2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）金品训练（12）及答案

　　2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）金品训练（12）及答案

　　Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation (感觉) of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions — those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.

　　Psychologists have known that one person’ s perception (感知) of another’ s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness.Classic studics by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.

　　Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal.Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm”， or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.

　　To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses (假设) , handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of“Person A”based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.

　　“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly，” says Bargh.

　　[语篇解读]　最近的心理学研究发现，人们对“温暖”或者“寒冷”的感受可以改变人们的情感。

　　1．According to Paragraph 1, a person’ s emotion may be affected by________.

　　A. the visitors to his office

　　B. the psychology lessons he has

　　C. his physical feeling of coldness

　　D. the things he has bought online

　　[解析]　细节理解题。由文章第一段的第三句话可知，温暖的感觉激发温暖的情感，而冷饮在手则会阻止你做出不明智的决定，因此可以说一个人的情感可能会受到冷的感觉的影响。

　　[答案]　B

　　2．The author mentions Harlow’ s experiment to show that________.

　　A. adults should develop social skills

　　B. babies need warm physical contact

　　C. caregivers should be healthy adults

　　D. monkeys have social relationships

　　[解析]　细节理解题。在试验中，猴子喜欢去靠近布制的“妈妈”而不喜欢“金属线”做的“妈妈”。这使心理学家们强调养育者应该让孩子们多接触一些令人感觉温暖的东西，以帮助孩子们成长为有正常社交技能的健康的成年人，故B项正确。

　　[答案]　B

　　3．In Bargh’ s experiment, the students were asked to________.

　　A. evaluate someone’ s personality

　　B. write down their hypotheses

　　C. fill out a personal information form

　　D. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively

　　[解析]　细节理解题。由文中倒数第二段中的“After that，the students were asked to rate the personality of‘Person A’based on a particular description.”可知选A。在试验中，学生被要求评价某人的性格。

　　[答案]　A

　　4．We can infer from the passage that________.

　　A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences

　　B. feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide

　　C. physical temperature affects how we see others

　　D. capable persons are often cold to others

　　[解析]　推理判断题。全文都在论述人们对“温暖”或“寒冷”的感觉可以影响人们对事物的评价。因此，物理温度会影响我们看待他人的方式。因此选C。

　　[答案]　C

　　5．What would be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships

　　B. Experiments of Personality Evaluation

　　C. Developing Better Drinking Habits

　　D. Physical Sensations and Emotions

　　[解析]　主旨大意题。本文主要介绍的是人们对物理温度的感觉对人们情绪的影响，D项概括性比较强。

　　[答案]　D

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　　A

　　The singer, Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones sings a song that tells people they can’t always get what they want but if we try sometimes we can get what we need. The past years in my life my parents have told me this saying many times. I’ve always complained about the quote(引语). Although over time I have told myself to learn from it.

　　This year my girlfriend flew off to college in West Palm, Florida. This has been a killer for me because I haven’t been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school. The last two months have been hard but we are working through it. I have been trying to get my dad to buy me a plane ticket to go down there. My dad told me if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket. I started to complain to him because I had no way of getting any money to give him. I spent several days and nights thinking of ways to earn money to go see my girlfriend. I finally came to the conclusion that I would get a job and work hard to earn some money to give to my dad. I applied to Safeway and I ended up getting the job.

　　I have been working at Safeway for about a month now and work hard to earn money to go see my girlfriend. The other day my mom had surprised me and told me that she asked her boss if she could use their business miles(旅费) to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks. I was very thankful and told her I would help pay for anything that I have to. The thought of me working hard and getting a job showed my mom that I really cared and was trying my best to be a successful person. I believe that you can’t always get what you want but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.

　　41．The author’s parents often told him the saying quoted from the song because

　　.

　　A．He liked to complain to them about his life

　　B．They expected him to learn from the singer

　　C．He always wanted to get everything he wanted

　　D．They tried to educate him to do things for himself

　　42．What does the world “killer” underlined in the second paragraph refer to?

　　A．Something that is quite troublesome. B．Something that is very difficult.

　　C．A person who kills purposely. D．A person who treats women very badly.

　　43．What can we infer from the passage?

　　A．The author was lazy and unwilling to work hard

　　B．The author’s father was too mean to give him money.

　　C．The author’s actual action won support from his mother.

　　D．The author was unable to tear himself away from his girl friend

　　44．By writing the passage, the author tries to show

　　.

　　A．we can do nothing without money

　　B．fathers are strict while mothers are kind

　　C．it’s hard for parents to bring up their children

　　D．we should try to rely on ourselves for everything

　　B

　　Pisco is a city on the Peruvian coast, the home of Peruvian grape liquor(酒) Pisco has not only given its name to Peru’s national drink, but it is also the centre of its production.

