四川省成都市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练10.docx

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四川省成都市高考英语阅读理解一轮选练10

F.SccttFitzgerald

（1396—1940）

F.ScottFitzgerald,bornonSeptember24,1896,anAmericannovelist,wasoncea

studentofSt.PaulAcademy,theNewmanSchoolandattendedPrincetonUniversityfor

ashortwhile.In1917hejoinedthearmyandwaspostedinAlabama,wherehemet

hisfuturewifeZeldaSayre.Thenhehadtomakesomemoneytoimpressher.

Hislifewithherwasfullofgreathappiness,ashewroteinhisdiary:

“Myown

happinessinthepastoftenapproachedsuchjoythatIcouldnotshareitevenwith

thepersondearesttomebuthadtowalkitawayinquietstreetsandtakedownparts

ofitinmydiary.“

ThisSideofParadise,hisfirstnovel,waspublishedin1920.Encouragedbyits

success,Fitzgeraldbegantodevotemoretimetohiswriting.Thenhecontinuedwith

thenovelTheBeautifulandDamned（1922）,acollectionofshortstoriesTalesofthe

JazzAge（1922）,andaplayTheVegetable（1923）.ButhisgreatestsuccesswasTheGreatGatsby,publishedin1925,whichquicklybroughthimpraisefromtheliteraryworld.Yetitfailedtogivehimtheneededfinancialsecurity.Then,in1926,hepublished

anothercollectionofshortstoriesAlltheSadYoungMen.

However,Fitzgerald'sproblemswithhiswifeZeldaaffectedhiswriting.Duringthe

1920shetriedtoreorderhislife,butfailed.By1930,hiswifehadherfirst

breakdownandwenttoaSwissclinic.DuringthisperiodhecompletednovelsTenderIstheNightin1934andTheLoveoftheLastTycoonin1940.WhilehiswifewasinhospitalintheUnitedStates,hegottotallyaddictedtoalcohol.SheilaGraham,hisdearfriend,helpedhimfighthisalcoholism.

1.HowmanynovelswrittenbyFitzgeraldarementionedinthepassage?

A.5.B.6.C.7.D.8.

2.

according

WhichofthefollowingisthecorrectordertodescribeFitzgerald'slifetothepassage?

a.Hebecameaddictedtodrinking.

b.HestudiedatSt.PaulAcademy.

c.HepublishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadise.

d.TheGreatGatsbywonhighpraise.

e.Hefailedtoreorderhislife.

f.HejoinedthearmyandmetZelda.

A.f-c-e-a-b-dB.b-e-a-f-c-dC.f-d-e-c-b-aD.b-f-c-d-e-a

3.WecaninferfromthepassagethatFitzgerald.

A.hadmadesomemoneywhenhemetZeldainAlabama

B.waswelleducatedandwelloffbeforeheservedinthearmy

C.wouldhavecompletedmoreworksifhiswifehadn'tbrokendown

D.helpedhisfriendgetridofdrinkingwhilehiswifewasinhospital

4.Thepassageisprobablyfollowedbyaconcludingparagraphabout.

A.Zelda'spersonallife

B.Zelda'sillnessandtreatment

C.Fitzgerald

D.Fitzgerald

'sfriendshipwithGraham

scontributionstotheliteraryworld

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

FormillionsofFacebookusers,choosingwhichphototouseforanonlineprofile

isanimportantdecision.AccordingtoastudybyresearchersattheUTDallasCenter,thephotosweselectmayreflectindividualpreferences,buttheyalsoappeartoreflectmoredeeplyrooted,unconsciousculturaldifferences.Previousresearchhas

shownthatculturecanaffectnotonlyIanguageandcustom,butalsohowweexperieneetheworldandprocessinformation.Westerncultures，forexample，conditionpeople

tothinkofthemselvesashighlyindependententities（实体），whereasEastAsian

culturesstresscollectivismandinterdependence.

Dr.DenisePark,co-directoroftheCenteratUTDallas,andformergraduatestudent

Dr.ChihMaoHuangoftheUniversityofIllinois,werecuriousaboutwhetherthesepatternsofculturalinflueneeextendtocyberspace.Inapaperpublishedinthe

InternationalJournalofPsychology,theyexaminedtheprofilephotographsofmorethan500activeFacebookusersfromtheUnitedStatesandEastAsia.Overall,theyfoundthatprofilephotosofAmericansaremorelikelytofocusontheindividual'sface，whiletheprofilesofEastAsianstendtolessemphasizethefaceandincludemorebackgroundfeatures.Americansalsoshowgreatersmileintensitycomparedto

EastAsianFacebookusers.

