最新高三英语阅读理解(人生百味)专项训练及答案

最新高三英语阅读理解（人生百味）专项训练及答案
一、高中英语阅读理解人生百味类
1．阅读理解
You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling just like reading, is a refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel. On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac
The book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.
Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera
Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." The book tells a young artist's romantic but miserable life, about how he reads, dreams, and has a relationship. Experience the artist's passionate life in the book during a trip to Central Europe. The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life.
The Stories of Sahara, 1967, by Sanmao
The book narrates the author's simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a desolate and dull place. The fancy natural scenery and life there, along with the author's romantic and intensive emotion, will inspire you to explore the mysterious land. Reading the book is like participating in a dialogue with the author, who is sincere and humorous.
Lotus, 2006 by Annbaby
This novel set in Tibet, tells three people's stories, each with their unique characteristics. It reveals modern people's emotions and inner life, their confusion about love, and exploration of Buddhism. The book is a good partner to bring you to the sacred land Tibet.
（1）Which book is about the exploration of life value through a journey?
A. On the Road.
B. Life is Elsewhere.
C. The Stories of Sahara. D . Lotus.
（2）Whose book could be the most suitable for your trip to Germany?
A. Jack Kerouac's.
B. Sanmao's.
C. Annbaby's.
D. Milan Kundera's. （3）What can we learn from the text?
A. Lotus is a religious book exploring Tibetan Buddhist culture.
B. On the road advises a classic route for driving across the US.
C. The stories of Sahara records its authors' own life in the desert.
D. Life is Elsewhere demonstrates Jean-Jacques Rousseau's own life.
【答案】（1）A
（2）D
（3）C
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇应用文，推荐了几本适合在旅行途中阅读的书。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac 部分中的“ After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. 可知，在那令人
筋疲力尽的旅行之后，书中的人物开始意识到生命的意义，故选A。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据The Stories of the Sahara,1967, by Sanmao 部分中的“ Experience the artist's passionate life in the book during a trip to Central Europe 可知，Germany （德国）”是属于Central Europe （中欧）的，故选D。

（3）考查推理判断。

根据Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera 部分中的“ Theb ook invites you to deeply reflect on your current life. 可知，本书引”导人们对当前生活进行深刻地反思，故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇介绍类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解
Experts note that an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke. So doctors urge us to eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop smoking and limit our alcohol intake. But there is something else you can do. And it is free and easy. Smile!
Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. "When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive." He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion.
When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body releases many natural hormones （荷尔
蒙） including adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fight-or-flight response.
However, when we are stressed for a long period, these stress hormones are ever-present in our bodies. And that, medical researchers warn, may lead to health problems.
Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health problems.
Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help. He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or some might even feel foolish ... smiling for seemingly no reason. But a smile does not involve drugs. It is not invasive like a surgical operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects.
"Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health." And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone's heart health.
（1）Which of the following agrees with Dr. Chockalingam's opinion?
A. Smile has the same effects as laughter.
B. Smile can be used to take the place of medicine.
C. Smile is better than any healthy lifestyle to health.
D. Smile can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.
（2）What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones?
A. They can lower our blood pressure.
B. They will surely lead to heart diseases.
C. They can benefit us when we are in danger.
D. They will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.
（3）Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health?
A. It can make us relax.
B. It increases sugar levels.
C. It has little bad side effects.
D. It can happen for no reason.
（4）What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart Diseases
B. One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart
C. One Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress Hormones
D. The Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases
【答案】（1）D
（2）C
（3）A
（4）B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，哥伦比亚的心脏病专家Chockalingam 博士建议多保持微笑，他认为微笑可能是帮助心脏的一种方式。

同时说明了微笑有利于健康的原因和人们感到压力时的身体反应等情况。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第二段中的“ When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive. 当我们微笑时”，大脑的线路会发生变化。

释放出的化学物质更积极。

可知，Chockalingam 博士认为微笑能使我们的身体产生有益的化学物质。

故选D。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的“ Ify ou are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. 如”果你真的有危险，这些荷尔蒙会帮助你。

