1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家第一部分选修七Module 3-4 .阅读理解(2015湖北高三八校二模)Dyslexia is a learning disorder. It interferes with the ability to recognize words, and for some readers to understand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United States. Researchers
2、have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help
3、 dyslexic people learn more quicklyplay video games.Vanessa Harrar of Britains University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology. The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. In the study, Do
4、ctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia, and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions. She found that people with dys
5、lexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.Doctor Harrar feels like playing
6、video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly. “Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quick
7、ly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly，” said Harrar. When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound, or they see and hear the letter at the
8、same time. The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.语篇解读：文章介绍了一个新的研究结果，玩视频游戏可能帮助失读症的人，文章具体介绍失读症的人的症状和通过玩视频游戏有什么改善。1According to Doctor Harrars study, the dyslexic people have difficulty in _.Arecognizing words B.reading
9、 words backwardsCwriting letters in orderDshifting from seeing to hearing答案：D细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.”和第四段第三句中的“Doctor Harrar feels like playing action video games could help dyslexic people shift fro
10、m seeing to hearing more quickly.”可知有阅读障碍的人在所看到的和所听到的东西之间进行转换时有困难。2Which factor affects the way dyslexic children are taught to read?AThey react more slowly to a single picture or soundB.They react as fast as others to a single picture or soundCIt takes them longer to react to sounds and pictures to
11、getherDIt is difficult for them to understand before seeing the word答案：C细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句中的“But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.”可知应选C。3How does the author sugge
12、st Dyslexics are taught based on the research finding?Aby putting hearing previous to seeing B.by training the attention on gamesCby seeing first and then hearing laterDby moving the eyes around the screen答案：A细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sou
13、nd of a letter or word first before seeing it.”可知有阅读障碍的人在看到一个单词之前先听到它，他们反应会快一些，故选A项。4What can be the best title of the passage?AVideo Games Might Help DyslexicsB.Dyslexia Affects Attention between SensesCVideo Games Can Train the Attention SystemDDyslexics Might Learn Better through Sound答案：A标题确定题 文
14、章主要讲述了研究表明视频游戏能帮助有阅读障碍者学习，故用A作为文章的标题最好。.七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2015菏泽市高三二模)Relax during a job interviewFew people actually like job interviewing. Its nervewracking(摧残神经的) trying to show your “best” self to a perfect stranger. _1_ Thats not easy. But there are some ways to pull
15、yourself together and feel more confident.Prepare solid talking points. Its always best to overprepare for possible questions by not only researching the company and the person interviewing you, but also by preparing answers and practicing those responses. Review the skills and experiences requested
16、 in the job announcement and have two to three examples how you have demonstrated each one. _2_Remember: Its a twoway street. This is conversation, not an interrogation(审问). _3_ Remembering that this is a back and forth discussion, where you can and should ask questions as well as answer them, can h
17、elp you feel more comfortable.Just breathe. _4_ Your body will relax lot. You want to avoid upper chest breathing, as it tends to just move you, stress upward to your face._5_ if you go into an interview picking apart your outfit or imperfect responses, youre only hurting your chances of coming off
