湖北石首市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解编练（1）

2016高考训练题。阅读理解。

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。

The baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert（警觉）. Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze（凝视）starts to lose its focus--until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?

Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise（同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.

1．Babies are sensitive to the change in _______.

A. the size of cards B. the colour of pictures

C. the shape of patterns D. the number of objects

2．Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?

A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment B. To see how babies recognize sounds

C. To carry their experiment further D. To keep the babes interest.

3．Where does this text probably come from?

A. Science fiction B. Children’s literature

C. An advertisement D. A science report

参考答案1—3、DCD

试题分析：本文属于科学研究类的短文，研究婴儿对于外界声音和变化的反应。科学家在实验中使用了不同的刺激物对婴儿进行刺激以证明研究的准确性。

1．D 细节题。根据第一段后4行As the cards change from one to the other, her gave（凝视）starts to lose its focus-until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card.可知当眼前黑点变成3个的时候，孩子的注意力又恢复了。故D项正确。

2．C 推理题。根据文章最后三行Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise（同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots. 可知使用敲鼓的声音来进行试验，就是为了更进一步了解具体情况。故C正确。

3．D 推理题。本文属于科学研究类的短文，研究婴儿对于外界声音和变化的反应。所以最可能是从科学报告里摘录出来的内容。故D正确。

2016高考训练题。阅读理解。

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 must be something that many American companies hold a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful, and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.

Walgreens Baby contest

If you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could win $1,000 in Walgreens & Beauty.com Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant winner if you get a $25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you also have to write down your email address and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.

Kids and Babies

Kids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2014 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Galley with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandBibs.com for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. The grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.

Parents.com

Parents.com has a website only for their members, but if you are into baby photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money-saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.

Avon

Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos. The first place baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybooks and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Ten beautiful girls will win $300 worth of Tiny Tillia products.

The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put your baby through college! Have fun!

1.What is the basic condition for you to play the instant winner in Walgreens & Beauty.com?

A. Getting a gift card. B. Getting a certificate.

C. Winning 1,000 dollars. D. Receiving information for the contest

2.If you want your baby to win the 2014 Free Photo Contest, you will _______.

A. have to spend $ 25,000 B. take your baby to the gallery in May

C. upload more photos of your baby D. have to help to advertise their site

3.What can we learn from this passage?

A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2014．

B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest．

C. Parents.com accepts the photos of all kinds of people’ babies．

D. Parents can upload their one-year-old baby’s photos to TinyTillia. com．

4.In the last paragraph, the author advises parents to _________ .

A. try their best to take good care of their baby

B. enter the contests as soon as possible

C. encourage their kids to go to college when they grow up

D. find more tips for winning the contests

参考答案1—4、ADDB

阅读理解。

Are you preparing for a big test? If so, you may want to go play some basketball in between hitting the books. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels(血管), including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Doctor Cameron is sure that this allows people who exercise to think better. As she says, “ while we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can actually cause physical changes in the brain.”

The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that requires a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. Even a little movement can show big results. Margaret Barnes, a scientist, also believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in primary school or high school can result from a lack of movement as babies. “Babies need movement that encourages and excites their five senses. They need to set up a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to connect physical activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.

Older people can develop their brains as well. Cornell University studied a group of seniors who have a short—term memory increase of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult, but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for babies, exercise for older people should not be too simple. Learning some new skills or actions, such as with yoga or tai-chi helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful. The main aim is to increase the brain’s flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as two to three hours of exercise a week.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. How exercise makes people strong. B. How to get good scores on a test.

C. How exercise helps the brain. D. How the brain can change.

答案解析：答案为C。本题为主旨大意题。第一段就点出了全文的中心 “According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels, including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed.”，锻炼可以使血管，包括大脑里的血管更结实、发育更好，后面的段落分别对中心进行阐述证明。故答案为C。

2. According to the passage, what is the connection between exercise and brain development?

A. Exercise helps make our blood vessels.

B. Physical exercise helps us think better.

C. The brain needs special mental exercise.

D. The more exercise, the bigger the brain.

答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节推理题。由第一段 “According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels, including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Doctor Cameron is sure that this allows people who exercise to think better.” 可知，答案为B。

