历年高考英语阅读理解试题精选汇编共50页后带解析很实用.docx

1、历年高考英语阅读理解试题精选汇编共50页后带解析很实用历年高考英语试题精选汇编：阅读理解(后带解析，很实用！)A People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather

2、than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions, Jack said. Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the

3、 eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cro

4、ss-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful

5、, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. The cultural differ

6、ence in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, Jack said. Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. In short, the data show that facial expressions are not u

7、niversal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translat

8、ion. 66. The discovery shows that Westerners . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouthB. consider facial expressions universally reliable C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions 67. What were the people asked to do in the

9、 study?A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. 68. What does the underlined word they in Paragraph 6 refer to?A. The participants in the study. B. The researchers of the study. C. The errors made durin

10、g the study. D. The data collected from the study. 69. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to . A. do translation more successfullyB. study the mouth more frequentlyC. examine the eyes more attentivelyD. read facial expressions more correctly 70. What can be the best title for the p

11、assage? A. The Eye as the Window to the SoulB. Cultural Differences in Reading EmotionsC. Effective Methods to Develop Social SkillsD. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding 【语篇解读】本文为科普说明文。主要介绍了最新的科学研究发现：东方人比西方人更难于读懂他人的面部表情。66. 答案：A考点：细节理解题解析：根据第三段 “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in

12、 equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. ” 可以得出答案67. 答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第五段 “by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearf

13、ul, disgusted, angry, or neutral. ”可以判断选C68. 答案：A考点：词义猜测解析：根据定语从句 “that they show”所修饰的 eye movements 在研究中为the participants 所作（从the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people”可知）可判断选A69. 答案：C考点：细节理解题解析：根据第六段 “It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes

14、 and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. ”可判断选C70. 答案：B考点：主旨大意题Section B (10 marks) Directions: Read the following passage, Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage. Secret Santas On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed s

15、urprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but thats all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says. Its an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis, says Linda. It brings a whole new

16、meaning to the holidays. Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a member of the American Womens Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U. S. citizens living in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and community service. To f

17、ind her adopted family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family thats struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home. The list is always heartbreaking. They have an opportunity to as

18、k for anything and do just the opposite, asking for basic clothes or simple toys, she says. We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves. She also buys gifts for the parents. Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didnt include the basics. Every child should h

19、ave a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime. She purchased iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest. I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this, says Linda. Pay attention to whats going on in your own backyard-no matter where you live. The joy of g

20、iving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous. 81. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have? (No more than 5 words) (2 marks) They will feel greatly surprised. 82. Why did Linda join the American Womens Club of Toronto? (No more than 10 words) (2 marks) She joined

21、it for fellowship and community service. 83. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list? (No more than 15 words) (3 marks) She wanted to give the children some other gifts rather than the basics. 84. What kind of people does secret Santas in the passage refer to? (No more than 12 words) (3 marks) It r

22、efers to people who give away anonymous gifts on Christmas. 81. 答案：They will feel greatly surprised82. 答案：She joined it for fellowship and community service83. 答案：She wanted to give the children some other gifts rather than the basics84. 答案：it refers to people who give away anonymous gifts on Christ

23、mas解析：综合第一段和最后一段可推断作答。Part 1V Writing (45 marks)Section A (10 marks) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workpla

24、ce experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman- someone who has done the job for many years. The

25、 rest of the apprentices time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking. One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. W

26、hats more, it offers apprentices an earn while you learn opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman

27、 would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from. Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they mig

28、ht be laid off(下岗) if business for the employers is slow. Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed wit

29、h; others go onto different companies or become self-employed contractors. 71. Apprenticeship 72. classroom learning73. the majority 74. theoretical75. at the beginning 76. a jouneymans wages77. many well-trained workers. 78. being laid off79. Results 80. another pay increase71. 答案Apprenticeship解析：全

30、文是围绕“Apprenticeship”而展开描写的，故填Apprenticeship。72. 答案classroom learning解析：根据第一段第一句“An apprenticeship is a form of on the job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. ”可判断。73. 答案the majority解析：根据第一段“An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learn

31、ing the practical skills of a career from a journeyman”可判断。74. 答案theoretical解析：根据第一段“The rest of the apprentices time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. ”可判断。75. 答案at the beginning解析：根据第二段“They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman，an

32、d the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. ”可判断。76. 答案a journeymans wages解析：根据第二段“Near the end of the apprenticeship，their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. ” 可判断作答77. 答案：many well trained workers解析：根据第二段 “It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from. ”可判断78. 答案： being laid off解析： 根据第三段 “Sometimes, they might be