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1湖南省衡阳市珠晖区 2017 高考英语一轮完形填空阅读类选编二完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “__10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”名师点评本文讲述了一个国王为了考验两个人，让他们往篮子里打水，忠诚的人不遗余力地往空篮子里打水，直到国王归来。结果不仅获得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了国王的信任。(C)1. A. finished B. did C. began D. had【解析】C。这里 did 和 finished 都表示完成了这项工作，而给篮子装满水是不可能的，国王应在两人开始打水后不久离开，所以应选 began。(B)2. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no【解析】B。往篮子里盛满水是永远不可能的，故选择 never。(A)3. A. The other B. Another C. One D. A second【解析】A。两者中的另一个用 the other 加名词来表示。(C)4. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything【解析】C。the first man 想离开，因为他觉得自己干的是无用功，故选择 nothing 意为“从事某项工作”。(D)5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away【解析】D。pick up 意为“捡起”，pick away 意为“放好”，take away 意为“取走”，而 throw down意为“扔掉、丢弃”，比较贴近文意，为正确选项。(A)6. A. water B. basket C. well D. work【解析】A。根据文意，另一个人一直在打水，故选 water。(B)7. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean【解析】B。不停地打水必然会导致井空，故选 empty。(B)8. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since【解析】B。while 引导从句时，从句应用延续性动词，before 和 since 不符合文意，as soon as…表示“一……就”为正确选项。(A)9. A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing【解析】A 国王是因为这个诚实的人所做过的事情而表扬他，所以应用完成时态 have done。(D)10. A. what B. why C. when D. that【解析】D。国王讲的最后一句话是含有 “so……that”结构的复合句，意为“如此……以致”故选that。22016 高考训练题（由 2014·江西卷 B 改编）HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE500 HARRIS STREET ULTIMO ·TELEPHONE (02)9270111Join in the holiday fun at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, Evolution & Revolution: Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON’T FORGET our other special event, the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus（马戏团）！150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!Chinese Folk Dancing: Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include: the Golden and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s count dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11.30 am & 1.30 pm.Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre: Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai leas this dynamic youth group. Performance include Chinese fairy tales and plays.Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11.30 am & 1.30 pm.Chinese Youth League: A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm.Kids Activity : Make a Paper Horse: Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, including a kind of advancement.) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.Sunday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 12.30 pm to 1.00 pm.Club Med Circus School: Learn circus skills, including the trapeze, trampolining and magic. Note only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk, level 4, on the day.Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 July at 11.30am& 1.00pmEnjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16years at the one address.Members receive Powerline, our monthly magazine, discounts in the shops and restaurants, as well as free admission to the Museum. All this for as little as $50,00 a year! Call (02)9217 0600 for more details.When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?A. On July 2. B. On July 3. C. On July 6. D. On July 8.To learn the magic tricks, you can go to .A. Kids Activity. B. Chinese Youth League.C. Club Med Circus School. D. Children’s Arts Theatre.what is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?A. Calling (02)92170600. B. Gaining family membership.C. Coming for the holiday fun. D. Paying powerline $50.00 a year.What is the main purpose of the text?A. To attract visitors. B. To present schedules.C. To report the performances. D. To teach kids Chinese arts.答案详解3文章大意：本文属于广告类阅读，向读者介绍了 THE POWERHOUSE 中不同的节目的具体信息，最终的目的还是在于吸引游客去参观或者参与。1. A。细节题。根据 Chinese Folk Dancing 部分第二行 Dances include: the Golden and the Chinese drum dance.可知包括了 Chinese drum dance。而 Chinese Folk Dancing 的时间是 Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11.30 am & 1.30 pm.故 A 项正确，在 July 2.可以欣赏到Chinese drum dance。2.C 。细节题。根据 Club Med Circus School:部分第一句 Learn circus skills, including the trapeze, trampolining and magic.可知在这里可以学习到魔术技巧。故 C 正确。3.B。细节题。根据文章倒数 3,4 行 Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16years at the one address.可知成为 Powerhouse 的成员就可以获得无限次数的免费参观。故 B 正确。故 C 正确。4.A。推理题。本文属于广告类阅读，向读者介绍了 THE POWERHOUSE 中不同的节目的具体信息，最终的目的还是在于吸引游客去参观或者参与，他们才可以挣钱。故 A 正确。较难题目特训：科普知识类The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I. Q. , a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday. This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. She’d be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings. Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems. The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very 4plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.1. The passage mainly deals with . A. the function of I. Q. in cultivating a writerB. the relationship between genius and successC. the decisive factor in making a geniusD. the way of gaining some sense of distinction2. By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could . A. come to understand the inner structure of writingB. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayC. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesD. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security3. In the girl’s long painstaking training process, . A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her successB. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performanceC. she acquires the magic of some great achievementsD. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write4. What can be concluded from the passage? A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success. B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.C. As to the growth of a genius, I. Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her efforts. D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.【参考答案】1-4 CABD 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。【2013 嘉定区】CAs we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behavior, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts(血细胞计数), but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well.” In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be “well,” in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed 5not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life. 72. Today medical care is placing more stress on ______.A. keeping people in a healthy physical conditionB. monitoring patients’ body functionsC. removing people’s bad living habitsD. ensuring people’s psychological well-being73. In the first paragraph, people are reminded that ______.A. good health is more than not being illB. drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmfulC. regular health checks are essential to keeping fitD. prevention is more difficult than cure74. Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he ______.A. does not have any unhealthy living habits B. does not have any physical handicapsC. is able to handle his daily routinesD. is free from any kind of disease75. According to the author, the true meaning of “wellness” is for people ______.A. to best satisfy their body’s special needsB. to strive to maintain the best possible healthC. to meet the strictest standards of bodily healthD. to keep a proper balance between work and leisure【参考答案】72----75 CADB阅读理解61. Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?A. To build massive complexes for public amusement.B. To prevent possible damages to the National Park.C. To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.D. To sponsor publications and projects in local school.( ) 2. One of the benefits for members of Friends is to A. have Friends’ goods free of chargeB. visit any place not open to the publicC. take part in work parties if they want toD. give talks in their fields on current issues( ) 3. The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to_______________.A. raise money for the Friends organizationB. join the Friends organization and be members of itC. work as managers for Pembroke shire National Park7D. enjoy the landscape of Pembroke shire National Park第二篇是应用文，是一份海报，关于国家公园的介绍以及征募会员介绍，话题和学生的生活有比较大的距离感，但是词汇未超出课标范围，学生完全可以通过信息的提炼分析答案。60.推理题。 要注意题目问的是 discouraged by…, 通过文章第三大标题 Activities 第二段第一句we keep an eye on planning applications…such as massive leisure complexes 可以推断出选 A 是Friends 所不支持的，为正确选项。61.细节题。根据题干，定位到第四大标题 Benefits.从第五点”Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for those willing and able to involve.”可以看出选项 C 为正确选项。62.主旨题。 文章一开头就抛出三个问题，可见这个组织的目的在于吸引更多的人能够加入其中，B为正确选项。由文章第二大标题 Aims 中的” we are a voluntary organization…”可见 A 选项错误。C，D 选项都是文章没有提到的。1湖南省衡阳市珠晖区 2017 高考英语一轮完形填空阅读类选编三完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Mr. Green was ill and went to the hospital. A doctor __1__ and said, “Well, Mr. Green, you are going to __2__ some injections, and you’ll feel much better. A nurse will come __3__ give you the first one this evening, and then you’ll __4__ get another one tomorrow evening.” __5__ a young nurse came to Mr. Green’s bed and said to him, “I am going to give you your __6__ injection now, Mr. Green. Where do you want it?”The old man was __7__. He looked at the nurse for a __8__, then he said, “__9__ has ever let me choose that before. Are you really going to let me choose now?”“Yes, Mr. Green,” the nurse answered. She was in a hurry. “Where do you want it?”“Well, then,” the old man answered __10__ “I want it in your left arm, please.”名师点评这是一篇笑话，格林先生在医院看病时需要打点滴，当护士让他选择身体的一个部位时，他却借题发挥，选了护士的左臂。(B)1. A. looked for him B. looked him over C. looked after him D. looked him up 【解析】B。look for sb/sth 意为“寻找……”；look after sb 意为“照料……”；look up sb 意为“看望……”；而 look over sb 意为“检查某人”，最贴近文意，为正确选项。 (A)2. A. get B. give C. make D. hold 【解析】A。医生要对格林先生进行注射，格林先生是动作的接受者，故应选 get。(D)3. A. so B. but C. or D. and 【解析】D。空白部分前面 I come 和后面的 give 形成承接关系，所以应用 and 连接。(D)4. A. must B. can C. had better D. have to 【解析】D。must 不可以用于将来时，根据文章意思，应选 have to。(D)5. A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the end D. In the evening 【解析】D。与上文 this evening 相对应，In the evening 应为正确选项。(A)6. A. first B. one C. two D. second 【解析】A。one 填入空白部分显得画蛇添足，根据上下文这是第一次注射,应用 first。(B)7. A. confident B. surprised C. full D. hungry 【解析】B。老人对护士的提问应感到 surprised, 因为下文提到从来没人问过他这样的问题。(D)8. A. hour B. minutes C. year D. moment 【解析】D。对护士的提问, 老人思考了一会儿, 故应选 moment。(C)9. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Nobody D. people【解析】C。老人感到奇怪, 是因为没有人问过这样的问题, 故应选 nobody。(A)10. A. with a smile B. in time C. in surprise D. with tears in his eyes 【解析】A。老人想捉弄一下这个小护士。按常理, 应是带着微笑取笑她, 故应选 with a smile。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013·太原市二模，C)Facebook has been tricking people into using its socalled “fun, free service”. Users, however, are actually paying an unconscious high price—the leak of their personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that 2want to send targeted messages.Most Facebook users don't realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they're paying for Facebook because people don't really know what their personal data is worth.The biggest problem is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you could keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things—your city, your photo, your friends' names—were set to be shared with everyone on the Internet.According to Facebook's vicepresident Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don't share information, they have a “less satisfying experience”．Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the pages, was a total failure. Who wants to look at ads when they're online connecting with their friends?The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Sehumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for socialnetworking sites.Whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it's only the beginning, and that is why I'm considering closing my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't trust. That's too high a price to pay.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。Facebook 是一个世界上很受欢迎的免费社交网站，然而其用户的个人信息却在不知不觉中被运营商出卖并滥用。本文对此进行了讨论。1．According to the passage, the majority of Facebook users are unconscious that Facebook ________.A．makes big financial gain by selling their personal dataB．makes its free service possible by selling ad spaceC．profits by sending targeted messagesD．profits by offering personal information to its users答案：A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二、三句“Users, however, are actually paying an unconscious high price—the leak of their personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers.”可知，A 项正确。2．What can be learned from the passage?A．Facebook rule changes are indeed meant for the good of users.B．With its trick exposed, Facebook will see its users reduced sharply.C．The original business model did not bring Facebook the desired benefits.D．Few Facebook users care about the leak of their personal information.答案：C 推理判断题。根据文章第五段第二句“Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the pages, was a total failure.”可推知，C 项正确。3．Which of the following is true according to the last two paragraphs?A．The writer and Senator Schumer disagree sharply on this issue.B．Facebook's privacy policy has the support of the government.C．Socialnetworking sites like Facebook are under strict state control.D．Senator Schumer is not satisfied with Facebook's privacy policy.3答案：D 推理判断题。根据文章第六段第一句“The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington.”和倒数第二段中 Senator Charles Schumer 的呼吁可推知，D 项正确。4．Why does the author plan to close his Facebook account?A．To escape Facebook's membership fee.B．To avoid his personal data being abused.C．To protect the safety of his bank account.D．To support Senator Schumer's call.答案：B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段倒数第二句“. but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't trust”可推知，B 项正确。阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.Other early surnames came from people’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter —a person who made pots and pans.The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the MacDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.( ) 1. Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?A. Places where people lived. B. People’s characters.C. Talents that people possessed. D. People’s occupations.