浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(91).doc

嘉兴英语教学网 收集整理 欢迎使用浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（91）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。AFor a 400-year-old art form, opera had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high schoolAnd with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also had a certain appearance in peoples mind: rich, well-dressed and oldBut now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audienceOpera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to common peopleBecause young people dont or wont come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such unusual places as parks, libraries and public schoolsThe Houston Grand Operas choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas” shortened versions（剧本） of child-friendly operasThis summers production is Hansel GretelBy performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable levelThe San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists Training Program1Which is the main idea of this passage？AOpera is famous for its long historyBOpera is only performed for rich peopleCOpera companies are trying to keep opera aliveDYoung people are not interested in opera2The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means _Abreaking up the old rules Bchanging the dressesCmaking the audience at ease Dadvertising themselves3Opera companies prefer to perform short versions because _ Athey can be performed in public librariesBshort versions are easy to performCit is hard to find long versionsDthey can make more people come to operaBHave you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, theres a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular positionIf you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the jobs payThere are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good jobHere are a few of those main areas;1） Do you prefer working alone or with other people?There are isolating（使孤立）jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasyMost people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they preferThere are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation2） How do you handle change?Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than othersIf you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes dont happen so oftenOther people would be bored of the same daily routine3） Do you enjoy working with computers？I do see this as a kind of personality characteristicThere are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the dayAgain, these are extremes and youll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well4） What type of work environment do you enjoy？This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you wont know immediately to a smaller setting where youll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly5） How do you like to get paid?Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like thatThe variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for thisAnyway, these are a great starting point for youIve seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they loveIt may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better4What is unnecessary in your job hunting?AAssessing your skillsBGoing to different areasCMatching your skills with a positionDtaking your personality into consideration5Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AIsolating jobs usually drive people madBInteractive jobs make people shy easilyCExtreme people tend to work with othersDAlmost everyone has a tendency in jobs6What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart?ADesign BChanges CCooperationDHobbiesskillsJobs Environment MotivationStability ?7What is the best title for this passage?ALifestyles and Job Pay BJobs and EnvironmentCJob Skills and Abilities DPersonalities and JobsCAs the human brain evolved, humans were able to laugh before they could speak, according to a new studyBut heres the punch line: Laughter and joy are not unique to humans, the study saysAncestral forms of play and laughter existed in other animals long before humans began laughing“Human laughter has its roots in our animation past,” said Jaak Panksepp, a professor of psychobiology at Bowling Green State University in OhioPanksepp has studied rats and found that when they “play,” they often chirp （唧唧叫） an early stage form of laughter, according to the scientistIn an article to be published tomorrow in the journal Science, he makes the argument that animal laughter is the basis for human joyIn studying laughter, scientists have focused mostly on related issues humor, personality, health benefits, social theory rather than laughter itselfNew research, however, shows that “circuits” （电路） for laughter exist in very ancient regions of the human brainAs humans have included language into play, we may have developed new connections to joyous parts of our brains that evolved before the cerebral cortex（大脑皮层）, the outer layer associated with thought and memoryThere is plenty of evidence that many other mammals make play sounds, which are like human laughterIndeed, animals are capable of many emotional feelings, just like humans, some scientists sayThe recognition by neuroscientists（神经系统科学家）that the brain systems for pain, pleasure, and fear are the same in humans and other mammals underline our similarity to other species and is extremely important, said Tecumseh Fitch, a psychology lecturer at the University of StAndrews in ScotlandIn a 2003 study Panksepp and Bowling Green State University neurobiologist Jeff Burgdorf showed that if rats are tickled （呵痒） in a playful way, they readily chirpRats that were tickled developed a relationship with the researchers and became rapidly conditioned to seek ticklesUnderstanding the chirping of the rats may help scientists better understand human laughterRobert Provine, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, agrees there is an evolutionary continuity of laughterIts origin is in tickling play, he saysProvine has studied chimpanzees and found a link between their laughter - like noises and human laughterLaughter is actually the sound of play, with the original pant pant（ 喘气） - the heavy breathing of physical play - becoming the human ha - ha,” Provine saidBy studying the shift from the panting of chimps to the human ha - ha, he discovered that breath control is the key to the appearance of both human laughter and speech8The 2003 study about rats being tickled are men