题目内容
11.What's top of your list of new year resolutions for 2016?Do more exercise?Eat better?Spend more time with your children?Find a fulfilling career?How about ticking all your boxes and simply be happy?(36)DHappiness is often an indirect consequence of our actions and the way we think.However,the good news is that making even the smallest adjustments can help us attain that kind of state we all want to achieve.Rachel Kelly,author of Walking on Sunshine,offers some simple changes we can all make to our lives to improve our state of mind.
◆Be mindful
(37)C It can be any routine activity you perform during the rush of the day,like hand washing.Slow down and give the task your full attention.You'11soon start appreciating these small moments of stillness.
◆Follow the 60% rule
Perfectionism is an illusion,but the pursuit of it is real and can have damaging consequences.(38)A If a friendship,relationship,work project is 60%right,then you're doing well.
◆Breathe
When things get too much,try the one-finger-on-the-nose breathing trick.(39)E Then just breathe through the other nostril.By halving the rate at which you breathe,you lower your blood pressure and trigger(引发)the body's relaxation response.
◆Exercise
Breaking a sweat,ideally the first thing in the morning,releases a chemical in the brain to reduce pain,and which in large amounts can make you feel relaxed and energetic and sets you up for the day.(40)B
A.So readjust your thinking.
B.So,if you can,start your day right.
C.Build a"mindful"activity into your day.
D.Sadly,you can't simply"become"happy.
E.Press a finger against one side of your nose.
F.With so many external pressures can any of us be truly happy?
G.It's all about creating the right conditions for your body to feel relaxed.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了改善心态,增进幸福感的措施,幸福是我们行为和思考方式的间接结果,因此不能简单地变得幸福.
解答 36.D.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力.根据后一句Happiness is often an indirect consequence of our actions and the way we think.幸福是我们行为和思考方式的间接结果,因此不能简单地变得幸福,故选D.
37.C.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力.根据小标题以及It can be any routine activity you perform during the rush of the day可知,建议读者树立一个留心的活动的习惯,故选C.
38.A.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力.根据前一句Perfectionism is an illusion,but the pursuit of itis real and can have damaging consequences.完美主义是幻觉,但是追求完美是真实的还有不好的结果,因此需要重新调整仔细的想法,故选A.
39.E.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力.根据前一句When things get too much,try the one-finger-on-the-nose breathing trick可知该方法的具体做法,故选E.
40.B.Breaking a sweat,ideally the first thing in the morning,releases a chemical in the brain to reduce pain,and which in large amounts can make you feel relaxed and energetic and sets you up for the day.可知,早晨锻炼的好处,故建议把锻炼作为一天的开始,故选B.
点评 考察学生的推理判断能力和联系上下文的能力,在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.此类的填空题一定要联系上下文,根据上下文的内容加上自己的理解,再作出正确的判断.
China is among the three countries in the world that(39)Aagricultural research in space.(40)Care Russia and the US.(41)B1987,China has sent about 1,000species of (42)Cinto space.These include green peppers,tomatoes,cucumbers,carrots,lettuce and wheat.Even on China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou-V,there were some seeds from Taiwan.
"(43)Ain outer space such as radiation and low gravity can cause big changes in the seeds,"said Chinese researcher JinXing.
But not all seeds are better (44)Bgoing to space.After returning to (45)Athe best seeds are selected.These seeds produce much more and also grow (46)Dthan normal seeds.
As the(47)Bof genetically modified(转基因的)food is still being debated,some people (48)Athe safety of these"space vegetables"because some of their genes are changed during the trip to space.
But Jin(49)Ba more positive view.He said,"unlike genetically modified crops,no new genes are (50)Cto the space vegetables,so they are certainly (51)D.
China has also been cooperating with NASA to grow some super (52)Apotatoes on the International Space Station.Special growth rooms use computers to (53)Bthe light,temperature and humidity(湿度).(54)Athis technology a new,virus-free potato can be produced every 40to 50days instead of the previous (55)Ccrop.
36.A.Seeds | B.Roots | C.Leaves | D.Stems |
37.A.happier | B.thinner | C.luckier | D.taller |
38.A.out | B.back | C.down | D.up |
39.A.carry out | B.turn out | C.make out | D.take out |
40.A.Another | B.The other | C.The others | D.Others |
41.A.In | B.Since | C.From | D.To |
42.A.crops | B.genes | C.seeds | D.vegetables |
43.A.Conditions | B.Situations | C.The air | D.Temperatures |
44.A.before | B.after | C.since | D.for |
45.A.Earth | B.Space | C.Air | D.Sun |
46.A.slower | B.sooner | C.smaller | D.faster |
47.A.price | B.safety | C.cost | D.possibility |
48.A.doubt | B.worry | C.believe | D.wonder |
49.A.hands | B.holds | C.takes | D.catches |
50.A.brought | B.taken | C.introduced | D.added |
51.A.delicious | B.sweet | C.nice | D.safe |
52.A.size | B.length | C.color | D.shape |
53.A.take | B.control | C.give | D.make |
54.A.Using | B.Judging | C.Developing | D.Considering |
55.A.monthly | B.daily | C.yearly | D.weekly |
-________.( )
A. | With pleasure | B. | My pleasure | C. | That's right | D. | I hope so |