1、陕西山阳县2016高考英语阅读理解二轮联练题及答案阅读理解。Why laughter mattersAlthough most people believe that laughter is one of the natures great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.“Laughter above all else is a soci
2、al thing，” says Baltimore neuroscientist, Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “All laughter groups laugh hahaha basically the same way. Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces thi
3、s sound.”Laughing is our first way of communicating. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools Day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. Laughter is mostl
4、y about social responses rather than to a joke. Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isnt dependent on single sense but on social interactions.And laughter is not just a thing of people. Chimps tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh wh
5、en another chimp pretends to tickle them.Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University Psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickledthey return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.By studying rats, scientists can figure out
6、 whats going on in the brain during laughter. Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor, Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药). He thinks the same thing probably happens in humans, too. This would give doctors a new c
7、hemical target to develop drugs that can fight depression.Even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts say. Margaret Stuber, a professor at University of California, studied whether laugher helped patients. She found that distraction(分心) and mood improvement helped,
8、but she could not find a benefit of laughter alone.“No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit，” Provine said, largely because its hard to separate laughter from just feeling good. But he thinks it doesnt really matter, “Isnt the fact that laughter feels good when you do it en
9、ough？”1The most important finding of Robert Provines research is that _Alaughter makes a person feel goodBlaughter depends on different sensesClaughter is a quality people are born withDlaughter is a social response shared by all creatures2According to the passage, scientists studied rats in order t
10、o find _Aif they can laugh Bif they like laughingCwhat laughter in rats produces Dhow rats react while being tickled3What can we learn from the passage?APatients will recover if they laugh enough.BLaughter is a means of communication as well as a language.CA new medicine has been developed based on
11、the laughter research.DScientists can know what is happening in a human brain when he laughs.4Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A. B.C. D.CP: Central pointP: PointSp: Subpoint(次要点) C: Conclusion【要点综述】“笑”既是人类也是动物的一种交际行为，多数人认为“笑”是治疗身体疾病和心理疾病的有效方式之一。“笑”是否与健康有直接的联系，尚无科学定论，但是，“笑”能
12、使你身心愉悦，这毕竟是一件好事。1A推理判断题。根据最后一段“Isnt the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough？”可知A项正确。2C事实细节题。根据第六段“laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药)”可知。故C项正确。3B事实细节题。根据第二段“All laughter groups laughhahaha basically the same way.”以及第三段“Laughing is our first way o
13、f communicating.”可知，“笑”既是一种交际方式也是一种所有物种都能理解的语言。故B项正确。4D篇章结构题。文章第一节首先提出话题：尽管“笑”被认为是治疗身体疾病和心理疾病的方式之一，但是它仍旧是研究者们试图想弄明白的一个严肃的科研项目；接着文章从两个方面来论述主观点：(1)“笑”是人类的行为：Laughter above all else is a social thingLaughing is our first way of communicating；(2)“笑”也是动物的行为：And laughter is not just a thing of people；最后得出
14、结论：“笑”是否与健康有直接的联系尚无科学定论，但是，“笑”能使人身心愉悦，这毕竟是一件好事。综上可知D项正确。2016高考训练题。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。The first visit to a foreign country that I can remember was when I was about seven years old. We lived about 5 miles away from the Canadian border(边界). My family and I went to Parc Safari, Queb
15、ec, a wonderful place that has animals and rides. We drove down a nice long road. My sister and I sat in the back of the car, and it was a hatchback(有仓门式后背的汽车) so we opened it up. I remember feeding the animals snacks we had bought for ourselves.When we arrived, there were not monkeys because they h
16、ad escaped and had not been found. I remember thinking to myself, how cool it would be to see a monkey in our backyard.Even though the monkeys were not there it was still so much fun. When we reached the area that had camels, giraffes and other animals, I remember one of the camels reached into the
17、car to get our snacks. However, we were a little gross out because the camels seemed to froth(吐白沫) at the mouth and we had camel slobber(口水) all over the car and us.It was one of the best family vacations that I can remember. It was not too far from home, it was in a different country and it was wit
18、h my family. I cannot remember if we went on the rides or not but seeing many animals was a great time. Now I am grown up and have a son, and I am planning to go there again. He is 7 years old and I think he is at a great age to enjoy a trip like this. I am sure it has changed a lot over the years b
19、ut it will still be a great family trip.1. Where did the author live when he was 7 years old?A. In Canada B. In the central USC. Near the Canadian border D. In Parc Safari2. During the trip, the author _.A. saw a monkey B. fed some monkeysC. was angry with the giraffes D. had been in close contact w
20、ith the camels3. What does the underlined part “gross out” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. uncomfortable B. excited C. tired D. surprised4. What does the author intend to do?A. To have a holiday abroad with his parents.B. To take his 7-year-old son to a zoo.C. To revisit the place he went to at seve
21、n.D. To have a family trip in his own country.参考答案14、CDAC 2016高考训练题。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。The most important day Helen Keller remembered in all her life was the one on which her teacher, Anne Sullivan, came to her. It was three months before she was seven years old. On the afternoo
22、n of that day, Helen knew that something was happening. She went outside and waited at the door of the house. She could feel the sun on her face and she could touch the leaves of the plants. Then she felt someone walking towards her. She thought it was her mother and she went to her and held her clo
23、se. This was the teacher who had come to teach all things to her and, above all, to love her. The next morning, the teacher took her into her room and gave her a doll. When Helen was playing with it, Miss. Sullivan slowly spelled the word “doll” onto her hand. Helen learnt a lot of words like this.
