.word可编辑.山西省运城市稷山县2016中考英语阅读理解精品训练（8）该资源的编排特点是：选取了有代表性的2016中考模拟试题中的阅读理解。该照片排版非常工整，字体统一为五号，行距统一为1.5倍，文章经过了仔细校正，自认为没有文字错误。（来自2016中考模拟训练）（来自2016中考模拟训练）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A team of US psychologists(心理学家)have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory. Socializing(交际)is just as useful as more traditional kinds of mental(脑力的) exercises in boosting memory and intellectual performance,” Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement. In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96. They find that the higher their level of social interaction(交流), the better their cognitive(认知的)functioning. Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, friends and neighbors. In another experiment, the researchers conducted laboratory tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate(评估)how social interactions and mental exercises influenced the results of memory and intellectual performance tests. The students were divided into three groups: the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the mental activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group(对照组)watched a 10-minute film of the Seinfeld television show. We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved the students intellectual performance as much as working on so-called mental activities for the same amount of time,” Ybarra said. The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.( )37. What does the underlined word “boosting in the second paragraph probably mean?A. Improving. B. Reducing. C. Preventing. D. Training.( )38. Which is not included in social interaction? A. Having a talk with a neighbor. B. Attending a birthday party. C. Watching TV at home alone. D. Calling your classmates.( )39. Whats the purpose of the experiment on 76 college students? A. To judge the influence of social interaction on memory and intelligence. B. To find out what is real social interaction. C. To learn how much time is needed for social interaction. D. To show the function of peoples cognition.( )40. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. Mental exercises make your memory better. B. Different people have different ways of communication. C. Communicating with others keeps you healthy. D. Social interaction makes you smart.参考答案3740 ACAD（来自2016中考模拟训练）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 How are you getting on with your study? Maybe you are the best in your class. But in the last few exams one or two even several classmates have got higher marks than you. How do you feel? Are you jealous of them? Are you grateful to them? Please think it over after reading the following text. You will probably learn a lot. Once a zoologist worked on antelopes(羚羊)which were living on both sides of a river in South Africa. He discovered that the antelopes on the east side multiplied(繁殖)more and ran faster than those on the west. The zoologist was puzzled(困惑的)after long thought about the differences. As the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment and they fed on the same kind of grass. One year, with the help of the Animal Protecting Society, he caught ten antelopes on each side and exchanged them. A year later, the ten antelopes sent to the west bank multiplied by fourteen while only three remained of the ones sent to the east. Where were the other seven? They had been eaten by wolves! At last the zoologist understood why the antelopes on the east were stronger. That was because on the east side there were a group of wolves-their natural enemy! Now everything is plain sailing in your life. It is your opponents(对手)that are improving you indeed. So thanks must go to your opponents. Its true!( )26. The zoologist was puzzled when he found . A. the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment B. the two groups of antelopes fed on the same kind of grass C. the antelopes on the east side ran faster than those on the west D. the antelopes on the west side multiplied more than those on the east( )27. What does the underlined word jealous mean in the passage? A.害怕的 B.嫉妒的 C.生气的 D.憎恨的( )28. What is the passage mainly about? A. Antelopes should be raised on the same side of the river. B. Antelopes should be raised with wolves. C. We should be grateful to our opponents. D. We should learn from the zoologist.参考答案2628、CBC （来自2016中考模拟训练）阅读下列短文，从每