高考英语阅读表达专项训练（19）（含详解）

这是一份高考英语阅读表达专项训练（19）（含详解），共3页。
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A team f US psychlgists have fund that talking t anther persn fr 10 minutes a day imprves memry.
Researchers discvered that "scializing was just as effective as mre traditinal kinds f mental exercise in bsting memry and intellectual perfrmance," lead authr Oscar Ybarra, a psychlgist at the University f Michigan Institute fr Scial Research, said in a statement.
In ne investigatin, they analyzed data n 3,610 peple, ages 24 t 96. They fund that the higher their level f scial interactin, the better their cgnitive functining. Scial interactin included getting tgether r having phne chats with relatives, friends and neighbrs.
In anther experiment, the researchers cnducted lab tests n 76 cllege students, ages 18 t 21, t assess hw scial interactins and intellectual exercises affected the results f memry and mental perfrmance tests.
The students were divided int three grups: The scial interactin grup had a discussin f a scial issue fr 10 minutes befre taking the tests; the intellectual activities grup cmpleted three tasks (including a reading cmprehensin exercise and a crsswrd puzzle) befre the tests; and a cntrl grup watched a 10-minute clip f the Seinfeld televisin shw.
"We fund that shrt-term scial interactin lasting fr just 10 minutes bsted participants' intellectual perfrmance as much as engaging in s-called 'intellectual' activities fr the same amunt f time," Ybarra said.
The study was expected t be published in the February 2013 issue f the jurnal Persnality and Scial Psychlgy Bulletin.
1．Which is the best title fr the passage? (N mre than 10 wrds.)
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2. Find tw examples abut scial interactin? (N mre than 15 wrds.)
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3．The underlined wrd "published" in the last paragraph prbably means______. (Please answer within 5 wrds.)
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4. What is the functin f Paragraph 6? (N mre than 10 wrds.)
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5．What did the students d in the lab tests? (N mre than 15 wrds.)
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1. 10-minute daily chat imprves memry
主旨大意题。文章开篇点题，告诉了我们美国心理学家近日一项研究的结论：“每天与人交谈十分钟能够提高记忆力（talking t anther persn fr 10 minutes a day imprves memry）。”下文讲述了研究的细节内容。
２．Getting tgether r having phne chats with relatives, friends and neighbrs
细节判断题。由第三段的最后一句可知答案。
3. cme ut/ appeared/ cme ff the press
词义推测题。这里表达的意思是：研究结果将要出版。
4. T draw the cnclusin f the secnd experiment.
推理判断题。这一段是依芭拉对学生第二个实验（76个学生参加的实验）的实验结果的总结：“十分钟的短期社会交往就能提高研究对象的智力表现，其效果与同等时间的“智力”训练完全相同”。
5. Discussing f a scial issue；reading cmprehensin exercise；watching the Seinfeld televisin shw.
细节理解题。由第五段可知答案。
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Rembrandt was an extrardinary Dutch painter. He was mst well-knwn fr his brushwrk and the way in which he cnnected with the human sul. His life, hwever, was nt happy.
He was brn n July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him t have a real, learned prfessin but Rembrandt left the University f Leiden after becming bred. He began studying art under a lcal teacher but sn left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessns in six mnths!
At the age f 22, he mved back t Leiden and began t get his wn students. One f his students was the famus artist Gerrit Du. In 1631 he returned t Amsterdam where he became the mst ppular prtrait painter in Hlland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cusin f a very successful art dealer and she helped him t meet wealthy peple wh cmmissined(委任制作) many paintings frm him. He used her as a mdel in many f his paintings.
Rembrandt’s private life, hwever, was very unfrtunate. He had fur children with Saskia but nly ne, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1742 at the age f nly 30. In 1649, his husekeeper became his secnd wife and was als a mdel fr many f his paintings. Even thugh Rembrandt was very successful as an artist, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had t declare bankruptcy in 1656. He even had t sell his whle art cllectin and his huse t pay ff his debts.
His unfrtunate life, hwever, didn’t affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time. His new lve, Hendrickje, died in 1663 and his 27-year-ld sn, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven mnths later, n Octber 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He prduced mre than 600 paintings and ver 2,000 drawings!
1. Why did Rembrandt g against his father’s will？(N mre than 5 wrds.)

2. In which year did Rembrandt begin teaching? (N mre than 5 wrds.)

3. Hw many members f Rembrandt’s family died befre him, nt including his parents? (1 wrd)

4. What des the underlined wrd “bankruptcy” mean? (N mre than 3 wrds.) (N mre than 10 wrds.)

5. What’s the best title fr this passage? (N mre than 5 wrds.)

1. Because he wanted t study art.
推理判断题。根据第二段He began studying art under a lcal teacher…可知，他违背父亲的意愿离开大学是去学艺。
2. In 1628
细节理解题。根据第二段He was brn n July 15, 1606…和第三段At the age f 22, he…get his wn students可知，他是在1628年从事教学生涯的。
3. Six
推理判断题。第四段提到他的第一个妻子与三个孩子辞世，最后提到他幸存的27岁的儿子Titus和第二个妻子也去世了，总共6个家人。
4. inability t discharge all yur debts as they cme due
词义推测题。由下一句话“He even had t sell his whle art cllectin and his huse t pay ff his debts. ”可以看出，盖茨的意思是：破产。
5. A brief bigraphy f Rembrandt
主旨大意题。本文按时间顺序介绍了Rembrandt的成长、事业、家庭等，也就是他的“传记”。