高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解19

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解19，共16页。

A newly-published study has shwn that lneliness can spread frm ne persn t anther, like a disease. Researchers used infrmatin frm the Framingham Study, which began in 1948. The Framingham Study gathers infrmatin abut physical and mental health, persnal behavir and diet. At first, the study invlved abut 5,000 peple in the American state f Massachusetts. Nw, mre than 12,000 individuals are taking part.
Infrmatin frm the Framingham Study shwed earlier that happiness can spread frm persn t persn. S can behavirs like littering and the ability t stp smking.
University f Chicag psychlgist Jhn Cacipp led the recent study. He and ther researchers attempted t shw hw ften peple felt lnely. They fund that the feeling f lneliness spread thrugh scial grups.
Having a scial cnnectin with a lnely persn increased the chances that anther individual wuld feel lnely. In fact, a friend f a lnely persn was 52% mre likely t develp feelings f lneliness. A friend f that persn was 25% mre likely. The researchers say this shws that a persn culd indirectly be affected by smene’s lneliness.
The effect was strngest amng friends. Neighbrs were the secnd mst affected grup. The effect was weaker n husbands and wives, and brthers and sisters. The researchers als fund that lneliness spread mre easily amng wmen than men.
The New Yrk Times newspaper reprts that, n average, peple experience feelings f lneliness abut 48 days a year. It als fund that every additinal friend can decrease lneliness by abut five percent, r tw and a half fewer lnely days.
Lneliness has been linked t health prblems like depressin and sleeping difficulties. The researchers believe that knwing the causes f lneliness culd help in reducing it.
The study suggests that peple can take steps t stp the spread f lneliness. They can d this by helping individuals they knw wh may be experiencing lneliness. The result can be helpful t the whle scial grup.
【小题1】What is TRUE abut the Framingham Study?
A. It was nly cnducted in 1948.
B. It invlves mre than 12,000 participants.
C. It was led by Jhn Cacipp.
D. It shwed that any behavir culd spread.
【小题2】Which statement abut the spread f lneliness is true?
A. The spreading effect was the secnd strngest amng friends.
B. N spreading effect was fund n husbands and wives.
C. Wmen are mre likely t be affected than men.
D. Brthers are mre easily affected than neighbrs.
【小题3】What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Actins shuld be taken t help lnely peple.
B. Peple feel lnely fr many reasns.
C. Ways t fight against lneliness.
D. Lnely peple can affect thers.
2.
Ridgewd is a small, quiet twn 20 miles frm Manhattan. It is a typical suburban twn, perfect fr raising children away frm the fast pace f the city. Hwever, sme Ridgewd kids feel as upset as if they were n the city’s busy streets. In additin t hurs f hmewrk, Ridgewd’s children are ccupied with afterschl activities — frm swimming t pian t religius classes.
Out f desperatin ne day, the twn decided t schedule anther activity. This ne was called “Ridgewd Family Night — Ready, Set, Relax!” Instead f schedules filled with sprts, music, r vertime at the ffice, sme f the twn’s 25,000 residents decided t take the night ff and stay hme. Fr a few mnths befre Family Night, a cmmittee f vlunteers wrked hard t spread the wrd. Yunger students tk “Save the Date fr Me” leaflets hme t their parents. The mayr issued a statement, and schls and clubs agreed t cancel hmewrk and meetings s families culd relax and be tgether.
The tensin between a hpe fr a mre relaxed lifestyle and the knwledge that the benchmark fr success has been raised in recent years weighs heavily n the minds f the twnspeple. Sme parents like t recall a different kind f childhd, ne withut s many scheduled afterschl activities. Hwever, these same parents feel bliged t make sure their children are prepared t survive in tday’s high-pressure wrk envirnment. They are afraid that any gap in their children’s physical r intellectual develpment might mean they wn’t be admitted t the “right” universities and wn’t succeed in a mre and mre cmpetitive wrld.
Nevertheless, it seems that Family Night wrked, at least t a pint. Cars mved easily arund Ridgewd’s nrmally busy dwntwn streets, and stres and restaurants saw a drp in business. Sme families ate supper tgether fr the first time in mnths.
Initially, there was great hpe f taking back their lives. But sadly, few families believe that ne night will change their lives. Many are sure that they will fall back int the habit f ver-scheduling their children t be verachieving adults.
【小题1】The writer describes Ridgewd as a twn where ________.
A. residents take little ntice f educatin
B. children are stressful and ver expected
C. parents are cncerned abut children’s safety
D. children lead a life f relaxed, rdinary rhythms
【小题2】Accrding t the passage, which f the fllwing is NOT true abut the Family Night?
A. Schls assigned n hmewrk. B. Fewer peple ate in the restaurants.
C. The streets were less crwded. D. Peple enjyed meeting each ther.
【小题3】Accrding t the passage, the parents in Ridgewd ________.
