1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2015年高考阅读表达专项训练（十九）阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。 AA team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for 10 minutes a day improves memory.Researchers discovered that socializing was just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in b
2、oosting memory and intellectual performance, lead author Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement.In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3,610 people, ages 24 to 96. They found that the higher their level of social interaction
3、, the better their cognitive functioning. Social interaction included getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors.In another experiment, the researchers conducted lab tests on 76 college students, ages 18 to 21, to assess how social interactions and intellectual exer
4、cises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests.The students were divided into three groups: The social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehe
5、nsion exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group watched a 10-minute clip of the Seinfeld television show.We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes boosted participants intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called intellectual ac
6、tivities for the same amount of time, Ybarra said.The study was expected to be published in the February 2013 issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.1Which is the best title for the passage? (No more than 10 words.)_ 2. Find two examples about social interaction? (No more th
7、an 15 words.)_ 3The underlined word published in the last paragraph probably means_. (Please answer within 5 words.)_ 4. What is the function of Paragraph 6? (No more than 10 words.)_ 5What did the students do in the lab tests? (No more than 15 words.)_ 1. 10-minute daily chat improves memory 主旨大意题。
8、文章开篇点题，告诉了我们美国心理学家近日一项研究的结论：“每天与人交谈十分钟能够提高记忆力（talking to another person for 10 minutes a day improves memory）。”下文讲述了研究的细节内容。Getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors细节判断题。由第三段的最后一句可知答案。3. come out/ appeared/ come off the press词义推测题。这里表达的意思是：研究结果将要出版。4. To draw the
9、conclusion of the second experiment.推理判断题。这一段是依芭拉对学生第二个实验（76个学生参加的实验）的实验结果的总结：“十分钟的短期社会交往就能提高研究对象的智力表现，其效果与同等时间的“智力”训练完全相同”。5. Discussing of a social issue；reading comprehension exercise；watching the Seinfeld television show.细节理解题。由第五段可知答案。BRembrandt was an extraordinary Dutch painter. He was most w
10、ell-known for his brushwork and the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy. He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real, learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He
11、began studying art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six months! At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where h
12、e became the most popular portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned(委任制作) many paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings. Rembrandts
13、private life, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1742 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful as an arti
14、st, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy in 1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts. His unfortunate life, however, didnt affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time. His new love, Hendrick
15、je, died in 1663 and his 27-year-old son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and over 2,000 drawings!1. Why did Rembrandt go against his fathers will？(No more than 5 words.) 2. In which year did Rembrandt beg
16、in teaching? (No more than 5 words.) 3. How many members of Rembrandts family died before him, not including his parents? (1 word) 4. What does the underlined word “bankruptcy” mean? (No more than 3 words.) (No more than 10 words.) 5. Whats the best title for this passage? (No more than 5 words.) 1.
17、 Because he wanted to study art.推理判断题。根据第二段He began studying art under a local teacher可知，他违背父亲的意愿离开大学是去学艺。2. In 1628细节理解题。根据第二段He was born on July 15, 1606和第三段At the age of 22, heget his own students可知，他是在1628年从事教学生涯的。3. Six推理判断题。第四段提到他的第一个妻子与三个孩子辞世，最后提到他幸存的27岁的儿子Titus和第二个妻子也去世了，总共6个家人。4. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due词义推测题。由下一句话“He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts. ”可以看出，盖茨的意思是：破产。5. A brief biography of Rembrandt 主旨大意题。本文按时间顺序介绍了Rembrandt的成长、事业、家庭等，也就是他的“传记”。- 3 - 版权所有高考资源网
