(英语)高中英语阅读理解答题技巧及练习题(含答案)及解析

（英语）高中英语阅读理解答题技巧及练习题(含答案)及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解

1．阅读理解

As the days get shorter and the chilly weather rolls in, we all want to curl up in a blanket and

hibernate until spring rolls around. But making time to get outside in the sun, even when it's cold

out, could have bigger mood benefits than you might realize.

While the link between sunshine and mental health is nothing new, new research from

Brigham Young University(BYU) has shown that the association may be even stronger than

previously realized. It finds that sunlight exposure is by far the greatest weather-related factor

determining mental health outcomes. In other words: more sunshine, more happiness.

For the study, a psychologist, a physicist and a statistician from BYU teamed up to compare

daily environmental data from the university's Physics and Astronomy Weather Station with

emotional health data archived by day for 16,452 adult therapy patients who were being treated

at the BYU Counseling and Psychological Services Center.

Exposure to sunlight is a significant factor in seasonal affective disorder. Research has shown

that the brain produces more of the feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin on sunny days than it

does on darker days. What's more, lack of sunlight is linked with lower vitamin D levels, which in

turn has been correlated with depression and low energy.

If you're getting enough sun, your emotions should remain relatively stable, the researchers

found. But as the amount of sunlight in the day is reduced, levels of emotional pain can soar.

Other weather variables including temperature, pollution and rain were not found to have an

impact on mental health.

"We were surprised that many of the weather and pollution variables we included in the study

were not significantly correlated with clients' scores on the distress measure once we had

accounted for suntime," Dr. Mark Beecher, a professor of psychology at the university and the

study's lead author, told The Huffington Post. "People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and

other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that."

（1）What does the author suggest we do in Paragraph 1?

A.Realized the benefits of sunshine.

B.Avoid hibernating in springtime.

C.Curl up in a blanket in cold weather.

D.Enjoy sunshine even in cold weather.

（2）The underlined word "soar" in Paragraph 5 most probably means " "?

A.Rise sharply.

B.Vary unstably.

C.Drop slightly.

D.Change greatly.

（3）What does the passage say about the research done by BYU?

A.It is done on normal adults of various ages.

B.It is carried out by Dr Mark Beecher alone.

C.It concludes the sunshine means happiness. D.It finds that temperature affects mental health.

（4）What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Lower vitamin D levels are helpful in keeping us energetic

B.The research findings are inconsistent with the popular belief.

C.The more sunshine we get, the less excited we are likely to feel.

D.The link between sunshine and mental health was unknown before.

【答案】 （1）D

（2）A

（3）C

（4）B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，研究表明：阳光照射是影响心理健康结果的最重要的天气因素。换句话说：阳光越多，幸福越多。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“But making time to get outside in the sun, even when

it's cold out, could have bigger mood benefits than you might realize”花时间晒太阳，甚至当外面很冷的时候也要这样做，这可能对你的情绪有很大好处。可知，作者建议我们晒太阳，哪怕天气很冷。故选D。

（2）考查词义猜测。根据第五段中的“If you're getting enough sun, your emotions should

remain relatively stable, the researchers found. But as the amount of sunlight in the day is

reduced, levels of emotional pain can soar.”如果你获得足够的阳光，你的情绪应该会保持相对地稳定。可以推知，当光照量减少的时候，人们的情绪就不会那么稳定，痛苦情绪就会增加。故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“It finds that sunlight exposure is by far the greatest

weather-related factor determining mental health outcomes. In other words: more sunshine,

more happiness.”研究发现，阳光照射是影响心理健康结果最重要的天气因素。换句话说：阳光越多，越快乐。故选C。

（4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and

other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that”人们倾向于将雨天、污染和其他气象现象与悲伤或抑郁联系起来，但我们的研究没有发现这一点。可知，BYU的研究结果和大众的看法不一致。故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇科研类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，同时根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解

For top students from low-income families, the challenge of applying to colleges is particularly

difficult. 1 in 4 deal with all of that—the writing, the studying, the researching and applying—completely on their own. One approach to make this whole process easier? Pair students up with

an adviser.

That's the idea behind CollegePoint, an initiative to help gifted students go to schools that