2016届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解2

　　2016届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解2 White-collar workers going to great lengths for stress relief

　　A soldier of the South Korean special attack corps paints his eyes during a friendly Taekwondo match at a South Korean Army Base in Pochon, north of Seoul.

　　Stressed out white-collar workers are scaling（攀登） skyscrapers, camping out on rooftops, smashing up restaurants, pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a bid to relieve the pressure of modern life.

　　As the country's economy continues to steam ahead, once popular forms of entertainment, such as karaoke, card games and even boxing bars, appear to be losing their appeal.

　　Consider the members of Shanghai's Cat Rain club. By day, this group of young women works executive jobs, but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof.

　　"It's a good way to release our pressure. You feel relaxed when you're sitting on the roof, looking up to the sky and chatting with intimate（亲密的）friends," said Gong Ying, 25.

　　The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai.

　　A recently opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers to smash plates - as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.

　　Though there has been some debate about the extravagance（奢侈）of such services, some psychologists say the activity reflects the desire of some white-collar workers to vent their angst.

　　Some workers even appear eager to return to their childhoods. This May, hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children. It was an adults-only event, and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.

　　Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective. But a cemetery?

　　Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed-out workers in March. The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could contemplate（考虑、打算）life and their futures.

　　Roof-camper Chen Bin, an IT marketing professional, said she had camped out on a rooftop about 30 times. When she's not sleeping out under the stars, she also has several other adrenalin-fueled interests, such as downhill racing and paragliding.

　　"Pressure may bring us distress, but it doesn't mean we can't find ways out," Chen says. "Life should be imaginative."

　　Keys: 1. stress

　　2. popular

　　3. past

　　4. modern

　　5. roof

　　6. smash

　　7. pretend

　　8. relax

　　9. sleeping

　　10. imaginative

　　You know how wonderful you are, and you know that others know how wonderful you are, but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy? For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship. When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do, but the good news is that there is. Don’t let jealousy spoil your relationships. Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

　　It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is, but if you want to save your friendship you’ll have to do just that. Don’t approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited), just take some time alone with them and let them know that you’ve been feeling like there’s been something coming between you. If they refuse to respond, then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling. Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.

　　When you figure out what is annoying your friend, ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better. If, for example, (s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn’t get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from tee swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you. Remember, though, that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise. Don’t limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy. Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.

　　Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy. This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies. Before taking extreme action, chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.If you can’t, be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won’t.

　　解读：本文是关于人际关系的话题。尤其是青少年朋友之间会因为嫉妒而使相互间的友谊被破坏，本文着重讲述如何处理被朋友嫉妒及处理过程中可能遇到的困难。

　　1. According to the author, the jealousy emotion is________.

　　A. normal

　　B. productive

　　C. destructive

　　D. extreme

　　[解析]　细节理解题，由第一段第二句．..that this jealousy is hurting，your friendship.可知。

　　[答案]　C

　　2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?

　　A. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.

　　B. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.

　　C. Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.

　　D. Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think there’s something between you.

　　[解析]　细节理解题。由第二段第二句Don’t approach them and ask why they are jealous of you可知。

　　[答案]　A

　　3. The underlined “it” in the first paragraph refers to________.

　　A. friendship

　　B. relationship

　　C. admiration

　　D. jealousy

　　[解析]　细节理解题。由文章第一段可知。

　　[答案]　D

　　4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

　　A. There’s always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.

　　B. Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.

　　C. You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts, chances or self development.

　　D. You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution

　　[解析]　推理判断题。

　　[答案]　C

　　5. The purpose of the passage is________.

　　A. to explain what causes jealousy

　　B. to offer some advice on making friends

　　C. to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend

　　D. to explain how destructive the jealous emotion is

　　[解析]　作者意图题。通读全文可知，本文酌写作目的是介绍处理有嫉妒心朋友的方法。

　　[答案]　C

　　Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系） red with a strong feeling like

　　1

　　. Red is used for signs of

　　2

　　, such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of

　　3

　　in autumn. People say orange is a

　　4

　　color. They associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of __5__. People say it is a cheerful color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in __6__. People say it is a refreshing color. In general, people __7__ two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and __8__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be __9__. Those who like to be with __10 _ like red. The cool colors are __11_

　　and blue. Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to __12 _ more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good __13_

　　for a living room or a __14_ . People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. __15

　　colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.