ThefindingsshowmarkedculturaldifferencesinthefocusofattentionamongEast

AsianandAmericanFacebookusers.Moreover,theyechopreviousresearchonculturalinfluencesonvisualperception（感知），attention,andreasoningintheofflineworld.

“Webelievethesefindingsrelatetoaculturalbiastobemoreindividualisticand

independentintheUSandmorecommunalandinterdependentinAsia”，saidPark.

Theresearchalsofoundthatculturalinfluencesoverourself-presentationonlinecanshiftovertimeandfromplacetoplace.Inoneofthestudysamples,AmericansstudyinginJapanandJapanesestudyingintheUSbothshowedatendencytoadjusttheirprofilephotostothegeneralpreferencesoftheirhostcountry.

“Facebookconstitutesanextendedsocialcontextinwhichpersonalprofilesmirrorvariousindividualcharacteristics，privatethoughts，andsocialbehaviors，”noted

Huang.“Assuch，thestudypresentsanewapproachtoinvestigatecognitionandbehaviorsacrossculturesbyusingFacebookasadatacollectionplatform.”

1.Theunderlinedword‘‘condition”inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans.

A.adviseB.instructC.shapeD.forbid

2.WecanknowfromthepassagethatMongoliansprobablyemphasize.

A.culturalinfluencesB.socialbehaviors

C.independentexistenceD.collectivepower

3.ItcanbeinferredthataKoreanstudyingintheUSislikelyto.

A.useapictureofhisfaceonFacebook

B.adjusttoAmericanpreferencesquickly

C.changehisprofilephotosfromtimetotime

D.putupaphotoofhisapartmentonFacebook

4.AccordingtoDr.Huang,Facebookcanhelpto

A.makeupamoreextendedsocialcontext

B.studythediversityofworldwidecultures

C.promotecommunicationbetweeneastandwest

D.combinedifferentculturesfromdifferentaspects

【参考答案】1—4、CDAB

阅读理解。

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snotand-itwon't

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tfairisThatitkeepsusfromfeelingsonyfhrouisdvesbyencounagmgustodotheverybestwecanwithwhatwehaveWeknowifsnot心life'sjob"tomakeeverythingperfectrifsourownchallengeSutrenderingtothisfcctalsokeeps11sfromfeelingsortyforothersbecauseweareremindedthateveryoneisdealtadifferenthand;everyon.6hasuniquestrengthsandprolilcmsinthepro亡essafgrowingup,fociAgtherealityandntakrngdecisiofis;andevetryoaehasthosetinesthattayfeelvictimizedorunfairlytreated.

Whena“bosschild”doesn'tlearnlimitsathome,thestageissetforahost

oftroublesoutsidethefamily.Theoverlywillfulandunbendingchildmayhavetrouble

obeyingteachersorcoachers,forexample,ortroublekeepingfriends.Itcanbepretty

Ionelyasthetopdogifnoonelikesyourbossyways.

“Iseemoreandmoreparentsgivinguptheirpower,”saysBarkley,whohasstudied

bossybehaviorformorethan30years.Theybendtoofarbecausetheydon'twant

tobeasstrictastheirownparentswere.Buttheyalsofeellessconfidentabouttheirparentingskills.Theirkids,inturn,feelmoreanxious.

1.BossychildrenlikeStephenJackson.

A.makegooddecisions

C.lackcarefromothers

2.Theunderlinedphrase“inheritabletrait

A.inbornnatureB.developedcharacter

B.showself-centeredness

D.havelittlesenseoffear

inparagraph2means.

C.acceptedtheoryD.particular

environment

3.

B.shouldbestrictwiththeir

Thestudyonbossybehaviorimpliesthatparents

A.shouldgivemorepowertotheirchildrenchildren

C.shouldnotbesoanxiousabouttheirchildrenD.shouldnotsetlimitsfortheirchildren

4.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Howbossybehaviorcanbecontrolled.B.children.

Howwecanget

alongwith

bossy

C.Whatleadstochildren

sbossybehavior.

D.Whateffect

bossybehavior

bringsabout.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、BC和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将

该项涂黑。

【四川省绵阳市2014高考英语一模试题】A

Sometimespeoplecalleachother"scared-cat",buthaveyoueverthoughtaboutthisexpression?

Whenacatisfrightened,itsheartstartsbeatingfaster,its