精英家教网 > 高中英语 > 题目详情
12.The secret of domestic happiness is having two daughters,according to a study.
In a finding that will surprise many parents,researchers concluded that two girls are unlikely to fight,will play nicely together,rarely annoy their parents and tend not to wind each other up.Thsy also make little noise,seldom ignore each other and are more likely to confide in their mother or father,scientists claim.But doubling the number of daughters is a recipe for disaster,with parents of four girls the least happy with their domestic set-up.
Researchers questioned thousands of mothers and fathers of under-16s to come up with the recipe for a harmonious family life.Those with two girls were most likely to say their children wee easy to reason with,helped around the house and generally got on well with each other.But parents of four girls reported trying to end an average of four fights a day.One in three frequently found it hard to cope,and two-thirds had buy a bigger house or car to accommodate their family.Overall,mothers and fathers with four children of any gender were more likely to find family life a struggle,with mornings,mealtimes and bedtimes the most common source of conflict.And parents of large families more often admitted neglecting one or more of their children on occasion or struggling to share their attention equally.
After two girls,the second most appealing combination of children was one child and one boy,with 86per cent of parents saying their little boy and little girl were genuine friends.Two siblings of the opposite genders rarely argue over toys and are easy to reason with,but suffer from a lack of shared interests as they grow up,the researchers claim.
The third most favorable combination was two boys,with parents saying their sons pay each other lots of attention and are close friends-but are less likely to donfide in their mum or dad as they grow up.

55.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means"B".
A.if you have more children,you'll enjoy a happy life
B.4daughters are likely to result in an unhappy family
C.the numbers of daughters can decide family happiness
D.a multi-child family can benefit from delicious meals
56.In a 4-child family,parents are more likely toC.
A.get equal attention from their children
B.see shared interests among their children
C.have heavy financial burdens to take on
D.enjoy the comfort of a harmonious mealtime
57.What 2children of the same or opposite genders share is thatD.
A.they often invite trouble for their parents
B.they will have complete trust in their parents
C.they can have lots of common interests
D.they can both develop a real friendship with each other
58.The passage is mainly written toB.
A.prove girls are easier to raise than boys
B.tell readers about a research finding
C.share the sorrow and joys of being parents
D.compare the difference between boys and girls.

分析 本文属于议论文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了作者通过介绍一项研究发现,告诉我们孩子的数量是家庭欢乐的源泉,而孩子数量过多会给父母带来过重的负担.

解答 55.B.句意猜测题.上文讲述家庭快乐的秘密是有两个女儿.然而在第二段中,话锋一转"But doubling the number of daughters is a recipe for disaster,with parents of four girls the least happy with their domestic set-up."作者是说,有4个女儿的家庭快乐很少.即孩子数字的翻倍成长却给家庭带来灾难.故须B.
56.C.细节理解题.根据第三段中的"…two-thirds had bought a bigger house or car to accommodate their family."可知有4个孩子的父母更容易背上沉重的负担,故选C.
57.D.细节理解题.根据第四段中的"After two girls,the second most appealing combination of children was one child and one boy,with 86 per cent of parents saying their little boy and little girl were genuine friends."以及第五段中的"The third most favorable combination was two boys,with parents saying their sons pay each other lots of attention and are close friends"可知,两个小孩,不管是同性还是异性,都能友好相处,成为朋友的.故选D.
58.B.主旨大意题.通读全文,我们可找到"…according to a study…; …in a finding that…; …researchers concluded that…; …researchers questioned…; …the researchers claim…."等等.由此可知,作者通过介绍一项研究发现,告诉我们孩子的数量是家庭欢乐的源泉;故选B.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

练习册系列答案
相关习题

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解

13.Last April,on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis,I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office.It included a variety of"fun facts"about the mall,for example,140,000hot dogs are sold each week,there are 10,000full time'jobs,44sets of moving stairs and 17lifts,12,750parking places,13,000tons of steel and﹩1million is drawn weekly from 8ATMs.
Opened in the summer of 1992,the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had been.It was only a five-minute drive from the Minneapolis St.Paul International Airport.With 4.2million square feet of floor space-twenty-two times the size of the average American shopping center-the Mail of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United States.
I know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers,not only as a marketplace,but as a national tourist attraction.Eleven thousand articles,the small book informed me,had been written about the mall.Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens,﹩625million had been spent building it,and 350stores were already in business.Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000Japanese tourists.Sales was at﹩650million for 2008and at﹩1billion for 2009.Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the mall.It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott's Camp Snoopy.

