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第3章实战演练--Section III 科学小品篇
【科学小品篇】--1
Researchers (研究者) have announced (宣布) the result of two studies on the health effects of the drug aspirin (阿斯匹林). One study shows aspirin can sharply reduce the chance that a healthy, older man will suffer from a heart attack (心脏病).
The study offered two new results from earlier findings. It said taking one aspirin pill every other day helped only healthy men over the age of fifty. It also said aspirin gave the greatest protection against heart attacks to men with low blood cholesterol (胆固醇) levels.
Earlier in the United States began a major aspirin study in the early 1980s. It included
22,000 healthy men doctors. All were between the ages of forty and eighty-four. More than 11,000 of the doctors took a harmless pill that contained no drug. The men did not know which kind of pill they were taking.
The doctors who took aspirin suffered 44% fewer heart attacks than those taking the harmless pill. 139 men who took aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Ten of them died. 239 men who did not take aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Twenty-six of them died.
The researchers said the doctors’ study provides clear proof that taking aspirin can prevent a first heart attack in healthy, older men. They said, however, the result does not mean every man over the age of fifty should take aspirin. They said aspirin couldn’t help men who do not eat healthy foods, who smoke cigarettes and who are fat. The researchers said men who think they would be helped by taking aspirin should talk with their doctors first.
1.The passage tells us that the new use of aspirin is ______.
A.to treat heart disease
B. to reduce pain while one suffers from a heart attack
C. to help old people to be more healthy
D. to reduce the chance of a heart attack in old men
2.Aspirin can help those who ______.
A work as doctors B. are under 40 years old
C. are fat and smoke cigarettes
D. are older and healthy
3.At last the researchers advised us to take aspirin ______.
A.with care
B. as much as we like
C. every day
D. only considering the age
4.From the experiment we can conclude that about _____ of people who suffered from heart attacks without aspirin died.
A. 7%
B. 11%
C. 19%
D. 44%
【答案与解析】
本文介绍了科学家对阿斯匹林的研究成果。实验表明，阿斯匹林可以预防或削弱老年人患心脏病的危险，但实际的效果和服用者的饮食有一定的关系。研究人员说，服用可药品要遵医嘱。
1. D。短文首段的末句“…sharply reduce the chance that a healthy, older man will su ffer from a heart attack.”即是本题答案的出处.
2.D。注意“…reduce the chance that a healthy, older man will suffer from a heart attack .”本句中的healthy, older这两个词，即可得出答案。
3.A。文章最后一段是说，尽管的这种新用途对病人很有帮助，但患者在使用时必须格外小心，一定要严遵医嘱。
4. B。根据“239 men who did not take aspirin suf fered from heart attacks. Twenty-six of them died.”一句中的239和26这两个数字即可算出。
【实战训练】阅读理解
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）
A
It is easy to say “to be Best Friends Forever (BFF)”.
However, a true BFF helps out when the other is in
trouble, not just once or twice, but for a lifetime.
Milo is six years old. He has become Eddie’s BFF.
They are special because they are not humans, but dogs. Their owner, Angie Baker, brought them up. They spent many years playing together.
However, last year, Eddie suddenly started walking into dustbins and walls. Soon he lost his eyesight. When Milo felt something was wrong, he decided to act as Eddie’s “guide” dog. He leads Eddie through the house. When they go for walks, he holds Eddie’s leash (狗链).
Once, Milo had to spend a few nights at the hospital himself. Poor Eddie often bumped (碰撞) into walls and furniture. Ever worse, he got lost during walks. Angie realized how much Eddie depended on his friend. Luckily, Milo is now fine and back at his BFF’s side, guiding him through life again.
47. Eddie’s BFF is _______.
A. Milo
B. Angie
C. Baker
D. himself
48. What is Eddie’s problem?
A. He lost his friend.
B. His leg was broken.
C. He lost his eyesight.
D. His owner dislikes him.
49. What does Milo do for Eddie?
A. He takes Eddie to the park.
B. He acts as Eddie’s guide.
C. He stays with Eddie at the hospital.
D. He finds food and drinks for Eddie.
参考答案47. A 48. C 49.B
B
Here at the Fort Collins Club, we love families! We offer
a number of different kinds of activities to keep you kids
active and also allow time to yourself.
Kid’s Club
Kids have a place of their own – Kids' Club! A place for kids from 6 weeks to 12 years tohave fun while you are working out.Our kid’s Club childcare facility (设施) allows you to drop the kids off, do physical exercise or visit our spa.
