2013北京一、二模七选五汇总
1. 说明文部分： 海淀一模：
Apathy
Apathy is a state of lacking interest, enthusiasm or concern. 71 _____They may alsoexhibit unfeelingness. Christians have condemned apathy as a lack of love and devotion to God and His works.
72 _____ Also meaning “absence of passion” in Greek, the term “apatheia” was used by the Stoics(禁欲主义者)to show a desirable state of indifference towards events and things which lie outside one’s control.
The modem concept of apathy became well known after World War I，when it was called “shell shock. ” Soldiers, living in the trenches among the bombing and gun fires, saw thebattlefields filled with dead and wounded companions. 73 _____ In 1950，US novelist Passos wrote “Apathy is one of the characteristic responses of any living being when it is subjected to something too tense or too complicated to deal with. ” US philosopher Robert M. Hutchins summarizes the concerns about political indifference. He claims that the death of democracy is not likely to be a sudden murder from ambush (埋伏）74 _____
There may be other things contributing to a person’s apathy. Activist Dave Meslin argues that apathy is often the result of social systems actively blocking engagement and involvement. He describes various barriers that prevent people from knowing how or why they might get involved insomething. 75 _____ These include ： political media that make it difficult for potentiallyinterested people to find relevant information，and media descriptions of heroes as “ chosen ” by outside forces rather than self-motivated. He suggests that we redefine social apathy as a result of poorly designed systems that fail to invite others to participate.
A. It will be a slow process of fading away from apathy and indifference. B. Apathetic people may lack a sense of purpose or meaning in their life.
C. He focuses on designed choices that deliberately or indeliberately exclude people. D. The word “dispassion” is used for “apatheia”，so as not to confuse it with apathy. E. So they gradually developed a sense of disconnected numbness to normal social interaction. F. Although the word “apathy” originates from “apatheia”，it is important not to confuse the two terms.
G. Author John McManamy argues apathy is a psychological problem for some depressed people，in which they get a sense that “nothing matters”.
西城一模：
Swapping Houses for Vacation
When budgeting for a vacation, usually the most expensive part of the trip is the accommodations．The traditional way to take a vacation is to pack some bags, lock up the house, and travel to a new place to stay in a hotel．However, hotels are very expensive, and with rent or housing loan（贷款）due every month, it's difficult for most people to pay for yet another place to stay． 71 Luckily, there is a substitute called house swapping, and it's saving tourists a great deal of cash． 72 For example, if a couple from New York want to spend a week in Paris, they would place an ad offering to trade their New York apartment for one in Paris for a week．If a Parisian couple that want to vacation in New York read the advertisement, houses can be swapped, and both couples save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars by avoiding big-city hotel fees．If all goes well, both couples can post positive reviews of the other's home online so that potential travelers can see that everything was fine． 73 This builds a community of people who want tohelp each other out．
There are other advantages co house swapping as well．74 Staying at someone's homeputs you in a neighborhood that can give you a better representation of the life and culture in theplace you're visiting．75 The next time you want to spend your vacation in a new place, butdon't want to pay a fortune, check what's posted online and find a house to swap．
A．House swapping is most common in New York and Paris． B．Hotels are often quite difficult to book when you want to explore a new home． C．A lot of times, this extra cost prevents travelers from going very far from home． D．To swap houses, people check the Internet for others planning to travel and trade homes． E．With many house swapping sites growing, this new phenomenon is becoming easier than ever． F．Hotels are often located where few people live, making them a strange place to experience a city． G．On theother hand, if there were trouble, people could write about that to wan others not to trust the swappers． 东城一模：
I know just how you feel
Do you feel sad HappyAngry You may think that the way you show these emotions isunique．Well, think again．Even the expression of the most personal feelings can be classified,according to Mind Reading, a DVD exhibiting every possible human emotion． 71 In the mid 1800s, Darwin divided the emotions into six types—anger, fear, sadness,disgust, surprise and enjoyment．More complex expressions of emotion were probablylearned and therefore more specific to each culture．But now it is believed that many morefacial expressions are shared worldwide． 72 The Mind Reading DVD is a systematicvisual record of these expressions．
The project was designed by a Cambridge professor．His research team first had
todefine an \． 73 Using this definition, 412 emotion terms were identified anddiscussed, from \．
Then each expression is acted out by six different actors．\the actorshad got it right,\．\were given somedirection, the actors were not told which facial muscles they should move．74 \Someone who has tried to set such rules is the American, Professor Paul Ekman, whobuilt database of how the face moves for every emotion．The face can make 43 distinct musclemovements．Ekman has also found that it may not be possible for people to reproduce themartificially．The most difficult expression to reproduce is the smile．It isn't only aboutstretching the lips, but tightening the tiny muscles around the eyes． 75 If we learnt torecognize whether someone was using their eye muscle when they smiled, we would be ableto distinguish true enjoyment from false． A．It shows 412 distinct ways we feel．
B．These can be combined into more than 10,000 facial shapes．
C．These particular muscles are difficult to control, and few people can do it． D．They decided that it was a mental state that could be introduced by \looks \
or \．
E．He said the expression of these feelings was universal and recognizable by anyone, from
any culture．
F．It is as if they are programmed into the brains of \and
whatever their races．
G．We thought of trying to describe each emotion, but it would have been almost impossible
to make clear rules for this． 朝阳一模：
Stay on the brighter side of life
One very important component of optimism is gratitude or feeling grateful. In fact, there is a strong connection between a grateful attitude and a heightened sense of all the positives in your life by starting a gratitude journal in order to remember what you’re grateful for. ___71___
Feeling down Instead of feeling sorry for yourself waiting for the universe to throw you a bone, try acting like you’re happy—even if you aren’t. A sincere smile and a forced smile will cause the same chemical reactions in your brain, so you can actually fool your mind into feeling better by making it react chemically as if things were going well. ___72___ Reassure yourself that everything is good—even if you don’t feel it.
“___73___ If you’re stuck in traffic, then everything else must be going horribly too,” says Anne Parker, a wellness counselor. By blowing negative events out of proportion, you’re setting yourself up for feeling down all day. Instead, acknowledge that you’re stuck in traffic, but also bring to mind something good, like the beautiful scenery outside the way, you’ll get in the habit of forbidding negative circumstances from blanketing your whole day.
Swearing to lose 20 pounds or to run a marathon seems like goals leading to happiness, but they take time to achieve. ___74___Youmay even end up admitting that you have been defeated. However, if you focus on the small milestones that occur along the way, you will feel positive about your progress, which will give you the strength to keep going.
___75___ Try making someone else’s day better. A report by United Healthcare and Volunteer Match found that volunteers are 72% more likely to characterize themselves as optimistic compared with non-volunteers. Plus, 89% of volunteers say
高考英语七选五汇编及答案
