福州市英語(yǔ)（暑假）閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（9）及答案解析

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精福州市2014高考英語(yǔ)（2013暑假）閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（19）及答案解析（二)MartinwasreturningtoworkinhisLondonofficeafterspendingtwoweekswithhisbrotherinNewYork。Hewascomingbackwithaheavyheart。Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofawonderfulholiday；itwasnotjustthatheinvariablysufferedbadlyfromjetlag；itwasthatMondaymorningsalwaysbeganwithateammeetingand，overthemonths，hehadgrowntohatethem.Martinwasawarethatcolleaguesapproachedthesemeetingswithhiddenagendas；theyindulged（縱容)game。playing；andheknewthatpeoplewerenotbeinghonestandopen.Themeetingsthemselveswerebadenough-therewasallthemoaningafterwardsatthemeetinglike“Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea，butIwasn’tgoingtosay"。Asthismorning’smeetingbegan，Martinpreparedhimselffortheusualdullnessandboredom.But，asthemeetingprogressed，hebecameawareofastrangebackgroundnoise。Atfirst,hethoughtthathewasstillhearingtheenginenoisefromtheaircraftthathadbroughthimbacktoLondon。But,asheconcentratedonthenoise，itbecamealittleclearer。Herealized—tohisamazement-thathecouldactuallyhearwhattheywerethinkingatthesametimeastheywerespeaking.Whatsurprisedhim,evenmorethantheacquisition（獲得)ofthisstrangepower,wasthathediscoveredthatwhatpeopleweresayingwasnotreallywhattheywerethinking。Theywerenotmakingcleartheirreservations。Theywerenotsupportingviewswhichtheythoughtmightbepopular。Theywerenotcontributingtheirnewinsights。Theywerenotvolunteeringtheirnewideas.Martinfounditimpossiblenottorespondtohisnewknowledge.Sohestartedtomakegentleinterventions，basedmoreonwhathecouldhearhiscolleaguesthinkingthanonwhathecouldhearthemsaying?！癝o,Johnareyoureallysaying…"“Susan，doyoureallythinkthat？”“Tom,haveyougotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward？”Theylookedathim，puzzled.Intruth,hefeltratherproudofhis_newly-acquired_talent。Asthemeetingprogressed,itwascleartohimthateachmemberofthemeetingwaslearninghowtohearthethoughtsoftheothers。Thegame。playingstartedtofallaway;peoplestartedtospeakmoredirectly;viewsbecamebetterunderstood；theatmospherebecamemoreopenandtrusting。Themeetingended。Aspeoplelefttheroom，Martinfoundthathecouldstillhearwhattheywerethinking.“Thatwasthebestmeetingwe’veeverhad。"“Allmeetingsshouldbelikethat.”“Infuture，I’mgoingtosaywhatIthink”。（)11。ItisknownfromthefirstparagraphthatMartin________。A．justcamebackfromhisbusinesstripinNewYorkB．wasfoundtosufferfromaseriousheartdiseaseduringthetripC．hadagoodtimeduringhisfortnight’sstayinNewYorkD．didn'tlikehisworkinhisLondonoffice(）12.WhydidMartinhatehiscompany'steammeeting？A．BecauseithadtobeheldeveryMondaymorning.B．Becausehewastiredofhostingsuchameeting。C．Becausehecouldn’tcontrolthemeetingthatwasoutoforder。D．Becausethemeetingatmospherewasn'topenandtrusting.（)13。Theunderlinedpart“hisnewly-acquiredtalent”inParagraph5meansthathecould________.A．stillheartheenginenoiseoftheplanethoughhewasbackB．clearlyhearwhatthemembersofthemeetingweresayingC．a(chǎn)ctuallycontrolthethoughtsofthemembersofthemeetingD．expresswhatthemeetingmemberswerethinkingbasedontheirwordsandtheirthoughts(）14.WhatdoweknowaboutthisMondaymorning’smeetingfromthepassage?A．Martinmadepeoplesaywhattheywerethinkingimmediatelythemeetingbegan。B．Martinwasangryatthedullnessofthemeetingatthebeginningofthemeetingallthetime。C．Martinledpeopletoexpresstheirrealthoughtswiththemeetingprogressing。D．Manymembersofthemeetingplayedgamesandtoldliesatthemeetingallthetime。()15。ItisinferredfromthelasttwoparagraphsthattowardstheendofthemeetingMartinwouldhearsuchwordsas“________”．A．Iwasthinkingofmakingasuggestion-butIcouldn'tbebotheredB．Ihavegotanideaonhowwecouldtakethisforward.Ithinkweshould…C．