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【陕西省西安市长安一中2022其次次模拟】
阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
What shapes a man’s ability and skill was always a question to psychologists until a few decades ago when findings show that they for the most part come from practice ---- repetitive and endless practice.
The psychologist K. Anders Ericsson of the University of Florida and his team, based on a survey of a violin class in a college of music, have found that the students whose levels are rated as “A” have spent on average over 10,000 hours on violin-practice, those with level B a bit less than 8,000 hours, and those with average or lower levels no more than 5,000 hours.
The result of the survey is widely preferred because it suggests that practice makes perfect, that is, the distinction between “excellent” and “good” lies more in hard work than in natural intelligence. Malcolm Gladwell points out in his latest book Outliers: The Story of Success: “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” Besides, he thinks IQ plays little part in the formation and development of ability. “When one has an IQ of 120,” writes he, “what is beyond it does not make an evidential difference in real life.”
However, scientists’ experimental results are quite different from the psychologists’. Their findings show success in many areas depends on intelligence --- and not a little. David Lubinski and Camilla Benbow of Vanderbilt University, with their research group, carried out a milestone research. They selected from Youth Talented Search 2000 teenagers of or under 13 whose SAT results ranked top1%. After tracking the achievements the 2,000 “wonder children” made in academy and career, Lubinski and Benbow’s group found that those ranking top 1% have more possibility (averagely by two to four times) to get a doctor’s degree, a certificate, and publish academic theses and works than those ranking top 9%. As a conclusion, it’s a great advantage in the real world to have a high IQ.
57. Psychologists apply violin-practice as an example to support the idea that ________.
A. common people have more chances to become skilled
B. practice plays a key role in the development of ability
C. a man’s ability has little to do with one’s intelligence
D. even a high IQ man can not succeed without practice
58. Psychologists’ conclusion is popular among people probably because ________.
A. everyone sees a chance to succeed through practice
B. hard work plays as important a part in success as IQ
C. they are told that IQ makes no difference in real life
D. there is no difference between “excellent” and “good”
59. Scientists’ conclusion differs from the psychologists’ in that they think ________.
A. success has much to do with intelligence
B. both hard work and high IQ lead to success
C. practice makes up for a lack of intelligence
D. success depends a lot on early development
60. What is the writer’s attitude to psychologists’ and scientists’ conclusions about man’s ability and skill?
A. He is more in favor of psychologists’.
B. He prefers scientists’ to psychologists’.
C. He takes an objective attitude to both.
D. He supports both conclusions equally.
【参考答案】57—60、BAAC
【2021高考复习】阅读理解
For my grandmother’s 70th birthday，my family and I visited South Korea.While there，I was attentive to Korean high schools and students.
I was surprised by how different Korea’s public high schools are from America’s.Korean high schools can be allgirls，allboys or coed (男女同校的) unlike our standard coed high schools.There are three grades：“go 1(10th)”，“go 2(11th)” and “go 3(12th)”．“Go” is the first syllable of the word “godeunghakkyo”，which，simply translated，is “high school”．
In America，unless you want to go to a private school，you don’t have to take an entrance exam.In Korea，however，students must take a test to get in because of the many choices of schools.
Another difference I couldn’t help but notice was the students’ appearance.With very few exceptions，all wear uniforms.A name tag (标牌) with the student’s name，grade and homeroom number must also be worn.Girl’s skirts can’t be above the upper part of the knee，and it is forbidden to dye(染) your hair or wear accessories (装饰品) except small earrings.There are strict regulations for appearance to achieve neatness，and it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style，socks and shoes.
The final difference was the setup of the classes.There may be 40 students in a classroom，but the number can be less or even more，depending on the population of the town or city.Although there are many students per classroom，they are very close，which I think is a result of not changing classrooms for different subjects.There are no levels in the subjects and the teachers are the ones who switch classrooms.They just have tenminute breaks between subjects.In each class，students are ranked by their grades.This causes strict competition，and Korean students do a lot of studying.To help them，all schools have extra study classes after school.One other fact that helped me appreciate living in America is that Koreans have school on Saturdays.Although it’s only a half day，I think I speak for most Americans when I say we could never imagine ourselves in school on a Saturday.
Korea’s public high schools are clearly different from America’s.I had imagined them to be just like our schools，but now I have a clear picture of how different they are.
