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1、（江苏专版）2017高考英语二轮复习与策略专题限时集训24专题限时集训(二十四)A请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最适当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within
2、the same racial or ethnic group, if some members are darker skinned than others.The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skinlightening products, even if it means they may face heal
3、th risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve their lives. Many people think they will have a better chance of getting a job or marrying into a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.As a result, some beauty care products and soaps con
4、tain chemicals that make skin lighter. This process is also called bleaching (漂白). But some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. One of the most dangerous is a chemical named hydroquinone.Hydroquinone has been forbidden in several countries. This chemical has been linked to health damage and so
5、me kinds of cancer. It also causes low birth weight in babies when mothers use it during pregnancy.At first, bleaching products make the skin colour lighter. But after longterm use they can cause problems. They could even make some skin darker. The chemicals in the products block and break down the
6、natural process that gives colour to skin. The skin loses its natural barrier to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discoloured. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, but this only makes it worse.Fatimata Ly, an expert who trea
7、ts skin conditions in the Capital Hospital of South Africa, says skin bleaching has become a problem throughout South Africa. She says the chemicals are now more dangerous because they are stronger. Some cases have resulted in blackened fingernails, infections and permanent skin damage.And these are
8、 not the only risks. Skin experts say some people who change their skin colour suffer emotional damage. They feel regret and sadness. They feel that instead of risking their health，they should have learned to love and accept their skin colour as it was.If these feelings caused by bleaching last long
9、，they cant work well and live a normal life for the reason of low spirit.The Skin BleachingReasonsPeople with dark skin expect to get others 1._ for their beauty.People think they will be considered clever and 2._ if their skin is light.People with dark skin hope for a better job or 3._ chance.Measu
10、rePeople start to use beauty care products to change their skin colour, which contain some chemicals 4._ to health.Effects5._ healthTheir skin does not turn lighter but much 6._ after a time.The skin may fail to 7._ itself from sunlight.Some chemicals can cause 8._ or permanent skin damage.Other che
11、micals can lead to various kinds of cancer.Mental healthThey would feel sad and 9_ what theyve done.Their normal life will be affected due to the 10._ feelings caused by bleaching.【答案】1.praise2.successful3.marriage4harmful5.Physical6.darker7.protect8temporary9.regret10.negative 【导学号：57732064】B请阅读下面短
12、文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。What happens when you take about 50 sixthgraders and send them to a nature camp with no access to computers, tablets and mobile phones?A new study suggests that after just five days their ability to understand nonverbal social cues improves. Nonverbal soc
13、ial cues are the emotional information we pick up from people around us that is not communicated through words.As children spend more time corresponding with their friends via text rather than talking to them face to face，the researcher wondered whether they were losing the ability to read these imp
14、ortant cues.“The idea for this study came from looking at the way my older child and her friends older siblings were communicating，” said Yalda Uhls, “Ive been at parties where the kids are all hanging out, but instead of looking at each other, they are staring at their phones.”Uhls, who is the lead
15、 author of the study, wanted to see what would happen if a group of children had to spend an extended period of time communicating completely devicefree. She found a public school that sends its sixthgrade class to a wilderness camp for five days. At the camp, the students have no access to electronics.When the class of about 50 children arrived at the camp, they were immediately asked to take two tests to measure their ability to read nonverbal social cues. In the first test, the kids were asked to assess the emotions portrayed in 48 photos of people making faces.
