1、2021高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题(23)及答案阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【广东省肇庆二高2021三模】AEvery few years, two groups do a study of how many Americans wash their hands after using the toilet. These groups are the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute,
2、 formerly the Soap and Detergent Association.There was good news in the latest study. Researchers found that eighty-five percent of adults washed their hands in public restrooms last month. That was the most yet since the studies began in nineteen ninety-six.Researchers visited restrooms at a baseba
3、ll park in Atlanta and a science museum and aquarium in Chicago. They also visited two train stations in New York City and a large farmers market in San Francisco. In all, they observed about six thousand adults.The researchers found that seventy-seven percent of men and ninety-three percent of wome
4、n washed their hands. That was up from sixty-six percent of men and eighty-eight percent of women in the last study three years ago.The lowest rate of hand washing among men was at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. Only sixty-five percent of men washed their hands, compared to
5、all but two percent of women.Chicago and San Francisco had the most hand washers - eighty-nine percent of adults. Atlanta followed at eighty-two percent. New York had the lowest rate, at seventy-nine percent of the adults observed at Grand Central Station and Penn Station.The findings of the observa
6、tional study conflicted with the findings of a separate telephone survey of about one thousand people. Ninety-six percent of them said they always wash their hands after using public restrooms. Almost nine out of ten also said they always wash after using the bathroom at home. Hand washing can help
7、prevent the spread of many different infections. To clean your hands well, wet them first and rub in soap for at least twenty seconds, including between the fingers and under the nails. Then rinse under running water. In a public restroom, if you dry your hands with a paper towel, you should also us
8、e the towel to shut off the water and open the door. 26. What is the good news in the latest study?A. Almost all of the Americans wash their hands after using the toilet.B. There are more people washing their hands in the toilet than before.C. More than four-fifths of American adults wash their hand
9、s after using the restrooms.D. There are more people washing their hands in America than in other places.27.If there were 1000 women involved in the latest study at Turner Field, how many of them would wash their hands?A. 20 B. 650 C. 350 D. 98028. According to the latest study, _ had the most hand
10、washers.A. Chicago B. Atlanta C. New York D. Washington29. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The findings of the observational study were inconsistent with those of the telephone surveys.B. Two groups- The American Society and the American Cleaning Institute, do the survey.C. The studies
11、of how many Americans wash their hands after using the toilet began two decades ago.D. About 90% of the Americans in the observational study washed their hands after using the toilets.30. What is the last paragraph mainly about?A. Why we should wash hands. B. How we should wash hands.C. When we shou
12、ld wash hands. D. Where we should wash hands.【参考答案】26-30 CDAAB 阅读理解 Psychology has a new application in the field of medicine. Many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. In large hospitals, modern therapy(疗法) seems to focus on t
13、he physical disease. Patients may feel they are treated like broken machines. Some doctors have recognized this as a problem. They are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine. The patient does not wait for the me
14、dicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight. The doctor knows that a disease affects a patients body physically. The body of the patient changes because of the disease. He is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease. Beca
15、use his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change. The medical treatment might cure the patients physical problems, but the patients mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor, Carl Simonton, M. D., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable att
16、itudes. She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. Her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, doctors, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. Therefore, a doctors treatment must help the patient change that. Simontons method emphasizes tre
17、atment of the “whole” patient. The attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray treatment, can become more positive. The physician who is following Simontons psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor(肿瘤) in the body. In the
18、mental picture, the patient sees a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. The patient imagines the beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and
19、to the cancer cells. The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the cancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and the patients positive attitude fight the disease. Doctors are not certain why this m
20、ental therapy works. However, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves change. They become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease. Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use o
21、f suggestion therapy. At first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply. The patient thinks only about one thing. He becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance(催眠状态). Then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical probl
22、em. The patients mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance. In this way, the patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment. Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. For example, physicians have use
23、d suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease. Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worries about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. Such treatment may help the patient with a
24、 chronic(慢性的)diseases. Asthma (哮喘) is an example of a chronic disorder. Asthma is a disease that causes the patient to have difficulty in breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs. Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder.
