江苏省泰州市泰州中学高中英语阅读理解单元测试题

一、高中英语阅读理解
1．阅读理解
A typical child plays many roles, such as friend, neighbor, son or daughter. Simply reminding children of that fact can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking, according to new research from Duke University.
Better problem-solving was just one positive finding of the study, said lead author Sarah Gaither, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke. After thinking about their own various identities, children also showed more flexible thinking about race and other social groupings—a behavior that could be valuable in an increasingly diverse society.
In a series of experiments, Gaither and her colleagues looked at 196 children, ages 6 and 7. In an experiment, one group of children was reminded that they had various identities, such as son, daughter, reader or helper. A second group of children was reminded of their multiple physical attributes, such as a mouth, arms and legs. All the children then needed to handle a few tasks
Children who were reminded of their various identities showed stronger problem-solving and creative thinking skills. When shown pictures of a bear staring at honey-filled beehive(蜂窝)high up in a tree, these children had more creative ideas for how the bear might get the honey, such as turning over a bowl so that it became a stool(凳子). In other words, they saw a new use for the bowl. Children who were reminded of their multiple roles also showed more flexible thinking about social groupings. When asked to categorize different photos of faces, they suggested many ways to Spso. They identified smiling faces such as unsmiling ones, and old and young faces. The other children, meanwhile, primarily grouped people's faces by race and gender(性别).
The-study suggests ways to promote flexible thinking for the young, which could be especially valuable for teachers." Gaither said.
"We have this tendency in our society to only think about ourselves in connection with one important group at a time," Gaither said. "When kids think that they have various identities, they show greater abilities."
（1）What are all the kids asked to do in the experiments?
A.Play different kinds of roles.
B.Remind others of their roles.
C.Approach several tasks.
D.Classify a group of tasks.
（2）How does the author mainly clarify the conclusions of the study in paragraph 4?
A.By giving examples.
B.By using experts' words.
C.By listing a few figures.
D.By showing cause and effect.
（3）What can we learn from Sarah Gaither's words?
A.Improving 5 kids flexible thinking ability is important teaching.
B.Kids tend to behave selflessly after thinking about their roles.
C.Kids' creative thinking ability is easy to discover and develop.
D.Teachers are supposed to make the most of the kids' flexibility.
（4）What is the best title for the text?
A.Kids' Social Abilities Are Consistent with. Their Education.
B.Considering Their Various Roles Improves Kids' Abilities.
C.Kids Have a Variety of Identities in Their Daily Life.
D.Problem-solving Ability Is Necessary for Most Kids.
【答案】（1）C
（2）A
（3）A
（4）B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了让孩子知道自己有不同的角色可以提高孩子解决问题的能力和创造性思维能力。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的“All the children then needed to handle a few tasks. ”可知，所有的孩子都被要求处理一些任务。

故选C。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据第四段可推断，第四段主要使用了两个例子来阐明实验得出的结论。

故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据第五段中的“The study suggests simple ways to promote flexible thinking for the young,which could be especially valuable for teachers,，Gather sad. ”可知,提高孩子的灵活思维的方法对于老师是有价值的。

