湖南省新田一中高三英语 阅读理解 巩固练习

湖南省新田一中高三英语 阅读理解 巩固练习For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isnt sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he cant make things work out right, he doesnt feel ashamed that he fails; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook(人生观) on life, special feeling about life, and knows how he fits into it.If you look at children, youll see great difference between what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out more about life he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dreamworld; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.1. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability .A. to behave immediatelyB. to do well in schoolC. to deal with lifeD. to know what to do2. In a new situation, an intelligent person .A. knows more about what might happen to himB. is sure of the result he will getC. concentrates on the situationD. cares more about himself3. According to the passage the biggest difference between “bright” children and “not bright” children lies in .A. the amount of intelligenceB. the different situations they faceC. the different attitudes to lifeD. the background of life4. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Whats real meaning of intelligence?B. Whats the “bright” childrens behavior?C. Whats a special outlook on life?D. How to live and behave in a new situation?5. In the next part of the passage, the author might continue to talk about .A. how to determine what intelligence isB. how education should be changedC. how to judge whether a person is intelligentD. how an unintelligent person should be taught(2)A chemical important of brain development may play a role in explaining why some people are genetically (由基因决定地) likely to suffer from anxiety and could lead to new treatments, U.S. researchers said.They said highly anxious rats which were kept had very low levels of a brain chemical called fibroblast growth factor 2 or FGF2, compared with rats that were more relaxed. But when they improved the anxious rats living conditions giving them new toys to explore and a bigger cage to live in levels of this brain chemical increased and they became less anxious.“The levels of this brain chemical increased in response to the experiences that the rats were exposed to. It also decreased their anxiety”. Javier Perez of the University of Michigan said in a telephone interview. “It made them behave the same way as the rats that were relaxed”, he said.In a former study of people who were severely depressed before they died, the team found the gene that makes FGF2 was producing very low levels of the growth factor, which is known primarily for organizing the brain during development and repairing it after injury.Perez thinks the brain chemical may be a marker for genetic vulnerability (脆弱性) to anxiety and depression. But it can also respond to changes in the environment in a positive way, possibly by preserving new brain cells.While both the calm and anxious rats produced the same number of new brain cells, these cells were less likely to survive in the high-anxiety rats, the team found. Giving the rats better living conditions or injecting them with FGF2 helped improve cell survival.“This discovery may pave the way for new, more specific treatments for anxiety that will not be based on sedation(药物镇静), but will instead fight the real cause of the disease,” Dr. Pier Vincenzo Piazza from France said in a statement.6. We know from the passage that with the levels of FGF2 decreasing, the rats will .A. die of anxiety soonB. suffer from a headacheC. become more relaxedD. become more anxious7. Whats the better way to increase the levels of FGF2?A. Introducing more companions to the anxious rats.B. Improving the living conditions of the anxious rats.C. Injecting the anxious rats with some special medicine.D. Giving the anxious rats more time to relax.8. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to .A. the team B. the geneC. the growth factor D. the brain9. Whats the main influence of the new discovery?A. Doctors wont use any medicine to cure anxiety.B. Doctors may treat anxiety more efficiently.C. Doctors will find the real cause of anxiety.D. Doctors may find new medicine for anxiety.10. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Anxious rats and relaxed ratsB. Anxiety a serious mental diseaseC. Scientific research into the brain is importantD. Brain chemical may play key role in anxiety(3)The Earths axis(轴) is an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. The axis of the earth is tilted (倾斜) about 23.5 degrees. This tilt of the earth results in our seasons.In June, the Northern Hemisphere (半球) is tilted toward the sun, so the people in the Northern Hemisphere have longer and warmer days. The days are shorter and colder in the Southern Hemisphere in June, because the Earth is tilted away from the sun. The days start getting shorter in the Northern Hemisphere and longer in the Southern Hemisphere after about June 21. This is the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere. Daytime lasts exactly as long as nighttime on the first day of autumn (about September 21) and the first day of spring (about March 21). The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, usually December 21, is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.The days are longer in summer and shorter in winter the further you move from the equator. Its generally dark on a summer night in Florida by 8:30 p.m., but in Vermont, there will still be some light at 10:00 p.m. The situation is reversed(相反的) in winter, where the sun will go down in Vermont by 3:45 p.m. while there remains light in Florida until 5:15 p.m.Northern Alaska is called the “Land of the Midnight Sun” because it never gets dark during the summer months. That part of the Earth is facing the sun all day and all night. Antarctica never sees daylight during those months. The situation is reversed in December and January when northern Alaska never sees the sun while it continues to light the sky at night in Antarctica.11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The Earths axis does not exist in reality. B. The Earths axis is tilted about 23.5 degrees.C. The earths axis is eastwest.D. The tilt of the Earth causes seasons to take place.12. According to the second paragraph, we can know that .A. the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun in JuneB. June 21 is the longest day of a year in the Southern HemisphereC. December 21 is the coldest day of a year in the Northern HemisphereD. there is only one day in a year when daytime lasts exactly as long as nighttime13. According to the passage, we can infer that .A. in the Northern Hemisphere, the more northern, the longer daytime in summerB. in the Southern Hemisphere, the more northern, the shorter daytime in winterC. Florida is further to the equator than VermontD. In China, Changchuns daytime in winter is longer than that of Guangzhou14. Northern Alaska gets the name “Land of the Midnight Sun” because _.A. it is always daytime during the summer months B. it is located in the center of the EarthC. it is located on the equator of the Earth D. only at midnight can people there see the sun15. If we want to make science research in Antarctica, we may choose the following months EXCEPT _.A. December B. January C. February D. June16. