高考英语二轮复习综合验收精讲(四)阅读理解题一： In meditation (冥想), people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath. As they breathe in and out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go. According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a marked change in how the brain allocates( 分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert meditators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli(刺激), like facial expressions. The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being. In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day. A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period. Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both groups looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded. Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced meditators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number, as if letting it go, which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number. This shows that attention can change with practice. Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study. “I am a much better listener,” he said, “I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying.”36. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph1 refers to_.A. feelings B. mindsC. people D. thoughts37. Meditators manage their daily tasks better because they _.A. are given less pressure B. allocate their attention betterC. have more stimuli for life D. practice them more frequently38. In the experiment, volunteers doing meditation for longer hours _.A. were more likely to catch both of the numbersB. were used to memorizing numbers in groupsC. usually ignored the first number observedD. paid more attention to numbers than to letters39. The study proves that _.A. meditation improves ones health B. brain activity can be recordedC. human attention can be trained D. meditators have a good sense of hearing应用文写作题二：假设你是晨光中学高二(1)班的班长李津， 得知美国学生Chris 作为交换生，下学期将到你班学习。 请你根据以下提示， 给他写封邮件：（1）表示欢迎； （2）介绍与本地生活相关的信息（如天气， 饮食等）;（3）介绍本班情况；（4）希望Chris做哪些事情， 以增进中美学生之间的了解和友谊。注意：（1）请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息；（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯；（3）词数不少于100； 开头已给出， 不计入总词数。（4）参考词汇：交换生 exchange student 单项选择题三：Don t play by the river_ you fall in and drown!A. unless B. so that C. in case D. when题四：So difficult _ it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice. A. I did find B. did I find C. I have foundD. have I found题五：If you _that film late last night, you wouldnt be so sleepy. A. didnt see B. havent seen C. wouldnt have seen D. hadnt seen题六：They lost their way in the forest and _ made matters worse was that night began to fall. A. thatB. thisC. whatD. which题七：We visited the room yesterday _ Chairman Mao has once lived.A. which B. where C. when D. that高考英语二轮复习综合验收精讲(四)讲义参考答案 阅读理解36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 应用文写作题二：One possible versionDear Chris, Im Li Jin, monitor of Class One, Grade Eleven. Im very delighted to learn that you are coming to our school to study with us as an exchange student next term. Welcome to our class.It is a great honor for me to tell you some information relevant to the local life. First, our school is located in a northern city of China, where you can taste many kinds of delicious food, because it is well famous for its snacks. Besides, our city witnesses four different seasons, plenty of sunshine and good rainfall, but in winter you may feel a little cold.Now Ill introduce our class to you. Our class is made up of 50 lively boys and girls, all of whom are friendly and ready to offer help. There is no doubt that you can get along well with them. Our teachers are kind to us and treat us as their friends. I am sure you will have a good time and get used to the l