由此可推断,提高孩子的灵活性思维能力在教育中是很重要的事。

故选A。

（4）考查主旨大意。

纵观全文可知，本文呢绍了孩子考虑自己的不同的角色可以提高孩子解决问题的能力和创造性思维能力。

故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，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，概括归纳，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解
I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin disappear. I'd read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells (魔法) — nine being that curious age at which you're old enough to work through more than 1, 200 pages of mysterious fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found instead taught basic sleight-of-hand (戏法) technique, and I devoted the next months to practice. Initially, the magic wasn't any good. At first it wasn't even magic; it was just a trick — a bad trick. I spent hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks of this my mom got a carpet sample from the store and placed it under the mirror to eradicate the sound of the coin falling again and again.
I had heard my dad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practice — slowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. And then I tried the illusion
(错觉) in the mirror and an unbelievable scene took place. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle. I knew that I had got what I wanted.
One day I made the performance on the playground. We had been playing football and were standing by the backstop in the field behind the school. A dozen people were watching. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids screamed. They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brilliant.
（1）What did the author enter the adult section of the library to do?
A. To kill his time.
B. To find a book of magic. C To read The Lord of the Rings. D. To learn knowledge of literature.（2）What does the underlined word "eradicate" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Get rid of.
B. Give out.
C. Imitate.
D. Distinguish.
（3）What contributed to the author's success?
A. His mother's help.
B. The secret of quick moves.
C. The inspiration from his father.
D. His repeated hard practice.
（4）How would the author feel about the result of his performance on the playground?
A. It's fantastic.
B. It's funny.
C. It's awkward.
D. It's disappointing.
【答案】（1）B
（2）A
（3）C
（4）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者变成魔术师是偶然的，并且具体讲述了自己九岁时学习如何让硬币消失的经历。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“I'd read The Lord o f the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells ”我读过《魔戒》，并且冒险进入图书馆的成人区寻找魔法书，可知，作者进入图书馆的成人区是为了寻找魔法书。

原文中使用了不定式表达目的。

故选B。

（2）考查词义猜测。

根据第二段讲述作者一开始练习让硬币消失时的练习经历，他每天要在镜子前练1000遍左右，那么硬币也就会掉在地上1000次左右。

所以划线单词所在句子句意应为：两周后，妈妈从店里买了一块地毯，把它放在镜子下面，以掩盖硬币一次又一次落下的声音。

故选A。

（3）考查推理判断。

根据第三段中的“I had heard my dad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practice — slowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. And then I tried the illusion (错觉) in the mirror and an unbelievable scene took place. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle.”可知，作者是在父亲练习钢琴的经历的启发下，领悟到了练习的真谛，最终取得了成功。

故选C。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brillian t.”，可知作者在操场上表演完硬币消失之后，其他同学欢呼、大小并且都不知道是如何做到的，每个人都很疯狂。

作者认为这个经历是非常棒的。

故选A。

【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，是一盘故事类阅
读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。

3．阅读理解
At one time or another in your life you have probably done origami, even if it was just making a paper airplane or something more complicated like a paper crane. The chances are that as you did it, you reflected on how inventive this traditional art is. Animals, boxes, flowers, boats: it all can be created from a single square or rectangular sheet of paper simply by folding it. No cutting, no pasting.
But did you ever stop to think how the same techniques might be applied to engineering? Equipment that could be of real practical use? Origami meets the demand for things that need to be small when transported and large when they arrive, like the everyday umbrella. In fact, origami-inspired creations have already flown in space; in 1995, Japanese engineers launched a satellite with solar panels that folded like a map.
'It's now mathematically proven that you can pretty much fold anything," says physicist Robert J. Lang, who quit his engineering job eight years ago to fold things full time. Lang, an origami enthusiast since age six, advised a advised well-known ear manufacturer the best way to fold an airbag into a dashboard. He is currently working on a space telescope lens that, if all goes according to plan, should be able to unfold to the size of a football field.
At the other end of the scale, researchers are also working on tiny folding devices that could lead to breakthroughs in medicine and computing. There's no doubt that computers of the future may contain tiny, folded motors or capacitors for faster processing and better memory.
Applications for origami engineering go further than many of us might imagine. "Some day," says MIT's Erik Demaine, "we'll build reconfigurable (可重构的) robots that can fold on their own from one thing into another, like Transformers. Too much like science fiction to be true? Maybe—though you certainly wouldn't want to bet against it."
（1）What do we know about origami?
A. It consumes lots of time.
B. It involves interesting ideas.
C. It requires complex techniques.
D. It has to do with cutting and pasting.
（2）Which of the following is an application of origami?
A. A space telescope lens can be folded to the size of an umbrella.
B. A satellite is equipped with solar panels and a folded map.
C. An airbag can be better folded into a dashboard of a car.
D. A future computer contains many huge folded motors.
（3）What is Erik Demaine's attitude towards origami engineering?
A. Hopeful
B. Doubtful.
C. Disapproving.
D. Ambiguous.
（4）In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A. Entertainment.
B. Culture.
C. Education.
D. Pop-science.
【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，折纸是一种具有创造性的传统艺术，而现在它已经被应用到技术工程领域，人们利用折纸原理创造出了很多可折叠的装置。