Please feel free to stop in duringour regular hours to meet our friendly staff and to get familiar with the Kids' Club!
Club House
Check the Club House to see what games and youth activities are offered throughout the week. Our outdoor pool, open in summer, brings smiles and endless kid fun while you relax poolside. Children between the ages of 7-11 can be in the Club House unsupervised (无需看管的).However, parents need to sign them in and out.
Kids’ Club Hours
Monday and Wednesday: 8:00am— 8:00pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am — 8:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am — 2:00pm
Sunday: 9:00am —4:00pm
More information about Fort Collins Club can be found on our website: https://www.doczj.com/doc/f714949133.html,.
50. While children do activities in Kid’s Club, their parents _______.
A. must look after them
B. can take exercise
C. must leave the club
D. can swim with their children
51. What does the underlined words“stop in” mean?
A. make a short visit
B. make a phone call
C. wait for a long time
D. surf on the Internet
52. Kids’ Club opens _______.
A. at 6:00 am on Monday
B. at 7:00 am on Monday
C. at 8:00 am on Sunday
D. at 9:00 am on Sunday
53. Where does this passage probably come from?
A. A science textbook.
B. A tourist map.
C. A fitness website.
D. A news report.
参考答案50.B 51.A 52.D 53. C
C
On May 2, 2012, Ashok Gadgil became the winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation (全球创新奖). Each year, the honor is given to an inventor who has made a big difference in the lives of people in developing countries. Gadgil is a professor and physicist at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent thirty years helping people in need. His inventions have helped more than 100 million people around the world. “I chose to focus on problems wher e my knowledge of science could help,”Gadgil said.
In the 1990s, Gadgil designed his first life-saving invention after more than 10,000 people died from Bengal cholera (孟加拉霍乱) because of the clean water crisis (危机) in India. His invention uses ultraviolet light to kill deadly disease-carrying germs (细菌) from drinking water. It costs just one cent to clean five liters of water (about 21 cups). So far, the invention has provided safe drinking water for more than five million people in India and other developing countries.
Gadgil’s another important invention is the Berkeley-Darfur Stove (炉具). The long and violent war in Darfur, Sudan, has caused many people to move to foreign countries and live in refugee camps (难民营). They are given food aid. But people still have to travel a long distance five times a week to gather firewood to cook meals. This can be dangerous because of street violence in the area. To avoid danger, some spend much of their money used to feed their families buying firewood.
The stove Gadgil created cuts fuel usage by 55%. That means people wouldn’t have to leave the camps to find firewood as often. The invention also helps to save homes more than
$300 a year. About 125,000 people and their families have been helped.
As a professor, Gadgil encourages his students, “Be optimistic (乐观的) when you try a hard problem,” he says. “It’s when you solve a large problem that you can have a big influence on the world.”
54. Ashok Gadgil was given the honor because _______.
A. he was a famous professor and physicist at UC, Berkeley
B. he improved the lives of people in developing countries
C. he spent thirty years helping people in need
D. he developed useful inventions with his team
55. Which of the following statements about Gadgil is TRUE?
A. He helped about 125,000 people in India.
B. He spent lots of money on his inventions.
C. He used his knowledge to help people in need.
D. One of his inventions could cure Bengal cholera.
56. What do people benefit from the Berkeley-Darfur Stove?
A. They can sell stoves to make a living.
B. They can save both time and money.
C. They can be protected from diseases.
D. They can cook their food easily.
参考答案54. B 55. C 56.B
D
The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox (自相矛盾): it orders us to hold tightly to its many gifts even while it forces us to give up everything at last. As an old saying goes, “A man comes into this world with his fist clenched (握紧拳头), but when he dies, his hand is open.”
Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wonderful, and full of beauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth too late. We remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.
We remember a beauty or a love that disappeared. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered and that we failed to react with love when it was gentle.
A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a serious heart attack and had been in intensive care (特别护理) for several days. It was not a pleasant place.
One morning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard.
As we got out from our unit, the sunlight hit me. That’s all there was to my experience, just the light of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was — how warming, how sparking, how brilliant! I looked to see whether anyone else was enjoying the su n’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the beauty of each day, too busy with something unimportant. Life’s gifts are valuable — but we are too careless of them.
