届高考英语二轮题海特训营12阅读理解词义猜测四含答案.docx

1、届高考英语二轮题海特训营12阅读理解词义猜测四含答案阅读理解-词义猜测四1、What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph(胜利) by showing were better than someone else in a certain way. According to Ari

2、stotle and many other philosophers,all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of personsthat is,putting it clearly,on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone elses expense. Showing how much better than other

3、people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are

4、usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes,especially those involving cruelty,are so popular with certain people.Besides,all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because its different from things which are hap

5、pening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant,depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool,we dont laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in,the situation is at once unusu

6、al in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens,and so we laugh.1.According to Aristotle,all jokes depend mainly on _.A.showing inferiority in another person or groupB.resulting i

7、n a sense of successC.having a good opinion of other peopleD.making people laugh unexpectedly2.The underlined word “inferiority”(in Paragraph 1) means _.A.something that is not as good as something elseB.something that is better than something elseC.someone that is not as good as someone elseD.someo

8、ne that is better than someone else3.Whats the main idea of Paragraph 2?A.Showing we are better than other people is the only one reason we like jokes.B.When people are angry,they would like to hear jokes.C.People who like jokes are usually cruel.D.To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to

9、society is one of the reasons we like jokes.4.What will a good joke teller always try to do?2、 An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary. An international team of scientists confirmed on Friday what Everland Zoo has been saying for years

10、: Their 5.5-ton tusker Koshik has an unusual and possibly unprecedented talent. The 22-year-old Asian elephant can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound, the scientists said in a joint paperpublished online in Current Biology. They said he may have start

11、ed imitating human speech because he was lonely. Koshik can reproduce “annyeong”(hello),“anja” (sit down),“ aniya ( no),“ nuwo (lie down) and joa(good) , the paper says. One of the researchers said there is no conclusive evidence that Koshik understands the sounds he makes, although the elephant doe

12、s respond to words like anja. Researchers said the clearest scientific evidence that Koshik is deliberately imitating human speech is that the sound frequency of his words matches that of his trainers. Vocal imitation of other species has been found in mockingbirds, parrots and mynahs. But the paper

13、 says Koshiks case represents “ a wholly novel method of vocal production because he uses his trunk to reproduce human speech. Researchers believe Koshiklearned to reproduce words out of adesire to bond with his trainers afterhe was separated from two otherelephants at age 5. Koshik emerged as a sta

14、ramong animal enthusiasts and children in South Korea after Everland Zoo claimed in 2006 that he could imitate words, two years after his trainers noticed the phenomenon. His growing reputation prompted Austrian biologist Angela Stoeger- Horwath and German biophysicist Daniel Mietchen to study him i

15、n 2010, zoo officials said. Kim Jong-gab, Koshiks chief trainer, said the elephant was timid for a male when he first came to Everland Zoo, so trainers often slept in the same area with him. Kim thinks that contact helped Koshik feel closer to humans. Kim said he has another expression he wants to t

16、each Koshik: “Saranghae” or “I love you.1.According to the passage, what is the possible reason why Koshik imitates human speech?A.He feels very lonely.B.He earns money for his zoo.C.He has a gift for speech.D.He wants to make his trainer happy.2.Koshik can reproduce the following words EXCEPT_.A.an

17、nyeongB.nuwoC.SaranghaeD.joa3.From the passage, we can know that_.A.Koshik began to imitate human speech in 2006B.Koshik is a 22-year-old Asian female elephantC.Kim Jong-gab is the manager of Everland ZooD.Koshik is a star in animal enthusiasts and kids in South Korea4.The underlined word “prompted

18、in the passage probably means_.A.causedB.expandedC.developedD.changed3、Dear Alcohol, Youve been around forever. I can remember all the pain youve caused for me. Do you remember the night when you almost took my fathers life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. H

19、es addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasnt the only one hurt by you that night. Do you remember the night of my first high school p

20、arty? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “Im so embarrassed,” they said as I patted them on the back so that t

21、hey could vomit(呕吐). “Im sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the drivers in advance. “This wont happen again,” they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you. Do

22、 you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her danc

23、e lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didnt realize her brother was in the midst of it at all. She never saw him again. And its all your fault. I wish youd walk out of my life forever. I dont want anything to

24、do with you. Look at all the pain youve caused. Sure, youve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage youve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring(引诱) the people I love. Stop hurting me, please!Sincerely,Anonymous1.What is authors purpose in writing to alcohol?A.To

25、 introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers.B.To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.C.To show how much alcohol can hurt people.D.To tell people three sad stories about alcohol.2.What did alcohol do to the authors father that night?A.It made him drunk and took his life away.B.It got him into troub

26、le and got his stomach pumped.C.It made him kill two other people when driving.D.It got him into a car accident and badly injured.3.The underlined phrase “were intrigued by” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_”.A.were familiar withB.were interested inC.were disappointed byD.were satisfied wit

27、h4.What is the tone of the article?A.Critical.B.Doubtful.C.Unconcerned.D.Humorous.4、 These days, drugs can be found everywhere, and it may seem like everyones doing them. Lots of people are tempted(引诱) by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. But learning the facts about drugs can help

28、you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. Heres what you need to know. How do drugs work? Drugs are chemicals or substances that change the way our bodies work. When you put them into your body (often by swallowing, breathing in. or injecting them), drugs find their way into your blood

29、stream and are transported(运输)to parts of your body,such as your brain. In the brain, drugs may either strengthen or dull (使迟钝) your senses, change your sense of alertness(机敏),and sometimes decrease physical pain. A drug may be helpful or harmful. The effects of drugs can vary depending upon the kin

30、d of drug taken, how much is taken, how often it is used, how quickly it gets to the brain, and what other drugs, food, or substances are taken at the same time. Effects can also vary based on the differences in body size, shape, and chemistry. Although substances can feel good at first, they can ev

31、entually do a lot of harm to the body and brain. Drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, taking illegal drugs, and sniffing glue can all cause serious damage to the human body. Some drugs seriously weaken a person s ability to make healthy choices and decisions. Teens who drink, for example,are more like

32、ly to get involved in(卷入,陷入) dangerous situations,such as driving at top speed under the influence or having unprotected sex.1.The underlined word “chasing” in the first paragraph most probably means _.A.removingB.seekingC.keepingD.holding2.Drugs get into ones body through the following ways EXCEPT_.A.eatingB.breathingC.feelingD.injecting