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2015柳州市高考英语阅读理解一轮课外训练训练（1）及答案【山东省日照市2014高考英语一模试卷】 clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it easier to memorize lists later, when it is time to get back the information，it is the left hand that should be clenchedit is thought the movements activate brain regions key to the storing and recall of memories the american researchers suggest those who are short of a pen and paper should try the trick when attempting to remember a shopping list or phone number in the study,volunteers were given a rubber ball and asked to squeeze it as hard as possible before trying to memorize a list of 72 words they squeezed the ball again a couple of minutes later,ahead of recollecting as many of the words as possible the first group of the volunteers used their right hand on both occasions，and the second group their leftthe third group clenched their right fist ahead of memorizing and their left ahead of recall and the fourth did the oppositethe fifth group held the ball but did not squeeze it those who squeezed with their right hand，followed by their left，remembered the most words the next best were the volunteers who made a fist with their right hand both times，while those who didnt squeeze at all did better than those who led with their left it is thought that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a brain region that is involved in storing memories，while squeezing the left hand awakens an area that is key to getting back information lead researcher dr ruth propper said：the findings suggest that simple body movementsby temporarily changing the way the brain functionscall improve memory46whats the writers purpose to write the passage?ato make known the result of the experimentbto tell people memory depends mostly on their handscto show the function of bodymovements in memorydto state that good memory benefils from labor47if you want to recall something in your memory，you should clench_ayour fight hand byour left handcboth of your hands dyour left hand first，and then right48the underlined word“trick”in the fourth paragraph is the closest in meaning to“_”amethod bgame ccheat dexperiment49which group in the experiment remembered the fewest words?atile first group bthe second groupcthe fourth group dthe fifth group50which of the following can be the best title for the passage?amemory experiments on body movementsbwhat is a good memory?cgood memory lies in actionsdclenching hands improves the memory【参考答案】46-50 cbacd 【语篇导读】如何有效地培养自己的记忆能力？请看作者对握拳与记忆力的关系。46. c 该文属于新闻体裁，主要还是说明身体的运动对于记忆的作用。文章结尾提到这一点。47. b 单纯为了记起某事，就文中所述，应该先攥紧左手。48. a trick的原意有“诡计、恶作剧”等义，在这里应该是作为一种“方法、技巧”来采用的。这一点提示我 们记忆词汇一定不可过于机械和短视。49. c 记忆效果最差的反而不是一点动作也没有的第五组，而是第四组，因为他们做反了（opposite），导致效果最差。50. d 文章的核心内容就是握手对记忆的作用，因此d项是最直接的表述。阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度： 设题相似度：难度系数：despite the popularity of school spelling competitions，adults in the us performed poorly in a survey comparing how english speakers on both sides of the atlantic deal with commonly misspelt words.sixtytwo percent of americans got “embarrassed” wrong，against 54 percent of britons who struggled with the word in a survey last year.adults in the us performed less well on most of the ten words tested，including millennium (52 percent wrong，against 43 percent in the uk)，liaison (61 percent to 54 percent) and “accommodation” (42 percent to 36 percent )only “definitely” and “friend” were spelt correctly by more americans.jack bovill of the spelling society，which sponsored (发起) the research，said the high inaccuracy rates in both countries showed the need for the english spelling system to be modernized.“when asked，only a quarter of adults thought they had a problem with spelling.the answers in the test prove that this_is_far_from_the_case，” he said.“what is holding the uk and the usa back is the irregular spelling system.”professor edward baranowski，one academic consultant for the project，said，“we have different spellings for the same sound，and a system which reflects how english was spoken in the 13th to 15th centuries，not how it is spoken today.so many sound changes have occurred in the language，which is not reflected in modern spelling，that we are left with a fossilized (僵化的) system.”the study found that 40 percent of the respondents would support updating words that caused problems while 16 percent opposed the idea.and 31 percent said it didnt matter.the us survey involving a sample of 1,000 adults was carried out online by ipsos mori last month，with the method based on a survey of 1,000 britons in april last year.【语篇解读】 一项调查发现，美国人在单词拼写方面不如英国人。1the underlined word “inaccuracy” in paragraph 3 can best be replaced by _.asuccess berror ccorrectness dgrowth答案b词义猜测题。根据本句的“showed the need for the english spelling system to be modernized”，联系第二段英美成年人较高的拼写错误率，可知inaccuracy可用error来代替，都是“错误”的意思。2the underlined part “this is far from the case” in paragraph 3 implies that _.amost of the americans can spell correctlybthere are more people having spelling problemscadults perform worse in spelling than kidsdit is difficult to create a new spelling system答案b推理判断题。联系上一句“when asked，only a quarter of adults thought they had a problem with spelling”可知，bovill是想说，这项研究表明，实际上很多人都存在拼写问题。