最新高考英语周周测(八)

周周测(八)

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

[2019·武汉市质检]

Sometimes we start a day with the previous day still in mind.

We think about the mistakes we made in the previous day, how

things went wrong, and how we felt bad about it. No wonder it

becomes difficult to focus on the current day.

Here are some steps on how to start your new day：

1．Take time to evaluate your day

At the end of a day, take some time to think about it. The

purpose of this thinking time is not to regret how bad your day was,

how things went wrong, or how people treated you badly. This won't

do you any good. Instead, the purpose of this thinking time is to

extract (获得) lessons which you can bring to the following day.

2．Make a commitment to apply the lessons

After you extract the lessons, you should make a commitment

to apply them. To do so, find some actionable things you can do to

apply the lessons. Next, remind yourself to do them. You may write

them down if you want to.

3．“Close” your day

After you have spent the time thinking about the day and

extracting the lessons, make a decision to “close” the day. You are

done with it; don't think about it anymore.

4．Bring only the lessons to the next day and nothing else

After you “close” a day, you should not bring anything out of

it to the next day except for the lessons you extract. Focus on

applying the lessons to the present. This way you will be able to start

your day without the burden of yesterday. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了如何开始你新的一天。

【难句分析】 Instead, the purpose of this thinking time is to

extract (获得) lessons which you can bring to the following day.

分析：本句是一个主从复合句，其中which引导定语从句，修饰先行词lessons。

译文：相反，这个思考时间的目的是获得你可以带到第二天的经验。

1．What will happen if we think too much about the past?

A．There will be a disaster.

B．There will be good results.

C．We won't have a peaceful mind.

D．We surely won't finish today's task.

答案与解析：C 考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“We think

about the mistakes we made in the previous day, how things went

wrong, and how we felt bad about it. No wonder it becomes difficult

to focus on the current day”可推知，如果我们对过去想得太多，我们将不会有一颗平静的心。

2．When should we draw lessons from the past mistakes?

A．At the end of a day.

B．When we make mistakes.

C．At the beginning of a day.

D．When we regret making mistakes.

答案与解析：A 考查细节理解。根据“Take time to

evaluate your day”中的“At the end of a day, take some time to

think about it”“the purpose of this thinking time is to extract (获得) lessons which you can bring to the following day”可知，我们应该在一天结束的时候从过去的错误中吸取教训。

3．Why should we extract lessons from the past day?

A．To set them down. B．To consider them again.

C．To make a better decision.

D．To apply them to the present.

答案与解析：D 考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Focus

on applying the lessons to the present. This way you will be able to

start your day without the burden of yesterday”可知，我们从过去的一天获得经验以供现在使用。

B

For children, eating with their families is not only about

preventing bad outcomes － it is also about developing good ones.

Several studies have looked at the long-term effects eating with

families has on children. Experts say that these studies do not seem

to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. However, they do suggest a

strong correlation.

About three years ago, the Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development (OECD) looked at data from nearly

three quarters of the world's countries. Among its findings was the

fact that students who shared a main meal with their families were

less likely to skip school.

Children who eat a main meal with their families are also less

likely to be badly-behaved. That is a finding of a study by The

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at

Columbia University in New York. In the CASA report, titled “The

Importance of Family Dinners Ⅷ”， researchers say, “Teens who

have frequent family dinners are more likely to say their parents

know a lot about what's really going on in their lives ...” They also

claim that when teens say they feel closer to their parents, they are

less likely to behave badly.

Another study from the University of Montreal found that

children who ate with their families experience long-term physical

and mental health benefits. These children were physically in better

shape and drank fewer sugary soft drinks. They also seemed to have

better social skills.

One researcher, Linda Pagani says that there is “a handful of

research suggesting a positive link between eating family meals

together frequently and child and adolescent health”. Pagani says

that mealtimes shared with parents “likely provide young children