1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家成都市武侯区2015阅读理解一轮训练（3）及答案阅读理解“Creativity is the key to a brighter future，”says education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925，we might not have a product that we now think of
2、as of great importance: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally，using his own time，Drew improved the tape，which now is used everywh
3、ere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.Creativity is not something one is just born with，nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence. The fact that a
4、person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.Unfortunately，schools have not tried to encourage creativity.With strong attention to test results and the development of re
5、ading，writing and mathematical skills，many educators give up creativity for correct answers.The result is that children can give back information but cant recognize ways to use it in new situation.They may know the rules correctly but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.It is
6、important to give children choices. From the earliest age，children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results.Even if its choosing between two food items for lunch，decision-making helps thinking skills.As children grow older，parents should let their children decide how to use t
7、heir time or spend their money. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.57. What did the company where Drew once worked learn from its mistake?A. They should encourage people to work a longer time.来源:学科网B. People should be
8、discouraged to think freely.C. People will do better if they spend most of their work time developing new ideas.D. It is necessary for people to spend some of their work time considering and improving new ideas.58. Creativity is _.A. something that most people are born withB. something that has noth
9、ing to do with intelligence at allC. a way of using what one has learned to work out new problems D. something that is not important to the character of a person at all 59. Why dont schools try to encourage creativity?A. They dont understand the importance of creativity education.B. They dont want t
10、heir students to make mistakes.C. They pay too much attention to examination marks，language and maths skills.D. They think it more important to remember some information.60. What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money?A. Help them when necessary. B. Try to help the
11、m as much as possible.C. Take no notice of whatever they do.D. Leave the children as they are. 【答案】57-60 DCAA阅读理解Rahfeal Gordon has come a long way from the homeless shelters and streets of Newark, New Jersey. The 25-year-old was honored this year by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneur
12、ship for his work-giving motivational speeches to youth groups.Rahfeal Gordon tells his audience, If nobody ever says that youre brilliant, say it to yourself every day. Look yourself in the mirror: if you have survived something, I dont care how small, how big, youve survived it, he said.Rahfeal Go
13、rdon s speech is simple: He tells the story of his own life in three chapters. Each begins with a hip hop lyric (歌词) that he knows will be meaningful to a young audience.Gordon says he uses positive hip hop lyrics to encourage youths, especially those who grew in poverty and abuse, as he did. His ta
14、lk is called Hip Hop Saved My Life.“ When I had my very dark moments in life, I would put on certain songs, whether it is from Jay-Z , Tupac, Kanye West, Gordon said. They kept me going through the hard times. They fulfilled a certain void (空白) that I couldnt fulfill, like not having a father or mot
15、her there, so I felt they could relate because they would tell these stories.Gordon says his childhood was happy until his father became addicted to drugs and began to beat his three brothers and mother. They left to live on the streets and in homeless shelters. Gordon says he tries now to be a voic
16、e for others, including a brother who was murdered at the age of 19. “When I lost my brother, that was, really, a moment when things really started to take off, in the sense of saying, I really, really want to be that individual to help people, to help individuals, ”Gordon said. “I cant be Superman.
17、 I cant save the world, but I think that if I can help an individual, I am saving the world. ”63. Rahfeal Gordon was honored because he _.A. has changed the lives of young people worldwideB. inspires young people to better themselvesC. encourages his students to improve the communityD. has made grea
18、t achievements in his teaching career64. Rahfeal Gordon uses hip hop lyrics in his lecture because _.A. he is good at performing hip hop songsB. hip hop songs are encouraging and funny C. hip hop songs helped him spend his hard timesD. he tends to follow the fashion like youths65. What do we know ab
19、out Rahfeal Gordons childhood?A. His parents forced him to leave home.B. He was badly treated since he was a child.C. His mother always beat him black and blue.D. He became homeless after his father used drugs.66. The author writes the passage mainly to_.A. share Rahfeal Gordons life story B. tell r
20、eaders to follow Rahfeal GordonC. introduce an American national awardD. direct readers attention to poor children【参考答案】(C) BCDA阅读理解 Pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserableespecially if youre a woman, according to a new study. Researchers found that walking around with a forced s
21、mile and faking(假装的)happiness simply led to people feeling gloomier. So, putting a brave face on your woes could actually be counterproductive. The research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy. Psychologist, Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should ta
22、ke note because forcing workers to smile when workers were dealing with clients could backfire (产生事的愿违的不良后果). He said:“Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional exhaustion, and thats bad for the organization.” Dr. Scott said the research showed customer service workers who“faked smiles”t
23、hroughout a day worsened their moods and then withdrew from work, so their productivity dropped. He added:“Bosses may think that getting their staff to smile is good for the organization, but thats not necessarily the case.”Dr. Scott, assistant professor of management at Michigan State University, a
24、nalyzed a group of bus drivers during a two week period. The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional displays over a period of time and compare the different effects that they have on men and women. His team examined the effects of“surface acting”or fake smilingcompared to what wa