3professor baranowski seems to agree that _.aspelling should represent the sound of wordsbwe should learn how english was spoken centuries agocdifferent countries should have different spellingsdsound changes have nothing to do with spelling答案a推理判断题。根据第四段baranowski所说的话可知，他认为拼写应该表现单词的发音。represent意为“表现”，reflect意为“反映”，此处两者含义一致。4what would be the most suitable title of the passage?awho is responsible for our spellingbthe english language to be blamedcamericans embarrassed by their spellingsdwords needed to be modernized答案c主旨大意题。c项标题一语双关，embarrassd一词既表明了美国人拼写的尴尬现状，又涉及了拼写调查的部分内容。阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)(2012广东卷)“have a nice day！” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression.when my friend maxie says “have a nice day” with a smile，i know she sincerely cares about what happens to me.i feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.“have a nice day.next！” this version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door.the words come out in the same tone (腔调) with a fixed procedure.they_are_spoken_at_me，not to me.obviously，the concern for my day and everyone elses is the managements attempt to increase business.the expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other.sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting.as soon as you hear it，you know the meeting is at an end.sometimes the expression saves us when we dont know what to say.“oh，you just had a tooth out？im terribly sorry，but have a nice day.”the expression can be pleasant.if a stranger says “have a nice day” to you，you may find it heartwarming because someone you dont know has tried to be nice to you.although the use of the expression is an insincere，meaningless social custom at times，there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting.the salesgirl，the waitress，the teacher，and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day.but in a strange and comfortable way，its nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really dont care all that much.while the expression may not often be sincere，it is always spoken.the point is that people say it all the time when they like.【语篇解读】 本文论述了“have a nice day”在不同的场合的不同含义。1how does the author understand maxies words?amaxie shows her anxiety to the author.bmaxie really wishes the author a good day.cmaxie encourages the author to stay happy. dmaxie really worries about the authors security.答案b考查细节理解。根据第一段最后两句可知，作者认为当她的朋友maxie对她说“have a nice day”时，maxie是真心地祝愿作者有美好的一天。2what does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mean?athe salesgirl is rude.bthe salesgirl is bored. cthe salesgirl cares about me.dthe salesgirl says the words as a routine.答案d考查句意理解。根据画线部分的上下文内容可推知，售货员用相同的腔调说这句话，这只是她为了增加业务的例行程序。3by saying “have a nice day，” a stranger may _.atry to be polite to youbexpress respect to youcgive his blessing to youdshare his pleasure with you答案a考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“because someone you dont know has tried to be nice to you”可推知，当陌生人对你说这句话时，他是为了让你感觉他很友好。文中的“to be nice to you”与a项中的“to be polite to you”含义相同，故选a项。4what is the best title of the passage?ahave a nice daya social custombhave a nice daya pleasant gesturechave a nice daya heartwarming greetingdhave a nice daya polite ending of a conversation答案a考查主旨大意。本文讲的是“have a nice day”这句话在不同的场合的不同理解。再根据最后一段第一句可知，a项作为本文标题最合适，其他三项说法片面。【山东省烟台市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】e microsoft has a problem：it desperately wants the remaining windows xp users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a good many of them still havent startedthe latest numbers from netmarket show that windows xp still accounts for around 295of all desktops in use even though microsoft is due to end support for the l3-year-old platform on april 8thzdnet reports that microsoft plans to force remaining xp users to start next week by sending them notices reminding them again that it will end xp support within a month however, as computerworld reports，microsoft may have a tough time convincing some windows xp users to upgrade because its trying to sell them on windows 8，the newest operating system that has angered many longtime pc users by removing the traditional start menu and by adding the interface(界面)a special featurecomputerworld writes that many windows users expressed anger last month when microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from windows xp to windows 8 partly because microsoft hasnt offered any sort of discount for windows xp users making the switch this is particularly tiresome, these users said，because switching from xp to windows 8 wont just require a software upgrade but will instead likely force them to buy new machines capable(能够)of running microsofts new operating systemsome users were also annoyed that microsoft only mentioned windows 8 and not windows 7 as upgrade possibilities in the end，it looks like when microsoft ends support for windows xp next month there will still be a large part of the desktop pc world using the platformhackers who have been saving up all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day when windows xp support ends a