18、as calm and collected. Turn off your negative selftalk and then create a different selftalk message, like, “I am here to share the best of my ability and that is all I can really do.”Work it out. Putting in some gym time the morning of your interview can help you get rid of any nervous tension. Exer
19、cise helps calm your nervous system and tends to reduce the intensity of physical manifestations(表现形式)of stress such as restlessness. AStop the negative thoughts.B.Put your idea into practice.CWhen faced with an interviewer, you may be nervous.DBefore you walk into your interview, take a few deep br
20、eaths.EYoure trying to prove youre the one for the job and that you can handle stressful situations.FDont forget that youre not the only one being interviewedyoure also interviewing the organization.GThis will strengthen your answers and allow you to show how your experience is relevant to the job o
21、r organization for which youre interviewing.语篇解读：本文是励志类短文。主要告诉我们如何在紧张的面试中放松自己，取得理想的面试效果。1E根据题干和E中的关键词：job interviewing，the one for the job，nervewracking(摧残神经的)和handle stressful situations等判断答案。故选E。2G根据题干和G中的关键词：experience，answer，responds等判断答案。故选G。3F根据题干和F中的关键词：interviewing the organization，a back an
22、d forth discussion等判断答案。故选F。4D根据题干和D中的关键词：breathe，take a few deep breaths等判断答案。故选D。5A根据题干和A中的关键词：picking apart your outfit or imperfect responses，negative等判断答案。故选A。.完形填空(2015辽宁沈阳质检)A learned man has always a lot of riches in himself. Simonides, a famous Greek poet, once made a tour around the wellkn
23、own cities of Asia. Years later, he decided to _1_ to his native land by sea.However, he hoarded on a ship, which got _2_in a terrible storm. Together with its own poor condition, the ship began to _3_ into the sea. Some passengers was busy _4_ together their bags, and others their _5_belongings. To
24、 everyones surprise, Simonides was a(n) _6_. One who was _7_ curious, asked, “Are you going to save _8_ of your property, Simonides？” He made a reply, “All my possessions are _9_ me.”While a few made their _10_ by swimming, the majority, being weighed down by their burdens, disappeared in the sea. _
25、11_， some thieves made their appearance, and stole _12_ the few lucky people had saved, leaving them nothing.Clazomenae, an ancient city, chanced to be near the beach. Here lived a wealthy man _13_ the pursuits (追求) of literature. He had often read the poems of Simonides, and was a very great _14_ o
26、f him though he had never seen Simonides. _15_， Simonides was saved by this man shortly after he got to the beach. Knowing who he was from their brief conversation, the man _16_ Simonides into his house with the greatest pleasure, and _17_ him with clothes, money, and attendants. The other _18_ mean
27、while were carrying about their bowls, begging for food in the same city. One day, Simonides _19_ to meet them. With much sympathy, Simonides remarked, “I told you that all my property was about me; what you have _20_ to save is lost now.” 语篇解读：作者用一名古希腊诗人遭遇沉船事故之后的经历告诉我们：钱乃身外之物，智慧才是永恒的财富。1A.returnB.g
28、et Cvisit Dcome答案：Areturn意为“返回，回去”；get意为“得到”；visit意为“参观，拜访”；come意为“到来”。前文说Simonides在亚洲各大名城旅游，根据此空后的to his native land by sea可知他要返回家乡，故A项正确。2A.hit B.caught CstruckDseized答案：B根据此空后的in a terrible storm可知，此处表示他坐的船遇到了风暴，get/be caught in意为“被困于，遭到”，为固定结构，符合语境。3A.breakB.drownCfall Dsink答案：Dbreak意为“打破”；drown
29、意为“淹没”；fall意为“下降”；sink意为“下沉”。根据空前的描述together with its own poor condition可知，船很破旧，遇到暴风雨之后就开始下沉，故D项正确。4A.gathering B.keepingCjoiningDcarrying答案：Agather意为“收集”；keep意为“保存”；join意为“参加，加入”；carry意为“拿，携带”。根据此空后的together their bags可知此处表示一些乘客忙着收拾自己的行李，gather together意为“收拢，归拢(分散的东西)”，为固定结构，符合语境。5.A.commonB.formal
30、Cprecious Dprevious答案：Ccommon意为“共同的，普通的”；formal意为“正式的”；precious意为“珍贵的”；previous意为“以前的，先前的”。根据语境可知船要沉了，乘客收拾行李时会拿珍贵的东西，故C项正确。6.A.millionaireB.exampleCfool Dexception答案：Dmillionaire意为“百万富翁”；example意为“例子”；fool意为“傻瓜”；exception意为“例外”。根据此空前的To everyones surprise可知，此处表示人人都在收拾行李，只有Simonides是个例外，故D项正确。7.A.sli
