高考英语阅读理解及书面表达练习（9）

这是一份高考英语阅读理解及书面表达练习（9），共9页。试卷主要包含了 What is Mr，C　推理判断题， A　细节理解题， D　主旨大意题等内容，欢迎下载使用。
A research by the Natinal Center fr Health Statistics is seen as an imprtant cnfirmatin f the “Hispanic mrtality paradx(西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”
On average, Hispanics utlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, cmpared with 78.1 fr whites, 72.9 fr blacks and 77.7 years fr the ttal ppulatin.
The reprt shws that the Hispanic ppulatin has higher life expectancy at birth and at almst every age despite a sciecnmic status lwer than that f whites. “Mrtality is very crrelated with incme, educatin and health care access,” says Elizabeth Arias, authr f the reprt. “Yu wuld expect the Hispanic ppulatin wuld have higher mrtality, in line with the black ppulatin.”
The Hispanic paradx has been dcumented fr mre than tw decades, but this is the first time the gvernment has had enugh data t issue natinal numbers. Researchers are struggling t explain why Hispanics live lnger.
“We dn’t knw,” says David Hayes-Bautista, directr f the Center fr the Study f Latin Health and Culture at UCLA’s David Geffen Schl f Medicine. “We thught it was a prblem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”
Ptential factrs:
·Culture and lifestyle. Supprt frm extended family and lwer rates f smking and drinking. Latin grups in particular have very strng family and scial ties.
·Migratin. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy peple are mre likely t emigrate. And when immigrants becme ill, they might return hme and die there.
“Slving the puzzle may help the natin deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health services less—they make fewer dctrs visits and spend less time in hspitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “It’s clearly smething in the Latin culture,” he says.
1. In 2006, Hispanics’ life expectancy is years lnger than the average f the ttal ppulatin.
A. 2. 5 B. 7. 7 C. 2. 9 D. 80. 6
2. What des the underlined wrd “utlive” in the secnd paragraph prbably mean?
A. T live lnger than. . . B. T live shrter than. . .
C. T die ut. D. T expect t live.
3. What is the main idea f paragraph three?
A. Hispanics were brn better than whites.
B. Mrality is clsely related with health care access.
C. Whites shuld have lnger life expectancy.
D. Even experts can’t explain the phenmenn.
4. What is Mr. Hayes-Bautista’s pinin abut the paradx?
A. He supprts there is a prblem with the data.
B. He intends t trust the cultural factr.
C. He believes in the “healthy migrant effect”.
D. He thinks health care the mst imprtant factr.
5. Which f the fllwing inferences is true accrding t the passage?
A. Black peple suffer the lwest scial status in America.
B. Hispanics might have healthier ways f life.
C. Only healthy peple can immigrate int America.
D. White peple dn’t have strng family ties.
【参考答案】1—5、CADBB
阅读理解。
I have been cnsistently ppsed t feeding a baby regularly. As a dctr, mther and scientist in child develpment I believe there is nthing t recmmend it, frm the baby's pint f view.
Mthers, dctrs and nurses alike have n idea f where a baby's bld sugar level lies. All we knw is that a lw level is harmful t brain develpment and makes a baby easily annyed. In this state, the baby is difficult t calm dwn and sleep is impssible. The baby asks fr attentin by crying and searching fr fd with its muth.
It is nt just unkind but als dangerus t say a fur­hurly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first f the experts t advcate a strict clck­watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King wh was against feeding in the night. I've never heard anything s ridiculus. Baby feeding shuldn't fllw a timetable set by the mum. What is imprtant is feeding a baby in the best way, thugh it may cause sme incnvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have cpper­bttmed research that supprts demand feeding and pints ut the weaknesses f strictly timed feeding. The research finds ut that babies wh are fed n demand d better at schl at age 5, 7, 11 and 14, than babies fed accrding t the clck. By the age f 8, their IQ (智商) scres are fur t five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research cmes frm Oxfrd and Essex University using a sample (样本) f 10,419 children brn in the early 1990s, taking accunt f parental educatin, family incme, a child's sex and age, the mther's health and feeding style. These results dn't surprise me. Feeding accrding t schedule runs the risk f harming the rapidly grwing brain by taking n accunt f sinking bld sugar levels.
I hpe this research will put an end t advcating strictly timed baby feeding practices.
31. Accrding t Paragraph 2, ne reasn why a baby cries is that it feels ________.
A．sick B．upset
C．sleepy D．hungry
32. What des the authr think abut Dr King?
A．He is strict.
B．He is unkind.
C．He has the wrng idea.
D．He sets a timetable fr mthers.
33. The wrd cpper­bttmed in Paragraph 4 is clsest in meaning t________.
A．basic
B．reliable
C．surprising
D．interesting
34. What des the research tell us abut feeding a baby n demand?
A．The baby will sleep well.
B．The baby will have its brain harmed.
C．The baby will have a lw bld sugar level.
D．The baby will grw t be wiser by the age f 8.
