【高二年级阅读理解专项练习】社会生活

1、-i -Week Nine 社会生活一、阅读理解（共 14 小题；共 28.0 分）ANEW YORK: New York on Thursday, 13 Sept, became the first city inthe United States to enforce a limited ban on super-sized soda drinksblamed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for fuelling a national obesity crisis.The Board of Healths formal approval of the ban-pr

2、oposed byBloomberg and praised by health campaigners, but hotly opposed by softdrinks manu facturers was n ot con sidered a surprise.The city health commissi oner, Thomas Farley, called the votehistoric.However, Liz Berma n, preside nt of Continen tal Food and Beverageand head of the New Y orkers fo

3、r Beverage Choices lobby group, describedthe discriminatory ban as a fix.Its sad that the board wants to limit our choices. We are smart eno ughto make our own decisi ons about what to eat and drin k. she said in astateme nt.However, there is no thi ng to stop people from buying as much soda asthey

4、like by refilling smaller containers. Also, the ban does not extend todrinks sold in supermarkets or any dairy or fruit drinks, many of which also-2 -contain huge quantities of sugar.Diet and alcoholic drinks are also exempted. The measure, which couldface legal challenges from the soft drinks indus

5、try, takes effect in six months.According to official statistics, some 6,000 people in New York die eachyear from obesity-li nked problems. One in eight adult New Y orkers hasdiabetes, which can be worse ned by sugar con sumpti on.Boosti ng the mayor, the n ewly-built basketball stadium for the Broo

6、klyn Nets announ ced it will immediately adopt the rules, well ahead of theMarch 12 deadli ne.The measure gen erated a stormy debate, in cludi ng 38,000 comments written to the Board of Health. Polls showed a majority of peopleopposed the ban.1. Why does New York en force the limited ban on super-si

7、zed soda drinks?A Because it is believed that soda drinks are of harm to health.B.Because it is believed that soda drinks cause the nation overweight.C.Because too many people dont like drinking soda drin ks.DBecause super-sized soda dr inks block the sugar con sumpti on.2. Whats the attitude of the

8、 consumers towards the limited ban?ASupportive.B.Opposed.-3 -C.Neutral.DNot me ntio ned.3. What can we infer from the passage about Liz Berma n?A She is in charge of the production of soda drinks all over the coun try.B.She is very angry that the city gover nment limits what to eat anddrink.C.She ta

9、kes the limited ban on super-sized soda drinks as an unfairone.D She is smart eno ugh to know what she eats or drin ks.4. The underlined word exempted means_ in the7th paragraph.A relieved B. un fair C. upset D limited5. When will the limited ban be carried out according to the passage?A This Septem

10、ber.B. This November.-4 -BFor Durja na, panhan dli ng by forcing a Ion g-tailed monkey to performon the sidewalks of Jakarta and lett ing it in teract with passersby for smallcha nge is no thi ng more tha n a way to make a liv ing.This lifestyle has prove n to be a risk to both Durja na and the peop

11、lewho walk past him and his monkey. And the welfare of the animal is also insevere dan ger.Durja na admits he is worried about the risks, but tries his best to beresp on sible. He gives the mon key some over-the-co un ter medici ne atthe first sig ns of the flu, hop ing it will cure the ani mal.If t

12、he monkey starts to sneeze and look unfit, I try to cure it with anykind of medicine that we humans consume to cure the flu, but I give it halfthe no rmal dosage, he said, un aware that a simple sn eeze can release aninfectious disease into the air.Tuberculosis and variety of other diseases can be t

13、ran sferred from amon key to a huma n, and that in cludes huma ns that dont come in physicalcon tact with the mon key.Aside from tuberculosis or herpes, ano ther zoono sis, a huma n cancon tract rabies if bitte n by a diseased mon key.C. The coming January.D The coming March.-5 -But there is no easy

14、 way for Durja na, and the hun dreds of mon key-handlers on the streets to know if their mon keys are carry ing a fatal disease.Some diseases are not visible on the surface and can be see n only byhealth tests, and thats why the Jakarta An imal Aid Network (JAAN) wascon duct ing health checks for th

