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1、本资料来源于本资料来源于七彩教育网七彩教育网http:/http:/ 20092009 年高考英语阅读理解专项测试题含答案及解析年高考英语阅读理解专项测试题含答案及解析1Everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but mens minds decline more than womens, according to the results of a worldwide survey. Certain differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains:
2、 Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel (擅长) at recalling information from their brains files (helpful with language skills and remembering the locations of objects). Many studies have looked for a
3、 connection between sex and the amount of mental decline (衰退) people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed. Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline. Those results c
4、ould be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, “so theyre the ones that may not have shown such cognitive decline,“ said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.People surveyed completed four t
5、asks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category (范畴) as possible in the given time, e.g. “object usually colored gray“, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawi
6、ng. The first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline
7、than men overall. 1. The underlined word in the second paragraph means_.A. natural B. great C. obvious D. absolute 2. According to the passage, which of the following can Not be typed into the same category?A. cloud B. sheep C. trees D. goose 3. Which of the following statements is true according th
8、e article?A. Men do better than women when it comes to learning English. B. Women stand out at remembering peoples names. C. Men excel at typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time. D. Women excel at dealing mathematic problems. 4. One important factor that affects t
9、he correctness of the results is that _. A. the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline B. people surveyed are all old C. people taking part in this test came from all over the world D. women live longer than men 5. The author aims to tell us that _. A. womens minds perform better t
10、han mensB. mens minds decline more with ageC. everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older D. a survey on humans mind decline was done recently参考答案与解析：1、答案为 A。词意猜测题。男女大脑的思维在某些方面的差异是天生固有的。2、答案为 C。推理判断题。根据文章第五段可推断出选项中这类物体是以白色为限定范畴的，故选项 C 为答案。3、答案为 B。推理判断题。男性在推理和空间思维方面占优势，女性在提取大脑中储存的记忆信息方
11、面占优势。故答案为 B。4、答案为 A。细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知。文章只是说调查涉及到老年人，但并不都是老年人，故排除 B。选项 D 不是造成调查结果不准确的原因。5、答案为 B。主旨理解题。根据文章第一段可知。2It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across
12、 health services. Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health service.The crux of Mr. Browns proposals are related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients.He is planning
13、to introduce increased screening for common diseases such as heart disease, strokes, and cancer, for example, breast cancer. In Britain there are 200,000 deaths a year from heart attacks and strokes, many of which might have been avoided if the condition had been known about.Initially, the diagnosti
14、c (诊断的) tests will be available for those who are vulnerable, or most likely to have the disease. One example is a plan to offer all men over 65 an ultrasound test to check for problems with the main artery (动脉), a condition which kills 3,000 men a year.The opposition have criticized Mr. Browns prop
15、osals, saying that they are just a trick, and claiming that there is no proper timetable for the changes. They also say that Mr. Brown is reducing the money available for the treatment of certain conditions while putting more money towards testing for them.The NHS was founded in 1948, and is paid fo
16、r by taxation. The idea is that the rich pay more towards the health service than the poor. However in recent years there has been a great increase in the use of private healthcare, because its much quicker. NHS waiting lists for operations can be very long, so many people who can afford it choose to pay for medical care themselves.(297 words) 1. The underlined word vulnerable in the fourth paragraph probably me