35. The authr supprts feeding the baby ________.
A．in the night
B．every fur hurs
C．whenever it wants fd
D．accrding t its bld sugar level
【要点综述】这是一篇议论文。主要介绍了怎样喂婴儿，是根据婴儿的需求还是按照时间表。根据调查研究发现，按照婴儿的需求喂婴儿要比按照时间规定喂婴儿要好很多。
31. D 细节理解题。从第二段The baby asks fr attentin by crying and searching fr fd with its muth.看出婴儿哭是因为饿了。故选D。
32. C 作者观点题。根据第三段I’ve never heard anything s ridiculus. Baby feeding shuldn’t fllw a timetable set by the mum. What is imprtant is feeding a baby in the best way, thugh it may cause sme incnvenience in the first few weeks.看出作者认为Dr Frederic Truby King的观点是不正确的。故选C。
33. B 词义猜测题。根据本段的…research that supprts demand feeding and pints ut the weaknesses f strictly timed feeding. The research finds ut that babies wh are fed n demand d better at schl at age 5, 7 , 11 and 14, than babies fed accrding t the clck. By the age f 8, their IQ (智商)scres are fur t five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable.看出这个研究是非常可靠的。basic“基础的，基本的”；reliable“可依赖的，可靠的”；surprising“令人吃惊的”；interesting“有趣的”。故选B。
34. D 细节理解题。根据第四段By the age f 8, their IQ (智商)scres are fur t five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable.看出答案。故选D。
35. C 细节理解题。本文的第一句(I have been cnsistently ppsed t feeding a baby regularly)就提出观点，“反对定时喂婴儿”，最后一句(I hpe this research will put an end t advcating strictly timed baby feeding practices)希望结束严格按时喂养的习惯。既然是“不定时”，也就是按婴儿需要喂养，故选C。
阅读理解。
D yu knw hw it is when yu see smene yawn and yu start yawning t? Or hw hard it is t be amng peple laughing and nt laugh yurself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirrr neurns(神经元)in ur brains.
Put simply, the existence f mirrr neurns suggests that every time we see smene else d smething, ur brains imitate(模仿)it, whether r nt we actually perfrm the same actin. This explains a great deal abut hw we learn t smile, talk, walk, dance r play sprts. But the idea ges further: mirrr neurns nt nly appear t explain physical actins, they als tell us that there is a bilgical basis fr the way we understand ther peple.
Mirrr neurns can undubtedly be fund all ver ur brains, but especially in the areas which relate t ur ability t use languages, and t understand hw ther peple feel. Researchers have fund that mirrr neurns relate strngly t language. A grup f researchers discvered that if they gave peple sentences t listen t (fr example：“The hand tk hld f the ball”), the same mirrr neurns were triggered as when the actin was actually perfrmed (in this example, actually taking hld f a ball)．
Any prblems with mirrr neurns may well result in prblems with behavir. Much research suggests that peple with scial and behaviral prblems have mirrr neurns which are nt fully functining. Hwever, it is nt yet knwn exactly hw these discveries might help find treatments fr scial disrders.
Research int mirrr neurns seems t prvide us with ever mre infrmatin cncerning hw humans behave and interact(互动)．Indeed, it may turn ut t be the equivalent(相等物)fr neurscience f what Einstein's thery f relativity was fr physics. And the next time yu feel the urge t cugh in the cinema when smene else des—well, perhaps yu'll understand why.
67．Mirrr neurns can explain ________.
A．why we cry when we are hurt
B．why we cugh when we suffer frm a cld
C．why we smile when we see smene else smile
D．why we yawn when we see smene else stay up late
68．The underlined wrd “triggered” in the third paragraph prbably means “________”．
A．set ff B．cut ff
C．built up D．brken up
69．We can learn frm the passage that mirrr neurns ________.
A．relate t human behavir and interactin
B．cntrl human physical actins and feelings
C．result in bad behavir and scial disrders
D．determine ur knwledge and language abilities
70．What is the passage mainly abut?
A．Ways t find mirrr neurns.
B．Prblems f mirrr neurns.
C．Existence f mirrr neurns.
D．Functins f mirrr neurns.
【要点综述】本文是一篇科普说明文。介绍了镜像神经元的作用。
67.C 推理判断题。从第二段的第一句话“every time we see smene else d smething, ur brains imitate it”可知镜像神经元的作用就是当我们看到别人做某事，我们也会跟着做。
68. A 词义猜测题。根据第三段镜像神经元对语言的作用，当人们听到“手抓住球”这句话时，神经元就开始起作用了，就像手抓住球这个动作真的发生一样。set ff：出发；触发。
69. A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知答案。
70. D 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了人体镜像神经元的作用。
【山东省2014模拟】写作【满分30分）
孩子的成长和教育是社会热议的话题，现今父母包揽一切、孩子过度依赖等现象十分严重。请阅读下面的漫画，按要求用英文写一篇短文。
内容要求：
1．描述漫画内容；
2．分析漫画所揭示的问题；
3．提出你的看法。
注意：
1．短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2．考生可适当发挥，使文章内容充实、连贯；
3．词数120-150左右;
4．文中不能出现考生的具体信息。
参考词汇：红地毯red carpet铺路pave the way
Frm the picture, we can see a family f three walking n a lng red carpet．












【江西省吉安一中2014模拟】书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是Li Hua，昨天是你18岁的生日，请根据下列要点，用英语写一篇日记。
要点：
1. 简要描述庆祝生日的时间、地点、方式和参加对象；
2. 描述让你最感动的一个场景；
3. 最后写出你的感受。
注意：
1. 内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右；
2. 不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用具体的人名和地名；
3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
March 20, 2014 Fine
Yesterday was my 18th birthday. _______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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【参考范文】
March 20, 2014 Fine
Yesterday was my 18th birthday. As Father and Mther thught it was a big ccasin fr me, they suggested I hld a birthday party at hme t celebrate it. Fr several days they had been busy preparing fr this. By 4 ’clck I was pleased t see all my friends had cme. Mther cked us a big meal.
We ate and talked happily. The mst exciting mment was when Mther put a big birthday cake n the table and all my friends began t sing Happy Birthday. Seeing the 18 candles burning, I culdn’t keep back my tears. Mther asked me t make a wish befre I blew ut all the candles. After that, everyne enjyed the sweet birthday cake and shared my happiness.