1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。专题能力提升练 二十限时30分钟(2015浙大附中模拟)Across the planet there are millions of people who engage in some type of meditation, the practice of concentrating and clearing the mind to bring the body into a state of peace, at least a semi-regular basis.
2、For some, particularly among practitioners of Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, this is part and parcel of their religious practice. For others, particularly in Western cultures, meditation tends to be a response to stress. With the world economy approaching meltdown and people worrie
3、d about their job or their ability to keep their home, its a way for people to attain a state of peace of mind and well-being. For those interested in taking up the practice, instruction in meditation for beginners can be found in literally thousands of sources. One of the most popular styles of med
4、itation in the West, with classes offered in most major cities, is called Transcendental Meditation. TM, as it is known among its practitioners, first came to worldwide attention when the Beatles began practicing it in 1967. For direct, guided, personal instruction in meditation for the beginner, TM
5、 may be the hallmark. Part of the confusion about how to practice meditation effectively is due to the fact that there are literally hundreds of techniques championed by various groups and individuals. As a general principle, it might be said that all meditation techniques seek to have the practitio
6、ner attain a state of consciousness that is different from our ordinary state of awareness. They attempt to train people to clear their minds and achieve a sense of inner peace. It sounds simple enough, but of the huge number of people experimenting with meditation, very few are able to maintain its
7、 practice over the long haul. In most cases, this is due to frustration over the inability to experience any dramatic, instantly recognizable effects. This is quite a sad state of affairs, that so few these days are willing or equipped to persist in something that doesnt provide immediate life-chang
8、ing results. It reflects a culture in which demands for discipline and sustained effort are considered unnecessary or even unfair. It is no surprise therefore that many people abandon their efforts at meditation before they have a chance to bear fruit. But for anyone who does decide to take up this
9、worthwhile practice, please remember: You must clear your mind, relax and“take it as it comes”. Maintain the practice with a sense of discipline and devotion, and eventually benefits of inner peace and calm will be yours. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍的是宗教行为中常见的默念、默想。1. The underlined part “part and parcel of” in Par
10、agraph 1 is closest in meaning to_. A. closely associated withB. very different fromC. usually sent fromD. an important element of【解析】选D。词义猜测题。有很多人都参与了默念、默想, 默念、默想是东方宗教行为的重要部分。【规律方法】任何一篇文章中的句子在内容上都不是绝对孤立的, 都跟句子所在的段落及整篇文章有联系。因此, 我们可以利用上下文提供的情景和线索进行合乎逻辑的综合分析, 进而猜测词义。2. The goal of meditation is_. A. t
11、o clear the mindB. to practice a religionC. to develop a techniqueD. to carry out an experiment【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章第四段They attempt to train people to clear their minds and achieve a sense of inner peace. 和第一段the practice of concentrating and clearing the mind to bring the body into a state of peace可知,
12、目的是清除杂念, 使头脑清晰。3. What can we infer about meditation from the passage? A. It has two main types. B. It is practiced by many famous artists. C. Its benefits are not immediately obvious. D. Most people find it a very good way to relax. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章第四段最后一句及最后一段可知, 默想的好处不是一下子就显现的, 而是慢慢地表现出来。4. Acco
13、rding to the writer, what has attracted many Western people to meditation practices in recent years? A. Their improved understanding of foreign culture. B. The need to fill in their growing free time. C. Increasing employment instability. D. Migration from countries in which meditation is traditiona
14、l. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段With the world economy approaching meltdown and people worried about their job or their ability to keep their home. . . 可知, 是与日俱增的工作不稳定性。5. Who is the probable audience for this article? A. Experienced meditation practitioners. B. People interested in starting to learn meditatio
15、n. C. Buddhists and Hindus. D. People who are very religious. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章内容可知, 作者是一个对默念、默想非常了解的人, 把默念、默想介绍得很仔细, 那么一个对默念、默想非常感兴趣的人是非常有可能成为作者的听众的。Celebrated poet Wang Guozhen died of liver cancer at the age of 59 in April, 2015, one month before his latest anthology of poems was to be published,
