2012屆高考英語二輪專題復(fù)習(xí) 閱讀理解（四十六）

1、2012屆高考英語二輪專題精品復(fù)習(xí)資料閱讀理解（四十六）1I know what youre thinking: pizza (比薩餅)? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.I know lots of women who skip breakfast(不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they dont have time

2、, others think theyre saving calories (卡路里) , still others just dont like breakfast food.But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all，” says Katherine Bro

3、oking, R. D. , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables，and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating

4、 breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up

5、 having no breakfast altogether，and have just coffee or orange juice. I say，try heating up last nights leftoversit may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself，“You can always eat it tomorrow, ”I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it.you may sav

6、e yourself some pre-bed-time calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.【文章大意概括】隨著科技的進(jìn)步、社會的發(fā)展，人們的生活節(jié)奏也越來越快。為了節(jié)省時(shí)間或者是為了保持苗條身材，很多人不吃早餐。然而這樣做是絕對不科學(xué)的，尤其對于那些想要減肥的人是極其不利的。1. The word“ leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means_.A. food remaining after a mealB. things left undoneC. meals made

7、 of vegetablesD. pizza topped with fruit【詳解剖析】猜測詞義題。從第一段last night可以猜測出leftovers的含義為“剩飯”。【最佳選項(xiàng)】A2. What can we infer from the text?A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.D. Eating vegetables hel

8、ps save energy.【詳解剖析】推理判斷題。第二段告訴我們很多人有種種借口不吃早餐，第三段開始“but”一詞告訴我們這樣做是不對的?！咀罴堰x項(xiàng)】B3. According to the last paragraph，it is important to_.A. eat something for breakfastB. be careful about what you eatC. heat up food before eating itD. eat calorie-controlled food【詳解剖析】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。最后一段第一句告訴我們：早餐吃什么都可以，但要吃?！咀罴堰x項(xiàng)】

9、A4The text is written mainly for those_.A. who go to work earlyB. who want to lose weightC. who stay up lateD. who eat before sleep【詳解剖析】主旨大意題。第三段第一句以及第四段第一句都提示我們：本文主要寫給那些想減肥的人?！咀罴堰x項(xiàng)】B2When I was seven my father gave me a Timex，ray first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and havent had another o

10、ne since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I dont need one. I have a mobile phone and Im always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices(裝置) tell the time which is why, if you look around, youll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have be

11、en going down since 2007.But while the wise have realized that they dont need them，othersapparently including some distinguished men of our time are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to 250,000 for a piece.This is ridiculo

12、us. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your

13、 direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead t

14、he Swiss reinvented the watch ，with the aid of millions of pounds worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes

15、 across the world.Watches are now classified as “investments” (投資). A 1994 Patek Philippe recently sold for nearly 350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15,000 to 30,000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. Its a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep goin

16、g uptheyve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that 350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex.【文章大意概括】本文從小時(shí)候父親買的那塊表說起，簡單說明了“表”曾經(jīng)輝煌的歷史和現(xiàn)在的年輕人，包括我，由于各種新設(shè)備的出現(xiàn)，如移動電話等上面都可識別時(shí)間，不再戴“表”似乎成了一種趨勢，然而令人啼笑皆非的是盡管“表”針對年輕人的

17、銷售量越來越小，卻越來越高檔化。1. The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they_.A. have other devices to tell the timeB. think watches too expensiveC. prefer to wear an iPodD. have no sense of time【詳解剖析】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。此題比較簡單。從第一段直接可以得到答案，特別是I have a mobile phone and Im always near someone with an iPod or s

18、omething like that.All these devices tell the time.“表”在年輕人當(dāng)中銷售下降的主要原因就是有移動電話等諸如此類的其他設(shè)備可替代?！咀罴堰x項(xiàng)】A2. It seems ridiculous to the writer that_.A. people dive 300 metres into the seaB, expensive clothes sell better than cheap onesC. cheap cars dont run as fast as expensive onesD. expensive watches with

19、unnecessary functions still sell【詳解剖析】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段Expensive watches come with extra functions.So why pay that much of five yearsschool fees for watches that allow you to do these things？和第四段Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch，with the aid of millions of pounds worth of advertising，as a message about the man wearing it.可以得知，擁有不必要功能的名表還在銷售?！咀罴堰x項(xiàng)】D3. What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?A. It targets