辽宁盘锦市2014高考英语 信息匹配、阅读理解训练题（16）

1 辽宁盘锦市辽宁盘锦市 20142014 高考英语信息匹配 阅读理解训练题 高考英语信息匹配 阅读理解训练题 1616 及答案 及答案 信息匹配 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 分 根据短文内容 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 选项中有两项为多余 选项 Are you truly happy Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value 71 It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way On the contrary if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious 传染的 72 Truly happy people don t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor 73 These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness 74 Whether you treat yourself to lunch take a long relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance you will be subconsciously 下意识地 putting yourself in a better mood Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy 75 Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood A It s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself B Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy C When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity D Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness E There are some tips in life that lead to happiness 2 F Surround yourself with happy people G Everyone has unique requirement for happiness What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy 参考答案 71 75 FCBAD In 1986 when Carlo Petrini first coined the term Slow Food he organized locally in his native Italy to preserve the food and wine culture and protest fast food Today slow food has spread to 132 countries with over 85 000 members addressing worldwide issues like farmer equity and environmental stewardship the actions people take to respect the rights of all living things and all environments to contribute to healthy and livable communities Characterized by Slow Food International as good clean and fair food slow food must enrich the eaters life have no negative impact on human or environmental health and compensate fairly for food producers work The average American meal travels about 1 500 miles to its final destination with producing of food traveling by plane from overseas and other items shipped across the country However cost for food travel and heavy processing are not the only problems in the food industry that the environment faces Industrial agriculture also has unsustainable practices like inefficient water use and decreased biodiversity Our ideas in feeding ourselves are exceptional but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature s ways of doing things A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify natures complexities at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain Slowing food by purchasing locally and sustainably allows consumers to reduce the impact of food miles and develop a closer relationship with their food producers We need to change our food system said David Prior 3 organizer of Slow Food Nation Eat In Our current food system is sick and we need to support farmers and agriculture to ensure that everyone has the right to nutritious food 72 The main idea of the passage can be summarized as A why slow food is so important B the food and wine culture is rich in Italy C what you re eating always travels a long way D slow food makes the current food system sick 73 According to the second paragraph environmental stewardship refers to A measures of environmental protections B ways to establish healthy and livable communities C people s admiration for all the creatures on the earth D actions to protect the rights of all living things and environment 74 Slow food s characteristic doesn t lie in A improving the quality of eaters life B providing a fair pay for food workers C being friendly to human and environmental health D developing a loose relationship with food producers 75 What is David Prior s attitude towards current food system A Suspicious B Unsatisfied C Indifferent D Supportive 参参考考答答案案 7 72 2 7 75 5 A AD DD DB B 结束 A A Dubai the Gulf desert city state which is well known for its huge projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis 危机 on Saturday announced a new development to open the world s biggest mall and a park larger than London s Hyde Park 4 The ruler of the Gulf desert city state Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum announced the plan for a new city within Dubai according to an official statement naming it after himself No cost was stated for Mohammed bin Rashid City to be carried out by his private companies which developed many of Dubai s well known projects including Burj Khalifa the world s tallest tower The Mall of the World will attract 80 million visitors a year to become the largest in the world said the statement while its park will be 30 percent bigger than Hyde Park of London The mall will be connected to a family entertainment center to be developed in cooperation with Universal Studios International that will be the largest in the area aiming to attract six million visitors a year Dubai already has countless malls and hotels including the Dubai Mall the world s largest shopping and entertainment destination with 62 million visitors this year The malls and hotels available at present in Dubai need to be enlarged in line with the future ambitions for the city Sheikh Mohammed said in the statement Dubai s tourism is growing by 13 percent a year according to the statement with hotel occupancy 入住率 hitting 82 percent in 2011 while hotel profits grew 22 percent last year more than 4 4 billion The city state rocked global financial markets in autumn 2009 over its debt crisis but its economy has returned to growth 56 The new city within Dubai will A attract 62 million visitors a year B become the world s tallest tower C be named after the ruler of the state D be the world s largest family entertainment center 57 All the followings are mentioned in the official statement EXCEPT A the name of the new city B the developer of the new city 5 C the cost of building the new city D the number of the visitors the new city expects to attract 58 Which would be the best title of the news A Tourism and Hotel Profits Growing in Dubai B Biggest Mall to be Developed In Dubai C Global Financial Crisis Hit Dubai D Plan to Rebuild Dubai Announced 参考答案 56 58 CCB 结束 Loneliness has been linked to depression 抑郁 and other health problems Now a study says it can also spread A friend of a lonely person was fifty two