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A. Season and space B. The change of daytimeC. Land of the Midnight Sun D. Northern and Southern Hemisphere巩固练习：（1）Most people who enjoy movies do not really care how they are made. They just want to enjoy a good story. Movie producer and director George Lucas wants people to see the best made movies. So, his latest movie Star Wars was made without using film.Star Wars was made using digital cameras. A digital camera does not use traditional film. It captures images on videotape. The images recorded on videotape are the placed in a computer.George Lucas says that using digital cameras permits him to have much more control over the final product. For example, the image can be changed after it is placed in a computer. An expert can change color, add or take out objects, add people or beings who are not real. Much of what is seen in the new movie Star Wars is not real. Huge buildings, spacecraft and alien beings from other worlds were produced in a computer.Movie experts say digital technology is the real future of the motion picture industry. A theater will no longer have to wait days or weeks to show a new movie. Theaters will be able to receive copies of new movies by linking computers. Or they will use small computer disks to get a copy of the movie.When the new movie Star Wars was released last month, only 94 theaters around the world had the digital equipment needed to show it. So Mr. Lucas company produced about 6,000 copies of the new digital movie on traditional film for release in most theaters. However, most people who have seen the movie say these film copies are of much better quality than other filmed movies.Critics say the new digital technology is very costly. Many theater owners will not buy the new technology, yet many of the people who worked on the new movie Star Wars say they would not like to work with film again. They said using digital equipment was faster, and videotape is much less costly than film. One cameraman said the director of a movie can immediately see what was just recorded, something impossible to do with film.1. According to George Lucas, what makes the best made movies possible?A. A good story.B. Film.C. Digital cameras.D. Videotape.2. Which is NOT true for the real future of the motion picture industry, according to movie experts?A. Linking computers for copies of new movies.B. Showing filmed movies in theaters.C. Using small computer disks to get a copy of the movie.D. Having the digital equipment needed to show the movie.3. According to the passage, which is true about the new movie Star Wars?A. There are about 6,000 copies of the new digital movie.B. It has been shown in only 94 theaters around the world.C. It is the best among filmed movies.D. It is the product of the new digital technology.4. Which of the following is NOT the advantages of the new digital movie?A. The director can have the objects and people added or taken out.B. It will be more convenient for theaters to get such kind of new movies.C. People all agree that the new digital movies are less costly than the filmed movies.D. The director can monitor the recording and check what was recorded just now.（2）As the US wakes up to Chinas rising status as an economic and strategic competitor, US parents are urging their children to learn Chinese, reports Julian Borger.The US is being swept by a rush to learn Mandarinfrom wealthy New York mothers hiring Chinese nannies（保姆）for their small children to a defence department education project in Oregon.The forces driving Mandarins momentum（势头）are parental ambition for children facing a future in which China is almost certain to be a major player, and the government is worried about that America may get left behind in that new world.The bottleneck is the supply of teachers. Mandarin instructors are difficult to import and difficult to train. There are visa problems in bringing over teachers from China but the biggest barrier is cultural. Teaching in Asia is generally done by rote and the change to western, interactive styles of instruction can be a large leap.On the other hand, it requires enormous firmness for westerners to learn a language like Chinese, with its thousands of written characters. According to the Asia Society in New York, all of Americas teacher-training institutions turn out only a couple of dozen homegrown Mandarin teachers.One way to ease the shortage is to find native Mandarin speakers and use fast-track methods to train them. However, the majority of Chinese-Americans grew up speaking Cantonese, the dialect spoken in Hong Kong, where their parents came from. Many are themselves signing on as Mandarin students at the private language schools springing up on the west coast.1. Why are US parents so eager to make their children learn Mandarin?A. They are urged by the government to do so.B. They are afraid to be left behind by other parents.C. They believe China will play a major role in the future world.D. They are just carried away by Mandarins momentum.2. The underlined word “rote” in the 4th paragraph probably refers to a teaching pattern which .A. focuses on memory workB. allows the students to think independentlyC. is centered on interactive skillsD. puts much emphasis on examinations3. What is the main problem in the Mandarins momentum in the US?A. The lack of qualified teachers.B. The cultural barrier between the east and west.C. The Americans lack of firmness.D. The many written Chinese characters.（3） The New Yorker1 Year, 46 IssuesCover Price: $194.70Your Price: $46.00About The New Yorker:The New Yorker is the eclectic magazine for readers interested in the arts, current events, and culture. The New Yorker includes articles on domestic and international news, exploring current ideas and trends, plus sports, fashion, and entertainment events. 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If you are asked to choose a magazine for a little boy, which one do you think is suitable?A. The New Yorker B. Playboy C. NickelodeonD. Lucky4. What information is contained in all the four magazines?A. Sports B. News C. Entertainment D. Trends5. For each issue, which magazine is the cheapest according to the advertisement?A. The New Yorker B. Playboy C. NickelodeonD. Lucky（4）Happiness pays off, studies show.Psychologists seeking the real secrets of happiness report that very happy people tend to be more extroverted and agreeable than less happy people.“Our findings suggest that very happy people have rich and satisfying social relationships and spend little time alone relative to average people,” write psychologists Ed Diener and Martin E.P. Seligman in the journal Psychological Science.Solid social relationships do not promise happiness, but they are an important contributing factor. The very happy people whom the authors studied all said they had good quality social relationships. However, the authors write, there is no single key to high happiness. “High happiness seems to be like beautiful symphonic（交响乐）musicincluding many instruments, without any one being enough for the beautiful quality.”Diener regards happiness as “subjective (主观的) well-being” in other words, the person evaluates（评估）his or her own quality of life. The question to ask is, “Is my life going well，according to the standards I choose to use?” If the answer is “yes”, then that person is judged to be happy.Because people evaluate their lives based on happiness，“subjective well-being is very important. Though necessary, it is not enough for having a good life. Subjective well-being “