高考英语二轮复习增分篇专题巧突破专题三阅读理解专题限时检测十七阅读理解推理判断类之观点态度.docx

1、高考英语二轮复习增分篇专题巧突破专题三阅读理解专题限时检测十七阅读理解推理判断类之观点态度年高考英语二轮复习增分篇专题巧突破专题三阅读理解专题限时检测十七阅读理解推理判断类之观点态度题(xx南通市高三第一次调研测试)Michael Herr, who has died aged 76, was the author of Dispatches (1977), the best book about the Vietnam War. Herr also made vital contributions to two of the best films on the war, Apocalypse

2、 Now and Full Metal Jacket.It took Herr eight years to write Dispatches, in part because he went home from Saigon with a bad case of stress disorder. He had gone to Vietnam as a correspondent for Esquire magazine. An American general asked him whether he was there to write about military fashion, an

3、d another whether he was there to write humour. No, he told them. He wrote little for Esquire, but took advantage of the US governments decision to allow correspondents extraordinary access to go to war with the soldiers. He shared their disforts and their fears, witnessed their death and recorded t

4、heir language.His own language, a stream of consciousness pulsing with energy, but masterfully controlled, captured the fear and the horror, but also the excitement, of the war in the jungle and paddy fields. “So much beauty”， he recalled, “and so much pleasure”. He recorded with a connoisseurs expe

5、rtise (行家专长) such details as the many ways in which soldiers would wish each other good luck, and the degrees of madness that were considered acceptable.He identified with the young soldiers and learned in the first few days that you could not affect neutrality (中立). “If_you_are_neutral,_you_dont_ge

6、t_it，” said he. He generally did not carry a weapon, though on occasion he did fire at Vietnamese in emergencies. The young soldiers, he said, “are my guns”The power of the book, perhaps, es from Herrs insistence on describing the war, or more precisely his own responses to it, rather than protestin

7、g (抗议) against it. It also es from the ceaseless acpaniment of two elements, drugs and music more particularly rock music, and especially the music of Jimi Hendrix. Herr himself spent drugfuelled weekends in a flat in Saigon, staring at an ancient French map of Indochina, and he never caught a helic

8、opter without a Hendrix record.He met soldiers with a left pocket full of Dexedrine, the “upper” officially administered by the army to get them into battle, and a right pocket full of “downers” to get them through it. Dispatches did not e out until 1977, when the country was beginning to keep its m

9、ind on other problems, but it did more, perhaps, than any other book to freeze an image of despair and a sense of waste about the war, rather as the trench poets of 19141918 did in Britain.Herr also made vital contributions to two of the most influential Vietnam films. He wrote Martin Sheens voiceov

10、er for Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now and later wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubricks Full Metal Jacket. His work, in the book and the two films, has been seen as part of the process whereby the US came to see itself and its history no longer merely through traditional literature, but in s

11、ounds and images, in ways that prefigured (预示) the Internet.In 1980 Herr moved to London, where he stayed until he moved back to the US in 1991. It was there that he met Stanley Kubrick, who became a close friend, though Herr warned against doing business with him. Herr wrote Kubricks biography, but

12、 he wrote surprisingly little else after Dispatches.1Why did Michael Herr go to Vietnam during the war years?ATo join the soldiers in military actions.BTo report military actions and advances.CTo give an authentic account of the war.DTo write about military fashion and humour.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段中的“He h

13、ad gone to Vietnam as a correspondent for Esquire magazine.”“. allow correspondents extraordinary access to go to war with the soldiers”和“He shared their disforts and their fears, witnessed their death and recorded their language.”可知，迈克尔赫尔作为随军记者去了越南并真实地记录了这场战争中的点点滴滴。2What can we infer from Michael H

14、errs statement underlined in Paragraph 4?AIt was impossible to remain neutral during the war.BIt was unnecessary to show pity for the war victims.CNeutrality is a means to keep you safe during the war.DNeutrality can help the civilians free from sufferings.解析：选A句意理解题。根据第四段第一句话中的“. you could not affe

15、ct neutrality (中立)”可知，迈克尔赫尔认识到在战场上是没有中立的立场的，再结合画线句的字面含义可知，此处指的是在战争中保持中立是不可能的。3Which of the following about Dispatches is TRUE?AIt fully describes Herrs protest against the war.BIts language is casually selected and organized.CMusic and drugs give the author inspiration.DIt truly reflects Herrs respo

16、nses to the war.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第五段的第一句可知，这本书真实地反映了迈克尔赫尔对战争的看法。4US soldiers brought drugs with them during the war most probably because_.Athey were addicted to drugsBthey suffered stress disorderCthey used them to cure the woundsDthey exchanged them for music records解析：选B推理判断题。根据第六段第一句可知，士兵们上战场会带中枢神经兴

