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1、Austin Powers 3 this year and she is filming a teenage come- dy that will be released in March 20典型例题this movie, she has a starring role. The movie was her own concept and she picked the writer.For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic （热心） about it all. If her mo

2、vies are successful, her bank account is sure to grow by another few mil-lion dollars but she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love, not the money. 1. Tick ets for her concerts are_. A. cheap B. expensiveC. on sale soon D. all sold 答案: D 指导：由第二段第一句“and every concert is a sell out可知，每场音乐

3、会的票都能售空，故选D.2. Which of the following is not true according to the text? A. Though young, Britney can support her family now. B. While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day. C. The teenage comedy movie was based on Britneys own story. D. Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.

4、 C 指导：由第三段最后一句The movie was her own concept”知，这部青少年电影喜战只是她的concept，而非她自己的故事。3. According to Britney Spears, she works_. A. to be a great actress B. for the enjoyment C. for money D. to be more famous B指导：由文章最后一句“she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love，not the money知：Britney所做一切只是为快乐和喜

5、欢，而非钱与名利。Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good nights sleep a problem that seemed impossible to solve the night before can often appear easier, although no evidence has proved this by now. But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an e

6、xperiment that shows a good nights sleep can improve insight（洞察力）and problem-solving. “If you have some newly acquired memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories, restructures（重构）them, so that after sleep the insight into a problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr. Jan

7、Bom, a neuroscientist, at the university. To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them put a string of numbers into a new order. There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem. The researchers divided the volunteers

8、into two groups, half were allowed to sleep after the training while the remainders were forced to stay awake. Bom and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group. “Sleep helped,” Bom said in a telephone inter

9、view. “The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep, so it can act on the problem.” But Bom admitted that he and his team dont know how restructuring of memories occurs or what governs it or in which stage of s

10、leep it works. Pierre Marquette and Pierre Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the suggestions that sleep can promote creative thinking. Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery, the research gives people good reason to ful

11、ly respect their periods of sleep, they added.36.The underlined phrase “sleep on it” in the first line probably means _.A. to put something aside to be solved until the next dayB. to get as much sleep as possibleC. to go on sleeping without being disturbedD. to sleep till you get up the next morning

12、【答案】A【解析】词义猜测题。由“After a good nights sleep a problem that seemed impossible to solve the night before can often appear easier,”可知选A。37.Jan Bom and his team carried out the experiment through _A. comparison B. interview C. survey D. imagination【解析】细节理解题。由“The researchers divided the volunteers into t

13、wo groups, half were allowed to sleep after the training while the remainders were forced to stay awake. Bom and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group.”可知他们是通过比较来开展的实验。故选A。38.It can be inferred from the

14、passage that _.A. people should sleep so long as they have timeB. sleep is the only way to solve hard problemsC. people have various periods of sleepD. people know how sleep restructures memories【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。由“But Bom admitted that he and his team dont know how restructuring of memories occurs or

15、what governs it or in which stage of sleep it works.”可知人们有不同的睡眠阶段。故选C。39. What would be the best title for the passage?A. How Sleep Works B. Sleep Helps Solve ProblemsC. No Evidence, But Well Founded D. Boms Discovery On Sleep【答案】B【解析】标题归纳题。40. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken fro

16、m?A. A science fiction. B. A book review.C. An advertisement. D. A newspaper.【答案】D本文主要讲的是科学家的一项新的发现，以及有关的实验。所以最可能出自报纸。故选D。【2013高考英语辽宁省沈阳市领航试卷】BUnlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream ofWhen I was twe

17、lve, I made my first adventures in the deepLater I would learn how to dive, expanding my world of exploration many times overPerhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, asking how I might learn mor

18、e about the seaA kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I receivedDuring one of their courses that summer, I met DrRobert Norris, a marine geologistHe loved the sea almost as much as I didSoon he suggested I consider his school, the Univ

19、ersity of California, for my studyOne year later I became a member of the freshman classNow my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor（艰苦的努力）If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I

20、wanted to enterThe undersea world is not our natural worldIt is unforgiving to those who make mistakesAt its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally darkIt is easy to get lost in such a worldI needed to learn a lot about g

21、eography, navigation, geology, biology, and many other thingsI decided another important thing for me to do was to join the USNavyIf I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didnt want that to happenIn the Nav

22、y I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deepFinally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for m

23、any years to come1. What happened to the author at the age of twelve? AHe dreamed about undersea exploration BHe began to swim under the deep water CHe surfed on big waves for the first time DHe learned to dive off the cliffs2. In college, the author took many different types of courses because he A

24、was told it was easy to get lost in exploration Bwas advised to take them by DrRobert Norris Cthought they were needed to fully understand the ocean Dbelieved it would help him succeed in the Navy3. The author joined the Navy to _ Adevelop his leadership skills Bget along with people under stress Cl

25、earn about the dangers of the ocean Dgather specific information about ocean life4. Which word can best describe the author? AImaginative BOptimistic CIndependent DAmbitious参考答案 4-7 BCAD 【阅读理解细节事实】 Passage * Cultural differences in business entertaining include problems such as whom one entertains a

26、nd where, and how one entertains. In countries where status （地位） is important, it is not advisable to invite people of different statuses to the same dinner party. Americans will often invite people to their homes. However in some societies the home is considered too private, unworthy, or too small

27、to serve as a proper place for business entertaining. In some countries there is ahelp your- self method of entertaining done in the home. This methoddoes not work well when entertaining people whose culture teaches them to wait to be asked three times before accepting an offer of food. In one insta

28、nce, a Chinese guest went hungry all the evening without eating though he was quite hungry because he was too shy to take food after only being asked to do so once. In another case, an American woman executive （负责人） was being entertained in London. After having the tea served, the American woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than waiting to be served. The English hostess was upset by the thought that she was not serving quickly enough.As a general rule, a small gift from your home country is OK