【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解议论文类型（10篇）训练之一（22页word版答案含有解析）

【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解议论文类型（10篇）训练之一（22页word版答案含有解析）

‎2019届二轮复习 阅读理解议论文（10篇）训练之一 ‎[一]‎ The old saying that practice makes perfect seems to make no sense when it comes to schoolwork. Many educators today are looking for evidence to support the case for homework，but are coming up emptyhanded.“Homework is all pain and no gain，” says author Alfie Kohn.He points out that no study has ever found a relationship between homework and academic achievement in elementary school.‎ Mary Jane Cera is the academic administrator for the Kino School，a private，nonprofit kindergarten—through12thgrade school in Tucson，Arizona，and she maintains a nohomework policy across all grades. The purpose of the policy is to make sure learning remains a joy，not a thing that discourages social time and creative activity.‎ Many supporters of homework argue that life is filled with things we don't like to do，and that homework teaches selfdiscipline，time management and other nonacademic life skills. Kohn challenges this popular idea；he says that if kids have no choice when it comes to homework，they're not really exercising judgment，and are instead losing their sense of autonomy.‎ At the Kino School，Cera says children often choose to take their favorite parts of school home.“A lot of what we see kids doing is continuing to write in journals，practicing music with their friends，and taking experiments home to show their parents，” she says. Surveys of Kino graduates suggest that the early control they are given over their education continues to serve them well into college，and that they feel better equipped to manage their time and approach professors with questions than other students do.‎ One of the reasons why we continue to assign homework，Kohn says，is ‎ our obsession (着迷) with standardized tests. Even if we can agree on the importance of kids doing better on tests，he says，there is no research to suggest that homework is the ticket to success.‎ Wherever the homework debate goes next，it's worth taking a moment to examine if we're asking the right questions about our children's education.‎ ‎32．Which of the following is Kohn's idea?‎ A．Homework teaches students life skills.‎ B．Standardized tests are not important in education.‎ C．The quality of homework is linked to students' interests.‎ D．Homework is not connected with academic achievement in elementary school.‎ ‎33．According to the text，Mary Jane Cera ．‎ A．thinks that learning should help develop student's creativity B．argues some homework should be assigned to students C．finds her students can't finish their homework on time D．believes in the connection between homework and academic achievement ‎34．What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?‎ A．Students who do more homework study better.‎ B．Students who refuse homework have better timemanagement skills.‎ C．Students who have control over their studies can do better in college.‎ D．Students who have better professors have better academic performance.‎ ‎35．What is the attitude of the author towards homework?‎ A．Opposed. B．Objective.‎ C．Indifferent. D．Supportive.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　本文是一篇议论文。俗话说，熟能生巧。但是对于小学家庭作业与学生的成绩之间是否有关系呢？文章对此进行了讨论。‎ ‎32．D　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，作家Alfie Kohn认为没有研究发现在小学家庭作业与学业成绩之间有关系。故选D。‎ ‎33．A　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，Mary Jane Cera认为学习应该对培养学生创造力有帮助。故选A。‎ ‎34．C　推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句可以推断出，能够自己学习的学生在大学里会做得更好。故选C。‎ ‎35．B　观点态度题。文章对家庭作业问题陈述了各种不同观点，而对这些观点作者并没有表明自己的立场，所以应该是客观的。故选B。‎ ‎[二]‎ Whether you went in for a hug only to be met with a handshake，or simply had a fall in front of a crowded room，you're probably wondering what to do next. Avoid the awkwardness or confront it? According to research，you'll want to do a bit of both.‎ In one study，Joshua W．Clegg，an associate professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice，found that the first thing you should do is to acknowledge the situation. He wrote，“Direct responses were associated with a reestablished sense of social harmony.” He noted this is often best done through humor—saying something as simple as “Awkward” can put you at ease. Reminding others of your mistakes will only draw the moment out，and can make things more uncomfortable.