So, we should never be too busy for the wonder and awe of life. We should hold fast to life, but also learn to let go. This is the second side of life’s coin, the opposite pole of its paradox. We must accept our losses, and learn how to let go. This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world belongs to us, that whatever we want can or will be ours if we work with full force. But then reality finally hits us, and slowly but surely this truth comes to us.
57. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. Life seems strange with opposite ideas.
B. Life teaches us to hold tight to our life.
C. Life is a box of chocolates with secrets.
D. Life is mainly about birth and death.
58. The writer may agree that _______.
A. wise people can easily realize what they lost in time
B. people in sickness usually understand life much better
C. it does us harm to think about what happened in the past
D. we must accept our losses and then move onto a new life
59. The writer uses the example in Paragraph 4-6 in order to _______.
A. explained the importance of keeping healthy
B. tell a meaningful story about his life in the hospital
C. show his regret about not enjoying the sunshine in the past
D. prove people fail to enjoy something small but valuable
参考答案57.A 58.D 59. D
【阅读理解】
Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn't go on working. He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.
At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away as soon as gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.
The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was
going to have the tea, he found there was a fly in the glass.
“What’s in my tea?” Mr. Zhang called out, “A fly”
“It’s impossible, sir.” said the owner of the restaurant, “I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”
1. From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a .
A. engineer
B. doctor
C. tour guide
D. translator
2. Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because .
A. he was too tired to go on working
B. he was very busy all the time
C. he was paid a lot of money
D. he liked swimming and fishing
3. Mr. Zhang hoped to spend a week's holiday by .
A. catching birds
B. swimming or fishing
C. picking flowers
D. having good meals every day
4. Mr. Zhang went to the village from home .
A. by bus
B. by car
C. on foot
D. by train
5. Mr. Zhang didn't enjoy himself in the village, did he?
A. No, he wasn't.
B. Yes, he was
C. No, he didn't
D. Yes, he did.
【主旨大意】
文章主要讲述了王先生工作繁忙，几乎没有时间休息，一天他感到身体不舒服，决定外出度假。起初玩得很高兴，一天，看到一只鸟，于是想抓它，没有抓着，后来摘花而迷路的事。
1. B 细节理解题。由文中的第一句“He worked in a hospital in the capital.”知，王先生可能是一名医生，因此选B。
2. A 细节理解题。由文中的“he felt unwell and couldn't go on working”知，他太累了而不想工作，因此选A。
3. B 细节理解题。从文中“ He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. ”知，他通过游泳和钓鱼度假，因此选B。
4. D 判断推理题。从文中“He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village.”知，他是通过乘火车的去的，因此选D。
5. C 概括总结。由文意“迷路后到了一家餐馆吃饭，吃到一只苍蝇”知，他在这个村庄并不愉快，因此选C。
【科学小品篇】--2
It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot (盲点)on the eyes. Here is an interesting experiment (实验) that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.
Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, L on the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly toward s you, you’ll find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you’ll find the letter R disappearing.
Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won’t be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.
1.The writer of the passage thinks that _____ there is a blind spot on the eye.
A. few people know
B. no one knows
C. most people know
D. all the people know
2. The word “disappear” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.
A. 驱散
B. 消散
C. 消失
D. 遗失
3. You fail to see the letter L in the experiment because ___________.
A. your eyes are poor
B. its image falls on the blind spot
D. your left eye is not open C. you move it close to your eye
4. In which order (顺序) should you do the experiment?
①Hold the card ②Move the card nearer ③Close your right eye
④Write two English letters ⑤Look at the letter R ⑥Make a card
A. ④⑥①②③⑤
B. ①③⑥④⑤②
C. ⑥①④③②⑤
D. ⑥④①③⑤②
5. The passage mainly (主要) tells us _______.
A. how to find the blind spot
B. an interesting experiment
C. where the blind spot is
D. there is blind spot on the eye
【答案与解析】
这篇科普说明文通过一个简易的小实验，证实了人的眼睛里有一个盲点。当外界物体的影像落在盲点上时，人就看不见该物体了。
1.A。仔细品读文章首句的意思，可知答案只能是A。
2.C。“…But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again”，由这几个句子的意思可知字母L在眼睛中消失了。注意消失和消散的区别。
3.B。答案在“When the image of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won’t be seen.”中。
4.D。根据第二段的意思可知，此实验的顺序是：先制作一张卡片—在上面写上两个字母—拿起卡片—闭上右眼—看到字母R—让卡片离眼睛再近些。故答案是D。
5.D。通篇考虑短文，可知D为最佳答案。这由文首一句及“…It is because there is a blind spot on the eye.”也可得出。
【实战训练】
阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分满分40分）
A
Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)？Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats.These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.
