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2013年同等学力考试英语样卷二及答案解析Part III Reading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)Section ADirections: In this section，there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements，each with four suggested answers A，B，C and DChoose is the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer SheetPassage One Teachers using red pen to mark students work could be harming their psyche as the color is too aggressive，according to education strategies drafted by an Australian state government The” Good Mental Health Rocks” kit，which was distributed this month to about 30 schools in Queensland state，offers strategies such as” Dont mark in red pen(which can be seen as aggressive)Use a different color” Other tips include structuring time for peer tutoring every day，apologizing to students when necessary and asking students to conduct a personal skills audit where they focus on their individual strengths rather than their weaknesses The kit，designed to help Queensland teachers address mental health in the classroom，suggests that social and emotional wellbeing has been linked to young peoples schooling，among other things The education aid has sparked a row in parliament，with deputy opposition leader Mark McArdle calling it” kooky，loony，loopy lefty policies But Health Minister Stephen Robertson，whose department devised the kit，said youth suicide was a serious issue “If mental health professionals determine that as one of a number of strategies teachers should consider，then Ill support them every day of the week, he told reporters recently“This is not a matter for ridicule, this is serious” According to some Australian mental health groups，the greatest number of people with mental illness are aged between 18 and 24 years，with 14 percent of Australian children and adolescents suffering from some sort of illness Boys are slightly more likely to experience mental health problems than girls and depression is one of the most common conditions in young people and increases during adolescence，the website of mental health group Mindframe said(21)Teachers are advised not to mark students work in red pen because Ared color is too eye-catching Bit may hurt students feelings Cit is against the state law Dcolors are too aggressive(22)Which of the following is NOT offered as an education strategy? AFocus on students individual strengths BArrange time for peer-tutoring every day CSay sorry to students when needed DCorrect students mistakes whenever possible(23)The” Good Mental Health Rocks kit is intended to Ahelp teachers to keep their classes in order Bhelp teachers to be alert to students mental health Cenable teachers to be mentally healthy themselves Dimprove students social and emotional conditions(24)It is stated in the passage that the education kit Ahas triggered an argument in parliamentBhas obtained a shared agreementCis strongly criticized by the Health Minister Dhas led to serious youth suicide(25)What is Stephen Robertsons opinion on the education kit? AIt is what teachers should consider BIt is a matter for ridicule CIt should be supported every day DIt should be taken seriously by reporters(26)Some Australian mental health groups believe that Amost people suffer from mental illnessB14 percent of Australians suffer from a sort of illnessCboys are much more likely to have mental health problemsDdepression is quite common among young peoplePassage TwoIf you start each day desperately wishing for an extra hour in bed, the following is likely to leave you feeling even more bad-ternperedScientists have identified a“sleepless elite”一a small group of people for whom a lie-in is a waste of timeRather than being tired，bad-tempered under-achievers，they are an energetic，outgoing and optimistic group who can happily and healthily get by on just four or five hours of shut-eye a nightIf that were not irritating enough，they tend to be slim，able to hold down two jobs at the same time，and breeze through their extra-long days without needing caffeine pick-me-ups(咖啡因提神物)or cat naps Working out how the gene cuts sleep without any obvious impact on health could help in the design of drugs that give us all a few extra hours in our day The bad news is that while many of us get by on a few hours sleep a night，just one to three people in 100 qualify to be part of the sleepless elite The research team is now appealing for members of the lucky group to come forward to allow their DNA to be studied University of California researcher Ying-Hui Fu said：“My longterm goal is to someday learn enough so we can manipulate the sleep pathways without damaging our healthEverybody can use more waking hours，even if you just watch movies Many of those who have already volunteered share fascinating characteristicsThey are thinner than average，relentlessly upbeat(兴奋)and seem to have a high tolerance for physical pain and psychological set-backsResearcher DrChristopher Jones told the Wall Street Journal：“Typically，at the end of a long-structured phone interview，they will admit they have been texting and surfing the Internet and doing cross-word puzzles at the same time，all on less than six hours of sleep(27) Which of the following could be the title of this passage? AThe Sleepless Elite BThe Impact of Sleep on Health CA New Research on Sleep DManipulation of Sleep Pathways(28) According to this passage，the sleepless elite . Aregard any sleep as a waste of time Bare often tired and bad-tempered Cperform less well than they usually do Dsleep less yet remain energetic(29) It is stated in the passage that the sleepless elite . Afind themselves easy to become angryBhave their way to keep a good shapeCcan do two jobs well in the meantimeDdepend heavily on coffee to refresh themselves(30) Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? AResearchers are trying to find out the secrets to the sleepless elite BFew people qualify to be a member of the sleepless elite group CDrugs are available to give people a few extra hours in a day DIt is useful to study how to cut sleep without damaging our health(31) The phrase“come forward(Para6)most probably means Avolunteer BqualifyCcontribute Ddonate(32) Which of the following is a shared feature of the sleepless elite? AThey are much thinner than most people BThey ignore all physical and emotional pains CThey surf the Internet almost six hours a day DThey always think positive in face of difficultiesPassage Three Most people think women are more affected when a relationship hits a rocky patchAccording to a new study on over 1,000 break-ups，it is the oppositeResearch from the Wake Forest University in the USA suggests men have a much harder time dealing with the low pointsLead researcher Robin Simon said：“Common wisdom says that women are more hurt by problems in a relationship，but we found that the disadvantages of strain are exaggerated for the men”She added：“Men are more sensitive than we often think they are”Simon and her co-researchers discovered that men often put a brave face on