【完胜高考】2014届高三英语一轮复习 阅读理解精品训练（1）（含解析）

1 完胜高考完胜高考 20142014 届高三一轮复习精品训练 阅读理解 届高三一轮复习精品训练 阅读理解 1 1 解析 解析 版 版 20132013 珠海一中 珠海一中 阅读 列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 项中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A A A fellow speaker from California named Geri flew to Japan in her favorite jeans and a casual jacket to give her first speech Fourteen hours later four perfectly dressed Japanese gentlemen greeted her at Narita Airport Smiling and bowing low they handed her their business cards With her bag in one hand Geri took their cards with the other She thanked them glanced briefly at the cards and put them into her jeans pocket quickly When the five of them arrived at the hotel they invited Geri to tea in the lobby 大厅 While sipping tea the gentlemen presented her with a small gift which she eagerly opened She was thrilled with the gift and shouted excitedly Oh it s beautiful At this point the four Japanese gentlemen stood up and bowing only very slightly said Sayonara and left immediately Poor Geri was left astonished What did she do wrong Everything Her jeans were the first gaffegaffe Even if you re coming off a bicycle in Japan you do not meet c1ients 客人 casually dressed The second mistake was Geri s handling of their business cards rudely In Japan the business card is one of the most important communicative tools It is always presented and accepted respectfully with both hands However Geri put their cards away much too quickly In Japan people use business cards as a conversation starter You chat about each other s cards and work and do not put theirs away until they gently and respectfully place yours in safekeeping Putting it carelessly into her jeans pocket was the ultimate disrespect Then the fourth horror of horrors was that Geri should not have opened the gift in front of her clients In a land where saving face is critical it would 2 be embarrassing to discover the gift they gave was not as nice as the one they received What is worse Geri hadn t even given them a gift 26 In the four Japanese gentlemen s eyes Geri took their cards A excitedlyB embarrassinglyC politelyD disrespectfully 答案 D 解析 细节理解题 根据 The second mistake was Geri s handling of their business cards rudely 这是对他们的不尊敬 故选 D 27 Why did the four Japanese gentlemen leave Geri suddenly A Because they couldn t bear Geri s behavior any longer B Because they had finished the task C Because Geri had something more important to do D Because Geri felt embarrassed 答案 A 解析 推理判断题 根据倒数第二段可知这些男士认为 Geri 的做法极为不礼貌 已经无 法忍受 所以离开了 故选 A 28 What does the underlined word gaffe in Paragraph 3 probably mean A ignoranceB sadnessC mistakeD carelessness 答案 C 解析 词义猜测题 根据 What did she do wrong 再根据第三段都是列举她的错误所在 故选 C 29 The third mistake Geri made was that she A used her own card as a conversation starter B took her clients cards with one hand C kept her clients cards in a wrong place D met her clients in jeans 答案 C 解析 细节理解题 根据 Putting it carelessly into her jeans pocket was the ultimate disrespect 故选 C 30 What lesson can we draw from this story A Honesty is the best policy 3 B Think twice before you take any action C When in Rome do as the Romans do D Don t claim to know what you don t know 答案 C 解析 推理判断题 根据 Geri 的做法可知她不了解当地的礼仪 故犯下这样的错误 故 选 C B B Life is to be enjoyed There s no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that s even better When people eat more healthfully exercise quit smoking and manage stress better they find that they feel so much better that it reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living The latest studies show that when you exercise and eat right YOUR BRAIN receives more blood flow and oxygen so you become smarter think more clearly have more energy and need less sleep Two studies showed that just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many new neurons 神经细胞 to grow that it actually increased the size of people s brains YOUR FACE receives more blood flow so youryour skinskin glowsglows more and wrinkles less You look younger and more attractive In contrast an unhealthy diet chronic emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face so you age more quickly Smoking accelerates aging because nicotine causes your arteries 动脉 to narrow down which decreases blood flow to your face and makes it wrinkle earlier This is why smokers look years older than they really are YOUR GENES change In May a study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that changing your lifestyle changes your genes YOUR TELOMERES 染色体端粒 get longer Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes 染色体 that control how long we live As telomeres become shorter then cells age more quickly thus shortening your life 4 Besides one of the most interesting findings in the study was that the mothers awareness of stress was more important than what was really occurring in their lives The researchers gave the women a questionnaire and asked them to rate on a three point scale how stressed they felt each day and how out of control their lives felt to them The women who were aware that they were under heavy stress had significantly shortened and damaged telomeres compared with those who felt more relaxed On the contrary some of the women who felt relaxed despite raising a disabled child had more normal appearing telomeres In other words if you feel stressed you are stressed if you feel fine you are fine 31 Which of the following are good for lengthening one s life according to the passage eat healthy food drink plenty of water take exercise get up early go to sleep early release one s stress A B C D 答案 A 解析 细节理解题 根据 When people eat more healthfully exercise quit smoking and manage stress better they find that they feel so much better 故 选 A 32 The underlined words your skin glows in Paragraph 3 are closest in meaning to A your skin becomes white as there is plenty of sunshine B your skin becomes smooth as there is much blood in it C your skin looks pink as you are healthy D your skin becomes soft as you exercise enough 答案 C 解析 词义猜测题 根据 You look younger and more attractive 可推出你的皮肤看 起来粉作为你是健康的 故选 C 33 In the author s opinion when you exercise and eat right you will 5 experience some changes EXCEPT A brains becoming clevererB faces having fewer wrinkles C arteries turning narrower D genes being changed 答案 C 解析 细节理解题 根据 Smoking accelerates aging becaus