25、s termed“deep acting”, or cultivating positive emotions by recalling pleasant memories.Dr. Scott said: “Women were harmed more bysurface acting, meaning their moods worsened even more than men and they withdrew more from work. However , they were helped more bydeep acting,which meant their moods imp
26、roved more.”Dr. Scott suggested women tended to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they were expected to be more emotionally expressive than men. Therefore, faking a smile while they are feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelings.Alth
27、ough,“deep acting”seemed to improve moods in the short term, Dr. Scott said it was not a long-term solution to feeling unhappy.He said:“Youre trying to cultivate positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel like yourself any more”61. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1
28、mean? A. Forcing one to smile could make one feel better B. Wearing a fake smile could worsen ones mood C. Always smiling could improve ones performance D. Wearing a fake smile could help one free from sadness62. The finding of the research might serve as a warning to . A. men B. employees C. custom
29、ers D. bosses63. According to Dr. Brent Scott, . A. most bus drivers have to wear“fake smiles” B. “fake smiles”workers work better than usual C. “fake smiles”might lead to lower productivity D. bosses know the negative effect of forced smiles64. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that . A. pleasant
30、 memories are associated with positive feelings B. men suffer more from fake smiling, compared to women C. women should smile a lot when faced with new challenges D. few employers know how to increase the productivity of their staff65.“Deep acting”is helpful to women in that . A. they forget their t
31、rouble B. they will behave normally C. they become more talkative D. their moods are getting better【参考答案】61-65 BDCAD 人物型阅读理解-American actor Johnny Depp can best be described as unconventional. From his early life, his path into acting and even in his choice of movie roles, we can see that Depp has s
32、eldom taken the easy road. His willingness to take risks and do the unexpected has made Depp one of the few Hollywood actors able to achieve huge commercial success while maintaining his artistic reputation.Born in 1963, Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth, occasionally turning to pettycrime an
33、d drugs. When his parents divorced in 1978, Depp dropped out of school against his mothers wishes and started a music band called the Kids. Although the band achieved some success, they were seldom able to make_ends_meet,_with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping on friends sofas and even in
34、his car.In 1983, the everoptimistic Depp and his new wife, Lori Anderson, moved to Hollywood, California to further Depps musical career. But life there continued to be a struggle and Depp was forced to take a job selling pens door to door to support his new family. His luck changed when Loris exboy
35、friend, the famous actor Nicholas Cage, impressed by Depps good looks and intelligence, suggested he become an actor and helped him get a small part in a movie. Several other minor movie rolesand a divorce from Lorifollowed, before Depp got his big break three years later. He landed the leading role
36、 in the television series 21 Jump Street, playing a youthful undercover police officer. The hugely popular show turned Depp into a teenage heartthrob overnight. He appeared on the cover of countless magazines and was much sought after by movie producers, eager to exploit his popularity with teenage
37、girls.But Depp left 21 Jump Street after three years, when it was at the height of its popularity, later admitting that he hated the shows unoriginal storylines and his “pretty boy” character. In the decade that followed, Depp rejected repeated offers of “pretty boy” roles in bigbudget Hollywood fil
38、ms. Instead he established himself as a serious, somewhat dark, peculiar performer, consistently selecting roles in smaller, independent films that surprise critics and audiences alike.Even in the movie that made Depp an international superstar, The Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), he was barely rec
39、ognizable as Captain Jack Sparrow, the British, longhaired goldentoothed pirate. This and subsequent hit movies have placed Depp at the very top of the commercial film industry (with a paycheck of $20 million for each such movie), but he still continues to make the smaller, stranger films for which
40、he is so greatly admired.1. As a youth, Depp could be described as a _Aserious criminalBtrouble makerCdrug addictDsuccessful musician2. The underlined expression “make ends meet” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_”Aget together after a showBmeet their audienceCplay to the endDearn enough to
41、live3. In which order did the following events take place in Depps life?a. met Nicholas Cageb. started a band called the Kidsc. played a British pirated. sold pens door to doore. got married to Lori Anderson f. starred in a TV showAd, b, e, a, c, fBb, e, d, a, f, cCa, b, f, c, d, eDe, d, a, c, f, b4
42、. Why did Depp leave the TV show 21 Jump Street?AThe show was no longer popular.BHe wanted to perform in movies.CHe thought the show was terrible.DHe rejected planned changes to his role.5. Depps choice of movie roles throughout most of his career suggests that _Ahe valued interesting work over mone
43、yBhe believed he couldnt play “pretty boy” roles wellChe was very popular with Hollywood movie producersDhe was more interested in shocking audiences than entertainingB【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了一位从20世纪80年代到21世纪一直维持声名的、狂放不羁的，并且拥有迷人性格的美国演员约翰尼德普。1B根据第二段第一句“Born in 1963, Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth, oc
44、casionally turning to pettycrime and drugs.”可知德普是一个麻烦制造者，故选B项。2D根据画线词所在句“with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping on friends sofas and even in his car.”可知德普付不起房租，睡在朋友的沙发上，甚至是他的车子里，由此可推断出make ends meet意为“勉强维持生计”。3B根据第二段第二句“When his parents divorced in 1978, Depp dropped out of school against
45、his mothers wishes and started a music band called the Kids.”可知b发生在1978年；根据第三段第一句“In 1983, the everoptimistic Depp and his new wife, Lori Anderson, moved to Hollywood, California to further Depps musical career.”可知e发生在1983年；根据第三段第二句“But life there continued to be a struggle and Depp was forced to ta
46、ke a job selling pens door to door to support his new family.”可知d发生在婚后，到此答案就可以确定了，应该选B项。4C根据第四段第一句“later admitting that he hated the shows unoriginal storylines”可知他认为这部电视剧没有创造性，也就是这部电视剧很糟糕，故选C项。5A根据本文最后一句“This subsequent hit movies have placed Depp at the very top of the commercial film industry (with a paycheck of $20 million for each such movie), but he still continues to make the smaller, stranger films for which he is so greatly admired.”可知他更珍视有趣的工作，甚至超过了对金钱的追求，故选A项。- 9 - 版权所有高考资源网