‎ Facing the situation headon also helps you realize how much of a nonevent most awkward moments are. Withdrawing，on the other hand，“can actually make that anxiety and that sense of awkwardness worse because you're not getting to find out that you can recover，” Bethany Teachman，a professor in the University of Virginian's Department of Psychology，said.‎ Now that you've faced the situation—maybe even laughed it off—let ‎ it go. Still feeling uneasy? Remember that embarrassment is normal. It is the price we pay for being messy，imperfect，normal humans，Susan David，PhD，a Harvard Medical School psychologist，said.“A key part of moving on from embarrassment is to practice selfcompassion and selfforgiveness. When you recognize that you are only human and imperfect，just like all other humans are imperfect，it gives us permission to let go of the past embarrassment with the knowledge that we did our best.” ‎ ‎28．What is Joshua W．Clegg's suggestion about the situation?‎ A．To run away from it.‎ B．To speak out your feeling directly.‎ C．To cover your face to protect yourself.‎ D．To remember the people laughing at you.‎ ‎29．What does the underlined word “Withdrawing” in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ A．Getting back. B．Moving away.‎ C．Coming from. D．Stopping from.‎ ‎30．Which of the following is wiser and better when people face “awkwardness”？‎ A．To try to recover soon.‎ B．To pretend to be all right.‎ C．To act skillfully and bravely.‎ D．To avoid what other people say.‎ ‎31．In which section of a magazine can we read the text?‎ A．Advice. B．Health.‎ C．Education. D．Entertainment.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　本文是一篇议论文。文章教给我们如何面对“尴尬”。从尴尬中走出来的一个关键部分是练习自我同情和自我宽恕。‎ ‎28．B　细节理解题。根据第二段中“Direct responses were associated ‎ with a reestablished sense of social harmony. He noted this is often best done through humor—saying something as simple as ‘Awkward’ can put you at ease.”可知，Joshua W．Clegg关于这种情况的建议是“直接说出你的感受”。故选B。‎ ‎29．B　词义猜测题。根据第三段内容可知，直面这种情况也能帮助你意识到一个非事件中最尴尬的时刻有多少。另一方面，退出“实际上会让这种焦虑和尴尬变得更糟，因为你没有发现你可以恢复。”由此推知，画线部分的意思是“离开，退出”。故选B。‎ ‎30．C　推理判断题。根据最后一段中“A key part of moving on from embarrassment is to practice selfcompassion and selfforgiveness.”可知，当人们面对“尴尬”时，有技巧和勇敢的行动更明智、更好。故选C。‎ ‎31．A　推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，在杂志“建议”栏目可以读到这篇短文。故选A。‎ ‎[三]‎ Recycling is essential in today's world. The most important reason for this is that human progress and industry have made it possible for people to have lots of things，and when people have many material possessions，they are bound to throw some of them away. This creates a lot of garbage which in turn destroys the environment.‎ Recycling is a way for us to keep the world clean as items are broken down and used again，preventing the littering of the environment. Instead of throwing all your garbage into the trash can，you should separate paper，metal，glass，and plastic into different containers. Compost should also be recycled as this is excellent food for farm animals and also makes for great fertilizer (肥料)．‎ You should try to buy products that have been recycled. You can see if an item has been made from recycled materials by its label；if it's been recycled，it will say so. Also，instead of always buying new clothes，you can arrange to have a clothing swap with your friends. ‎ You bring clothes you don't want and pick items you want from what other people have brought. Not only does this save the environment，but it also saves your pocketbook. Remember，what is one person's junk can be someone else's treasure! The saying can be applied to all sorts of things：books，CDS，furniture，etc.Also，try shopping at secondhand stores，because they often have lots of items still in good shape for you to choose.‎ Many countries have made it easy for people to recycle，as alongside the normal garbage trucks，special garbage trucks come and pick up recyclables. However，in many countries around the world the responsibility is left up to the individual to recycle. Therefore，it must be made a priority (优先考虑的事) in society so we can continue to make our environment livable.‎ ‎28．Why is more waste being made in today's world?‎ A．