江苏省张家港市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练（6）.doc

（江苏）张家港市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练（6）【2014高考英语湖北省汉阳市联考试题】 today, in many high schools, teaching is now a technical miracle of computer labs, digital cameras, dvd players and laptops. teachers can e-mail parents, post messages for students on online bulletin(公告，告示) boards, and take attendance with a quick movement of a mouse.even though we are now living in the digital age, the basic and most important element of education has not changed. most students still need that one-on-one, teacher-student relationship to learn and to succeed. teenagers need instruction in english, math or history, but they also want personal advice and encouragement. kids talk with me about their families, their weekend plans, their favorite tv shows and their relationship problems. in my english and journalism classes, we talk about shakespeare and persuasive(富有哲理的) essays, but we also discuss college basketball, the war in iraq and career choices. students show me pictures of their rebuilt cars, their family vacations, and their newborn baby brothers. this personal connection is the necessary link between teachers and students that no amount of technology can improve upon or replace. a few years ago i had a student in sophomore english who was struggling with my class and with school in general. although he was a humorous young man who liked to joke around, i knew his family life was far from ideal. whenever i approached him about missing homework or low test grades, he always had the same reply, “it doesnt matter because im quitting school anyway.” even though he always said this in a half-teasing way, i knew he needed to hear my different opinion and my “value of a high school education” lecture. he needed to hear this speech from me. after he left my class, he struggled through the next two years of school. but, he did finally graduate because we kept telling him to hang in there. wed cared about him finishing school. recently, i saw this former student working at a local italian restaurant. i told him again how proud i was of him. he said that he was hoping to go back to school to become a certified electrician. i encouraged him to get that training. students rely on compassionate teachers to guide, to tutor, to listen, to laugh and to cry with them. teachers provide the most important link in the educational processthe human one. 63. the first paragraph mainly talks about _. a. the variety of modern teaching methods. b. the wide use of modern technology in education c. the importance of teacher-parent relationship. d. the importance of using modern technology.64. the underlined word “ compassionate” in para 5 means _. a. ambitious b. knowledgeable c. sympathetic d. generous65. according to the text, the most important element in education is _. a. teachers good instruction b. advanced technology c. teachers encouragement d. personal connection66. the author states his view of education by _. a. example b. description c. figure d. comparison 【参考答案】63、bcd 66、 a 【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】people who have got rhythm might have an advantage when it comes to language and reading skills. a new study shows the brains of people who can move to a musical beat react to speech on a more consistent basis than those who cant. researchers also find that musical training can sharpen the brains response to language.the researchers say their discovery provides the first biological link between the ability to keep a beat and h80w the brain responds to speech, something that can have important value for reading skills. to gather materials for their research, the team got more than 100 teenagers who lived in chicago, illinois. the teens were given two tests. first, they were instructed to listen to and tap their fingers along to the beat. the researchers calculated how accurately their young volunteers were able to tap along to the musical timekeeper. second, the teen subjects were linked to an eeg device, which measures electrical activity in the brain. the eeg device was focused on an area of the brain that not only processes sound, but is also connected to parts of the brain responsible for motor-movement. the researchers recorded the brainwaves as their teen subjects listened to the synthesized speech sound, which was repeated irregularly for half an hour. the researchers were able to find out how the nerve cells in that particular region of the brain responded every time the synthesized sound was played. across this population of adolescents, the more accurate they were at tapping along to the beat, the more consistent their brains response to the letter unit was, said nina kraus.while past studies have showed the links between reading skills and a persons ability to keep a beat, the researchers said their new findings show the hearing system is what provides a common basis for those links. rhythm is naturally a part of music and language, kraus said. 31. according to the passage, what can make our brains work faster while we are learning a language? a. reading books. b. practicing music. c. watching movies. d. making speeches. 32. what can we learn about the first biological link mentioned in paragraph 2? a. it shows how the brain works. b. it is helpful to researchers findings c. it shows how the brain reacts to speech. d. it is very important for reading ability. 33. the underlined word subjects in paragraph 2 probably means _. a. persons or things that are the main features of works of art b. areas of knowledge studied in a school, college, and so on c. things that are being discussed in a conversation or a book d. person s or animals that are studied in an experiment or a research34. it can be inferred from the last paragraph that_. a. reading skills may make language learners keep a beat b. the hearing system may be useless while a person is learning to read c. the hearing system may separate sound from meaning while a person is reading d. the hearing system may be used while a person is reading or taking musical training35. what can we conclude from this passage? a. moving to a musical beat is more popular. b. experts8ar e expanding their studies on rhythm. c. rhythm might help us improve our reading skills. d. experts find the links between the hearing system and reading.