选 B，根据文中 4,5,6 三段可知只有 B 选项未提及4( ) 2. According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.A. owned or drove a cart B. made things with metalsC. made kitchen tools or contains D. built houses and furniture选 C 文中第六段 potter-a person who made pots and pans,可知 potter 意为一个制作茶壶和平底锅的人，由此推断选 C( ) 3. Suppose and English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _______.A. Beatrice Smith B. Leonard CarterC. George Longstreet D. Donald Greenwood选 D 根据文中倒数第 2 段可知一些人取名是根据特征而来。比如灰色头发的人取名 john Gray，高个的人取名 john Tallman.所以根据题意，居住在森林旁边的人取名为 Donald Greenw( ) 4. The underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a person’s _____A. later generations B. friends and relativesC. colleagues and partners D. later sponsors选 A 根据最后一段第一二行“some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. The Johnsons are descendants of John 可知 descendants 指的是后代Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.【2013 界长宁区质量抽测】(A)When I was in college, a man named Henry worked as a custodian (看门人) in our student union building. White-haired, with a Pennsylvania Dutch accent, Henry could usually be seen in a baseball cap, a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.He was the custodian, and he was the most respected and most well-known person in the building. Everyone loved Henry, and it was because of all the implicit ways he expressed his love for everyone around him. Henry didn’t have to say, “I love you.” He lived his love.Henry was always excited when he met someone new, and he wanted to know everything about them. He felt it was important to do things for people he valued. And Henry seemed to value everyone he met. He brought in articles or cartoons for certain people, went out of his way to introduce people to each other, kept dozens of names and birthdays in his wallet so he could send cards, and helped students keep in touch with graduates who had written to him. He even assisted students who didn’t have enough money to buy their books. Henry taught me --- and many others he supported --- how to live life to the fullest. Not by skydiving or exploring some foreign countries, but by appreciating where you are in life and valuing those around you.The funny thing is that despite all he did and taught us, Henry truly believed that he was the lucky one --- that he was the one who was gaining so much by getting to know us. But all of us who remember Henry know that we were the ones who were truly blessed. We will never forget the man who taught us that best way to say “I love you” often has little to do with the words. What does the word “implicit” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. Unstated. B. Appropriate. C. Indelicate. D. Charming.5According to the passage, working as a custodian in a college, Henry ______. A. made international travels to live a full lifeB. was a role model of how to be a caring personC. was busy organizing former students’ reunionsD. gathered plenty information about the needy studentsHenry was always excited to meet new people because ______.A. it would make people think highly of himB. he was the most popular person in the collegeC. it was part of his responsibility as a custodianD. he treasured everything around him in his lifeWhich of the following word cannot be used to describe Henry?A. Gracious. B. Adventurous. C. Supportive. D. Sympathetic.【参考答案】65~68、ABDB较难题目特训：科普知识类How Room Designs Affect Our Work and FeelingsArchitects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical(经验的, 实证的) basis. They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused, and lead to relaxation. Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room’s ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook. In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant’s ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention. Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design & Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots. Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim (暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax. So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. “We have a very limited number of studies, so we’re almost looking at the problem through a straw(吸管),” architect David Allison says. “How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That’s what we’re all struggling with.”1. What does Joan Meyers-Levy focus on in her research? 6A. Light. B. Ceilings. C. Windows. D. Furniture.2. The passage tells us that . A. the shape of furniture may affect people’s feelingsB. lower ceilings may help improve students’ creativityC. children in a dim classroom may improve their gradesD. students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed3. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that . A. the problem is not approached step by stepB. the researches so far have faults in themselvesC. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detectD. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns4. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage? CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: Conclusion【参考答案】1-4