People dislike the updated items.‎ B．People own abundant belongings.‎ C．People intend to live a simple life.‎ D．People have made great progress in industry.‎ ‎29．What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?‎ A．Exchanging clothes with friends.‎ B．Shopping at secondhand stores.‎ C．Throwing away old clothes.‎ D．Picking up new items.‎ ‎30．To make the environment enjoyable，we should ．‎ A．always buy new clothes B．choose recyclable products C．go shopping at chain stores D．arrange more garbage trucks ‎31．What can we learn from the last paragraph?‎ A．Governments do nothing in recycling.‎ B．Normal vehicles can pick up recyclables.‎ C．The individual seldom cares about recycling.‎ D．Everyone should feel socially responsible for recycling.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　在当今世界，回收是必不可少的。本文鼓励人们应该试着去买那些已经被回收的产品。每个人都应该对自己的行为负责。‎ ‎28．B　细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，现在人拥有丰富的物品。故选B。‎ ‎29．A　词义猜测题。由划线词所在句及其前两句可知，代替总是买新衣服，你可以安排和你的朋友交换衣服。你带着你不想要的衣服，从别人带来的东西中挑出你想要的东西。这不仅能节约环境，还能节省你的钱包。由此可知，this指的是“和朋友交换衣服穿”。故选A。‎ ‎30．B　细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“You should try to buy products that have been recycled.”可知，你应该试着去买那些已经被回收的产品。故选B。‎ ‎31．D　推理判断题。根据最后一段中最后两句可知，每个人都应该对自己的行为负责。故选D。‎ ‎[四]‎ The one thing everyone loves to hate when it comes to the Internet—the user password—is under fire now. Actually，it's been under fire for a long time.‎ In an ideal world，people would use a long string composed of completely random characters，numbers and symbols. Furthermore，a unique password would be used for every site or application the user uses. Unfortunately，the more complex the passwords become，the more people are likely to forget them. The longer the passwords are，the more easily forgotten they are. Therefore，people use the same password for every service or application. It is a nono and extremely defeats the ‎ purpose of a password.‎ Google is trying to kill off the user password，at least on Android devices by introducing the Trust API，which does what simple passwords cannot. It gives developers a framework for securing their applications using a number of security system and metrics (衡量标准) on the device. A Trust Score will be generated based on the metrics the device gathers and will allow or deny access to applications based on whether or not your Trust Score is high enough.‎ The Trust Score will be generated based on metrics like your device location，face scanning and fingerprint，and the things like your typing speed or the way you speak. Taken one at a time，these metrics are not secure. But taken together，these metrics will help define the real “you”．‎ Passwords have been around since the dawn of computing and although the security of systems has been improved，they haven't done much to improve the usability of systems. Google appears to have the best of both worlds—a highly secure system that end users won—even notice. Maybe that neverending conflict between security and convenience will be able to take a break once the trust system comes out.‎ ‎32．Why are passwords severely criticized?‎ A．They can't protect users against all threats.‎ B．Resetting them needs much time and effort.‎ C．They aren't suitable for the forgetful people.‎ D．It's difficult to get both convenience and safety.‎ ‎33．How can the Trust API become secure enough?‎ A．By combining various metrics together.‎ B．By locking users' private information.‎ C．By providing users with Trust Scores.‎ D．By changing users' identity recognition ways.‎ ‎34．What can we know about the trust system?‎ A．It hasn't been proved to be effective.‎ B．It is widely used in many fields.‎ C．It may make passwords out of use.‎ D．It needs to be improved from now on.‎ ‎35．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?‎ A．Aren't Passwords Very Complex?‎ B．Is the Trust API Just Pie in the Sky?‎ C．What Can the Trust API Bring Users?‎ D．Will Passwords Soon Be a Thing of the Past?‎ ‎【语篇解读】　本文是一篇议论文。当涉及互联网的时候，每个人都比较讨厌的东西——用户密码——现在正受到攻击。实际上，它已经遭受了很长时间的攻击。密码可能很快就成为过去。‎ ‎32．D　推理判断题。根据第二段后半部分“Unfortunately，the more complex the passwords become，the more people are likely to forget them，... and extremely defeats the purpose of a password.”可知，因为要既方便又安全，是很困难的，所以密码会受到严厉的批评。故选D。‎ ‎33．A　细节理解题。