2012屆高考英語二輪 專題強化閱讀綜合能力培養(yǎng)精選(十一)

1、 2012 屆高考英語二輪專題強化閱讀綜合能力培養(yǎng)精選十一A(2011山西省六所重點中學(xué)聯(lián)考)A pioneering headteacher is calling for all highschools to follow his lead and start classes at 11 am, allowing teenagers two hoursextra in bed.Dr. Paul Kelley, head of Monkseaton Community High School in North Tyneside, saidit would mean the end of sle

2、eping in lessons before lunch, after experiments showedteenagers could have different body clocks from adults and younger children.Russell Foster, an Oxford professor of neuroscience 神( 經(jīng)系統(tǒng)科學(xué)), tested thememory of 200 Monkseaton pupils at 9 am and 2 pm using pairs of words, and discovereda 9% improv

3、ement in the afternoon. Students correctly identified 51% of word pairsin the later session, compared with 42% in the morning. Tayler McCullough, 15, oneof the test subjects, said the majority of students would welcome the extra hoursin bed.“Im extremely hard to get up in the morning. One or two peo

4、ple like to getto school early, but most of us would be up for going in later. Im sure it wouldmake a big difference to our learning ability.Kelley is adamant that a change of school timetable will have a meaningful effecton exam performance. He wants his schools governors to approve his plan and pu

5、t thenew timetable in place before the opening of Monkseatons new school building, themost technologically advanced in the country, in September.Kelley hopes his latest idea will be just as successful. “We have to be practical.But this proves that, by starting later, childrens learning improves, as

6、does theirhealth.Foster said, “This is preliminary(初步的) data, but whats exciting is that itmatches more detailed studies carried out in Canada and the US. Teenagers get up latenot because they are lazy but because they are biologically programmed to do so.語篇解讀：經(jīng)過研究發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)生在下午的記憶效果更好，因而一位高中校長呼吁高中學(xué)校更改作息時間

7、表，認(rèn)為這樣更加符合青少年的生物鐘。38How many professors are mentioned in the passage?AOne. BTwo.CThree. DFour.- 1 - / 4 解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章中只提到一個教授，此人是牛津大學(xué)的Russell Foster。答案：A39According to Russell Fosters research, _.Athe students tested had very good memoriesBthe students tested did better jobs in the afternoonC42% of th

8、e students tested could do very good jobsD51% of the students tested could master 9% of words解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句中的內(nèi)容可知他的研究明確被測試的學(xué)生在下午的表現(xiàn)更好。答案：B40What does the underlined word “adamant in the fourth paragraph mean?AAngry. BAbsorbed.CAdaptable. DDetermined.解析：猜測詞義題。根據(jù)第二段中 Kelley 所持的觀點以與第三段中的測驗結(jié)果以與被測驗對象所

9、說的話可推測 Kelley“堅決不移地認(rèn)為學(xué)校時間表的變化能對考試表現(xiàn)產(chǎn)生有意義的影響。前三項分別表示“生氣的“全神貫注的“能適應(yīng)的，均不符合語境。答案：D41Fosters opinion on teenagers getting up late is that _.Ateenagers are practicalBteenagers are lazybonesCits based on their body developmentDits good for their learning and health解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句中的內(nèi)容可知他認(rèn)為青少年晚起是由他們身體的開展

10、所決定的。答案：CB(2011 河 南 局 部 重 點 中 學(xué) 聯(lián) 考 )It is hardly surprising that clothingmanufacturers(生產(chǎn)商) follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征)of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women isthe opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes

11、 button. Mensclothes tend to button from the right, and womens from the left. Considering most- 2 - / 4 of the worlds population men and women are righthanded, the mens standardwould appear to make more sense for women. So why do womens clothes button from theleft?History really seems to matter here

12、. Buttons first appeared only on the clothesof the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For themostly righthanded servants, having womens shirts button fro m the left would beeasier. On the other hand, having mens shirts button from the right made sense, too.Most men d

13、ressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand wouldbe less likely to get caught in the shirt.Today women are seldom dressed by servants,but buttoning from the leftis stillthe standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resistschange. At a time when

14、all womens shirts buttoned from the left, it would have beenrisky for any single manufacturer to offer womens shirts that buttoned from the right.After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and wouldhave to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, some women mi

15、ght have foundit socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right,since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing mens shirts.語篇解讀：文章說明了女人的衣服的紐扣在左邊而男人的在右邊的原因。38What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?AIt has been followed by the in

16、dustry for over 400 years.BIt is different for mens clothing and womens.CIt works better with men than with women.DIt fails to consider righthanded people.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第二句“What seems strange, however, is that thestandard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men.可知 B 項正確。答案：B39What do we

17、know about the rich men in the 17th century?AThey tended to wear clothes without buttons.BThey were interested in historical matters.CThey were mostly dressed by servants.- 3 - / 4 DThey drew their swords from the left.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段段末的“. and a sword drawn from the left with theright hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt可知 D 項正確。答案：D40Womens clothes still button from the left today because _.Aadopting mens style is improper for womenBmanufacturers should follow standardsCmodern women dress themsel