高考英语复习 专题06 阅读理解新闻报道10篇+议论文10篇(模考好题20篇)

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一、在复习语言点的时候，要依据语言的横向组合和纵向聚合，按照“点—线—面”顺序，构建知识网络环境。
二、多做高考题，少扣模拟题
1、时间的把控。
2、总结一下各部分的得分情况，了解自己的强弱项。
3、留意出题点，揣摩不同内容出题人的着眼点在哪里，做到知己知彼。
三、多攻词汇表，少记课外词
四、写作。研究高考写作命题话题范围，根据测试的频度和交际场景的生活化程度进行分类。
专题06 阅读理解新闻报道10篇+议论文10篇(模考好题20篇)
一、概述
1.新闻报道
题目设置灵活多样，通常以细节理解题为主，推理判断题为辅，兼顾猜测词义、句意题及目的意图题和主旨大意题。标题是对新闻报道中心思想所作的高度而又精辟的概括，是命题者考虑设题的重点。
(1) 考查新闻事件的六要素，题型主要为细节题。
(2)考查对新闻事件的观点，题型主要为观点推断题。
(3)考查语篇衔接，推断某一特定词或者短语的指代内容，题型主要为指代、推断题。
(4)概括主旨，题型主要为主题归纳题。
2.议论文
议论文是一种剖析事物、论述事理、发表见解或提出主张的说理性文章，主要是就某一主题，在摆出正反两方面观点的基础上，通过论证、推理、辩论等手段，试图让读者最终接受作者对这一主题的某种观点。议论文都是由论点、论据和论证这三个要素构成的，这也是一个提出问题—分析问题—解决问题的过程。 它的语言自然、客观、抽象、概括。
二、技巧点拨
1.新闻报道:
知事抓导语。导语位于新闻报道的首段，高度概括新闻事实，5W(When，Where, Wh，What，Why)包括其中。因此，抓导语便对新闻事件有了大体把握，对做阅读理解试题而言就是抓住了“牛鼻子”。
欲知详情，读新闻背景和主体。新闻背景交待新闻事实的起因，主体则对导语概括的新闻事实进行详细叙述。
探求结果到结尾。结尾往往是新闻事件的结果或动态展望，也是中心思想的概括并常常与新闻导语相呼应，命题者也乐于在此设题。
2.议论文
(1)把握首段和首句完整的信息，把握全文的主旨大意
(2)把握作者的观点和态度
议论文往往体现作者对某一事物的观点，而作者的观点就是文章的论点。考生要把握作者的观点，把握作者对某一事物是褒还是贬，是赞成还是反对，而通常把握了作者的观点也就找准了文章的论点。
(3)结合论点、论据，找出正确选项
一般说来，能说明论据主要内容的答案可以在论点里得到印证，而论点里的某些答案也可以与论据有机地结合起来，使论点、论据形成相辅相成的关系，因而整个文章上下一致。如果我们所选的答案前后矛盾，论据与论点相反，最后的结论与论点相矛盾，那么我们就要重新回过头来理顺文章的各个部分，直到清楚为止，这样才能选出正确答案。
(4)通篇阅读，围绕主题(论点)推敲有疑问的题目，并最终确定答案。
逐题按照文章的内容及语境选择完毕后，一篇完整的文章便呈现出来，此时，要注意一定要通读全文，以验证个别题目的答案是否与主题偏离，以求更高的准确度。
模拟演练
01 新闻报道
Passage 1
(2024届江苏省苏锡常镇四市高三下学期二模)Defrestati--by clear-cutting r wildfires--has massive cnsequences bth n climate and health. But leaving refrestatin t Mther Nature can take decades, particularly as disastrus wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity. And the time, cst and labr invlved makes traditinal methds f tree planting nt as practical as they nce were.
Bryce Jnes knws hw hard it is t replant frests. Fr fur mnths in 2013, he wrked as a tree planter thrughut Canada. “There’s n technlgy there,” he says. “The nly way yu can accmplish refrestatin is thrugh the air.” But it wasn’t until 2019 that he hit n the ne that he thught had ptential: use drnes(无人机) t fire specially designed seed pds(荚) int the grund-at 10 times the nrmal temperature and csting 20percent less than traditinal methds. He prpsed the idea t his brther and Flash Frcer was brn. His first gal was t plant a billin trees by 2025.
The team tk ut a lan, bught a drne and used 3D printers at Jnes’s schl t make casts f the pds. Nw, nly tw and a half years later, the cmpany has a grup f drnes with each able t carry several thusand pds per flight. Three peratrs wrk in a field, cntrlling five drnes, whse flight take 15 t 20 minutes. Flash Frcer’s big draw is its seed pd, which cntains everything seedlings(幼苗) need t survive survival. And its technlgy allws them t reach pst-burn sites r remte areas that are difficult fr traditinal tree planting.
There are challenges every day, Jnes says, as they wrk t imprve the engineering, hardware, sftware and seed-pd recipes. Then there are the challenges presented by the climate--this year, recrd temperatures, recrd wildfires and drught. “That was smething that was ttally ut f ur cntrl,” he says.
Unlike sme traditinal frms f refrestatin, Flash Frcer is fcused n bidiversity. Fr Jnes, the target f planting a billin trees by 2025 is just the beginning. “I have a dream that the cmpany will plant n six cntinents——everywhere where ur technlgy is needed,” he says.
1. What des the authr intend t tell us in paragraph 1?
A. The benefits f refrestatin.
B. The pwer f AI machines.
C. The way f putting ut wildfires.
D. The necessity f using new planting methds.
2. What cntributes t the particular appeal f Flash Frest?
A. Its drne peratrs.B. The frequent flights.
C. Its seed pd.D. The lw cst f seedlings.
3. What des the underlined wrd “that” in paragraph 4 refer t?
A. Extreme weather.B. Drne technlgy.
C. 3D equipment.D. Cmputer sftware.
4. What can we infer abut Flash Frest frm the last paragraph?
A. It changed its fcus in the past.
B. It will achieve its final target in 2025.
C. It might be available wrldwide ne day.
D. It has replaced traditinal frms f refrestatin.
Passage 2
(2024·河北沧州·一模)Supermarkets, cnservatinists and farming grups have shwn their cncerns abut pllutin f the Wye, ne f the UK’s lngest rivers. “The pllutin pressures upn the Wye are unacceptable and there was strng enthusiasm fr cperative actin t reslve the prblem.” said Craig Bennett, head f the Wildlife Trusts.
The pllutin referred largely t runff f the nutrient-rich waste matter prduced by the 20 millin-plus chickens near the river.
Bennett said: “We discussed hw, if the Wye were a schl r a hspital, we wuld be calling fr it t be placed int ‘special measures’. We agreed the same level f urgency must be applied.”
