湖南省衡阳市2016高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练（7）

1、湖南省衡阳市2016高考英语阅读理解好信息匹配暑假自练（7）【2014四川省资阳市第一次诊断性考试】阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意词数要求）。Brazil has become one of the developing worlds great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce

2、 birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard. Brazils population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this fig

3、ure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.Martine puts it down to among other things, soap operas and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birt

4、h rate. Brazil is one of the worlds biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazils most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities. “Altho

5、ugh they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction (生育), they describe middle and upper class values: not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of ot

6、her patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers (消费者). “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproductio

7、n,” says Martine.56. What is the passage mainly about? (within 8 words)_57. Whats Brazils population growth rate between 1981 and 1990? (within 4 words)_58. What are the two main factors in helping Brazil lower its birthrate? (within 6 words)_59. How long does the most popular television network in

8、Brazil show soap operas every week? (within 2 words)_60. What changes have soap operas brought to Brazilians? (within 8 words)_【参考答案】56. Brazil has successfully reduced its population growth.57. 1.93% a year.58. Soap operas and installment plans.59. 18 hours.60. They have changed peoples values and

9、behaviors. / They have gradually changed peoples way of life.二、评分意见1. 意思相符，语法、结构正确，拼写无误，得2分。2. 每题按5个档次给分，依次为0分、0.5分、1分、1.5分和2分。3. 语法与拼写错误，错误1到2个，扣0.5分，3个及3个以上扣1分；相同错误按1个计算。大小写和标点出错原则上不扣分。4. 超出字数扣0.5分。阅读理解。Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well

10、 is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well. Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule know

11、n asbracketing. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone elses world from the inside, stepping_into_his_or_her_shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acce

12、ptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way. The energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself fo

13、r mutual growth.Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain de

14、sired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we dont want to hear.It wasnt until toward the end of my doctor career that I have f

15、ound the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的). In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of the psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are se

16、veral reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patients sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.66. The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in Paragraph 2 probably means _A. pr

17、eparing a topic list first B. focusing on ones own mindC. directing the talk to the desired results D. experiencing the speakers inside world67What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?A. How to listen well. B. What to listen to.C. Benefits of listening. D. Problems in listening.68According to the aut

18、hor, in communication people tend to _A. listen actively B. listen purposefully C. set aside their prejudices D. open up their inner mind69According to the author, the patients improved mainly because _A. they were taken good care of B. they knew they were truly listened toC. they had partners to ta

19、lk to D. they knew the roots of problems70What type of writing is the article likely to be?A. Science fiction. B. A news report. C. A medical report. D. Popular science.【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了倾听的好处，并通过自己作为医生的亲身体验说明倾听对于病人来说是最好的疗法。66. D考查词意猜测。由画线短语所在句前部分“to experience as far as possible someone elses world fro

20、m the inside”可推出画线短语应该是“走进说话者的内心世界”的意思。67. A考查段落大意。由第二段的内容以及第二段第一、二句“Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is”可知此段主要讲述了如何才能听得好。68. B考查细节理解。由第三段第二句“what we are usually doing is listening selectively.”可知在交流中我们倾向于有选择地也就是有目的地听。69. B考查细节理解

21、。根据最后一段第一句“one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的)”可知真正被倾听是最有疗效的医治方法。70. D考查推理判断。综观全文，本文主要说明了倾听的好处，故此篇文章应该属于通俗(大众)科普类文章。阅读理解。Exploit your parking spaceAn unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to

22、200 or 300 a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Let park or At my house park.Rent（出租）a roomSpare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. Try advertisi

23、ng your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.Make money during special eventsWont want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space. Live on set Rent

24、ing your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your h

25、ome gets picked.Use your roof You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-y

26、ear agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.( ) 1. If you earn 5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.A. 800 B. 500 C. 4500 D.5000( ) 2. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?A. On Letpar

27、k. B. On Roomspare.C. On Grashpadder. D. On Roommateeasy.( ) 3. If you want to use energy free, you have to_.A. sign an agreement with the governmentB. pay around 14,000 for the equipmentC. sell the roof to some energy companiesD. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years( ) 4. For whom the text m

28、ost probably written?A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers.C. House owners. D. Online companies【参考答案】1-4、BCDC【浙江省金华十校2014高考英语模拟试题】 For years I fought with the birds nest that sat on top of my head-my Medusa（神话中的蛇发女妖） hairNo matter what I did and how hard I tried, in no way could I make my unruly （乱蓬蓬）hair to m