折纸工程将在很大程度上影响未来的医药、计算机和机器人行业。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的“The chances are that as you did it, you reflected on how inventive this traditional art is. Animals, boxes, flowers, boats: it all can be created from a sing le square or rectangular sheet of paper simply by folding it. No cutting, no pasting.”可知，折纸是一个具有创造性的传统艺术，我们不用裁剪或拼贴，只通过折叠就可以把一张正方形或者三角形的纸变成动物、纸盒、花、船等东西，由此推测折纸需要有创造性的和有趣的想法。

故选B。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的“Lang, an origami enthusiast since age six, advised a well-kno wn ear manufacturer the best way to fold an airbag into a dashboard.”可知折纸爱好者Lang向一位制造商建议了把安全气囊折叠到仪表盘中的最佳方式。

故选C。

（3）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“Applications for origami engineering go further than many of us might imagine”可知Erik Demaine认为折纸工程的应用远远超出了我们的想象，由此可推测Erik Demaine对折纸工程的未来充满希望。

故选A。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据第二段中的“in 1995, Japanese engineers launched a satellite with solar panels that folded like a map.”；第三段中的“Lang, an origami enthusiast since age six, advised a advised well-known ear manufacturer the best way to fold an airbag into a dashboard.”；第四段中的“There's no doubt that computers of the future may contain tiny, folded motors or capacitors for faster processing and better memory. ”和第五段中的“‘Some day,’ says MIT's Erik Demaine, ‘we'll build reconfigurable (可重构的) robots that can fold on their own from one thing into another, like Transformers.’”可知卫星，安全气囊的折叠，未来电脑的发展和未来可重构机器人，这些都和科学技术相关，故推测本文很有可能出现在报纸的科学板块。

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，是一篇文化类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

4．阅读理解
Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health, according to a new study in the Journal of Health Psychology.
Researchers looked at the effects of lifetime stress on a person's mental health, and how more forgiving people got along compared with people who weren't so forgiving. To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress, their tendency to forgive and their mental and physical health.
No surprise, people with greater exposure to stress had worse mental and physical health. But the researchers also discovered that if people were highly forgiving of both themselves and others, that characteristic alone almost removed the connection between stress and mental illness.
"It's almost entirely erased—it's zero," says study author Toussaint. "If you don't have forgiving
tendencies, you feel the immediate effects of stress in a severe way. You don't have anything to cushion you against that stress."
How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine. The researchers infer that people who are more forgiving may adopt better skills to deal with stress, or their reaction to major stressors(压力源)may be slow.
Though more research is needed to fully understand the benefits of being more forgiving, Toussaint believes"100％"that forgiveness can be learned. His own previous research has shown that saying a short prayer on forgiveness can help people take the edge off. "I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that," he says.
（1）The researchers got the effect of forgiving by_____.
A. analyzing questionnaires
B. doing scientific experiment
C. writing research papers
D. communicating with 148 adults
（2）What can we infer from the passage?
A. Forgiving tendencies can deal with all mental problems.
B. It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress.
C. Toussaint's study has fully discovered the benefits of being forgiving.
D. Saying a short prayer on forgiveness is the key to getting rid of stress.
（3）What does the underlined phrase "take the edge off' in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Look ahead.
B. Become relaxed.
C. Make up their mind.
D. Stick to their goals.
（4）What may be the best title for the passage?
A. A new study on physical health
B. Forgiving yourself makes you feel good
C. Forgiveness is good for mental health
D. Getting rid of stress is good for your health
【答案】（1）A
（2）B
（3）B
（4）C
【解析】【分析】研究发现拥有一颗宽容的心，能减少焦虑和压力，让人心理健康。

（1）细节理解题。

根据文章第二段的To do this, they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，可知，为了弄明白真相，研究人员
让148个人填写了问卷调查，即他们是通过研究问卷调查来得出宽容的影响，故选A项。

