安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练（46）

用心 爱心 专心 1 安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校 20122012 届高三英语阅读理解限时训练届高三英语阅读理解限时训练 4646 A One evening I went out and left my 17 year old son in charge of his 8 year old brother and 4 year old sister On this occasion the chore 烦人的事 was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children and the younger children would do a wonderful job of accompanying the older ones Later I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out I called home with this happy news But instead of hearing his cheerful thankful voice on the other end of the line all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing It was I should point out after 10 p m when the two younger children should have been in bed and when the two older children should have been answering the phone I ll give him a lesson I said I decided they must be outside Why they might be outside at 10 30 on a wintry night I had no idea but it was the only explanation I could come up with Finally in desperation I called his girlfriend s house After what seemed like countless rings his girlfriend answered Yes she said brightly He s right here He came on the phone I was not my usual calm rational self After all one of the rules of survival 生存 for modern parents is that you can t trust modern teenagers Where are the children I said He said they were with him They had done nothing wrong My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend s house just for ice cream and cake This was too wholesome 有益的 to be believed Well it turns out that I shouldn t have believed it It was only part of the truth The following Saturday evening we were at my parents home celebrating my birthday My oldest son gave me the children s gifts Mounted and framed 给 装框 were a series of lovely color photographs of my children dressed in their best clothes and wearing their most wonderful expressions They are pictures to treasure a lifetime all taken by the father of my son s girlfriend That was the most precious gift of all 41 The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because A she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby sitter B she could not find a baby sitter on that winter night C the older children and the younger ones would get along well D she believed he was old enough to take care of the younger ones 42 Shortly after the author left home one evening she discovered that 用心 爱心 专心 2 A she should have taken the children along with her B she shouldn t have completely trusted her son C her son had left home with his girlfriend D her son had brought his girlfriend home 43 The underlined sentence in paragraph 5 implies that the children not only enjoyed ice cream but also A had a birthday partyB framed some photographs C had their pictures taken D showed off their best clothes 44 Which of the following possible titles best expresses the main idea of this text A A Precious Birthday Gift B Modern Teenagers C Mother and ChildrenD An Evening Out B Can an iPhone really make you happier A new study says Yes According to a survey of 35 000 people around the world access to 进入 communications technology is a major factor in increasing happiness We all need a few basic things in order to be happy access to clean water and food a home health care and relationships But once the necessities are met what do people most desire The answer is access to communication devices 设备 according to the survey by BCS the Chartered Institute for IT Most people in the study gave similar answers but the potential 潜在的 happiness increase that technology could bring about was particularly great in women and in people with low incomes or levels of education even in developing countries While farmers in the African countryside aren t likely to pick up the latest shiny toys from Apple even a simple cell phone can serve as a valuable happiness increasing tool allowing the development of social networks beyond the community Whether young or old we re all social beings we all have a need for communication researcher Paul Flatters told BBC News In rural 乡村 communities access to communications technology such as cell phones and computers is limited but expanding thanks to groups like One Laptop Per Child which supplies children in developing countries with basic laptops that allow them to research school projects and connect with others all over the world Other groups like the UK s Computer Aid are helping rural villagers get wired with the help of portable cyber cafes 便携式网吧 that allow locals to log online to send emails and perform work related research And back home it seems from the results that small IT devices like the iPhone really can increase your happiness provided you use it to talk with and send messages photos and videos to friends and family to help strengthen your social networks rather than simply play Angry Birds 45 How does an iPhone make one happier according to the study 用心 爱心 专心 3 A By giving one a higher income B By letting one keep in touch with others C By giving one chances to surf the Internet D By letting one enjoy movies or take photos 46 What does the study show us A How many people are using iPhones B What communication tools people like to use C What people need besides the basic necessities D What is the life of people in developing countries like 47 The underlined words Angry Birds in the last paragraph most probably refer to A birds that are angryB an e game C naughty childrenD a computer 48 The author wrote the text to tell us that A communications technology can increase happiness B the iPhone is the best cell phone in the world C playing with an iPhone is a waste of time D people in developed countries are happier C If you were to come up with a list of organizations whose failures had done the most damage to the American economy 经济 in recent years you would probably have to start with the Wall Street firms that brought us the financial crisis 金融危机 From there you might move on to the automakers in Detroit But I would suggest that the list should also include a less obvious nominee 被提名者 public education At its top level the American system of higher education may be the best in the world Yet in terms of its main task turning teenagers into educated college graduates much