1、江苏睢宁县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解精练（2）含答案2016高考英语阅读理解-社会现象类 Older couples in a bad marriage - particularly female spouses - have a higher risk for heartdisease than those in a good marriage， finds the first nationally representative study of its kindThe findings suggest the need for marriage counseling（咨询） and
2、programs aimed at promoting marital quality and well-being for couples into their 70s and 80s， said lead investigator Hui Liu， a Michigan State University sociologist Marriage counseling is focused largely on younger couples， said Liu But these results show that marital quality is just as important
3、at older ages， even when the couple has been married 40 0r 50 years The study， funded by the National Institute of Aging， an arm of the National Institutes of Health，is published online in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior Liu analyzed five years of data from about 1，200 married men and wome
4、n who participated the National Social Life， Health and Aging Project Respondents were aged 57-85 at the beginning of the study The project included survey questions about marital quality， lab tests and self-reported measures of cardiovascular health such as heart attacks， strokes， hypertension and
5、high levels of C-reactive protein in the blood Liu set out to learn how marital quality is related to risk of heart disease over time， and whether this relationship varies by gender and/or age Among her findings： Negative martial quality（egspouse criticizes， spouse is demanding） has a bigger effect
6、on heart health than positive marital qualityIn other words， a bad marriage is more harmful to your heart health than a good marriageThe effect of marital quality on cardiovascular risk becomes much stronger at older agesMeanwhile，marital quality has a bigger effect on womens heart health than it do
7、es on mens， possibly because women tend to internalize（使藏在心底） negative feelings and thus are more likely to feel depressed and develop cardiovascular problems Heart disease leads to a decline in marital quality for women， but not for men Its common that wives are more likely to provide support and c
8、are to sick husbands， while husbands are less likely to take care of sick wivesIn this way， a wifes poor health may affect how she assesses her marital quality， but a husbands poor health doesnt hurt hisview of marriage，Liu said【小题1】The study suggests that Aelderly couples are less likely to be affe
9、cted by marital qualityBthe effect of marital quality on male and female is the sameCbad martial quality affects heart health more greatlyDmarital quality has a positive effect on health【小题2】We can infer from the the last paragraph that Liu agrees that Amarital quality has nothing to do with cardiov
10、ascular healthBgender or age may affect ones marriage qualityCmarriage counseling is unnecessary for young couplesDhusbands will not take care of their sick wives【小题3】Why does marital quality have a bigger effect on women？ ABecause women are weak physicallyBBecause women have to take care of their s
11、ick husbandCBecause women tend to keep their negative feelings to themselvesDBecause women expect too much oftheir marriage【小题4】According to the passage， who is most likefy to have a heart disease？ AMarie， 40 years old，just got divorcedBBill， 66 years old， lives with his wife and grandchildrenCJusti
12、n， 28 years old， got married recentlyDSophia， 59 years old， often quarrels with her husband 阅读理解。“Everybody loves a bargain.” One persons useless, ugly, or broken object can be another persons bargain. That is why so many Americans do not throw things away. They put them outside their houses. They p
13、ut on a “For Sale” sign. And, as simple as that, they have a yard sale. The sellers put a paid announcement(付费通告)in a local newspaper. It tells when and where the yard sale will take place. These sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumn. Early in the morning, all the thin
14、gs to be sold are carried out of the house. Then they sit all day in the sunlight-like tired guests at a party-waiting for someone to take them home. Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale. Sometimes, there are more clothes than anything else. Cooking equipment is also popular. So are old to
15、ys, tools, books, tables and chairs. Then there are objects called “white elephants”. A white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless. It may be an electric light shaped like a fish. You feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it. To someone else, however, it might be a thing of
16、beauty and joy. Some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect. It may be old toy trains, for example, or painting of dogs. Experts say more Americans are collecting old things now than ever before. Most people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything speci
17、al. They might buy an object simply because it costs so little. They enjoy negotiating(谈判) over prices, even if they really do not need the object. Later, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought.6. What kind of things will go to a yard sale? A. Cheap and ugly things. B.
