【正文】 　　D. Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.　　 column can you find the passage on a newspaper?　　A. Sports and entertainment. B. Media and culture.　　C. Environment and society. D. Science and technology.　　 purpose of writing this passage is to____________.　　A. warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific　　B. analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific　　C. give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean　　D. introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch　　參考答案：　　。 fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.　　In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overe it.　　60. Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _________.　　A. they were not well educated at school B. they had never played with fire before　　C. they had no sense of pain D. they were fearful of pain　　61. People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _________.　　A. they have gained experience B. they are warned of the danger and take quick action　　C. they jump out of the way in time D. they are calm in face of danger　　62. What is implied but not stated in the passage?　　A. Too much fear is harmful B. Fear is always something helpful　　C . Fear is something that can be avoided　　D. Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life　　63. The best title for this passage should be __________.　　A. No Pains, No Gains B. Pain and Actions　　C. The Value of Fear D . The Reason Why People Fear　　參考答案：60—63 CBAC　　62. D. 詞義猜測題。t convinced…… cigarette smoke or pollution可排除C D。61. A. 細節(jié)理解題。A太籠統(tǒng)。 exposure to volcanic ash would be negligible and that only those in the near districts of the Icelandic volcano would likely be at risk.　　Dr. Stephen Spiro, a professor of respiratory medicine and deputy chair of the British Lung Foundation, said the further the particles travel, the less dangerous they will be. The cloud has already passed over northern Scotland and we haven39。s volcano starts settling, the World Health Organization warned Friday as small amounts fell in Iceland, Scotland and Norway.　　WHO spokesman Daniel Epstein said the microscopic(微小的) ash is potentially dangerous for people when it starts to reach the Earth because inhaled(吸入) particles can enter the lungs and cause respiratory problems. And he also said Europeans who go outside might want to consider wearing a mask.　　Other experts, however, weren39。2016年高考英語閱讀理解專項練習(xí)題(6) (一)　　Our brains work in plex and strange are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus can perform plex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.　　 Down first described this condition in called these people idiot idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment (損傷) , such as in autism ( 孤獨癥，自閉癥) or the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.　　One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Rush, an American patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.　　Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully.　　In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform plex calculations very rapidly.　　Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain not all brain impairment