届高三英语二轮专题强化精选阅读理解39.docx

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届高三英语二轮专题强化精选阅读理解39

2014届高三英语二轮专题强化选精：

阅读理解

1.

Sexprejudicesarebasedonandjustifiedbytheideology（思想体系；思想意识）thatbiologyisdestiny.Accordingtothisideology,basicbiologicalandpsychologicaldifferencesexistbetweenthesexes.Thesedifferencesrequireeachsextoplayaseparateroleinsociallife.Womenaretheweakersexbothphysicallyandemotionally.Thus,theyarenaturallysuitedmuchmoresothanmen,totheperformanceofdomesticduties.Awoman’splace,undernormalcircumstances,iswithintheprotectiveenvironmentofthehome.Naturehasdeterminedthatwomenplaycare-takerroles,suchaswifeandmotherandhomemaker.Ontheotherhandmenarebestsuitedtogooutintothecompetitiveworldofworkandpolitics,whereseriousresponsibilitiesmustbetakenon.Menaretobetheproviders;womenandchildrenare“dependents”.

Theideologyalsoholdsthatwomenwhowishtoworkoutsidethehouseholdshouldnaturallyfillthesejobsthatareinlinewiththespecialcapabilitiesoftheirsex.Itisthusappropriateforwomen,notmen,tobeemployedasnurses,socialworkers,elementaryschoolteachers,householdhelpers,andclerksandsecretaries.Thesepositionsaresimplyanextensionofwomen’sdomesticrole.Informaldistinctionsbetween“women’swork”and“men’swork”inthelaborforce,accordingtotheideology,aresimplyafunctionalreflectionofthebasicdifferencesbetweenthesexes.

Finally,theideologysuggeststhatnaturehasworkedherwillinanothersignificantway.Forthehumanspeciestosurviveovertime,itsmembersmustregularlyreproduce.Thus,womenmust,whetherathomeorinthelaborforce,makethemostoftheirphysicalappearance.Sogoestheideology.Itis,ofcourse,nottruethatbasicbiologicalandpsychologicaldifferencesbetweenthesexesrequireeachtoplaysex-definedrolesinsociallife.Thereisenoughevidencethatsexrolesvaryfromsocietytosociety,andthoseroledifferencesthatdoexistarelargelylearned.

Buttothedegreepeopleactuallybelievethatbiologyisdestinyandthatnatureintendedformenandwomentomakedifferentcontributionstosocietysex-definedroleswillbeseenastotallyacceptable.

72.Women’splace,somepeoplethink,istheprotectiveenvironmentofthehomebecause_____.

A.womencanprovidebettercareforthechildren

B.womenaretooweaktodoanyagriculturalworkatall

C.womenarebiologicallysuitedtodomesticjobs

D.womencannotcompetewithmeninanyfield

73.Accordingtotheauthor,sexroles________.

A.aresociallydetermined

B.areemotionallyandphysicallydetermined

C.canonlybedeterminedbywhateducationpeopletake

D.arebiologicallyandpsychologicallydetermined

74.Theauthorpointsoutthattheassignmentsofwomen’srolesinwork._________.

A.aredeterminedbywhattheyarebettersuitedto

B.growoutoftheirpositioninsidethehome

C.reflectabasicdifferencebetweenmenandwomen

D.aresuitabletothem,butnottomen

75.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thedivisionofsex-definedrolesiscompletelyunacceptable.

B.Women’srolesinworkaretoolimitedatpresent.

C.Inonesociety,menmightperformwhatisconsideredwomen’sdutiesbyanother.

D.Someofthewomen’srolesindomesticdutiescannotbetakenoverbymen.

2.

King’sCollegeSummerSchool

King’sCollegeSummerSchoolisanannualtrainingprogramforhighschoolstudentsatalllevelswhowanttoimprovetheirEnglish.CoursesaregivenbytheteachersofKing’sCollegeandothercollegesinNewYork.Tripstomuseumsandculturecentersarealsoorganized.Thisyear’ssummerschoolwillbefromJuly25toAugust15.

Moreinformationisasfollows:

Applicationdate

●StudentsinNewYorkschoolsendtheirapplicationsbeforeJuly18,2010.

●StudentsofothercitiesshouldsendtheirapplicationsbeforeJuly16,2010.

●ForeignstudentsshouldsendtheirapplicationsbeforeJuly10,2010

Courses

●EnglishLanguage

SpokenEnglish:

22hours

ReadingandWriting:

10hours

●AmericanHistory:

16hours

●AmericanCulture:

16hours

Steps

●Aletterofself---introduction

●Aletterofrecommendation

*ThelettersshouldbewritteninEnglishwithallthenecessaryinformation.

Cost

●Dailylessons:

$200

●Sportsandactivities:

$100

●Travels:

$200

●Hotelservice:

$400

*Youmaychoosetolivewithyourfriendsorrelativesinthesamecity.

Pleasewriteto:

Thompson,Sanders

1026King’sStreet

NewYork,NY10016,USA

E-mail:

KC-Summer—school@yahoo,com

69.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutKing’sCollegeSummerSchool?

A．Onlytopstudentscantakepartintheprogram．

B．King’sCollegeSummerSchoolisruneveryotheryear．

C．Visitstomuseumsandculturecentersarepartoftheprogram．

D．OnlytheteacherofKing’sCollegegivecourses．

70.IfyouaretolivewithyourrelativesinNewYork,youwillhavetopaytheschool_______．

A．$200B．$400C．$500D．$900

71.Whatinformationcanyougetfromthetext?

