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1、广东韶关市 2016高考英语阅读理解选编 7 阅读理解 Pacing and Pausing Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve s new wife but Betty never seemed to have anything to say While Sara felt Betty didn t hold up her end of the conversation Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk The problem had to
2、 do with expectations about pacing and pausing gaokao beijing Conversation is a turn taking game When our habits are similar there s no problem But if our habits are different you may start to talk before I m finished or fail to take your turn when I m finished That s what was happening with Betty a
3、nd Sara It may not be coincidental that Betty who expected relatively longer pauses between turns is British and Sara who expected relatively shorter pauses is American Betty often felt interrupted by Sara But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she m
4、et a visitor from Finland And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel gaokao beijing The general phenomenon then is that the small conversation techniques like pacing and pausing lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personalit
5、y and abilities These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping 思维定式 And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences For example a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel When the Personnel Depa
6、rtment got together for meetings she kept searching for the right time to break in and never found it Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring When she was evaluated at the end of the year she was told to take a training course bec
7、ause of her inability to speak up That s why slight differences in conversational style tiny little things like microseconds of pause can have a great effect on one s life The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems even in the mind of the woman herself who really wondered what
8、was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training 1 What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her A Betty was talkative B Betty was an interrupter C Betty did not take her turn gaokao beijing D Betty paid no attention to Sara 2 According to the passage who are likely to expect the sh
9、ortest pauses between turns A Americans B Israelis C The British D The Finns 3 We can learn from the passage that A communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing B women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US C one s inability to speak up is culturally determined
10、 sometimes D one should receive training to build up one s confidence 4 The underlined word assertiveness in the last paragraph probably means A being willing to speak one s mind B being able to increase one s power C being ready to make one s own judgment gaokao beijing D being quick to express one
11、 s ideas confidently 64 C 细节题 难题 难在弄不清谁是S谁是 B 耐心读 动笔划 从第一段得出正确答案并不难 Sara felt Betty didn t hold up her end of the conversation 65 B 细节排序题 难题 还是耐心读 动笔划 S代表美国人 B代表英国人 加起来 S 比 B期待谈话间隙时间更短 又在以色列人 Israelis 说话时插不上嘴 故答案选说话嗒嗒 嗒嗒的以色列人 66 C 变态细节题 较难题 A不符原文 B无中生有 D无中生有 C关键要理解culturally determined 由文化决定或者受文化影响
12、67 A 词义猜测题 较难 难点在于A选项的干扰作用 原文说那位MM 的 inability to speak up 注意别人认为她没能力 不是说她不愿意 所以D比 A好 此处用反义对比方法 第 4 组 阅读理解 共20 小题 每小题2 5 分 满分 50 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的A B C D四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A WELCOM Welcome to Windsor Castle the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world Windsor is one of the official residences 住所 of t
13、he Queen who sometimes stays here Audio tours Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor sighted visitors Guided tours Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts wi
14、th an expert guide Tours depart at regular intervals throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments Shopping Shops offer a wide range of souvenirs designed for the Royal Collection including books postcards china jewellery and children s toys Please ask at t
15、he Middle Ward shop about our home delivery service Refreshments Bottled water can be purchased from the Courtyard and Middle Ward shops Form April to September ice cream is also available Visitors wishing to leave the Castle for refreshments in the town may obtain re entry permits from the castle s
16、hops Eating and drinking are not permitted in the State Apartments or St George s Chapel Photography and mobile phones Visitors with children For those visiting with children a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends Please note that for safely reasons pushchairs are not permitted in the State Apartments However baby carriers are available to borrow St George s Chapel Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15 00 from March to October are advis
