届高考英语阅读理解专题训练 主旨大意篇.docx

1、届高考英语阅读理解专题训练 主旨大意篇 高考英语阅读理解专题训练 主旨大意篇（一） Why do Americans struggle with watching their weight, while the French, who consume（消耗） rich food, continue to stay thin? Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that th

2、e French tend to（往往，倾向于） stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over. According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend

3、 a fairly long time at the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed（挤出） between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out

4、that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead, tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal. After a visit to the

5、United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Dont Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym. In spite of（尽管） all these differences, evidence shows that recen

6、t life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity or extreme overweight among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject（拒绝） older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% and is growing.（1）In

7、what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr. Joseph Mercola? A.They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.B.They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.C.They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyles.D.They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.（2）T

8、his text is mainly the relationship between _. A.Americans and the FrenchB.life style and obesityC.children and adultsD.fast food and overweight（3）The text is mainly developed _. A.by contrast （对比）B.by spaceC.by process（变化过程）D.by classification（分类）（4）Where does this text probably come from? A.A TV i

9、nterviewB.A food advertisementC.A health reportD.A book review（书评）（二） When were in need, we always turn to our parents for help. But would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions (延伸) o

10、f the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends? In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to con

11、tinue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to educate themselves about so

12、cial networking sites. These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; theres also a certain amount of control over privacy that we dont get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated (侵犯）when we must accept a “friend”

13、request from a parent or family member. Its a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we dont want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you d

14、o accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before. A recent survey suggested that parents shouldnt take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parents friend request, it doesnt necessari

15、ly mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.” Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list. （1）The passage is mainly about _. A

16、.privacy onlineB.parents friend requestsC.the generation gapD.social networks（2）From Paragraph 2, we learn that _. A.parents have realized the importance of social networksB.parents feel secure about their privacy onlineC.social networks successfully fill the generation gapD.social networks offer a

17、platform for parents to communicate（3）Teenagers may refuse a parents friend request because _. A.their parents make negative comments on themB.they hide something from their parentsC.they are unwilling to be watched by parentsD.their parents tend to fall behind in technology（4）The passage is written

18、 mainly for _. A.parentsB.teachersC.researchersD.teenagers（三） Its Friday morning in the year 2050, and youre running late. You got carried away watching the music video that is playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega G

19、iga Industries on time? A quick check of your Internet-connected refrigerator tells you your train is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally hydrogen fuel（环保氢燃料）car instead-or rather, let your car drive you. Its programmed to know the way and it will get you there wi

20、thout getting lost. Settling into your office chair, which changes color to match what youre wearing, you pick up yesterday mornings newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it rewrites itself. Now its time for your big meeting. Uh-oh! Youve left your handwritten notes at home. No problem. T

21、he smartpen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote. Your wristwatch videophone（可视电话）suddenly rings. Your best friends face pops up on the screen asking what youre doing this weekend. Will you play virtual soccer with the U.S. Olympic team? No, no. Your friend says, so you have to t

22、ake the new elevator (made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel) 60000 miles into space. Could this scene really take place in just a couple of decades? The researchers who are now developing all these things think so. These high-tech products（高科技产品）may be as common in 20 years as ce

23、ll phones today.（1）How many high-tech products are mentioned in the text? A.Four.B.Six.C.Eight.D.Ten.（2）According to the text, if you miss the train to work, you can _. A.drive your smart car insteadB.take the spaceship insteadC.wait for the next trainD.work at home（3）What can be inferred from the t

24、ext? A.Space tourism will be a reality.B.Transportation will be trouble-free.C.People will have more time to enjoy themselves. D.Videophones will replace face-to-face communications.（4）What is the best title for the next? A.Great Changes in FutureB.Modern TimesC.Life in the FutureD.Development in Te

25、chnology（四） Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didnt

26、 pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known an the tango(探戈舞)came into being. At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and

27、streets. At that time there many fewer women than men, so if a man didnt want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more res

28、pectable. In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞)to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters. After ta

29、ngo dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public an they performed their exiting dance in cafes, Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular. The popularity（流行）Of

30、the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America, It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act an a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea