山西省太原市2014高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题（2）.doc

1、太原市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）训练题（2）及答案A new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily，it is a bad thing for young peoplePuppy love（早恋）may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression（忧郁症）The study

2、shows that girls become more depressed than boys，and younger girls are the worst of allThe possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”According to the study，even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”，this “los

3、s of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girlsYoung girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinionsThey wont tell that to their parentsDr Marianm Kaufman，an expert on young people problems，says 15% to 20% young people will have dep

4、ression during their growingTrying romance often causes the depressionShe advises kids not to jump into romance too earlyDuring growing up，it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of selfShe also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to

5、 their friends，attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with familyParents should watch for signs of depressioneating or mood changesand if they see signs from their daughters or sons，they need to give helpThe good news is that the connection between romance and depression see

6、ms to become weak with ageLove will always make us feel young，but only maturity（成熟）gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects63Whats the main idea of the passage?APuppy love may bring young people depressionBParents should forbid their childrens loveCRomance is a twoedged sword for adultsDRoman

7、ce is good for young people64Which of the following is more likely to have depression?AYoung people who have a strong sense of selfishnessBYoung boys whose parents watch for their behaviorCYoung girls who always hide their feelings and opinionsDCareless parents whose children are deep in love65What

8、can be inferred from the passage?ALacking love can lead young people to grow up more quicklyBEarly love makes young people keep close to their friends and parentsCParents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depressionDThe older a woman is，the less likely she seems to lose herself

9、in romance66Whats the authors attitude towards puppy love?AConfused BDisapprovingCDisinterested DScared参考答案-C. 63-66 ACDB *结束DProfessor Wiseman expects thousands of people to take part in an experiment in controlling dreamsParticipants will download a specially designed iphone app that turns their p

10、hone into a dream factoryPlaced on the bed ,the phone can monitor when a sleeper is not moving, which suggests the onset of dreamingIt then plays a carefully crafted（精心制作的）“soundscape”designed to produce pleasant scenes such as walking in the woods, or lying on a beachThe idea is that this will infl

11、uence dreaming, causing dreamers to form fantasyland inspired by the sounds they are hearingAt the end of the dream the app sounds a gentle alarm to wake the dreamer, who submits a brief description of the dream to a “dream catcher”database（数据库）Prof Wiseman, from the University of Hertfordshire, who

12、 is best known for his research on sleeps, said,“Getting a good nights sleep and having pleasant dreams promotes peoples productivity, and is necessary for their mental and physical well being Despite this we know very little about how to influence dreamsThis experiment aims to change that”As many a

13、s 10,000 people are expected to take part in the study, declared at the Edinburgh International Science FestivalProf Wiseman teamed up with app developers YUZA, which created the“ Dream：ON” softwareParticipants will be encouraged to share their dreams via Facebook and TwitterA national survey conduc

14、ted for the experiment found that 21% of people had trouble sleeping and 15%suffered from unpleasant dreamsProf Wiseman said people feeling low dreamed far more than others, and often had negative dreams“Perhaps improving their dreams might help them,”he addedThe “Dream：ON” app can be downloaded for

15、 free from iTunes or via the project site, http:67What is the special function of the “Dream：ON”software?ARecording the process of dreamsBSweetening dreamsCStopping unpleasant dreamsDWaking up dreamers68Why does professor Wiseman carry out the experiment?ATo improve the quality of sleepingBTo analys

16、e mental effect on dreamersCTo set up a worldwide dream databaseDTo know about how to affect dreams69If you volunteer to participate in the study, you are expected to Apay to download the“Dream: ON”appBlie on a beach with your smartphone on Cpresent your dreams via Facebook and TwitterDdesign a plea

17、sant situation according to the sound70The word “onset”in the 2nd paragraph probably means AinfluenceBbackgroundCstartingDending参考答案-D. 67-70 BDCC*结束4、（2011年陕西一省宝鸡市高三教学质量检测）Full Name: Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Averir, a world-famous football player. Age: 25Born in 1985Nationality: Portugal. Position:

18、 Winger（边锋） Shirt number: 7. Former club: Sporting Lisbon. Special move: first-rate stepover trick（交叉跨步动作）. Now he is being interviewed by a journalist from the sports column of BBC. The following are part of their interview. Q: Are you the best winger in the world now, Cristiano? A: I11 try to be t

19、he best, but its not really for me to say! To be honest with you, I dont really compare myself to other wingers in football. I want to improve all the time, give 100 percent and play to the best of my ability. I will carry on doing that until the end of my career. Q: Who is the most skillful player