A．Theprogramwilllasttwomonths.

B．YoucanwritetoThompsononlyinEnglish

C．AsaChinesestudent,youcansendyourapplicationonJuly14,2010

D．YoucangetintouchwiththeschoolbyE-mailorbytelephone.

3.

Ifyouwanttostayyoung,sitdownandhaveagoodthink.ThisistheresearchfindingofateamofJapanesedoctors,whosaythatmostofourbrainsarenotgettingenoughexercise----andasaresult,wearegettingoldunnecessarilysoon.

ProfessorTaijuMatsuzawawantedtofindoutwhyotherwisehealthyfarmersinnorthernJapanappearedtobelosingtheirabilitytothinkandreasonatarelativelyearlyage,andhowtheprocessofagingshouldbesloweddown.

WithateamofcolleaguesatTokyoNationalUniversity,hesetaboutmeasuringbrainvolumesofathousandpeopleofdifferentagesandvaryingoccupations.

Computertechnologyenabledtheresearcherstoobtainprecisemeasurementsofthevolumeofthefrontandsidesectionsofthebrain,whichrelatetointellectandemotion,anddeterminethehumancharacter.Therearsectionofbrain,whichcontrolsfunctionslikeeatingandbreathing，doesnotcontractwithage,andonecancontinuelivingwithoutintellectualoremotionalfaculties.

Contractionoffrontandsidepartsascellsdieoffwasobservedinsomesubjectsintheirthirties,butitwasstillnotevidentinsomesixtyandseventy-year-olds.Thoseleastatrisk,saysMatsuzawa,arelawyers,followedbyuniversityprofessorsanddoctors.Whitecollarworkersdoingroutineworkingovernmentofficesare,however,aslikelytohaveshrinkingbrainsasfarmworkers,busdriversandshopassistants.

Matsuzawa’sfindingsshowthatthinkingcanpreventthebrainfromshrinking.Bloodmustcirculateproperlyintheheadtosupplythefreshoxygenthebraincellsneed.“Thebestwaytomaintaingoodbloodcirculationisthroughusingthebrain,”hesays,“Thinkhardandengageinconversation.Don’trelyonpocketcalculators.”

65.Theteamofdoctorswantedtofindout____.

A.whycertainpeopleagesoonerthanothersB.howtomakepeoplelivelonger

C.thesizesofcertainpeople’sbrainsD.whichpeoplearemostintelligent

66.Onwhataretheirresearchfindingbased?

A.AsurveyoffarmersinnorthernJapan.

B.Testsperformedonathousandoldpeople.

C.Thestudyofbrainvolumesofdifferentpeople.

D.Thelatestdevelopmentofcomputertechnology.

67.Thedoctor’stestshowsthat___.

A.ourbrainsshrinkaswegrowold

B.thefrontsectionofthebraindoesnotshrink

C.sixty-year-oldshavebetterbrainsthanthirty-yearolds

D.braincontractionmayvaryamongpeopleofthesameage

68.Theunderlinedword“subjects”inParagraph5means___.

A.somethingtobeconsidered

B.branchesofknowledgestudied

C.personschosentobestudiedinanexperiment

D.anymemberofastateexceptthesupremeruler

4.

Areyouaproblemshopper?

Theansweris“Yes”,ifyouorsomeoneelsethinksthatyousometimesgetcarriedawaywithshopping.Inotherwords,doyouordoessomeoneelsethinkyouareoccupiedinextremeshopping?

Ifpeoplehaveregretslaterabouttheirshopping,orhavean“out-of-control”feelingaboutthequantitiesofwhattheybuyortheamountofcredittheyuse,theymaybeconsideredtobeproblemshoppers.

Extremeshoppingcanleadtoamoreseriousproblem–addictiveshopping.Addictiveshoppersfeeldrivenbythedesiretoshopandspendmoney.Theyexperiencegreattensionwhichdrivesthemtoshopandspendmoneyandtheyfeela“rush”duringthetimetheyareoccupiedwiththeshoppingactivity.

Extremeoraddictiveshoppingmayresultfromlong-timeunpleasantfeelings,ofwhichanxiety,painandshamearecommonones,.Whenwefeelbadinside,weoftendosomethingtomakeourselvesfeelbetter.Inthiscase,weoftengoshopping.

Afewpeopleshoptorelievetheirboredomoremptiness.Forsomepeople,themotivationisadesireforstatus,power,beautyorsuccess.Somelovetoshopasitmakesthemfeelvaluedintheeyesoftheshopassistants.Othersshopsimplybecauseitmakesthemforget,atleasttemporarily,tension,fearorunhappinessintheirlife.

Besides,shoppingmallsaredesignedtoencouragecontinualshopping.Forinstance,therearesomemallswhereyoucan’tseeclocksdisplayingthetimebecausetheydon’twantyoutobecometooawareofthetimeyouspendthere.What’smore,foodcourts,coffeeshopsandrestroomsareprovided,soyoudon’thavetoleavethemallbecauseofyourphysicalneeds.

Therefore,onceyoubecomeawareofhowmarketforceswork,youwillcertainlycometocontrolyourshoppingbehavior.Forexample,howmuchtimeyouwillspendandwhatareasyouwillvisitcanbedecidedbeforeyouenterthem