1、定时训练(16)阅读理解推理推断 体裁:说明文话题:健康时间:5分钟Most of us have years of sitting experience,consider ourselves quite good at it.But unfortunately,the sitting can lead to poor circulation and all kinds of aches and pains.Were not using much energy when were sitting still.A person with a desk job may burn 300 calor
2、ies a day at work,but that same person might burn 2,300 calories a day in a job that requires considerable physical effort.Sitting at your desk for hours can increase your chances of getting diabetes,heart disease or even an early grave.Every hour of TV that people watch while sitting cuts about 22
3、minutes from their life span. How can this happen? Not only does sitting decrease calorie burning,but it can prevent the production of lipoprotein lipase(脂肪蛋白酶),which is essential for turning bad cholesterol(胆固醇)into good.Sitting can also make sugar not easy to change into useful energy.All these ar
4、e thought to connect with heart disease and diabetes.Is there any hope? A treadmill (跑步机)called active sitting can help people to adjust their gestures of sitting.There are simpler steps to take toomerely increasing the number of steps you take during the day.You can improve your glucose metabolism(
5、葡萄糖代谢) with a twominute walk every 20 minutes.Many people have done some of their best work while sitting at their desks.But many others have achieved remarkable success while standing up on the job,including Winston Churchill,Charles Dickens,Benjamin Franklin,Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain.And the
6、n there was Einstein,Levine notes: “He was riding a bike when he came up with emc2.”【语篇导读】久坐会导致循环不畅及各类苦痛,同时增加患心脏病和糖尿病的几率。争辩人员指出,人在坐着的时候消耗的能量较少,换句话说就是,久坐会长肉!1What can we infer from the passage?ASitting does harm to our health.BSitting can make sugar metabolize faster.CSitting can make us more healthy
7、.DSitting benefits to our work.解析推理推断题。本文主要叙述了久坐对身体的危害。同时也提出了久坐对身体产生危害的缘由以及如何解决久坐产生的不利影响。故可以推出应选A。答案A2Whats the main idea of the fourth paragraph?AThe reason why sitting can lead to some diseases.BHow to produce lipoprotein lipase.CWhat is insulin resistance.DHeart disease and diabetes.解析段落大意题。第四段主要
8、介绍了久坐会降低卡路里的消耗,从而阻碍脂肪蛋白酶的生产。同时久坐会使糖不简洁转化为能量。这些都是导致心脏病和糖尿病的缘由。故选A。答案A3From the last paragraph we can know _Awe must stand up when we are workingBhow to make use of a treadmillChow Einstein came up with emc2Dhow to solve the side effect of sitting解析推理推断题。文章最终一段为我们提出了如何解决久坐对身体产生的危害:通过跑步机调整坐的方式;站着办公;骑车。
9、答案D 体裁:谈论文话题:健康生活时间:5分钟George Prochnik would like the world to_put_a_sock_in_itHe makes his case in a new book,Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself(using his indoor voice):“Weve become so accustomed to noise,theres almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence
10、might be beneficial.If you tell someone to be quiet,you sound like an old man.But its never been more important to find continuing quiet.Silence focuses us,improves our health,and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.”“We need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear if you merely q
11、uiet things down a little.During a Japanese tea ceremony,the smallest sounds become a kind of artthe spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl,the edges of a kimono(和服) brushing against the floor.”“Deaf people are very attentive(专注的)” in almost every aspect of life.If two deaf people are walking
12、 together,using sign language,they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other.They are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings.Even deaf teenagers! We in the hearing world can learn from them.If we remove the powerful blasts(一阵阵) o
13、f noise,we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around usof little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps,of bird songs and ice cracking(开裂声)Its astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.【语篇导读】本文为谈论文。George Prochnik在书中表达了自己的观点安静的世界对我们的健康等有诸多好处,没有噪音,我们将享受到四周这个丰富多彩的世界。
14、4What does the phrase “to put a sock in it”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?Ato be quiet Bto be colorfulCto be full of love Dto be attentive to someone解析推理推断题。概括全文可知,Prochnik在书中主见消退噪音,这对我们的健康有好处,可以使我们专注一些奇特的声音。由此可以推断出,他想拥有一个安静的世界。故答案为A项。答案A5What does Prochnik say about us?AWe are used to quietness.BWe h
15、ave to put up with noise.CWe do not think silence to be beneficial.DWe do not believe lasting peace to be available.解析推理推断题。依据其次段开头可知,我们持有很大的偏见,反对“安静有益”的观点。由此可推断出,我们并没有生疏到安静的好处。故答案为C项。答案C6Which of the following is true according to Prochnik?AWe need more sounds in our lives.BThere is nothing to be l