A. have cnflicting desires abut what experiences t ffer their children
B. are happy with the lifestyle they have chsen fr themselves and the children
C. believe that it is their duty t make a change fr the stressful life style
D. are wrried abut their children’s lacking f big ambitin
【小题4】We may get the cnclusin frm the passage that ________.
A. the cncept f Family Night will becme a regular part f life in Ridgewd
B. Ridgewd peple believe the Family Night will change their way f living
C. Family Night is nt as ppular as peple have riginally thught
D. schls are wrried abut students being given t much free time
3.
The writer Margaret Mitchell is best knwn fr writing Gne with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her bk and the mvie based n it, tell a stry f lve and survival during the American Civil War. Visitrs t the Margaret Mitchell Huse in Atlanta, Gergia, can g where she lived when she started cmpsing the stry and learn mre abut her life.
Our first stp at the Margaret Mitchell Huse is an exhibit area telling abut the writer’s life. She was brn in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stries when she was a child. She started wrking as a reprter fr the Atlanta Jurnal newspaper in 1922. One phtgraph f Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shws her talking t a grup f yung cllege bys. She was nly abut ne and a half meters tall. The yung men twer ver her, but she seems very happy and sure f herself. The tur guide explains: “Nw in this picture Peggy is interviewing sme bys frm Gergia Tech, asking them such questins as ‘Wuld yu really marry a wman wh wrks?’ And tday it’d be ‘Wuld yu marry ne wh desn’t?’ ”
The Margaret Mitchell Huse is a building that nce cntained several apartments. Nw we enter the first flr apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, Jhn Marsh. They made fun f the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ” .
Arund 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stpped wrking as a reprter and was at hme healing after an injury. Her husband brught her bks t read frm the library. She read s many bks that he bught her a typewriter and said it was time fr her t write her wn bk. Our guide says Gne with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize fr the bk. In 1939 the film versin was released. It wn ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
【小题1】 The bk Gne with the Wind was _________.
A. first published n a newspaper
B. awarded ten Academy Awards
C. written in “The Dump”
D. adapted frm a mvie
【小题2】The underlined phrase “twer ver” in Paragraph 2 is clsest in meaning t_________.
A. be very pleased with
B. shw great respect fr
C. be much taller than
D. shw little interest in
【小题3】Why did Ms. Mitchell stp wrking as a reprter accrding t the passage?
A. Because she was rich enugh.
B. Because she was injured then.
C. Because her husband didn’t like it.
D. Because she wanted t write bks.
【小题4】Which is the best title fr the passage?
A. Gne with the Wind: A Huge Success.
B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.
C. An Intrductin f the Margaret Mitchell Huse.
D. A Trip t Knw Margaret Mitchell.
4.
New technlgy links the wrld as never befre. Our planet has shrunk. It’s nw a “glbal village” where cuntries are nly secnds away by fax r phne r satellite link. And, f curse, ur ability t benefit frm this high-tech cmmunicatins equipment is greatly increased by freign language skills.
Deeply invlved with this new technlgy is a kind f mdern businesspeple wh have a grwing respect fr the ecnmic value f ding business abrad. In mdern markets, success verseas ften helps supprt dmestic business effrts.
Overseas assignments (指派) are becming increasingly imprtant t advancement within executive (行政) ranks. The executive statined in anther cuntry n lnger need fear being “ut f sight and ut f mind.” He r she can be sure that the verseas effrt is central t the cmpany’s plan fr success, and that prmtins ften fllw r accmpany an assignment abrad. If an emplyee can succeed in a difficult assignment verseas, superirs will have greater cnfidence in his r her ability t manage back in the United States where crss-cultural cnsideratins and freign language issues are becming mre and mre cmmn.
Thanks t a variety f relatively inexpensive cmmunicatins devices (装置) with business applicatins, even small businesses in the United States are able t get int internatinal markets.
English is still the internatinal language f business. But there is an ever-grwing need fr peple wh can speak anther language. A secnd language isn’t generally required t get a jb in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when ther qualificatins appear t be equal.
The emplyee psted abrad wh speaks the cuntry’s language has an pprtunity t fast-frward certain negtiatins, and can have the cultural insight (洞察力) t knw when it is better t mve mre slwly. The emplyee at the hme ffice wh can cmmunicate well with freign custmers ver the telephne r by fax machine is an bvius asset (有价值的人或物) t the firm.
【小题1】With the increased use f high-tech cmmunicatins equipment, businesspeple ________.
A. are eager t wrk verseas
B. have t get familiar with mdern technlgy
C. are gaining mre ecnmic benefits frm dmestic peratins
D. are attaching mre imprtance t their verseas business
【小题2】In this passage, “ut f sight and ut f mind” (Line 3, Para. 3) prbably means ________.
A. leaving all care and wrry behind
B. being unable t think prperly fr lack f insight
C. being ttally ut f tuch with business at hme
D. missing pprtunities fr prmtin when abrad
【小题3】Accrding t the passage, what is an imprtant cnsideratin f internatinal crpratins in emplying peple tday?