Theusualpeoplesaytheusualthings，soIhavenoothernewideasD．Icouldhaveimprovedonthatidea，butIwasn'tgoingtosay（二）度假歸來(lái)，馬丁又要組織會(huì)議了。他原本準(zhǔn)備忍受會(huì)議的乏味,但隨著會(huì)議的進(jìn)行，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己能根據(jù)別人所說(shuō)的話知道他們心里的真實(shí)想法，因此他試著說(shuō)出他們的真實(shí)想法,引導(dǎo)與會(huì)人員學(xué)著理解他人的想法，并坦誠(chéng)地說(shuō)出自己心里的想法。因此，會(huì)議成為了一場(chǎng)開(kāi)誠(chéng)布公而讓人信任的會(huì)議。11．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段Itwasnotjustthatitwastheendofawonderfulholiday中的awonderfulholiday可判斷，他在紐約的兩周過(guò)得很愉快，由此判斷答案選C.12．D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段可判斷，與會(huì)人員口是心非，表里不一,這種不公開(kāi)、不誠(chéng)實(shí)的會(huì)風(fēng)使他厭煩,由此判斷正確答案選D。13．D詞義猜測(cè)題。第四段提到馬丁能根據(jù)與會(huì)人員所說(shuō)的話而得知他們心里的真實(shí)想法，之后第五段接著說(shuō)，他說(shuō)出與會(huì)人員的真實(shí)想法，使別人都迷惑地看著他，由此判斷，“他新獲得的能力”即意為:他能根據(jù)別人的話說(shuō)出他們心里的真實(shí)想法.14．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。會(huì)初，馬丁準(zhǔn)備著忍受會(huì)議的乏味，而后隨著會(huì)議的進(jìn)行，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己能根據(jù)別人所說(shuō)的話而得知他們心里的真實(shí)想法,對(duì)此他做出反應(yīng)，即試著說(shuō)出他們心里的真實(shí)想法，從而引導(dǎo)人們學(xué)會(huì)理解他人的想法,并坦誠(chéng)地說(shuō)出自己心里的想法。由此判斷正確答案選C。*＊＊*＊＊＊＊＊***＊*＊＊＊＊＊*＊*＊*＊＊*＊＊*＊＊＊**＊＊＊＊＊**＊*＊＊＊＊*＊＊＊＊******結(jié)束（2010·海淀期中）Habitsareafunnything。Wereachforthemmindlessly,settingourbrainsonautopilotandrelaxingintotheunconsciouscomfortoffamiliarroutine.“Notchoice，buthabitrulestheunreflectingcreatures。”WilliamWordsworthsaidinthe19thcentury.Intheever。changing21stcentury，eventheword“habit”carriesanegativemeaning。Soitseemscontradictorytotalkabouthabitsinthesamecontextasinnovation（創(chuàng)新)。Butbrainresearchershavediscoveredthatwhenweconsciouslydevelopnewhabits,wecreateparallelpaths，andevenentirelynewbraincells,thatcanjumpourtrainsofthoughtontonew,innovativetracks.Ratherthandismissingourselvesasunchangeablecreaturesofhabit,wecaninsteaddirectourownchangebyconsciouslydevelopingnewhabits.Infact,themorenewthingswetry,themorecreativewebecome.Butdon'tbothertryingtokilloffoldhabits；oncethoserutsofprocedurearewornintothebrain,they’retheretostay.Instead，thenewhabitswedeliberatelypressintoourselvescreateparallelpathwaysthatcanbypassthoseoldroads.“Thefirstthingneededforinnovationisattractiontowonder，”saysDawnaMarkova，authorofTheOpenMind.“Butwearetaughtinsteadto‘decide'，justasourpresidentcallshimself‘theDecider’．”Sheadds,“howevertodecideistokilloffallpossibilitiesbutone.Agoodinnovationalthinkerisalwaysexploringthemanyotherpossibilities."“Allofusworkthroughproblemsinwaysofwhichwe’reunaware,”shesays.Researchersinthelate1960sdiscoveredthathumansarebornwiththeabilitytoapproachchallengesinfourprimaryways：analytically，procedurally，collaboratively(合作地）andinnovatively。Attheendofadolescence，however,thebrainshutsdownhalfofthatability，preservingonlythosewaysofthoughtthathaveseemedmostvaluableduringthefirstdecadeorsooflife.Thecurrentemphasisonstandardizedtestinghighlightsanalysisandprocedure，meaningthatfewofususeourinnovativeandcollaborativewaysofthought.“ThisbreaksthemajorruleintheAmericanbeliefsystemthatanyonecandoanything，"explainsM。J。Ryan,authorofthe2006bookThisYearIWill.。.andMsMarkova’sbusinesspartner?！癟hat’saliethatwehavepreserved,anditfosterscommonness。Knowingwhatyou'regoodatanddoingevenmoreofitcreateexcellence?！盩hisiswheredevelopingnewhabitscomesin。1。Brainresearchershavediscoveredthat________.A。theformingofnewhabitscanbeguidedB。thedevelopmentofhabitscanbepredictedC.theregulationofoldhabitscanbetransformedD.thetrackofnewhabitscanbecreatedunconsciously2.Theunderlinedword“ruts”inParagraph4isclosestinmeaningto________.A。zonesB。connectionsC。situationsD.tracks3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsmostprobablyagreeswithDawnaMarkova’sview？A.Decisionmakesnose