浙江省2016高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（62）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tme.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.
In Chicago, the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York , where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
As Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
1. What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?
A. To invite authors to guide readers.
B. To encourage people to read and share.
C. To involve people in community service.
D. To promote the friendship between cities.
2. Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?
A. They had little interest in reading.
B. They were too busy to read a book.
C. They came from many different backgrounds
D. They lacked support from the local government
3. According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?
A. In large communities with little sense of unity
B. In large cities where libraries are far from home
C. In medium-sized cities with a diverse population
D. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached
4. The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A. exchanged ideas with each other
B. discussed the meaning of a word
C. gamed life experience
D. used the same language
5. According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged by
A. the careful selection of a proper book
B. the growing popularity of the writers
C. the number of people who benefit from reading.
D. the number of books that each person reads.
B
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Why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet, while others are awakened by the lightest sound?
To find the answer, sleep researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted an unusual study of 12 self-described deep sleepers. After tests confirmed that the healthy volunteers were solid sleepers, they took part in a three-night study in the university’s sleep laboratory. The participants spent the night in a big and comfortable room. But the room also included four speakers positioned near the top of the bed.
During the night, the deep sleepers were subjected to 14 different recorded sounds, like street traffic, toilets flushing, and an airplane flying overhead. Next door, the researchers monitored their sleep patterns and brain waves.
As expected, all of the participants slept relatively well, but there were differences in how they responded to the noisy interruptions. Some of the sleepers didn’t wake up even when a sound was blasted at 70 decibels（分贝）；others were awakened by sounds at 40 or 50 decibels.
The researchers discovered that the difference in a sleeper’s reaction to noise could be predicted by the level of brain activity called “sleep spindles（纺锤体）”. A sleep spindle is a burst of high-frequency brain activity coming from deep inside the brain during sleep. The source of the spindles is the thalamus（丘脑）, a part of the brain that sends sensory information to the rest of the cortex（皮层）.
Before the study, the Massachusetts researchers theorized that the spindles are the brain’s way of preventing sensory information from passing through the thalamus and waking the rest of the brain during sleep. They found that sleepers who experienced the most sleep spindles during the night were also the soundest sleepers and were least likely to be awakened by noise.
Scientists already know that most people become lighter sleepers with age, most likely because older people experience less “slow wave sleep”, which is the deepest stage of sleep. People also produce fewer sleep spindles as they age. But even when controlling for the stage of sleep a person was in, the number of sleep spindles still predicted their risk for awakening because of noise.
More research is needed, but the findings suggest that a better understanding of sleep spindles could lead to new behavioral or drug therapies for people with sleep disorders. For example, future studies may try to determine whether diet, exercise or other behaviors may influence the number of sleep spindles a person produces during the night.
10. Some participants can sleep well through loud noises mainly because ________.
A. their brains don’t respond to outside noises.
B. their brains react differently to noises.
C. they adapt too the environment quickly.
D. they don’t pay attention to the monitors.
11. Scientists believe that the key to affecting deep sleep is__________.
A. sleep spindles
B. stages of sleep
C. sleep disorders
D. sensory information
12. It can be learned from the passage that_____________.
A. The older a deep sleeper becomes, the lighter his sleep must be.
B. The more “slow wave sleep” one experiences, the deeper sleep one has.
C. The more frequently a sleeper’s brain works, the less information it sends.
D. The deeper sleep people have, the more likely they will be awakened by noise.
13. From the passage we can predict____________.
A. more factors in influencing sleep spindles may be discovered.
B. more solid sleepers will take part in relative experiments.
C. sleep spindles will be applied to change one’s behaviors.
D. deep sleepers will probably enjoy a more healthy life.
14. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The differences between the deep sleepers and the light sleepers.
B. The experiments conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital.
C. The discovery and the importance of “sleep spindles”.
D. The new behaviors or drug therapies for people with sleep disorders.
D
Gail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple, learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we were honestly aware of the weaknesses and strengths of each other’s characters.
Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue.
We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible（互不相容的）, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail’s parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our relationship.
When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family, Her mother, Deborah, who all along had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren, objected to her decision.
“So it was all right for me to date him, but it’s wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?” Gail asked her mom.
“When I met Mark, I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So, color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you’re doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark’s color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours
was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn’t know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.”
“But Mark and I have been together more than two years,” Gail said, “we have been through so much together. We’ve seen each other at our worst many times. I’m sure that time will only tell what we feel deeply about each other.”
“You may be right. But I still think that waiting won’t hurt. You are only twenty-five.”
Gail’s father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail’s mother. “Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What’s his citizenship status?” And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States.
“But Dad, that’s harsh（难听的）,” Gail said.
“Then why the rush? Buy time, buy time,” he remarked repeatedly.
“Mark has had problems with citizenship before and has always taken care of them himself,” Gaily defended, “ In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans.”
Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had met who were having lots of difficulties.
“ Have you thought about the hardships your children would go through? Their education, and future jobs?” he asked.
“ Dad, are you a racist?”
“No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.”
“Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don’t? But one thing they’ll always have: our love and devotion.”
“That’s idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriage.”
“Dad, we’ll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.”
“Remember, it’s never too late to change your mind.”
15. The author uses the example of Gail’s parents’ marriage to show that_________.
A. every couple has ups and downs
B. many couples will part years later.
C. divorce has a bad effect on children.
D. many couples don’t understand each other.
16. What does Gail’s mother think of the author?
A. She doesn’t like him because he is a black.
B. She dislikes him but will admit what Gail wants to be.
C. She likes him and hopes they can get married soon.
D. She thinks him a nice guy but doesn’t want Gail to marry him.
17. Gail’s mother’s biggest worry about Gail’s mixed marriage is that__________.
A. they haven’t enough time to get to know each other.
B. she doubts about the author’s character.
C. they lose their senses because of love.
D. their children will be treated cruelly.
18. Why is Gail’s father against Gail’s marriage with the author?
A. Because of the author’s citizenship status.
B. because of the author’s education background.
C. Because of the author’s appearance.
D. Because of the author’s job.
19. The underlined sentence in the passage indicates that ____________.
A. the author’s intention to marry Gail is not to get a USA citizenship.
B. the author will marry Gail whatever difficulty he meets.
C. the author wants to cancel their marriage plan.
D. the author doubts about Gail’s love.
20. The passage mainly tells us___________.
A. the difficulty the mix marriage comes across.
B. the difficulty many couples meet.
C. the marriage problems in American families.
D. the increasing rate of divorce in America.
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