根据第三段中“It gives developers a framework for securing their applications using a number of security system and metrics (衡量标准) on the device.”可知，通过将各种指标组合在一起，the Trust API变得足够安全。故选A。‎ ‎34．C　推理判断题。根据文章末句可知，信任系统可能会使密码不能使用。故选C。‎ ‎35．D　主旨大意题。根据第一段，即中心段可知，本文的主题是“密码很快就会成为过去吗？”故选D。‎ ‎[五]‎ As PhD research goes，Brian Wisenden might be envied：watching baby fish swimming swiftly through the clear waters in the Costa Rican ‎ tropical dry forest. By recording their growth and numbers，he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead，he witnessed something strange. Many groups were increasing in numbers. In these groups，some were smaller than others，suggesting they weren't siblings (兄弟姐妹)．Wisenden had accidentally discovered that the fish，called convict cichlids，adopt each other's babies. Why would they do that，he wondered?‎ In the human world，we think of adoption as a selfless act. But in nature，its presence is puzzling. Taking on the burden of bringing up babies with no genetic link would seem to reduce an animal's chance of survival or at least provide no gain. Yet，adoption is surprisingly common in the natural world.‎ Take the eastern grey kangaroo. Between 2008 and 2013，Wisenden followed the fates of 326 baby kangaroos in the Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria and recorded 11 cases of pouch (育儿袋) swapping. The circumstances behind some of these adoptions aren't known，but four were straight swaps and another four occurred after a mother had lost her own baby. How come? Before independence，baby kangaroos go through a period inside and outside their mothers pouch. Following outofpouch attempts，mothers normally sniff their young before allowing them back in，but Wisendens team suspect that during an emergency they may omit the sniff test，allowing a weak baby to quickly climb in before fleeing from danger.‎ Some of nature's adoptions are，actually，driven by young. In burrower bugs (土蝽)，for example，females lay a nest of eggs close to those of unrelated bugs. Mother bugs tend their developing eggs before they hatch，and then feed their babies nuts from weedy mint plants. Finding nuts is a competitive business，so not every mother bug gets her fair share. And if the delivery rate isn't up to standard，clever young ‎ may abandon their mothers to join a betterfed group.‎ The consequences of adoption following mistaken identity can be horrible. The true babies of adopting mothers were abandoned. But it can have remarkable benefits，not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents.‎ ‎28．What can we learn about Wisenden's research about baby fish?‎ A．It was beyond his expectations.‎ B．It put many rare species at risk.‎ C．It showed a genetic similarity in fish.‎ D．It found a new way to protect forests.‎ ‎29．What does the underlined word “omit” mean in the passage?‎ A．Confirm. B．Repeat.‎ C．Adopt D．Skip.‎ ‎30．Why would some burrower hugs abandon their mothers?‎ A．To live in warmer nests.‎ B．To reproduce.‎ C．To seek for better parenting.‎ D．To adapt to competition earlier.‎ ‎31．What may the author most probably talk about next?‎ A．The causes of accidental adoption.‎ B．The processes of accidental adoption.‎ C．The drawbacks of accidental adoption.‎ D．The advantages of accidental adoption.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　本文是一篇议论文。文章介绍了自然界的意外收养行为，分析了各种不同原因的收养现象。‎ ‎28．A　推理判断题。由第一段的“By recording their growth and numbers，he hoped to look at their risks of being eaten. Instead，he witnessed something strange.”可知，Brian Wisenden没有看到这些鱼被吃掉，相反他看到了奇怪的事情，因此推断Wisenden对鱼宝宝的研究超出了他的预期。故选A。‎ ‎29．D　词义推断题。由前半句“Following outofpouch attempts，mothers ‎ normally sniff their young before allowing them back in”和下文的“but”可推断，在允许宝宝返回育儿袋之前，妈妈一般会闻闻他们的幼崽，但是在紧急情况下，他们可能会省略嗅觉测试，让一个虚弱的婴儿在逃离危险之前迅速爬进去。故划线词omit词义与D项“略过”相近。故选D。 ‎ ‎30．C　推理判断题。由第四段最后两句“Finding nuts is a competitive business, ... abandon their mothers to join a betterfed group.”可知，并不是每一个虫妈妈都能够找到坚果喂养虫宝宝，如果不能满足虫宝宝的需要，聪明的虫宝宝可能会抛弃他们的母亲，加入一个吃得更好的群体，寻求更好的养育。故选C。‎ ‎31．D　篇章结构题。由最后一段的“But it can have remarkable benefits，not just for adoptees but also for adoptive parents.”可知，本段介绍了意外收养不仅对收养者，而且对养父母有显而易见的好处，因此推断接下来讲述意外收养的好处。故选D。‎ ‎[六]‎ Time wasters are real enemies of success. Time wasters could be people，events or habits that lead to the opposite path away from our goals. The most important starting point in removing the time wasters in life is to know about them. We need to sit down and analyze the activities which take our time.