贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（20）附答案
课时作业(二十) [必修4 Unit 5 Theme parks]
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One of my favourite family photographs was taken last year at Disneyland. We were at the __1__ of a ride called “Splash Mountain” and the picture was taken just as we were starting to __2__ down. Disneyland cleverly designed an automatic camera, __3__ at the most frightening part of the ride to take photos of the riders. These __4__ pictures are then displayed at the exit of Splash Mountain and are available to __5__. They are not expensive.
I love this photograph because it's so real. __6__ ，when you are going to take pictures, you tidy your hair and __7__ a pretty smile，wanting to look best. This picture is __8__， showing a perfect mixture of __9__ and terror on our faces. My husband's __10__ is open in a scream as he hangs on to me. My son is __11__ his baseball cap backwards so it won't fly off.
Every time I look at that photograph, I feel __12__. Through this picture，I sense that life should be a(n) __13__ and that we should have courage and enjoy new __14__ all the time. However，most of the time we draw back __15__ fear. Fear is a kind of sick feeling that can __16__ us from experiencing new interesting things in life. In fact, __17__ Franklin
D. Roosevelt said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
So，when you feel like you're at the top of a roller coaster with a huge, __18__ drop right before your eyes, that is not the time to retreat (撤退). That is the time to __19__. That's the time to put a big smile on your face，scream if you need to，hug those you __20__ and move forward towards the new adventures ahead.
文章从在迪斯尼乐园游玩时在最刺激的时刻自动拍摄的照片谈起，通过美国前总统FranklinD．Roosevelt说的话“我们唯一恐惧的是恐惧本身”引出主旨：要勇敢地面对所面临的恐惧，拥抱你喜爱的事物勇往直前。
1．A. end C. bottom
B. top D. back
答案：B。从下文的were starting to __2__ down可推断出，此处为top。at the top of在……的顶上。
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2．A. turn C. break
B. cut D. rush
答案：D。由Splash Mountain这一刺激乘坐游戏的常识可知，此处为从最高处快速下冲，故选rush(冲，奔)。turn(翻转)具有一定的干扰性。
3．A. paced C. performed
B. organized D. established
答案：A。由语境可知，迪斯尼公司很聪明地设置了一些自动摄像机，调整拍摄时间，在乘坐者感受最刺激的时刻拍照。pace为……定步速(或速度)，调整……的速度(或步调)。如：The teacher paced his teaching to his students’ abilities.教师根据学生的能力调整教学进度。establish(建立，制定，确立，创办)虽具有一定的干扰性，但动宾搭配不对，也不符合语境。
4．A. ugly C. popular
B. surprising D. funny
答案：D。由常识可知人在感觉最刺激的时候，恐惧和高兴相交融的样子一定很滑稽可笑。funny好笑的，滑稽的，有趣的。
5．A. see C. buy
B. enjoy D. charge
答案：C。由常识可知迪斯尼乐园之所以这么做是出于商业经营的角度，提供有趣又不贵且有纪念意义的照片供游客购买。故选C。
6．A. Usually C. Gradually
答案：A。通常，在我们拍照时…… 7．A. take over C. burst out
B. make up D. put on B. Finally D. Hardly
答案：D。通常在你准备照相时，你会整理一下头发，带上一副笑容以展现自己最美的一面。put on戴上，put on(wear)a smile带着笑容。
8．A. informal C. regular
B. natural D. serious
答案：B。迪斯尼乐园的这些照片是自然的。natural自然状态的，不做作的，逼真的。 9．A. doubt C. joy
B. worried D. pride
答案：C。在脸上完美地展示了快乐与恐惧的融合。由空后的terror和常识可得出结论。 10．A. mouth C. arm
B. nose D. hand
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答案：A。由空后的open in a scream和常识判断，应该是张大嘴巴，而不是张开双臂。 11．A. showing C. wearing
B. dressing D. having
答案：C。我儿子正反着戴他的棒球帽以免飞走。wear穿着，戴着，佩带着，蓄着(衣服、饰物、帽子、手表、项链、胡子、笑容等)。
12．A. curious C. nervous
B. excited D. ashamed
答案：B。每次当我看到那张照片时，我就觉得兴奋。 13．A. struggle C. stage
B. picture D. adventure
答案：D。通过这张照片，我意识到生活也应该是一种冒险经历。adventure冒险，冒险精神，激动人心的活动，冒险活动。
14．A. decisions C. impressions
B. experiences D. thoughts
答案：B。我们应该始终有勇气欣赏这种新的经历。experience经验，体验，经历，阅历。 15．A. because of C. in place of
B. instead of D. in spite of
答案：A。然而，大多数时候我们因为恐惧而退缩。由行文逻辑可知，此处表示因果关系。 16．A. protect C. prevent
B. defend D. guard
答案：C。恐惧是一种可以阻止我们体验生活中新鲜有趣的事情的不健全的、病态的感觉。prevent sb.from doing sth.，阻止某人做某事。protect...from保护……以免受伤害或损失。
17．A. which C. what
答案：B。as sb.says正如某人所说的…… 18．A. scary C. disappointing
B. confusing D. angry
B. as D. when
答案：A。由空前的at the top of a roller coaster可知是令人害怕的。scary可怕的，提心吊胆的，引起恐慌的。
19．A. expect C. advance
B. prepare D. function
答案：C。那不是退缩的时刻，那是前进的时刻。由上一句可知设空处应是和retreat(撤退)相对的一个词，故选advance(前进)。
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20．A. admire C. support
B. notice D. love
答案：D。那是展现自己灿烂笑容，必要时可以高声尖叫，拥抱那些你所喜爱的事物并且勇敢前进去面对前面新的冒险。从语境和动宾搭配的角度看，love最佳。
阅读理解
A[2012·福建卷]
Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales(童话)．
