1、2016河南兰考县高考英语阅读理解能力选练（7）及答案2016高考英语阅读理解-健康保健类Roughly half of college students will have some degree of depression at some point during their time in school. Even more startling, 6.2 percent of college students surveyed in 2012 considered suicide and 1.3 percent attempted it, according to an American
2、 College Health Association study released this spring. If youre feeling depressed on campus, you may find the following tips helpful. Exercise: Physical activity releases endorphins chemicals that produce an overall positive feeling within the body, which fight depression naturally. Mental health e
3、xperts claim that exercise is a solution to those feeling mild or moderate depression. However, for those severely depressed, simply doing sports is not enough. Use school counseling services: Campuses dont employ mental health experts simply to throw thousands of dollars down the drain. Their job i
4、s to help students, so experts recommend you use them. Most students, however, are hesitant to take a trip to their colleges counseling center, fearing being laughed at by peers. As a result, some schools like Texas Christian University, are testing students for mental health problems when they get
5、sick and visit the campus health clinic. Take advantage of technology: Staying in touch with family members and friends from childhood and high school has become easier than ever with the coming of Facebook and video chat services like Skype. While mental health experts insist that its important to
6、make friends in your new environment and be involved in the college community, its also significant to keep in touch with the people you knew before college. Go to sleep: Following a fairly regular sleep pattern can defend you against depression. In college, many students sleep patterns are irregula
7、r thanks to late-night studying and partying, which is harmful to their mental health. Research strongly suggests that sleep is the key to learning and memory formation.【小题1】According to the passage, physical activity _ . Ais regarded as the best way to fight depressionBcontributes to the release of
8、 endorphinsCcant help the seriously depressed studentsDimprove peoples ability to learn and memorize【小题2】It can be inferred from the 3rd paragraph that _ . Aemploying mental health experts on campus is a waste of moneyBstudents with mental health problems cant get on well with othersCgoing to colleg
9、es counseling center for help requires a lot of courageDsick students in Texas Christian University must take psychological tests【小题3】Taking advantage of technology is encouraged because it _ Aenables students to get involved in college lifeBhelps students stay in contact with othersCoffers students
10、 a way to make new friendsDprovides a way to avoid getting bored【小题4】which of the following can NOT help one reduce depression? ATaking exercise regularly every weekBChatting with old friends with SkypeCTurning to mental health experts for adviceDHolding parties deep into the night to relax 【广东省东莞市2
11、014模拟试题】BGoing green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important. But, when youre a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do
12、 you help out the environment?Yao Ming is a basketball player that plays for the Houston Rockets and has spoken out against hunting of sharks for fins, a delicious food in his native China. He is also the United Nations Environmental champion. His goal is to raise awareness of climate change and ene
13、rgy-saving. “I will work with young people across the world and try to inspire them to plant trees, harvest rainwater and to become environmental champions in their own communities.”The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional American football team, are really doing their part to give back to the commun
14、ity. The Eagles Go Green page has a “Green Energy Calculator” and according to the web site fans have saved $ 73,674.90 a year and saved 666,320 pounds of CO2 per year. Also, the Eagles have set up a “Stop global warming virtual march（虚拟游行）on Washington”, a march across America for one year, through
15、 the Internet with a goal to bring fans together and to urge leaders to deal with the serious problem of global warming now.Bob Burnquist, a Brazilian skateboarder, is a member of Action Sports Environmental Coalition and founder of a program that gets organic foods and farming into schools for heal
16、thy lunch programs. Bob also has a huge homegrown organic farm where he hosted a gathering in celebration of Earth Day.Kelly Slater is a surfer and eight-time champion, but he also supports saving the coral reefs world wide. He has founded the Kelly Slater Invitational Competition which raises funds
17、 and awareness for Reef Check, which is able to get its message out to a large group of guests including professional surfers, film and music stars, and other famous people.31. According to the passage, Yao Ming wants to _. A. help the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship B. ask the United Natio
18、ns to protect sharks in China C. encourage young people to care about the environment D. train more young people to become players of NBA32. What have the Philadelphia Eagles done to help out the environment? A. They have called on fans to do things to reduce global warming. B. They have marched on
19、Washington to bring fans together. C. They have saved $ 73,674.90 for solving global warming. D. They have reduced CO2 emission by 666,320 pounds per year.33. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last two paragraphs? A. Bob Burnquist created Earth Day. B. Bob Burnquist eats onl
20、y organic foods. C. Kelly Slater donated a lot of money. D. Kelly Slater held a competition.34. The best title for the passage would probably be _. A. Highly Competitive Athletes B. Environment-friendly Athletes C. World-famous Athletes D. Millionaire Athletes35. What can we learn from the passage?
