（整理版高中英語）高考英語實(shí)戰(zhàn)演練專題閱讀理解（116120）《附詳析》

1、高考英語實(shí)戰(zhàn)演練專題閱讀理解116-120附詳析 (第116篇)last week my youngest son and i visited my father at his new home in tucson, arizona. he moved there a few years ago，and i was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.my earliest memories of my father are of a tall，handsome，successful man devoted to his work a

2、nd family，but uncomfortable with his children. as a child i loved him；as a school girl and young adult (成年人) i feared him and felt bitter about him. he seemed unhappy with me unless i got straight as and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful as he was. whenever i went o

3、ut with him on weekends, i used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.on the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. we walked along that afternoon，did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my sons funny fac

4、ial expressions. gone was my fathers critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. who was this person i knew as my father，who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? what had held him back before?the next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own chi

5、ldhood. although our times together became easier over the years, i never felt closer to him at that moment. after so many years, im at last seeing another side of my father. and in so doing, im delighted with my_new_friend. my dad, in his new home in arizona, is back to me from where he was.5. why

6、did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?a. he was silent most of the time.b. he was too proud of himself.c. he did not love his children.d. he expected too much of her.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的“he seemed unhappy with me unless i got straight as and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fa

7、thers were not as successfulas he was. 可知，作者小時(shí)候懷恨爸爸是因?yàn)榘职謱λ蠛車?yán)厲、很苛刻。答案d6. when the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel_.a. nervousb. sorryc. tired d. safe解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中“whenever i went out with him on weekends，i used to struggle to think up things to say，feeling on guard.可知每次

8、和父親一起外出度周末，她都非常緊張。on guard為固定短語，意為“警戒。答案a7. what does the author think of her father after her visit to tucson?a. more critical. b. more talkative.c. gentle and friendly. d. strict and hardworking.解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段和第四段的描述可知，作者的爸爸其實(shí)也很溫和、友善。從第三段結(jié)尾的幾個(gè)反問句可以知道。第四段中作者感到和爸爸成了朋友。答案c8. the underlined words “my

9、 new friend in the last paragraph refer to_.a. the authors sonb. the authors fatherc. the friend of the authors fatherd. the café owner解析推理判斷題。文中的new friend指的是作者的爸爸。作者以前一直以為爸爸是個(gè)嚴(yán)厲、苛刻的人，和他相處時(shí)，總是感到懼怕和緊張，但是在到了tucson，和爸爸接觸之后才看到爸爸友善的一面，所以作者感到她有了一個(gè)新朋友。 (第117篇)celebrity(名人) has become one of the most

10、important representatives of popular culture. fans used to be crazy about specific film，but now the public tends to base its consumption (消費(fèi))on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. besides，fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because

11、 they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. as a result.celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for othersproducts to developing their own.celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon，but in the past they were typically aimed

12、at the ordinary consumers，and limited to a few tv actresses. today theyre started by firstclass stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. the most successful startups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. as celebrities become more and more experienced

13、at the market，they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.however，for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. no matter how famous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers wit

14、h its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in selfpromotional marketing. and once the initial (最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty (忠誠) returning to triedandtrue labels.today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. the popcultural circle might be bigg

15、er than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. each_misstep_threatens_to_reduce_a_celebritys_shelf_life,_and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. still，the egos (自我的)potential for expansion is lim

16、itless. having already achieved great wealth and public recognition，many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. as the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashionlike celebrityhas always been tem

17、porary.5. fashion magazines today_.a. seldom put models on the coverb. no longer put models on the coverc. need not worry about celebritiesmarket potentiald. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段“fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on

18、the cover可知答案。答案a6. a change in the consumer market can be found today that_.a. price rather than brand name is more concernedb. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisementsc. producers prefer tv actresses to film stars for advertisementsd. quality rather than the outside of products is

