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1、南昌市高考英语阅读理解二轮限时训练精品题12及答案 高考南昌市2014高考英语阅读理解二轮限时训练精品题（12）及答案【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（2）】CAfter recording her new song at Rotation Records, Amy Hosmer left the studio. She was greeted by about 75 enthusiastic fans, ranging from young children to middle-aged men. Amy smiled shyly and thanked everyone for th

2、eir coming. Not what wed expect from a rock star.Similar to most little girls, Amy loves to perform and wants to be a professional singer. The 11-year-old girl receives a lot of attention, but shes far from self-absorbed. Recently, she told her mom, I always ask God to take away your pain if anythin

3、g happens to me. Amy prays for the people she loves, even when she has so many reasons to pray for herselfAmy has brain cancer. Her cancer was discovered when she was two-and-a-half years old. Early treatment reduced the size of Amys tumor (肿瘤) so that it wasnt life threatening. Since then, Amy has

4、had regular MRIs to check her health. Doctors recently discovered that the brain tumor was growing. On January 30, they operated and removed 80 percent of the tumor. Amy will go through chemotherapy(化疗) for the remaining tumor. Amy told her mom, If I had one wish, Id wish to meet Taylor Swift and sh

5、ell probably give me some hints on my singing. Swift is Amys inspiration. Amys mom, Etta Hosmer, wanted to support her daughter, so she set up a Facebook fan page to try to help Amy meet Taylor Swift.When the CEO of Rotation Records heard about Amy, they offered her a chance to record a song written

6、 by herself in their studio. Taylor Swift sent Amy some gifts and a photo with her signature on it, which were waiting at the recording studio.Etta said that the Facebook fan page and the recording have been great for her family. It did start with a little girls dream of meeting Taylor Swift, but it

7、 is more than that. This site helps me keep my mind focused on positive things. Also, it brings awareness of this disease. The most important thing is the people all over the world now saying prayers for Amy, Etta said.36. According to the first two paragraphs we know that Amy is_. A. self-centered

8、B. considerate C. a real rock star D. a shy rock star37. Which is the correct order about Amys cancer? a. She was operated on. b. She was discovered to suffer from cancer. c. She has to do chemotherapy. d. She has to have MRIs regularly. A. abcd B. bdac C. dbac D. badc38. The underlined word hints m

9、eans _. A. suggestions B. lyrics C. signs D. clues 39. Which of the following statements about the Facebook fan page is NOT correct? A. It brings Amy a chance to record her song. B. It attracts the public attention to brain tumor. C. It reminds Amys mother to keep optimistic. D. It helps Amy recover

10、 from the brain cancer.40. We can learn from the passage that _. A. Amy finally met her idol Taylor Swift at the recording studio B. Amys story has inspired people all over the world to pray for her C. Amys mom had never been depressed after knowing Amys disease D. Amys mom set up the fan page in or

11、der to attract the public attention【参考答案】36-40 BBADB 虽然Amy患有脑癌，但她跟许多女孩子一样喜欢打扮，喜欢唱歌表演。她的母亲为了帮助她实现与偶像见面的愿望，为她在Facebook上面开了个网页，从而得到公众的关注。36. B。推理判断题。根据第二段中Recently, she told her mom. Amy prays for the people she loves, even when she has so many reasons to pray for herself.可知答案。37. B。文章结构题。根据第三段便可知道Amy患

12、脑癌及治疗过程。38. A。词义猜测题。根据后面一句Swift is Amys inspiration.可知答案。39. D。细节理解题。根据最后两段内容可以得知A、B、C三个选项都有提及，D项表述错误。40. B。细节理解题。根据最后一段中The most important thing is the people all over the world now saying prayers for Amy可知答案。较难题目特训：介绍说明类Decision- making under StressA new review based on a research shows that acute

13、 stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative(负面的) consequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.“Stress affects how people learn

14、, ”says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes under stress. ”For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images (影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having t

15、o give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn

16、t gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stressat those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about

17、 a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also less easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect decision- making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequen

18、ces under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.Men who had been stressed by the cold- water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk- taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better; when c

19、aution weighs more, however, women will win.This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.1. We can l

20、earn from the passage that people under pressure tend to.A. keep rewards better in their memoryB. recall consequences more effortlesslyC. make risky decisions more frequentlyD. learn a subject more effectively2. According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their.A. ways of makin

21、g choicesB. preference for pleasureC. tolerance of punishmentsD. responses to suggestions3. The research has proved that in a stressful situation,.A. women find it easier to fall into certain habitsB. men have a greater tendency to slow downC. women focus more on outcomesD. men are more likely to ta

22、ke risks【参考答案】40.AAD社会生活类-201*福建卷 -ASome people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper,

23、has made a northern German city believe in fairytales(童话)The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained 10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous(匿名) envelopes, each co

24、ntaining 10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.The envelops keep coming, and so far at least 190, 000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspapers own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14yearold boy who was severely disabled in a swimmi

25、ng accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of 500 inside, with a copy of the article.The name of the family was underlined.“I was driving when I heard the news，”Claudia Neumann, the boys mother, told Der Spiegel magazine.“I had to

26、park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchairaccessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thin

27、ks of himself, was astonishing，” Mrs.Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said：“Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.”However, he ha

28、s told his reporters not to look for the citys hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.56The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of _.Aa church Ba bankCa newspaper Da magazine57Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?AThe donation amounted to 190, 000.BThe donation was s

29、ent directly to his house.CThe money will be used for his education.DHis mother felt astonished at the donation.58It can be inferred from the passage that _.Athe donator is a rich old man Bthe donation will continue to comeCthe donation comes from the newspaperDthe donator will soon be found out59Wh

30、at would be the best title for the passage?AMoney Is Raised by the NewspaperBNewspaper Distributes Money to the NeedyCUnknown Hero Spreads Love in EnvelopesDRobin Hood Returns to the City 【要点综述】本文是一篇记叙文。介绍了城市英雄以匿名信封的形式在经济上帮助需要帮助的人。 56. C推理判断题。从第一段“But the donator who started sending envelopes with c

31、ash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper”和第二段“with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung”可推出Braunschweiger Zeitung是当地一家报纸。 57. D细节理解题。从倒数第二段Tom的妈妈所说的话可知答案。 58. B推理判断题。从最后一段“he has told his reporters not to look for the citys hero, for fear that discovery may stop t

32、he donations.”可知捐赠还会继续。 59. C主旨大意题。本文介绍了城市英雄以匿名信封的形式在经济上帮助需要帮助的人。（201*上海卷） Human remains of ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under a law that threatens research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists(考古学家) says. I a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clark