湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（76）

用心 爱心 专心1 湖北省湖北省 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 高考英语二轮复习专题训练 阅读理解 7676 阅读下列短文 从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 A Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense against getting ill new study findings suggest In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus researchers found that people with a generally sunny character were less likely to fall ill The findings published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine build on evidence that a positive emotional style can help to protect us from suffering the common cold and other illnesses Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness improving immune function and subjective as in happy people being less troubled by a sore throat or runny nose People with a positive emotional style may have different immune responses to the virus explained lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh And when they do get a cold they may interpret their illness as being less severe Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold but some questions remained as to whether the emotional style itself had the effect For the new study the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality characteristics self felt health and emotional style Those who had a tendency to be happy energetic and easy going were judged as having a positive emotional style while those who were often unhappy tense and aggressive had a negative style The researchers gave them nasal 鼻腔的 drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus Over the next six days the volunteers reported on any aches pains or sneezing they had while the researchers collected objective data Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal troubles happy people were less likely to develop a cold 1 Which is the best title for the passage A Stay Away from Being Negative B Positive or Negative It s Up to You C Emoti onal Style and Flu D Optimistic People Likely to Keep Diseases Away 2 According to Dr Cohen s research the reason why some people are unlikely to catch a cold may be that A their cheerful mood benefits the immune system B they have developed a certain way against flu virus C they are less likely to have a sore throat and runny nose D they have got a stronger self confidence in their health 3 The research is done by A getting volunteers in one emotional group and analyzing them B conducting a medical experiment on volunteers of different emotional styles 用心 爱心 专心2 C co llecting and analyzing volunteers objective nasal production data D having volunteers answer questions on personality health and emotions 4 The passa ge is probably written for A medical students B lead authors C the public D the volunteers B During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive their children from one lesson to another Many of us want our children to have a little taste of everything from organized sports to music dance and more But we can overdo it leaving our children feeling a little burnt out and according to parent educator Diane Loisie it s their school work that suffers the most After school if they re busy in a number of sporting events besides they need to do their homework then the time they ll feel sleepy is in the classroom Your child needs free time So if you re filling up that after school time then it s during the day that they re going to be taking a break Professor Claire McDermott agrees that there s a lot to be gained from sometimes putting those scheduled lessons and activities away Relaxing time is important for children It s time just to do the things they want to do A child can go up to their room or they can play around It doesn t look like productive time parents certainly wouldn t be saying Wow are they ever learning things now But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day It helps a child prepare for sleep and it also helps to understand the learning that s gone on that day It s hard to prevent signing our kids up for some activities and lessons After all many of us want our children to have a head start in life and the chance to join in great activities in the arts or sports is a part of th at However Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything then what we re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill So choose your children s activities wisely It may be one of the best things you ve ever done for your kids 5 What is the biggest disadvantage for children to attend too many lessons after school A They can get bored easily about everything B They might have no time to do the homework C They might not pay much attention to learning D They can not easily focus on learning during the day 6 What should we think of children s playing around aimlessly A It is productive 用心 爱心 专心3 B It is helpful C It is a bad habit D It is a waste of time 7 Why should parents limit the activities our children attend A Because children have no time B Because children cannot learn many things C Because children do not have enough sleep D Because children cannot focus on too many activities 8 What is the main idea of this passage A Don t be children s drivers after school B Choose activities for your children wisely C Make your children learn as much as possible D Let children learn something from various subjects C Sir William Osler has a few words for you In the Life of a young man the most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship Truer words were never spoken For what more could you ask than comradeship during the peaks and valleys of life To whom else but a close valuable friend can you show off your successes and complain about your failures or losses What is a good friend How is he best described Well it has been my observation that although many will cry with you few can sincerely rejoice 欣 喜 with you Therefore in my opinion a good friend is one who can enjoy your successes without envy one who can say That wa s wonderful You can do it again even better if you want and mean it Nothing taxes a friendship more than the prosperity of one and not the other Even the closest of friendships often cannot resist such pressure and fail No wonder many minor friendships go down day by day for the same reason A person of good character and sound moral of honor and humor of courage and belief is a friend to be sought and treasured for there are few Too often we hear If you can count your good friends on more than one hand consider yourself blessed What makes a friendship last Well I don t know all the answers but one of my observations is that most good friends usually have similar tastes They generally like and dislike many of the same things There also usually seems to exist a similarity of personality types especially in the fundamental value s of life such as honesty sincerity loyalty and dependability More often than not birds of a feather do fly together I don t think it matters a lot whether one prefers jazz or hockey to another s Mozart or ballet Much other matters far more relying sharing giving getting enjoying a sympathetic ear always there criticism when it can help praise even if only because it would help With not many people on this earth will you find this much in common When you find one hang on to him for a good friend found is a rare 用心 爱心 专心4 treasure 9 The function of Paragraph 1 is to introduce A a famous saying B the topic for discussion C a famous person D two different attitudes 10 What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 A People don t have to pay taxes to develop friendship with others B Success of one person can promote his friendship with others C Friendship can be affected by the difference in success between friends D Nothing can affect friendship because it has gone through the peaks and valleys of life 11 What is the main idea of Paragraph 3 A One is lucky to have many friends B A friend should have a good character C We should count our friends on more than one hand D A true friend should be treasured because there are few 来源 K 12 According to the passage which of the following plays the LEAST important role in a long lasting friendship A Hobbies B Tastes C Personality D Sympathy D For the past year the World Food Program has operated a project to prevent hunger in twenty one countries in Africa In the project the United Nations agency works with small farmers to grow more and better produce The World Food Pro gram buys the produce through local cooperative associations Then it distributes the products within the country or area The project works mainly with women Sheila Sisulu from the World Food Program says the project aims to break a cycle that keeps people hungry The situation is that farmers have to sell their produce at low prices after harvest when supplies are greatest Then they have to pay high prices to buy food for themselves during the lean season when supplies are limited But when farmers produce more food they can sell more And when they produce high quality food they can get higher prices They can also store food for themselves and have enough money to buy food if they need to during the lean season Sheila Sisulu says the farmers are now starting to earn profits through the project The Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development help the farmers choose the best seeds and fertilizers They also advise the farmers on the quality levels that the World Food Program requires to buy their produce 用心 爱心 专心5 Two other groups recently launched a separate effort to increase food security in Africa The groups are the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the New Partnership for Africa s Development They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to fight problems related to climate change The groups want the governments to develop programs in seeds soil health policy and markets Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan is the chairman of AGRA The group s president Namanga Ngongi says many African governments are not meeting a target of spending ten percent of their national budgets on agriculture But he says investment has risen from four percent of national budgets to probably five and a half percent today 13 The underlined word lean in Paragraph 2 probably has the same meaning with A He is a tall lean and handsome boy liked by many girls B The changes made the company leaner and more competitive C The company recovered well after going through several lean years D The doctor told him that lean meat was healthier for his mother than fatty meat 14 According to Sheila Sisulu the project A distributes the products within the whole world 来源 K B has benefited few African farmers during the past year C enables the African farmers to sell their produce at low prices after harvest D can help the farmers to get away from the situation that keeps them hungry 15 The problem of hunger in Africa can possibly be relieved by A United Nations chief B the World Food Program C African governments and farmers D the Food and Agriculture Organization 16 Which can be the best title A Hunger the most serious problem in Africa B Two efforts seek to increase food security in Africa C A project to grow more and better produce in Africa D More investments in agriculture by African governments E For a girl who s interested in fashion what would be the dream job Being a model Probably no that s for a pencil thin who doesn t eat One answer is fashion stylist As more brands open stores in China to expand th eir reach the increase in outdoor advertising might light a stylist spark in a girl s heart Fashion magazine offices are crowded with interns 实习生 and fashionable brand HR 用心 爱心 专心6 managers get thousands of resumes of people looking for a stylist position It looked too high before but now I find it more approachable said Xue Rui 22 a Fudan University Chinese literature graduate w ho works as an assistant stylist at Herm s in Shanghai There is no certain principle in dressing up models and you can try every way with your own distinct taste to make them pretty and attractive The attractiveness of this line of work is not only in the fabulous clothes And it s not like it used to be an insider s job with little recognition and even less money Now it s a career with a profile prospects and pay packet Girls can find it hard to ignore this tempt and the field is opening up to normal girls not only style or fashion design majors A fashion designer knows how to make a dress pretty but a stylist knows how to make a person beautiful from head to toe expl ained He Qing 21 a junior in fashion design at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology You have to be all round from hair and make up to clothes shoes and accessories 配饰 to the event sa