可知，当我们处于危险中时，压力荷尔蒙可以帮助我们。

故选C。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的“ If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone's heart health. 如
果我们微笑，我们就打破了压力和健康之间的联系。

而且它可能会为每个人的心脏健康提供一点额外的保护。

可知，Chockalingam 博士认为微笑可以使我们放松，从而有利于我们的健康。

故选A。

（ 4 ）考查主旨大意。

根据第二段中的“ Dr.C hockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbi a, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. 哥伦比亚的心脏病专家Chockalingam 博士建议他的病人保持微笑。

他说，微笑可能是帮助心脏的一种方式。

以及结合文章内容主要介绍了微笑能够让我们放松进而有利于我们的健康，所以要健康那就要多微笑，所以选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和主旨大意两个题型的考查，是一篇科研类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

3．阅读理解
In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards' impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works —real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.
The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks—provided the task is in one field with a lot of data —it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.
But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First,
there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs —executives, diplomats, economists —go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet- unknown jobs that will be created by AI.
Are you worried that these three types of jobs won't employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy —which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.
So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.
（1）What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To introduce the topic.
B. To mention Nigel's feat.
C. To stress the importance of good memory.
D. To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.
（2）Which of the following best explains "outperform" underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Be superior to
B. Be inferior to
C. Be similar to
D. Be related to
（3）Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?
A. The writer.
B. The shop assistant.
C. The babysitter.
D. The psychologist.
（4）Which of the following suggestions can the author give about job replacement of AI?
A. Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.
B. Get more support from the government.
C. Apply for the donation from companies.
D. Upgrade people's professional skills all the time.
【答案】（1）A
（2）A
（3）B
（4）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，人工智能有取代人类工作的潜力,但是,并非所有工作
都会被人工智能取代,有四种类型的工作完全没有风险。

因此,在人工智能时代人类仍然会有工作,关键必须是对劳动力进行再培训,这样人们才能从事这些工作。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第一段可知一个名叫奈杰尔·理查兹（Nigel Richards）的人在短
短九周内记住了《法国拼字游戏词典》中的386,000 个单词。

但是,他不会说法语。

其展示了人工智能是如何工作的。

而后文主要与人工智能有关,由此推断作者写第一段的目的是引
出人工智能这个话题。

故选A。

（2）考查词义猜测。

根据第二段中的“ Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks provide d the task is in one field with a lot of data 可知AI可以在日”常任务中outperform 人类（前提是该任务在一个涉及到大量数据的领域中；以及“iti s technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so. 可知从技术上讲,人工智能具有在未来大约15 年里取代成千上万的白领和蓝领工作的能力。

结合下文推断人工智能能够具有取代人类的工作是因为AI 在日常任务中表现超过了人类,划线词的意思是"胜过,超过",故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的“ First,t here are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. 可知四种类型的工作完全没有风险。

首先,有创造性的工作。

人工智能不可能像科学家,小说家和艺术家那样进行
发明创造。

也就是作家和科学家不会被取代。

排除A；再根据第四段中的“as the fourth type
is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. 可知需要情感的工作,例如老师,保姆和医生也不大可能被取代,因此排除C和D。

故选B。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“Soth ere will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key
then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. 可知作者认为在” AI时代仍然会有工作,关键必须是对劳动力进行再培训,这样人们才能从事这些工作。

进行培训是为了得到专业技能,由此推断作者会给出一直提升人们的专业技能的建议,故选D。

【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，是一篇科技类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