21、A. Only famous people need to care about environmental problems. B. America is the country that takes best care of environment. C. Environmental problems have a common effect on everyone of us. D. Yao Mings goals to raise peoples awareness of environment are mainly about climate change and air pollu
22、tion.【参考答案】3135 CADBC2016高考英语阅读理解-健康保健类Lights Out at BedtimeThere are plenty of good reasons to power up a personal desktop or laptop computer in the evening writing e-mails，chatting on social networks or making purchases over the Internet，for instanceBut various studies indicate that people who sta
23、re at a PCs bright monitor shortly before going to bed probably sleep less soundly than they would otherwise because the light seriously affects their natural wake-sleep cycleThey havent proved it though， says Dieter Kunz，the teams director at Charites Psychiatric Clinic in StHedwigs Hospital in Ber
24、lin Similarly，exposure to just 10 minutes of normal bathroom lighting is enough to free the sleep hormone melatonin，which regulates peoples natural wake-sleep cycle and makes them sleepy at nightfall Ten years ago，a team of British and American researchers detected a photo-pigment（光敏色素） in the human
25、 eye that signals to the body whether it is day or night，summer or winterThe photo-pigment is especially sensitive to blue light The blue light more or less tells the body，Its daytime，be awake， Kunz saysMonitors have a mostly cold white light content and scientists suspect the photo-pigment may reac
26、t similarly to itSo the longer people look into the bright light，the more awake they become - and then sleep poorly A lot of people have difficulty switching off in the eveningAbout half of the women in Germany and a quarter of the men sleep poorly Environmental factors are only one of the possible
27、causesJob stress as well as personal and health concerns are also the main reasons for their sleep problems In addition，electronic objects standby lights and indicator lamps can be annoying in the dark and affect sleepSound scientific evidence is still lacking on this matter， Kunz notes According to
28、 Kunz，those who cannot go without their computer in the evening should turn down the blue content if possible and lower the brightness somewhatBut nobody does that because，after all，you want to concentrate while working at the computer and the light helps the brain【小题1】The passage is mainly about _
29、Anatural wake-up cyclesBthe effect of light on sleepCpersonal and health concernsDfunctions of computer monitors【小题2】The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 2 refers to_ Anormal bathroom lightingB10-minute exposure to lightingCthe release process of a chemicalDa chemical affecting ones sleep cycle【
30、小题3】We can learn from the passage that _ Athe blue light has a calming effectBthe photo-pigment tells people day or nightCwomen in Germany use computers more often than menDit has been proved that standby lights affect peoples sleep 【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】CWhen a magazine for high school students asked its
31、 readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate（旋转）so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would “give light” and “change color with the push of a button.” Food would be replaced by
32、pills. School would be taught by electrical impulse（电脉冲）while we sleep. Cars would have radar（雷达）. Does this sound like the year 2000? Actually, this article was written in 1958 and the question was, “what will life be like in 1978?The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the
33、high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accuately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on Cities wrote: Cities of the future would not b
34、e crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in “airbuses”, large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic a
35、ccidents “almost unheard of”. Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957. His subject was “The city of 1982”.If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students, its probably because future study is still a new field. But economic fo
36、recasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accuate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock mar
37、ket had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J. Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000, “Only one thing is
38、 certain,” he answered. “Children born today will have reached the age of 43.”36. How many examples does the author offer to describe the future life? A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six37. The high school students answers to “What would life be like in 1978?” sound _. A. accurate B. imaginative C. corr
39、ect D. foolish38. In the second paragraph, the writer gives examples to show _. A. predicting about the future can be done in a humorous way B. no predictions are based on careful research C. experts are always better than others in figuring out what the future will be like D. forecasting the future
40、 is not an easy job even for experts in this field39. From the third paragraph we can learn that _. A. economy forecasting is rather a new field B. experts began economy forecasting in 1929 C. the predictions about economic situation caused the investors to lose lots of money D. good, accurate forec
41、asting helped the stock market overcome the difficulties40. H.J.Rands prediction about the year 2000 shows that _. A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen D.
42、very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen【参考答案】3640 BBDCB【广东省东莞市2014模拟试题】DI remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in
43、 computer science, she finally became the manager of a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolves” correctly.It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents voices, w
44、hether it was my dads softly accented, or my mothers clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house.One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house
45、 for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground.In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear
46、that the stroke had created a wall between my mothers mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot
47、be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty of a sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence.41. From where might the authors m
48、om come to America? A. ChinaB. EnglandC. RussiaD. Canada42. From the second paragraph, we can know _. A. the author was taught to read since she was born B. the authors father spoke English poorly C. the author couldnt fall asleep without being read to D. the authors parents taught her language by t
49、alking a lot43. According to the last two paragraphs, the authors mom was unable to _. A. think clearlyB. express herself well C. speakD. open her mouth44. The underlined word “stroke” in the 4th paragraph most probably refers to _. A. an accidentB. a hitC. an illness D. a robbery45. This passage is mainly about _. A. a strong motherB. the importance of language C. a family disasterD. the significance of teaching language【参考答案】4145 ADBCB