（2）推理判断题。

根据文章第五段的How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine. 可知目前很难确定宽容是如何防止人们不受严
重压力的伤害，故推断宽容可以减少压力的原因是未知的，故选B项。

（3）词义猜测题。

根据画线部分下文的I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that可知宽容能让人感觉良好，故推测画线部分
所在句子意思是：说一个和宽容相关的祷言能让人感觉良好。

故划线部分的意思和"感觉良好"接近，故选B项。

（4）主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，第一段为主题段，根据文章第一段的Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health,可知本文主
要讲述宽容对精神健康有好处，故选C项。

【点评】考查阅读理解。

本文涉及细节理解题、推理判断题、词义猜测题和主旨大意题，细节理解题要注意从文中寻找答案；推理判断题需要联系上下文，推断出需要的信息；词义猜测题，要联系上下文，猜测划线词在题中的含义；主旨大意题需要通读全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。

5．阅读理解
For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and our status to a considerable extent. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, and that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. For the foreseeable future, however, the material and psychological rewards which work can provide will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer.
Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions where their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination or initiative.
Inequality at work is still one of the most glaring (明显的) forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we handle it determinedly.
The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning. They are able to exercise responsibility. They have a considerable degree of control over their own and others' working lives. Most important of all, they have opportunities to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in intolerable conditions. The majority have little control over their work. It provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Many jobs are so routine that workers feel themselves to be mere cogs (齿轮) in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated (疏远) from their work and their firm.
（1）In the writer's opinion, people judge others mainly by ________.
A. the type of work they do
B. the place where they work
C. the time they spend at work
D. the amount of money they earn
（2）According to the writer, to solve problems in an industrial society, we ________.
A. should create more working opportunities for the poor
B. have to get rid of the unequal aspects in work
C. had better cancel all managing positions in a company
D. should encourage the manual workers to promote efficiency
（3）What advantage does the writer say managers have over workers?
A. They won't be out of work.
B. They get time off to learn constantly.
C. They can work at what interests them.
D. They have complete control over themselves.【答案】（1）A
（2）B
（3）C
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，工作是人们生活的中心和主导，工作也给人们带来很多的问题。

作者论述了这些问题。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的”What we do there largely determines our standard of living and our status to a considerable extent.“我们在那里的所作所为在很大程度上决定了我们的生活水平和地位，可推知，别人会根据我们的工作来评判我们。

故选A。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据第三段中的”We cannot hope to solve t he more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we handle it determinedly.“我们不能指望解决工业生活中更明显的问题，其中许多问题是由工作中的不平等造成的挫折引起的，除非我们坚决地处理它，可知，我们的工作存在很多不公平的现象，除非我们坚决抵制。

故选B。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据最后一段中的”Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities.“他们的工作激发了他们的兴趣，使他们得以发展自己的能力，可知，他们可以从事自己感兴趣的工作。

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，是一篇生活类阅读，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。

6．阅读理解
When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London, a very interesting place, to try his fortune.
There was the famous London Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral, and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.
Then, too, there were the daily crowds where could be seen people from all over the world. Knights, scholars and the highwayman (拦路强盗）or thieves, who had been infamous for their clever robberies, passed by each other.
Here, also, were noblemen dressed in gold, from Italy and Spain and France; slaves from Spanish America, sea captains and ministers, soldiers and servants—all held by chances or interests within the gray walls which circled London, and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.
Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare, quick to see and eager to learn. And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own town's residents. Each one told its story to him so plainly that, as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods, so now he learned men and men's interests that make up the great world.
And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays, he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since; for it is the use of this knowledge of the world, combined with his own genius, that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.
（1）What was London like in Shakespeare's eyes when he first went there?
A. Dirty and small.
B. Strange and interesting.
C. Infamous and terrible.
D. Familiar and modern.
（2）Which of the following best describes Shakespeare?
A. Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown, London.
B. Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London.
C. Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life.
D. Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own genius.
（3）What does the word "one" in paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Crowd.
B. Resident.
C. Face.
D. Sight.
（4）The passage probably comes from______.
A. a poster
B. a textbook
C. an advertisement
D. an announcement
【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）D
（4）B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人轶事，介绍了文学大师莎士比亚年轻时去到伦敦第一天时遇到的有趣的事情。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“a very interesting place”和第五段中的“all these strange sights”可知，在 Shakespeare 的眼中，伦敦是一个有趣而陌生的城市。

