仿真模拟卷(三)(满分：120分，时间：100分钟)第卷第一部分听力(略)第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AThese days teen girls lack something very importantselfesteem (自信)They worry more about their appearance，instead of working on their schoolwork.Their concentration is on their bodies and clothing.A recent survey is conducted in a school，and here are the results：59% of 5th12th grade girls are dissatisfied with their body shape.20%40% of girls begin dieting at age 10.By 15，girls are twice as likely to become depressed as boys.Among 5th12th graders，47% say they want to lose weight because of magazine pictures.73% of 812 years olds dress like teens and talk like teens.The phenomenon that girls lack selfesteem worries many teachers and parents.Some experts conclude that teen girls focus shifts and personal look becomes their main focus.“Selfesteem becomes too closely tied to physical appearance; girls feel they cant measure up to society standards”，says Anita Gurian，Ph.D.Significantly，girls are rushing to get whatever the other teen girls are getting，which affects their selfesteem.The attitude of teen girls who think that they do not have perfect hair，perfect bodies，or perfect clothing can ruin a teen girls selfesteem.Importantly，the question is how we can help them raise their selfesteem.Some opinions from experts and stayathome moms are，“Let daughters help fix the kitchen sink and let sons help make dinner.” Selfesteem matters a lot; it is your courage，your confidence，and it is selfrespect in yourself.For decades teen girls all over the world have lacked selfesteem.Some girls will let people put them down and they will not stand up for themselves.They need to realize that they are all unique individuals，and dont have to be a copy.Hopefully things will change and get better.Its obvious that we need to take some action，and help teen girls understand that looks dont always matter.What matters is your character and how you treat people; not having the perfect body，or perfect hair，but your inner beauty.21What is the major focus of the teen girls these days according to the passage?ASelfesteem.BAppearance.CSchool work. DHealthy weight.22The underlined phrase “measure up to” means “ ”Ato test Bto meetCto change Dto understand23What causes the phenomenon that girls lack selfesteem according to the author?AParents and teachers worries.BPhysical appearance.CThe wrong attitude.DOpinions from experts.24Whats the writers purpose of writing this passage?ATo tell the importance of teen girls selfesteem.BTo list the difficulties that teen girls are facing.CTo encourage teen girls to become unique individuals.DTo help teen girls to realize how to raise selfesteem.【解题导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章就青少年女孩缺乏自信心这一问题进行了分析并展开了论述。21解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第一段中的第二、第三句以及第二段的第二句可知，目前青少年女孩最关注的是她们的外貌，所以选B。22解析：选B。词义猜测题。由上下文可知“measure up to”这一短语在这里的意思是“达到预期的要求，符合标准”，此处表示自信心已和外貌密切相关，女孩子们感到她们无法达到社会的标准，所以选B。23解析：选C。推理判断题。由文章第三段第一句及后面的分析可知，作者认为女孩子们缺乏自信心主要是她们的错误态度所致，所以选C。24解析：选D。写作意图题。作者写这篇文章的主要目的是帮助青少年女孩认识到如何去提高自信心，所以选D。BCan eating a chocolate bar every day really prevent agerelated memory loss？No.But new research shows that large amounts of flavones (黄酮类化合物)，substances found in cocoa，tea and some kinds of vegetables，may improve agerelated memory failure.Dr.Scott Small is a professor of neurology (神经病学) at Columbia University in New York City.He is the lead writer of a research paper describing the effects of cocoa flavones on brain activity.His study involved 37 volunteers aged between 50 and 69.Researchers gave them a highlevel flavones drink made from cocoa beans or a lowlevel flavones drink.For a period of three months，some subjects got 900 milligrams of flavones a day.The others got 10 milligrams of flavones each day.Brain imaging and memory tests were given to each study subject before and after the study.Dr.Small says that the subjects who had the highlevel flavones drink showed much improvement on memory tests.The researchers warn that more work is needed to be done because this study was performed only on a small group.Dr.Joann Manson is the lead researcher of a fouryear study involving 18，000 adults.This study will use flavones capsules (胶囊)The study subjects will be divided into two groups and will take two pills per day.The capsules used will all look the same.But one groups capsules will contain flavones，while the other group will take capsules made of an inactive substance，or placebo (安慰剂)Dr.Manson says its not necessary for people to start eating more chocolate.He also adds many manufacturers have planned to remove the flavones from their chocolate products.Similarly，Dr.Manson says a cocoabased flavones extract (提取) may be developed in the future.But he says that more studies are needed to see how much flavones is good for our health.25What was done to the subje