4．阅读理解
Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you'll have no trouble answering these questions.
Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child's day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb（麻木的）to new stimulation（刺激）, new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring.
Later they all admitted they'd felt cold water at first.
Another block to awareness is the obsession（痴迷） many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a "ruby- crowned kinglet" and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.
The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what's around them. I asked them what they'd seen. "Oh, a few birds," they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.
Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.
（1）According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more .
A. anxious to do wonders B . sensitive to others' feelings
C. likely to develop unpleasant habits
D. eager to explore the world around them
（2）What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?
A. To avoid jumping to conclusions.
B. To stop complaining all the time.
C. To follow the teacher's advice.
D. To admit mistakes honestly.
（3）The bird watchers' behavior shows that they .
A. are very patient in their observation
B. are really fascinated by nature
C. care only about the names of birds
D. question the accuracy of the field guides
（4）Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey?
A. The natural beauty isn't attractive to them.
B. They focus on arriving at the camp in time.
C. The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.
D. They are keen to see rare birds at the destination.
（5）In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should .
A. fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world
B. get rid of some bad habits in our daily life
C. open our mind to new things and ideas
D. try our best to protect nature
【答案】（1）D
（2）A
（3）C
（4）B
（5）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，我们有多久没有仔细观察我们周围的世界了。

作者通过此文要告诉我们：放慢脚步,带着我们所有的感官来感受周围世界的奇妙。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第二段中的” Mosto f us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child's day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. 可知,与成人相比较, 孩子观
察得更多,孩子的一天充满了魔力、新奇和惊奇。

从而可以推断出孩子更急于探索他们周围的世界。

故选D。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据第三段作者叙述在一个寒冷的夜晚,作者和学生徒步旅行穿过一
条小溪的时候,学生们抱怨水太冷而不愿往前走,结果事实上那是一个温泉。

作者举这样一个事例是为了向读者传递这样的观念：避免过早下结论。

故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据第四段中的”Another block to awareness is the obsession（痴迷）many of us have with naming things. 可“知,鸟观察者发现鸟后只关心鸟的名字, 并不关心它在做什么。

故选C。

（4）考查细节理解。

根据第五段中的” Ie ncountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what's a round them. 可“知,徒步旅行者只关心能够及时到达目的地,而很少关心周围的事物。

故选B。

（5）考查推理判断。

作者想要通过此文要告诉我们：大自然只展现给那些善于观察和等待的人,带着我们所有的感官来感受周围世界的奇妙吧。

故选A。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

5．阅读理解
I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals for two elderly women in my community. Both had died "full of years", as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence（吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.
At the first home, the son of the deceased（过世的）woman said to me, "If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It's my fault that she died." At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, "If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It's my fault that she's dead."
You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course —keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation —would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.
A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people
change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.
（1）What is said about the two deceased elderly women?
A. They lived out a natural life.
B. They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.
C. They weren't used to the change in weather.
D. They died due to lack of care by family members.
（2）The author had to conduct the two women's funerals probably because .
A. he wanted to comfort the two families
B. he was an official from the community
C. he had great pity for the deceased
D. he was minister of the local church
（3）People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because .
A. they found the funerals unsatisfactory
B. they believed that they were responsible
C. they had ignored the natural course of events
D. they didn't know things often turn in the opposite direction
（4）People have been made to believe since babyhood that .
A.everybody should try to meet others' needs
B. life and death is an unsolved mystery
C. every story should have a happy ending
D.their wishes are the cause of everything that happens 【答案】（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
（4）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过两个已故夫人的儿子自责的话语，引出并分析了人们产生负罪感的两个因素。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“ Both had died ‘ full of years ' ,w aosu tldh es aByib. le正”
如《圣经》所说，两人都已“老死”。

可知，这两个老妇人是正常、自然死亡的。

故选A。

（ 2 ）考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的“ ast he Bible would say ”正如《圣经》所说；以及“ One January, I had to hold two funerals for two elderly women in my community. 一月的一天，我要为我们社区的两位老妇人举行两场葬礼。

可知，作者信仰《圣经》并主持葬礼，由此推出作者的身份应为牧师。

故选D。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的“ Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course —keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation —would have turned out better. 因为他们”采取的行动结果是糟糕的，他们认为相反的做法——让母亲呆在家里，推迟手术——结果会更好。

可知，他们认为如果自己选择相反的做法，
母亲就不回去世了，认为自己有责任。

故选B。

（4）考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的“ A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. 一个婴儿开始认”为世界的存在是为了满足他的需要，他让一切都发生在世界上。