of the system is failing The United States does a good job enrolling 招生 teenagers in college but only half of the students who enroll end up with a bachelor s degree So finding out the causes of the college dropout crisis in the world s largest economy matters greatly and a new book called Crossing the Finish Line tries to do precisely that Its authors are economists William Bowen and Michael McPherson and a doctoral candidate Matthew Chingos The first problem they discover is something they call under matching It refers to students who choose not to attend the best college they can get into They instead go to a less selective one perhaps one that is closer to home or less expensive About half of the low income students with a grade point average of at least 3 5 in high school and an SAT score of at least 1 200 do not attend the best college they could have I was really astonished by the degree to which well qualified students from poor families under matched said Mr Bowen In fact well off students attend the colleges that do the best job of producing graduates Meanwhile lower income students even when they are 用心 爱心 专心 4 better qualified often go to colleges that excel 擅长 in producing drop outs It s really a waste Mr Bowen said and a big problem for the country As the authors point out the only way to lift the college graduation rate greatly is to lift it among poor and working class students Instead it appears to have fallen What can be done Money is clearly part of the answer 49 According to this text which of the following would people first think of as a factor causing damage to the American economy A The government B Public education C The Detroit automakers D The Wall Street firms 50 What is a big problem with American higher education A Many college students stay away from classes B It is hard to enroll enough students into college C Many colleges are experiencing low rate of graduation D It is hard for many colleges to get financial aid from the government 51 Why do some students under match A Because they are not sure about future B Because they have financial problem C Because they can t get guidance D Because they lack confidence 52 The text is mainly about A America s financial crisis its cause and influence B relationship between American education and its economy C low rate of American college graduation its cause and its influence D problems with American secondary education and possible solutions D A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent 聪明的 increasing the brainpower they had at birth Until now it has been widely supposed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant 相关的 former experience what psychologists 心理学家 call fluid intelligence is innate and cannot be taught though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing But in the new study researchers describe a method for improving this skill along with experiments to prove it works The key researchers found was carefully structured training in working memory the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests Then they trained each in a complicated memory task the child s card game in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard During the course they 用心 爱心 专心 5 needed to ignore irrelevant items monitor ongoing performance manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time The four groups experienced a half hour of training daily for 8 12 17 and 19 days separately To make sure they were not just improving their test taking skills the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training The results published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences were striking Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater Moreover the longer they trained the higher their scores were All performers from the weakest to the strongest showed great improvement Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training said Dr Jaeggi a co author of the paper No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops he added and the experiment s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains 53 The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was A memorizing telephone numbersB improving working memory C training in attentionD recalling a card 54 Which of the following training ways help increase intelligence a ignoring irrelevant items c making connections b monitoring ongoing performance d working in groups A a b d B b c d C a c d D a b c 55 When the experiment was conducted the researchers A trained the four groups for the same period of time B trained the four groups at different time of the day C compared the four groups with control groups D trained the four groups together 56 By writing the article the writer wants to A inform the readers of a new study B call on people to be trained to increase intelligence C tell people the improved intelligence will last forever D say the more one is trained the more one s born intelligence improves E I don t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it s like to work in a field dominated 主导 by men I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe the shape of space time and the nature of black holes At 19 when I began studying astrophysics 天体物理学 it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom But while earning my Ph D at MIT and then as post doctor doing space research the issue started to bother 用心 爱心 专心 6 me My every achievement jobs research papers awards was viewed through the lens of gender 性别 politics So were my failures Sometimes when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus 相对于 right brain or nature versus nurture 培育 I would immediately fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind Then one day a few years ago out of my mouth came a sentence that would from then on become my reply to any and all attacks I don t talk about that anymore It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn t want to deal with gender issues Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist After all I don t study sociology or political theory Today I research and teach at Barnard a women s college in New York City Recently someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer 45 I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire