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高三英语《七选五阅读理解》练习题（含答案）
A housewarming party is a special party to be held when someone buys or moves into a new apartment or house. The person who bought the house or moved is the one who throws the party. The party is a chance for friends and family to congratulate the person on the new home. ___1___ And it is good time to fill the new space with love and hopeful presents.
___2___ Some people register a list of things they want or need for their new home at a local stores. Some common things people will put on a gift registry include kitchen tools like knives and things like curtains. Even if there isn’t a registry, a good housewarming gift is something to decorate the new house with, like a piece of art or a plant.
___3___ This is often appreciated since at a housewarming there isn’t a lot of food served. There are usually no planned activities like games at a housewarming party. The host or hostess of the party will, however, probably give all the guests a tour of their new home. Sometimes, because a housewarming party happens shortly after a person moves into their new home, people may be asked to help unpack boxes. ___4___
Housewarming parties get their name from the fact that a long time ago people would actually bring firewood to a new home as a gift. ___5___ Now most homes have central heating and don’t use fires to keep warm.
A．This isn’t usual though.
B．It is traditional to bring a gift to a housewarming party.
C．You can also bring food or drinks to share with the other guests.
D．If you’re lucky enough to receive gifts, keep them in a safe place.
E．It also gives people a chance to see what the new home looks like.
F．The best housewarming parties encourage old friends to get together.
G．This was so that the person could keep their home warm for the winter.
You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.
You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. ___6___
It turns out, it's just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.
Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay. ___7___Any small interruption - a price check, a chatty customer-can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line.
If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability:____8____So it's not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster.
Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line- called a serpentine line - and serve each person at the front with the next available register. ___9___This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall.
____10____It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores can't afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck.
A．Why does this always seem to happen to you
B．So why don't most places encourage serpentine lines
C．Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.
D．The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.
E．How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line
F．With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach.
G．But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.
How to Be a Good Upstairs Neighbor
One must remember to be polite when living in an apartment building. You may unintentionally bother your neighbors with actions that you think to be harmless. ____11____ Living upstairs, you must always be aware that everything you do may be heard by those who live below. This doesn’t mean that you have to completely change your lifestyle, though.
____12____ This will greatly reduce the sound of your footsteps, thus limiting the sound your downstairs neighbor will hear. You should always remember to change your shoes when entering your apartment to ensure that your downstairs neighbor doesn’t hear you walking around.
Place carpets in your apartment if you have hardwood floors. Doing so is another way to decrease the sound of steps coming from an upstairs apartment. You can also put your furniture on these carpets. ____13____
Close your windows when you can. A floor is usually about three meters high, so it’s quite easy to hear your conversations. ____14____ Therefore, whenever you are watching TV or listening to a radio, try to keep your windows closed as much as possible.
Do your cleaning on weekend afternoons. ____15____ Doing such housework at 3:00 pm on a Saturday is much better than doing so at 9:30 on a Tuesday night.
A．Wear slippers while in your upstairs apartment.
B．It becomes much easier when your windows are open.
C．No matter what you do, consider your neighbor’s requirements.
D．There’ll be a time when you will run a cleaner to clean your room.
E．This is especially true for those people who live above an apartment.
F．It will disturb your downstairs neighbor who has to work the next morning.
G．This keeps your furniture from moving around, thus limiting noise a downstairs neighbor may hear.
You don't need to travel far away to write a travel diary. Your writing can start with a family vacation or a weekend getaway. All you need is a destination or a place of departure(出发)!
___16___ Your trip journal can begin before your trip has started Use your journal to start planning the things you want to do. It can be a cool restaurant where you want to eat, a hike you want to go on or different sights you want to see.
Write about what you imagine it will be. Sometimes when you travel, your destination is wildly different from what you expected. Maybe you expected the local food to be bad but it turned out to be delicious. ___17___ Maybe you thought you would not be comfortable with the climate while you adapted to it. Whatever, try to write it down before you arrive. It will be interesting to compare these predictions to what you have actually experienced.
___18___ It is always easier to remember things when they are fresh in your brain, but it may be diluted(冲淡)with time going by. So try to write as much as you can during travelling every day if you can. Your journals don't have to be long, but letting then express your feelings is the most important.
Add pictures to your journal. ___19___ Combining pictures with your first-hand accounts of what they represented, or what happened when they were taken, will make for a better travel journal.
Write about your trip after you leave. It is important to reflect on your travels, so you can have a new understanding. ___20___
A．Ask a parent for help.
B．Get prepared for your travel journal.
C．Write as much as you can during your trip.
D．Use your journal to plan your trip properly.
E．Maybe you imagined the town to be smaller than it actually is.
F．Even though your journal is meant for writing, pictures are still worth a thousand words.
G．This is also a great way to learn about your-self and other people who you have travelled with.
If you want to have a garden full of life and motion, you have to attract some wildlife.
It's not as difficult as it may sound. Your garden will attract insects, bugs, birds and mammals. ____21____ You will make yourself happy and at the same time you will provide a living space for these beautiful creatures. All you need to do is to follow this advice and you will have the garden of your dreams. If you think your garden has to be messy and untidy, you're wrong. You need waves and long living plants and strong curves of hedges (树篱) and paths. It's advisable to have the grass. ____22____
Provide water. It's important to provide water. Some animals can even use your pool to have a bath. Bees love shallow water. ____23____ It's vital to change the water in your pond regularly to avoid breeding mosquitoes.
Provide food. ____24____ Planting native plants is what you have to do in order to attract wildlife. Plants like roses, honeysuckle and lavender attract different insects like bees and butterflies. Humming birds are fans of fuchsia and geraniums. Trees and shrubs that produce fruit, berries and seed are good sources of food for your little friends.
Provide some shelters for wildlife. You need to plant evergreen plants, too, because they are a suitable place for wildlife to take shelter.
____25____ Some species will overtake your garden and make it unfriendly. If there are wild cats that threaten the wildlife in your garden, it would be wise to take steps to keep those out.
A．Keep attacking species away.
B．Kill attacking species once it appears.
C．It's reasonable to keep native species.
D．This can be as simple as placing a bird feeder.
E．You can have a fountain and a small artificial pond.
F．Silence won't bother you anymore and you won't be alone.
G．It's important to provide everything animals will need to live in your garden.
Color is fundamental in home design—something you’ll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you’ll love to live in. Do you want a room that’s full of life Professional Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day _____26_____, color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.
Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. _____27_____, they can get a little complex. But good news is that there’re really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.
_____28_____. They’re the little spots of color like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa, small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.
Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves. _____29_____. They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.
The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you’re looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant. _____30_____.
A．While all of them are useful
B．Whatever you’re looking for
C．If you’re experimenting with a color
D．Small color choices are the ones we’re most familiar with
E．It’s not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces
F．So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time
G．Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways
Leonardo da Vinci and Nature
In the modern world, art and science are two very separate activities, but in Leonardo’s time they were closely connected. Science meant mathematics and medical studies. ___31___ Mathematics included practical work like surveying land for making maps as well as measuring the movements of the stars in the sky. An artist might need to measure the different parts of the body. He could also use mathematics to place things in relationship to each other in a drawing or painting so the scene looked correct. ___32___
Mathematics was also connected to music because musical sounds have a fixed relationship with each other that can be described in numbers. ___33___ More than this, though, Leonardo believed that numbers were a part of all things in the world, including music, and he said that “without them nothing can be done.”
“Nature has kindly given us things everywhere to copy,” wrote Leonardo. In all his activities, Leonardo was trying to discover the rules that control nature. In his search for those rules, he looked very carefully at a lot of examples and details. Actual experience was more important to him than opinion, and he worked from facts to ideas. ___34___ His purpose was to examine the world so he could copy it in beautiful paintings and sculptures. He also wanted to learn from the clever solutions of nature.
___35___ His quick little sketches (素描), often done while wandering outside, helped him to catch a movement or a shape. More careful drawings would be done at a desk with a pen and ruler. In July 2001, a small drawing by Leonardo was sold for $12 million. It was the most expensive drawing in the world.