可知，人们从婴儿时期就意识到是他们的愿望是世界上一切发生的原因。

故选D。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇人生感悟类阅读，考
生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

6．阅读理解
WISH YOU WERE MORE CREATIVE?
I want to ask you a favor. I have a pair of pants. Tell me: How many different ways can I put a pair of pants to use? Now imagine you're an architect. Same question. Now imagine you're Bill Gates. A scuba diver. A medieval knight. You still have the pants. What alternative uses come to mind?
What you just practiced--the conscious act of "wearing" another self-is an exercise that, according to psychiatrist SriniPillay, MD, is essential to being creative.
One great irony （讽刺） about our collective addiction to creativity is that we tend to frame it in uncreative ways. That is to say, most of us marry creativity to our concept of self: Either we're "creative" or we aren't, without much of a middle ground. "I'm just not a creative person!" a discouraged student might say in art class, while another might blame her talent at painting for her difficulties in math, making a comment "I'm very right-brained."
Dr.Pillay, an assistant professor at Harvard University, has spent years overturning these ideas. He believes that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to challenge the stereotyped （陈词滥调的） advice that urges you to "believe in yourself." In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else.
He points to a study showing the impact of stereotype on one's behavior. The authors, psychologists Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar, divided their college student subjects into two groups, instructing one group to think of themselves as "eccentric poets" and the other to imagine they were "rigid librarians". The researchers then presented them all with ordinary objects, including a fork, a carrot, and a pair of pants, and asked them to come up with as many different uses as possible for each one. The former group came up with the widest range of ideas, whereas the latter had the fewest.
These results suggest that creativity is not an individual characteristic but a "product of context and perspective". Everyone can be creative, as long as he or she feels like a creative person.
Dr. Pillay's work takes this a step further: He argues that simply identifying yourself as creative
is less powerful than taking the brave, creative step of imagining you are somebody else. This exercise, which he calls psychological Halloweenism, refers to the conscious action of "wearing" another self. An actor may employ this technique to get into character, but anyone can use it. According to Dr. Pillay, it works because it is an act of conscious unfocus, a collection of brain regions that spring into action when you're not focused on a specific task or thought. Most people spend nearly half of their days in a state of "unfocus." This doesn't make us lazy; it makes us human.
Imagining yourself in a new situation, or an entirely new identity, never felt so productive. You're making yourself more creative, and you're giving yourself permission to do something you'd otherwise feel guilty about.
（1）What's the function of the questions in paragraph 1?
A. To lead in the topic. B . To make a comparison.
C. To state an opinion. D . To ask a favor.
（2）The study led by Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar proves
A. creativity is an individual characteristic
B. librarians are more creative than poets
C. ordinary objects can improve creativity
D. your creativity is determined by yourself
（3）According to Dr. Pillay, Halloweenism works because .
A. it is an act of unconscious focus
B. certain brain areas begin to act together
C. people are in a state of laziness
D. all actors employ this technique
（4）If you want to be more creative, you are supposed to .
A. focus on a specific task
B. believe in your own talent
C. pretend to be someone else
D. turn to be right-brained
【答案】（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
（4）C
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了如何让自己更有创造力，给读者展示了一种心理学理念--心理角色扮演：遇见更有创造力的自己。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第一段可知作者问读者一条裤子可以有多少种不同的用法?并让
读者假设自己是一名建筑师，比尔盖茨，带水肺的潜水员，一个中世纪的骑士等等思考同样的问题；再根据第二段” What you just practiced--the conscious act of "wearing" another self- -is an exercise that ⋯is essential to being cre可at知ive作. 者接着说刚才“你所练习的-- 有意识地"
穿戴"另一个自我的行为--是一种对保持创造力至关重要的练习。

这说明作者在第一段问这些问题就是为了引出下文中的" 创造力" 话题，故选A。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据第六段” Theser esults suggest that creativity is not an individual characteristic but a ‘ product of context and perspective e 'cre. aEti ve r,y aosn elo cnagn a bs he
or she feels like a creative person. 可知Denis D“umas 和Kevin Dunbar 的研究结果表明创造力
不是个体特征，而是" 环境和视角的产物" 。