Increasing cncern led the lcal gvernment t hld a discussin in May, when they prmised t publish a plan fr the Wye by the autumn. Hwever, the lcal gvernment’s push n the river was marred in June when the Department fr Envirnment, Fd and Rural Affairs published a Wye vide shwing sea tters(海獺) rather than the river’s lcal Eurpean tters. The pllutin f the Wye was nt mentined at all.
In July Bennett hsted a Wye rund table in Pwys, Wales, bringing tgether lcal grups, the Envirnment Agency, the chicken prduce Avara Fdsr, reginal branches f the Natinal Farmers Unin and lcal authrities. They agreed n a plan that included cutting the nutrient pllutin “thrugh a reductin in animal numbers” and ther measures.
Bennett als wrte t Julie James, the Welsh Climate Change Minister, wh said, “I share yur cncern fr the health f the River Wye and ther Welsh rivers.”
A supermarket chain said they are cmmitted t prtecting the river and engaging with their chicken suppliers t tackle water pllutin. They have detailed management plans t make sure their suppliers are farming with care fr the envirnment. A gvernment spkesman said: “We are ffering a wide range f supprt t farmers t speed up their transitin t mre sustainable practices and help prtect this imprtant site.”
1. Why des Bennett cmpare the Wye with a schl r a hspital?
A. T call fr urgent measures.B. T stress the impacts f the river.
C. T shw the imprtance f the river.D. T urge peple t prtect the envirnment.
2. What is the prbable meaning f the underlined wrd “marred” in Paragraph 4?
A. Destryed.B. BstedC. Perfected.D. Emphasized.
3. What is agreed n at the rund table?
A. Making a careful plan.B. Reducing animal numbers.
C. Arusing peple’s awareness.D. Asking the gvernment fr mney.
4. What can be the best title fr the text?
A. Sea Otters Are under Attack fr Pssible Pllutin
B. Cperated Effrts Are Made t Prtect the Wye
C. Peple Are Having Mre Envirnmental Awareness
D. Mre Measures Shuld Be Taken t Prevent Air Pllutin
Passage 3
(2024·浙江嘉兴·二模)Meat cultivated(培植) frm cells—with n need t raise and kill animals—is nw a reality. The prcess f cultivating meat uses the basic elements needed t build muscle and fat and enables the same bilgical prcess that happens inside an animal. Cultivated meat is identical t cnventinal meat at the cellular level. But can it be made cheaply enugh t replace animal agriculture?
Mre than 150 startups are pursuing an ambitius gal: meat that desn’t require raising and killing animals and that is affrdable and tastes and feels like the meat we eat nw. They are part f a yung industry aiming t use cell bilgy t reduce the envirnmental impact f the wrld’s ever-increasing demand fr meat and change glbal prtein prductin the way electric cars are shaking up the aut industry.
“We are addicted t meat as a species. It’s part f ur culture,” said Believer funder Yaakv Nahmias. But “we thught abut quantity rather than the envirnment, rather than sustainability.”
Althugh there are dzens f cmpanies making this meat, nne have yet reached cmmercial-level prductin in terms f scale r cst. Frm cell line develpment t bi-prcessr design, there are a number f scientific challenges t meet befre cultivated meat is widely available at the market. Gvernment plicy is anther challenge. Only Singapre and the U. S. allw sales f cultivated meat.
And while many peple wh have tried it say they like it, thers find the idea distasteful. A recent survey frm The Assciated Press-NORC Center fr Public Affairs Research fund that half f U. S. adults wuld be unlikely t try it. When they were asked why, abut half said they didn’t think it wuld be safe. Even Nahmias’10-year-ld sn Oren said he wuld nly eat traditinal meat. “I feel bad” fr the animals, he said, “but they are yummy!”
“Until this meat csts and tastes the same as traditinal meat, it will remain a specialized prduct,” said Bruce Friedrich, president f the Gd Fd Institute.
1. Why des the writer ask a questin in the first paragraph?
A. T indicate an pinin.B. T present a wrry.
C. T make an assumptin.D. T start a discussin.
2. What des the cultivated meat industry aim t d?
A. Study cell bilgy.B. Prvide sustainable prtein.
C. End wrld hunger.D. Help the traditinal fd industry.
3. What can we infer abut cultivated meat?
A. It is unripe fr mass prductin.B. It is as ppular as traditinal meat.
C. It is safer than traditinal meat.D. It is cmpetitive in price and quantity.
4. What is Bruce Friedrich’s attitude t the future f cultivated meat?
A. Enthusiastic.B. Dismissive.C. Unclear.D. Reserved.
Passage 4
(2024·江苏南通·模拟预测)Guangdng Dngp Paper, a paper cmpany in Guangdng Prvince, China, recently made internatinal headlines fr replacing its traditinal perfrmance-based emplyee bnus scheme with anther ne. T prmte a healthy lifestyle amng its 100 emplyees, management decided t reward them based n hw much they exercise. Fr example, an emplyee will be eligible fr a full mnthly bnus if they run 50km a mnth. They will get 60 percent f the bnus fr running 40km, and 30 percent fr 30km. Running enthusiasts may stand t get up t an 30% bnus if they can prve they ran ver 100km in a single mnth.
“My business can nly endure if my emplyees are healthy,” said Dngp Paper bss, Lin Zhiyng, adding that he spent the last three years encuraging his emplyees t enjy sprts and fitness.
The distance run by every emplyee is tracked by an app n their phnes, which als takes int accunt activities like muntain hiking and speed walking, which can accunt fr 60 and 30 percent respectively f the ttal exercise required. The prgram has prven a great success, and Lin Zhiyng himself smewhat f an exercise enthusiast, claims that all emplyees qualify t get the full bnus.
Accrding t Chinese media, Dngp Paper emplyees culdn’t be happier with the new bnus structure, claiming that the cmpany nw allws them t “kill tw birds with ne stne” as they “can get bth health and mney.” But while the new plicy has been getting generally psitive feedback nline, sme netizens it can lead t discriminatin.
“The intentin f the cmpany’s plicy is gd but it shuld take int cnsideratin any existing health issues amng its emplyees,” ne persn cmmented nline, asking what the plicy is fr emplyees wh are at risk f heart attacks r are therwise unable t meet the bnus requirements.
Others accused Guangdng Dngp Paper f putting its emplyees’ health at risk by setting very high bnus threshlds fr them. Sme netizens believe that emplyees culd ruin their knees by chasing these gals.
1. Why des the scheme f Guangdng Dngp Paper becme a hit?
A. It favrs thse wh ran 30km mst.B. It defines what a healthy lifestyle is.
C. It is based n athletic perfrmances.D. It is t prmte a traditinal lifestyle.
2. What may Lin Zhiyng agree with?
A. When wrk is a pleasure, life is jy.
B. Cnstant dripping wears away a stne.
C. Dn’t truble truble until truble trubles yu.
D. The health f emplyees is the wealth f emplyers.
3. What’s Dngp Paper emplyee’s respnse twards this scheme?
A. Cautius.B. Psitive.
C. Cncerned.D. Negative.
4. What is the majr cncern n the Internet?
A. The emplyee’s physical cnditins.B. The impractical bnus requirements.
C. The slim chance f chasing the gals.D. The risk f develping heart diseases.
Passage 5
(2024·江苏泰州·一模)Nrman Lear, a genius prducer and screenwriter, passed away n Tuesday in Ls Angeles at the age f 101. “Lear’s hit cmedy shws changed televisin frever,” said Darnel Hunt, a leading artist n TV.