‎ Start by making a list of our activities and sort out the neither urgent nor important ones. Sometimes it could be a simple addiction to a TV Soap Opera，constant distractions，or even one of our core (核心的) activities that we are not excellent at doing. We can，for instance，imagine that we are a business owner and we keep sabotaging our business deals，leading the company into great financial problems. It may be time for us to have our associates do the marketing while we concentrate on the areas we are best in. The next thing would be to make sure that we plan our daily activities. One of the obvious reasons is that we will have an upper hand in fighting against time wasters in our schedule. If ‎ what we want to do or what we don't want to do becomes clear，our focus is strengthened.‎ Moreover，when we think of people We spend time with，we are sure to notice that some have a more positive impact on our success while others have a negative one. It is important to be able to distinguish them especially with regard to our schedule. While we do not advocate for everyone to throw away relationships，it is good to know that helping a friend who is emotionally disturbed can wait till dinner time. Finally，do the same to our habits. List all the habits and addictions that take any amount of our time. Then，take a little time to straighten them out in line with their importance and urgency.‎ Depending on our analysis，kill those that are harmful to our goals in life.‎ ‎28．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?‎ A．The Importance of Developing Good Habits B．The Significance of Planning Daily Activities C．Ways of Distinguishing People We Spend Time with D．Ways of Removing Time Wasters from Our Lives ‎29．The underlined word “sabotaging” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ．‎ A．promoting　　　 B．offering C．damaging D．striking ‎30．What do we know about time wasters from the passage?‎ A．They fail to set clear goals for their life.‎ B．They arrange things on importance and need.‎ C．They turn away our attention from achieving goals.‎ D．They are addicted to sorting out the important activities.‎ ‎31．Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?‎ A．P1→P2→P3→P4 B．P1→P2，P3→P4‎ C．P1→P2，P3，P4 D．P1，P2，P3→P4‎ ‎【语篇解读】　文章主要讲述了如何从我们的日常生活中祛除浪费时间。‎ ‎28．D　主旨大意题。由全文主题句，即第一段末句“We need to sit down and analyze the activities which take our time.”可知，文章主要讲述了如何从我们的日常生活中祛除浪费时间的事。故选D。‎ ‎29．C　词义猜测题。由划线词后的“leading the company into great financial problems”可知，We can，for instance，imagine that we are a business owner and we keep sabotaging our business deals，这句话的意思是：例如我们可以想像我们是一名企业主，并且在生意中一直亏损。故选C。‎ ‎30．C　推理判断题。由第一段第二句“Time wasters could be people，events or habits that lead to the opposite path away from our goals.”可推断，浪费时间的事会让我们在实现目标的过程中分心。故选C。‎ ‎31．B　篇章结构题。这篇文章采用了总—分—总的结构。故选B。‎ ‎[七]‎ When we think of a generation gap we usually think of conflicting tastes in music，or pastimes. But now the generation gap is handwriting. After one teacher in Tennessee discovered that she had students who couldn't read the assignments she was writing on the board，she posted it on the Internet saying handwriting should be taught in schools.‎ Opponents claim that handwriting has become out of time in our modern world. Typed words have become a primary form of communication. Once a practical skill handwriting is no longer used by the vast majority of Americans. It is no longer taught in schools，and some claim that the time that it would take to teach it could be put to better use，for instance，by teaching the technical skills.‎ But even in today's world there are still plenty of reasons to pick ‎ up a pen and apply it to paper. Many American institutions still require original signatures，for instance，signing for a registered letter and buying a house. And original signatures are much more difficult to forge (伪造) than their digital counterparts. There is also strong evidence that writing by hand is good for the mind. It activates a different part of the brain，and improves fine moving skills in young children. People also tend to remember what they write by hand more than what they type，and the process of writing by hand has been shown to stimulate ideas. Besides，studies have shown that kids who write by hand learn to read and spell earlier than those who don't. Not to mention，handwriting is pleasing，as is evidenced by the fact that no one has ever typed a love letter. And handwriting remains popular as an art form.