　　Pisco has its origins in the 16th-century Spanish conquests（征服） of Latin America and particularly Peru and Chile. There the settlers found fertile land suitable for growing grapes. These vineyards（葡萄园） were so successful that soon the settlers were exporting crops back to Europe.

　　At first, grapes not suitable for making wines were distilled（蒸馏，提取） into a drink, and it soon became popular with sailors who began taking bottles with them back to Europe. They named it after the town where it was bought, Pisco, which in turn had been used to name the round pot that was used to store the liquor.

　　In the 19th century Pisco became a popular drink with the miners who flooded to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, and in the 1940s it again became a fashionable drink in New York and Hollywood. Production gradually spread from Peru to Chile.

　　However, Pisco is also the topic of heated arguments between Peru and Chile, both of which claim to have invented it. They may fight bitterly over who first distilled the drink, but the rules and regulations they have placed on its production have ensured that only top quality Pisco hits the liquor store shelves.

　　Nowadays, Pisco is produced using both ancient and modern techniques and can be enjoyed in its pure form or used to prepare various cocktails, such as the well-known “Pisco Sour”. This is served in the best restaurants in Latin America and throughout the world. It can also be mixed with other liqueurs, fruit juice or soft drinks. The main markets for Pisco are currently the United States, Chile, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Canada.

　　45．It can be learned from the passage that Pisco refers to the following except

　　.

　　A．a city B．a sailor C．a pot D．a drink

　　46．The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph implies

　　.

　　A．Peru and Chile has been fighting for the American market of Pisco

　　B．It makes no difference who has invented Pisco as long as it is popular

　　C．Both Peru and Chile have set strict production rules to produce a quality drink

　　D．Pisco is produced using both ancient and modern techniques from two countries

　　47．What’s the best title for this passage?

　　A．An Introduction to Pisco B．The Production of Pisco

　　C．The Origin of Pisco

　　D．A History Lesson of Pisco

　　C

　　Of all the problems facing modern astronomers, perhaps the most fascinating is: “Can intelligent(有智能的) life exist elsewhere?” Since the Earth is an unimportant planet moving round an unimportant star, it would be a pride on our part to suppose that we are the only intelligent beings in the universe. But to obtain proof is difficult.

　　The main trouble is that our neighbor worlds, the bodies in the solar system appear to be unsuitable for advanced life forms. The Moon may be ruled out at once; it has hardly any atmosphere. Venus（金星） is little better; the surface temperature is extremely high and the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Mars（火星） with a very thin atmosphere and a severe shortage of water, may well support simple plant life but there seems no hope of finding animals, while the attractive Martians of the story – tellers have long since been given up.

　　Of course this has not stopped the flow of bright ideas for communicating with the supposed people on Mars. In the early nineteenth century the great mathematician Gauss suggested planting tree – patterns in Siberia, so that the Martians would see them and replay suitably. Following up this idea, the Austrian scientist Karl Littrow proposed digging very wide ditches（沟） in the Sahara, triangular in patterns, and then filling them with petrol or some substance so that, when lit, the ditches would present Martian observers with a “flaming triangle” which would show the existence here of intelligent minds. Even better were the plans of Charles Cross, a French writer of the 1870’s, who wanted to build a large mirror to reflect the sun’s rays and concentrate them on the surface of Mars, thereby making a vast burning – glass. By swinging the mirror around, Cross explained it would be practicable to write words in the Martian deserts simply by burning the sand. For many years he bombarded (鼓吹) the French government with literature about this plan and was very disappointed when no official interest was shown.

　　48．From the passage we can learn that the opinion of the writer is that

　　.

　　A．people on the earth are almost certainly the only intelligent beings in the universe

　　B．people on the earth are definitely the only intelligent beings in the universe

　　C．there may be other intelligent beings in the universe

　　D．there are other intelligent beings in the universe

　　49．Why is there unlikely any life on Venus?

　　A．Because the weather is too cold.

　　B．Because it is severely short of water.

　　C．Because it has a very thin atmosphere.

　　D．Because the surface temperature is too hot.

　　50．According to the passage, it seems that Mars

　　.

　　A．may have both vegetable and animal life

　　B．may be inhabited by attractive Martians

　　C．may have some vegetable life

　　D．can have no life at all

　　51．How did Gauss, the mathematician, want to establish contact with the Martians?

　　A．By building a large mirror. B．By making patters with trees.

　　C．By filling wide ditches with oil. D．By planting trees in triangular shape.

　　52．It can be learned from the last paragraph that Charles Cross felt

　　.