problems they have with their partner but inside，they feel more emotional pain than womenThe research also showed how differently men and women dealt with problemsWomen show their feelings more by crying and talking about how they feelMen find this hard to do because they need to be“masculine”and men dont cryInstead，they turn to the bottle or look for escape by using drugsMsSimon said the more relationship problems a guy went through，the more likely he was to become dependent on alcohol or drugsThey make the pain go away through substance abuse rather than talkingSimon said things are changing and that more and more men are opening up She said guys these daysare more likely to have divorced parents and“this might make them more sensitive to the ups and downs of a relationship”and be more emotionally aware(33) Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?AMen are hurt more in rocky relationshipsBWomen are hurt more in marriage break-upsCMen and women are equally hurt in break-ups.DWomen are more emotionally aware than men(34)What does the phrase“a rocky patch”at the beginning of the passage mean?AA bad moodBA difficult timeCA sensitive periodDA mountaineering accident(35)According to the lead researcher， Awomen have more difficulty dealing with break-upsBmen are very insensitive to emotional problemsCmen try to cover up their real emotionsDwomen are more sensitive than previously thought(36)It is stated in the passage that men deal with emotional problems Ain the same way as women Bwith tears and sadness Cby breaking bottles into pieces Dby using alcohol and drugs(37)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AMen drink alcohol to escape from emotional pain BThere is a 1ink between break-ups and drug use CDivorced men are more sensitive nowadays DGuys these days are more emotionally awarePassage FourThe New York Times has reported on a problem that many of us have but are not aware ofInternet addictionAccording to reporter Tara Parker-Pope，millions of us are addicted to being onlineShe says this is a growing problem that is making us more forgetful and impatientMsParker-Pope writes about various reports highlighting how technology is changing people. In one，she quotes cyber-psychologist DrElias Aboujaode who says：“More and more，life is resembling the chat room. He said we are living in“virtual lifestyles”which are negatively affecting our real-life relationshipsNicki Dowling，a clinical psychologist from Melbourne University in Australia，concluded in a recent study that 10 percent of young people had what she called “Internet dependence.” Tara Parker-Pope quizzed experts in this field on what the signs are of being overly absorbed in technologyShe came up with seven indicators of “tech overload”The first is whether you check your e-mail before doing other thingsAnother telltale sign is if you always anticipate and look forward to your next online visita sure sign of dependence and addictionThe third point is if you say，“just a few more minutes”when someone wants youParker-Pope found your interaction with others also says a lot about how important the Internet is，compared with your family and friendsDo you lie about how much time you spend online or choose to surf the Net instead of going out with others? Other giveaways include the“online lift”that stops you being unhappy，and when others complain about you always being online.(38)Which of the following can be the title of this passage?AInternet AddictionA Growing ProblemBVirtual Lifestyles in Chat RoomsCIndicators of Internet DependenceDImportance of the Internet(39)According to Tara Parker-Pope，millions of people_Ahave realized the problem of Internet addictionBare unable to stop their habit of staying onlineChave become more patient and careful onlineDwelcome the changes brought about by technology(40)What does DrElias Aboujaode think of the virtual lifestyles that we are living in?AThey change the place where people talkBThey make people dependent more on the Internet。CThey have negative effect on real-life relationshipsDThey make more people interested in online studies(41)Which of the following is NOT a sign of Internet addiction? AChecking e-mail before doing anything else BExpecting all the time the next online visit CSurfing the Net instead of going out with others DPreferring the company of family and friendsSection BDirections：In this section，you are required to read several excerpts from newspapers andor magazinesThese excerpts are followed by four questions or unfinished statements，each with four suggested answers A，B，C and DChoose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer SheetExcerpt 1： Sales of e-readers surged during the Christmas holiday season，according to a Pew Research Center report，which showed that the number of adults in the United States who owned tablets nearlv doubled from mid-December to early JanuaryExcerpt 2： Apple，based in Cupertino，California，controls 73 percent of the market，while Samsung Electronics Co，Sony Corpand Toshiba Corpare among companies making constant improvements on tablets without bringing services that cut into the market share，Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester，said in the reportExcerpt 3： Under Squares year-long pilot program，an iPad would be installed in the space where Taxi TVs currently sit，and the driver would have an iPhone to process credit-card paymentsThe technology would allow drivers to accept a passengers card at any point during the ride，then enter the amount laterThe system charges drivers less in credit card transaction fees than the current ratesExrerpt 4：When Apple introduced the iPad tablet computer in 20 10，it was doing what it likes to do best：creating a new category to dominate，as it had done with the iPod and iPhoneBy the end of the year，the company had sold nearly 15 million iPads，generating about $9.5 billion in revenueJust two years later，the chief executive of Apple，Timothy DCook, has a prediction：the day will come when tablet devices like the Apple iPad outsell traditional personal computersExcerpt 5：Apple has made its first attempt to quantify how many American jobs can be credited to the sale of its iPads and other products, a group that includes the Apple engineers who design the devices and the drivers who deliver themeven the people who build the trucks that get them thereOn Friday，the company published the results of a study it commissioned saying that it had“created or supported 514，000 American jobs The study is an effort to show that Apples benefit to the American job market goes far beyond the 47，000 people it directly employs hereExcerpt 6： People who read e-book on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive，a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience，or stop it in its tracksE-mail lurks tantalizingly within reachLooking up a tricky word or unknown fact in the book is easily accomplished through a quick Google searchAnd if a book starts to drag，giving up on it to stream a movie over Netflix or scroll through your Twitter feed