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1、- 1 -2014 高考英语阅读理解抓分精品练习（8）及答案【阅读理解猜测词义】 Passage *There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying fasterthan others, and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.That product is foreign words.Gairaigo-words that come from outside-have been part of the Japanese language fo
2、r centuries. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers.But in the last few years the tfi. ckle (涓涓细流) of foreign words has become a flood, and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Ja
3、panese to understand each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good qualities of traditional (传统的) Japanese.The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese interest in anything new, Days university lecturer and writer Takashi .%alto. By using a foreign word you can make a subje
4、ct seem new, which makes it easier for the media (媒体) to pick up. Experts (专家) often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields. Those terms are then included in government white papers,said Muturo Kal, president of the National Language Research Institute.For
5、eign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public, when they should really be explained in Japanese.”Against the flow of new words. many Japanese turning back to the stud)rd their own language Saitos Japanese to Be Read Aloud is one of many language books that ate now fl
6、ying off booksellersshelves.We were expecting to sell the books to young people, said the writer, but it turns out they are more popular wii the older generation, who seem uneasy about the future of Jal anese. - 2 -1. What advantages do foreign words have over traditional Jal nese terms?A. The ideas
7、 expressed in foreign words sound new.B. Foreign words are best suited for announcements.C. Foreign words make new subjects easier to understand.D. The use of foreign words makes the media more popular. 答案：A 指导：第 5 段末提到原因， “用外来词语你可以让一个话题看上去很新鲜，而这样一来媒体更容易感兴趣。 ”2. In the opinion of Takastii Saito, Jap
8、anese people _.A. are good at learning foreign languagesB. are willing to learn about new thingsC. trust the mediaD. respect experts 答案：B 指导：还是第 5 段， “外来词语受欢迎部分原因是日本人对任何新东西都感兴趣” ，因此选 B.3. Which of the following plays an important part in the spreace of foreign words? A. The media and government pape
9、rs.B. Best-selling Japanese textbooks.C. The interest of young Japanese.D. Foreign products and experts. 答案：A 指导：第 6 段谈到这些词语的来历，出现在政府公文、广播中，即 A。4. The book Japanese to Be Read Aloud _.A. sells very well in JapanB. is supported by the governmentC. is questioned by the old generationD. causes misunder
10、standing among the readers答案： A 指导：关于这本书。作者说“are now flying off booksellerss he lves”，因此选 A.- 3 -If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we a
11、re ageing unnecessarily soon.Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National
12、University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determ
13、ine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)Contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas observed I some subjects in their t
14、hirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with ageusing the head.The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the co
15、untry than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.Matsuzawas findin
16、gs show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is - 4 -through using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Dont rely on pocket calculators.”36. The team of doctors wanted to find out _.A. why certain people age sooner than others