　　A．disappointed at the lack of official interest shown in his plan

　　B．surprised that the officials were interested in his suggestion

　　C．angry when the government paid little attention to his ideas

　　D．pleased when the government did take notice of his plan

　　D

　　In this modern world, activity and movement are the default modes（默认模式）,if not with our bodies then at least with our minds, with our attention. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from browser tab （分页浏览器）to the next, one link to the next.

　　We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no time for stillness — and sitting in front of a crazy computer all day, and then in front of the too active television, doesn’t count as stillness.

　　This comes at a cost: we lose that time for deep thinking, for observing and listening. We lose peace.

　　And worse yet: all the rushing around is often agaist our will. I know, in our society action is all-important — inaction is seen as lazy and passive and unproductive. However, sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, all sound and fury, but get nothing done. Or you can get a lot done — but nothing important. Or you can hurt things with your actions, make things worse than if you’d stayed still.

　　And when we are forced to be still — because we’e in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’ appointment, or on a bus or train, we often get impatient and need to find something to do. Some of us will have our mobile devices, others will have a notebook or folder with things to do or read, others will move their bodies around. Being still isn’t something we’re used to.

　　Take a moment to think about how you spend your days — at work, after work, getting ready for work, evenings and weekends. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering messages, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always trying to Get Lots of Things Done, ticking off tasks from your list like a machine, rushing through your schedule?

　　Is this how you want to spend your life?

　　53．Which of the following is true, according to the passage?

　　A．Doing nothing means happiness.

　　B．Modern people are not used to being still.

　　C．People tend to pretend to be busy sometimes.

　　D．Too much action is always better than no action

　　54．The underlined “this” in the third paragraph probably means

　　.

　　A．being unable to keep still B．sitting before a computer

　　C．always talking and thinking D．watching too much TV

　　55．Which of the following can be considered to be stillness according to the author?

　　a. Thinking deeply about your life.

　　b. Listening to the world around you.

　　c. Reading about the news on the Internet.

　　d. Looking through an interesting story – book.

　　e. Feeling your breath coming in and going out.

　　A．a, b, d B．a, b, e C．a, c, e

　　D．b, c, d

　　56．What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

　　A．Howe to avoid restlessness and why. B．Some advantages of less movement.

　　C．How to keep still and its good effect. D．Some disadvantages of constant action.

　　E

　　Apple’s iPod completely changed the way people experience music. What will it do for television？

　　The industry was intrigued by Wednesday's announcement that episodes of the hit ABC shows "desperate Housewives" and "Lost" will be available for Apple's new video iPod. Episodes will go on sale for $1.99 on iTunes the day after they are broadcast.

　　For ABC and its parent Walt Disney Co., the bet is that the new technology will bring in more new fans of the programs than will be taken away from watching them on traditional broadcast television.

　　The network's affiliates（广播电视网的成员） were not told the deal was in the works before Wednesday, and they're the people most likely to be concerned about its impact. Now the iPod will join digital video recorders and DVDs as another way of seeing television programs other than their regularly scheduled times on the ABC stations.

　　Leon Long, chairman of ABC's affiliate board said if viewers have the choice of watching "desperate housewives" on their wide-screen television with surround sound or a two-inch iPod screen, they will almost certainly watch it on TV. The iPod option will likely be attractive to people who missed an episode and want to keep up with the story, he said.

　　He noted that two of the three series ABC is offering to iTunes - the new "Night Stalker" is the other - are serials（系列片） that require viewers to follow story lines that play out over several months.

　　At the beginning, the downloads might also appeal to techies who want to try out the new product and might not necessarily be fans of the programs, which could bring these shows a new audience.

　　As for the chance it will pull people away from his station, Long said, "It's certainly a risk but I don't think it's a great risk."

　　57．From the passage, we can guess that

　　?

　　A．episode means a part of a TV show broadcast in several parts

　　B．iTunes here refers to a musical store seen everywhere

　　C．iPod is a kind of media player only used for music

　　D．ABC is a small local American television company

　　58．Why are the network’s affiliates most likely to be concerned about the deal’s effect?

　　A．Because they are worried it may affect their TV programs.

　　B．Because people ill have another way of watching TV.

　　C．Because they want the iPod to join their organization.

　　D．Because they didn’t know what was happening.

　　59．According to Chairman Leon, we learn that

　　.

　　A．only techies will show interest in the downloads

　　B．it’s impossible for iPod to take away TV viewers

　　C．the TV shows to be offered by ABC are very boring.

　　D．most people prefer to watch a play on TV rather than on iPod

　　60．What would be the best title for the passage.

　　A．A great risk for television station.

　　B．iPods will bring new fans to TV shows.

　　C．Will iPods change TV the way it changed music?

　　D．Which is better, wide - screen TV or narrow - screen iPod?