【参考答案】31-35 bdddc本文认为节奏与生俱来就是音乐和语言的一部分。人对节奏的准确掌握与大脑对语音反应时的稳定性呈正相关；而人的听力系统则为这两者的联系提供了生物基础。这一发现对于提高语言学习者的阅读技能有重要价值。31. b。细节理解题。从第一段中.musical training can sharpen the brains response to language.可知音乐训练能够使大脑对语言的反应敏锐。32. d。细节理解题。从第二段第一句中.the first biological link ., something that can have important value for reading skills.可知，保持节拍的能力和大脑对语言的反应方式之间的生物联系对于阅读能力有重要的价值。33. d。词义猜测题。从第二段中.the team got more than 100 teenagers.the teens were given two tests.first.second.可知，这100多个青少年志愿者，恰好就是在这项研究中接受测试的对象。34. d。推理判断题。从文章最后一段.the hearing system is what provides a common basis for those links.可以推断，听力系统在一个人进行阅读与音乐训练时都会用到。35. c。主旨大意题。通读全文，并结合第一段的主题句people who have got rhythm might have an advantage when it comes to language and reading skills.可知，本文主要介绍节奏或许有助于我们提高阅读技能。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。【2013界广东珠海市高三上期末质量监测】-astockholm, oct11 （xinhua） - chinese writer mo yan has won the 2012 nobel prize in literature, announced peter englund, permanent secretary of the swedish academy in stockholm on thursdaythe nobel prize in literature 2012 is awarded to chinese writer mo yan who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary, said englund at a press conferencemo yan, a pseudonym for guan moye, was born in 1955 and grew up in gaomi in shandong province in eastern chinahis parents were farmersas a 12-year-old during the cultural revolution he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factoryin 1976 he joined the peoples liberation army and during this time began to study literature and writehis first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981in his writing, mo yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birththis is apparent in his novel hong gaoliang jiazu （1987, in english red sorghum 1993）, said the academy in a statement of mos biographythe book consists of five stories that unfold and interweave in gaomi in several turbulent decades in the 20th century, with depictions of bandit culture, the japanese occupation and the harsh conditions endured by poor farm workers, according to the biographyred sorghum was successfully filmed in 1987, directed by famous chinese director zhang yimouthrough a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, mo yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of william faulkner and gabriel garcia marquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old chinese literature and in oral tradition, the academy commented in the biographical statementin addition to his novels, mo yan has published many short stories and essays on various topicsin spite of his social criticism, he is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors, the statement addeddozens of his works have been translated into english, french and japanese and many other languageslast years literature prize went to swedish poet tomas transtromeralfred nobel, a swedish industrialist who invented dynamite, established the nobel prizes in his will in 1895the first awards were handed out six years later文章大意：本文叙述了中国作家莫言摘取2012年诺贝尔文学奖，他出生于农民家庭，他在军队里时开始从事写作，写作的主要的素材就是来自他的农村的生活，他最出名的代表作就是红高粱。26where can you possibly read tins article?ain a magazine bat the front of a novelcin a business brochure don the newspaper【答案】d【解析】文章出处题。根据stockholm, oct11 （xinhua） - chinese writer mo yan has won the 2012 nobel prize in literature, announced可知这是新闻报道，所以应该在报纸上看到这个消息，故选d。27which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word pseudonym in paragraph 3?aeldest son bgovernment leader cpen name dauthor【答案】c【解析】词义猜测题。根据for guan moye可知mo yan是他的笔名，故选c。28mo yan started to earn his life ain 1967 bin 1976 cin 1981 din 1987【答案】a【解析】细节理解题。根据mo yan, a pseudonym for guan moye, was born in 1955及as a 12-year-old during the cultural revolution he left school to work莫言出生于1955年，12岁开始工作，可推知是1976年开始挣钱，故选a。29which of the following statements is true?amo yan started to write stories when he turned 20bthe stories in red sorghum describes both country and city lifecmo yans works are widely read at home and abroaddbesides writing novels, mo yan produced a film【答案】c【解析】细节理解题。根据he is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors, the statement addeddozens of his works have been translated into english, french and japanese and many other languages可知莫言的作品在国内外都是有很多读者，故选c。30the nobel prize was set up .aby a swedebby the swedish academy is stockholmcin the 18th centurydto award greast literary figures【答案】a【解析】细节理解题。根据alfred nobel, a swedish industrialist who invented dynamite, established the nobel prizes in his will in 1895是一个瑞典人成立的，故选a。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。【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】whats your earliest childhood memory? can you remember the first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely retain any memory of specific, personal experiences.a variety of explanations have been proposed by psychologists for this childhood amnesia( 记忆缺失,健忘).one argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature（成熟）until about the age of two. but the most popular theory maintains (主张）that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot access childhood memories. adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories. but when they search through their mental files for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they dont find any that fit the pattern. its like trying to find a chinese word in an english dictionary.now psychologist annette simms offers a new explanation for childhood amnesia. she argues that there simply arent any early childhood memories to recall. according to dr. simms, children need to learn to use someone elses spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly forgotten impressio