【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了在作者眼中韩国高中和美国高中的不同之处。
1．How many main differences are mentioned between Korea’s public high school and America’s?
A．3. B．4.
C．5. D．6.
解析 细节理解题。本文主要说明白美国和韩国高中的不同点，作者接受的总分总的文章结构，其次、三、四、五这四段分别说明他们的不同之处，总共有4处。
答案 B
2．It seems that the writer________.
A．is familiar with the education system of high schools in Korea
B．is fond of Korean students’ appearance
C．prefers the high school life of America to the one of Korea
D．feels it common to have lessons on weekends
解析 推理推断题。依据倒数其次段中倒数其次句中“One other fact that helped me appreciate living in America...”可知，作者宠爱在美国中学的生活，由于韩国高中星期六还要去学校，而美国不用。
答案 C
3．What does the underlined word “setup” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Arrangement. B．Size.
C．Number. D．Outline.
解析 词义猜想题。第一句话为本段的中心句。依据其后的内容可知，本段主要介绍了韩、美两国高中在班级人数、作息等方面组织(方式)、支配的不同之处，因此选A。
答案 A
4．According to the rules，the students of Korea can________.
A．go to different high schools without exams
B．wear any clothes except uniforms at school
C．attend different classes as they like
D．have different hair styles
解析 细节理解题。依据第四段的最终一句话“...it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style，socks and shoes.”可知，韩国同学唯一的自由就是可以选择发型、袜子、鞋子，故答案选D，即他们可以有不同的发型。
答案 D。
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
The 400 phone messages said it all. Veterans(老兵) wanted to talk, and Jeff Beers, a military history buff and the son of a retired Navy man, was ready to listen. Beers had volunteered for the Veterans History Project, a program at the Library of Congress dedicated to preserving the oral histories of American’s 19 million veterans. Local newspapers listed Beer’s number, and the response was tremendous. He’s videotaped 52 vets ever since.
“Most of them are shocked that anyone would be interested in their small story,” says Beers, 33, an assistant engineer for the city of Poway, Calif. “They ask, ‘Why now?’ But it has to be now, before it’s too late.” The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 1,847 veterans die each day.
Beers and the other volunteers are collecting the I-was-there detail. One of the most moving came from a World War II POW (prisoner of war): “He had to march 500 miles through the Black Forest in winter. They ate bark soup and slept at local farm.”
The WW II generation comprises(包含) most of the 700 histories gathered since the program began in 2001. But, says director Ellen Lovell, they want to hear from vets of every war. “I interviewed my brother-in-law, an army surgeon in Vietnam,” she says. “He said he shared things with me that he’s never told anyone.”
1. What do we know from the text about the veterans?
A. They live a very happy life after the war.
B. They often told their stories to others.
C. They were highly respected by people.
D. They are becoming fewer and fewer in numbers.
答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节推理题。由其次段最终一句话 “The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 1,847 veterans die each day.”可知，每天有1847位老兵死去，也就意味着老兵的数目越来越少，故D选项正确。
2. How did the veterans feel when they were interviewed?
A. Happy. B. Sad. C. Surprised. D. Disappointed.
答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节题。由其次段首句 “Most of them are shocked that anyone would be interested in their small story,” 可知，老兵对于有人对他们的故事感爱好感到格外吃惊，故答案为C。
3. What does the underlined word “it” (Paragraph 1) refer to?
A. Veterans wanted to talk. B. Jeff Beers was ready to listen.
C. The veterans had many stories. D. There were many phone messages.
答案解析：答案为A。本题为词义推断题。由第一段前面的内容 “The 400 phone messages said it all. Veterans wanted to talk, and Jeff Beers, a military history buff and the son of a retired Navy man, was ready to listen.”可知，“it”指代的是紧跟着它后面的内容“Veterans wanted to talk”，故答案为A。