　　1. A. sadness

　　B. anger

　　C. administration D. smile

　　2. A. roads

　　B. ways

　　C. danger

　　D. places

　　3. A. land

　　B. leaves

　　C. grass

　　D. mountains

　　4. A. lively

　　B. dark

　　C. noisy

　　D. frightening

　　5. A. moonlight

　　B. light

　　C. sunlight

　　D. stars

　　6. A. summer

　　B. spring

　　C. autumn

　　D. winter

　　7. A. speak

　　B. say

　　C. talk about

　　D. tell

　　8. A. green

　　B. yellow

　　C. white

　　D. gray

　　9. A. calm

　　B. sleepy

　　C. active

　　D. helpful

　　10. A. the other

　　B. another

　　C. other one

　　D. others

　　11. A. black

　　B. green

　　C. golden

　　D. yellow

　　12. A. go round

　　B. go by

　　C. go off

　　D. go along

　　13. A. one

　　B. way

　　C. fact

　　D. matter

　　14. A. factory

　　B. classroom

　　C. restaurant

　　D. hospital

　　15. A. Different

　　B. Cool

　　C. Warm

　　D. All

　　名师点评

　　不同颜色往往可以代表不同的心情。根据不同颜色的特点以及给人留下的感觉，颜色的选择在日常生活中往往也起着一定的作用。本文以其中的一些颜色为例作了相关的解释说明，是一篇知识性很强的文章。

　　答案简析

　　1．B。根据上文的strong feeling可知anger最合乎文意。

　　2．C。下文所列举的例子STOP signs和 fire engines都属于危险信号，故选择danger。

　　3．B。根据常识，黄色应是秋天树叶的颜色，故应选leaves。

　　4．A。下文提到人们把黄色和幸福联系起来，说明黄色是一个充满生机的颜色，故选lively。

　　5．C。下文提到黄色是令人愉快的颜色，根据常识太阳光的颜色是黄色，故选sunlight。

　　6．B。绿色是春季里草的颜色，故选spring。

　　7．C。speak后面往往接某种语言作宾语；say后面常接说话的内容；tell的宾语一般是人；talk about sth.意为谈论某事物。故C为正确选项。

　　8．B。根据上文对yellow的解释。说明yellow也属于warm color。

　　9．C。与下文喜欢冷色调的人相对应，再根据上文对各种暖色调的选择，active合乎文意为正确选项。

　　10．D。others相当于other people意为“别的人”。another指“另一个”。other one不可单独使用，the other one指“另外的一个”。

　　11．A。四个选项中只有black可归纳到冷色调当中去。

　　12．B。go around意为“到处走动”；go off 意为“离开，爆炸”；go along意为“前进，进行”；go by意为“走过，流逝”。根据文意，应选go by。

　　13．B。way根据上文，暖色调的环境下时间似乎过得更慢，说明暖色调是用来装饰居室和饭馆的好方法，故选择way。

　　14．C。比较四个场所只有饭馆适合使用暖色调。

　　15．B。与暖色调相对立，冷色调适用于办公室，以使人感觉时间过得比较快。

　　Life should be ____10_____

　　Pressure may bring us distress, but we can find ways out.

　　Old entertainment becomes less popular. Once ___2___ forms of entertainment, such as Karaoka, card games and boxing bars, which were popular in the ___3___, appear to be losing their appeal.

　　The ways for white-collar to relieve the pressure of ___4___ life.

　　Climbing buildings and spending the night on the ___5___. Going to the restaurants which encourage customers to __6____ plates. Taking part in a festival in which adults ___7___ to be children. Scenic places can also help people __8____ and put things in perspective. ___9__ out under the stars can also help.

　　White-collar workers going to great lengths for ___1___ relief