高考英语一轮复习分块专项练习10阅读理解细节理解二0926157.docx

1、高考英语一轮复习分块专项练习10阅读理解细节理解二0926157阅读理解：细节理解（二）ATaking a shower is relaxing. You can hum a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But did you know that showering can also benefit your mind?A research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the U

2、S. interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly twothirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work.So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it.Showerin

3、g can help to raise our level of dopamine, a hormone (荷尔蒙) closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine，” explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and ther

4、efore make the dopamine level rise and bring Aha！ moment to us.”Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that

5、 you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson, author of Your Creative Brain, “A showering hour may turn into an incubation (孵化) period for your ideas.”Compared with sitting in front of a computer, taking a shower is something w

6、e do less frequently in our daily life. When showering, we get a fresh experience with the change of location, temperature and humidity. “New and unexpected experiences can lead to positive changes in thinking，” explained Kaufman. “Getting off the couch and jumping in the shower may create a distanc

7、e and force you to think from a new point of view.”Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, but it neednt just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration. For instance, Gertrude Stein, a female American writer and poet, got new ideas by driving around a farm and stopping at

8、 different cows until she found the one that most inspired her. So try to create your own way to free your mind.1According to the article, what changes can showering cause?ABringing the terrible moment to us.BSetting the creative part of the brain free.CLeading to boredom or tiredness.DIncreasing th

9、e level of dopamine.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine .”可知，淋浴能够使多巴胺的数值升高。故选D项。2If one has focused on something all day, showering can help _.Aturn ones attention inwardBdraw ones attention to the outside worldCmake an important breakthroughDmany chemical changes t

10、o take place解析：选A细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“Especially when you have thought hard . your inner feelings and memories.”可知，淋浴可以使人将注意力转向内心。故选A项。3According to Kaufman, why can taking showers make us creative?ABecause taking showers happens more often.BBecause taking showers can make us acquire a fresh experience, i

11、nspiring us.CBecause nothing but taking showers can get our inspiration.DBecause taking showers can help us try something unexpected.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第六段中的“When showering, we get a fresh experience”及“lead to positive changes in thinking”，再结合最后一段的描述可知，淋浴可以帮助我们获得新的体验、赋予我们灵感，故选B项。4The example of Gertrude S

12、tein in the last paragraph is used to _.Aencourage readers to find their own ways of getting inspirationBpoint out to readers that its hard to get inspirationCexplain how to link inspiration with readers daily livesDshow that creativity often comes from strange places解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“but it needn

13、t just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration”及最后一句“So try to create your own way to free your mind.”可以判断，举该例是为了鼓励读者寻找适合自己的获得灵感的方式。故选A项。B(2018广西桂林十八中模拟)No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But, can they rise to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York

14、City think so.Peter Souleo Wright organized “The Button Show” at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Eleven artists used the small, ordinary objects to create sculptures, portraits and wearable art. Some of the works are political, some are personal and others are just fun.Wr

15、ight said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art.“What I tried to do with this show，” he said, “was to look at artists who were promoting that level of craft.”He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting “because of the amount of detail and precision in the

16、work”Artist Beau McCall produced “A Harlem Hangover”. It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table. A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down. Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor.McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create

17、the bottle. The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.For San Franciscobased artist Lisa Kokin, buttons are highly personal. After her father died in 2001, she created a portrait of him using only buttons. That memorial to her father led to other button portraits, in

18、cluding those of activists Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.Others use buttons for details. Artist Amalia Amaki of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, placed them on and around old photographs. Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor attached buttons to three large sculptures that look like headless animals with long, narrow

19、 legs.“The Button Show” ends at March 12. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation paid for the exhibition. The foundation was created in 1995 by the Simmons brothers: artist Danny, hiphop producer Russell and rapper Reverend Run. The foundation seeks to bring the artists to urban youth and to provide

20、 support for new artists.语篇解读：文章介绍了纽约艺术家们组织的一场特殊的纽扣展览，在展览中人们见到了许多有创意的艺术品。1Why did Wright organize “The Button Show”？ATo show the importance of buttons.BTo support the new artists.CTo raise the button show to the level of art.DTo create sculptures and portraits.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句“But, can they rise

21、 to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York City think so.”和第二段中的“Peter Souleo Wright organized The Button Show”可知，赖特组织“纽扣展”的目的是将纽扣展上升到艺术水平。故选C项。2Whose works are personal?APeter Souleo Wright. BBeau McCall.CLisa Kokin. DAmalia Amaki.解析：选C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段第一句“For San Franciscobased artist

22、Lisa Kokin, buttons are highly personal.”可知，对于莉萨科金来说纽扣是高度私人化的东西。故选C项。3If you want to see “The Button Show”， you should _.Abuy tickets before March 12Bphone Peter Souleo Wright before March 12Cgo to Rush Arts GalleryDgo to the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Peter Souleo Wright

23、organized The Button Show at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.”可知，赖特组织的纽扣展是在Rush Arts Gallery。故选C项。CTo us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, but actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use

24、was as a shade against the sun!Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the 11th century BC.We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connec

25、ted with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the

26、first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.During the Middle Ages, the use of umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late 16th century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella ap

27、peared in France and later in England.By the 18th century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe.Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasnt until the twentieth century that womens umbrellas began to b

28、e made, in a whole variety of colors.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了伞最初产生时的用途以及其后来的演变。1According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient _ .AChina BEgypt CGreece DRome答案：A细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句可判断伞最初或许是在中国产生的。2Which of the following statements is NOT true about the umbrella?ANo one exac

29、tly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was.BThe umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.CThe umbrella changed much in style in the 18th century.DIn Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.答案：C细节理解题。根据文章倒数第一段中的“Umbrellas have not changed mu

30、ch in style during all this time”可知，一直以来，伞在风格上没有什么大的变化。3A strange feature of the umbrellas use is that it was used as _ .Aprotection against rain Ba shade against the sunCa symbol of honor and powerDwomens decoration答案：C细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“And there was a strange thing . a symbol of honor.”和最后一句“. only

31、 by those in high office.”可判断出答案。DDujiangyan is the oldest manmade water system in the world,anda wonder in thedevelopmentof Chinese science. Built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China,this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6,000

32、square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50 cities in the province.In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the regions governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem and discovered t