高考英语二轮：阅读理解选练答案_2

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【2014高考英语安徽省皖南八校二模】A

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a hot muggy（闷热的） August afternoon, I had every reason to feel sorry for myself -- my

flight home was full and late.

I got even impatient waiting in the noisy crowd. And then I noticed a 5-year-old boy standing

by his mother and watching me. He looked at me, then my bag, then back at me.

56 , he left his mother's side and slowly began to walk toward me, glancing between my

bag, his mother, and me.

"Great," I thought, "now I have to baby-sit a 5-year-old. My day is now complete."

As he came closer, I was alarmed that it wasn't me he was after. It was my hat!

I started to tell him not to bother my things, but something made me stop and watch. He

stopped in front of my bag, looking at my hat, then up at me.

With wide eyes, he gently ran his index finger along the edge, carefully touching the

emblem(徽章).

Again, he looked up at me, now smiling, but saying nothing. I asked him if he would like to

wear my captain hat.

He excitedly nodded his head, still smiling. I placed my hat on his head, but it fell down around

his ears. He didn't seem to mind and held it up in the proper position with both hands. He ran to

show his mother, then back to me still smiling from ear to ear.

With much reverence(敬畏) and ceremony, he slowly removed my hat with both hands and

presented it to me as though it were the crown jewels.

I put my hat on and gave him an airplane card. This, too, he held with both hands in awe.

After this exchange, he still hadn't spoken, although I knew he was excited. I also was happy

that I had been briefly distracted from my self-pity.

Still holding the card carefully with both hands, he looked up at me and said, "Mister, you sure

are lucky."

"Yes," I said, "I sure am." That day, I got the last seat on that flight home.

56. Which word can be placed at the beginning of the third paragraph?

A. Excitedly B. Cautiously C. Disappointedly D. Sadly

57. The following contributed to the author’s low spirits EXCEPT ________.

A. the weather B. the noisiness C. the bag D. the flight

58. By “My day is now complete”, the author actually means .

A. it is common to meet a boy at an airport.

B. it is fun to be with a boy.

C. he knows that a boy usually brings along good luck.

D. he wouldn’t like to be bothered at all.

59. The author admitted that he sure was lucky, because .

A. the boy returned his hat to him.

B. the boy liked his hat very much

C. the boy gave his seat to him.

D. the boy changed his mood for the better.

【参考答案】A篇 BCDD

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The term“multitasking” originally referred to a computer’s ability to carry out several tasks at one

time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success. In fact,

some excellent mental aerobic exercises(大脑训练)involve engaging the brain in two or more

challenging activities at a time. Although checking e-mail while talking on a phone and reading the

newspaper may be second nature for some people, many times multitasking can make us less

productive, rather than more. And studies show that too much multitasking can lead to increased

stress, anxiety and memory loss.

In order to multitask, the brain uses an area known as the prefrontal cortex(前额叶脑皮层). Brain seans of volunteers performing multiple tasks together show that as they shift from task to task,

this front part of the brain actually takes a moment of rest between tasks. You may have

experienced a prefrontal cortex“moment of rest” yourself if you’ve ever dialed(拨电话) a phone

number and suddenly forgotten who you called when the line is answered. What probably occurred

is that between the dialing and the answering, your mind shifted to another thought or task, and

then took that“moment” to come back. Research has also shown that for many volunteers, job

efficiency(效率) declines while multitasking, as compared to when they perform only one task at a

time.

Multitasking is easiest when at least one of the tasks is habitual, or requires little thought. Most

people don’t find it difficult to eat and read the newspaper at the same time. However, when two

or more attention-requiring tasks are attempted at one time, people sometimes make mistakes.

We often don’t remember things as well when we’re trying to manage several details at the same

time. Without mental focus, we may not pay enough attention to new information coming in, so it

never makes it into our memory stores. That is one of the main reasons we forget people’s