3. The smallest amount of exercise required to gain any benefit is .

A. three hours per week B. 40 hours per week

C. three hours per day D. 40 hours per month

答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由最后一段最后一句话 “And your brain can benefit from as little as two to three hours of exercise a week.”可知，答案为A。

4. Why is yoga suggested for seniors?

A. It does good to the joints of old people.

B. It does not increase the heart rate.

C. It includes learning new actions

D. It can be done in groups.

答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由最后一段 “Learning some new skills or actions, such as with yoga or tai-chi helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful.”，可知C选项正确。A、D选项未提及；B选项与文意相反。故答案为C。

阅读理解。

Women, be on your guard. There is a new male excuse for not listening to us.

A recent study shows that men find it almost impossible to listen to what women say because their brains are out of synch（不同步的）with "complex female tones".
Apparently, when men listen to other men about the things they care about, they use only the frontal area of their brains. However, when they listen to women it's different story. They have to work much harder, employing a part of the brain that normally deals with music. So when a man tells you your voice is "music to his ears", he's actually telling the truth, though not in a good way.
I'm sure a lot of women could recall times when they have wasted hours explaining why they are completely right about everything in the world, only to wake up the next day to discover that not one brilliant point got through.
Those times when men haven't listened to me, I just thought I was being ignored. I didn't realize I just wasn't singing their favorite music. If I'd realized I was being heard as "music", I would have had a bit of fun with it. Whenever I wanted a "discussion", I'd have brought along my own band, complete with string and horn sections.
It is difficult not to be suspicious of yet more scientific findings sparing men the blame because of their biology. Isn't this "slaves to biology" all-purpose excuse wearing thin? It's enough to make you wonder at what a strange helpless species men are ----which part of the body will be "beyond their control" next.
Even if there is something in it, we have to take into account that most relationships are likely to become boring. That's the truth of the matter. Male or female, your voice might start out as music to your beloved's ears. But finally it will end up as boredom.
　　When your beautiful tones are there all the time, as they go about their daily business, you start to blend in a bit too much, until finally you become a kind of background noise.

1．The author of this passage tries to ___________.
A. throw doubts on a commonly accepted idea
B. explain a commonly accepted idea as it is
C. give some advice on a common problem
D. argue against a common belief

答案解析：答案为B。本题考查文章的写作目的。本文第二段就揭示了为什么男性听不进去女性的话的原因，文章后面的内容对此进行了阐述。故答案为B。
2．According to the new study, men don't listen to women because _________ .
A. what women say are usually boring

B. they don't care about what women say
C. they can't deal with female voices

D. they regard female voices as music

答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第三段的内容可知，男性在听同性的话语的时候只是用了大脑的前面区域；然而听女性的话语的时候，却更费力，因为要使用通常用来听音乐的那部分的大脑区域。故可推断，男性不听女性的话是因为他们大脑不能非常容易地处理女性的声音。故答案为C。干扰性最强的D选项 “他们把女性的声音当成音乐” 与文意不符。故错误。
3．The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph shows that the author is _______.
A. realistic B. humorous C. serious D. funny

答案解析：答案为B。本题为句意推断题。结合第五段的内容，作者以女性的口吻谈到如果她早意识到她是因为 “音乐”而被男人倾听，她会为此而感到些许开怀。无论何时，如果她想要一场“讨论”，就会带上自己的乐队，弦号俱全。故可以推断，划线部分的语言显得幽默。
4．What does the author think of the finding of the new study?
A. She thinks it doubtful. B. She thinks it interesting.
C. She thinks it needs further proof. D. She thinks it right.

答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推断题。由倒数第三段首句 “It is difficult not to be suspicious of …” 可知，本句话的同义词就是doubtful..故答案为A。
5．The author would most probably agree that ________.
A. men should accept what women say
B. women should talk less and do more housework
C. however beautiful voices may be, they will finally become boring
D. the relationship between men and women should always be improving
答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。从最后一段 “When your beautiful tones are there all the time, as they go about their daily business, you start to blend in a bit too much, until finally you become a kind of background noise.” 可知，当你美妙的旋律每天都出现在男人日常生活中的时候，最后也会变成背景噪音。故答案为C.

A、B未提及；倒数第二段首句提到了 “… most relationships are likely to become boring.” D选项与此不符，故错误。

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