24、After the teacher had been with her for several weeks, Helen understood that everything had a name. One day Helen didnt understand the difference between “mug” and “water”. She became angry and threw the doll on the floor. In her quiet, dark world she didnt feel sorry for doing it. Then her teacher
25、took her out into the warm sunshine. They walked down to the well where someone was drawing water. Her teacher put her hand under the water and spelled the word “water” at the same time in her other hand. Suddenly, Helen felt an understanding. She knew then that “water” was the wonderful cool someth
26、ing flowing over her hand. That living word awakened her spirit, gave it light, hope, fun and set it free! 1. How was the girl different from other children？ A. She didnt know how to play games. B. She was angry all the time. C. She couldnt speak. D. She was deaf and blind. 2. Helen learnt new words
27、 when _. A. she went to the well B. Miss. Sullivan spelled them on her hand C. the teacher gave her a doll D. she knew the difference between two words 3. What can the reader learn from the passage？ A. How to spell different words and understand their meanings. B. The way to feel sorry for doing som
28、ething wrong. C. The idea of how to describe things and make them feel real. D. When someone is drawing water, we should go to feel it. 参考答案13、DBC社会生活类 .If you have kids, you probably struggle over whether you should focus on working hard to make money and provide them with the best possible life, o
29、r if its more valuable to spend every moment that you can with them. But no matter which side of the fence you fall on, herere some good news if youre a parent: todays parents are spending far more time with their children than generations past. A new study from economists at University of Californi
30、a, San Diego analyzes available data from the last 35 years to measure how much time parents are spending actively with their children, participating in activities such as taking them to school, helping with homework, bathing them, playing catch with them in the back yard. According to the study, to
31、days college-educated mothers spend an average of 21. 2 hours a week actively caring for their children, while women with less education spend an average of 15. 9 hours. It has risen since 1995, when the average was just 12 hours. Dads are spending more time tossing the ball around, too: pre-1995 fa
32、thers with college educations only spent about 4. 5 hours a week playing with their children. Today, the average has more than doubled. For fathers with a high school education, the total has still gone up, from 3. 7 hours to 6. 8. Todays parents are doing a great job balancing life and work and eve
33、n though you may want even more time at home with your children. A Families and Work Institute study shows that your kids dont care so much about that. They just want you to enjoy the time you do spend with them. “Kids were more likely to wish that their parents were less tired and less stressed,” G
34、alinsky said. So when youre at your sons soccer game, put the Blackberry away, and cheer him on instead.1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Spend More Time with Your Kids B. Make More Money and Raise KidsC. Changes between Parents and KidsD. Cultural Shock from West to Ea
35、st 2. According to the new study, what can we learn? A. Parents would like to have more kids. B. College-educated mothers enjoy playing with kids. C. Women with less education dont take their kids seriously. D. The less education a parent has, the less time he spends with kids. 3. What about the col
36、lege-educated father with their kids nowadays? A. They usually play with kids about 4. 5 hours. B. They often devote 9 hours to playing with kids. C. They spend over 6. 8 hours a week with kids. D. They think it is best to share 3. 7 hours with kids. 4. When staying with kids, kids expect parents to
37、. A. play football with them for a longer timeB. earn more money for their futureC. enjoy themselves on the playgroundD. be relaxed as much as possible5. The word “Blackberry” underlined in the passage means . A. a kind of fruitB. the name of a gameC. the brand of cell phoneD. the habit of kids【参考答案】15.ADBDC