A. Ability t speak the custmer’s language.
B. Cnnectins with businesses verseas.
C. Technical knw-hw.
D. Business experience.
【小题4】The advantage f emplyees having freign language skills is that they can ________.
A. fast-frward their prpsals t headquarters
B. better cntrl the whle negtiatin prcess
C. easily make friends with businesspeple abrad
D. easily find new appraches t meet market needs
5.
Benin is ne f the smallest African states. It lies in West Africa n the Gulf (海湾) f Guinea, t the suth f Burkina Fas and Niger, between Tg n the west and Nigeria n the east.
Benin used t be called Dahmey and was cntrlled and ruled by France frm 1893 t 1960, when it became independent. In 1963 the army general Sgl verthrew (推翻) the first president Maga. Sgl set up an army gvernment and called himself head f state in 1965, but was verthrwn and replaced by a civilian (非军人) gvernment in 1967. In December 1969 Benin had anther change f pwer with the army again taking ver. In May 1970, Maga and tw ther men set up a new gvernment, with each f them acting as president in turn fr tw years. Hwever, half a year after Maga turned ver pwer t the secnd man Ahmadegbe, the three-man gvernment was verthrwn by the army nce mre and General Kereku became president. In Nvember 1975 Kereku changed the name f the natin frm Dahmey t Benin, Benin being the name f a 17th century kingdm cvering the same place. Kereku als annunced that Benin wuld be a Peple’s Republic based n Marxism-Leninism.
【小题1】Which f the fllwing maps shws rightly the psitins f Benin and its neighburing cuntries?
Bn=Benin;
Tg=Tg;
Nr=Niger;
BF=Burkina Fas;
Na=Nigeria;
GG=Gulf f Guinea
【小题2】Fr hw lng was Benin an independent state befre it became a Peple’s Republic?
A. 30 years.B. 25 years. C. 20 years.D. 15 years.
【小题3】Chse the right rder in which the fllwing peple ruled in Benin. (Ah=Ahmadegbe; Ke=Kereku; Ma=Maga; S=Sgl)
A. Ma, S, Ma, Ke, Ah B. S, Ma, Ah, Ma, Ke
C. Ma, S, Ma, Ah, KeD. S, Ma, Ke, Ma, Ah
【小题4】When and hw did Benin get its tw names — Benin and Dahmey?
A. Benin was its ldest name. The name Dahmey was used later, but has been replaced by Benin again.
B. Dahmey was its ldest name, but it has been replaced by Benin.
C. Dahmey was its ldest name. The name Benin was used later, but has been replaced by Dahmey again.
D. Benin was its ldest name, but it has been replaced by Dahmey.
6.
Dear Michelle,
My Dad hates my Mm. He tells me that she is a liar and that I shuld nt trust her. Of curse, they are divrced but they have “jint custdy” (共同监护). What a jke! I am 15, my brther is nine, and we have a life f hell, frankly.
We live ne week n and ne week ff. This was the brilliant idea f bth f my parents, which was fair t them but ruining my life. I cannt get away frm his vice and his putting my mm dwn. Smetimes I think abut running away.
A Hpeless Ant
Dear Hpeless Ant,
First, thank yu fr trusting me with yur prblem. If all yu said is crrect, then there are several things that yu can and shuld d t help yurself, yur brther, and ddly enugh, yur parents.
Yu need a family cunselr. Such a persn culd listen t each family member alne and then meet tgether t talk abut the situatin.
If refused, yu need t talk t a cunselr in yur schl. Yu need t be heard, and yu need an adult wh will listen. A schl cunselr can rganize a meeting with yur parents.
Perhaps yu need t write t yur mther. Writing things dwn allws peple t g ver it mre than ne time.
I cannt imagine that she will stand passively by and d nthing at all t help nce she reads hw yu feel. Yur father needs a letter as well. He may nt realize the destructive effect that it has n his children.
Lastly, have a plan in mind when all else fails that is nt self-destructive. Life passes very quickly, sweetheart, and yu will grw up and have yur wn life.
Until then, yu need t keep yurself safe. Never dubt that it will get better. Write back and let me knw hw everything is ging.
Michelle
【小题1】The Hpeless Ant wrte the letter t ________.
A. express dissatisfactin with his parents
B. ask fr advice seriusly
C. make his father punished
D. just make a jke
【小题2】The Hpeless Ant hated his father because ________.
A. his father always tld a lie
B. his father wasn’t friendly t his mther
C. his father divrced his mther
D. the Hpeless Ant culdn’t stay with his parents
【小题3】Accrding t the text, which f the fllwing is the Hpeless Ant in need f at present?
A. Keep himself/herself away frm danger.
B. Have a talk with his/her parents.
C. Have his/her wn family plan.
D. Write letters t families.
【小题4】In which part f a magazine will the text prbably appear?
A. EntertainmentB. AdvertisementC. LifeD. Educatin
试卷答案
1.BCD
2.BDAC
3.CCBD
4.DDAB
5.CDCA
6.BBAC