16、 according to Beijing News. Born in 1956 and a graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, where he majored in literature, Wang kicked off his poetry career in 1985, when his works were frequently posted in newspapers and magazines. His books sold so well in 1990 that the people in the publishing bus
17、iness called it“The Year of Wang Guozhen”. The following decade witnessed an astonishing output of over 50 books. His works such as Going the Distance and Beyond Yourself have influenced a large number of readers born in the 60s and 70s and some of his poems are still often quoted(引用)by celebrities
18、and writers. During a speech at the 2013 APEC CEO Summit in Indonesia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted a sentence from Wangs poem, saying “There is no mountain higher than man, and no road longer than his feet”, to emphasize Chinas determination regarding economic reform, which made Wangs works
19、more popular. The poets demise has started heated discussions online, mostly about memories of his poems, nostalgia(怀念)for the golden age of poetry and the importance of this art form in the present day. “I was inspired by his poems and copied every sentence down on my notebooks, ”Wang Ling, a Sina
20、weibo user, posted. “Although my Chinese teacher told me I might encounter greater poets as I grew up, which I did, I still miss the time when I had the patience to read poems and really believed in the ideal world built by his words. ”Ma Dayong, professor of the Literature Department of Jilin Unive
21、rsity, said, “Poetry is the most beautiful and delicate form of expressing our thoughts and words. The ability to appreciate this special art requires reading, thinking, experience and especially empathy. This all takes time. But now when people have time, they go out for entertainment. Not many peo
22、ple are willing to slow down to read. Only at times like this, with the demise(逊位、死亡)of a famous poet, do people turn back to things that used to touch their hearts. ”【文章大意】年仅59岁的著名诗人汪国真于2015年4月26日因肝癌逝世。他的辞世让我们又回忆起了他的诗歌, 又回到了那个诗歌的黄金年代6. Why did people in the publishing business call 1990 “The Year o
23、f Wang Guozhen”? A. Because his poems were popular with young people at that time. B. Because his books sold very well in 1990. C. Because his works were frequently posted in newspapers and magazines. D. Because he had published many books. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。从第三段首句His books sold so well in 1990 that the
24、people in the publishing business called it “The Year of Wang Guozhen”. 可知答案。7. Which group of people were greatly influenced by his books? A. People born in the 1960s. B. People born in the 1970s. C. People born in the 1980s. D. Both A and B. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。从第四段His works such as Going the Distance an
25、d Beyond Yourself have influenced a large number of readers born in the 60s and 70s. . . 可知答案。8. Whats the meaning of the underlined phrase “kicked off” in Paragraph 2? A. Threw off. B. Put off. C. Started off. D. Showed off. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据整句话的意思知道: 汪国真1985年开始诗歌创作。kick off开始, 从事; start off开始, 出发, 起
26、程等。9. What do we learn from the Sina weibo users words? A. Wang Guozhens poems have a great influence on many readers. B. Wang Guozhens poems never inspired any young people. C. Wang Guozhen is not one of the greatest poets in peoples mind. D. Wang Guozhen never described a beautiful world for peopl
27、e. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。从整篇文章来看, 不只是国家主席习近平喜欢他的诗歌并且引用了他的诗歌, 而且六、七十年代的人们都很喜欢他的诗歌, 他的作品影响了数代人, 由此可见在人们的心中他是最伟大的诗人之一。10. What do we need to appreciate poems except the following one according to the last paragraph? A. Thinking. B. Experience. C. Empathy. D. Money. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。从末段的The ability to appreciate thi
28、s special art requires reading, thinking, experience and especially empathy. 可知选D。Can you be too beautiful? It is hardly a problem that most of us have to botheras much as we might like to dream that it were the case. Yet the blessings and curses of beauty have been a long-standing interest in psych
29、ology. Do those blessed with shiny faces and an attractive body live in a cloud of appreciationor does it sometimes pay to be ordinary? Combing through decades of findings, social psychologists Lisa Slattery Walker and Tonya Frevert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have reviewed all
