高考英语一轮阅读理解练习一1

青海省西宁市 2017 高考英语阅读理解一轮练习一

阅读理解训练

(2015·河南省八市重点高中教学质监测)

School is much more than a place where students gather to learn. For children, school is their first opportunity for social development and introduction to people outside of their family unit. Lessons learned in school go beyond mathematics and language arts. Students learn to develop individual interests and find other people who share their interests.

Music is one of the ways like­minded children come together. When many people talk about the benefits of music education, they're quick to point out all of the numerous and measurable results of music education: many studies show the positive impact music programs can have on children in other areas of study.

Dr. Laurel Trainor, a professor of psychology, at McMaster University, has said young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory compared to children who do not receive musical training. Stanford University researchers have found that musical training improves how the brain processes the spoken word, a finding that researchers say could lead to improving the reading ability of children who have dyslexia and other reading problems. Furthermore, in an analysis of data on more than 25,000 secondary school students, researchers at the United States Department of Education found that students who report consistent involvement in instrumental music during middle school and high school perform significantly better in mathematics.

There are many reasons why music education can help to make a child a better student, but there also being involved in music is also a social endeavor that can set the course for lifelong friends and help create social groups that last through school and beyond. Music education breeds familiarity during a school career, when going from class to class or from school to school every year can be nerve wracking and unfamiliar.

文章大意：这是应用文阅读。文章主要讲述了音乐教育帮助孩子更好地发展，开发孩子的智力，增强记忆力，因此音乐教育更有利于孩子的成长。

12.What is the function of the first paragraph?

A．To show school is the place for students to learn.

B.To stress the importance of learning knowledge.

C.To lead to the main topic of the passage.

D.To explain what the author really thinks of.

答案：C 推理判断题。A 项展示学校是学生学习的地方；B 项强调学习知识的重要性；C 项引出该文章的主题；

D 项解释作者的想法。根据文章第一段的最后一句话 Students learn to develop individual interests and find other people who share their interests 和下面几段都是提到音乐教育的重要性，因此该段就是引出主题。故选 C。

13.According to the researchers, we can know that .

A．music lovers tend to use their brain in a wise way

B.music training can cure children of many diseases

C.learning music is beneficial to students' performance in mathematics

D.senior students disliked attending music lessons

答案：C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的 students who report consistent involvement in instrumental music during middle school and high school perform significantly better in mathematics 可知学音乐有利于孩子的数学学习。A 项音乐爱好者趋于聪明地使用大脑；B 项音乐训练能治愈孩子的许多疾病； C 项学音乐有利于孩子的数学表现；D 项高年级的学生不喜欢参加音乐课。故选 C。