高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day57

1、 高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day 57Passage 1 Senses That Work TogetherWhen we think about how our senses work, we usually imagine them operating separately: you sniff a flower, and the smell is delivered uninterrupted from nose to brain. However, its more complex than that. Most evidence for cross modal perception!

2、觉）comes from studies into sound and vision（视觉）.But research that shows other senses crossing over is coming out all the time, and it seems that even sound and smell sometimes form an unlikely pairing.When New York researchers, Danial Wesson and Donald Wilson, tried to find out the truth about a myst

3、erious area of the brain called the olfactory tubercle, they had to deal with this fact. Originally, they only intended to measure how olfactory tubercle cells in mice responded to smell. But during testing, Wesson noticed that every time he put his coffee cup down, the mouse cells jumped in activit

4、y. In fact, the olfactory tubercle is well placed to receive both smell and sound information from the outside world. Later they found that among separate cells, most responded to a smell but a significant number were also active when a sound was made. Some cells even behaved differently when smell

5、and sound were presented together, by increasing or decreasing their activity.Of course, mice arent people, so research team has been carrying out further experiments. They pulled together a group of people and gave them various drinks to smell. Participants were asked to sniff the drinks, and then

6、match them to appropriate musical instruments and produce the notes at different levels. The results were interesting: piano was regularly paired with fruity fragrances; strong smells sounded like the instruments that are made of metal.Further research found that listening to different sounds can ch

7、ange your perceptions. Studying taste this time, the team ordered some special toffeeC 糖）and put together soundscapes corresponding to bitterness and sweetness.Participants tasted similar pieces of toffee while listening to each soundscape, and found the toffeemore bitter or sweeter, depending on wh

8、ich soundtrack they were listening to.Studies like this are helping scientists correctly describe our understanding of the senses, and how the brain combines them with its advantage. The consequences are worth considering. Could we see musicians work together with chefs to produce sound improved foo

9、d and drink? Will you be ordering a coffee with a soundtrack to bring out your favourite smell? Come to think of it,that could be one thing you hope coffee shop chains dont get round to.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?A lot of research focuses on the senses.Sound and Vision are

10、 relatively very easy to study.There can be a link between sound and smell.Evidence about the way senses work is hard to obtain.In Wesson and Wilsons research, .the mice were affected more significantly by soundthe result confirmed with the researchers had suspectedthe mice seemed to be afraid of ce

11、rtain sounds or smellsthe connection between sound and smell was found by chanceWhat is the main idea of Paragraph 3?Participants took an active part in the experiments.The purpose of the further experiments was totally different.The result failed to support what was found in previous experiments.Ex

12、periments showed that links between sound and smell were consistent.How does the author feel about the effect of the research?She is excited about the creative chances.She is surprised at the recent developments.She is convinced that the findings will be used soon.She is worried about how the knowle

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21、ace.Cut off unnecessary branches.Clear leaves away from the roof.Customers who are short of money may receive the service of .A. Tree PruningB. Tree RemovalC. Tree PlantingD. Tree AssessmentPassage 3The coyote （丛林狼）, that clever animal of wide-open spaces, has come to thenations capital. In fact, co

22、yotes have spread to every corner of the United States, changing their behaviors to fit new environments and causing researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature: the city coyote.The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent. One of its most obvious characters is its smar

23、tness, which has made the animal a notorious （臭名昭著的） pest. Hunters trapped, shot and poisoned more than a million coyotes in the 1900s. Its still one of Americas most hunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived. How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability?“ I guess if you wanted to use one w

24、ord, itd be plasticity , ” says Eric Gese, an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alone, in pairs, or in large packs like wolves; hunt at night or during the day; occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles; and live on all sorts of food, from lizards and shoes, to ants and

25、melons.Unbelievably people helped coyotes increase when they killed most of the wolvesin the United States. The spreading of coyotes into city areas, though, is recent. They travel at night, crossing sidewalks and bridges, running along roads and ducking into culverts （钻入涵洞）and underpasses. No one k

26、nows why coyotes are moving intocities, but experts explain that cleverer, more human-tolerant （不怕人的）coyotesare teaching urban survival skills to new generations.Occasionally, coyotes might attack human beings. There have been about 160 attacks on people in recent years. Therefore, people have been

27、consistently told not to feed coyotes or leave pet food unsecured. That, plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood, has cut down on the coyote population.The underlined word “ plasticity ” in Paragraph 2 refers to .A. the ability to fit the environmentB. notorious smartnessC. hunting ability

28、D. being human-tolerantThe aim of the passage is to .tell people how to fight against coyotestell us why the coyote is the most hunted animalsupply the reason why the coyote is a kind of notorious pestexplain how the coyote has spread to and survived in citiesAccording to the passage, coyotes .origi

29、nally lived in the west of the continentsleep during the day but look for food at nightare teaching survival skills to their younger generationssuffered a population decrease because people killed wolvesAccording to the passage, to cut down on the coyote population, people are advised to.A. leave pe

30、t food securedB. keep coyotes in small regionsC. force coyotes to live aloneD. avoid using trapping programsPassage 4Hearing Feelings behind WordsMost of us are taught to pay attention to what is said the words. Words do provus with some information, but meanings come from so many other sources. So

31、it would be difficult for us to have an effective understanding if we rely too heavily on words alone. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message. Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. W

32、e don t always say what we mean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don t mean anything except “ I m letting off some steam. I don t really want you to pay close attention to what I m saying. Just pay attention twhat I mfeeling. ” Mostly we mean several things at once. A person wanting to purch

33、ase a house says to the current owner,“ This step has to be fixed before IThe owner says, “ It s been like that for years.” Actually, the step hasn t bfor years, but the unspoken message is :” I don t want to fix it. We put up with it. Whycan t you? ” The more expansive meaning a message can be obta

34、ined by examining who said it, when it occurred, the related conditions or situation, and how it was said.When a message occurs can also disclose associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount of kissing and arguing. But one couple always kisses after an argument and the ot

35、her couple always argues after a kiss. The ordering of the behaviors may mean much more than the frequency of the behavior. How about a friend unsusually quiet behavior? It may only be understood by nothing what happened previously and the situations that required an abnormal amount of confidence. S

36、ome responses may be directly linked to a developing pattern of responses and seem illogic. For example, a person who says “ No!”to a serials of charges like “ You re stupid, ” “ You re lazy, ” and “ You re dishonest, ” may also say “ No! ” and try his or her response if the next statement is“ And y

37、ou re good looking. ”We would do well to listen for how messages are presented. The words,“ It surhas been nice to have you over, ”can be said with emphasis and excitement orritualistically. The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings we associate with the phrase will cha

38、nge accordingly. Sometimes if we say somethinginfrequently it assumes more importance; sometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes.Effective communication is made possible between two conversing partners if.they use proper words to carry their ideasthey both speak truly of the

39、ir own feelingsthey try to understand each other s languagethey are able to associate meaning with their words“ I m letting off some steam ” in paragraph 1 means.A. I m just kiddingB.I m just saying the oppositeC. I m just calling your attentionD. I m just giving off some soundThe house-owner s exam

40、ple shows that the he actually means.the step has been like that for yearshe doesn t think it necessary to fix the stepthe condition of the step is only a minor faultthe cost involved in the fixing should be sharedThe word “ ritualistically ” in the last paragraph equals something doneA. in a way of

41、 ceremony B. without true intention C. with less emphasis D. light-heartedlyPassage 5Unexpected MeetingThe elephants left the shade, crossed an open piece of grass between bushes, and came towards the mud-pool where my truck was parked. One by one they arrived on the shore, but, just as they seemed

42、to be about to bathe in the inviting muddy liquid, they became aware of the silent truck with its smell of man. The leading elephant merely spread her ears and cautiously backed away, taking the young elephants with her.A smaller mother elephant continued to stand next to the pool, however, swinging

43、 her long trunk and swaying her head from side to side, always keeping an eye on the truck. The baby elephant behind her held up his head, waving his truck to sample the suspicious smell in the wind. The mother elephant seemed to be uncertain about whether to come on and investigate the truck or to

44、back away with the others. Finally she made up her mind and slowly advanced on the truck. Her ears were half out, and her trunk moved inquiringly towards the vehicle and then back under her stomach in a swing.I was amazed by this close approach. Never before had I been able to see the hairiness arou

45、nd the jaw, nor smell the warm scent of elephant which now reached me in concentrated waves. The mother elephant stesps were slow but determined, and brought her to within a couple of metres of me.She gave the impression of being intensely curious about this metal object which had appeared in her wo

46、rld and behaved as if it were itself an animals. I wondered how far she would accept the situation and, if after all the centuries of men killing elephants, she would ever allow me to approach her on foot. To be able to move freely among the elephants without their minding was an exciting thought, b