At first, it was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became very cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.
Horsed began to change, too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. Now we call this hard toe a hoof.
76.How many toes did a horse have millions of years ago?
A. 14
B.12
C.16
D.13
77.What does the underlined word “hoof” mean in Chinese?
A.尾巴
B.马鬃
C.腿
D.蹄子
78.What was the weather like in the forest at first?
A. Very warm
B. Very hot
C. Very cold
D. Very cool
79.Which is WRONG according to the passage?
A.The horses were much bigger than the cats millions of years ago.
B. The trees died and feel because the weather changed.
C. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.
D. The horses have fewer toes than before.
80.The main idea of the passage is that_______________.
A.horses had three toes on each back foot.
B. horses lived in the hot forest
C. horses changed a lot over the years
D. horses didn’t like the cold weather
参考答案76—80、ADBAC
B
A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, “What
happened?”
She answered, “Read this. It is one of my students’ compositions.”
“Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption(打断) or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring(不理) me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. God, I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. ”
At that moment the husband said, “My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!” .The teacher looked up at him and said, “That composition is our son’s!”
81.Why did the teacher cry?
A.Because a composition moved her deeply.
B. Because the composition was very bad.
C. Because the students were lazy.
D. Because she had a fight with her husband.
82.Who was the boy that wrote the composition?
A.A student who was with God.
B. A student who was like a television
C. A student in her class, but not her son.
D. A student in her class, in fact, her son.
83.According to the article, what will happen when the boy talks?
A.Everyone will pay attention to him.
B. He will be interrupted.
C. No one will pay attention.
D. His mother will talk to him.
84.Which is not right according to the passages?
https://www.doczj.com/doc/f714949133.html, can entertain them
B. TV can catch the attention of his family.
C. TV can give you answers when you ask question.
D. TV can receive special care from his family.
85.According to the article, we can know the boy is_________.
A. naughty
B. lonely
C. happy
D. wrong
参考答案81—85、ADACB
C
News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let’s take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is “Room Escape”. “Room Escape” was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more than 10 places in Beijing where people can play this game. According to the rules, the players are first taken to a house with several iron doors. They then need to find a way out of the house in one hour. Different houses have different ways of escaping, all of which require players’ bold(大胆的), careful thought, and teamwork.
News two: The Chinese government has published a list of 24 guidelines(指南) on how to take better care of parents. They are a modern update to 24 old stories about respectful children from the Yuan Dynasty.
The guidelines list 24 things to do with parents, including giving them a call every week, teaching them to use the internet, and supporting single parents’ remarriage. The guidelines stem from a Yuan Dynasty book, about 24 filial-hearted children who treated their parents very well. It is a value younger generations should never forget.
86. Why do people play “Room Escape”?
A.They play it for fun
B. They want to know how clever they are.
C. They want to find out different ways of escaping.
D. To relax themselves.
87.They must escape from the house__________.
A.in an hour
B. in two hours
C. in several hours
D. in at least an hour
88.To escape from the house, they don’t need___________.
A.a strong body
B. to act fearfully
C. to think carefully D .to work together
89.What should we not do to our parents?
A.Teach them to get online
B. Often talk with them
C. Ask them to marry again
D. Treat them carefully
90.What does News Two tell us?
A.It asks us to read books from Yuan Dynasty.
B. It asks us to give our parents money.
C. It asks us to respect our parents.
D. It asks us to give them a call.
参考答案86—90、DAACC
D
Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”
We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(测量) it？”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全国人民代表大会)，officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目标) for the 12th five-year plan.
Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活动) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(进化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(联系) job security (安全) or leisure(休闲) time after I graduate.”
91.What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”
A.Yes, I am very happy.
B. No, I am not happy.
C. It depends on the weather.
D. I don’t know
92. What’s the top target for the 12th five-year plan?
A.Economic
B. Peace
C. Culture
D. Increasing happiness
93.What does “elusive” mean in the passage?
A.难以理解
B.难能可贵
C.难以实现
D.难以忘记
94.What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?
A.A big house.
B. An expensive car.
C. Money
D. Job security or leisure time.
95.Form this passage, we can know that_________.