Lear grew up in an rdinary family in Cnnecticut, where an unexpected accident brught abut his father’s business cllapse. S he had t drp ut f cllege and jined the army. In his late 20s, he mved t Ls Angeles where he struggled hard fr several years, selling furniture dr t dr. Later n, unsatisfied with his life, he eventually turned t writing fr a nightclub cmedy act.
By 1971, when he was almst 50, Lear had prduced and directed sme shws, amng which was the hit shw All in the Family. In the beginning, it didn’t get n the air smthly. Hwever, nce it did, this shw made it t the tp 10 fr eight f its nine seasns, prmising Lear’s life was t change.
This successful shw was just the beginning f Lear’s dminating psitin in cmedy shws. Then came The Jeffersns, abut a family n its way up. It ran fr eleven seasns, ne f the lngest running cmedy shws n televisin, becming anther successful stry. When interviewed abut the hit f his shws, Lear said, “Our team read tw r three newspapers a day, paid a lt f attentin t ur families, and came in t talk abut everything that was affecting us in ur daily lives.” Therefre, it came as n surprise that viewers had a sense f Lear’s wn family after watching All in the Family.
“Rutinely, Lear’s shws might get fifty r sixty millin viewers. He was in direct cntact with the living rms and families f the cuntry,” says Marty Kaplan, funding directr f the Nrman Lear Center. “Lear did everything with humr and sympathy.”
1. What can we learn abut Lear frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. He led a challenging life in his twenties.
B. His shws had little impact n televisin.
C. His father expected him t be a screenwriter.
D. He received gd educatin despite his father’s business failure.
2. Which factr may cntribute t the success f Lear’s shws?
A. His shws reflected real daily life.B. His shws featured surprise endings.
C. His shws g n the air immediately.D. His shws dminated the cmedy industry.
3. What can we infer frm Marty Kaplan’s wrds in the last paragraph?
A. Lear prmted his shws t families directly.
B. Lear wn widespread ppularity fr his shws.
C. Lear carried ut face-t-face interactins with viewers.
D. Lear always fcuses n the themes f humr and sympathy.
4. Where is this text prbably taken frm?
A. A cmedy script.B. A stry cllectin.
C. A literature review.D. A news reprt.
Passage 6
(2024山东聊城高三上·期末)This stry is part f Nature’s 10, an annual list prduced by the wrld’s leading science jurnal Nature, explring individuals wh cntributed t the key develpments in science. On the 2023 list published, the jurnal included a nn-human entity — ChatGPT, fr the first time.
ChatGPT and related sftware can help t brainstrm ideas, enhance scientific search engines and identify research gaps in the literature, says Marinka Zitnik, wh wrks n AI fr medical research at Harvard Medical Schl in Bstn, Massachusetts. Mdels trained in similar ways n scientific data culd help t build AI systems that can guide research, perhaps by designing new mlecules r simulating cell behaviur, Zitnik adds.
But why include a cmputer prgram in a list f peple wh have shaped science in 2023? ChatGPT is nt a persn. But actually, it and ther generative artificial-intelligence (AI) prgrams are changing hw scientists wrk. They have als rekindled debates abut the limits f AI, the nature f human intelligence and hw best t regulate the interactin between the tw. That’s why this year’s Nature’s 10 has a nn-human additin.
Interestingly, Nature’s list als includes ne f its creatrs. Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientist and cfunder f OpenAI, the rganizatin that created ChatGPT, is ne f the minds at the frefrnt f generative artificial intelligence. He saw this cmpany as an pprtunity t develp general artificial intelligence that culd utperfrm humans and develp its wn cnsciusness.
Sutskever believes that artificial intelligence’s ptential is t great fr mdels t be available t anyne wh wants t use them, and he was amng the first t realize that the systems that scientists like his mentr, Geffrey Hintn, had begun t develp wuld begin t shw their actual capabilities as cmputing pwer increased. In recent mnths, he devted his effrts tward creating a methd t direct and cntrl artificial intelligence systems that are mre intelligent than humans.
1. Which f the fllwing is true abut Nature’s 10 accrding t the passage?
A. Nature’s 10 is celebrating the develpment f science technlgy.
B. Only human beings were elected as Nature’s 10 befre.
C. Nature’s 10 was started in 2023 fr the first time.
D. It was awarded by the lcal gvernment yearly.
2. What is the secnd paragraph abut?
A. Experts’ pinins n ChatGPT.
B. Hw ChatGPT functins.
C. The applicatin f ChatGPT in science research.
D. The prmtin f ChatGPT.
3. What des the underlined wrd rekindled in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Settled.B. Restarted.C. Participated.D. Launched.
4. Which f the fllwing can best describe Ilya Sutskever’s attitude twards ChatGPT?
A. Cnfident and cautius.B. Prud and cncerned.
C. Objective and dubtful.D. Enthusiastic and warning.
Passage 7
(2024·浙江温州·三模)They thught it was ging t be easy. A piece f cake. The band, Suenal, were excited that they wuld present their skills t a grup f trubled yuth at a detentin center(少管所).
They arrived at the invitatin f a friend, wh was an adviser at the center. He had mentined a career day where members f the cmmunity came t speak t the teens abut their jbs. Usually the speakers were bankers r lawyers, s he thught it wuld be interesting fr the kids t meet sme musicians and maybe even hear sme music. “They need smething cl t get their attentin” was the pitch frm the friend.
The kids, abut 40, were brught in, lking distant, sme even angry. Chad Bernstein, the trmbne player, started telling the career f a musician frm turing t t the business aspects, trying t draw their interest. Hwever, it didn’t. Sensing that they culdn’t win, the band, a little thrwn, decided t play ne sng. With music ging, the kids seemed t respnd, their heads ndding t the beat. One f them sang a lyric(歌词). The band sang it back. Then, ne by ne, the musicians began picking up the beat. Chad started free styling a rap, ging back and frth with the kid, and in n time, ther kids jumped in. Suddenly the band and the kids were creating a sng frm scratch and all f them were in musical heaven.
Fr Chad, that mment inspired him t fund Guitars Over Guns, an rganizatin that pairs at-risk middle-schlers with prfessinal musicians. As bth music teachers and life caches, the musicians give the kids a way t find their creative vices and get thrugh dark times. Over time, the kids have drpped their tugh frnts and shared persnal stries, frm family tragedies t rdinary struggles at schl with friends.