20、in the world? A: There are a lot of fantastic players who ere extremely talented, but different players have different strengths! Some are expert at dribbling （带球） with ball, while others pass the ball very well instead. The players have different techniques. So its difficult to pick just one out. Q

21、: Do you make sure your own tricks up, or do you copy other stars like Ronaldinho？ A: They are not inspired by other players they just come from me! Theyre something that Ive worked on in training sessions and in games for many years now. I try to work on them by myself and then they just come natur

22、ally to me in games！ Q: Whos more skillful, you or Wayne Rooney? A: I think were just different players! There is no doubt that Wayne Rooney is a great player and very talented. Hes got his own individual style and Ive got mine. We are trying to be ourselves: Q: So how often do you practice your tri

23、cks and skills? A: To be honest, theyre just something Ive done since I was very young. All the tricks I do during games are things that I have developed throughout my career. Im improving year after year. I just want to carry on getting better and better and learning more and more tricks. (1)Accord

24、ing to the interview, which of the following is not true?ACristiano devotes himself to his football career.BCristiano thinks a great player should have their own strengths.CCristiano denies that he is the best football player in the world modestly.DCristiano refuses to admit there are outstanding fo

25、otball players in the world.(2)From the interview we can learn that Cristianos tricks are developed by _. Acopying other football stars like RonaldinhoBworking on in training sessions and in games himself throughout his careerClearning from his coaches and partnersDbuilding up his own individual sty

26、le in the practice(3)Which of the following is the unique skill of Cristiano Ronaldo?AStepover trick. BReceiving the ball.CPassing the ball. DDribbling.(4)From the interview we can infer that Cristiano Ronaldo is _.Ayoung, honest and cleverBskillful, talented, modest and hard-working Cfantastic, pro

27、ud and ambitiousDspecial, frank and skillful【解析】 本文是记者对一位足球明星的采访。这位明星不仅聪明，有天赋，而且还很用功，取得了成就不骄傲，这些素质使他成为了世界上一流的边锋。 (1)D 正误判断题。根据 Cristiano 对第二个问题的回答 There are a lot of fantastic players who are extremely talented 可知D项内容错误。(2)B 细节理解题。根据 Cristiano 对第三个问题回答中的关键信息可知，他的球技不是模仿他人的，而是在多年的训练和比赛中自己摸索出来的，故选B项。(3

28、)A 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 Special move 可知，这位明星的特殊动作是交叉跨步，故选A。(4)B 推理判断题。从flrst-rate “一流的”可知他的动作很熟练；从他从小就开始踢球可知他很有天赋 (talented)；从不认为他是世界上最佳的边锋可知他谦虚 (modest)；从一直想提高自己并要坚持到他职业生涯结束为止可知他很努力 (hard-working)。故选B。*结束As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like

29、 in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are called “junior high school” and the other is “senior high school”.In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education unti

30、l they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system , American children have little difficulty in going to senior high school.68. Activities outside of the classroom refer to _.A. what the students do after class in school B. what the students learn in extra classesC. what a music grou

31、p or a sports team do D. what the teachers do after class for the students69. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The time of free education in China is longer than that in America.B. Those who get good marks can go to a good university.C. American students can take all kinds of subject

32、s during the high school period.D. They can be allowed to join the next grade even if they fail the school-year exam.70. The writer of the passage tells us the truth that _.A. the atmosphere in high schools is quite different from that in a universityB. none of the schools in cities are good for lea

33、rningC. suburban high schools are good places for learningD. all the American students want to go to university参考答案 68-70 AAC *结束 Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this unde

34、rstanding? To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion (视觉影像) of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid

35、and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16-to 24- week -old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there. Grown-ups also have a sense of object pe

36、rmanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land? Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object perma

37、nence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 16-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen, they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the t

38、rain off the table and lifted the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The researcher substituted（替换）a ball for the train

39、when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But the 16-week-old babies did not seem to notice the switch(更换). Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of “something permanence,” while the 22-week-old babies had a

40、sense of object permanence related to a particular object. 60. The passage is mainly about _. A. babies sense of sight B. babies understanding of objects C. effects of experiments on babies D. different tests on babies feelings 61. In Paragraph 3, “object permanence” means that when out of sight, an object _. A. still stays solid B. keeps its shape C. still exists D. is beyond reach 62. What did Bower use in his experiments? A. A screen. B. A chair. C. A film. D. A box. B-60. B 61. C 62. A *结束