高考英语二轮复习训练题
thinking about what's happened to us recently, and that network seems to be more strongly associated with poetry than with essays.” explains Zeman.
The study shows that the different texts activate different areas of our brains when we read. Zeman reflects that “the study did confirm what we thought, in particular our belief that the response to literature was going to be a bit like the response to music in terms of emotion.”
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了我们在读书时大脑的反应和听音乐时大脑的反应相似。
1.What is the study about？
A.Reading activates emotions like listening to music. B.Different types of texts arouse different reflections. C.All the texts can cause readers the same feelings. D.Readers get the same thrill as listening to music.
答案：A 细节理解题。通读全文并根据最后一段尾句中的“the response to literature was going to be a bit like the response to music in terms of emotion”可知，阅读像听音乐一样能激发情感。故选A。
2.How did the scientist make the discovery？ A.They compared different kinds of texts. B.They made a list of some typical examples. C.They compared listening to music with reading. D.They made experiments by involving participants.
答案：D 细节理解题。由第二段第二句和第三段第一句中提到的“participants”可知，他们通过选用一些参与者来进行实验。
3.What is paragraph 4 mainly about？
A.Reading poems aroused participants' stronger emotions. B.The Default Network is connected with readers' minds. C.Listening to music can make participants get strong thrill.
D.Reading essays can cause participants to have the same reaction.
答案：A 段落大意题。由第四段中的“a particular brain area called the Default Network”和“that network seems to be more strongly associated with poetry”可知，读诗能激发参与者更强烈的情感。
4.What can be a suitable title for the text？ A.Have fun in reading
B.Reading, music and the brain C.Different texts activate reflection D.Reading, similar to listening to music
答案：B 标题判断题。文章主要对比了我们在读书和听音乐时大脑的反应。
高考英语二轮复习训练题
B项涵盖了所有的要素，故最适合作标题。
participant n. 参与者 emotional adj. 表现强烈情感的；令人动情的 reflective adj. 沉思的；反射的 be associated with 与……有关
第三段第二句：When reading these emotional texts, there was higher activity in brain areas associated with pleasure and reward—the same areas related to the thrill we get when we listen to music.
译文：当阅读这些动人的文字时，大脑中与快乐和奖励相关的区域的活动更多——就是与我们听音乐时的兴奋感相关的同样的区域。
分析：这是一个主从复合句，when reading ...是状语从句的省略形式。we get是省略了关系代词that/which的定语从句，修饰先行词thrill。第二个when也引导时间状语从句。
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(原创题)The Chinese high-speed rails have a quality all on itsown, because it's so massive. There are more than twice as many high-speed trains in China as the rest of the
world combined.
Firstly, China's technology on building the railway is leading the rest of the world and there is no sign that any other country could surpass China's position in the near future. Secondly, China's trains are based on Japanese, German and French models. At last, the scale of Chinese high-speed train is unthinkable to other countries which has
high-speed train network. I had my first opportunity to ride the high-speed trains last
week when I had a business meeting in Zhengzhou. As someone who grew up with a disdain for public transportation, I was dreading the experience. I pushed hard to fly, but was told that it would be much better if I took the train. I had traveled on an Amtrak train before in the US, and hated how slow it was and how many stops there were. Chinese high-speed trains are on a different level.
First, when I say they are high-speed, I mean they are high-speed. The trains are
clean and the seats are huge. There are ample power outlets and you can't even feel how fast the train is moving. If there were no windows, I wouldn't be able to tell when we were stopped or when we were traveling at 300 km/h—it is that smooth. The terminal in Zhengzhou looked like you could fit a million people in it. It had shops and a food court and the trains would silently pull in and out of the station perfectly on schedule.
I'm traveling again this week by train and I'm excited. The high-speed trains are
incredible.
篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了中国高铁的发展现状和先进
高考英语二轮复习训练题
性。
1.Which of the following is the characteristic of China high-speed rails？ A.China has the most high-speed trains in the world.
B.No other country will surpass China in building the high-speed railway.
C.China makes high-speed trains all by itself.
D.China ranks first in the high-speed rails development from the very beginning. 答案：A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“There are more than twice as many high-speed trains in China as the rest of the world combined.”可知，中国高铁的数量是世界其他地区高铁数量总和的两倍多，故选A。
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 2？
A.The author likes to take public transportation. B.The author decided to take the trainat first.
C.The author expected his first train experience in China. D.America falls behind China in railway development.
答案：D 推理判断题。根据第二段尤其是最后两句“I had traveled on an Amtrak train before in the US, and hated how slow it was and how many stops there were. Chinese high-speed trains are on a different level.”可推知，美国的铁路发展不及中国，故选D。
3.What can we not learn about the author's first rail trip in China？ A.The train run very fast and smoothly.
B.It is convenient to get the cellphone charged on the train. C.Zhengzhou station is very huge.
D.Zhengzhou station is an important terminal.
答案：D 细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知高铁时速很快，运行平稳；高铁上有很多的插座，所以充电很方便；郑州站很大，看上去能容纳100万人；但是没有提及郑州站是重要的交通枢纽，故选D。
4.What does the article mainly talk about？ A.The author's first train experience in China. B.The advancement of China's high-speed trains.
C.The high-speed railway should be greatly developed in the world.
D.The importance of public transportation.
答案：B 主旨大意题。文章一开始就提到了中国高铁的先进发展，然后具体通过自己在中国第一次乘高铁的经历进一步证明中国高铁的先进之处，故选B。
surpass vt. 超过；胜过 disdain n. 鄙视，轻视，藐视 dread vt. 畏惧，惧怕；担心 ample adj. 足够的；丰裕的 power outlet 电源输出口，插座
高考英语二轮复习训练题
第二段倒数第二句：I had traveled on an Amtrak train before in the US, and hated how slow it was and how many stops there were.
译文：我以前在美国坐过美国国铁，不喜欢它的速度慢，而且有那么多站。 分析：这是一个并列复合句，and连接两个分句。第二个分句中hated后跟两个并列的宾语从句how slow it was和how many stops there were。