31、ghtlyB.extremelyCgradually Dgenerally答案：Bslightly意为“轻微地，稍微地”；extremely意为“非常，极其”；gradually意为“逐渐地”；generally意为“通常，普通地”。根据语境可知此处表示有一个人对Simonides的反应感到非常好奇，故B项正确。8.A.nothingB.fewCnone Dno one答案：C根据下文“All my possessions are _9_ me”可知此处用none表示“全无，没有一点儿”。9.A.aboutB.aroundCof Dfor答案：A根据文章最后一句中的“I told you th
32、at all my property was about me.”可知此处填about，Simonides认为他自己就是所有的财产，故A项正确。10A.effortB.effectCescapeDattempt答案：Ceffort意为“努力”；effect意为“效果”；escape意为“逃脱，逃离”；attempt意为“试图”。根据后文“the majority，being weighed down by their burdens，disappeared in the sea”“大多数人被背上的东西所累，消失在了海中”可知，此处与后文对比，讲一小部分人活了下来。make ones escap
33、e意为“逃脱”，为固定短语，故C项正确。11A.In factB.In briefCAfter allDWorse still答案：Din fact意为“事实上”；in brief意为“简言之”；after all意为“毕竟，终究”；worse still意为“更糟糕的是”。根据此空后的some thieves made their appearance可知，此处表示意义上的递进，故D项正确。12A.thatB.whatCwhichDwhen答案：B分析句子成分后可知，所填词引导宾语从句，且从句中the few lucky people had saved中的save后缺少宾语，故用what引
34、导，故B项正确。13A.related toB.adapted toCdetermined toDdevoted to答案：Drelated to意为“与有关”；adapted to意为“适合，适应于”；determined to意为“有做的决心”；devoted to意为“致力于”。此处表示一名富人致力于追求文学，A、B两项不符合语境。determined to后接动词不定式，devoted to后接名词或动名词，故D项正确。14A.adviserB.listenerCadmirerDbuyer答案：Cadviser意为“顾问；劝告者”；listener意为“听众”；admirer意为“崇拜
35、者”；buyer意为“买主”。根据此空前的“He had often read the poems of Simonides”可知这个富人喜欢读Simonides的诗歌，因此可见他是Simonides的崇拜者，故C项正确。15A.UnluckilyB.FortunatelyCNaturally DFrequently答案：Bunluckily意为“不幸地”；fortunately意为“幸运地”；naturally意为“自然地”；frequently意为“频繁地”。根据此空后的“Simonides was saved by this man shortly after he go to the
36、beach”可知，这对Simonides来说是一件很幸运的事，故选B项。16A.orderedB.forcedCreceived Dbegged答案：Corder意为“命令”；force意为“强迫”；receive意为“接受，收到”；beg意为“乞求”。根据此空后的“.with the greatest pleasure”可知此处表示这个富人高兴地接Simonides到他家里，故C项正确。17A.providedB.offeredCshowedDafforded答案：Aprovide意为“提供”；offer意为“提供”；show意为“显示，说明”；afford意为“支付得起”。根据语境可知此处
37、表示这个富人还为Simonides提供了衣服、钱及侍从，provide sb. with sth.意为“给某人提供某物”，符合语境。18A.villagersB.writersCstealersDsurvivors答案：Dvillagers意为“村民”；writers意为“作者”；stealers意为“偷窃者”；survivors意为“幸存者”。根据语境可知，此处表示同一条船上的其他幸存者的境遇，故D项正确。19A.hopedB.happenedCmanaged Ddemanded答案：Bhope意为“希望”；happen意为“发生”；manage意为“管理，经营”；demand意为“要求，需
38、要”。Simonides碰巧遇到他们，此处用happen to do sth.意为“碰巧做某事”。20A.struggledB.failedCencouragedDsucceeded答案：Astruggle意为“努力，奋斗”；fail意为“失败”；encourage意为“鼓励”；succeed意为“成功”。根据语境可知此处表示“当初你们努力要拯救的东西现在都丢了”，故A项正确。.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。John：Ive been noticing recently quite a lot of black smoke coming out
39、 of the chimneys of that factory near our school，which really pollutes the air here.Mary：Yes, _1_ does. But I heard recently that the _2_(own)of the factory have promised to take measures to reduce their factorys pollution.John：I hope they will keep their promise.Mary：I think they will. Ive been tol
40、d that _3_ special machine is supposed to be fixed by the end of this year. Its said that the machine _4_ clean the dust out of the smoke before it goes into the air.John：Thats good. Dust is really _5_(harm) to our lungs. I know that because my family lives near a steel factory with a chimney consta
41、ntly _6_(pour)out black smoke.Mary：Oh, you live near the steel factory? Is it true that we shouldnt eat the fish from the lake near the steel factory? John：Yes，thats truethe lake has been _7_(pollute)by waste from the steel factory. Mary：Why dont they do anything to clean up the pollution? John：They
42、 always promise, _8_ never act. A bit of action is _9_ we need.Mary: Youre _10_.语篇解读：约翰和玛丽在谈论空气污染问题。1it此处用it指代上文中的quite a lot of black smoke。设空处后的does 与上文的pollutes对应。2owners“the”和“of”之间应为名词，此处用own的名词形式owner表示“(那家工厂的)所有人”，又由空后的助动词have和their可知此处应用复数形式。3amachine为可数名词，在本句中表泛指，故用不定冠词a。4can/will据说那种机器能够/将
43、会净化烟中的尘埃。can表示能力；will表示对将来事情的预料。5harmfulbe harmful to“对有害”。6pouring考查非谓语动词作宾补。with后的宾语a chimney与pour之间为逻辑上的主动关系且表示正在进行的动作，故用现在分词作宾补。7polluted现在完成时的被动语态结构为“have/has been过去分词”。8but前后两部分为转折关系，故用but连接。9what句意：我们需要的是一点点的行动。“_9_ we need”为表语从句。表语从句中缺少宾语且表示“事物”，故用what引导。10right/correct“Youre right/correct”表示同意对方的说法。- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网