18、Things people no longer use.C. Things out of season. D. Things of great value.7. A white elephant refers to _.A. something that can cause a feeling of pain B. something disliked by the owners while appreciated by othersC. something sold at the lowest pricesD. a toy shaped like a fish 8. Most people
19、go to yard sales to_.A. find valuable paintings B. look for something specialC. find a bargain D. kill their time9. Which of the following is NOT true about a yard sale?A. It may not be held when the weather is very cold.B. It can last for a whole day. C. It is usually held with a party.D. It is hel
20、d outdoors.10. We can infer from the last paragraph that_.A. people may find something of great value on a yard saleB. yard sales only attract those who have a low incomeC. things on a yard sale can cost people a lotD. most people dont want to go to yard sales.【参考答案】610、BBCCA 2016高考英语阅读理解-社会现象类One o
21、f those big social networking sites, Facebook, has attracted over 58 million members. Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them. Here is what she shares with us about her story. I deleted all 1,281 of my coworkers, secondgrade classmates and people who I dont know at all. I shut down my acc
22、ount, completely. Im 30, and Ive been on Facebook since March of 2004, which makes me one of the websites earliest users. At first, I used it obsessively. If I had a free moment, Id log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles. Id sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run
23、 into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them, and they knew everything about me. In November, I went to my tenyear high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised. Lauren became a model, Josh went to law school, Dina was a teacher. I hadnt
24、talked to any of them since graduation, but I knew exactly what they were doing, both now and last week. But lately, Im overwhelmed(应接不暇). Facebook opened up to everyone, not just college students, and my coworkers started to join, which meant they now knew what I was doing when I wasnt at work. And
25、 as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then theyll ask you the next day. But I thought we were friends. And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work. So now the people you work with can see what you did last night, and you
26、re constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight. So Iquit. I became a 30yearold Luddite, a person who is strongly against technology development. Ive retuned to how the world worked when I was 20, before I knew when my friends and
27、 coworkers were counting down the seconds to vacation or entering a complicated relationship. Im hoping life will be a lot simpler now. People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症). I dont know when my college ro
28、ommate goes to the supermarket, and I think Im a better person for not knowing. In fact, you could say getting off a social network was the best thing Ive done this week.【小题1】Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because _. Ashe thought it wasted too much timeBshe was afraid of the strangers
29、 on her accountCshe was tired of exposing her life to coworkersDshe thought it made realworld life less interesting【小题2】We can learn from the passage that Melody Cramer _. Ahad a 10year membership of FacebookBused to be very objected to FacebookCwas unpleasant to attend high school reunionDwas one o
30、f the co-founders of Facebook【小题3】Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE? AShe owes her communication skills to Facebook.BShe wishes she could be several years younger.CShe prefers to face her friends and co-workers in reality.DShe is no longer curious about anything around her.【小题4】The
31、best title for this passage can be _. AAddiction to FacebookBFarewell to FacebookCFriends OnlineDA Simpler Life 阅读理解。 If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a
32、 language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise b
33、uilds muscles.The study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second lan
34、guage before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings sugge
35、st that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.
36、“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second la
37、nguage between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.11. The main subject talked about in this pass
38、age is_.A. science on learning a second language B. language can help brain powerC. mans ability of learning a second language D. language learning and maths study12. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_.A. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work
39、wellB. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languageC. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the languageD. say language is also a kind of physical labor13. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_.A. a researcher on language learningB. an Engli
40、sh native speakerC. an active language learnerD. a person who can speak two languages14. We may know from the scientific findings that_.A. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the timeB. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesnt know a sec
41、ond languageC. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on peoples brainD. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is15. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_.A. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjectsB. learning a second language is the same as studying mathsC. Italian is the best choice for you as a second languageD. youd better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language【参考答案】1115、BADDA