A．Leonardo was always drawing.
B．How could these be connected with art
C．Leonardo’s ideas were vastly ahead of his time.
D．Mathematicians and doctors worked to discover the unknown.
E．Above all, Leonardo wanted to understand how and why things worked.
F．You will see a good example of such positioning in the painting of The Last Supper.
G．Leonardo himself was a very good musician and liked to play an instrument and sing.
How to Strengthen Teeth Naturally
___36___You can work on strengthening your teeth by getting the right vitamins and minerals in your diet. You can also protect your teeth through healthy habits. In addition, avoiding certain foods and habits can help strengthen your teeth.
◆Get the right nutrients(营养)
Make sure you’re getting 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium(钙) a day. You probably know calcium helps keep your bones strong. ___37___Eating certain amount of calcium in your diet every day will help increase the strength of your teeth.
◆ ___38___
Aim to eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in your weekly diet. Try selecting a variety of colors when choosing your produce, as that ensures you’ll be getting a wide variety of vitamins. Fill your plate up halfway with fruits and vegetables at every meal, then fill the rest of your plate with some protein and whole grains.
◆Brush your teeth twice a day
To brush well, hold your toothbrush at a 45℃ angle to your teeth. Brush all the surfaces of your teeth gently and try to brush for at least 2 minutes. ___39___
◆Visit your dentist regularly
Visit your dentist at least once a year for x-rays and cleaning. ___40___If you start to get a buildup of plaque(牙菌斑), which can weaken teeth, the dentist can remove it for you in time.
◆Quit smoking
You probably are aware that smoking causes lung cancer and other health problems. In addition, it can also weaken bone tissue, including your teeth. If you’ve been thinking about quitting, now may be the time.
A．These visits help find problems before they begin.
B．These foods naturally clean your teeth, helping to keep them strong.
C．Eat a balanced diet
D．The same is true for your teeth.
E．Set a timer to help you brush longer!
F．Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium properly.
G．Strong teeth are important for a healthy mouth!
Let's take a minute to think about the water we use. The human body is 60% water and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. When we are thirsty we just go to the kitchen and fill a glass with clean water.
___41___For example, farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants grow. When we turn on a light or switch on a TV or a computer we use energy and we need water to produce this energy.
The truth is that we are lucky enough to have clean water whenever we want，but this is not the case for many people around the world.___42___That's around one in 10 people in the world. If we drink dirty water，we can catch diseases from the bacteria and become ill. Every year over 500，000 children die from diarrhea(腹泻)from dirty water. That's around 1，400 children every day！Also，in some countries children walk many kilometres every day to get water.___43___Therefore，they don't have time to learn how to read or write and don't get an education.
___44___On this day every year，countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something that everyone should have around the world. At one school in the UK，children between the ages of 10 and 15 walk 6km with six litres of water.___45___People give them money to do this and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world.
A．We use water indirectly too.
B．Every system in our body depends on water to function.
C．It is to inspire people to learn more about water-related problems
D．If children walk many hours a day to get water，they can't go to school.
E．Did you know that around 750 million people do not have clean water to drink？
F．In 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is the World Day for Water.
G．In this way，they know how it feels to walk a long distance carrying heavy bottles.
If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. ____46____ Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.
Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. ____47____
Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start. ____48____ If you work out in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里) burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.
____49____ Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
____50____ If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.
There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.
A．You will stick to your diet.
B．Your quality of sleep improves.
C．You prefer healthy food to fast food.
D．There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.
E．You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.
F．After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.
G．If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen up!
England
England is the biggest of the four countries in the United Kingdom. Over 50 million people live in England, which is around 80% of the total UK population.
___51___ It is spoken today by billions of people all over the world. Many students go to England from other countries to study the language and learn about the culture. Although everyone speaks English, there are many different accents around the country. French was the official language in England between 1066 and 1362. ______52______
The English people love music. ______53______ Glastonbury is a five-day festival of music, dance, comedy, and theatre and around 175,000 people go there. Many people stay at the festivals for a few days and they camp in tents. People listen to all types of music, especially pop and rock. England has produced many international groups and singers.
The most popular sports in England are football, rugby and cricket. Most towns have a football, rugby and cricket ground where teams can play. ____54____ Women s football is also popular. Cricket is a traditional sport played with a bat and a ball. People like to watch all these sports on TⅤ．
England is a multicultural country. _____55_____ Indian, Chinese and Italian foods are popular. Traditional English food includes fish and chips, roast beef, sausages and mashed potatoes. Many English people drink several cups of tea every day, usually with milk. However, different types of coffee are also popular.
A．The official language of England is English.
B．This has a big influence on the food people eat.
C．The lion is the symbol of many English sports teams.
D．It is a fact that English is accepted as an international language.
E．In the summer you can go to music festivals all over the country.
F．This is why there are many French words and expressions in English.
G．English football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are world-famous.
Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger Well, if size has anything to do with the matter, the tiger would win. That’s because tigers are the largest of all cat species. ____56____ They can dash as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet. You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do.
At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch decreased to just over 3,000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans. ____57____
____58____ People have long valued the famous striped(有条纹的) skins. Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger fur are worth around $10,000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive(刺激) enough for most hunters, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have cure function. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, among other parts, to cure some disease.
____59____ In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them. Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might demand to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not stopped entirely.
Humans have done great damage to the world’s tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. The tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. ____60____Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transport systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major difficulty to preserving tigers is the large amount of territory(领土,领域) that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers.
A．A lion is not as large as a tiger but runs faster than it.
B．This is because humans have heavily changed the environments.
C．Tigers have also been hunted as game.
D．Tigers are hunted for many reasons.
E．Tigers are not only large, they are also fast.
F．Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat.
G．Though humans have done great harm to tigers.
I experienced years of loneliness as a child. ___61___ His friends teased him about babysitting his sister and his interests were far different from mine. With no other kids of my age in the neighborhood, I had to spend hours by myself.
A bright spot for me turned out to be reading. My love of the written word began early as my mother read to me every evening. ___62___ I started reading books on my own before age 5 and my mother took me to the public library once a week to borrow several books. I quickly graduated from typical children’s books to ones with fewer pictures and longer chapters. Reading opened new worlds to me. ___63___
My mother also encouraged me to make what I wanted. I tried making toy cars with cardboard boxes and constructing buildings from leftover cardboard and bits of wood my father gave me. When my mother saw my creations, she told me how creative my designs were. ___64___ I learned a lot about how to extend the life of objects and transform them into something new and useful. It was a trait(特点) others found helpful, and I soon had friends who wanted to make things with me.
___65___My parents made it a point for their two kids to spend time outside, no matter the weather or season. My brother, of course, raced off to be with his friends, while I had plenty to do myself. There was making leaf houses in autumn, ice skating in winter, and so much more. They’re all memories I treasure today.
A．I wasn't alone any longer.
B．I enjoyed reading stories aloud.
C．I was invited to play with another kid.
D．I loved the colorful photographs in the books.
E．Another habit I formed early was being outdoors.
F．Thus, I began my lifelong interest in making things.
G．My older brother couldn’t be bothered to play with me.
Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: “Should I jump ” This is what motivation or the lack of it can do. Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin. ___66___ Like the child on the diving board, you will stay undecided.
___67___ More than that, how should you stay motivated to achieve the goal First, you need to evaluate yourself, your values, your strengths, your weaknesses, your achievements, your desires, etc. Only then should you set your goals.
You also need to judge the quality and depth of your motivation. This is quite important, because it is directly related to your commitment. There are times when your heart is not in your work. ___68___ So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment. Clarity(清晰) of thoughts can help you move forward.
Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths. Remember that goals are flexible. ___69___ They also need to be measurable. You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.
Your personal circumstances are equally important. For example, you may want to be a pilot but can’t become one because your eyesight is not good enough. ___70___You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.
