rachael jack, university of glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as westerners do, easterners fix their attention on the eyes. we show that easterners and westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions, jack said. westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. according to jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. as a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. the researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 western caucasian and 13 east asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. they compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. it turned out that easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did westerners. the cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, jack said. our data suggest that whereas westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. in short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. from here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, easterners and westerners will find themselves lost in translation.( ) 1. the discovery shows that westerners . a. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth b. consider facial expressions universally reliable c. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways d. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions ( ) 2. what were the people asked to do in the study?a. to make a face at each other. b. to get their faces impressive. c. to classify some face pictures. d. to observe the researchers faces. ( ) 3. what does the underlined word they in paragraph 6 refer to?a. the participants in the study. b. the researchers of the study.c. the errors made during the study. d. the data collected from the study. ( ) 4. in comparison with westerners, easterners are likely to .a. do translation more successfullyb. study the mouth more frequentlyc. examine the eyes more attentivelyd. read facial expressions more correctly( ) 5. what can be the best title for the passage? a. the eye as the window to the soulb. cultural differences in reading emotionsc. effective methods to develop social skillsd. how to increase cross-cultural understanding【语篇解读】本文为科普说明文。主要介绍了最新的科学研究发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂他人的面部表情。1. 答案：a考点：细节理解题解析：根据第三段 “westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.” 可以得出答案2. 答案：c考点：细节理解题解析：根据第五段 “by recording the eye movements of 13 western caucasian and 13 east asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral.”可以判断选c3. 答案：a考点：词义猜测解析：根据定语从句 “that they show”所修饰的 eye movements 在研究中为the participants 所作（从the eye movements of 13 western caucasian and 13 east asian people”可知）可判断选a4. 答案：c考点：细节理解题解析：根据第六段 “it turned out that easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did westerners.”可判断选c5. 答案：b考点：主旨大意题解析：文章首先指出科学研究的最新发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂人的面部表情。之后更具体地介绍研究的结构及其研究过程，最后得出结论：文化差异丰富了理解情感的基本社会技巧，即：不同的文化背景使人理解他人情感的方式也不尽相同。由此判断最佳标题应为b。 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。【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】if you like texting and are trying to lose weight, a new study found that using texting to track diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight. previous research has shown that keeping food and exercise diaries improves the likelihood of success when you are using to lose weight. using a computer or a pen and paper to record information, however, can be a burden and cause some people to give up. duke university researchers said using text messages to track eating and exercise habits can save time, and increase the chances that people will stick with their weight-loss rules. the study included 26 0bese women with an average age of 38. the women used daily texting as part of their weight-loss program. the text messages focused on tracking personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day. messages also provided brief feedback (回复) and tips. every morning, the women received a text from an automated system that said, “please text yesterdays personal information of steps you walked and how many sugary drinks you had.” based on the womens responses to the text message, the system sent another text with personalized feedback and tips. after six months, the women who used daily texting lost an average of nearly 3 pounds, while another group of women who used traditional methods to keep food and exercise diaries gained an average of 2.5 pounds, according to the study, which was published in the journal of medical internet research. “text messaging has become popular and may be an effective method to simplify tracking of diet and exercise behavior,” dori steinberg, who was responsible for this research, said. steinberg said, text messaging offers several advantages compared to other self-monitoring methods. unlike web-based diet and exercise diaries, data in a text message can be entered quickly on nearly all cellphone platforms. this provides more portability and more accessibility for receiving feedback. besides, because of the limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.”36. according to the study, traditional methods _. a. are easier for people to lose weight b. provide brief feedback and tips c. may cause people to give up losing weight d. are easy to track diet and exercise behavior37. the text messages used by the women in the research focused on _. a. providing tips b. providing feedback c. 9aving time and money d. tracking personalized goals38. which is not true about text messaging according to steinberg? a. it saves time. b. it saves money. c. it can be entered quickly. d. it is easy to receive feedback.39. whats the best title for the text? a. texting helps keep healthy b. texting saves time and money c. texting can help you lose weight d. texting provides brief feedback and tips40. whats dori steinbergs attitude towards text messaging? a. unknown. b. negative. c. positive. d. unconcerned.