“S far we’ve helped ver 2,700 students. Our wrk is highly satisfying because it shws us that a music career is mre than a jb, it can have mre impact,” says Chad Bernstein.
1. Why did the band cme t the detentin center?
A. T get attentin.B. T display skills.C. T plan their careers.D. T chat abut music.
2. What can we learn abut the sng created n the spt?
A. Its lyrics were frm the kids.B. Chad wned its .
C. It was cmpsed cperatively.D. The kids picked up its beat.
3. What des Guitars Over Guns d t help at-risk teens?
A. Offer guidance n life.B. Give full schl instructin.
C. Relate persnal stries.D. Prmte awareness f risks.
4. What kind f persn is Chad Bernstein?
A. Disciplined.B. Purpseful.C. Humrus.D. Traditinal.
Passage 8
(2024·福建泉州·二模)3M and Discvery Educatin annunced Sean Jiang frm Gilman Schl as ne f the tp ten finalists frm acrss the natin fr the 2023 3M Yung Scientist Challenge. It’s a cmpetitin that encurages students t identify an everyday prblem and submit a vide shwing the science behind the slutin he r she came up with.
14-year-ld Jiang decided t help thse wh can’t see. Blind peple had a hard time navigating(导航) bjects that are medium t far range. S Jiang wanted t design smething t give them a heads-up n bstacles(障碍) that may be incming.
Jiang’s inspiratin came frm the pwers f the hearing system. “I learned in schl that bats and whales are able t use echlcatin(回声定位) t help them navigate and just use their sense f hearing and I als saw n YuTube sme very skilled blind peple that use echlcatin t help them walk,” said Jiang.
Jiang started with a virtual reality setting and then made it a reality. His creatin uses a depth camera that can detect hw clse bjects are, thus giving enugh time t ddge the bstacles. When a blind is walking with the device, the sensr f the depth camera gathers the infrmatin regarding the bstacles’ psitin and distance. Then the AI system in it will turn the distance data int musical sund guidance. This culd significantly increase the walking speed f a blind persn as well as decrease the number f bstacles they hit.
Sme ther similar prgrams were alright at finding bjects that were in clse range, but Jiang still wanted the blind t experience the wrld even fuller s they were able t see stuff that was much further away than their circle f reach.
In Octber, the tp ten finalists will cmpete in persn in Minneaplis fr the title f “America’s Tp Yung Scientist” and a $25, 000 prize.
1. What can we learn abut Jiang frm the first tw paragraphs?
A. He was the champin f the 2023 3M event.
B. He invented technlgy t remve rad bstacles.
C. He sught t assist the blind in walking smthly.
D. He develped a new navigatin app fr his schl.
2. Why did Jiang mentin “echlcatin”?
A. T shw the develpment f technlgy.
B. T present the difficulties the blind face.
C. T stress the significance f hearing.
D. T explain the inspiratin f his inventin.
3. What des the underlined wrd “ddge” mean in paragraph 4?
A. Avid.
B. Encunter.
C. Challenge.
D. Remve.
4. What is the text mainly abut?
A. 3M facilities intended fr the blind.
B. A teen using sund t help the blind.
C. An inventin t cure visin prblems.
D. A cmpetitin t imprve the blind’s life.
Passage 9
(2024·山东潍坊·一模)On a bright September day in the French Alps in 2022, Jhn McAvy was 38 kilmetres int a very exhausting ultramarathn thrugh rugh muntain paths. Battling tiredness, he pushed his bdy and mind thrugh the final leg f the race. With the finish arch in the famus twn f Chamnix just fur kilmetres away and the clud-tpped peak f Mnt Blanc high ver him, McAvy welled up with emtin.
In that mment, he felt s free and alive. It was quite the ppsite frm where his life had been a decade befre. He had just been released frm prisn after serving a 10-year sentence.
Nw 40 years ld, McAvy has spent the last 10 years rebuilding his life frm ne f crime t ne with purpse. It was n this day, while running the ultramarathn, that he realized hw impactful cnquering (征服) this muntain run culd be fr inner-city kids like him. After all, sprt had helped him live a nrmal life again and pen up his wrld. It culd d the same fr thers.
With the help f Yuth Beynd Brders, McAvy started the Alpine Run Prject, which recently led 12 disadvantaged British yung peple thrugh their wn Mnt Blanc races. The participants, frm refugees (难民) t yung refrmed criminals and thse wh grew up in Children’s hme, were matched with caches, cnsultants and physitherapists. After a six-mnth training prgram, the yuth travelled t the Alps t meet up with McAvy fr their race.
McAvy says the highlight f this prject fr him was watching Yasmin Mahamud, a 20-year-ld refugee frm Syria, run thrugh the finish arch and int the arms f her new friends. It was a life-changing high fr Mahamud, t-inspiring her t keep running, take up martial arts and g t university t study physitherapy.
“It changed my pint f view n life, says Mahamud. Pushing herself t cmplete the race gave her a brief experience f her wn ptential thrugh hard wrk and devtin.” I will always be thankful t Jhn fr giving me this pprtunity and guidance.
1. Hw did McAvy feel befre the finish arch?
A. He felt ttally cllapsed.B. He was peaceful and hpeful.
C. He was satisfied with his pace.D. He felt as if cmpletely rebrn.
2. What can we learn abut McAvy frm paragraph 3?
A. He was a builder 10 years ag.B. He realized the imprtance f sprt.
C. He ran t make up fr his past wrngs.D. He had sympathy fr the inner-city children.
3. Wh mst prbably tk part in the Mnt Blanc races?
A. A running cach.B. A travel lver.C. A hmeless teenager.D. A skilled athlete.
4. What message des McAvy’s stry cnvey?
A. Live fr the mment.B. Dream big and climb high.
C. After the strm cmes the rainbw.D. Run after the light and becme the light.
Passage 10
(2024·湖北十堰·模拟预测)Science fictin lvers in China have reasns t feel inspired by Chinese writer Hai Ya, whse bk The Space-Time Painter wn the Hug Award fr Best Nvelette n Oct. 21, 2023.
Hai created the stry inspired by a painting masterpiece Qianli Jiangshan Tu by Wang Ximeng frm the Sng Dynasty, wh painted the wrk at the age f 18. Hai created a painter named Zha Ximeng, wh painted fr the emperr mre than 1,000 years ag. After much misery and suffering, Zha abandned his physical bdy and entered a space where a mdern pliceman was investigating a case invlving an ancient painting. The stry reveals the plitical struggles behind this extrardinary painting and fights f individuals against the trrents f time. Pitying n Wang wh was s talented but had such a shrt life, Hai extended his life thrugh sci-fi.
Hai has impressed the wrld mst with his wrk ethics. Rather than being a full-time nvelist, Hai treats writing as a part-time activity t be taken up whenever he is nt ding his bread-winning jb, smething that shuld inspire mre yung writers. There was a time when nt everyne culd be a “writer” but nw mre and mre peple are pursuing their dreams t becme writers.