percent more likely to develop feelings of loneliness And a friend of that friend was twenty five percent more likely to do the same Earlier findings showed that happiness obesity 肥胖 and the ability to stop smoking can also spread like infections within social groups The findings all come from a major health study in the American town of Framingham Massachusetts The study began in 1948 to investigate the causes of heart disease Since then more tests have been added including measures of loneliness and depression The new findings involved more than five thousand people in the second generation of the Framingham Heart Study The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends For example loneliness can affect relationships between next door neighbors The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time 6 together The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty eight days a year The study found that having a lonely friend can add about seventeen days But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days Lonely people become less and less trusting of others This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends and more likely that society will reject 排斥 them John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study He says it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks 57 As an average person if you have 2 more common friends how many days a year might you suffer from loneliness A 48 days B 17 days C 65 days D 43 days 58 What can we infer from the passage about lonely people A They can overcome loneliness themselves B They will decrease loneliness day by day C They are in great need of help from people around D They can help others to repair their social networks 59 What s the best way to help lonely people according to this passage A Put them together B Make friends with them C Help them stop smoking D Ask them to loose weight 60 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A Loneliness The Cause of Depression B How Loneliness Can Affect Social Networks C Loneliness A Serious Social Problem D How People Can Help A Lonely Person 7 参考答案 57 DCBB 结束 A A PlantPlant a a TreeTree inin YourYour CommunityCommunity Almost everyone loves trees but did you know that trees can help people heal faster It s true According to the ISA International Society of Arboriculture hospital patients have been shown to recover faster when offered a view with trees And while trees certainly benefit any landscapes whether lining residential streets dotting urban areas or in full glory in the forest they are actually important to our daily well being Trees improve the quality of the air around us by absorbing dust and other particulates 微粒 and release clean oxygen for you to breathe If the health of people and the environment aren t high on your list of concerns perhaps your wallet is Trees make economic sense A home surrounded by trees costs less to cool and heat Neighborhoods with trees are often several degrees cooler than those in similar climates that don t have trees In winter trees can keep your house warmer by blocking high winds Also less water is needed in tree shaded areas where the sun isn t constantly boating down on the earth below Besides trees can enhance privacy block unpleasant views and improve the value of your home Unfortunately these days mass construction projects tend to wipe out all the trees in an area before creating new neighborhoods and buildings That s why it s more important than ever to plant a tree in your community Check out the NADF National Arbor Day Foundation online to find out more about planting a tree in your area or how to volunteer in an urban center The Arbor Day Foundation can tell you how to plant a tree in someone s name as a gift donate a tree in someone s honor or memorialize a loved one by planting a tree 5 According to the ISA a sick person in hospital can get well sooner if he or she 8 A has a glance at some trees B can enjoy a view of trees C receives treatment in time D is surrounded by flowers 6 Which of the following is NOT true A Trees benefit any landscape as well as human beings B Trees take in dust and dioxide and release clean oxygen C The health and the environment aren t on people s list of concerns D People in tree shaded areas can reduce their cost on house holding 7 It is more necessary than ever to plant trees mainly because they A improve the quality of the air B make economic profits C are destroyed for mass construction D are used to insure privacy 8 is most probably mentioned following the last paragraph A The website of the NADF B How to plant a tree C Importance of planting trees D How to be a volunteer 答案 树的好处难以一一列举 尽管如此 大规模的建设却将它们毫不留情地铲除 参加植树 活动吧 为自己 为别人 也为我们赖以生存的地球增添一片绿荫 5 B 细节理解题 根据第二段中的 hospital patients have shown to recover faster when offered a view with trees 可判断 B 项正确 A 项中的 glance 表示 瞥了 一眼 与原文不符 后两项在文章中没有信息支持 6 C 细节理解题 第三段前半部分中的 If the health of people and the environment aren t high on your list of concerns 是说 假如你不太关心人们的健 康和环境 这只是假设 因此 C 项不正确 7 C 细节理解题 结合倒数第二段的中间部分和最后部分可知 C 项正确 其余三项叙 述的都是树的某种用途 8 A 文章结构题 根据最后一段的开头部分可知文章接下去要叙述的是 NADF 网站 B D 两项只是网站涉及的部分内容 C 项在本段中没有信息支持 结束 9 To all of you at Chinese love links I am 44 years old and never married I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with I have always tried to be a nice guy I had found your website some four or five months before I did not know what to expect I don t know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman Well I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to But one stood out from the rest She was cute nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do In a short time I had decided to write only to her We communicated via e mail 2 3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week I went and met her and her family only a week ago Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to We had even decided to marry and I want to bring her to the USA under the fiancee visa Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like at least the ones I have met We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them So to anyone out there reading this I can only say this You may not find what you are looking for if you re not honest with your partner and yourself This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else When I did find her love can work even across the other side of the world between l