【参考答案】36-40 cdbcc短信提醒有助于减肥。用户可以发送短信及跟踪各种食物或运动的热量，同时提供每日饮食记录、运动消耗记录以及体重记录，让用户清楚地知道自己每天的饮食摄入和运动消耗比例来让自己减肥。36. c。细节理解题。根据第二段的a burden and cause some people to give up可知答案。37. d。细节理解题。根据第四段的the text messages focused on tracking personalized goals, such as avoiding sugary drinks or walking 10,000 steps a day可知答案。38. b。推理判断题。根据最后一段steinberg所说的话可知，文中未提及money。39. c。主旨大意题。文章第一段就是主题句using texting to track diet and exercise habits may help you lose weight可知答案。40. c。推理判断题。根据最后一段的this provides more portability and more accessibility for receiving feedback. besides, because of the limited number of words used in text messages, it saves time.可知dori steinberg的态度是肯定的。阅读理解。one of the worst feelings you have as a professional athlete is the feeling after losing a game to a team that you should have beaten. that happened last night against the lowly boston celtics. they had only won 13 games the whole year and were really struggling. we had just come off a very good win against the orlando magic on the road and were feeling good about ourselves.the day did not start out good for us when we learned that t-mac was going to miss the game with the flu. when you lose your best players (yao, t-mac) everyone must play a little harder and do a little bit more on the floor. we inserted bonzi wells into the lineup (he was the only one to have a good game for us), in place of t-mac. it was a nasty game. we are usually one of the best three point shooting teams in the nba and we only made 1 of 22 three point shots! i have never seen that happen. never! rafer alston, luther head, and me combined to shoot 5 of 33 from the field. ouch! you arent going to win too many games like that. even as poorly as we shot the ball, we still had a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter but failed to make the winning plays that you must make to leave the floor victorious. in the locker room after the game, everybody felt terrible. when we play a bad game, we feel that we let our teammates down. there is a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach when you leave the gym and you just want to go home and not talk to anyone. it is a terrible feeling, but it is a feeling that makes you want to try harder and do better the next time. ill talk to you guys later.shane 1. what is the passage mainly about? a. to blame the team for losing the game.b. to tell the readers about the feeling after losing the gamec. to explain why they played poorly in the game.d. to blame yao ming and tmac for being absent from the game.答案解析：答案为b。本题为主旨大意题。从第一段第一句话 “one of the worst feelings you have as a professional athlete is the feeling after losing a game to a team that you should have beaten.”并结合后段的描述可知，本文作者是在描述比赛失败后的感受。故选b。2. what can the readers learn from the text? a. the boston celtics is one of the top teams in nba.b. the boston celtics had a big win over the writers team.c. every one of the team played poorly with no energy.d. bonzi wells starts in the game with t-mac out.答案解析：答案为d。本题为细节推断题。a选项没有在文章中提到；b选项与第一段第三句话“they had only won 13 games the whole year and were really struggling.”不符；c选项与第二段第二句话 “. everyone must play a little harder and do a little bit more on the floor.”不符合。d选项可以从第二段最后一句话 “we inserted bonzi wells into the lineup (he was the only one to have a good game for us), in place of t-mac.”相符合，意为“我们插入bonzi wells来代替t-mac，与d选项意思一致，故选d。3. how do you think the writer might describe his performance that night?a. tough b. relaxing c. terrible d. efficient答案解析：答案为c。本题为细节题。从倒数第二段最后一句话 “it is a terrible feeling”得知，答案为c。4. the text most probably comes from the writers _ .a. blog b. telephone message c. note d. interview答案解析：答案为a。本题考查考生判断文章体裁的能力。a 意为 “博客 ”；b 意为 “电话消息 ”；c 意为“笔记”；d 意为“采访”。解答本题可以结合第一题的问题，通篇文章都是在抒发作者比赛失败后的感觉，所以此内容最有可能是从博客中看到。故选a。阅读理解第一节 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。a its 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. i roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. i turn on the light and put on my glasses. the house is still as i walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. usually i go for a long run, but today i choose my favorite exercise dvd insanity. sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. my heart races as i face my body to finish each movement. as i near the end of the exercise, i feel extremely tired, but a smile is of my face. its not a smile because the dvd is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit. some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. but i need exercise to get through each day. some shake heads when they see me run through the town. others get hurt when i refuse to try just one bite of their grandmothers chocolate cake. they raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. over the years, i have learned its okay to just say “no.” i shouldnt feel sorry for refusing food that i dont want to eat.so what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.? what gives me the reason to just say to ice cream? commitment. a commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily anxiety, incre