You will surely need to overcome some difficulties, some planned, but most unplanned. You cannot overcome them without ample motivation. Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.
A．This can affect your work.
B．So how should you motivate yourself
C．However, this should not discourage you.
D．So why should we try to set specific goals
E．They can change according to circumstances.
F．Motivation is what you need most to do a good job.
G．Without motivation, you can neither set a goal nor reach it.
Emoji(表情符号) and Workplace Communication
In Asia, messaging platforms are growing rapidly, with users in the hundreds of millions, both at work and play. ___71___. It’s been reported that 76 percent of employees in some western countries are using emojis at work.
Written communications can often read as cold and dull. Using emojis can add humor and feeling, keeping intention clear. ___72___, encouraging better and more frequent communication.
In any given office, employees can range from age 22 to 70 and beyond, and finding common ground in communication style can be a challenge. ___73___. While the younger generations prefer to communicate visually, for those used to working with traditional tools like email, it may feel like a learning curve(曲线). The good news is that it’s simple to learn and can be worth the effort.
There is also the matter of tone(语气). Who hasn’t received an email so annoying that it ruined an entire day ___74___. Emoji can help communication feel friendlier, and even a serious note can be softened with an encouraging smile.
___75___, and emoji can contribute directly to that positive outcome. And when your employees begin adding smiling emojis to their business communication, you’ll know you have succeeded in improving your work culture.
A．Message with emojis feel more conversational
B．Even a formal email can seem cold and unfriendly
C．Sending smiling faces to colleagues may seem strange
D．The popularity of these platforms is spreading globally
E．Giving employees the tools enables them to communicate honestly
F．Studies show that friendlier communication leads to a happier workplace
G．An easy way to bring all work generations together is with a chat platform
How to Reduce Gift Wrap Waste
Wrapping paper may have “paper” in its name, but that doesn’t automatically mean it can be recycled. ___76___ Try these suggestions for cutting down the amount of wrapping paper you throw away.
Reuse what you have. ____77____ It’s estimated that the U.S. produces 4.6 million pounds of wrapping paper annually, and 2.3 million pounds of that stays in people’s homes, awaiting reuse.
Use different materials. ___78___ Select basic brown thick paper that can be made up with a bow, ribbons, leaves, pinecones or markers. Repurpose newspapers, old posters and children’s school artworks as wrapping paper. There are plenty of other eco-friendly alternatives to wrapping paper that are just delightful and celebratory.
___79___ Use baskets, fabric, gift boxes or bags, tea towels, and more to contain and display your presents. Learn the Japanese art of wrapping, using beautiful knots(绳结) to fasten colorful, reusable fabrics in attractive ways. This way, you’ll have no wrapping paper waste to deal with.
Ask for better paper. Shops store what customers want, and recyclability should be a top priority, so let that be known when you’re out shopping. As explained by Simon Ellin, CEO of the Recycling Association, a trade body that represents about 90 waste management companies and paper merchants in the United Kingdom, “It’s a campaign we’ve been on all year — do you really need to design a non-paper wrapping paper Make paper with recycling in mind!” ___80___
A．Try zero waste.
B．Shop with that in mind, too.
C．You don’t have to choose shining paper to decorate a present.
D．In fact, many types of wrapping paper cannot due to their materials.
E．When wrapping paper is extremely thin, it has few good quality fibers for recycling.
F．Wrapping paper can be used many times if care is taken to unwrap it without tearing.
G．Having a mix of recyclable and non-recyclable papers is a real problem for companies.
Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成) in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. ___81___Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent
___82___They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions. ___83___In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, “There is no I in TEAM.” ___84___
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
___85___ An A-team may require a balance--not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.
A．It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
B．Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.
C．The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.
D．Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.
E．Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.
F．Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.
G．This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.
When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to their new home. Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille (卡德利尔舞).
In the American version, a square is formed by four couples.____86____Each couple stands on one side of the square, the boy on the left and the girl on the right. An American addition to square dancing is the caller.
