1、湖南长沙市（芙蓉区）2016高考英语二轮阅任务型阅读联练（1）及答案【2016模拟题】第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 【题文】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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。“As easy as falling off a log” is often used to describe a job that does not take much effort. You might hear a student say to her friend that her spelling test was “as easy as f
2、alling off a log”. 36 . It is easier to fall off the log than to stay on it. 37 . One is “easy as pie”. Nothing is easier than eating a piece of sweet, juicy pie unless it is a “piece of cake”.“Piece of cake” is another expression that means something is extremely easy to do. A friend might tell you
3、 that his new job was a “piece of cake”.Another expression is “as easy as shooting fish in a barrel”. It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to shoot fish in a barrel. But, clearly, fish in a barrel would be much easier to shoot than fish in a stream. 38 .Sometimes, things that come to us easil
4、y, also leave us just as easily. In fact, there is an expression “easy come, easy go”that recognizes this. 39 . Easy come, easy go.When life itself is easy, when you have no cares or problems, you are on “Easy Street”. Everyone wants to live on that imaginary street. 40 . It means to treat a person
5、kindly or gently, especially in a situation where you might be expected to be angry with him. A wife might urge her husband to “go easy on” their son, because the boy did not mean to damage the car.A. Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions.B. Another “easy” expres
6、sion is to “go easy on a person”.C. In fact, it would be as easy as “falling off a log”.D. You may win a lot of money in a lottery, then spend it all in a few days.E. And one last expression, one that means do not worry or work too hard.F. There are several other expressions that mean the same thing
7、.G. If you ever tried to walk on a fallen tree log, you understand what the expression means.七选五36-40 GFCDB【上海市虹口区2014模拟】任务型阅读Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. adapt B. natives
8、C. identities D. cost-saving E. alert F. insteadG. established H. practically I. route J. enrolled K. significantOfficials at Boston College have made what may be a critical decision: theyve stopped giving out new email accounts to incoming students. The officials realized that the students had alre
9、ady established digital 41 by the time they entered college, so the new email addresses were just not being used, but, 42 , the college will offer forwarding (转发) services.Starting next year, freshman 43 at Boston College wont be given an actual email account complete with login and inbox, just an e
10、mail address. This address, in the format of johnsmithbc. edu will simply forward mail to the students already 44 inbox, be it Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, or whatever else they may be using.The college reached a smart decision after first looking into outsourcing （外包） their email to t
11、he cloud. While the Boston College decision may have been made for 45 reasons more than anything, we can easily imagine this as being the start of a new trend.Can you even imagine a U.S. college student who didnt have an email address of their own by the time they were a freshman? Its 46 unheard of.
12、 Todays students are digital 47 immersed (浸润) in technology from the day they were born. It simply doesnt make sense to give them yet another account to manage when they enter college.By going this 48 , there are still some challenges to overcome, though. For example, a student who changes their ema
13、il carrier will probably forget to 49 the institution to the change and could then miss out on 50 messages from the university with regard to their courses, scholarship, safety information, etc.In the end, we think the decision Boston College made could easily be the start of a new trend. Were sure
14、the students like it, too. 【参考答案】41. C 42. F 43. J 44. G 45. D 46. H 47. B 48. I 49. E 50. KAutumn is a time when nature prepares to test and it is just the same with many people.With less energy or strength they have no desire to meet with friends after work，preferring to sit still in front of the
15、television before going to bed early.And the next morning they find it hard to get up，too.For most people，this period of time passes without any major effects，but a small minority suffer from complete winter depression(压抑)Apart from tiredness and without energy，the latter often has the following sym
16、ptoms(症状)They have an increased need for sleep and also for sweet food like chocolate.Normally，depression is along with difficulty in falling asleep and loss of appetite(胃口)True winter depression exists when the symptoms occur repeatedly in autumn and winter.Moreover，they have to last at least two w
17、eeks.Symptoms of winter depression begin for northern hemisphere(北半球)countries in October，November or December，and reduce in January.The symptoms decrease when the days grow longer again.Lack of light during the cold months is the cause of peoples depression.To reduce the bad effect of the winter de
18、pression，sufferers should spend as much time outdoors as possible.Exercise is also a tested cure for depression.A regular sleep wake cycle can help too，and sufferers should stick to it even at weekends.By getting up early，they can receive more daylight regardless of the weather.TitleLight up your li
19、feMain ideaPeople who 36._ from winter depression can light up their life.37._Feel tired. Lack 38._.Need more sleep and sweet food.Find it 39._ to go to sleep.Have no 40._ to have meals.OccurrenceWinter depression exists with the symptoms occurring over and over again in autumn and winter，and 41._ t
20、wo weeks or longer.Winter depression starts for northern hemisphere countries in October，November or December and 42._ in January.Cause43._ to lack of light in cold weatherSolutionsSpend as much time outdoors as 44._.Take exercise.Go to bed and get up 45._ every day.36. suffer 第二段第一句是关键句。37Symptoms
21、第二段末有该词，第三段对该词进行了解释。38energy 第二段第二句里的energy是关键词。39hard/difficult 第三段第二句里的difficulty是解题关键。40desire/appetite 第三段末句里的appetite是解题线索。41lasts 第四段第二句是解题线索。42decreases/reduces 第四段倒数第二句是解题线索。43Due 第五段里的the cause of是解题线索。44possible 末段首句里的“as much time outdoors as possible”是解题线索。45regularly 末段第三句是解题线索。【上海市黄浦区2
22、014模拟】任务型阅读 Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Travelers arriving at Heathrow airport this year have been met by the smell of freshly-cut grass, pumped from a corner through an “aroma box”, a machine which blows w
23、arm, sweet-smelling air into the environment.Heathrows move into “sensory” marketing is the latest in a long line of attempts by businesses to use sensory psychology the scientific study of the effects of the senses on our behavior to help sell products. Marketing people call this “atmosphere” using
24、 smells to influence consumer behavior. On Valentines Day two years ago, the chain of chemists Superdog scented one of its London shops with chocolate. “Chocolate is associated with love, ” said a marketing spokeswoman, “We thought it would get people in the mood for romance.” She did not reveal, th
25、ough, whether the smell actually made people spend more money.However, research into customer satisfaction with certain scented products has clearly shown that smell does have a commercial effect, though of course it must be an appropriate smell. In a survey, customers considered a lemon-scented det
26、ergent (洗涤剂) more effective than another scented with coconut despite the fact that the detergent used in both was similar. On the other hand, a coconut-scented sun cream was rated more effective than a lemon-scented one. A research group from Washington University reported that the smell of mint or
27、 orange sprayed in a store resulted in customers rating the store as more modern and more pleasant for shopping than other stores without the smell. Customers also rated the goods on sale as better, and expressed a stronger intention to visit the store again in the future.Writers and poets have ofte
28、n described the powerful effects of smell on our emotion, and smell is often considered to be the sense most likely to recall emotion-filled memories. Perhaps the reason is because smells are very difficult to give a name to. The fact that smell is invisible, and thus somehow more mysterious, may pa
29、rtly explain its reputation as our most emotional sense. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. What is the function of “aroma box” at Heathrow airport?79. The example of “coconut-scented detergent” and “coconut-scented sun cream” is used to show that _
30、.80. _ is of help for the store to leave a better impression on customers.81. What is one of the reasons why smell is considered the most emotional sense? 【参考答案】78. To blow warm, sweet-smelling air into the environment. / To use smells to influence traveler /consumer behavior.79. an appropriate smell does have a commercial effect80. The smell of mint or orange 81. It is invisible, and (thus) mysterious. / Its difficult to give a name to.
