1、2010 届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列 20（含解析）ABeauty has always been regarded as something admirable .Almost everyone thinks that attractive people are happier and healthier; they have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal consultants（顾问）give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are s
2、ofter on attractive persons. But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.While attractiveness is a positive thing for a mans rise, it is harmful to a womans .Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to be the rea
3、sons for their success .Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive fe
4、male executives.Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine（女性的）and an attractive man more masculine（男性的）than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a tradit
5、ionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required.This is true even in politics. Anne Bowman recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）.She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one
6、 of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men , but the woman who had been
7、 ranked most attractive always received the fewest votes.1. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _ .A. strengthens the feminine qualities requiredB. makes women look more honest and capableC. is of great importance to womenD. often enables women to succeed quickly2. Bowmans experiment shows
8、that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _.A. turns out to be an obstacle to menB. affects men and women alikeC. has as little effect on men as on womenD. is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women3. It can be inferred from the passage that peoples views on beauty are often _ .A. practical
9、 B. old-fashioned C. prejudiced（偏见的） D. serious4. The author writes this passage to _ .A. discuss the negative aspects of being attractiveB. give advice to job-seekers who are attractiveC. demand equal rights for womenD. emphasize the importance of appearanceBDrinking small amount of hard Japanese r
10、ice wine apparently never hurt 114-year-old Kamato Hongo. She is now the worlds oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records.“Hongo inherited（继承）the title Monday after the death of the previous record holder, Maud Farris-Luse ,of Coldwater , Mich.,” the record-keeping company said on it
11、s website. Farris-Luse was 115 years and 56 days old then.“Hongo, born on Sept .16,1887, was raised on a farm and counts drinking Japanese rice wine among her favorite things along with black salt, pork, sashimi（生鱼片）and green tea,” according to Guinness. “She also likes traditional Japanese dancing.
12、”“The key is not storing up stress,” said her 45-year-old grandson Tsuyoshi Kurauchi. “If you do that, you can eat or drink anything.”“Hongo mothered seven children, more than 20 grandchildren, and even outlived her eldest daughter, who died two years ago while in her 90s,”according to Kurauchi, who
13、 described Hongo as a “warm, caring grandmother”.She lived in a nursing home in Kagoshima, a city about 615 miles southwest of Tokyo on the island of Kyushu, which has reputation for record-breaking longevity among its residents.Hongo was born in the nearby town of Isen, home to the late Shigechiyo
14、Izumi, who also held the Guinness record as the worlds oldest person. He died in 1986 at the age of 120.Recently , another Kyushu resident was regarded as the worlds oldest man. Retired silkworm farmer Yukichi Chuganji graduated into the spot on Jan . 4 with the death of his predecessor, Antonio Tod
15、de of Italy. Chuganji turns 113 on Saturday.There are an estimated 15,000 Japanese over the age of 100, and women make up about 80 percent of the total.5. The sentence “The key is not storing up stress.”in Paragraph 4 means “ _”.A. The most important is to mind everything that has been done.B. The m
16、ost important is to forget the unpleasant things.C. The most important is to reduce the heavy load of learning and work.D. The most important is to remember what brings you unhappiness.6. Who is considered to be the worlds oldest man alive in the passage?A. Maud Farris-Luse. B. Shigechiyo Izumi.C. Y
17、ukichi Chuganji. D. Kamato Hongo.7. Which of the following is not true about Kamato Hongo?A. She is the worlds oldest person alive.B. She loves drinking Japanese rice wine.C. She is fond of traditional Japanese dancing.D. She cares about everything that happens around her.8. The passage mainly talks
18、 about _ .A. the fact that women are living longer than menB. something about the Japanese oldest living ladyC. the fact that Kagoshima is famous for longevityD. the secret of living longer1.A 推断题。由文章第三段可知，人们觉得有魅力的女性比不那么有魅力的女人要更有女性特质。因此，在传统上由女性所从事的工作中，有魅力的女性具有一定的 优势。但在传统上由男性所从事的工作中，有魅力的女性看起来缺乏所需要的男性
19、特质。由此可推出，在传统上由女性所从事的工作中，魅力加强了所需的女性特质。A 项符合题意。2.D 推断题。由文章最后一段可知，有魅力的男性彻底击败了缺乏魅力的男性。而那些被认为最有魅力的女性常常得到最少的选票。由此可推出，在政界，对于女性来说，魅力是一个障碍，而不是益处。3.C 推断题。由文章第一段可知，几乎每个人都认为有魅力的人会更幸福、更健康。他们的姻更美满，并且拥有更令人尊敬的职业。在找工作方面，私人 顾问会给他们更好的建议。甚至法官对于有魅力的被告都会手下留情。由此可推出，人们对美的看法往往是带有偏见的，是缺乏事实依据的。4.A 主旨题。本文虽然也提到了魅力有 许多积极方面，但那并不是
20、文章的主要方面。文章主要讲的是魅力给行政部门和政界中的女性所造成的不利影响。由此可见，作者写这篇文章的目的是要讨论有魅力的消极方面。5.B 句意猜测题。短文的前三段 讲述了这位老人的生活 习惯，从而得出第四段门真本乡老人45 岁的孙子津吉仓内的一段话：长寿的关键是不要把不高兴的事情堆积在心里，只要做到这一点，你就会有好胃口。6.C 推断题。根据短文倒数第二段可知：最近，一位名叫友吉中元寺的九州岛老人被列为世界上最长寿的男人。前记录保持者意大利的安东尼奥托德今年 1 月 4 日去世后，这位名叫友吉中元寺的养蚕人便获得了这一头衔。7.D 事实归纳题。短文中提到： 门真本乡老人平时喜欢喝一点烈性的日本米酒；目前是在世的世界上最长寿的老人；她还喜欢传统的日本舞蹈。8.B 主旨 题。从全文的结 构上分析，短文开 头介绍 了门真本乡老人是目前仍在世的“ 世界上最长寿的人” ，然后介绍了她的生活习惯、她的家庭情况和她生活的小 镇素以居民的长寿而闻名。由此综合可知答案为 B。
