题目内容
3.Are you left-handed?If you are,you make up just 10percent of the world's population.(36)C Most people write and play musical instruments with their right hands.(37)BA new theory,called"cooperation vs competition"may have the answer.As humans evolved,we needed to work together to live.When making tools for a right-handed person-like a knife-it was easier if everybody could use the same hand.But some humans wanted to compete instead.So to have an advantage over right-handed people,they would use their left hand to surprise competitors.
(38)FGerman born American scientist Albert Einstein,British physicist Isaac Newton and British biologist Charles Darwin are some famous"lefties".At least six US presidents were left-handed,including Barack Obama,Bill Clinton,and Harry Truman.
"Lefties"are also often linked with creativity and visual (视觉) skills.(39)AWell,the left side of our brain is where we solve problems.The right side of our brain is where we develop creativity.Right-handers tend to use the left side more than the right side.Yet left-handers tend to use both sides more evenly than right-handers.
"This is why there are more of them in creative areas,such as music,art and writing,"said Alan Searleman,PhD,from St.Lawrence University,New York.(40)DThey tend to have worse memories,often forgetting names and places.
A.How can this be?
B.Why are so few people left-handed?
C.This means we live in a right-handed world.
D.However,it's not all good news for left-handers.
E.That means lefties should celebrate their differences.
F.Although there are few left-handed people,some of them are geniuses.
G.Therefore,they are always less creative than the left-handers while working.
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左撇子现象,以及大脑两个半球工作的原理.
解答 36.C.推理判断题.根据前文Are you left-handed?If you are,you make up just 10percent of the world's population可知这意味着我们生活在一个惯用右手的世界里;故选C.
37.B.推理判断题.根据后文When making tools for a right-handed person-like a knife-it was easier if everybody could use the same hand可知提出提问为什么那么少的人是左撇子;故选B.
38.F.推理判断题.根据后文German born American scientist Albert Einstein,British physicist Isaac Newton and British biologist Charles Darwin are some famous"lefties".可知虽然左撇子很少,但有些人是天才;故选F.
39.A.推理判断题.根据后文Well,the left side of our brain is where we solve problems.The right side of our brain is where we develop creativity可知提出疑问这怎么可能呢?故选A.
40.D.推理判断题.根据后文They tend to have worse memories,often forgetting names and places可知这对左撇子不是一个好消息;故选D.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
The man said,"I have been working(44)Aduring my life and now I just want to eat and sleep(45)Bany work."
The owner of the palace said,"(46)D,there is nowhere else better than here for you.There are a wealth of(47)Bn my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone(48)Cyou.(49)A,there is(50)Dthat needs to be done by you."Then,the man settled down in the palace.
At the beginning,the man felt very(51)Dat the rotation(轮流)of eating and sleeping.But(52)B,he felt a bit lonely and empty.So he went to the owner and complained,"It is(53)Dto live by just eating and sleeping every day.Now I show no(54)Cin this kind of life any more.Could you help me find a(55)A?"
The owner replied,"(56)A,there is no job here at all."
After another several months,the man could not(57)Cthe present life and went to the owner(058)C,"I really could not stand this sort of life any more.If you do not offer me a job,I would(59)Dto go to the Hell instead of living here."
The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously(轻蔑地),"Do you think it is the Heaven here?It is(60)Bthe Hell!"
41.A.hospital | B.house | C.place | D.world |
42.A.splendid | B.mysterious | C.free | D.yellow |
43.A.forced | B.warned | C.invited | D.commanded |
44.A.hard | B.honestly | C.comfortably | D.heavily |
45.A.apart from | B.without | C.besides | D.with |
46.A.If any | B.If possible | C.If necessary | D.If so |
47.A.jewels | B.food | C.books | D.money |
48.A.noticing | B.asking | C.stopping | D.meeting |
49.A.Moreover | B.Otherwise | C.Therefore | D.However |
50.A.anything | B.everything | C.something | D.nothing |
51.A.surprised | B.frightened | C.mad | D.happy |
52.A.easily | B.gradually | C.confidently | D.carefully |
53.A.strange | B.enjoyable | C.relaxing | D.boring |
54.A.patience | B.trust | C.interest | D.curiosity |
55.A.job | B.way out | C.wife | D.partner |
56.A.Sorry | B.Cheer up | C.All right | D.Never mind |
57.A.handle | B.lose | C.bear | D.risk |
58.A.indeed | B.already | C.again | D.always |
59.A.hope | B.expect | C.promise | D.prefer |
60.A.no longer | B.actually | C.also | D.still |
A. | approaching; be looked down on | B. | approached; lose face | ||
C. | approaching; be looked down | D. | approached; be lost face |