扬州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮暑假练习题（3）及答案解析维C 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：Mankind evolved to possess the fightorflight stress response，allowing us to survive in a dangerous world.Yet in todays manmade jungle，it has become one of our greatest killers.Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses: expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.We forget to turn off our nature and instead allow stress，anger and frustration to take physical control of our bodies.Why Stress，Anger and Frustration are ProblematicThe problem with stress and anger in the modern world is that most stressful or frustrating scenaries do not require an active physical response.There are no lions or tigers to escape，only imaginary ones.Our inactivity in the face of stress or frustration causes most of us not to recognize that our fightorflight response system has been started.Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.The_biological_response_that_has_helped_to_keep_us_from_becoming_prey_for_thousands_of_years_is_now_preying_upon_us.How to Keep Stress，Anger and Frustration from Killing YouThe first thing to do in the battle against stress and anger is to recognize them.Recognizing triggers and physical responses to stressful situations can help you reduce them.Once you recognize that a stressful situation has triggered a physiological response，the best way to bring the body back into a homeostatic_state is through physical activity.Walking，running，biking，jumping or any energetic activity will help bring the body back into equilibrium.While it may seem strange to do 100 jumping jacks after a stressful meeting or go for a jog after getting into an argument with your wife，it can save your life.It only feels unnatural because our environment is unnatural.Dont let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.Notes：frustration n挫折equilibrium n平衡长短句分析：Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.句法点睛：and前后为顺承关系，resulting是动名词形式作结果状语。句意：我们的身体常常处于一种持续的恐慌状态，这使得化学物质和释放入血液中的荷尔蒙变得有毒，从而导致心脏病、关节炎、骨质疏松症、糖尿病和某些癌症。【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了面对压力、愤怒和挫折，人们最佳的应对方法进行体育活动。1Which of the following isnt mentioned in the passage as the expression of emotional response during driving to work?AExpletives hurled.BSweat all over.CFists shaken in anger.DAggressive threats.答案B细节理解题。由第二段第一句“Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses：expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.”可知，A项、C项和D项都在文中有信息支持，只有B项未提及。2What can we infer from the underlined sentence?AOur biological response is not as useful as before.BThere is something wrong with our biological response.COur biological response now affects us in a bad way.DOur biological response now makes us the prey of other livings.答案C推理判断题。这句话直译是“数千年来使得我们成为捕猎者的生物反应现在反过来使得我们成为被捕猎者”。意味着以前帮助我们生存的生物反应现在使得我们在生存中变得十分被动，因而C项正确。其他选项均不合语境。3Find out a word which has the similar meaning with the underlined phrase in this passage.AEquilibrium. BStressful.CUnnatural. DFrustrating.答案A词义猜测题。由语境可知，使身体回到“homeostatic state”的最好方式是进行体育活动。后面一句对上文进行了进一步解说。equilibrium和homeostatic state是同义词。4Which of the following is NOT the right way to keep you from stress，anger and frustration?ADo jumping jacks. BGo for a jog.CHave a walk. DStay at home doing nothing.答案D推理判断题。由最后一段最后两句“Dont let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.”可知，击败压力、愤怒和挫折的最好办法是进行体育活动。选项中只有D项不是体育活动。*结束 (2010郑州质检) In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, Robert and Brenda Vale say keeping a mediumsized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10,000 km a year in a 4.6 liter Land Cruiser. “Were not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. Were just saying that we need to think about and know the ecological impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted.” Constructing and driving the jeep for a year requires 0.41 hectares of land, while growing and manufacturing a dogs food takes about 0.84 hectaresor 1.1 hectares in the case of a large dog such as a German shepherd. Convincing flesheating cats and dogs to go vegetarian for the sake of the planet is a nonstarter, the Vales say. Instead they recommend keeping “greener”， smaller, and more sustainable pets, such as goldfish, chickens or rabbits. The books playful title, and serious suggestion that pet animals may be usefully “recycled”， by being eaten by t