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陕西延长县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解联训（3）2016高考英语阅读理解人物传记/故事类 owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you thinkthey may let you surf the internet，listen to music and snap photos wherever you arebut they also turn you into a workaholic，it seemsa study suggests that，by giving you access to emails at all timesthe all-singingall-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day researchers found that britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobilesthe study by technology retailer pixmania，reveals the average uk working day is between nine and ten hours，but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work callsalmost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emailssome workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day，with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hoursnearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up，while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night ghadi hobeika，marketing director of pixmania，said：“the ability to access literally millions of apps，keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones valuable for many peoplehowever，there are drawbacksmany companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day，seven days a week，and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from workthe more constantly in contact we become。the more is expected of us in a work capacity”【小题1】the text is probably taken from_ aa scientific report ba financial reportca newspaper da literary journal【小题2】the underlined word “drawbacks” in the last paragraph probably means_ aadvantagesbfaultscmistakesdfeatures【小题3】ghadi may agree that_ aemployees are supposed to be on call 24 hours a daybthe ability to access many apps made smartphones worthlesscsmartphones might turn a person into a workaholicdpeople literally cannot get away from work without smartphones【小题4】what is the main idea of this passage？ asmartphones are lengthening working hoursbsmartphones are becoming valuable for many peoplecbritons work art additional 460 hours a year on averagedsmartphones are more beneficial to our life than we think 2016高考英语阅读理解人物传记/故事类“old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, for example, most of us remember our parents telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain thingsis there any truth in these teachings? some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degenerationeating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%garlic is good for you, tooit can kill the type of virus that causes colds unfortunately, not all of mom s advice passed the test of medical studies, for example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eatingbut research suggests that there is no danger in doing sodo sweets cause tooth problems? well, yes and nosticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives talesafter all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated from thousands of years of experience in family health carewe should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false【小题1】which of the following is true according to the test? aeating garlic is good for our eyebcarrots prevent people from catching coldscswimming after a meal is dangerousdsticky sweets are damaging to our teeth【小题2】the author develops the third paragraph mainly_ aby cause and effect bby order in spacecby examples dby order in time【小题3】the phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means”_” ato be suitable bto be valuablecto be admirable dto be believable【小题4】whats the authors attitude towards “old wives tales” in the text? aobjective bsubjective cdissatisfied dcurious 阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d) 中, 选出最佳选项。food sometimes gets poisoned with harmful things. a person who eats such food can get an illness called food poisoning. food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are deadly. the symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within hours of eating the poisoned food.fever is one of the most common symptoms.certain microorganisms(微生物)cause most types of food poisoning. bacteria and other microorganisms can poison eggs, meat, vegetables, and many other foods. after entering the body, these tiny living things release(释放)poisons that make people sick. some chemicals can also cause food poisoning. they are often added to food while it is being grown, processed, or prepared.for example, many farmers spray chemicals on crops to kill weeds and insects. some people may have a bad reaction to those chemicals when they eat the crops.some plants and animals contain natural poisons that are harmful to people. these include certain kinds of seafood, grains, nuts, seeds, beans, and mushrooms. when people handle food properly, the risk of food poisoning is very small. microorganisms multiply rapidly in dirty places and in warm temperatures. this means that people should never touch food with dirty hands or put food on unwashed surfaces.food should be kept in a refrigerator to stop microorganisms from growing. meat needs to be cooked thoroughly to kill any dangerous microorganisms.people should also wash food covered with chemicals before eating it. finally, people should not eat wild mushrooms or other foods that grow in the wild.some of these foods may contain natural materials that are poisonous to humans. in addition, some types of fish can be poisonous. most people recover from food poisoning after a few days of resting and drinking extra water. if people eat natural poisons, they must go to the hospital right away to have their stomachs emptied.1. which of the following statements is not true? afood when poisoned can make people sick.bfood poisoning means death.cfood poisoning comes in varieties.dfood poisoning can be serious.2. we know from the passage that the symptoms of food poisoning_ .aare always accompanied by a feverbare too common to be notedccan be noticed within hoursdcan he ignored3. food poisoning can be caused by all the following except_.asome chemicalsblow temperaturescsome tiny living thingsdcertain natural materials4. from paragraph 5，we can learn that_ .amushrooms should not be eatenbvegetables are safer than meat and seafoodcnatural poisons are more dangerous than chemicals ddifferent types of food should be handled differently 解题导语本文主要讲述了几种食物中毒的表现，如何避免食物中毒的一些注意事项以及食物中毒后的一些处理方法。1解析： 选b。细节理解题。由第一段第三句food poisoning is usually not serious, but some types are deadly.可知b项内容描述错误。食物中毒不一定就意味着死亡。 2解析：选c。细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句the symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within hours of eating the poisoned food.可知c项正确。由第一段最后一句fever is one of the most common symptoms.可知a项错误；由第一段第二句可知食物中毒的人会生病，故b、d两项错误。 3解析：选 b。细节理解题。由第三段第一句、第二段第三句和第五段倒数第二句可知a、c、d三项内容正确。而由第五段中microorganisms multiply rapidly in dirty places and in warm temperatures.可知，b项中的low temperatures不会导致食物中毒。4解析：选d。推理判断题。本段讲述了如何处理不同类型的食物中毒的情况。社会生活类阅读理解。“beijing, sep. 10 (xinhuanet)the extra-large model baby in the spain pavilion (馆) was conceived (构思) by a spanish filmmaker,” shi yingying reports. visitors admiring the 6.5-meter-high giant baby, miguelin, in the spain pavilion may be surprised to realize that it was not the concept of a famous designer or a group of groundbreaking engineers. it came from one filmmakers interpretation of the meaning of “better city, better life”. spanish director isabel coixet developed the idea after being asked to contribute to expo 2010 shanghai. “they asked me to do something to tell the chinese audience about spain in the future and the first thing jumping to my mind was a baby,” said coixet. “if we really fight to have better cars, better cities and better lives, its for themfor our children.”despite her spanish heritage, coixet doesnt focus on making spanish films or using spain as the setting. fans of her various award-winning films, including my life without me, the secret life of words and elegy, may not even be aware of coixets spanish background. “the borders between countries are just illusion (假象),” said coixet. “some directors feel really comfortable telling stories that belong to their territory.”but coixet feels the opposite: “im more comfortable outside my country. it gives me a strange freedom.”one of her favorite things about being a director is the freedom. “the thing is that the world is wide and this freedom lets you make films everywhere,” she said. coixets curiosity took her latest exploration and movie work to japan. in the movie map of the sound of tokyo, the catalan actor sergi lopez is the owner of a wine shop in tokyo, and japanese actress rinko kikuchi is a young woman who works both as a fishmonger and as a hired killer. the clash (冲突) of the two peoples very different worlds and the tango-like relationship they develop is just one representation of what coixet is able to produce by mixing cultures. while she doesnt know if she will shoot a film in shanghai, two things have caught her attention: shanghainese women and crickets (蟋蟀). after just arriving in the city, she was surprised by the mix of old chinese culture in a booming metropolis. “behind the skyscrapers, there is a flower and bird market with heaps of crickets and birdcages in,” she said. “im totally amazed with the city.”1. the huge baby repr