15、e mon keys, said David van Gennep,executive director of AAP, a Netherla nds based rescue cen ter andsanctuary for primates and other exotic mammals, during a recent visit toJakarta.6. How do mon key-ha ndlers make a liv ing?A By performi ng on the sidewalks.B.By en terta ining the passersby.C.By wal

16、k ing past the passersby.DBy letti ng the mon keys in teract with passersby.7. What can we infer from the words Durja na said?A He knows exactly what risk the mon key can bring.B.He is quite sure how to cure the mon key of its disease.C.He does nt hope to spe nd much money on the weak mon key.D He i

17、snt aware of the severe disease the monkey may bring.-6 -8. How many kinds of diseases can a monkey bring to a huma n?A Two.B. Three. C. Four. D Five.9. Why CANT many mon key-ha ndlers on the streets know whether themon keys carry a deadly disease?AThey dont have access to health tests.B.Some diseas

18、es are hard to find for com mon people.C.The mon key-ha ndlers are not so clever.D The mon keys are un wil ling to be checked.10. Where is the gen eral office of AAP?A In Jakarta.B. In the USA.We use Ian guage every day to express our emoti ons, but can thisIan guage actually affect what and how we

19、feel? Two new studies fromPsychological Scie nee, a jour nal of the Associati on for Psychological Scienee, explore the ways in which the in teracti on betwee n Ian guage andemoti on in flue nces our well-be ing.Putting Feelings into Words Can Help Us Cope with Scary Situati onsKathari na Kirca nski

20、 and colleagues at the Un iversity of California, LosAn geles inv estigated whether verbaliz ing a curre nt emotio nal experie nee,C.In Netherla nds.D In Australia.-7 -eve n whe n that experie nee is n egative, might be an effective method fortreat ing for people with spider phobias. In an exposure

21、therapy study,participa nts were put into differe nt experime ntal groups and they were instructed to approach a spider over several successive days.One group was told to put their feeli ngs into words by describ ing theirn egative emotio ns about approachi ng the spider. Ano ther group wasasked to

22、judge the situati on by describ ing the spider using emoti on allyneutral words. A third group was told to talk about an unrelated topic (thingsin their home) and a fourth group received no in terve ntio n. Participa ntswho put their n egative feeli ngs into words were most effective at loweringthei

23、r levels of physiological arousal. They were also slightly more willing toapproach the spider. The findings suggest that talk ing about your feelings eve n if theyre n egative-may help you to cope with a scary situation.Un locki ng Past Emoti on: The Verbs We Use Can Affect Mood andHapp in essOur me

24、mory for eve nts is in flue need by the Ian guage we use. Whe nwe talk about a past occurre nee, we can describe it as ongoing (I wasrunning) or already completed (I ran). To inv estigate whether using thesediffere nt word ings might affect our mood and overall happ in ess, Will Hartof the Un iversi

25、ty of Alabama con ducted four experime nts in whichparticipants either recalled or experieneed a positive, negative, or neutral-8 -eve nt. They found that people who described a positive eve nt with wordsthat suggested it was ongoing felt more positive. And whe n they describeda n egative eve nt in

26、the same way, they felt more n egative.The authors conclude that one potential way to improve mood could beto talk about n egative past eve nts as someth ing that already happe ned asopposed to somethi ng that was happe ning.11. What has an in flue nee on peoples happ in ess?ALan guage.B.The in tera

27、cti on betwee n Ian guage and emoti on.C.Emoti on.DThe ways people are liv ing.12. Which group proves the first con clusi on?-9 -One.Two.Three. . Four.13. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A Negative past events may be changed by talking in opposite words.B.Some unpleasant past experienee ex

28、pressed differently willimprove on es mood.C.What is happe ning now can in flue nee our past emotio n.DWhat happe ned in the past may still affect us eve n for long.14. How does Ian guage affect on es emotio n?A By in flue ncing the curre nt experie nee and the past memory.B.By putt ing feeli ngs in

29、to our memory and uni ocki ng past emoti on.C.By verbaliz ing a curre nt emoti onal experie nee.D By in flue ncing our memory for eve nts.二、完形填空（共 20 小题；共 30.0 分）BANGKOK-A speed boat carry ing doze ns of foreig n tourists n earThaila nds popular resort isla nd of Koh Phi Phi sank on Mon day in abnoA

