四川省達州市2014高考英語一輪 閱讀理解暑假訓練題（7）

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1、四川省達州市2014 高考英語閱讀理解一輪暑假訓練（7）（答案） （201*·安徽卷）E George Prochnik would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book, Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice): “We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudi

2、ce against the idea that silence might be beneficial. If you tell someone to be quiet, you sound like an old man. But it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet. Silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.” “We need to excite people about th

3、e sounds you start to hear if you merely quiet things down a little. During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art—the spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl, the edges of a kimono(和服)brushing against the floor.” “Deaf people are very attentive(專注的)in almost every

4、aspect of life. If two deaf people are walking together, using sign language, they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other. They are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings. Even deaf teenagers! We in the hearing world can learn

5、 from them. If we remove the powerful blasts(一陣陣)of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us—of little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps, of bird songs and ice cracking(開裂聲). It’s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen. ” 【文章大意】文章介紹了George Pr

6、ochnik的新著Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise 和他的觀點：在喧囂的世界中創(chuàng)造一方不太紛擾的環(huán)境，這個世界會更美好。 72. What does the phrase “to put a sock in it” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. to be quiet B. to be colorful C. to be full of love D. to be attentive to someone 【解析】選A。詞義理解題。根據(jù)第二

7、段作者的觀點Silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.可知，作者是推崇的silence, 故選A項。 73. What does Prochnik say about us? A. We are used to quietness B. We have to put up with noise C. We do not think silence to be beneficial D. We do not believe lasting peace t

8、o be available 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial和it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet及第三段During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art等句可以判斷得出，我們生活在一個

9、喧鬧的世界，寂靜才是我們的追求，故選擇C項。 74. Which of the following is true according to Prochnik? A. We need more sounds in our lives B. There is nothing to be learned from the deaf C. We are not aware how rich the world around us is D. There is too much noise at a Japanese tea ceremony 【解析】選C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章末段If w

10、e remove the powerful blasts(一陣陣)of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us.... It’s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.可知C項正確。A項和作者的觀點相反；根據(jù)We in the hearing world can learn from them (deaf people)可知B項錯誤；根據(jù)During a Japanese tea ceremony, the s

11、mallest sounds become a kind of art可知作者贊賞the smallest sounds，故D項錯誤。 75. It can be inferred from the text that . A. we can benefit a lot from old people B. it is a good idea to use sign language C. there is no escape from the world of sound D. it is possible to find how beautiful things s

12、ound 【解析】選D。推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，盡管我們生活在一個喧鬧的世界，作者提倡我們創(chuàng)造一個不太紛擾的環(huán)境，果真如此，這個世界是很美好的，據(jù)此D項正確。 ****************************************************************結束 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。 A About half of the seniors at Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers in the South Bronx may not be

13、 able to graduate in June because they were wrongly given credit(學分)for courses that did not meet state requirements，The Daily News reported on Thursday． Teachers and staff members at the school of 1，000 students，which received an F on its latest city progress report．told The News that for the

14、last few years，students who took courses in cosmetology(美容)were given credit for chemistry and students who took a tourism course were given credit for geography，among other credit switches listed on a“Dual Credited Course Table”that was given to teachers． “They did it all so the kids would gra

15、duate without taking the reciuired courses．”a teacher，told The News．“Kids are supposed to come first．but here they don’t come first．” Staff members told The News that the blame falls on the principal，Sharron Smalls，who has been at the school since 2007．The Department of Education is said to be

16、investigating． The News said the credit switching had been going on for years．resulting in the graduation of hundreds of students who had not earned the credits for a diploma．Even so．only 31 percent of the students earned a Regents(校董事)diploma last year，and the other performance data is equally

17、 bad．Jane Addams was named by the city to the list of struggling schools，which means it could be closed next year． In a related article，The News reported that teachers at Jane Addams are also complaining that they were wrongly charged ＄30 a year to park in a vacant lot next to the school—a prac

18、tice that started before Ms．Smalls’arrival at the school． 1．Some students will have trouble in graduating because they ． A．failed to meet the requirements of some courses B．were given credits for courses they never took C．failed in some exams for their courses D．refused to t

19、ake the required courses 2．What can be learned from the passage? A．The students will have to study for another year before graduation． B．The teachers and the principal get along well with each other． C．The teachers had to pay to park in the lot near the school． D．The school wil

20、l have no choice but to be closed． 3．Which statement is true according to the text? A．Students were meant to graduate early，but they were delayed． B．Students should have come early，but they were always late． C．Students were to graduate without taking some courses． D．Students did

21、 very well in all their required courses． 4．We can conclude that the problem mainly resulted from ． A．the fauh of the students B．the poor conditions for teaching C．the high requirements for credit D．the wrong practice of credit-switching 1---4 BCA D ***********************

22、*************************************結束 B Does exercise strengthen your brain while it builds muscle? To learn more about how exercise affects the brain，scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary(久坐的)male college students to take part in a memory test followed by strenuou

23、s(緊張的)exercise． First，the young men watched a rapid—fire lineup of photos with the faces and names of strangers．After a break，they tried to recall the names they had iust seen as the photos again moved quickly across a computer screen．Afterward，half of the students rode a bicycle，at an increasi

24、ngly strenuous pace，until they were exhausted．The others sat quietly for 30 minutes．Then both groups took the brain-teaser test agam． Notably,the exercised volunteers performed significantly better on the memory test than they had on their first try．while the volunteers who had rested did not i

25、mprove． Meanwhile, blood samples taken throughout the experiment offered a biological explanation for the increase in memory among the exercisers．Immediately after the strenuous activity，the cyclists had significantly higher levels of a protein known as BDNF，which is to promote the health of ne

26、rve cells．The men who had sat quietly showed no comparable change in BDNF levels． For some time．scientists have believed that BDNF helps explain why mental functioning appears to improve with exercise．However，they haven’t fully understood which parts of the brain are affected or how those effec

27、ts influence thinking．The Irish study suggests that the increases in BDNF caused by exercise may play a particular role in lmprovmg memory and recall． Other new studies have reached similar conclusions，among both people and animals，young and old．In one interesting experiment published last mont

28、h， Brazilian scientists found that after sedentary elderly rats ran for a mere five minutes or so several days a week tbr live weeks．a(chǎn)n increase of bioehemieal processes appeared in the memory center of their brains，resuhing in inereased production of BDNF there．The old，exercised animals then perfo

29、rmed almost as well as much younger rats oil memory tests． 5．The brain-teaser test shows that ． A．a(chǎn) good rest can improve one’s memory B．too much exercise can slow down one’s memory C．exercise can improve one’s memory D．cyclists usually have better memory 6．What is the f

30、unction of the BDNF? A．To increase the number of brain cells． B．To remind people of what is likely to be forgotten． C．To draw one’s attention to what is seen． D．To motivate the brain and refresh one’s memory． 7．The sedentary elderly rats after five weeks of running． A．got

31、worn out in the end B．performed better in remembering things C．reduced the amount of BDNF D．stopped biochemical process in the brain 8．The best title for the passage might be A．How Exercise Benefits the Brain B．Too Much Exercise Harms the Brain C．Experiments on the Brain

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