A.happiness can be measured
B.to be happy is very
C.different people have different ideas about happiness
D. If we have a lot of money we will feel happy
A. One.
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
参考答案91—95、DDADC
【阅读理解】
Willy Wonker has a chocolate factory. One day, he organizes a competition. A lot of children enter the competition because the prize is a tour of Wonker’s chocolate factory. Four rich, naughty children and a poor boy, Charlie Bucket, are the winners. When they enter the factory, they are surprised: it is a wonderful place with rivers and waterfalls of chocolate and the cinema audience all cheer when they see it.
The famous actor Jhonny Depp plays Willy Wonker, and young Freddie Highmore is Charlie. He acts well in the film. I think he will become a star. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is excellent, and I’m sure it will be very popular with people of all ages.
16. Who is Willy Wonker?
A. The manager of a chocolate factory.
B. The manager of a cinema.
C. The manager of a restaurant.
D. A famous actor.
17. Who is Charlie Bucket?
A. A bad student.
B. One of the winners of a competition.
C. A young actor.
D. A rich student.
18. Who will become a star?
A. Jhonny Depp.
B. Charlie.
C. Freddie Highmore.
D. Charlie Bucket.
19. The underlined it in the passage means___________.
A. Jhonny Depp plays Willy Wonker.
B. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
C. The competition.
D. The chocolate factory.
20. What does the writer think of the film?
A. Execllent and will be popular.
B. Only children will love it.
C. Only old people will love it.
D. Jhonny Depp is the only actor.
参考答案16-20.ABCDA
【科学小品篇】--3
Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and every cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand (另一方面), can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).
Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18C, people become stronger.
Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. There are a “good weather” for word and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade (摄氏度).
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or un happy today? It may be the weather’s problem.
1.____ can have a bad effect (作用) on health.
A. Hot and wet weather
B. Good weather
C. Warm weather
D. High intelligence
2.People may have more intelligence when _____ comes.
A. a rain
B. very hot weather
C. a strong wind
D. low air pressure
3.Low air pressure may make people _______.
A. forgetful
B. sad
C. angry
D. tired
4.In “good weather” of 18 centigrade, _______.
A. people are very forgetful
B. people can’t do their work well
C. thin people feel cold
D. people are in better health
5.The writer wants to tell us that _______.
A.hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way
B.weather influences people’s lives
C.IQ never changes during weather changes
D.There is a go od kind of weather for people’s work and health
【答案与解析】
这篇短文告诉我们的是：天气的冷热干湿对人体健康有很大的影响。比如心脏病高发区所在地往往是严寒或酷热。大风或炎热天气里，人的智商会降低。瘦人怕冷天，而炎炎夏日对胖人又不利。此外，低气压还能导致健忘。
1.A。根据文章第二自然段的描述可知，冷湿天气对人的健康是有害的。
2.C。第三段的首句“The weather can also influence intelligence”说的就是这个意思。
3.A。本题属表层理解题。答案就在“Low air pressure may make people forgetful.”中。
4.D。由“People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade.”一句可知。
5.B。根据文章最后的“Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the
weather’s problem.”这一句，我们可以推测出作者的写作意图。
【实战训练】
阅读理解阅读下列的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（本大题共30分）
（A）
On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy(意大利) throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothed and plates in the streets. In Spain(西班牙), the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes(葡萄). When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.
In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year.
46. This story is about New Year’s Eve in ________.
A. Italy
B. Spain
C. Japan
D. All of the above
47. People in Spain welcome New Year by _________after twelve.
A. eating grapes
B. eating noodles
C. throwing the old things
D. watching the sunrise
48. People in both Spain and Japan________ to bring in the new year.
A. throw things away
B. get together
C. eat some food
D. climb a mountain
49. Japanese climb Mount Fuji to __________.
A. look at the stars
B. look for New Year’s wishes
C. see the sun coming up
D. have a rest
50. The people in ________hope to get long life from their New Year’s food
A. Japan
B. China
C. Spain
D. Italy
【参考答案】46—50 DACCA
(B)
A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kindly and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.
Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and, as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.
51. The Black Forest is __________.
A. a place in Germany
B. not a real place
C. invented by the writer
D. a place in Britain
52. When he was walking in the forest, _______ ran after him.
A. two dogs
B. two tigers
C. two men
D. two women
53. Finally he came to __________.
A. a forest
B. another road
C. another dream
D. a small hotel
54. It was _________ that saved the man’s life 20 years later.