19、 more concerned解析推理判斷題。文章第三段論述名人如果高估了自己的形象價(jià)值而無視了質(zhì)量問題，人們還是最終會(huì)失去興趣而信任質(zhì)量過硬的品牌。答案d7. the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly_.a. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsb. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general pu

20、blicc. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessd. influence the price of a celebritys products解析推理判斷題。聯(lián)系此句上下文：流行文化圈越來越大，但失敗的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也會(huì)越來越大，依靠名人效應(yīng)的品牌一旦失足，影響的不只是名人自己的形象還有企業(yè)的效益。a項(xiàng)最全面，其他選項(xiàng)片面或偏離中心。答案a8. the passage is mainly about_.a. celebrity and personal styleb. celebrity and market pot

21、entialc. celebrity and fashion designd. celebrity and clothing industry解析主旨大意題。通過對文章的分析可以看出，文章講的是名人和市場潛能的關(guān)系，而不是和個(gè)人風(fēng)格、流行設(shè)計(jì)、服裝工業(yè)的關(guān)系。答案b (第118篇)having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. for men, getting married saves an hour of housework a w

22、eek. “its a wellknown_pattern， said lead researcher frank stafford at university of michigans institute for social research. “men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.he points out that differences among households (家庭) exist.but in general, marriage means mo

23、re housework for women and less for men. “and the situation gets worse for women when they have children. stafford said.overall，times are changing in the american home. in 1976，women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweepinganddusting work, compared with 17 hours in . men are taking on more

24、 housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in .single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours，while married women in their 60s and 70s did the mostabout 21 hours a week.men showed a somewhat different pattern ，with older men picking

25、up the broom more often than younger men. single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.having children increases housework even further. with more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work，clocking about 28 hours a

26、 week compared with husbands 10 hours.語篇解讀過去，對于女人來說，結(jié)婚意味著每周多做7個(gè)小時(shí)的家務(wù)；對于男人來說，結(jié)婚意味著每周少做1小時(shí)的家務(wù)。而如今，情況卻發(fā)生了變化。1according to the“wellknown patternin paragraph 1, a married man_.a. takes on heavier workb. does more houseworkc. is the main breadwinnerd. is the master of the house解析猜想詞義題。第一段最后一句告訴我們：男人通常在外掙錢

27、養(yǎng)家，而女人那么更多負(fù)責(zé)家務(wù)。答案c2how many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?a. about 28. b. about 26.c. about 13. d. about 6.解析事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。第三段最后一句告訴我們：男人在20世紀(jì)70年代每周做家務(wù)6小時(shí)。答案d3what kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?a. an unmarried man.b. an older married man.c. a younger marri

28、ed man.d. a married man with children.解析事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。第五段最后一句告訴我們：單身男子做家務(wù)最多。答案a4what can we conclude from staffords research?a. marriage gives men more freedom.b. marriage has effects on job choices.c. housework sharing changes over time.d. having children means doubled housework.解析主旨大意題。本文主要告訴我們：男女分擔(dān)家務(wù)隨著時(shí)間

29、的推移發(fā)生了變化。答案c (第119篇)youre sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns (打哈欠). suddenly, youre yawning with him，though youre not tired.this phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. supporting this claim was t

30、he discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagious (有感染力的) yawning，which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.hugo critchley，a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness

31、 and sadness can spread like the common cold. according to critchley，our mind and body are in constant exchange about how were feeling.“emotions are closely linked with states of internal(內(nèi)部的) responses， he explained. “there are also more visible changes in our gestures and facial expressions. when

32、were in a group，these signals can spread to another person. for example，theres the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure.hugo critchley further explained，“o

33、ur bodies synchronise and when we like the other person，we even copy his behavior. next time you chat with a friend, take note of how youre sittingits pretty likely that you will be the same. scientists believe its our way of telling each other that were partners. through body language, humans give

34、each other very subtle(微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions.so，what lessons can we learn from this? “spend time with happy peopleotherwise your health could suffer， said critchley. “when were sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. but when were happy，our body works normally and we feel r