4. What kind of stories is Jeff Beers most interested in?
A. Historical records of World War II.
B. Stories written by newspaper reporters.
C. Stories most talked about by public.
D. Personal experiences of people during different wars.
答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节推理题。由倒数其次段 “One of the most moving came from a World War II POW (prisoner of war): ‘He had to march 500 miles through the Black Forest in winter. They ate bark soup and slept at local farm.’”可知，Jeff Beers最感爱好的是战斗期间人们的个人经受，故答案为D。
【浙江省金华十校2022高考英语模拟试题】
For years I fought with the bird's nest that sat on top of my head-my Medusa（神话中的蛇发女妖） hair．No matter what I did and how hard I tried, in no way could I make my unruly （乱蓬蓬）hair to my satisfaction．
Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought North American styling products were something illegal such as drugs, I was never allowed to put them in :my hair．¨ Why buy hair gel? Your hair is so beautiful naturally," my mother would say．The teens at school did not agree．From boys 'not wanting to kiss me when we played spin the bottle in Grade 7 to being called the mop, I suffered from my hair．
When I got to university, I believed my hair was a wall that stood between me and everything-finding a part-time job, getting a boyfriend, etc．
If only I could find a way to manage the curls and put it behind bars, I told myself, I would feel secure and sexy．I tried everything: rollers, hairspray, gels and, at one point, an iron．Then, in my second year, a miracle happened．I was asked to be a hair model for Japanese hair straightening, a process by which the molecules（分子）of my curls would be broken and reset in a bone-straight position．I was the perfect candidate, the hairdresser told me． Although they said how hair relaxing could damage the :scalp （头皮）,for the next five years I didn't find them to be true． All of the hairdresser's promises were fulfilled: With my hair straight and smooth, I was no longer the¨ mop"．
However, there was extreme damage done to my wallet． To keep up the straightening cost $ 700 every six months, and that was considered cheap．While some people thought I was crazy, I was willing to do anything to never again feel like that anxious, curly-headed girl in Grade 7．But when I moved out． of my parents" house 'at age 26 and rented an apartment, the upkeep of my new image became too costly．
I couldn't hide from my inner Medusa any longer．It was time to hug her and let her fly．Seeking a choice, I turned to the Internet, Google．After hours of searching, I hit upon a“ curly haired" salon, a place designed for girls like me．I doubted these so-called “Curl Ambassadors" could do anything
without using machine of some sort, and though I bought the service called the “Curly-Doo," I suspected I'd have the same unruly mop at the end of the appointment．
I dragged my feet so hard getting there that I arrived 45 minutes late． I secretly hoped they would turn me away．Instead, my stylist simply said :‘‘You are very late． Let me see your hair" At． that moment, my world and beliefs about myself were turned upside down along with my hair． As my head was in a basin full of freezing-cold water, then covered with a jelly-like jam, I wondered what I had got myself into．
¨ Do you really think this will work?" I asked the stylist, Jones．“ My curls are a disaster．"“No curly hair is hopeless," she replied．“They just haven't found a way to work with it, that's all． "
After the hour was over, Jones had completed her work． She had styled my hair using only her hands, water and a mixture of organic jam． I couldn't believe what I was seeing in the mirror: a naturally curly, Medusa-free me．You could argue that hair is just hair． Yet, it is just such physical features that have such a large influence on how we view ourselves．
According to Jones,75 percent of the population have a wave or curl in their hair and don't know what to do with it． Men cut theirs short． Women flat-iron theirs to death． When I read through a beauty magazine or take the subway to work, it makes me sad to see so many people repressing their natural beauty．
Since then, my world has changed． I have always been outgoing, but these days I seem to be more outspoken and confident than ever． On top of that, friends and co-workers tell me I am looking better than ever, but they don't know the source of the change．
I don't need to tell them* My Medusa hair speaks for herself．
55．What can we learn about the writer's hair in the first place?
A． Her parents considered it was bird's nest．
B． Teens at school laughed at it as Medusa hair．
C． She hated it because it couldn't be straightened．
D． North American styling products harmed her hair．
56．Japanese hair straightening caused a problem for the writer that ．
A． her wish to feel secure and sexy didn't come true
B． her hair was seriously damaged after the straightening
C． the cost to keep her hair straight was too high for her
D． she was called ¨the mop" with her hair straight and smooth
57．The writer was when she went to the “curly haired" salon．
A． hesitated B． excited C． disappointed D． determined
58．What was the reaction of the stylist in the salon when she saw the writer?
A． She was very angry because the writer was late．
B． She thought totally the writer's hair was a disaster．
C． She was calm and sure of her work．
D． She thought there was no way to fix the writer's hair．
59．The writer's world has changed because she ．
A． has removed her inner Medusa
B． has removed her curls on her head
C． has found a way to straighten her hair in the stylish salon
D． has found the admiration for her from her friends and co-workers
60．The best title of the
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