In fact, Liu Cixin, wh wn the Hug Award fr The Three-bdy Prblem in 2015, is als a part-time writer, hlding an engineering jb. He encurages yung peple t keep their jbs and write if they have dreams.
Their stries g t shw that hlding a jb shuld nt deter peple frm pursuing their dreams f writing. If there is a stry and the will t write it, ne can get up early r sleep late t devte arund three hurs t writing intensively every day. And having a jb will actually equip ne with enugh material t write abut, while the salary can guarantee a life, because nt every writer makes enugh mney frm writing. The key lies in balancing the eight hurs in ffice every day with three hurs f writing in the early mrning r late at night. Persistence is the key.
1. What can we knw abut The Space-Time Painter?
A. It was inspired by the marvelus life f Wang Ximeng.
B. It cmbines the elements f Chinese culture with sci-fi.
C. It was the first Chinese bk t win a Hug award.
D. It reveals the struggles amng average individuals.
2. Why is Liu Cixin mentined by the authr?
A. T shw his ppularity.
B. T prmte the bk The Three-bdy Prblem.
C. T prve that it’s necessary t keep a bread-winning jb.
D. T inspire sci-fi lvers t write stries while keeping their jbs.
3. What des Hai’s writing experience tell us?
A. Persistence will be eventually rewarded.
B. Unintentinal actins bring unexpected surprise.
C. Balancing yur wrk with hbby is imprtant.
D. Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiratin plus ne percent inspiratin.
4. Where is the text prbably taken frm?
A. A bk review.B. A science paper.
C. A news reprt.D. An advertisement.
02 议论文
Passage 1
(2024·广东韶关·二模)Is life a stry r a game? Answers may vary frm ne t anther. Over the curse f life, we find things t lve and cmmit t-- jb, a partner r a cmmunity. At times, we struggle t learn frm ur misfrtunes t grw in wisdm, kindness and grace.
Will Strr, a writer whse wrk I admire, says this stry versin f life is a misunderstanding. In his bk The Status Game, he argues that human beings are deeply driven by status. Rather than abut being liked r accepted, he writes, it’s abut being better than thers. “When peple are bedient t us, ffer respect, admiratin r praise, that’s status. It feels gd.”
Life is a series f games, he adds. There’s the high schl game f cmpeting t be the ppular kid. The lawyer game t make partner. The finance game t make the mst mney. The academic game fr fame. The sprts game t shw that ur team is the best. Even when we are trying t d gd, Strr claims, we’re playing the “virtue game” t shw we are mrally superir t thers.
I think Strr is in danger f becming ne f thse guys wh ignre the nble desires f the human heart and the caring element in every friendship and family. The status-mad wrld that Strr describes is s lveless. In fact, gaming as a way f life is immature. Maturity means rising abve the shallw desire — fr status — that desn’t really nurish us. It’s abut cultivating the higher desires: the lve f truth and learning; the inner pleasure the craftsman gets in his wrk, which is nt abut ppularity, and the desire fr a gd and meaningful life that inspires peple t practise daily acts f genersity.
Hw d peple gradually learn t cultivate these higher mtivatins? T answer that, I’d have t tell yu a stry.
1. What lies in the cre f Will Strr’s pinin abut life?
A. The pride in ne’s virtue.B. The pursuit f superirity.
C. The desire fr acceptance.D. The mtivatin by wealth.
2. What can be viewed as higher mtivatins in the text?
A. Lve and inspiratin.B. Maturity and desire.
C. Cmmitment and kindness.D. Friendship and ppularity.
3. What’s the main purpse f the passage?
A. T crrect an attitude.B. T cmpare tw values.
C. T explain tw arguments.D. T criticize a viewpint.
4. What stry d yu think the authr will tell next?
A. A king’s-cmeback stry.B. A rags-t-riches stry.
C. A Yuan Lngping-style stry.D. An vernight-success stry.
Passage 2
(2024·湖南长沙·一模)Nthing earns attentin like rarity. In the natural wrld, rarity is mst clearly represented by the last members f a declining species. These scarce(稀有) plants and animals are extremely valuable; they represent the final hpe fr preventing extinctin. The effrts tward cnserving rare species have made an enrmus difference. In the past few decades, declines f many endangered plants and animals have been reversed(逆转). But the attentin t scarcity culd cme at the expense f verlking the rdinary.
If we are t cnserve nature, we must maintain ur fcus n the familiar. Increasingly, cnservatin is turning its sights in this directin — t safeguard what is cmmn, nt just what is rare.
There are gd reasns t cnsider the cmmn. A study f Nrth American birds uncvered that we have lst three billin birds n this cntinent within the past tw generatins.
These declines include species nce cnsidered widespread and secure, like the cmmn redpll, whse numbers are dwn by 29 millin and the cmmn nighthawk, dwn by 26 millin. The shcking lsses are a reminder that the mark f a species in truble is nt rarity, but rate f decline.
Ntably, the shifts in abundance f cmmn species can translate int sizeable shifts in ecsystem functining. One caribu herd (北美驯鹿群), numbering in the hundreds f thusands, remves millins f kilgrams f fd fr animals every year and returns nutrients t the sil in the frm f millins f kilgrams f animal wastes.
The value f cmmn species is nt just eclgical and ecnmic, but psychlgical. Study after study demnstrates that encunters with the natural wrld imprve ur mental state. Lsing familiar species — whether birds in ur backyard r butterflies n ur drstep — is likely t shrink (收缩) such pprtunities fr engagement.
Rarity will always ccupy a significant place in cnservatin. But in ur pursuit fr a sustainable and bidiverse future, we must avid “the extinctin f cmmnness”.
1. What is the purpse f the first paragraph?
A. T make a survey.B. T ffer a suggestin.
C. T intrduce the tpic.D. T prvide an example.
2. What des the example f bird study suggest accrding t the text?
A. Species lss balances the ecsystem.
B. Birds prduce many nutrients t the sil.
C. Species rate f decline aruses peple’s cncern.
D. Birds are described as widespread and secure animals.
3. What can we cnclude frm the passage?
A. Rarity matters mst in cnservatin.
B. Familiar species shuldn’t be ignred.
C. Bidiversity results in the extinctin f cmmnness.
D. Peple’s physical state shrinks fr the sustainable develpment.
4. Where is this text mst prbably taken frm?
A. A news reprt.B. A health clumn.
C. A bilgy magazine.D. A travel brchure.
Passage 3
(2024·湖南邵阳·一模)Sme peple wrry that there’s t much technlgy in ur lives. And they may have a pint, given hw cuntless peple nw carry the internet arund in their pcket and use it as a primary frm f cmmunicatin. It’s practically difficult t shun technlgy in ur wrld. There are cmputer micrchips(微芯片) in ur watches, ur cars, light switches, even ur pets! Where will it end?