41.From the text we know that the Mall of America isB.
A.near an old stadium                B.close to an airport
C.higher than the Eiffel Tower       D.bigger than most American parks
42.By saying"fun facts"in paragraph 1,the author means thatB.
A.they are largely imagined          B.they are surprising figures
C.they give exact descriptions       D.they make people feel uneasy
43.Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?A
A.To show its power of attraction.
B.To show that few rich people like to shop there.
C.To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.
D.To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.
44.We can infer from the text thatD.
A.Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall
B.Canadian visitors would spend﹩1billion at the mail
C.Knott's Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of America
D.the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完形填空

14.When my aunt,Holly,was 15years old,she suffered from MS,a disease that attacks the central nervous system.What is scary is that it is not clear what causes MS or when it will (41)C.When it first struck Holly,she had just finished her political science degree and held an admirable (42)B.Her leg weakened,and she (43)D that she felt like she was a little child again,relearning to(44)B.We kept our fingers crossed so that by (45)A her legs regularly,she could return to normal.But soon,she lost both her job and her long-time boyfriend.
The girl,(46)Ahappy and active,became moody and quiet,(47)C to go out because her hands (48)D so much when she held anything.It is a completely (49)Dfeeling to watch a healthy relative take a turn for the (50)B.But we,the whole extended family,all held on(51)B Holly′s illness.Instead of going golfing every week,Grandfather worked around the house.Grandmother,almost 70,continued to work to help pay (52)Dbills.My parents remained (53)A all the time through my aunt′s worst mood changes.Even my sister and I were there just for her (54)C.
The hardest part was the feeling that Holly was unable to (55)D anything we did for her,complaining about everything and everybody.Finally came the day when we saw her (56)A,when we all went to cheer her on in the annual MS walkathon (a walk that MS patients take to recover ).Despite the freezing wind,I(57)C the rest of my family.When the walk was over,Holly(58)C introduced my sister and me to her friends who had come along to support her.I was able to see how just a little care can mean more than physical(59)A.
Most importantly,I have learned through this whole (60)B with my family that,whatever we have to suffer,we have a wonderful support group around us that will always catch us before any of us falls.

41.A.gainB.disappearC.strikeD.lose
42.A.recordB.jobC.babyD.ambition
43.A.warnedB.predictedC.toldD.joked
44.A.runB.walkC.thinkD.speak
45.A.treatingB.movingC.restingD.stretching
46.A.onceB.laterC.foreverD.never
47.A.surprisedB.discouragedC.embarrassedD.disappointed
48.A.wavedB.seizedC.clappedD.shook
49.A.strangeB.happyC.meaninglessD.helpless
50.A.betterB.worseC.moreD.less
51.A.toB.throughC.withD.after
52.A.individualB.extraC.privateD.medical
53.A.concernedB.relaxedC.activeD.crazy
54.A.profitB.commentC.reliefD.reward
55.A.noticeB.receiveC.believeD.appreciate
56.A.changeB.devotionC.attitudeD.pain
57.A.persuadedB.leftC.joinedD.searched
58.A.quicklyB.unwillinglyC.enthusiasticallyD.forgetfully
59.A.treatmentB.punishmentC.beautyD.excitement
60.A.accidentB.experienceC.trainingD.movement

