2017年高考英语专题练习（八）
阅读填空（测）
1．【湖北省荆门市2017届高三元月调考】
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
You want to be happy, who doesn’t? However, whether you procrastinate(拖延),feed negative self-talk, or don’t rest your mind, you lower your potential to create happiness.
Procrastination
You aren’t in deadly danger if you procrastinate, but your system doesn’t always take this information on board. You still react as though you are anxious and produce stress chemicals.
36 Your ability to see the big picture of life is reduced when you procrastinate. Therefore, you don’t see as much joy.
Negative self-talk
37 Taking notice of what goes on in your head and putting positive change in action makes negative self-talk useful. Nevertheless, most people don’t recognize negative self-talk as a pointer; they feed it until it grows out of control.
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Your mind contains an incredible amount of information and is more powerful than any computer many times over. However, if you give it too many tasks, you shut out peace of mind.
39 Thought-overload results in physical symptoms, like a racing heart and shortness of breath. Additionally, you might have sleeplessness, digestive problems and other symptoms of stress that reduce your happiness.
If you want to increase the odds of being happy, don’t procrastinate. 40 Similarly, don’t overload your mind, give it a rest and you will soon notice you are happier.
A．Not resting your mind.
B．Using your brain regularly.
C．It is a human weakness to put things off.
D．At the same time, don’t feed negative self-talk.
E．Self-talk can tell you how healthy you are emotionally.
F．Additionally, as your system is nervous physically, your mind also closes off a little.
G．Thinking about many things at once leads to a feeling of anxiety.
2．【湖南省株洲市2017届高三上学期教学质量检测（一）】
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Americans are obsessed(着迷的) with telling their life stories. This phenomenon isn’t simply the product of the technological world. 36 People are eager to tell stories and are fascinated by those of others. Even at preschool, “sharing time”is a common Monday-morning activity where the teenagers will sit in a circle and take
turns telling a story about something they did over the weekend.
37 In many Asian countries, talking about and drawing attention to oneself can be seen as socially inappropriate. People are often unwilling to share their life stories and do not encourage others to do so. But there are also times Asians do share their stories. 38 Asians believe that a person is largely decided by his or her social status and relationships, leaving little reason to broadcast detailed and revealing personal stories to establish a unique self.
Ironically, the more unique Americans strive to be, the greater their need to feel connected with others. In their culture of individuality, relationships are highly mobile and can be easily formed or dissolved(破裂). Sharing personal stories brings them closer through the exchange of thoughts, feelings and desires. 39 But this motivation is not nearly as strong among Asians, for whom social relations are generally unconditional, obligatory(义不容辞的) and stable, and therefore require little maintenance(维护).
40 American parents encourage children to share their stories and create opportunities to re-experience the past with children. Asian parents, by contrast, engage their children in telling personal stories less frequently. When they do talk about a child’s experiences, they are not particularly concerned with parent-child bonding but tend to focus on disciplining the child.
A．They tend to focus more on outer facts than personal details.
B．It helps them shape their “selves” and makes them who they are.
C．Interestingly, this obsession is not necessarily shared in other cultures.
D．Talking about personal stories is to cheer people on with positive feelings.
E．It connects them like many different points, holding their society together.
F．Sharing personal stories is also an essential part in everyday conversations.
G．Parents in America and Asia differ in how they share memories with children.
3．【辽宁省铁岭市协作体2017届高三上学期第二次联考】
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes(刻板印象) or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs(企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile(敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 36 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed”monster and the UK is its home.
Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. 37 Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others— but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
38 But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