29、y satisfaction Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought North American styling products were something illegal such as drugs, I was never allowed to put them in :my hair Why buy hair gel? Your hair is so beautiful naturally, my mother would sayThe teens at school did not agreeFro

30、m boys not wanting to kiss me when we played spin the bottle in Grade 7 to being called the mop, I suffered from my hair When I got to university, I believed my hair was a wall that stood between me and everything-finding a part-time job, getting a boyfriend, etc If only I could find a way to manage

31、 the curls and put it behind bars, I told myself, I would feel secure and sexyI tried everything: rollers, hairspray, gels and, at one point, an ironThen, in my second year, a miracle happenedI was asked to be a hair model for Japanese hair straightening, a process by which the molecules（分子）of my cu

32、rls would be broken and reset in a bone-straight positionI was the perfect candidate, the hairdresser told me Although they said how hair relaxing could damage the :scalp （头皮）,for the next five years I didnt find them to be true All of the hairdressers promises were fulfilled: With my hair straight

33、and smooth, I was no longer the mop However, there was extreme damage done to my wallet To keep up the straightening cost $ 700 every six months, and that was considered cheapWhile some people thought I was crazy, I was willing to do anything to never again feel like that anxious, curly-headed girl

34、in Grade 7But when I moved out of my parents house at age 26 and rented an apartment, the upkeep of my new image became too costly I couldnt hide from my inner Medusa any longerIt was time to hug her and let her flySeeking a choice, I turned to the Internet, GoogleAfter hours of searching, I hit upo

35、n a“ curly haired salon, a place designed for girls like meI doubted these so-called “Curl Ambassadors could do anythingwithout using machine of some sort, and though I bought the service called the “Curly-Doo, I suspected Id have the same unruly mop at the end of the appointment I dragged my feet s

36、o hard getting there that I arrived 45 minutes late I secretly hoped they would turn me awayInstead, my stylist simply said :You are very late Let me see your hair At that moment, my world and beliefs about myself were turned upside down along with my hair As my head was in a basin full of freezing-

37、cold water, then covered with a jelly-like jam, I wondered what I had got myself into Do you really think this will work? I asked the stylist, Jones“ My curls are a disaster“No curly hair is hopeless, she replied“They just havent found a way to work with it, thats all After the hour was over, Jones

38、had completed her work She had styled my hair using only her hands, water and a mixture of organic jam I couldnt believe what I was seeing in the mirror: a naturally curly, Medusa-free meYou could argue that hair is just hair Yet, it is just such physical features that have such a large influence on

39、 how we view ourselves According to Jones,75 percent of the population have a wave or curl in their hair and dont know what to do with it Men cut theirs short Women flat-iron theirs to death When I read through a beauty magazine or take the subway to work, it makes me sad to see so many people repre

40、ssing their natural beauty Since then, my world has changed I have always been outgoing, but these days I seem to be more outspoken and confident than ever On top of that, friends and co-workers tell me I am looking better than ever, but they dont know the source of the change I dont need to tell th

41、em* My Medusa hair speaks for herself55What can we learn about the writers hair in the first place? A Her parents considered it was birds nest B Teens at school laughed at it as Medusa hair C She hated it because it couldnt be straightened D North American styling products harmed her hair56Japanese

42、hair straightening caused a problem for the writer that A her wish to feel secure and sexy didnt come true B her hair was seriously damaged after the straightening C the cost to keep her hair straight was too high for her D she was called the mop with her hair straight and smooth57The writer was whe

43、n she went to the “curly haired salon A hesitatedB excitedC disappointed D determined58What was the reaction of the stylist in the salon when she saw the writer? A She was very angry because the writer was late B She thought totally the writers hair was a disaster C She was calm and sure of her work

44、 D She thought there was no way to fix the writers hair59The writers world has changed because she A has removed her inner MedusaB has removed her curls on her headC has found a way to straighten her hair in the stylish salonD has found the admiration for her from her friends and co-workers60The bes

45、t title of the passage can be A A Successful Stylist C Road to BeautyB My Medusa HairD Accept the Way We Are【参考答案】55、C 5660、CACAB 阅读理解。Wanted, Someone for a KissWere looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. Youll work on the stations music programmer. Music production experien

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