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完形填空

11.Most shoplifters (商店扒手) agree that he January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief.(41)B the shops so crowded and the staff so busy,it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape  (42)C.It is known,in the business,as"hoisting".
But now the hoisting game is not  (43)D it used to be.Even at the height of the sales,shoplifters today never know  (44)A  they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.
As if that was not trouble enough for them,they can now be filmed ( 45)Cand obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.
Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors.In October last year,the store won its first court  (46)Afor shoplifting using an evidence of a videotape clearly showing a couple (47)Cdresses.It was an important test case which  (48)C  other stores to install similar equipment.
When the balls,called sputniks,first make a(n)  (49)C  in shops,it was widely believed that their only function was to  (50)D  shoplifters.Their  (51)B  ridiculous appearances,the curious holes and red lights going on and off,certainly make the theory believable.
It did not take long,(52)A,for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable  (53)A.Soon after the equipment was  (54)A  at Selfridges,store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman  (55)D putting bottles of perfume into her bag.
"As she turned to go,"Chadwick  (56)C,"she suddenly looked up at the‘sputnik'and stopped.She could not  (57)A  have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden,but she  (58)A  have had a feeling that I was looking at her."
"For a moment she paused,but then she  (59)A to counter and started putting everything  (60)D.When she had finished,she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store."
41.A.AsB.WithC.ForD.Since
42.A.noticedB.noticingC.unnoticedD.unnoticing
43.A.howB.thatC.whichD.what
44.A.ifB.thatC.howD.why
45.A.at restB.at attentionC.at workD.at shock
46.A.caseB.theftC.discussionD.conversation
47.A.tryingB.wearingC.stealingD.packaging
48.A.stoppedB.keptC.encouragedD.called
49.A.differenceB.influenceC.appearanceD.function
50.A.attackB.calmC.exciteD.frighten
51.A.somehowB.somewhatC.anyhowD.somewhere
52.A.howeverB.thusC.thereforeD.anyway
53.A.respectB.interestC.frightD.courage
54.A.in operationB.in caseC.in troubleD.in advance
55.A.publiclyB.bravelyC.quicklyD.secretly
56.A.repliedB.repeatedC.recalledD.requested
57.A.possiblyB.politelyC.pleasantlyD.patiently
58.A.couldB.wouldC.shouldD.must
59.A.cameB.leftC.returnedD.rushed
60.A.offB.inC.upD.Back

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解

7.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman.A man goes shopping because he needs something.All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want.If the shop has it in stock,the salesman immediately finds it,and the business of trying it on follows at once.All being well,the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes.
For a man,small problems may begin when the shop doesn't have what he wants.In that case,the saleswoman tries to sell the customer something else."I know this jacket is not the style you want,sir,but would you like to try it for size?It happens to be the colour you mentioned."Few men have patience with this treatment,and the usual response is:"This is the right colour and may be the right size,but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on."
However,a woman in almost every respect does so in the opposite way.Her shopping is not often based on need and she is only"having a look around".She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her.She will try on any number of things.Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes.They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain.Faced with a roomful of dresses,a woman may easily spend an hour going from one room to another,often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on.It is a laborious process,but apparently an enjoyable one.Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

21.The underlined part"sets great store by"in paragraph 3meansC.
A.has much information about                
B.knows nothing about
C.believes in                               
D.has her doubts about
22.What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?A
A.They welcome suggestions from others.
B.They rarely consider buying cheap clothes.
C.They predict what they want to buy.
D.They listen to advice but never take it.
23.What can we learn from the passage?B
A.Men never buy what they need.
B.A man's shopping is often based on need.
C.A woman goes shopping in order to look for cheap things.
D.A woman's shopping is never based on need.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解

