1、射阳二中2017年秋高三（A）英语作业（6） 阅读理解 (限时30分钟)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants. Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-ye
2、ar-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought Id work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.Twenty years ago, unmarried
3、Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so. Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women,
4、just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Mu
5、sa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “Were noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “Its still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years its become quite an observable phenomenon.”Many of the young Arab women working in the Persia
6、n Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has
7、forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.From New York Times (December 22, 2014)1. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _. A. go to work abroad after American womens exam
8、pleB. didnt start to work abroad until the late 20th centuryC. are commonly used to living and working separatelyD. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men2. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _.A. proud, homesick or independent B. honest, o
9、utstanding or optimistic C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic D. painful, desperate or conservative3. How do the public respond to young Arab womens new mobility?A. The public think highly of it. B. The public care very little about it.C. The public show both interest and anxiety. D. The public are
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19、cts patients moods, but can actually help them recover faster.Several studies seem to support this. Patients in better spirits are known to have higher immune cell counts. Some have even claimed to have healed themselves of serious illnesses by reading comics and watching comedies.Despite all this,
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21、s of stress, however, clearly makes us feel better. On one level, it takes our minds off our troubles and relaxes us. On another, it releases powerful endorphins, a chemical produced by your body that reduces pain. There are cases where the appreciation of a good joke is indeed directly related to a
22、 persons health. It can show, for example, whether a person has suffered damage to one particular area of the brain: the right frontal lobe (额叶). Scientists confirmed this by having people read jokes and asking them to choose the funniest endings from a list. Subjects with normal brains usually chos
23、e endings that were based on a relatively complex synthesis (综合) of ideas. Subjects with specifically located brain damage, however, responded only to slapstick (闹剧) endings, which did not depend on a particular context. When pressed, the brain-damaged subjects saw the logic in the correct endings.
24、They simply did not find them funny.Of course, humor is largely an individual matter. Next time your friend does not get one of your jokes, there is no need to accuse him of being a lamebrain. However, you might suggest that he lighten upfor the health of it. 8. We can infer from the passage that _.
25、A. all researchers have agreed on the healing power of humorB. people seldom accuse their friends of not understanding jokesC. the author holds a positive attitude to the healing power of humorD. reading comics will surely become a popular way of treating diseases9. Which of the following statements
26、 is NOT true?A. Many researchers are not convinced of the healing power of humor.B. Patients in bad moods are known to have higher immune cell counts. C. Optimism in general does seem to be related to better health.D. People should try their best to cheer up for their good health.10. Scientists had
27、some people read jokes and asked them to choose the funniest endings from a list to confirm that _.A. the brain-damaged people are different from those with normal brainsB. a person with a normal brain usually responds to slapstick endingsC. a person suffering certain brain damage doesnt appreciate
28、a good jokeD. humor takes our minds off our troubles by releasing powerful endorphins11. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Which comes first, humor or health? B. Humor can cure different illnessesC. People need humor in times of stress D. Humor contributes to good healthDThe thing is,
29、 my lucks always been ruined. Just look at my name: Jean. Not Jean Marie, or Jeanine, or Jeanette, or even Jeanne. Just Jean. Did you know in France, they name boys Jean? Its French for John. And okay, I dont live in France. But still, Im basically a girl named John. If I lived in France, anyway. Th
30、is is the kind of luck Ive had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate. So it wasnt any big surprise to me when the cab driver didnt help me with my suitcase. Id already had to tolerate arriving at the airport to find no one there to greet me, and then got no answer to my many phone ca
31、lls, asking where my aunt and uncle were. Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luckall the way from Iowaand decided they didnt want any of it to rub off on them? So when the cab driver, instead of getting out and helping me with my bags, just push
32、ed a little button so that the trunk (汽车后备箱) popped open a few inches, it wasnt the worst thing that had ever happened to me. It wasnt even the worst thing that had happened to me that day. According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when they were buil
33、t way back in the 1800s. But now theyve been divided up into apartments, so that theres oneor sometimes even two or more familiesper floor. Not Moms sister Evelyns brownstone, though. Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone. Thats practically one floor per person,
34、since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice. Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them. And only one bathroom. Not that Im complaining. Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, its been pretty frightful
35、 at home. But as tall as my aunt and uncles house was, it was really narrowjust three windows across. Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray. The door was a bright, cheerful yellow. There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright redand obvio
36、usly newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them. It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York, people still realized how homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be. The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little. Like
37、maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadnt deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because theyd changed their minds about letting me come to stay. Like everything was going to be all right, after all. Yeah. With my luck, probably not. I started up the steps to
38、 the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street, then realized I couldnt make it with both bags and my violin. Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me. Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk. I manage
39、d to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up12. Why did the author go to New York?A. She intended to go sightseeing there. B. She meant to stay with her aunts family. C. She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.D. She wanted to try her luck and find a j
40、ob there. 13. According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that _. A. she was given a boys name in FrenchB. the cab driver didnt help her with her bagsC. her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs D. nobody had come to meet her at the airport14. The underlined phrase “rub off on
41、” in Paragraph 3 probably means _.A. have an effect on B. play tricks on C. put pressure on D. throw doubt on15. From the passage, we can know that _. A. the author left home without informing her motherB. the author arrived in New York in a very warm seasonC. her aunts family lived a much better life than her own D. her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival 英语参考答案 5660 BACDC 6165 ABCBC 6670 DBCAC