30、 GroupB. Group C. GroupD Group-10 -rmally rough seas, police and wit nesses said.All 41 people aboard_ 15_ . The boat was carry ing37 Asian and European_ 16_ and four Thai crewmembers when it_ 17_ in the Andaman Sea, MarinePolice Lt-Col Panya Chaicha na said. The boat was headed to Phuket Island, an

31、o ther popular tourist_ 18_ .Navy ships, fishi ng boats and other n earby vessels_19 _ to the scene and were able to rescue everyone_20 _, Panya said. William Ihaka, a 43-year-old Australia n touristwho was_ 21_ those rescued, told The Associated Pressthe experience was_ 22_ .The sea was very_ 23_ t

32、he water kept comingover the front of the boat, and there was so much_24 _ coming over the front that the boat started_25 _ with water, Ihaka said. The crew told us to put life jacketson, and about five minutes later, the boat sank. So we all jumped off. Wewere_ 26_ in the sea. Another_27_ passenger

33、 traveling with Ihaka, 39-year-old ElizabethHickey, said she was ”28_ and frightened.We were both seated at the_ 29_ , and the water hitus before it_ 30_ anyone else, she said. We could seethe waves, and we just knew that it was going to31_ ,-11 -we knew that the boat was going to sink.Colin Dallimo

34、rs, a 48-year-old British tourist, said the first giant _32_ swamped the boat and stopped the engine, then anotherwave struck soon after, dealing a_ 33_ blow.Every one was tryi ng to _34_ . The boat sank, theboat went dow n, Dallimors said. Ive n ever see n any thi ng like that.Thaila nds Meteorolog

35、ical Departme nt had predicted strong rai n andhigh waves in the area on Mon day.1AdiedBsurvivedCkilledDfain ted5.1AtouristsBsettlersCsoldiersDworkers6.1AbrokeBcrashedCsankDsailed7.1AjournalBseaCshipD8.desti nation1AracedBdroveCroseDran9.2Ain pers onBonCbyDon board0.purpose.accide nt.2AbeforeBbeh in

36、dCamongDun der1.-12 -2Aterrifyi ngBsatisfy ingCexcit ingDamus ing-13 -2.2Agen tieBcalmCshallowDrough3.2Awi ndBwaterCfishDstorm4.2Afilling upBcoming upCputt ing up Ddrying up5.2Adyi ngBdrow ningCfloat ingDdrinking6.2AAmerica nBAustralia n CBritishDChin ese7.2AexcitedBscaredCamazedDupset8.2AfrontBback

37、CsideDin doors9.3AbeatBstruckCdefeatedDhit0.3Ago upBgo awayCgo offDgo dow n1.3Alight ningBCwaveDattack2.thun derstorm-14 -B extreme C disastrous D strong3 A stay out B pick out C get out Dtur n out4.Lon eli ness has bee n linked to depression 抑郁）and other healthproblems. Now, a study says it can als

38、o spread. A friend of a Ion ely pers onwas fifty-two perce nt more likely to develop feeli ngs of Ion eli ness. And afriend of that friend was twen ty-five perce nt more likely to do the same.Earlier findings showed that happ in ess, obesity 肥 胖）and the abilityto stop smoking can also spread like in

39、fections within social groups. Thefindings all come from a major health study in the American town of Fram ingham, Massachusetts.The study bega n in 1948 to inv estigate the causes of heart disease.Since the n, more tests have bee n added, in clud ing measures of Ion eliness and depressi on.The new

40、findings involved more than five thousand people in the second gen eratio n of the Fram in gham Heart Study. The researchers exam ined frien dship histories and reports of Ion eli ness. The results established apatter n that spread as people reported fewer close frie nds.For example, I on eli ness c

41、an affect relati on ships betwee n n3 A good三、阅读理解（共4 小题；共 8.0 分）-15 -ext-door n eighbors. The Ion eli ness spreads as n eighbors who were closefrie nds now spend less time together. The study also found that Ionelinessspreads more easily among wome n tha n men.The average pers on is said to experie nee feeli ngs of Ion eli nessabout forty-eight days a year. The study found that hav ing a Ion ely friendcan add about seve ntee n days. But every additi onal friend can decreaseIon eli ness by two and a half days.Lonely peopl