25、After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily. Physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful in treating children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it. For example, Dr. Basil R. Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic
26、children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results. Twenty-five of the children had Excellent results. They were able to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. The symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not
27、 as strong. Most of the children also felt better about themselves. Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems. Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applicati
28、ons in medicine.15. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How to use the mind against disease. B. How modern therapy focuses on the disease. C. Responses from the medical world. D. How suggestion therapy benefits adults and children.16. How does psychological therapy work? A. The patient waits fo
29、r the medicine and treatment to cure him. B. The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patients problems. C. The doctor, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease. D. The patient uses his mind to cure himself.17. What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M. D.? A. T
30、he medical treatment can cure the patients mental disease. B. The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the mind is necessary. C. The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment. D. Few patients have emotional response to the disease.18. The use of psychological therapy is he
31、lpful to some patients in that . A. the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it B. the patients can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells C. the patients attitudes towards themselves have changed D. the patients are easy to accept the methods the doct
32、ors use to treat them19. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to . A. help adults deal with the strong pain of some diseases B. help the patients with chronic diseases C. help change some bad habits D. help cure patients of insomnia(失眠症)20. According to the passa
33、ge, which of the following remains unknown so far? A. The value of mental therapy. B. The effectiveness of suggestion therapy. C. The working principle of suggestion therapy. D. The importance of psychology in medical treatment.参考答案 15-20 ACBCDC【广东省肇庆二高2021三模】BThe Internet is redrawing the media lan
34、dscape and will be for decades to come, but traditional media will not be left out of the picture, argue two University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, journalism professors. Ed Mullins, chairman of the Journalism Department, and Jim Stovall, the founder of Dateline Alabama, the news website of the College
35、of Communication and Information Sciences, agree that the future of the web is still a mystery, but argue that, in the near future, it will serve more as a helpmate to traditional media. “Nobody knows where the web is taking us, but when it comes to journalism, old media will be dominant (most notic
36、eable) players in the new media game.” Mullins believes. “A report goes that most Americans go to sites operated by old-line media when looking for news on the web.” Just as national old media dominate the web at that level, local old media run mostly by newspapers and, to a lesser degree, by televi
37、sion stations dominate those markets. Is there a pattern here? Yes, says Mullins and Stovall. “At least in the first decade of the web, newspaper companies dominate web journalism,” Mullins explains. “Why? They specialize in news, and that gives them an advantage. What most readers go to websites fo
38、r is news and e-mail, a form of person-to-person news, especially in the form of chatting.” The reason for newspapers dominance in web journalism, Stovall points out, is that they put the biggest money in news. “The Birmingham News, for example, with about 175 positions, has more journalists on its
39、payroll than all of the states broadcast, cable, and web.”31What is the best title for the passage?AInternet wont get rid of print mediaBInternet challenges traditional mediaCLooking national local news on the web DJournalism should be dominated by web32What is the authors attitude towards the futur
40、e of traditional media?ADoubtfulBWorriedCConcernedDOptimistic33Traditional media dominate web journalism because _.Anews and advertising are their only businessBthey hire more journalists to work for themCweb companies dare not compete with themDthey enjoy special advantages in journalism34What role
41、 does the Internet play in journalism according to Paragraph 1 ?AIt will someday dominate the media market.BIt is likely to threaten the future of print media.CIt will become a helpful partner of print media.DIt will revolutionize traditional journalism.35The following prove that old media still dom
42、inate web journalism except _.Apeople prefer traditional media when looking for newsBold media have the most important position in local marketsCnewspaper companies have more control in web journalism Dfew people go to websites to get national and local news【参考答案】31-35 ADBCD 阅读理解The rise of multinat
43、ional corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being thr
44、eatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the worlds top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies i
45、nclude PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies. It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR.Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and tak
46、e more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人) in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshalls U.S. employees know two languag
47、es. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read
48、 the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often read in this country.Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word “foreign” would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have