每个人都可以有创造力，只要他或她觉得自己是一个有创造力的人。

也就是说一个人的创造力是取决于自己的。

故选D。

3）考查推理判断。

根据第七段中的”According to Dr. Pillay, it works because it is an act of conscious unfocus, a collection of brain regions that spring into action when you're not focused on a specific task or thought. 可知据皮莱“博士说，心理万圣节之所以有效，是因为它是一种有意识的分散注意力的行为，当你不专注于某一特定任务或思想时，大脑中一系列区域就起作用。

这说明心理万圣节有效是因为大脑的某些区域大脑协同工作，故选B。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据第四段中的” Heb elieves that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to challenge the stereotyped （陈词滥调的） advice that urges you to ‘ believein yourself. ' In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else可. 知想象自己处在一个新的环境中，或者是一个全新的身份，你会感到从未有过的高效，你让自己更有创造力。

由此推断所以要变得有创造力的话，要想象自己有一个全新的身份，也就是把自己想象成另外一个人。

故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇教育类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

7．阅读理解
The Art Museum of Chicago
Visiting time
The museum is open daily 10:30 am - 5:00 pm. The museum and its shops are closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Highlights （亮点）of the Art Museum
American Art
Discover how artists have expressed many aspects of the American experience through the rich variety of this collection.
Impressionism: Monet, Degas, Renoir and More
Learn about the color and excitement of late 19th-century life as you view one of the most admired collections of French Impressionism in the world.
Hidden Histories
Hear stories about artists and their artworks that may be overlooked or under-appreciated for one reason or another.
For families with children
It is free for kids under 14 and Chicago teens under 18 and the Art Museum is the perfect place for an outing with the whole family. Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games.
（1）When can you visit the museum?
A. On Thanksgiving Day.
B. On Christmas Day.
C. On April Fool's Day.
D. On New Year's Day.
（2）Who of the following has to pay for his/her visit?
A. A 19- year-old Chicago student.
B. A 13-year-old girl.
C. A 17- year-old Chicago girl.
D. A 9- year-old pupil.
（3）What can people do in the Art Museum of Chicago?
A. Tell stories about artists and their artworks.
B. Learn about the color and excitement of 18th-century life.
C. Discover how artists have expressed the African experience.
D. Pay a visit to the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center. 【答案】（1）C
（2）A
（3）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了芝加哥艺术博物馆的有关信息，包括其开放时间、博物馆艺术特点等。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“ The museum and its shops are closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. 博”物馆及其商店会在感恩节、圣诞节、新年当天关闭，因此可以在愚人节进行参观。

故选C。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的“It is free for kids under 14 and C hicago teens under 18”对于14岁以下的小孩以及18 岁以下的芝加哥籍青少年都是免费的。

故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的“Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, 参观者可以参观Ryan 教育中心的合家欢空间，故选D。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解题型的考查，是一篇介绍类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并结合题目要求，从而选出正确答案。

8．阅读理解
How do you notice a child genius （天才）? Gifted children tend to share three characteristics.
First, they develop skills at a very young age. Mozart began composing music when he was just five years old.
Second, they are self-starters. Srinivasa Ramanujan was building complex formula （公式）before he'd even been taught basic mathematics.
Third, gifted children can be crazy about their interests. For William James Sidis, a writer, had collected hundreds of street car models and had learned eight languages by the time he was eight. He was accepted at Harvard University at the age of 11.
They would all have been good members for Mensa, an international society for people with the highest IQs. Its youngest member is just two years old. But there can be disadvantages to being so clever. Members of American Mensa are three times more likely than the general public to suffer from allergies （过敏） or depression （抑郁）, and they are almost six times more likely to struggle with anxiety.
These are just some of the physical and emotional problems that gifted children in particular may face.
Noticing those children is important, but many of them are being missed. To find out gifted children, you actually have to look for them in all places. The benefits can be huge when those "lost Einsteins" are found.。