高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练阅读理解16.doc

2014届高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练：阅读理解a we keep reading that tv is bad for you. if this is true, how come the current generation of tv-addicted kids is much smarter than we are? in my home, the only people who can work the remote control are the children. perhaps tv does educate you. for example, you learn a useful medical fact: a person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies. “the killer was” (dies)but i guess the biggest things we learn from tv can be regarded as “life skills”. bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights. emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas. and contrary to what scientists say, the crack(霹雳) of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time, wherever you are.ive even acquired useful geographical facts from science-fiction shows: aliens speak english no matter which planet they come from.making use of what we learn from tv can improve our security. consider these truths. if you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys, dont worry about being outnumbered. the criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all. bad guys who are completely covered in black clothes always remove their black masks to reveal that they are in fact, aha, women.tv also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. watch and learn. (1) if anyone is running after you down a passage, you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. (2) if you are tall and handsome, you can run from any number of armed criminals, and every shot will miss you.be warned, however. if your name card says “henchman” (帮凶) and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying to catch a handsome individual, a single shot will kill you. but dont be anxious: tv also delivers useful information for bad guys. all cars are inflammable (易燃的) and have amazing shock absorbers that enable them to fly into the air and land without damage except police cars. tv even teaches us about tv. whenever anyone turns on a tv, it shows a news flash about someone they know. they then turn the box off immediately after that news item.51. by saying “a person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies” (paragraph 2), the writer shows his_.a. humorb. sympathy c. deep concern d. medical knowledge 52. we can learn from paragraph 3 that in the real world_.a. bad things cause people to break down in the rainb. bad things never happen on dark and stormy nightsc. people with emotional problems like to walk in the rain without umbrellasd. the crack of lightning and the accompanying flash dont happen at the same time53. on tv what usually happens when a person turns it on?a. the news shown is always about someone the person knows. b. the person always turns off the tv when its time for news.c. the program shown is always about the importance of tv.d. tv always shows news about famous people.54. whats the main idea of this passage?a. life skills can be learned from tv.b. tv plays an important role in society.c. watching tv makes people more creative.d. what happens in tv is very different from reality.55. the writer of this passage takes a(n) _ attitude towards tv plays. a. positiveb. casualc. negatived. indifferent bmanila, philippines (ap) villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern philippine town, an official said monday.mayor edwin cox elorde said dozens of villagers and experts captured the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in bunawan township in agusan del sur province after a three-week hunt. it could be one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in recent years, he said, quoting local crocodile experts.elorde said the crocodile killed a water buffalo in an attack witnessed by villagers last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in july.he said he sought the help of experts at a crocodile farm in western palawan province.we were nervous but its our duty to deal with a threat to the villagers, elorde told the associated press by telephone. when i finally stood before it, i couldnt believe my eyes.after initial sightings at a creek, the hunters set four traps, which the crocodile destroyed. they then used sturdier traps using steel cables, one of which finally caught the enormous reptile late saturday, he said.about 100 people had to pull the crocodile, which weighs about 2,370 pounds (1,075 kilograms), from the creek to a clearing where a crane lifted it into a truck, he said.the crocodile was placed in a fenced cage in an area where the town plans to build an ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland(沼泽地) in agusan, an impoverished region about 515 miles (830 kilometers) southeast of manila, elorde said.it will be the biggest star of the park, elorde said, adding that villagers were happy that they would be able to turn the dangerous crocodile from a threat into an asset.despite the catch, villagers remain cautious because several crocodiles still roam the outskirts of the farming town of about 37,000 people.they have been told to avoid venturing into marshy areas alone at night, elorde said.56. what can we infer from the passage?a. the villagers captured the crocodile by chance.b. the crocodile the villagers have captured is the largest crocodile captured in recent years.c. the town has already built an ecotourism park for the crocodile.d. not all the crocodile live in saltwater.57. what can we know about the crocodiles in this area according to the passage?a. the crocodiles in the area are very friendly to the villagers.b. the crocodiles usually wander about in the center of the town.c. the crocodiles in the town have become a threat to the villagers.d. the capture of the male crocodile took three months.58. what happened to the crocodile after it was captured?a. it was sent to the ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland.b. it was sent back to the wilderness.c. it was kept in a fenced cage.d. it became the biggest star in the park.59. when elorde finally stood before the crocodile, how did he feel?a. nervous.b. proud.c. shocked.d. happy.60. in elordes opinion, the existence of the crocodile in the wild in this area is _.a. threateningb. puzzling c. reasonabled. suspectingadadc dccca long after the 1998 world cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing( 咒骂) the disputed refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. a researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees.the researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge. observers noted down the referees errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. converted (转换) to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number. the researcher then studied the videotapes to analyze the matches in detail. surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. when the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. the average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. the research shows the optimum (最佳的) distance is about 20 meters. there also seemed to be an optimum speed. correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. the average speed for errors was 4 meters per second. if fifa, footballs international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next world cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues. he also says that fifas insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided. if keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical.51. the experiment conducted by the researcher was meant to _.a. reexamine the rules for football refereeing b. analyze the causes of errors made by football refereesc. set a standard for football refereeingd. review the decisions of referees at the 1998 world cup52. the findings of the experiment show that _.a. errors are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ballb. the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the errorsc. the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely errors will occurd. errors are less likely when a referee stays in one spot53. the word “officials” most probably refers to _.a. the researchers involved in the experiment b. the inspectors of the football tournamentc. the referees of the football tournament d. the observers at the site of the experiment54. what is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment?a. the ideal retirement age for an experienced football referee is 45.b. age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.c. a football referee should be as young and energetic as possible.d. an experienced football referee can do well even when in poor physical condition.bpsychology(心理学) has a new application in the field of medicine. many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. in large hospitals, modern therapy（疗法） seems to focus on the physical disease. patients may feel they are treated like broken machines. some doctors have recognized this as a problem. they are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine. the patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight.the doctor knows that a disease affects a patients body physically. the body of the patient changes because of the disease. he is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease. because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change. the medical treatment might cure the patients physical problems, but the patients mind must fight the emotional ones. for example, the studies of one doctor, carl simonton, m. d., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable attitudes. she typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, doctors, and nurses. such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. therefore, a doctors treatment must help the patient change that. simontons method emphasizes treatment of the “whole” patient. the attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an x-ray treatment, can become more positive. the physician who is following simontons psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor（肿瘤） in the body. in the mental picture, the patient sees a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. the patient imagines the beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. for another cancer patient, dr. simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells. the patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the cancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. both the medical therapy and the patients positive attitude fight the disease. doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works. however, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves change. they become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease. another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of suggestion therapy. at first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply. the patient thinks only about one thing. he becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance（催眠状态）. then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical problem. the patients mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance. in this way, the patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment. doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. for example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease. furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worries about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. the right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. such treatment may help the patient with a chronic（慢性的）diseases. asthma （哮喘）is an example of a chronic disorder. asthma is a disease that causes the patient to have difficulty in breathing. the patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs. psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder. after suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily. physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful in treating children. children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it. for example, dr. basil r. collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in sydney, australia, and had good results. twenty-five of the children had excellent results. they were able to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. another forty-three were also helped. the symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not as strong. most of the children also felt better about themselves. doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems. many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.55. what does the passage mainly discuss? a. how suggestion therapy benefits adults and children. b. how modern therapy focuses on the disease.c. responses