30、the evidence to date and their conclusions are not what you might expect. At the most basic level, beauty might be thought to carry a kind of halo(光环)around it; we see that someone has one good quality, and by association, our deep mind may assume that they have other good ones too. Even in the cour
31、ts, a pleasing appearance can work its magic. Attractive criminals are likely to get less strict sentences, or to escape punishment entirely; attractive plaintiffs(原告), meanwhile, are more likely to win their case and get bigger financial settlements. “Its an effect seen everywhere, ”says Walker. Bu
32、t if beauty pays in most circumstances, there are still situations where it can have opposite results. While attractive men may be considered better leaders, for instance, hidden sexist prejudices(偏见)can work against attractive women, making them less likely to be hired for high-level jobs that requ
33、ire power. And as you might expect, good-looking people of both sexes run into envyone study found that if you are interviewed by someone of the same sex, they may be less likely to employ you if they judge that you are more attractive than they are. More worryingly, being beautiful or handsome coul
34、d harm your medical care. We tend to link good looks to health, meaning that illnesses are often taken less seriously when they affect the good-looking. When treating people for pain, for instance, doctors tend to take less care over the more attractive people. And the bubble of beauty can be a some
35、what lonely place. One study in 1975, for instance, found that people tend to move farther away from a beautiful woman on the pathwayperhaps as a mark of respect, but still making interaction more distant. “Attractiveness can convey more power over visible spacebut that in turn can make others feel
36、they cant approach that person, ”says Frevert. Interestingly, the online dating website OKCupid recently reported that people with the most beautiful pictures are less likely to find dates than those with less perfect pictures. Ultimately, Frevert points out that focusing too much on your appearance
37、 can itself be harmful if it creates stress and anxietyeven for those already blessed with good looks. “If you are crazy about attractiveness, it may affect your experience and interactions, ”she says. Its an outdated saying, but no amount of beauty can make up for a bad personality. As the writer D
38、orothy Parker put it so elegantly: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone. ”【文章大意】本文谈论的是我们以前认为漂亮不会带来困扰, 但事实却证明过度的漂亮也会带来负面的影响。11. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that_. A. some may be bothered by their unattractive appearanceB. most people are not afraid of being too beautifulC. we
39、 might always dream about being bothered by othersD. being too beautiful can be a problem bothering everyone【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段“你能太漂亮吗? 这几乎不是困扰我们的难题”可知我们并不会害怕因为太漂亮而受到困扰。12. Which is the benefit for beautiful people? A. An attractive plaintiff has more chances to get away with punishment. B. Women wit
40、h pleasing appearance will always be considered as better leaders. C. Good-looking people are often regarded as having many good qualities. D. Beautiful criminals are more likely to persuade the judge and win the case. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段可知, 在许多时候, 漂亮被赋予一种光环, 当我们看到某人有某种好品质时, 通过联想, 我们的内心也会认为他们还会有其他好的品
41、质, 故选C。13. What can be inferred from OKCupids finding? A. People with perfect pictures will find dates sooner or later. B. Less attractive women are lonely because of their appearances. C. We may feel more excited to approach those with attractive appearances. D. Dont use perfect pictures when tryin
42、g to find dates online. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段. . . the online dating website OKCupid recently reported that people with the most beautiful pictures are less likely to find dates than those with less perfect pictures. 可知, 一个网络约会网站OKCupid报道说, 发布最漂亮的照片的人比发布不太漂亮的照片的人得到约会的机会更少。【误区警示】本题可能会误选其他选项, 其主要原因是没有根
43、据题干中的关键词准确查找到相关依据, 然后再进行分析判断, 只是根据自己的感觉或文中非相关依据就轻率地做出选择。14. The writer mentioned the underlined sentence in the last paragraph to_. A. persuade us to pay more attention to our looks from now onB. suggest that beauty can help make a better personalityC. encourage us to focus more on improving our per
44、sonalityD. ask ugly people to have more confidence in their personality【解析】选C。句意猜测题。根据最后一段可知再漂亮也不足以弥补坏的品质, 因此作者鼓励人们更多地关注提高自身品质。15. What might be the best title for the passage? A. Negative Sides of BeautyB. Sexist PrejudiceC. Blessed with BeautyD. Beauty vs Ugliness【解析】选A。主旨大意题。本文讲述的是我们以前认为漂亮不会带来困扰, 但事实却证明过度的漂亮也会带来负面的影响。关闭Word文档返回原板块