16、earned from the deaf.CWe are not aware how rich the world around us is.DThere is too much noise at a Japanese tea ceremony.解析推理推断题。依据最终一段可知,只有把巨大的噪音消退掉,我们才会留意到四周这个丰富多彩的世界。但是上文提到,我们目前习惯了噪音,因此我们目前没有留意到我们四周的世界多么丰富多彩。答案C7It can be inferred from the text that _Awe can benefit a lot from old peopleBit is
17、a good idea to use sign languageCthere is no escape from the world of soundDit is possible to find how beautiful things sound解析推理推断题。依据最终一段可知,只要消退噪音,我们就会留意到四周这个格外丰富多彩的世界,包括各种奇特的声音。由此可知,这个目标是可能实现的。答案D【长难句解读】原文If two deaf people are walking together,using sign language,they constantly watch out for ea
18、ch other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other.译文假如两个耳聋的人走在一起,使用体态语,他们会格外留意对方、相互关注、相互爱护。分析If引导条件状语从句,现在分词短语using sign language作伴随状语;在主句中,watch out for sb意为“留意某人;亲密关注某人”,介词短语by paying.在句中表示方式。 体裁:谈论文话题:信任与怀疑时间:7分钟In our life,we face situations where we are either asked to cho
19、ose between trust and disbelief.Many of us would say we have to choose trust over disbelief.Actually we are given intellectual(智力的) power to choose what we want,and what we choose certainly need not be the one that sounds pleasing.That is,we can choose both trust and disbelief,but we have to know wh
20、en to choose between these two.We should all realize that we are living in a world which is unfortunately mixed with people of various types.We have been given the power of judging who we are working with and who we are partnering with.We cannot give an excuse for believing a scheming(阴谋多端的) person,
21、just because he looked or sounded nice,unless we consider ourselves mentally unskillful.This world was there before us and it does not owe us a single thing.We are asked to take care of ourselves and our belongings.Trust,too,has to be saved for the deserving(值得的) people.When we give trust universall
22、y to all,we end up troubled by the undeserving common cheat.People say trust is life.True! But only wisely exercised trust is life.When we start a conversation with someone,the first things that we usually notice would be their dress,behavior,style and their language.What sometimes we all forget to
23、look at is the persons intention.Now how to look at a persons intention is a lesson everybody has to learn for themselves in their own waythere is no single standard for it.But it is certainly possible to discover the purpose if we seek a little bit more.Certainly a false offer of friendship or guid
24、ance cannot stand undiscovered for long;we_are_therefore_called_to_exercise_disbelief_over_trust_at_least_momentarily_till_we_find_out_that_we_certainly_are_in_agreement_with_a_mutual(相互的)goodwilled_person.The world teaches you lots of lessons and if we are willing,we can learn all that we want.【语篇导
25、读】一生中,我们很多时候要在“信任与怀疑”之间做出选择。人们被赐予了做选择的力量,有些时候,怀疑是信任的必由之路。8In the first paragraph,the author _Aconcentrates on the reason why we make different choicesBfocuses on how to choose between trust and disbeliefCsuggests that trust should be wisely exercisedDimplies that people are forced to make the choice
26、解析推理推断题。依据文章第一段中Actually we are given intellectual (智力的) power to choose what we want,and what we choose certainly need not be the one that sounds pleasing.以及第三段中But only wisely exercised trust is life.可知C项正确。答案C9We can infer from the passage that _Apeople who we are working with are in fact those w
27、ho we are partnering withBthe first thing we notice tends to mislead our judgmentCthe mentally healthy people will not judge a person by his looksDthe standards of looking at a persons intention are not various解析推理推断题。依据文章第四段the first things that we usually notice would be their dress,behavior,style
28、 and their language.What sometimes we all forget to look at is the persons intention可知,我们首先看到的通常只是表面,而不是一个人的内心。答案B10The underlined sentence means _Atrust and disbelief go hand in hand with each otherBdisbelief is necessary if you arent wiseCtrust is established if two people know each otherDdoubt ma
29、y serve as the precondition for trust解析推理推断题。依据文章最终一段首句:Certainly a false offer of friendship or guidance cannot stand undiscovered for long(虚假的友情或指导掩饰不了多长时间)可以推断出最佳答案:doubt may serve as the precondition for trust(怀疑可能是信任的先决条件)。答案D11Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?ATrust or Disbelief?BTrust Is Life.CTrust over Disbelief?DDisbelief over Trust?解析主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章主题为:Trust or Disbelief?(信任与怀疑),而并非论述“一方面赛过另一方面”, 所以C、D不正确;B项太宽泛,也不正确。答案A