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1、1江西黎川县江西黎川县 20172017 高考英语暑假一轮阅读理解编选高考英语暑假一轮阅读理解编选阅读理解。“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our patents telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree
2、with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day
3、can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic（蒜）is good for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Unfortunately, not all of Moms advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour af
4、ter eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold wate
5、r, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives tales, After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated （积累） from thousands of our traditional beliefs dont hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientific support to proven it true or false 1. Which of th
6、e following is TRUE according to the text？ A, Eating garlic is good for our eyes B, Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth C, Swimming after a meal is dangerous。 D, Carrots prevent people from catching colds 2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly-。 A. by cause and effects B. by order in s
7、pace C. by order in time D. by examples 3.The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“ ” 2A. to be believable B. to be valuable C. to be admirable D. to be stable 4 What is the authors attitude toward “old wives tales” in the text? A. So objective B. Objective C. Dissatisfied D
8、. Curious 【参考答案】14、B D A B【2013】阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。GuestGuest ServicesServicesFront Gate Guest Services can help you with anything from finding out what time your favourite show starts to purchasing tickets.The Guest Services location inside Front Gate also serves as a message
9、 centre，lost childrens area and lost and found.Canadas Wonderland does not offer personalized public paging(传呼)Food I wasnt mad. There was someone who understood my daughter.”SLI covers speech and grammar problems suffered by children, the most familiar of which is dyslexia (诵读困难). About 8 percent o
10、f children are recognized as dyslexic. But a similar number may be suffering from other forms of SLI and are not recognized. The condition is the failure of different parts of the brain to deal with speech and language, and different failures manifest (表明) themselves in different ways.The scientist
11、involved in the ICA project was Professor Heather van der Leiy, the director of the Centre for Developmental Language Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, and a leading expert on SLI. “If we can find a genetic link, it will provide the kind of hard evidence that this is
12、 a genuine problem, which is needed if we are to cure the disease,” she says.1. The underlined part in the first paragraph probably means Jo Eddings couldnt _.A. understand her daughter and was very sadB. help her daughter out of trouble and felt helpless5C. afford to treat her daughters disease and
13、 felt sadD. find where to treat her daughters disease and felt ashamed答案解析：答案为 B。本题为句意推测题。从划线部分后文 “I cant describe my frustration. I felt so helpless,” she says. “What I wanted was the help with my very bright daughter who had a problem with language.”可知，Jo Eddings 对于女儿的疾病感到沮丧、无助，他非常需要帮助。故答案为 B。由第二段
14、首句 “We took her to psychologists and all sorts of experts”可推测，他们带着女儿看了许多心理医生和各种专家，应该有能力支付治疗费用，故 C 选项错误。A 选项和 D 选项的 “felt ashamed” 与文意不符。2. Jo Eddings was pleased when she _.A. visited and exhibition called Genes TalkingB. heard a radio program about an exhibitionC. discovered a gene linked with her
15、daughters problemD. was given a proper diagnosis of her daughters illness.答案解析：答案为 B。本题为细节题。由第二段 “But that changed this month when she heard a radio program” 可知，答案为 B。3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?A. Jo Eddings daughter was lonely and mad.B. Dyslexia is an unknown probl
16、em among the public.C. “SLI” stands for Specific Language Impairment.D. Jo Eddings daughters illness was cured at last.答案解析：答案为 C。本题为推理题。由第二段 “It was about a research project to discover a gene lined with a condition known as specific language impairment.” 和第三段首句 “SLI covers speech and grammar problems suffered by children, the most fami
