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河北省唐山市丰南区2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（6）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 a study has showed that the brain makes decisions about 10 seconds before a person realizes it. experts involved in the study said that looking at brain activity while making a decision,they could predict the choices the subjects would make, before they realized that they had made a decision. lead researcher john-dylan haynes, a neuroscientist (神经学家)at the max planck institute for human cognitive and brain sciences in leipzig, said that the new findings called into questions for “consciousness”of decisions that people make, and might even challenge ideas as to how“free”people are to make a decision at a particular moment.“we think our decisions are conscious, but these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg,”nature magazine quoted (引用) him as saying. thinking the results“quite dramatic”, frank tong of vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee, said that 10 seconds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity. during the study, the brains of 14 volunteers were imaged as they performed a decision-making task. the subjects had two buttons before them, each to be operated by a different hand, which they could press when they felt the urge to. they were simultaneously (同时地)shown a stream of letters, which appeared on a screen at half-second intervals (间隔). the volunteers had to remember which letter was showing when they decided to press their button.upon analysis of the data, the researchers realized that the earliest signal they could catch started seven seconds before the volunteers reported having made their decision. given the delay of a few seconds in the imaging, they reckoned (估计) that the brain activity could have begun about ten seconds before the conscious decision. the researchers showed that the signals were picked up from a region (区域)called the frontopolar cortex (脑额极皮层),which is located at the front of the brain, immediately behind the forehead.while writing about the observations made during the research in his study report, haynes said that the frontopolar cortex might be the brain region where decisions are started. he also showed that the next step in the research would be to speed up the data analysis so as to enable his team to predict peoples choices as their brains would make them. 1. the passage tells us that _.a. we are aware of our whole process of decision-makingb. people dont make decisions until they realize itc. experts have no way to tell what decision one will maked. the decision-making process starts before it is made2. the underlined word “subjects”in para. 2 probably refers to _.a. the topic of the experts research paperb. the scientific subjects that the experts were studyingc. the things that experts dont know clearlyd. the volunteers that the experts worked on for their research3. the underlined sentence“consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg”in para. 4 means that _.a. our decision-making is consciousb. the data contains a lot of information besides consciousnessc. consciousness is the major part of the datad. 10 seconds is“a lifetime”in terms of brain activity4. the final purpose of the research _.a. is not stated clearly in the passage b. is not acknowledged by expertsc. is to show where decision-making starts d. is to analyze the data picked up5. the passage implies that _.a. the research has been completedb. the research was conducted by two expertsc. the decision-making process lasts only about 10 secondsd. we may predict what decisions people will make in the future 【参考答案】14、ddba 【2014高考英语广东省佛山市质测试题】 if you hear the sound of a mobile phone beeping in a bag or pocket, you could be forgiven for thinking that someone has received a text message. but nowadays there are so many different ways of messaging someone that it could spell the death of the traditional text as we know it. text messaging, or texting, is the art of sending a short, electronic message between two mobile phones or tablets(平板电脑) but in the last few years, messaging in this manner has been on the decline. the rise of smartphones and tablets has seen an increase in the use of instant messaging apps(应用程序)， which offer a cheap alternative to conventional texts. using wireless internet connections or mobile data networks, people can send limitless numbers of instant messages to their friends for very little cost. unlike traditional mobile texts, the user usually only has to pay to download the app once, after which each message they send is free. web developers soon got the message. instant messaging apps have become popular all over the world. whatsapp in america and europe, wechat in china and kakaotalk in south korea are but a few which have attracted hundreds of millions of people, who use the apps to chat to their friends in real time. these apps allow people to send picture messages for free-something which previously was quite costly. research firm informa said that almost 19 billion messages were sent per day using chat apps in 2012, compared with 17.6 billion sms(short message service) texts. and it expects the chat app market to grow t0 50 billion per day by 2014. so does this really mean the end for communication by text? pamela clark-dickson from informa doesnt think so. she says that there are a considerable number of people who use normal mobile phones, particularly in developing countries, who prefer the sms messaging tool: they dont have mobile data plans, so there is an awfully big base of mobile phone users who are still going to find that sms is the best messaging experience for them for a while.31. when you hear a mobile phone beeping, it means that _. a. you will be forgiven for your mistakes b. someone has got a text message c. the traditional text has disappeared d. someone has got some kind of message32. why has text messaging been on the decline in recent years? a. because sending text messages is an art. b. because there are too many tablets nowadays. c. because instant messaging is much cheaper. d. because it doesnt need internet connections.33. what does the underlined part got the message probably mean? a. knew what people liked b. received instant messages c. became very popular d. used the apps to chat34. what can be inferred from the last paragraph? a. people wont use communication by text someday. b. people in developing countries are considerate. c. people dont use smart phones in developing countries. d. people can use sms without any mobile data plans.35. what is best title for the passage? a. sms texts b. smart phones c. trends in messaging d. instant message apps【参考答案】dcadc【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从a、b、c和d 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处地最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. -i have been feeling very tired these days and havent had any appetite. -_ .let me examine you.a. forget itb. bad luck c. take it easy d. never mind 2. the young man gave us a _ account of his life as a volunteer in sichuan.a. vivid b. cautious c. temporary d. sensitive3. i really dont know how to thank you, but for your help, i _ my lost necklace.a. couldnt have found b. shouldnt have foundc. wouldnt have found d. neednt have found4. as we know, breakfast is provided at no extra _ in this restaurant.a. chargeb. budgetc. consideration d. choice5. when deeply lost in thought, _ he often was, he would forget all about eating or sleeping.a. thatb. wherec. whichd. when6. to be honest, i havent received income from any other source. _ i had to borrow money to pay my past two medical bills. a. fortunately b. actually c. absolutely d. necessarily7. more highways have been built in china, _ it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.a. makingb. madec. to maked. having made 8. no person _ carry a mobile phone into the examination room during the national college entrance examinations. a. shall b. must c. can d. need9. the politicians speech _the others that he was the very man for the job.a. informedb. convincedc. remindedd. warned10.have you got any job offers?no. i _. hopefully, i will get one by the end of this month.a. waitedb. had been waitingc. have waitedd. am waiting11. - do you think all the players are good? - _ of them are very good. but some could have been better. a. none b. few c. most d. all 12. professor leen has just given a wonderful lecture, _ various subjects. a. referring b. covering c. dealing d. demanding13. _money isnt necessarily tied to happiness, poverty often goes with unhappiness. a. while b. when c. as d. since 14. -are you nearly through? -_, ive only just begun. a. as a result b. on the contraryc. in a wordd. in the meanwhile15. -many people dont think much of the movie. -i think differently. in_ way, it is a very good film. and_ photographed scene is very beautiful. a. a, a b. the, the c. a, / d. a, the16. what made the mother angry was _ , when asked why he didnt go to school , the boy kept silent.a. when b. whether c. what d. that17. with the pressure _, mary was off work for weeks because she couldnt stand it any longer.a. making upb. taking upc. picking upd. building up18. - youve finally figured out the puzzle！- yeah, in a complex way, _. a. too b.besides c. otherwise d. though19. _pale and tired, he was asked to lie in bed for a moment.a. looked b. looking c. to be looked d. to look20. - tom is absent from the meeting because his son is