47、ut I certainly did not expect it would ever be possible.It had been the elephants intention to.avoid the mudswim in the poolfeed on the grasslie in the sunshineThe presence of the author and his vehicle.was not noticed by the nearby elephantsmade the leading elephant suspiciousmade the adult elephan

48、ts curiousfrightened all the elephants awayWhile he watched the mother elephant approaching, the author.found the smell very unpleasantwas impressed by the elephant s sizesaw details he had not noticed beforewas worried that the elephants were too closeThe author did not expect he would ever be able

49、 toshoot the elephantstouch the elephantsdrive his truck close to the elephantswalk about freely near the elephants参考答案Passage 1C 细节理解题。第二段的划线部分，this fact 代指前面的名词olfactorytubercle 嗅结节 “”， 但是选项并没有提到这个专业名词，所以接着在本段找到第五句话 “ the olfactory tubercle is well-placed to receive both smell and sound informatio

50、n from the outside world ，意为 ” olfactory tubercle 这种嗅结节正好位于能够接收外界所传来的气味以及声音信息的位置，只有 C 选项同时提及了“气味 ”以及 “声音 ”，切合题意；故此题答案选C。D 细节理解题。定位至第二段，“ Originally , they only intended to measureBut during testing, Wesson noticed that , 一开始他们只想测试老鼠的 olfactory tubercle 对气味如何做出反应，但却发现每次他放下咖啡杯时，老鼠的细胞都会突然变得活跃。故气味和声音之间的

51、练习是被偶然发现的，D 切合题意；故此题 TOC o 1-5 h z 答案选D。D段落主旨题，从文章第三段最后一句Theesults were interestingregularly paired with的etal.实验的结果是，钢琴通常能够和水果的香味儿匹配， 而强烈的气味“听起来 ”就像金属制成的乐器。该结果强调了气味和声音之间总有一种固有的联系，D 切合题意；故此题答案选D。A 作者观点态度题。从文章最后一段，“ Theconsequencesare worthconsidering. 与后文对未来由感官结合所带来的新奇事物的畅想可知，作者是非 ” 常期待其所带来的便利与惊奇的体验，

52、A 切合题意；故此题答案选A。Passage 2C 细节理解题。从文章第二段第一句“ Urban Forest Pro in Portland is a fullservice tree care company providing the Portland area with tree services可知 Urban Forest Pro这家公司提供给顾客的是树木服务产品；故正确答案是C。C 细节理解题。从文章第三段第二句“ Doingtree pruning, we selectivelyremove certain parts of a tree according to the go

53、als of our customers 知树艺师在 进行tree pruning服务时，主要进行的是关于树的修剪服务；故正确答案是C。D 细节理解题。从文章第五段中第一句中的for a small fee 以及最后一句“ It is also of value for customers who cannot afford to have tree service done at this time but only want to make a budget now. 可知，对于资金紧张的人来说可选择树 ”木评估服务；故正确答案是D。Passage 3A 词义猜测题。根据原文，丛林狼在美国

54、被大量捕杀，但是如今它们却能存活下来， 这是为什么呢？答案就是plasticity， 根据上下文我们可以发现丛林狼适应环境的能力很强，既可以独自生活也可群居生活，占用地方很少，可以吃各种各样的食物，因此可以推断正确答案为A。D 主旨大意题。题目问的是这篇文章的意图。选项A“ 告诉人们如何对付丛林狼 ”；选项B“ 告诉我们为什么丛林狼是被捕杀最多的动物；选项C“ 告诉我们丛林狼臭名昭著的原因”；选项D“ 解释丛林狼是如何迁移到城市并存活下来的 ”。这篇文章主要介绍了丛林狼这种动物，它们适应环境的能力极强，尽管人们大量捕杀但是它们还是存活了下来，原因是它们迁移到了城市，换言之， 是人们帮助了它们。此外， 作者还介绍了在城市里如何对付丛林狼，选项 D 表述最准确，因此正确答案为D。C 细节理解题。根据原文第二段第一句话，它们最初生活在大陆中部，选项A“ 最初生活在大陆西部”偷梁换柱，是错误的；选项B“ 白天睡觉晚上觅食”，根据hunt at night or during the day知此表述也是错误的；选项 C教给它们后 代生存技能”，根据文章第三段最后一句话，该表述正确；选项D“ 因为人们的捕杀丛林狼数量大减”，根据原文，尽管人们大量捕杀，但是环境适应能力极强的丛林狼迁移到城市，并大量繁殖，其数量并没有大量下降，故表述不准确。因此 TOC o 1-