PAGEPAGE1題型組合練(三)Ⅰ.閱讀理解AWhenIfirstmetGeorge，Iwasinmyearly30s，seekingacreativeoutlet(出路)unrelatedtoboringhouseworkandraisinglittleones.Mychildren，thenagedthreeandfive，werejustenteringkindergartenandschoollife.At65，Georgehadrecentlyretiredandwasseekingarewardinghobby.Forbothofus，paintingwas“it”andwemetatalocalpaintingclass.Thusbeganafriendshipthatwastolastuntilthedayhedied.GeorgearrivedinAustraliaasanimmigrantfromBritainwithhiswifeandtwochildren.Heworkedhard，playedhard，andhadanopinionabouteverything.Headoredhiswife，hisfamily，andhisfriends.Aslimandenergeticman，Georgetookprideinhisfitnessandwalkedthreekilometreseveryday.Astheonlymaleinapaintingclassfullofwomen，Georgeruledtheroostandwewerehishens.Headoredhissingularroleandlookedafterhisbrood(一窩雛雞)withthesameattentionhegavetoeverything.Hetooktopaintingwithgreatpassion(熱忱)，eventransformingthesparebedroomintoastudio.Astudio！Hispaintingequipmentwascomprehensive.Everpractical，Georgehousedmanyoftheseitemsinaredmetaltoolbox.Afterthecompletionofthecourse，westillkeptintouch.OnedaywhenGeorgewasabout80yearsold，heaskedmetocometohishouse.Georgeexplainedthathewasgivinguppaintingbecauseofhisillnessandhegaveawayallhis“stuff”tome.Istillusemuchofhisequipmenttoday.Themosttreasuredthingistheredtoolbox.Theoriginalshopstickerisstillfirmlyinplacealthoughthepricehaslongsincewornoff.Butthat’sallrightbecausetomymindfriendshipisbeyondprice.eq\x(語篇解讀本文是記敘文。文章講解并描述了“我”和一位老人的忘年友情。)1．Whydidtheauthorgotopaintingclass?A．Toenjoyschoollifeagain.B．Tomakesomenewfriends.C．Toaccompanyherchildren.D．Todosomethinginteresting.答案D解析細微環節理解題。依據第一段中的“seekingacreativeoutlet(出路)unrelatedtoboringhouseworkandraisinglittleones”可知，“我”厭倦了做家務和帶孩子，想做點事來調劑枯燥的生活，所以選擇去學畫畫。2．WhatmighttheauthorthinkofGeorge?A．Reliableandcaring.B．Proudandsensitive.C．Talentedandhonest.D．Smartandadventurous.答案A解析推理推斷題。依據其次段中的“Headoredhiswife，hisfamily，andhisfriends.”和第三段中的“Headoredhissingularroleandlookedafterhisbrood(一窩雛雞)withthesameattentionhegavetoeverything.”可推知，喬治是一個值得信任的、愛護人的人。3．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．TheRedToolBoxB．AFriendIsaSecondSelfC．HaveFuninPaintingClassesD．AnOldMan’sLifeAfterRetirement答案A解析標題歸納題。本文主要講解并描述了“我”和喬治的友情，而“紅色工具箱”正是我們的友情信物，故A項作標題最佳。BWhenpeoplefindthemselvesindifficultconflicts，theyoftenturntomediation(調解)．Mediatorsareadvisedtolistenattentively，avoidfavoringtheideasofoneparty，andmakebothsidesfeelatease.Surprisingly，newresearchthatmycolleaguesandIconductedsuggeststhat，toeffectivelyhelppeoplesettletheirconflicts，mediatorsshouldadoptahostile(敵對的)attituderatherthanacalmingone.Ahostilemediator，wefind，bringsbetterresultsthananiceone.Whywouldaddingmorenegativity(消極性)toanalreadyhostilesituationprovebeneficial？Considerhowparentstypicallyreactwhentheycan’tgettheirchildrentostopquarreling：“Idon’tcarewhostartedit—bothofyou，gotoyourrooms！”