17.A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price.A more recent definition is:a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people.
 The cost of producing a new-for example-toothpaste would make 80p the proper price for it,so we will market it at£1.20.It is not a bad toothpaste,and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with; but the attraction of novelty soon fades,so sales will fall.When that happens we will reduce the price to£1.15.And we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5p OFF all over it.
 Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but 1p OFF.What breathtaking rudeness to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or whatever!Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult(侮辱),but he doesn't.A bargain must not be missed.People say one has to have washing powder (or whatever) and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.
The real danger starts when unnecessary things become‘bargains'.Many people just cannot resist bargains.Provided they think they are getting a bargain they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for.Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day.But he had no regrets:the saw had been truly cheap.
 Quite a few people actually believe that they make money on such bargains.A lady once told me:"I've had a lucky day today.I bought a dress for£120,reduced from£400; and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for£600,reduced from£900."It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted£720.She feels as though she had made£580.She also feels,I am sure,that if she had more time for shopping,she could make a living out of it.
 Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper.Once a couple bought enough sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren.They thought it a bargain not to be missed.When the sugar arrived they didn't know where to store it-until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one.So that was where they piled up their sugar.Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee,but the toilet became extremely sticky.
 To offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer.When greedy fools fall for this trick,it serves them right.

63.Which word best describes the language style of the passage?C
A.Polite.B.Foolish.C.Humorous.D.Serious.
64.What does the underlined word"novelty"in Paragraph 2 probably mean?C
A.Good quality.B.Low price.C.Newness.D.Curiosity.
65.How does the author feel about 1p OFF a product?B
A.It's a gift for poor people.
B.It's an offense to shoppers.
C.It's a bargain worth trying.
D.It's a real reduction in price.
66.Which statement will the author probably agree with?D
A.Bargains are things people don't really need.
B.Bargains are often real cheap products.
C.Bargains help people make a living.
D.Bargains play tricks on people.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:完形填空

4.Last Sunday,I sat with Tony,my college classmate,in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires,Argentina.As we (36)Aour coffee,two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us.They(37)C the waiter and ordered three cups of(38)B,two on the table and one on the wall.We heard this order with great(39)Dand observed that they were served with two cups of coffee(40)Bthey paid for three.As soon as they(41)C,the waiter pasted (粘贴) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.
 It (42)Cthat the situation was normal at this place.However,it was something (43)Afor Tony and me.Since we had nothing to do with the situation,we(44)Dour coffee,paid the bill and left.
After a few days,we again had a (45)Ato go to this coffee shop.While we were enjoying our coffee,a man entered.The way this man was dressed did not(46)B the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop.Poverty (贫穷) was(47)A from the looks on his face.As he (48)D himself,he looked at the(49)Band said,"One cup of coffee from the wall."the waiter served coffee to this man with(50)D,politeness and warmth.
After a few minutes,the man finished his coffee and left(51)C paying.We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter(52)A a piece of paper from the wall and (53)Cit in the dust bin.
Now it was no(54)Bfor us because the situation was easy to understand.Although the man didn't know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him,he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the (55)D and receiver.
36.A.enjoyedB.warmedC.cookedD.booked
37.A.thankedB.metC.calledD.found
38.A.waterB.coffeeC.teaD.milk
39.A.prideB.courageC.hopeD.interest
40.A.asB.butC.soD.for
41.A.movedB.cameC.leftD.entered
42.A.happenedB.provedC.seemedD.sounded
43.A.specialB.normalC.kindD.helpful
44.A.preparedB.orderedC.changedD.finished
45.A.chanceB.wayC.rightD.choice
46.A.winB.matchC.equalD.raise
47.A.clearB.quickC.exactD.strange
48.A.dressedB.knewC introducedD.seated
49.A.menuB.wallC.tableD.door
50.A.pityB.calmC.fearD.respect
51.A.overB.afterC.withoutD.against
52.A.took offB.took upC.took overD.took in
53.A.hidB.lostC.threwD.picked
54.A.ideaB.surpriseC.delightD.decision
55.A.bossB.guestC.waiterD.giver

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:选择题

1.-I am going to be a volunteer at the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou this November.
-       !Me,too.(  )
A.That's itB.Good luckC.No problemD.That's great

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:选择题

2.Before the lecture,the man of great wisdom ______ such an abstract concept that every one kept silent digesting the meaning,but it might take a long time for them to truly master it.(  )
A.put asideB.put awayC.put forwardD.put off

查看答案和解析>>

同步练习册答案