故选B。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据第五段可知，Shakespeare来到伦敦不久之后，通过观察和学习了解了伦敦，并适应了那里的生活，由此可推断出，Shakespeare擅长观察日常生活并从中学习。

故选C。

（3）考查代词指代。

根据第五段中的“as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods”正如他以前所学到的田野和树林的秘密那样，可知，one指的是"像田野和树林一样的景象"。

故选D。

（4）考查推理判断。

本文主要讲述了莎士比亚到伦敦的经历，所以这篇文章最有可能出现在一本教材中。

故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，代词指代和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇人物类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。

7．阅读理解
A few years back I worked in a university building that also housed a department full of psychologists, all of whom seemed to see us as perfect guinea pigs(豚鼠) for their latest theories. If an eager graduate student showed up in my office bearing desserts and asked me to pick one, I'd cast a careful glance and ask "Why?" before grabbing the apple pie.
So one day, when someone from the Psychology Department posted instructions in the bathroom persuading all of us to "Think about five things for which you're grateful every day for a week!" my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot
of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.
I wandered into the office of Heidi Zetzer, the director of our school's Psychological Services Clinic. "What's with the gratitude thing?" I asked. You don't ask an academic question－even a simple one unless you're prepared for a long answer. Heidi came alive, and I sat down. That's when I first heard the term "positive psychology". The gratitude thing, as I had called it, was but one small and simple element of the practice. "Kind of like training the brain to focus on joy," my friend Heidi explained. "It's only a week," she urged. "Try it." I did. And guess what? It worked. Every day for a week, I found five distinct things for which I was thankful. They had to be different every day. I couldn't get away with just being grateful for my wonderful husband. But I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. He's a great cook. He always puts our family first.
Life will never be perfect. I still see new stories that annoy me. The traffic in my city is maddening. I wish I could speed up my recovery. But with just one simple exercise, I'm rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I can't change, working without complaint to change what I can, and being wise enough to know the difference.
And all it took was a little gratitude.
（1）What's the author's attitude toward the student with desserts?
A. Cautious.
B. Respectful.
C. Indifferent.
D. Supportive.（2）Why was the author doubtful about the instructions?
A. Because she thought it wasn't worth the effort.
B. Because she didn't like expressing thanks often.
C. Because she needed to ask her friend to do it first.
D. Because she could do five things every day easily.
（3）What does Collie Conoley suggest the author should do?
A. Be grateful to her wonderful husband.
B. Be thankful for things but not people.
C. Be a great cook and put her family first.
D. Be specific about what she's thankful for.
（4）What's the best title for the text?
A. Don't Be Bothered by Small Things
B. We Can Change Everything If We Want
C. Practicing Gratitude Changed My Life
D. Being Grateful to One Good Person
【答案】（1）A
（2）A
（3）D
（4）C
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，在一个星期的时间里，作者坚持每天都能发现五件她特别感激的事情，而且每天都有所不同。

生活永远不会完美。

但通过这么一个简单的练习，作者重新发现了那句老话的平和：接受我不能改变的事情，毫无怨言地去改变我能改变的，并且足够明智地知道两者的区别。

这只需要一点感激之情。

（1）考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的“If an eager graduate student showed up in my office bearing desserts and asked me to pick one, I'd cast a careful glance and ask ‘Why?’ before grabbing the apple pie.”如果一个心急的研究生拿着甜点出现在我的办公室，让我挑选一种，在抓苹果派之前，我会仔细地看一眼，然后问“为什么?”可知，作者在抓苹果派之前，
会仔细地看一眼，然后问“为什么?”。

可知，作者对带甜点的学生持有谨慎的态度。

故选A。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据第二段中的“my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.”我的反应坦率地说是怀疑的。