Well, if certain peple have their way, it’ll g even further. We’ll have micrchips implanted(植入) int ur brains that can interact with the cmputers by thught alne. It may sund like smething frm the science fictin, but in many ways, things lk quite prmising. Thanks t the ability t send and receive infrmatin remtely via cmputers, micrchips and ther related devices have lng been put int brains.
Fr example, electrdes have been implanted in the brains f epilepsy patients t better recrd and even predict the abnrmal neurlgical activity. Similarly, deep-brain stimulatin, thrugh implanted devices that cause activity in key brain regins, is an established treatment fr things like Parkinsn’s disease, and is even being lked int fr illnesses like depressin.
Hwever, it’s anther thing t place such devices in healthy individuals. There are the practical cncerns, nt least f which is what these chips will be made f. The inside f the brain is a mass f highly reactive chemicals and electrical activity. Implants wuld need t be inert (静止的) enugh t nt upset the delicate prcesses by their presence, but als sensitive enugh t read and prcess the activity arund them. Current technlgy has made impressive prgress with this, but if it were t be rlled ut t millins f peple, we’d need t be 100 per cent certain that it’s safe.
Hw many peple will actually want t have technlgy literally put int their brain? A surprising 60 per cent f Americans say they’d be kay with it, but that’s when it’s purely theretical. In reality, the pssibility f having strangers stick chips in yur brain is likely t prve unattractive, especially fr a ppulatin where millins get mad at fictinal micrchips in vaccines(疫苗), and even mre are frightened f dentists.
Ultimately, the technlgy f cmputer-brain interface(接口) implants is still far away frm us.
1. What’s the functin f the first paragraph?
A. A summary f the article.B. An intrductin t the main tpic.
C. An verview f the whle article.D. An argument ver the main tpic.
2. What des the authr want t tell us by the examples in paragraph 3?
A. The prcess f human-cmputer interactin.
B. The pssible treatment fr particular diseases.
C. The future f micrchips and devices alike.
D. The existing applicatin f micrchip implants.
3. Hw may mst Americans react t implanting chips in the brain in reality?
A. They may reject it.B. They may expect it.
C. They may adjust t it.D. They may feel curius abut it.
4. Which wrd can best describe the technlgy f cmputer-brain interface implants?
A. Imaginary.B. Practical.C. Unfulfilled.D. Impssible.
Passage 4
(2024·湖北武汉·模拟预测)If yu live n this planet, there’s a decent chance yu’ve seen the classic Star TrekEpisde, in which captain Kirk and several members find themselves in what appears t be anther universe.
These days, it seems the idea f the multiverse—many wrlds—is having its Hllywd mment. Its appeal as a strytelling device is bvius—characters explre a multi-wrld with varying degrees f similarity t ur wn, as well as different versins f themselves. Hence, it has been fully established in mainstream pp culture.
While Hllywd can’t seem t get enugh f the multiverse, it remains deeply cntrversial(有争议的) amng scientists. Advcates n the tw sides shw n mercy tward each ther in their bks, n their blgs. But physicists didn’t pull the idea ut f thin air—rather, several distinct lines f reasning seem t pint t the multiverse’s existence. Hwever, critics warn that making the multiverse legal culd make it harder fr the public t distinguish speculative(推测性的) theries frm established fact, making it mre difficult t keep pseud-science(伪科学) at bay. Giving credit t such speculatin risks “turning fundamental physics int pseud-science”.
The multiverse cntrversy is rted in the idea f test ability. If we can’t interact with these ther universes, r detect them in any way, sme experts insist that reduces them t mere philsphical speculatin. But Carrll, an advcate fr “many wrlds”, argues that mathematics is the language describing ur physical theries. Since Schrdinger’s equatin(方程), n which Quanturr(量子) mechanic rests, predicts the existence f many wrlds, s be it.
Culd a mre expansive view f the universe itself be the next breakthrugh? As Siegfried puts it: “Every time in the past that we’ve thught, ‘We’ve gt it; this is what the whle universe is’—the peple wh’ve said, ‘Maybe there’s mre than ne f thse’ have always turned ut t be right.”
1. Why is Hllywd s ccupied with the multiverse?
A. It makes fr engaging plts.
B. It is a much-talked-abut tpic.
C. It is helpful t ppularize science.
D. It dminates the mainstream pp culture.
2. What d the underlined wrds in paragraph 3 prbably mean?
A. Out f date.B. Out f place.C. Out f nwhere.D. Out f questin.
3. Accrding t the ppnents, the basic standard f fundamental physics is that ______.
A. it can be detected smehw
B. it can be reasned lgically
C. it can be interpreted philsphically
D. it can be predicted by mathematics equatin
4. What might be the authr’s attitude tward the multiverse?
A. Dubtful.B. Dismissive.C. Unclear.D. Apprving.
Passage 5
(2024·湖北武汉·二模)Recently, a calitin f business and advcacy grups frm arund Washingtn gathered t kick ff a campaign t enact a carbn pricing prgram in the capital.Knwn as the Climate and Cmmunity Reinvestment Act f D. C. , the plan wuld place a new tax n all fssil fuels bught r sld, with the hpe f ultimately discuraging the use f these plluting energy surces.
The big-picture gal f this campaign is admirable: t address the ever-deepening crisis f climate chas by dissuading the cntinued use f cal,il and gas. But unfrtunately, the apprach —ne based in a wrld f financial markets, trading schemes and encuraging new public revenue streams —is inherently flawed. Simply put, carbn pricing is a false slutin t climate change and a distractin frm real, effective climate slutins we must urgently pursue.
T date, there is insufficient evidence t indicate that carbn taxes lwer greenhuse gas emissins. In fact,the ppsite is true. Recently Fd & Water Watch reviewed the British Clumbia carbn tax prgram, ften cited by advcates as an example f success. Frm 2009(the first full year f the tax)t 2014, emissins frm taxed surces grew by 4.3 percent.And in the seven years after the carbn tax tk effect, ttal gasline sales increased by 7.37 percent.
Supprters f such plans like t fcus n a deceivingly(貌似地) simple ntin that increasing the price f a cnsumer gd will autmatically reduce its use. But this just isn’t the case when it cmes t the purchase f necessities. Peple must heat their hmes in winter, and they must cmmute t wrk, regardless f the cst.
Thse backing the D. C. carbn pricing plan like t nte that revenue frm the new tax wuld g tward investment in clean energy surces. But nly 20 percent f the generated funds wuld be allcated in this manner. The rest wuld be shared ut in tax breaks fr businesses and rebates(退还款) fr cnsumers, anther factr undercutting the belief that increased csts up frnt wuld change cnsumer behavir in the lng run.
Regardless f what many well-inattentin activists and cmmunity leaders want t believe, there is n cnvenient, market-friendly slutin t ur terrible climate cnditin. The latest science indicates that in rder t avid the wrst effects f deepening climate chas, sciety must transitin cmpletely t clean, renewable energy by 2035.