‎ Yes，we live in a modern world，but we live in a modern world that is based on fundamental values.‎ ‎32．What did the teacher find in her class?‎ A．Her students had a big generation gap with her.‎ B．Her handwriting was too terrible to understand.‎ C．Some students could not recognize her handwriting on the blackboard.‎ D．Some students' handwriting on the blackboard was too difficult to tell.‎ ‎33．Why do some people agree to teach handwriting in school?‎ A．Handwriting is easy to remember.‎ B．Handwriting is beneficial to the brain.‎ C．Handwriting can help one buy a house.‎ D．Handwriting is an art form out of time.‎ ‎34．What can we infer from the passage?‎ A．Handwriting is widely used in America.‎ B．What people write by hand is not easy to fake.‎ C．Handwriting is emphasized in our modern society.‎ D．Those with good handwriting may perform better in their studies.‎ ‎35．What is the author's attitude towards teaching handwriting in school?‎ A．Opposed. B．Objective.‎ C．Unconcerned. D．Favorable.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　本文为一篇议论文。现代社会中手写被逐渐忽视，文章主要论述了手写的益处和优点，支持学校教书写的做法。‎ ‎32．C　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“After one teacher in Tennessee discovered that ... should be taught in schools.”可知，田纳西的一位老师发现她的一些学生读不出写在黑板上的作业，所以C正确。‎ ‎33．B　细节理解题。根据第三段中“There is also strong evidence that writing by hand is good for the mind.It activates a different part of the brain，and improves fine moving skills in young children.”可知手写对大脑有益。‎ ‎34．B　推理判断题。根据第三段中“And original signatures are much more difficult to forge (伪造) than their digital counterparts.”可知原始笔迹更难伪造。因此可知人们手写出来的不易伪造，所以B正确。‎ ‎35．D　观点态度题。根据作者在第二段第三段陈述的书写有很多好处，可知作者支持在学校教书写。故选D。‎ ‎[八]‎ The human brain remembers negative experiences more easily than positive ones. Our brains have developed this way because threats，like dangerous animals，had a more immediate effect on our ancestors' survival compared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result，you likely know what makes you unhappy，but do you know what makes you happy?‎ Research suggests that our level of happiness depends partly on factors we cannot control—our genes and our life circumstances. But our ‎ level of happiness is also shaped by the choices we make. If you've been chasing wealth，fame，good looks，material things and power，you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits make people happier.‎ People who form close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of friends we have is not important. What matters is the quality of our relationships. Relationships that bring happiness usually involve the sharing of feelings，mutual respect，acceptance，trust and fun.‎ People who exercise regularly improve both their physical and mental well- being. Some research has shown that exercise can be as effective as medication in treating depression.‎ When we are so interested in an activity we enjoy that we lose track of time，we are in a state of flow. The activity could be making art，playing piano，surfing，or playing a game. People who experience flow in their work or hobbies tend to be happier.‎ People are more likely to be happy if they know what their strengths are and use them regularly. People who set goals and use their strengths to achieve them tend to be happier. People are especially happy when they can use their strengths to serve the greater good.‎ People who think positively by being grateful，mindful and optimistic are more likely to be happy. Being grateful means being thankful. Being mindful means being open to，focusing on and enjoying the experiences of the present moment. Being optimistic means being hopeful about the future.‎ ‎32．Why does the human brain remember negative things more easily?‎ A．Negative things are easy to remember.‎ B．Dangerous wild animals are a threat to us.‎ C．Our ancestors had no enough food for living.‎ D．Negative things tend to affect human survival immediately.‎ ‎33．How does the author like looking for happiness in material things?‎ A．