福建省漳州市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题（8）

1 漳州市漳州市 20142014 高考英语 阅读理解 一轮暑假训练 高考英语 阅读理解 一轮暑假训练 8 8 答案 答案 An analysis of studies in 40 countries around the globe proves a long standing assumption that the more a person knows about science the more he or she tends to support scientific efforts In fact studies that have tested the link between a person s level of scientific knowledge and attitudes towards the field have generated mixed results It s been a very hard question says sociologist Nick Allum of the University of Surrey in Guildford UK To resolve the issue Allum and his colleagues pulled together the results of nearly 200 surveys carried out between 1998 and 2003 in countries from Australia to Bulgaria These studies assessed for example whether participants knew certain scientific facts and whether they supported developments in genetically modified food or nanotechnology To some extent the results prove the belief widely held by science supporters the more people know about science the more favourably they tend to view it in spite of other factors such as age nationality and level of education Allum presented his results at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC last week But now this question is cleared up researchers must begin to deal with more pressing questions Allum says The argument should move on His finding cannot for example show whether better science education will increase general support for the field This is because researchers have yet to figure out whether people who learn more about science then tend to like it or on the contrary whether people who already like and support science are simply tend to learn further facts And a person s level of scientific knowledge actually goes a very tiny way towards explaining their attitudes towards science Allum believes that there are probably far more important factors such as their moral values religious beliefs and political leaning And people s trust in science may be influenced by how tightly regulated they believe the process to be in their country This might explain in part why those living in different countries tend to hold different attitudes Europeans tend to be more doubtful of genetically modified crops than those in the United States for example Finally science lovers hope to strengthen support for the field but it looks as if simple science education will not be enough As Allum says It s all horribly complicated 13 In Allum s opinion will have little influence on a person s attitude towards science A scientific knowledge B moral values C religious beliefsD political leaning 14 From the passage we can infer that 2 A the surveys were carried out in a few countries B Europeans love science more than Americans C Allum kept his research results a secret D Nick Allum is not a natural scientist 15 The underlined word those refers to A science loversB different attitudes C people in generalD genetically modified crops 16 What is mainly talked about in this passage A Special beliefs of the sociologist Nick Allum B Link between knowledge and love of science C Ways in which people love science D The function of science education 参考答案 13 16 ADCB 结束 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 A My father was poor in expressing his feelings I knew that my dad loved me but showed me love in other ways There was one particular time in my life when this became real to me I always believed that my parents had a good marriage but gradually the strain 拉紧 on my mom and dad s relationship was quite evident However I was not prepared for the day when Dad had decided to leave All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family I kept telling myself that it wasn t going to happen The night before he left I stayed up in my room for a long time I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad I told him how much I loved him and that I would always and forever be his Krissie his Noodles As I folded my note I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard Anyone can be a father but it takes someone special to be a daddy Early the next morning as my dad left our house I slipped my letter into one of his bags Two weeks later my mother told me that they decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving Well Dad said that when he read your letter it made him cry It meant a lot to him and I have hardly ever seen your dad cry After he read your letter he called to ask if he could come over to talk Whatever you said really made a difference to your dad A few days later my dad was back We never talked about the letter I guessed that it became a secret between us 1 Why did the author s father decide to leave A Because he was poor in showing his feelings B Because his wife was always giving orders C Because serious problems occurred in their marriage D Because the strain on father daughter relationship was evident 3 2 How did the author feel when her father decided to leave A Excited B Annoyed C Doubtful D Upset 3 The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means A a man may have to give up a lot to be a real father B a man may have to give in to his wife to be a daddy C a man who raises special children can become a real father D a man who develops some special talents can be a real father 4 What s the main idea of the passage A How the author s parents enjoyed a happy marriage B How a letter saved the author s parents marriage C The divorce had a great influence on the author 1 C 2 D3 A 4 B 结束 B These days there are very few wild animals left in the UK The wolves have gone The bears have been hunted to extinction Fortunately there are a few badgers 獾 oh well actually not for long as the British government have just decided to kill them too But why Badgers are fascinating nocturnal 夜晚活动的 creatures living underground They re extremely brave fighting off larger animals such as bears and wolves The problem is that some badgers carry bovine tuberculosis bTB an infectious disease caused by the bacterium M Bovis which can cause TB in some other animals including cattle For farmers this is a serious issue because they usually keep a large number of cows together to raise In 1998 in the UK almost 6 000 cows were killed to control the disease And in 2010 more than 30 000 animals were destroyed Bovine TB costs the UK about 100 million per year And some believe that the disease could end up costing the economy 9 billion over the next 40 years if nothing is done about it Experts say that badgers are responsible for about 50 Of the infected cattle So after much debate the government has agreed to kill badgers Of course many are against the measure They claim that killing the badgers in controlled zones wouldn t work because badgers from neighboring areas would simply move in and become infected too Furthermore the number of cattle in one spot is usually very large They believe that the way cattle are raised intensively and transported around to lots of different farms during their lives is probably the biggest cause of the spread of the disease 5 Why does the UK government want to kill badgers A Because badgers are responsible for all the bTB infected cattle B Because a disease connected with badgers has caused a big loss C Because badgers are very easy to become infected with bTB D Because cattle are often with badgers which may carry bTB 6 Some people believe that killing badgers in certain areas doesn t help 4 because A badgers nearby would occupy where the killed badgers once lived B badgers are often transported around to lots of different farms C the disease will still exist there with all the cattle infected D the government doesn t have a good knowledge of the disease 7 What s the main idea of the passage A The UK government has decided to kill badgers to control the disease B Very few wild animals exist in the UK these days except badgers C A lot of people are against killing badgers for some reasons D A large sum of money has been spent controlling the disease 8 What does the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably mean A Cattle are often kept separately to prevent diseases B Many cattle are gathered in one area to raise C Cattle are raised very carefully and attentively 5 B 6 A 7 A 8 B 结束 C Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15 minute writing exercise In a new study women who wrote about their most important values like close relationships or religion lost more weight over the next few months than women who didn t We have this need to feel self integrity 正直 诚实 says Christine Logel of the University of Waterloo When something threatens your sense that you re a good person like failing a test we can buffer 缓 冲 that self integrity by reminding ourselves how much we love our children for example For this study the researchers recruited 聘用 45 female undergraduates of whom 58 were overweight Each woman was weighed and was then given a list of important values like creativity music or relationships with friends and family members Each woman ranked the values in order of how important they were to her Then half the women were told to write for 15 minutes about the value that was most important to her The other half a control group were told to write about why a value far down on their list might be important to someone else The women came back months later to be weighed again Women who had written about an important value lost an average of 3 41 pounds while women in the control group gained an average of 2 76 pounds How we feel about ourselves can have a big effect Logel says Maybe when one of the women who wrote about an important value went home that night she felt good about herself and didn t eat to make herself feel better Over a few months that could make a real difference in her life 9 How can a 15 minute writing exercise of im