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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 1 -绵阳市 2015 高考英语阅读理解一轮学生自选练习（3）及答案【陕西省陕西省咸阳市咸阳市 2014 高考英语模拟试题高考英语模拟试题】Ask runners why they run and youll get a variety of answers; to stay healthy or to feel better. Some have an even bigger reason 一 to stay calm or out of prison. But Back on My Feet puts recovering addic
2、ts and the homeless on the road to a brighter future, starting with a simple step; attending group runs three tunes a week.At 5:30 a.m. on a hot July day, Back on My Feets Team Brooklyn gathered in a parking lot. After a round of hugs and some warm-up, the group of eight volunteers and seven residen
3、ts(居民)set out on a run to nearby Prospect Park. Some ran three miles, some longer, but the goal for all was to finish as a team“Its helping me put my life back together,“ said Jimmy, a 58-year-old cancer survivor who was homeless and a former alcohol addict. “Its healthy. It makes me feel good insid
4、e,” adds Jimmy.Many are skeptical(怀疑的)about the idea of homeless runners, according to Anne Mahlum, who founded Back on My Feet in 2007 after starting a running club for men at a shelter near her Philadelphia home. They did want to run, and in just six years, Mahlums small running club has expanded
5、to 10 cities around the country, and 388 active members.The only requirement for joining, besides wanting to, is insisting on at least 30 days.“The first day we give them new shoes and Back on My Feet shirts,“ Mahlum says. “Then they run a mile the first day. And then gradually well encourage them t
6、o build goals. “After 30 days,residents gain access to services like financial aid,housing assistance and employment opportunities through Back on My Feets partners. In its first year, the New York chapter has seen 41 members obtain employment, 34 gain housing and 50 work in job-training programs.Th
7、ats not to say its always easy. “I wanted to quit. But then I started to push myself， ”said Adel, 39, who began running in March. “Now I would love to run a 10-mile run. Or maybe a marathon one day, who knows. I ran this far, so why not?”50. Back on My Feet aims to help .高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网-
8、2 -A. people build a better future B. the homeless remain healthyC. the addicts quit their bad habits D. the prisoners get out of prison51. Members of Back on My Feet must .A. run on weekends B. run the same distanceC. attend group runs D. keep the same speed52. What great change happened to Adel af
9、ter a period of running?A. He was more confident. B. He was much prouder.C. He was more addictive. D. He was more grateful.53. According to the author, Back on My Feet is .A. in need of money B. well-known around the worldC. meeting difficulty D. making progress【参考答案】5053 ACAD 阅读理解Why laughter matte
10、rsAlthough most people believe that laughter is one of the natures great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.“Laughter above all else is a social thing， ” says Baltimore neuroscientist, Rober
11、t Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “All laughter groups laugh hahaha basically the same way. Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.”Laughing is our first way of communica
12、ting. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools Day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of 高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 3 -someone making a joke. Laughter is mostly about social r
13、esponses rather than to a joke. Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isnt dependent on single sense but on social interactions.And laughter is not just a thing of people. Chimps tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp
14、 pretends to tickle them.Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University Psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to be tickledthey return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.By studying rats, scientists can figure out whats going on in the brain during laughter. Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor, Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that a
