高中英语真题-2015高考英语阅读理解(暑假)训练(9)12183.pdf
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1、 高中英语真题:2015 高考英语阅读理解(暑假)训练(9)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。In my experience,freshmen today are different from those I knew when I started as a professor 25 years ago.College has always been demanding both academically and socially.But students now are less mature and often not ready for
2、the responsibility of being in college.Many of todays students lack resilience(适应力)and at the first sign of difficulty are unable to think out strategies.The hardship can be a failing grade on a test,a cut from the team,or a romantic breakup.It is really too easy to point the finger at parents who p
3、rotect their children from lifes obstacles.Parents,who handle every difficulty and every other responsibility for their children from writing admission essays to picking college courses,certainly may contribute to their childrens lack of coping strategies.But we can look even more broadly to the soc
4、ial trends of today.How many people do you know who are on medications(治疗)to prevent anxiety or depression?The number of students who arrive at college already medicated for unwanted emotions has increased dramatically in the past 10 years.We,as a society,dont want to“feel”anything unpleasant and we
5、 certainly dont want our children to“suffer”.The resulting problem is that by not experiencing negative emotions,one does not learn the necessary skills to tolerate and solve problems.Our world is more stressful in general because of the current economic and political realities,but I dont believe th
6、at the college experience itself is more intense today than the past 10 years.What I do think is that many students are often not prepared to be young“adults”with all the responsibilities of life.As parents,we should expect young people to meet challenges.To encourage them in this direction,we have
7、to step back and let them fail and pick themselves up and move forward.This approach needs to begin at an early age so that college can actually be a passage to independent adulthood.1.The best title of the text probably is_ A.Have College Freshmen Changed?B.What Should College Faculty and Staff Do
8、Today?C.What Difficulty Are Freshmen Facing?D.How to Get Used to College Life for Freshmen?2.According to the text,todays freshmen_.A.are not good at dealing with problems B.often fail in the exams C.cant get along well with classmates D.have to experience more intense college life 3.If freshmen bec
9、ome more mature to face and solve problems,they should_.A.experience negative emotions themselves B.ask parents,teachers and coaches for more help C.receive medications to prevent anxiety or depression D.put their hearts and soul into the study 4.The text is mainly written for_.A.teachers B.parents
10、C.students D.psychologists 【参考答案】28.AAAB 【北京市东城区 2014 模拟】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。It was a dangerous period for where her own fortunes were concerned.She had to rely on freelance(自由撰稿)work for six months after Quality Weekly Magazine folded.The regular salary cheque had always seemed ver
11、y small,but now it-was like lost riches.She sent many articles to other magazines.Sometimes she struck it lucky and got a task.She once wrote a short article of a politician who appreciated her fair-minded approach and gave her some secret information.Her article was noticed by an editor in search o
12、f something sharp and fresh.And was getting a name for sharp comment.In this trade,she saw,you didnt need so much to be up to date with things as ahead of them,lying in wait for circumstance,ready to jump.Then one day she walked into the offices of National Daily.It had taken her article and its edi
13、tor had looked kindly upon her.Having handed over a piece on the latest educational theories shed written,she fell into conversation with a woman she had known before.She learned that one of the papers regular columnists(专栏作家)had quitted the job.So made the necessary phone call to apply for the job.
14、And then,the phone call came.Shed have a weekly column with her photograph next to it.Thered be a salary cheque,and perhaps fame and success to follow that.She realized that the job presented her with a wonderful opportunity.Later,when she was alone.thought that her appointment had probably been a p
15、iece of good fortune.However,she refused to allow the word luck.She must have got the job because she was good and experienced.What she never knew was that in fact the editor had been at the point of offering the column to another writer,Alex.When he was about to pick up the phone to call Alex,the c
16、olleague he most disliked walked into his office,and spoke with satisfaction of the possibility of closer association with this old friend of his.As soon as the colleague was out of the room,he reached for the phone,and rang.63Why did spend a dangerous period?ABecause freelance work was difficult to
17、 do BBecause she reported some secret information CBecause her regular salary cheque was too small DBecause she lost the job in Quality Weekly Magazine 64Nancy thought the secret of success as a journalist was to _ Amake positive comments Bwait and grasp the chance Cget along well with editors Dkeep
18、 up with the latest information 65In the last paragraph,the underlined part this old friend of his refers to _ Athe colleague Bthe editor CAlex D 66What can we inter from the passage?AThe new job presented Nancy with pressure BNancy got the job in National Daily by chance CRegular columnists are bet
19、ter than freelance writers DWorking hard is the key to gaining popularity for a writer【参考答案】6366、DBCB 【北京市东城区 2014 模拟】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。Running on Empty For almost a century,scientists have assumed,tiredness-or exhaustion-in athletes originates in the muscles(肌肉)Precise explanatio
20、ns have varied,but all have been based on the Limitations TheoryIn other words,muscles tire because they hit a physical limit;they either run out of fuel or oxygen or they drown in harmful by-products(副产品)In the past few years,however,Timothy Noakes from the University of Cape Town South Africa,has
21、examined this standard theoryTiredness,he argues,is caused not by signals springing from overtaxed muscles,but is an emotional response which begins in the brainThe fundamental nature of his new theory is that the brain paces the muscles to keep them well back from the edge of exhaustionWhen the bra
22、in decides its time to quit,it creates unbearable muscle tirednessThis Central Governor theory remains controversial,but it does-explain many puzzling aspects of athletic performance A recent discovery that Noakes calls the lactic acid paradox made him start researching this area seriouslyLactic aci
23、d is a by-product of exercise,and the increase of it is often mentioned as a cause of tirednessBut when research subjects exercise in certain conditions created artificially,they become tired even though lactic acid levels remain low Nor has the oxygen content of their blood fallen too low for them
24、to keep goingObviously,something else was making them tire before they hit either of these physiological limits Noakes conducted an experiment with seven cyclistsIt has long been known that during exercise,the body never uses 100%of the available muscle fibres(纤维)The amount used varies;but in some t
25、asks such as this cycling test the body calls on about 30%His team found that as tiredness set in,the electrical activity in cyclists legs declined-even when they were making a great effort to cycle as fast as they could To Noakes,this was strong evidence that the old theory was wrongThe cyclists ma
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