Uncertain. B．Opposed.‎ C．Supportive. D．Optimistic.‎ ‎34．What does the author suggest us in the last paragraph?‎ A．Enjoying our life and work.‎ B．Leading a happy life each day.‎ C．Being positive in our life and work.‎ D．Thinking more about the future.‎ ‎35．What does this text mainly tell us?‎ A．The factors that make people happy.‎ B．How to remember positive things easily，‎ C．The habits which people form in their life.‎ D．Why people remember negative things easily.‎ ‎【语篇解读】　真正能使我们快乐的并不是物质的东西，作者在文中介绍了几种会让人更快乐的习惯。‎ ‎32．D　细节推理题。根据第一段中“Our brains have developed this way because threats，like dangerous animals，had a more immediate effect on our ancestors' survival compared to positive things like food or shelter.可知，负面的东西相对于积极的东西对我们祖先的生存有更直接的影响，所以更容易被记住。故选D。‎ ‎33．B　推理判断题。根据第二段中“If you've been chasing wealth，fame，good looks，material things and power，you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places.”可知，一直追求财富、名誉、美貌、物质和权力，你可能会在所有错误的地方寻找幸福。由此可见作者对寻找物质上的幸福持反对态度。故选B。‎ ‎34．C　推理判断题。由最后一段首句“People who think positively by being grateful，mindful and optimistic are more likely to be ‎ happy.”(积极乐观的人感恩，专注，乐观，更容易快乐。)以及下文几者之间的内在关系可知，作者建议我们在生活和工作中要积极乐观。故选C。‎ ‎35．A　主旨大意题。文中介绍了几种会让人更快乐的习惯，如建立亲密关系，锻炼，了解自己的优点，感恩，专注，乐观积极的生活态度等，即人快乐的因素。故选A。‎ ‎[八]‎ We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.‎ Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get strange looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!‎ The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish! No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don’t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how rich, and so on… No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not? ‎ Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life: “Dance as though no one is watching you; love as though you have never been hurt before; sing as though no one can hear you; live as though heaven is on earth.”‎ When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence. So don’t lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn’t want to feel good?‎ ‎59. Why does the author love to sing when driving?‎ A. Because he likes being silly.‎ B. Because he often gets caught in the traffic jam.‎ C. Because he wants to pretend to be a rock star.‎ D. Because he feels good and loves the way to relax himself.‎ ‎60. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?‎ A. Work hard and don’t waste your time.‎ B. Those who are honest are really foolish.‎ C. People should act as what they really are.‎ D. You can only dance freely when no one is watching you.‎ ‎61. Which of the words can replace the underlined word “rigidity” in Para.4?‎ A. seriousness B. joy C. anger D. surprise ‎62. What is the author trying to tell us in the last paragraph?‎ A. People should live together with their children.‎ B. Kids can do whatever they like without any limitation.‎ C. Turn to children for some help when you feel down.‎ D. Keep your childlike innocence regardless of others’ view.‎ ‎59-62 DCAD ‎ ‎[九]‎ What do you think of straight-A students? Everyone knows about such students．We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge of the Nerds．They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book．They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports．‎ Then, how do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?‎ Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School．She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society．For two years she has maintained A's in every subject．Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque．He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station．Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A's in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A's in two college-level courses．‎ How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren't the only answer．"Top grades don't always go to the brightest students, " declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students．"Knowing how to make the most of your innate（天生的） abilities counts for more．Much more．"‎ In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don't do as well as classmates with lower IQ．For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down．‎ Hard work isn't me whole story, either．"