Atfirstsight，acalmmediatorseemslikelytobemoreeffective.Butasanyonewithbrothersorsistersknows，parents’seeminglyunsympathetictreatmentofthesituationcanhaveanunusualeffect.Childrenwhomomentsbeforeweretroublingeachothersuddenlybecomemorereasonableduetotheirunkindparents.Inourresearch，wecreatedsituationsinwhichpairsofnegotiatorswerepartofaheatedconflict.Insomecases，themediatorhada“nice”approach—calmandpolite.Inothers，hewashostile—aggressiveandsomewhatrude.Acrossdifferenttypesofconflicts，wefoundthatnegotiatorsweremorewillingandabletoreachanagreementinthepresenceofahostilemediatorthaninthepresenceofaniceone.Themainresultofthetestisnotthathostilitypaysoff.Infact，recentresearchhasdocumentedthesocialcostsofnegativebehavior.Forexample，beingthetargetofrudebehaviorreducespeople’sperformanceonavarietyoftasks.Otherresearchshowsthesocialbenefitsofpositivebehavior.Peoplearemorelikelytoclosedealsandbecomefuturebusinesspartners.Evenwiththewidespreadsocialbenefitsofpositivebehaviorandcostsofnegativebehavior，hostilitycanpayoffincertainsituations.eq\x(語篇解讀本文是一篇爭論文。文章辯證地看待了敵對的力氣，它更有助于協商雙方和解。)4．Whatcanwelearnaboutparents’settlementofconflictsinParagraph2?A．It’scalmingandwise.B．It’sarbitrarybuteffective.C．It’scommonlyadopted.D．Itharmsfamilyrelationship.答案B解析細微環節理解題。依據其次段中的“Idon’tcarewhostartedit—bothofyou，gotoyourrooms”“parents’seeminglyunsympathetictreatmentofthesituationcanhaveanunusualeffect.Children...becomemorereasonableduetotheirunkindparents”可知，其次段中提到的父母的方法雖然有些武斷，但是對解決孩子之間的沖突很有效。5．Whichbestdescribestheauthor’sattitudeinthetext?A．Concerned. B．Doubtful.C．Objective. D．Positive.答案C解析觀點看法題。作者在其次、三段探討了調解者實行敵對看法的這種消極行為的作用和力氣，同時在第四段也指出了主動行為的好處以及消極行為的代價。所以作者的看法是客觀的。故選C。6．Whatcouldbethebesttitleofthetext?A．TheSignificanceofEffectiveMediationB．TheCostsofNegativeBehaviorC．TheBenefitsofPositiveBehaviorD．TheSurprisingPowerofHostility答案D解析標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，作者主要介紹了調解者實行敵對看法會帶來出乎意料的結果，所以TheSurprisingPowerofHostility作文章的標題最佳。CWhenwasthelasttimesomethingimportantslippedyourmind？Maybeitwastheanswertoatestquestion，thenameofanacquaintanceorwhereyouleftyourkeys.Fortunately，memorycanbeimprovedsotheywon’thappenthatoften.People’smemoryhasmuchtodowithtrainingandpractice.Applyingeffectivemeanswillhelpimproveyourmemorysothatyoucanaccesseverythingyoulearnwheneveryouneedit.Whenstudentswanttoprepareforatest，theyoftentrytostudybysimplyreadingoverthematerialagain，copyingnotes，etc.Butthesemethodsofrememberingarenotalwayshelpful.Peopleremembermorewhenactivelytakingpartintheirlearningratherthanpassivelyreceivingit.Onegreatwaytodothisistotestyourselfonthematerial.Comeupwithquestionsaboutthetopic，andtrytoanswerthemwithoutlookingatyournotes.Italsohelpstotrytosummarizethematerialindifferentways.Youcoulddiagramtheinformation，oryoucouldwriteyourownoutline.Themoreyouusetheinformation，themorelikelyyouaretorememberit.WhenIwas8，Ibeganlearningtoplaytheflute(長笛)，andmymusicinstructorsaidthatit’sbettertopracticeforfiveminutesaday，sevendaysaweek，thanfortwohoursononeday.Thesamegoesforrememberinginformation.Themoreyouspreadoutthetimeyouspendreviewinginformation，themorelikelyyouaretorememberit.ApsychologistnamedHermannEbbinghausmadeanimportantdiscoveryaboutmemoryandforgetting.Hefoundthatpeopletendtoforgetinformationinaregularpattern.Theyforgetthemostinformationshortlyafterlearningit.Therateatwhichtheyforgetthenslowsdownovertime.Everytimepeoplereviewtheinformation，itcausesthemtoforgetlessofit—whichmeanstheyremembermore.Soitisvitaltoreviewthingsyouwanttoremembershortlyafterlearningthem.Overtime，youcanreviewthemlessandlessfrequently.語篇解讀本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一些幫助加強記憶，讓信息在腦海中長時間不被遺忘的方法。7．Whatwouldhappenifsomethingslippedyourmind?A．Youletyourmindwander.B．Youthinkoftheanswertoaquestion.C．Youfailtoremembercertaininformation.D．Youkeepaperson’snameinmind.答案C解析推理推斷題。依據第一段中的“Maybeitwastheanswertoatestquestion，thenameofanacquaintanceorwhereyouleftyourkeys.Fortunately，memorycanbeimprovedsotheywon’thappenthatoften.”可推知，slipone’smind的意思是“(某事)被(某人)遺忘”，故選C項。8．HowdoestheauthorsupporthisviewpointsinParagraphs2&3?A．Bymakingacomparison.B．Bygivingasummary.C．Byconductingexperiments.D．Byofferingexamples.答案D解析寫作手法題。依據其次、三段內容可知，作者先以學生為考試做打算采納的記憶方法為例，引出主動參加學習過程可以加強記憶，緊接著第三段指出參加學習過程的詳細方法，其中列舉了用圖表顯示信息和寫提綱的方法，故選D項。9．Whatistheauthor’sstoryinParagraph4usedtoshow?A．Practicemakesperfect.B．Repeatedrevisionisimportant.C．It’svitaltoinsistonwhatyouarefondof.D．Effortsplayakeypartinlearning.答案B解析細微環節理解題。依據第四段中的“Themoreyouspreadoutthetimeyouspendreviewinginformation，themorelikelyyouaretorememberit.”可知，作者描述自己學習長笛的閱歷是為了強調你把花在復習信息上的時間越分散開，越是有規律地頻繁復習，你就越有可能記住它，即反復復習很重要。10．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A．AnexplanationofEbbinghaus’stheory.B．Adescriptionofthelearningprocess.C．Theapproachestoimprovingmemory.D．Therelationshipbetweentimeandmemory.答案C解析主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了強化記憶的三種方法：主動參加學習過程、反復復習、剛好復習，故C項最能概括文章大意。Ⅱ.七選五Withtimeandexperience，mostadultsknowthatnotgettingenoughsleepcanbeharmfultothemselves.Toobad，teensdon’tseethatconnectionsoclearly.It’suptoparentstoconveytheimportanceofsleepingenough.11Playupthepositives.Sometimesithelpstopointoutthebenefitsthatcomewithchangingabehavior.Inthiscase，notonlywillqualitysleephelpteensfocusbetterinschoolandfeelhappieroverall，butitcanimprovetheappearanceoftheirskin.12Laystressonconsistency.Alotofteenagers，andevengrown-ups，thinktheycanspendlesstimeonshut-eyeduringtheweekiftheymakeupforitontheweekend.Nottrue.AnextrahourortwoofsleeponSaturdayandSundaycandousmoreharmthangood.13Asaresult，itishardtofallasleepattheappropriatetimeonSundayevening.Givethehardfacts.14That’swhyit’ssoimportanttoexplainwhatitfeelsliketobetootiredtogetbehindthewheel.Promiseyourteenthathecanalwayscallyoutopickhimupnomatterwhereheisorwhattimeitis，ifhe’stoosleepytodrive.15Sleepisn’tasfunastextingwithfriendsanditseemslessnecessarythancrammingforanexam.Helpyourteenviewsleepasapriority(優先事項