The caller—someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music—was a completely American invention.____87____Later the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues (暗示). Thus, dancers didn't have to remember so many steps. The caller didn't just call out “do-se-do your partner”; a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he would say in between the cues such as "Don't be bashful (羞怯的) and don't be afraid."____88____
Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive interest in it. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts.____89____Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldn't because he had a contract with the inn. Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovett's contract. He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a program for teaching square dancing.____90____
A．They stand facing the center of the square.
B．Lovett's dance program attracted a lot of audience.
C．The caller was important because he told the dancers what to do.
D．At first, dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance.
E．A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.
F．There he enjoyed the dance program run by a man named Benjamin Lovett.
G．Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country.
___91___ Many students feel stressed around big moments in their lives like during final exams or when applying to college. Stress can be a pretty dangerous thing, because it can cause you to become sick. Here are some ways to deal with stress:
Laugh .Laughter is really one of the best medicines. When things get stressful, do things that make you laugh. Watch a funny movie. ___92___ Chat with friends and family.
Take a Deep Breath. Breathing is a great way to reduce your stress. Taking deep breaths or doing breathing exercises may seem silly, but it does help you relax and clear up your mind.
Plan Ahead .Most students tend to study hard when test time comes close or do their homework right before it is due. ___93___ Give yourself the proper amount of time to complete tasks, and break those tasks down into manageable positions.
Sleep .Sleep is another great tool in reducing stress. It is necessary that we allow our bodies to recover from daily stress. ___94___ As you know, a lack of sleep can be bad for your health.
Learn to Say “No” .___95___ So there are times when it is okay to say “no” to the requests of friends, families and teachers. If it is going to add too much to your stress level, just say so.
A．There are a lot of ways to deal with problems.
B．Sometimes life gets pretty stressful.
C．Read an interesting book.
D．Some stress comes from doing everything you’re asked to do.
E．You should be getting at least 6 to 8 hours of sleep each night.
F．However, having a plan will do a lot to decrease your stress.
G．You can lose yourself for a while in the music.
If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. But you may not have these chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught.____96____It is not very difficult, but it does take effort and practice.
Think in single words.
___97___In your head, try to name each object in your surroundings. As you continue with this, it becomes more of a habit, so things are going to pop up into your head – computer, telephone, chair, and desk. Whatever it is, wherever you are. You can also do this at home when you wake up and before you go to sleep.
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Another exercise is describing in your mind objects you don't know the words for. An example would be if you couldn't think of the word “garage,” Hinshaw says. “If you're looking at your house and you see your garage, but you can't think of the name in English. You can say, 'The place inside where I put my car.”
Think in sentences.
The next exercise is thinking in simple sentences. For example, if you are sitting in a park, you can tell yourself things like, “It's such a beautiful day” and “People are playing sports with their friends.”___99___
Describe your day.
Another exercise experts suggest is to describe your daily activities. You can mentally make plans in the morning when you wake up. ___100___So the skill level is a little higher.
A．Describe unknown words.
B．Guess the meaning of a new word.
C．This would require future verb tenses.
D．A good first step is to think in individual words.
E．Hinshaw says doing this can help learners of any language.
F．Once this becomes easy, you can move on to more difficult sentences.
G．The good news is that thinking in English can bring you a huge step closer to fluency!
参考答案
1．E2．B3．C4．A5．G 6．A7．G8．D9．F10．B
11．E12．A13．G14．B15．D 16．D17．E18．C19．F20．G
21．F22．G23．E24．D25．A 26．B27．A28．D29．G30．F
31．B32．F33．G34．C35．A 36．G37．D38．C39．E40．A
41．A42．E43．D44．F45．G 46．G47．E48．F49．B50．A
51．A52．F53．E54．G55．B 56．E57．F58．D59．C60．B
61．G62．D63．A64．F65．E 66．G67．B68．A69．E70．C
71．D72．A73．G74．B75．F 76．D77．F78．C79．A80．B
81．B82．E83．G84．D85．F 86．A87．D88．E89．F90．G
91．B92．C93．F94．E95．D 96．G97．D98．A99．F100．C
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