高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 35.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 35高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 35Passage 1We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning. We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the

2、 classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passive learning, its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and coworkers. Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. It mak

3、es us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay(传闻) and rumor. Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. That person, in turn, whispers

4、it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are compared. Typically, the original message has changed. Thats what happens in daily life. The simple fact that peop

5、le repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen imperfectly. And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know. This process is also found among sc

6、holars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he

7、 placed upon those facts. 1. According to the passage, active learning may occur in_ . A. reading scientific journalsB. listening to the teacher in classC. doing a chemical experimentD. watching news programmes on TV2. What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to?_A. classroom B. newspap

8、ers C. active learning D. passive learning3. The game Rumor is mentioned in Paragraph 2 refer to?_A. playing games can make people more activeB. people tend to like telling lies when playing gamesC. a message may be changed when being passed onD. people may have problems with their sense of hearing4

9、. What can be inferred from the text?_A. Scholars and authors cant be trusted. B. Passive learning may not be reliable. C. People like spreading rumors in daily life. D. Active learning is more Important than passive learning. Passage 2The drama surrounding the UKs decision to leave the EU-Brexit ma

10、y be happening half a world away, but it can still affect your life here in China, in ways that you may have never expected, thanks to globalizationBelow, we explore how the referendum（公投）may disappointingly ruin your favorite TV series, or change your plans to study in the UK, and benefit your wall

11、et when purchasing British productsIts a mixed bag for Chinese studentsChinese students planning to study in the UK may gain some short-term benefits as a result of the country voting to leave the EU, according to education insidersNon-British EU nationals represented 64 percent of all full-time und

12、ergraduate and postgraduate students at UK universities last yearBrexit（脱欧）may result in fewer EU students admission, making room for more students from other countriesYang Lixin, founder of the studying abroad agency Bonjour, said students may also find it easier to work in the UK after the BrexitE

13、U rules enable students from one member country to study in another member countryAnd after obtaining their degree, they can find a job there, before being allowed to settle down officially a few years laterHowever, thanks to Brexit, EU students hoping to find a job and settle in the UK will now hav

14、e their plans upsetYang told Tencent, “That might provide opportunities for Chinese students seeking work, ”he addedHe Chugang, general manager of the South China region at Amber Education, an overseas studies consulting agency, also said the cost of studying in the UK will be lowerInternational stu

15、dents, on average, spend 300, 000 yuan each year in the UKConsidering the 10 to 15 percent of British pound against yuan since the referendum, students will save about 50, 000 yuan per yearDespite the potential benefits for Chinese students, he was not pessimistic about Brexits impact on the future

16、of British higher education“Leaving the EU is of no benefit to the country, ”he said“Further effects on international education remain to be seen”1. Which one is NOT a correct statement according to the passage？_A. Brexit might have you get British products at a lower priceB. Job opportunities might

17、 be increased for Chinese students in the UKC. could be bad news to those who can not afford the cost of studying in the UKD. Chances are greater that students from other countries outside EU may get admitted2. Speaking of Brexit, whats the attitude of He Chugang towards international education？_A.

18、Pessimistic B. OptimisticC. Cautious D. Indifferent3. The underlined word “depreciation” probably means _ A. crash B. recovery C. breakdown D. decrease4. What is the passage mainly about？_A. The referendum will ruin the British futureB. The British are optimistic about the referendumC. Leaving the E

19、U must have a worldwide influence on educationD. Brexit might be beneficial to Chinese students planning to study in the UKPassage 3When Frank and I stepped through the post office doors, there was a crowd gathered, gawking at the new fixture on the wall like a chorus of widemouthed frogsI had to ge

20、t closer, and that was where being a girl thats scrawnier than a wire fence came in handyFortunately, Frank, my twin of eleven years, was just the sameCome on. I said, grabbing his hand, and we slid through the cracks between people until we spilled out in frontFinally I got a good lookIt was fixed

21、to the plaster next to the postmasters window, the place of honor usually reserved for the Wanted postersBeadyeyed Zedekiah Smith, the bank robber, still hung there, but even he had been pushed aside for something more importantA telephoneThe first one in townHows it work？ Noah Crawford called outNo

22、ahs the best fixit man around, and I could tell he was itching to get his fingers on those shiny knobsDont rightly know, answered the postmaster, and he tugged at his goatee as if it might tell him I do know the sound of your voice moves along wires strung on polesIts sort of like the telegraph, onl

23、y you hear words instead of dots and dashesAh, the crowd murmured, and I felt my own mouth move alongI gazed at that gleaming wood box and something happened inside meSomething-I can only guess-that might be like falling in loveThe thought of talking into that box-of making my voice sail through wir

24、es in the sky-it took over my brainI couldnt get it outFrank, I whispered to my twinI have to use that telephoneFive minutes later, Frank towed me up Main Street, toward homeLiza- he began, but I cut him offWe two thought so much alike, I had Franks questions answered before he even asked1. People c

25、rowded in the post office because_A. they were attracted by a new poster. B. the postmaster was delivering a speech. C. they were curious about the telephone. D. there was a wanted bank robber captured. 2. Which of the following is Not True according to the passage？_A. Many people stared at the new

26、device in openmouthed amazementB. The slightfigured twins managed to push to the front of the crowdC. Even the best fixit man in the town got no idea about the new deviceD. The postmaster didnt know anything about how the telephone worked3. By It took over my brainI couldnt get it out., we get a cle

27、ar picture of the girls_A. eagerness to use the telephone. B. fascination for the wood box. C. puzzlement over the strange sound. D. determination to fly in the sky. 4. What is the passage mainly about？_A. The twins frustrating experiences in the townB. A special assembly called in the local post of

28、ficeC. Peoples reaction to the arrival of the first telephoneD. A great celebration of the start of telephone servicePassage 4Learning New Vocabulary during Deep SleepSleeping time is sometimes considered unproductive time. This raises the question whether the time spent asleep could be used more pr

29、oductively, e.g. for learning a new language? Up-to-now sleep research focused on the stabilization and strengthening of memories that had been formed during wakefulness. However, learning during sleep has rarely been examined. There is enough evidence for wake-learned information undergoing a revis

30、ion by replay in the sleeping brain. The replay during sleep strengthens the still weak memory and leaves the newly acquired information in the pre-existing store of knowledge.If re-play during sleep improves the storage of wake-learned information, then first-play, i.e. the initial processing of ne

31、w information, should also be possible during sleep.The research group of Katharina Henke examined whether a sleeping person is able to form new semantic（语义的）associations between played foreign words and translation words during the brain cells active states, the so-called “Up-states.” It turned out

32、 to be that what they thought was reasonable. When we reach deep sleep stages, our brain cells progressively coordinate their activity. During deep sleep, the brain cells are commonly active for a brief period of time before they jointly enter into a state of brief inactivity. The active state is called “Up-state” and