17、奋剂和镇静剂，由此可推知，B项正确。5.Which of the following can best describe Herrs attitude towards the war?ASupportive. BUninterested.CDisapproving. DNeutral.解析：选C观点态度题。根据第六段最后一句话中的“ . freeze an image of despair and a sense of waste about the war”可知，迈克尔赫尔对战争是持反对态度的。6What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?A

18、Herrs work offered Americans more ways to know themselves.BHerr stopped writing after the book Dispatches was published.CHerr rejected his friends request to write a biography for him.DHerrs work played a positive role in the birth of the Internet.解析：选A推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“His work, in the book and the t

19、wo films, has been seen as part of the process whereby the US came to see itself and its history .”可知，迈克尔赫尔的作品让美国人增进了对自身的了解。(xx江苏省六市高三联考)There are endless motivations for human behaviour, from the basic drives for food to more plicated ones, such as sympathy, envy and anger. But none of these explai

20、n behaviours that we call pulsions (强迫症)They e from a need that is desperate and tortured (折磨). They may bring relief, but they bring little enjoyment, and while one part of our brain desperately wishes to stop them, another is afraid of stopping. I used to view pulsions as foreign and almost fright

21、ening. But in the course of my research, two things happened. First, when I got to know people who were pulsive, their behaviour didnt seem unreasonable at all. Second, I realized that although people with the most extreme pulsions seem like outliers (另类人), the anxiety that drives them to those extr

22、emes is universal. Over any year, many of us find ourselves in the control of a pulsion that falls short of something that is disabling enough to qualify as a mental disorder in fact, some pulsions are adaptive, helping us lead our lives or perform our jobs more effectively.Like many people, maybe y

23、ou feel forced to reach for your smartphone as soon as you wake up in the morning. Fortunately a growing number of experts have begun to succeed in distinguishing addictions from pulsions.An addiction begins with a flash of pleasure acpanied with danger; its fun to gamble or to drink, and it also pu

24、ts you at risk. Addictions involve acting without planning or even thought, driven by an urge for immediate satisfaction. pulsions, in contrast, are all about avoiding unpleasant outes. They are behaviours we repeat many times to relieve the anxiety brought on by the possibility of negative conseque

25、nces. But the actual behaviour is often unpleasant or at least not particularly rewarding, especially after many rounds of it.Behind every pulsion is the need to avoid what causes you pain or anxiety. pulsive behaviour is not necessarily a mental disorder. Some forms of it can be, and people in its

26、control deserve to be diagnosed and helped. But many are expressions of psychological needs we all feel: to be at peace and in control, to feel connected and to matter. And if those are mental illnesses, were all crazy.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了有关强迫症的情况。7.From the first two paragraphs, we know that _.Apu

27、lsions can bring relief as well as enjoymentBpulsive people will prefer unreasonable behaviourCpulsions may be an understandable response to anxietyDpulsive people must be frightening and behave differently解析：选C细节理解题。通过前两段的内容，尤其是第二段可知，强迫症不是无法理解的，并且最后一句说那种驱使他们走向极端的担忧是很普遍的。故选C。8The main difference bet

28、ween addictions and pulsions lies in _.Ahuman relationships Bfinancial rewardsCinternal drives Dsocial expectations解析：选C推理判断题。文章倒数第二段告诉我们，addiction和pulsion的区别就是内在的动机不同，如addiction是为了一时的快乐，而pulsion则是为了避免不好的结果。因此选C。9.Whats the authors attitude towards pulsion?AObjective. BNegative.CDoubtful. DCautious.

29、解析：选A观点态度题。通读全文可知，作者只是客观地讲述了强迫症的特点和影响，所以A项符合语境。 C(xx江苏省高考名校联考)The number of women taking maternity leave (产假) in the United States has not changed over the last two decades, according to a new study, even as the national economy has grown and new family leave policies have been implemented in three

30、states.Study author Jay Zagorsky says he began looking into maternity leave rates after two of his nieces gave birth around the same time last year. “One got an amazing package full pay for a few months and the other had to cobble (拼凑) together vacation and sick time，” he says. “I was astonished.” “

31、I did a little research, and there were no numbers，” he added. “The government tracks which employers provide maternity leave, but no one has calculated how many people are using it.” Zagorsky was troubled to find no increase over time, considering research that shows how beneficial it can be for bo

32、th parents and newborns to spend time together. Giving mothers time off from work to bond with new babies has been shown to improve the physical and mental health of mothers, reduce cesarean deliveries, save infants lives and encourage breastfeeding, the study notes.Over the 22year study, the US economy grew by 66%, and the gross domestic product rose from $9.9 trillion to $16.4 trillion a year. During that time, Califo