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained 10，000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous(匿名) envelopes, each containing 10，000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelops keep coming, and so far at least 190，000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper's own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of 500 inside, with a copy of the article.The name of the family was underlined.
“I was driving when I heard the news，”Claudia Neumann, the boy's mother, told Der Spiegel magazine.“I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing，” Mrs Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said：“Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.”However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city's hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
16．The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of ________． A．a church B．a bank
C．a newspaper D．a magazine
17．Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom? A．The donation amounted to 190，000.
B．The donation was sent directly to his house. C．The money will be used for his education. D．His mother felt astonished at the donation.
18．It can be inferred from the passage that ________． A．the donator is a rich old man
B．the donation will continue to come
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C．the donation comes from the newspaper D．the donator will soon be found out
19．What would be the best title for the passage? A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper
B．Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy C．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes D．Robin Hood Returns to the City
B
Uh-oh, the new year's just begun and already you're finding it hard to keep those resolutions to junk the junk food，get off the couch or kick smoking. There's a biological reason why a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break—they get deep-rooted in our brains.
That's not an excuse to give up. Understanding how unhealthy behaviors become deep-rooted has scientists learning some tricks that may help good habits replace the bad.“Why are bad habits stronger? You're fighting against the power of an immediate reward. We all as creatures give greater value to an immediate reward than something that's delayed，” says Dr Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Just how that bit of happiness turns into a habit involves a pleasure-sensing chemical named dopamine(多巴胺). It trains the brain to want that reward again and again—increasing the connection each time—especially when it gets the right cue(暗示) from your environment.
People tend to overestimate their ability to resist temptations around them, thus destroying attempts to get rid of bad habits. Even scientists who recognize it find it hard to resist.“I don't like popcorn. But every time I go to the cinema, I have to eat it，” Volkow says.“It's fascinating.”
A movement to pay people for behavior changes may make use of that connection, as some companies offer employees immediate payments for adopting better habits. However paying for behavior turns out, researchers say there are some steps that may help counter your brain's hold on bad habits: repeat，repeat，repeat the new behavior—the same routine at the same time of day. Determined to exercise？Doing it at the same time of the morning makes the brain recognize the habit eventually. If you don't do it, you feel awful. Exercise itself raises dopamine levels, so eventually your brain will get a feel-good hit even if your muscles protest. Reward yourself with something you really desire, Volkow stresses. You exercised all week? Stuck to your diet? Buy a book, a great pair of jeans, or try a fancy restaurant.
20．What's the subjective reason for being hard to break bad behaviors? A．Some behaviors get deep-rooted in our brains. B．We prefer an immediate reward. C．We value delayed gifts.
D．We are all creatures of nature.
21．What does the underlined word “connection” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A．Pleasure and behavior. B．Brain and reward. C．Happiness and dopamine. D．Cue and environment.
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贵州省贵阳市高考英语一轮 课时作业（二十） Unit5 Theme parks 新人教版必修4