1. What did Fd &.Water Watch find ut abut carbn tax prgram?
A. Carbn taxes culd reduce greenhuse gas emissins
B. Carbn emissins grew at a lwer rate than gasline sales.
C. Carbn taxes prgram was generally regarded as a success.
D. Carbn tax prgram made little difference t carbn emissin.
2. What is the authr’s argument against carbn taxes?
A. Funds gained will benefit clean energy surces.
B. Cnsumers will use less f a gd when its price increases.
C. Increased cst will have little effect n the use f necessities.
D. Cnsumers’ reliance n fssil fuels will decrease dramatically.
3. What des the underlined wrd “undercutting”in paragraph 5 mean?.
A. ruining
B. weakening
C. highlighting
D. securing
4. The mst suitable title fr this text wuld be ______.
A. The faulty Carbn Tax.
B. The Climate Change Myth.
C. The Call fr Clean Energy.
D. The Causes f Carbn Tax.
Passage 6
(2024·山东济南·一模)Like many peple ver the past few years, I have fund myself turning t audibks as my main means f reading literature. I find it far mre cmfrtable t “read with my ears” while my eyes are resting. My cnsumptin f new bks has dubled as a result--but a recent paper makes me wnder if this will cme at the price f my cmprehensin.
The study cmes frm Baz Keysar and Janet Geipel, bth at the University f Chicag, and it draws frm the “dual prcess mdel” f mental prcessing. Accrding t this-view, we have tw ways f assessing infrmatin. System 1 is intuitive(直觉的), relying n natural ability and feeling. It is quick, but likely expsed t misinfrmatin. System 2 is analytical invlving the use f lgic reasning. It is mentally demanding. When it is engaged, we think ur way thrugh the material step by step. Fr decades, psychlgists have designed varius tests t determine which f these tw systems a persn is using. As ne example, cnsider the/ fllwing questin: Hw many animals f each kind did Mses take n the Ark(方舟)? If yu answered tw, yu were prbably nly cnsidering the cre f the questin, which is System 1 thinking. T get t the right answer-zer, yu need t think mre carefully abut the wrding, which wuld allw yu t remember it was Nah wh built the Ark, nt Mses. That is the kind f analytical prcess.
Keysar and Geipel’s brilliant idea was t investigate whether the sensry frm-seeing vs. hearing-f the infrmatin wuld make a difference. They fund that it did: when answering these kinds f simple questins, participants were mre likely t make errrs when the sentences were spken ut lud, rather than written.
A greater reliance n ur feelings culd be a prblem if we are cnsuming infrmatin that needs lgical study. Fr this reasn. I will return t reading nn-fictin with my eyes rather than my ears. But I wn’t stp listening t nvels. I am quite happy t g with the flw f my emtins while my critical mind takes a break.
1. What des the authr think f listening t audibks?
A. It is ecnmical.B. It is demanding.
C. It is time-cnsuming.D. It is relaxing.
2. Which f the fllwing best describes System 2 mdel?
A. Fairly reliable.B. Fully autmatic.
C. Questin-centered.D. Emtin-invlved.
3. Why is the Ark mentined in Paragraph 3?
A. T present a fact.B. T illustrate a view.
C. T intrduce a tpic.D. T draw a cnclusin.
4. What des the authr intend t tell us?
A. Listening t bks cmes at a price.
B. Reading nn-fictin bks benefits.
C. Critical thinking is a must in reading.
D. Ways f prcessing infrmatin differ.
Passage 7
(2024·山东菏泽·一模)As peple hld different views n almst anything, we live in a judgmental wrld where peple are quick t pint ut the faults and imperfectins f thers, yet seem unaware f their wn. Sme misguided suls believe they have a duty t help yu t be a better persn by telling yu what a failure yu really are first and then ffering suggestins as t hw yu can imprve.
S what is the pssible slutin t criticism?
If yu are the ne frcing thers t feel ashamed f themselves, STOP. Make a cnscius decisin rather than fcus n the negative aspect f a persn’s perfrmance r attitudes. Yu are mre likely t ffer helpful suggestins frm the beginning. If yu are n the receiving end f criticism, the “OK” respnse is a perfect slutin. When smene cmments negatively n a task yu are ding r a persnality issue f yurs, a natural respnse is t defend and attack. Hwever, this apprach is rarely effective as it puts bth parties n the defensive. Instead, simply reply with “OK”. This brief ne-wrd respnse acknwledges the ther persn’s cmment withut agreeing with it r feeling necessary t engage in a debate abut it.
It is imprtant t remain emtinally attached t what the ther persn is saying, t listen withut feeling, t be an bjective bserver. In fact, there is much that ne can learn frm a negative review. Yu can ask yurself: Did I make a mistake? Culd I have dne better? Did I give 100% f myself t the task at hand? If s, hw can I imprve myself? As fr chrnic(习惯性的) criticizers: It is imprtant t set strict bundary with them. Remve yurself frm their presence when necessary.
In any case, ne can learn t be “OK” with criticism and nt allw it t negatively impact yur life r relatinship with the ther party.
1. What may the authr think f peple wh prefer t judge thers?
A. Warm-hearted.B. Self-centered.C. Talkative.D. Respnsible.
2. What des a persn prbably cnvey by saying “OK” accrding t paragraph 3?
A. He thinks the suggestins are helpful.
B. He defenses himself with the respnse.
C. He agrees with the cmments cmpletely.
D. He wants t avid unnecessary arguments.
3. What is the key t making an bjective bserver accrding t paragraph 4?
A. Having debates.B. Accepting criticism.
C. Keeping calm.D. Aviding criticizers.
4. What is the purpse f the text?
A. T make a judgment n thers.B. T explain sme scial behavir.
C. T call fr actin against attack.D. T give advice n facing criticism.
Passage 8
(2024·浙江杭州·二模)Is frgiveness against ur human nature? T answer ur questin, we need t ask a further questin: What is the essence f ur humanity? Fr the sake f simplicity, peple cnsider tw distinctly different views f humanity. The first view invlves dminance and pwer. In an early paper n the psychlgy f frgiveness, Drll (1984) made the interesting claim that humans’ essential nature is mre aggressive than frgiving allws. Thse wh frgive are against their basic nature, much t their harm. In his pinin, frgivers are cmprmising their well-being as they ffer mercy t thers, wh might then take advantage f them.
The secnd view invlves the theme f cperatin, mutual respect, and even lve as the basis f wh we are as humans. Researchers find that t fully grw as human beings, we need bth t receive lve frm and ffer lve t thers. Withut lve, ur cnnectins with a wide range f individuals in ur lives can fall apart. Even cmmn sense strngly suggests that the will t pwer ver thers des nt make fr harmnius interactins. Fr example, hw well has slavery wrked as a mde f scial harmny?
