湖北省2014高考英语 专项训练 阅读理解28

1 20142014 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50 2850 28 A A 1 Myth Skipping meals 不吃饭 helps you lose weight fast Truth There s no truth in this advice Not only will you not lost weight by starving yourself but according to Carol Ann Rinzler this may actually cause you to gain weight Rinzler reasons that missing a meal causes your metabolism 新陈代谢 to slow down so that you burn food more slowly This only makes you feel hungrier and by the time you finally do reach the table you will probably eat more food Strange as it may seem studies show that eating several small meals and snacks throughout the day is a more healthy way to lose pounds 2 Myth If you swallow 吞下 gum 口香糖 it will stay inside your stomach for seven years Truth Actually it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit not seven years says Nei Izenberg M D editor of Kids Health Organization But because gum is made of the same thing as rubber it cannot be fully digested 消化 in your stomach so if you gum up the works on a regular 经常的 basis you might find yourself in a sticky situation 3 Myth The best way to stop a nosebleed is to lift your head back Truth Now that s bad advice Bloody noses are caused by broken blood vessels 血管 so while lifting your head back might stop the fluid from rushing out of your nose it won t stop the bleeding you ll just end up swallowing lots of blood Your best bet Rest quietly Don t poke or pick and the blood will naturally clot 凝结 within a minute or two Suggests Dr Izenberg 4 Myth Cutting your hair will make it grow long faster Truth That s not true Your hair isn t like a lawn or a rosebush where cutting can stimulate 刺激 fresh growth says Phillip Kingsley The length of your hair is genetically 遗传地 determined When it reaches a certain length it stops growing When you clear up the dead split ends this make your hair look healthier but not necessarily longer 1 According to Carol Ann Rinzler skipping meals will A help you lose weight fast B help you lose weight slowly C cause you to become fatter D make you burning food more quickly 答案解析 答案为 C 本题为细节题 由第一部分 Not only will you not lost weight by starving yourself but according to Carol Ann Rinzler this may actually cause you to gain weight 可知 Carol Ann Rinzler 认为不吃饭不仅不会 减肥 反而会增肥 故答案为 C 2 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage A Gum cannot be fully digested in the stomach 2 B Gum can leave your stomach after you swallow is a few days later C If you often swallow gum you might find yourself in a sticky situation D Gum can stay inside your stomach for seven years if you swallow it 答案解析 答案为 D 本题为细节题 由第二部分 Actually it takes just a few days for gum to make its exit not seven years 可知 实际上 口香糖几天后就会 排出体外 而不是在人体内呆七年 故答案为 D 3 When your nose bleeds you d better A lift your head back B poke it C rest quietly D pick it 答案解析 答案为 C 本题为细节题 由第三部分 Rest quietly Don t poke or pick and the blood will naturally clot within a minute or two 可知 答案为 C 4 The lengh of your hair is determined by A clearing up the dead split ends B your gene C cutting it often D the food you eat 答案解析 答案为 B 本题为细节题 由第四部分 The length of your hair is genetically determined 可知 答案为 B B B One night I was sitting in my room half listening as my 15 year old brother fought with my 12 year old brother Kevin I didn t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face About 20 minutes later as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom I knocked on the door and asked Hey Kevin do you want to talk No response I tried again Why don t you come out of there Again no response So joking around I grabbed a stack of index cards and a pencil and wrote If you don t want to talk we can write notes to each other An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of index cards in front of me One was blank and one was cars from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me As I read one of Kevin s notes tears came to my eyes It said Nobody in this family cares about me I m not the youngest and I m not the oldest and I m not talented Tommy thinks I m stupid and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he s better at basketball And you re never around to even notice me Tears came to my eyes again as I wrote back to him You know Kevin I really do love you and I m sorry I don t always show it I am here for you and you are loved in this family There was no response for a while but then I heard a tearing sound coming 3 from inside the bathroom Kevin who had run out of index cards wrote on a torn up paper cup Thanks I wrote back For what It returned to me with Loving me written on it Since then I try my best never to half notice my family members anymore Kevin and I have closer relationship now and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset we ll smile and say Write it on a paper cup 1 Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying A Because he lost in the fight with Tommy B Because the author didn t help him win Tommy C Because he felt no love from the family members D Because he hurt him when rushing up the stairs 答案解析 答案为 C 本题为细节推理题 由第六段 Kevin 写在索引卡上的内容 Nobody in this family cares about me I m not the youngest and I m not the oldest and I m not talented Tommy thinks I m stupid and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he s better at basketball And you re never around to even notice me 可知 Kevin 一个人呆在浴室里哭是因为他觉得家里没人关心他 他 感受不到爱 故答案为 C 2 The underlined word yucky Para 6 most probably means A unpleasantB excitingC doubtfulD frightening 答案解析 答案为 A 本题为词义猜测题 yucky 修饰的词语是 feelings 根据后面 的 Kevin 写在索引卡上的内容可知 这些情感都是不愉快的 故答案为 A 3 What could be the reason that Kevin s Dad doesn t like him A Kevin likes fighting with others B Kevin is not good at playing basketball C Kevin doesn t want to talk to others D Kevin is not talented as his brother 答案解析 答案为 B 本题为细节题 由第六段 Kevin 写在索引卡上