英语）高考英语阅读理解(社会文化)技巧(很有用)及练习题一、高中英语阅读理解社会文化类1．阅读理解 It is commonly believed that the earliest Chinese paper-cutsappeared during the sixth century. Some scholars believe it was even earlier.Legend has it that during the Western Han Dynasty(206BC-AD24), Emperor Wudi wasvery sad after one of his favorite concubines, Madame Li, died. A Taoistpriest, Li Shaoweng, cut a piece of hemp paper in the shape of Madame Li. Whenevening fell, the emperor's servants lit candles in his bedroom; the reflectionof that paper-cut on the wall made the emperor think about his belovedconcubine. The Yuxian paper-cut is different from most paper-cutsproduced in other regions of China. Paper-cuts from other regions are mostlycut with scissors or knives from single-colored paper, such as red or blackpaper. There are four major procedures to making the Yuxianpaper-cut: First, sketch the pattern on the draft paper; second, fasten thedraft to the paper to be cut; third, use a knife to carve out the pattern; andfourth, dye (染色)the paper-cut with various colors. Precise cutting skills are needed to make a piece of theYuxian paper-cut, which highlights the craft maker's artistic taste and dyeingskills. That explains the following saying: "The successful making of aYuxian paper-cut is 30 percent dependent on the maker's cutting skills, and 70percent on the maker's dyeing skills." The traditional Yuxian paper-cut highlights two themes:flowers and characters in Chinese operas. The paper-cut is particularly knownfor its vivid description of characters in various traditional Chinese operas.In October 2009, the art of Yuxian's paper-cut was added to the list ofIntangible Cultural Heritage (非物质文化遗产) established by UNESCO (United NationsEducational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization).（1）The first paragraph is actually about___________. A. Emperor Wudi's favorite concubine B. the origins of Chinese paper-cutsC. the inventor of Chinese paper-cut D. one of the themes of Yuxian paper-cut（2）Which is the most important skill of making paper-cut? A. Drawing skill. B. Cutting skill. C. Dyeing skill. D. Carving skill（3）According to the passage, the Yuxian paper-cut is especially famous for its__________. A. lively images of characters in classic operas B. traditional Chinese operasC. Chinese cultural influence on operas D. advanced cutting techniques（4）What is the best title for the passage? A. The Earliest Chinese Legend B. The Yuxian Paper-cut SkillsC. Emperor Wudi's Sad Story D. Chinese Yuxian Paper-cut【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国蔚县剪纸。
1）考查段落大意根据第一段可知，介绍了中国剪纸的起源2）考查细节理解根据第三段中的“The successful making of a Yuxian paper-cut is 30 percent dependent on the maker's cutting skills, and 70 percent on the maker's dyeing skills.”蔚县剪纸的成功制作30 %取决于制作人的切割技巧，70 %取决于制作人的染色技巧可知染色技巧对于剪纸最重要3）考查细节理解根据第四段中的“The paper-cut is particularly known for its vivid description of characters in various traditional Chinese operas”剪纸以其对各种传统戏曲中人物的生动描述而闻名可知，选A4）考查主旨大意通读全文可知，短文主要介绍了蔚县剪纸有四个主要步骤制作蔚县剪纸需要精确的切割技巧，这突出了手工艺者的艺术品味和染色技巧传统蔚县剪纸突出了两个主题:中国戏曲中的花和人物这些都是围绕着“中国蔚县剪纸”这个主题展开的。
故选D点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，段落大意和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇文化类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，同时根据上下文进行推理，归纳，从而选出正确答案2．阅读理解 Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4, 8, 5, 3, 7, 9, 6. Read them loud. Now look away and spend 20 seconds memorizing them in order before saying them out loud again. If you speak English, you have about a 50% chance of remembering those perfectly. If you are Chinese, though, you're almost certain to get it right every time. Why is that? Because we most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within a two-second period. And unlike English, the Chinese language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds. That example comes from Stanislas Dahaene's book The Number Sense. As Dahaene explains: Chinese number words are remarkably brief. Most of them can be spoken out in less than one-quarter of a second (for instance, 4 is “si” and 7 “qi”). Their English pronunciations are longer. The memory gap between English and Chinese apparently is entirely due to this difference in length. It turns out that there is also a big difference in how number-naming systems in Western and Asian languages are constructed. In English, we say fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, so one might expect that we would also say oneteen, twoteen, threeteen, and fiveteen. But we don't. We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. For numbers above 20, we put the “decade” first and the unit number second (twenty-one, twenty-two), while for the teens, we do it the other way around (fourteen, seventeen, eighteen). The number system in English is highly irregular. Not so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logic。