Frm this secnd viewpint f wh we are as humans, frgiveness plays a key rle in the bilgical and psychlgical integrity f bth individuals and cmmunities because ne f the utcmes f frgiveness, shwn thrugh scientific studies, is the decreasing f hatred and the restratin f harmny. Frgiveness can break the cycle f anger. At least t the extent the peple frm whm yu are estranged accept yur lve and frgiveness and are prepared t make the required adjustments. Frgiveness can heal relatinships and recnnect peple.
As an imprtant nte, when we take a Classical philsphical perspective, that f Aristtle, we see the distinctin between ptentiality and actuality. We are nt necessarily brn with the capacity t frgive, but instead with the ptential t learn abut it and t grw in ur ability t frgive. The actuality f frgiving, its actual apprpriatin in cnflict situatins, develps with practice.
1. What is Drll’s idea abut frgiveness?
A. Peple shuld ffer mercy t thers.
B. Aggressive peple shuld learn t frgive.
C. Frgiveness depends n the nature f humanity.
D. Peple wh frgive can have their wn welfare affected.
2. What des the example in paragraph 2 illustrate?
A. T frgive is t lve.B. T dminate is t harm.
C. T fight is t grw.D. T give is t receive.
3. What is the writer’s attitude tward frgiveness?
A. Favrable.B. Reserved.C. Objective.D. Skeptical.
4. What is message f the last paragraph?
A. Frgiveness is in ur nature.B. Frgiveness grws with time.
C. It takes practice t frgive.D. Actuality is based n ptentiality.
Passage 9
(2024·河北沧州·一模)Imprved mental health is n the agenda fr many peple in 2024 and being rganized is the preferred methd f realizing it.
Disrganizatin is ften cnsidered t have a negative impact n the way we see urselves and the lives we lead. The studied dwnsides f living in a disrganized envirnment include memry prblems, pr eating habits, and decreased self-cntrl. “There’s an bvius link between increased stress and anxiety disrders and living in a messy space,” says Daniel Levitin, a behaviral neurscientist(行为神经科学家) at McGill University.
“Disrganizatin brings a lss f prductivity that is difficult t quantify,” says Levitin. He pints t the amunt f time peple lse lking fr lst items, missing appintments, r falling behind at wrk r schl because f disrdered living. “The average persn likely lses 5 percent f their time due t disrganizatin,” he says. “Take yur annual salary, multiply that by 5 percent, and yu can measure what disrganizatin may be csting yu.”
Jseph Ferrari, ne f the mst recgnized schlars n disrganizatin research, says that nearly every mental health dwnside that cmes frm disrganizatin can be imprved by getting rganized. “Yu’ll feel mre energetic, enhance yur prductivity in the ffice, and greatly imprve the quality f yur life,” he says.
Tidy hmes have been fund t be a predictr f physical health. “Thse whse huses are cleaner are mre active and physically healthy,” says Libby Sander, an assistant prfessr f rganizatinal behavir. Part f this is due t rganized peple being better at managing their time, but it's als because research demnstrates that less clutter (杂乱) can help imprve ne's diet. “Studies shw an assciatin between clutter and verweight,” says Libby.
Getting rganized has als been shwn t decrease ne's stress levels, increase persnal efficiency, and even imprve sleep. Anther studied advantage f getting rganized may be imprving the quality f ne's relatinships. Libby explains that relatinships can be negatively impacted when t much clutter affects cmmunicatin r distracts ne's brain frm nticing imprtant message frm their partner. Research shws this can cause thers t feel ignred, misunderstd, r unimprtant.
1. What des Levitin say cncerning living a disrganized life?
A. It has been well realized. by peple.
B. It's many peple’s New Year reslutin.
C. It has an bvius impact n mental state.
D. It's clsely related t the living envirnment.
2. Hw des Levitin supprt his pinin?
A. By giving examples.B. By making cmparisns.
C. By citing ther experts' wrds.D. By referring t previus studies.
3. What might help peple avid verweight accrding t paragraph 5?
A. High prductivity.B. Gd management f time.
C. Ignrance abut thers' feeling.D. An rganized hme.
4. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. The Neurscience Behind Healthy Minds
B. The Cst f Chas—Hw Disrganizatin Affects Yur Life
C. Mental Health in 2024—Self-cntrl as a Pririty
D. Organize fr Success—Bsting Health and Prductivity
Passage 10
(2024·河北邯郸·三模)“Individuals f all ages wh have empathy(共情) understand that smetimes telling little white lies can prtect ther peple frm getting hurt,” says Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychlgist in Cnnecticut. “Mst peple that I have cme acrss tell these little white lies because they understand that 100 percent hnesty all the time is nt beneficial.” A white lie, she explains, spares peple frm unnecessary hurt.
At the same time, Dr. Julia Breur, a marriage and family therapist in Flrida, emphasizes the imprtance f paying attentin t the way we respnd t smene. The fact is that nt telling the truth can result in smething unpleasant n yu; it’s nt just abut the persn the white lie is being tld t. Fr example, she says smene wh always tells thers that “all is gd” when it cmes t a sick parent in an effrt t avid discussins abut hw serius their health issue really is, can eventually face stressful experiences. When that parent eventually passes away, the persn wh always gave an “all is gd” respnse ends up emtinally brken.
Smetimes, telling white lies ften depends n the situatin, Dr. Breur says. Fr example, cnsider a wman wh has nt seen her mther fr several mnths. The daughter has gained nticeable weight, yet the mther respnds by excitedly declaring that she lks great. “I emphasize during psychtherapy sessins with my patients that cntext helps define meaning,” Dr. Breur says. “S when we lk at the cntext f a mther saying yu lk great when she clearly sees that her daughter has gained weight, it can be acceptable. It reflects the intentin f the white lie which is kindness, prtectin and uncnditinal lve. Otherwise, white lies — especially when tld t avid persnal accuntability — can start a cycle f mistrust between peple, ultimately cmprmising integrity,” she adds.
Therefre, it’s imprtant t ask urselves when it is and isn’t apprpriate t deliver the hnest truth, and when it’s best t step back and ffer a mre delicate respnse. Mre ften than nt, it’s abut finding a balance between the tw.
1. What can be learned abut white lies accrding t Barbara Greenberg?
A. They are shrt-lived.B. They are unidentifiable.
C. They are truble-making.D. They are cmmn.
2. What message des Dr. Breur deliver in paragraph 2?
A. White lies can harm bth the liars and the listeners.
B. We must respnd t ur family members truthfully.
C. It’s wrng t tell white lies t a seriusly ill parent.
D. The “all is gd” respnse is effective in dealing with patients.
3. What is Dr. Breur’s attitude twards the mther’s practice in paragraph 3?
A. Uncaring.B. Critical.C. Supprtive.D. Dubtful.
4. Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A. East r West, White Lies Are the Best
B. Think Twice Befre Yu Tell White Lies
C. White Lies Signify Uncnditinal Lve
D. White Lies Are Empathetic Peple’s Favrable Chice