35、elaxed and positive. so we look bright，our skin glows，we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us.5. according to hugo critchley，_.a. emotions are as visible as facial expressionsb. we yawn more frequently when we have a coldc. emotions are connected with states of internal responsesd. the cha

36、nge of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions解析細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從第三段“emotions are closely linked with states of internal responses可以看出c項(xiàng)是正確。從第三段“there are also more visible changes in our gestures and facial expressions.可知a項(xiàng)不對。從第三段最后一句話可見d項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。答案c6. the underlined word “synchronise in paragrap

37、h 4 means“_a. move slowly b. change rapidlyc. relax temporarily d. respond accordingly解析詞義猜想題。由synchronise后的“.when we like the other person，we even copy his behavior.可以看出答案：當(dāng)我們喜歡對方時(shí)，我們就模仿他的行為。答案d7. from the passage we can learn_.a. sadness is as contagious as happinessb. anger is less contagious tha

38、n friendlinessc. surprise is more contagious than smiled. surprise is the most contagious among emotions解析推理判斷題。這四個(gè)選項(xiàng)是考查學(xué)生對第三段最后一句話的理解“for example，theres the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise，anger or sadness such as a chang

39、e in our heart rate and blood pressure.當(dāng)人們對我們微笑時(shí)，我們顯然有微笑的傾向；那些反映驚奇、生氣或悲傷的情緒卻不太容易受影響而變化。答案b8. which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.b. children like copying the actions of fellow humans.c. scientists are still confused

40、about contagious yawning.d. people tend to communicate more with body language.解析判斷正誤題。整篇文章都在論述情緒會(huì)對同伴有微妙的影響：第一段舉例說明，第二段和第三段用理論說明，第四段講我們喜歡一個(gè)人就會(huì)模仿他，因此a項(xiàng)正確。答案a (第120篇)a recent study, while showing a generally positive attitude toward science, also suggests a widespread worry that it may be“running out

41、of control. this idea is dangerous.science can be a force for evil as well as for good. its applications can be channeled either way, depending on our decisions. the decisions we make, personally or collectively，will determine the outcomes of science. but here is a real danger. science is advancing

42、so fast and is so strongly influenced by businesses that we are likely to believe whatever decisions we come to will make little difference.and, rather than fighting for the best possible policies, we may step back and do nothing.some people go even further. they say that despite the moral and legal

43、 objections(反對) ，whatever is scientifically possible will be donesomewhere, sometime. they believe that science will get out of control in the end. this belief is dangerous too, because it fuels a sense of hopelessness and discourages them from making efforts to build a safer world.in our interconne

44、cted world, the lack of agreement in and out of the world of science can lead to the failure to control the use of science. without a common understanding, the challenges of“controlling science in this century will be really tough. take human cloning for example. despite the general agreement among

45、scientists on its possible huge impact(影響)on traditional moral values，some countries still go ahead with the research and development of its related techniques. the outcomes are hard to predict.therefore，discussions on how science is applied should be extended far beyond scientific societies. only t

46、hrough the united efforts of people with hope, can we be fully safe against the misuse of science and can science best serve mankind in the future.語篇解讀最近的一次調(diào)查說明了人們對于科學(xué)及其如何運(yùn)用于人類世界的不同態(tài)度。盡管大多數(shù)人都持積極的態(tài)度，但有人認(rèn)為科學(xué)開展及其應(yīng)用最終可能危害人類。只有通過大家的努力，才能讓科學(xué)最好地效勞于人類。1what can we conclude from the recent study?a. people think highly of science.b. people hold mixed opinions about science.c. science is getting dangerously out of control.d. science is used for both good and bad purposes.解析推理判斷題。第一段已點(diǎn)明了全文的主要內(nèi)容：盡管人們對科學(xué)一般都是積極的態(tài)度，但最近調(diào)查說明還存在著廣泛的擔(dān)憂。答案b2according to the passage,