It's not how long you sit there with the books open," said one of the many-A students we interviewed．"It's what you do while you're sitting．"Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates．‎ ‎ The kids at the top of the class get （here by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn．‎ ‎63．The underlined word "nerds" can probably refer to_____．‎ ‎ A．dull bookworms lacking sports and social skills ‎ B．successful top students popular with their peers ‎ C．students with certain learning difficulties ‎ D．born leaders crazy about social activities ‎64．Some students become super-achievers mainly because_____．‎ ‎ A．they are born cleverer than others ‎ B．they work longer hours at study ．．‎ ‎ C．they make mil use of their abilities ‎ D．they know the shortcut to success ‎65．What will be talked about after the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A．The interviews with more students． B．The role IQ plays in learning well．‎ ‎ C．The techniques to be better learners． D．The achievements top students make．‎ ‎66．What can we infer from the passage?‎ ‎ A．IQ is more important than hard work in study．‎ ‎ B．The brightest students can never get low grades．‎ ‎ C．Top students certainly achieve all-around developments.‎ ‎ D．Students with average IQ can become super-achievers．‎ ‎63-66.ACC D ‎ ‎[十]‎ There are many reasons that goals go unfulfilled. For many, goal setting is a never ending circle that starts, stops, and beings again. To help us succeed in reaching our goals, let’s examine the reasons why many people fail at reaching them. Here are 7 Reasons That You Won’t Reach Your Goals:‎ ‎1. You Don’t Have Any Goals Too many people are afraid to “set” their goals. Afraid of failing. Afraid of disappointment. Well, you definitely won’t complete them if you don’t try. Make a choice and set your goals. Otherwise, you will end up wherever life takes you.‎ ‎2. You Don’t Start OK, so you have a goal. What have you done about it? Have you started it yet? What are you waiting for? Procrastination is responsible for the failure of many goals.‎ ‎3. You Aren’t Willing to “Buy” Your Goals Yes. You have to buy your goals. Why? Because every goal has a price. It has a cost. Time. Money. Sweat. Sacrifice. You will have to “pay” for your goals in some manner. ‎ ‎4. Your Goals Are Unrealistic Make sure that your goals are possible and that you set an adequate time frame for success.‎ ‎5. You Won’t Stick With It Over half of goals will be given up within 30 days. You set your goals. You started them. And then… you gave up. Are you using life’s daily happenings as excuses? Goals are not reached through one effort. Rather, they are made in small steps over time.‎ ‎6. You Will Fail… and You Won’t Get Back Up!‎ No one succeeds immediately. Those who appear to have effortlessly succeeded have usually put in years of preparation and practice. You have to fall down many times before you will succeed. Skill is learned by doing.‎ ‎7. You Quit Before the Finish Line Too many people stop… right before the finish. It’s almost like they are afraid of succeeding. Often a life event is used as the reason for not finishing. Something always comes up before you finish. ‎ Are you reaching your goals? Which of these is keeping you from succeeding? Set your goals. Stay the course. Always get back up when you fail. And make sure you cross the finish line.‎ ‎55. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?‎ A. To clarify the reasons leading to the failure of achieving goals.‎ B. To remind people of the importance of setting life goals.‎ C. To convince people of keeping to their life goals.‎ D. To persuade people to have big life goals.‎ ‎56. What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word “procrastination” in the second tip?‎ A. delay B. punctuality C. impatience. D. reluctance.‎ ‎57. According to the passage, you will not reach your goals, if you __________.‎ A. are not willing to spend money seeking helping hands ‎ B. do not take time to make plans for them C. do not let life take you where it goes ‎ ‎ D. are not afraid of succeeding ‎58. What can be learnt from the sixth tip?‎ A. He who has hope has everything. B. Two heads are better than one.‎ C. Practice makes perfect. D. Success belongs to the persevering. ‎ ‎55-58. AABD