我算了算。

连续7天每天做5件事，甚至连吃苹果派的承诺都没有，那就太费脑力了。

可推知，作者认为对“连续7天每天做5件事”的要求充满怀疑，认为太费脑力、不值得去做。

故选A。

（3）考查细节理解。

根据第四段中的“But I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. He's a great cook. He always puts our family first.”但是另一位积极心理学家柯利·康诺利建议道，我可以每天对一个人的某些方面表达我的感激之情。

他是个很棒的厨师。

他总是把我们的家庭放在第一位。

可知，柯利·康诺利建议作者每天对一个人的某些方面表达感激之情。

由此可知，柯利·康诺利建议作者具体说明她感激什么。

故选D。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“But with just one simple exercise, I'm rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I can't change, working without complaint to change what I can, and being wise enough to know the difference.”但通过一个简单的练习，我重新发现了那句老话的平和：接受我不能改变的事情，毫无怨言地去改变我能改变的，并且足够明智地知道两者的区别）可知，练习表达感激，改变了作者的观念和生活。

由此可知选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。

8．阅读理解
Yellowstone National Park is the flagship of the National Park Service and a favorite to millions of visitors each year. The park is a major destination for all members of the family. By driving the grand loop road, visitors can view the park from the comfort of their vehicle and also take a rest at one of the many roadside picnic areas.
How much is the entrance fee?
$25 - Private, noncommercial vehicle;
$20 - Motorcycle or snowmobile (winter);
$12 - Visitors 16 and older entering by foot, bike, ski, etc.
This fee provides the visitor with a 7-day entrance permit for both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
A $50 park annual pass provides entrance for a single private non-commercial vehicle at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The $10 Interagency Senior Pass (62 and older) is a lifetime pass available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Where can you stay?
Inside Yellowstone, you can choose to stay in modern or historic hotels and cabins inside the park like the Old Faithful Inn, the world's largest log structure. For those who want to be a little closer to nature, there are 12 campgrounds with a range of services from primitive pit toilets to
shower and laundry facilities. There's also RV camping with and without dumping stations.
Staying outside the park gives you unique Old West experiences but still keeps you close to park attractions.
If you're taking a road trip to Yellowstone, you'll want to check out our Hotels and Cabins On The Road section.
（1）The entrance fees listed on the web page don't apply to _______.
A. temporary residents in the USA
B. vehicles involving business activities
C. visitors out of a certain age range
D. private motorcycles and snowmobiles
（2）What are you likely to acquire in the Old Faithful Inn?
A. Unique old west experiences.
B. Primitive pit toilets and shower.
C. Knowledge of origin of the park.
D. RV camping with dumping sites.
（3）Where does the passage probably come from?
A. A magazine.
B. A textbook.
C. A notice.
D. A travel guide.
【答案】（1）B
（2）C
（3）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇应用文，介绍了黄石公园的门票以及可以选择的住宿及游玩的地方。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据小标题“How much is the entrance fee?”下分别列出了私家非商务车入园的价格，摩托车或雪地车（冬季）入园的价格以及16岁以上的人步行、骑自行车或带滑雪板入园的价格，没有涉及到商务车入园的价格。

故选B。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据 Where can you stay?部分中的“Ins ide Yellowstone, you can choose to stay in modern or historic hotels and cabins inside the park like the Old Faithful Inn, the world's largest log structure.”在黄石公园里边，你可以呆在像the Old Faithful Inn这样的旅馆里，有现代的、历史的旅馆和小棚屋。

，由其中的historic及morden可知，我们有可能从这些建筑中了解公园的起源。

故选C。

（3）考查推理判断。

纵观全文可知，本文介绍了黄石公园的门票及游玩住宿的地方，并且主要是提供给大家一些信息，所以应出自于与旅游指南。

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。

9．阅读理解
At first, Michael Surrell didn't see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors' home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house in Allentown, Pennsylvania, when they got a call from one of his daughters, "The house next door is on fire!" He went to investigate. That's when he saw two women and a girl hysterical (歇斯底里的)on their porch.
"The baby's in there!" one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside. "The baby" was 8-year-old Tiara Roberts, the woman's granddaughter and a playmate of Surrell's three youngest kids, then 8, 10, and 12. The other two。