【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 centage of leftbanded people is so similar in every society, when birth conditions vary so much from society to society. Whatever the reasons behind it, people39。s attitudes toward lefthandedness have changed a lot over the years. Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (1020 years old) are lefthanded, only 6 percent of the elderly are lefthanded. Lefthanded children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are lefthanded are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal. For most people today, either case is perfectly acceptable.（1）What makes one righthanded? A.The environment.B.Mild brain damage during birth.C.The reason is uncertain.D.Other people.（2）Why is the number of young people who are lefthanded bigger than that of the elderly? A.Because the elderly are forced to bee righthanded.B.Because lefthanded people are considered abnormal.C.Because lefthandedness can be cured.D.Because the young are easily damaged.（3）What does the text mainly talk about? A.Lefthanded people are looked down upon.B.General facts about lefthanded people.C.Some famous lefthanded people.D.The reasons why people are lefthanded.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，關于左撇子現(xiàn)象作者進行了介紹和說明。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。第二段中講了很多右手的使用比左手平常的可能性原因，根據(jù)” As yet no one really knows for sure.”可知，雖然對于右手的使用比左手更為普遍這一現(xiàn)象有不同猜測，但是原因不明。故選C。（2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段“Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (1020 years old) are lefthanded, only 6 percent of the elderly are lefthanded. Lefthanded children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are lefthanded are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal.”可知，以前的左撇子孩子都會受到鄙視或者被認為是不正常的，所以，那一代的孩子會被懲罰直到他們改變這樣的習慣，但是，現(xiàn)在人們的態(tài)度已經(jīng)轉變了。故選B。（3）考查主旨大意。本文以客觀、中立的態(tài)度描寫了關于“左撇子”的一些事實，故選B?！军c評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇社會現(xiàn)象類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 As the days get shorter and the chilly weather rolls in, we all want to curl up in a blanket and hibernate until spring rolls around. But making time to get outside in the sun, even when it39。s cold out, could have bigger mood benefits than you might realize. While the link between sunshine and mental health is nothing new, new research from Brigham Young University(BYU) has shown that the association may be even stronger than previously realized. It finds that sunlight exposure is by far the greatest weatherrelated factor determining mental health outes. In other words: more sunshine, more happiness. For the study, a psychologist, a physicist and a statistician from BYU teamed up to pare daily environmental data from the university39。s Physics and Astronomy Weather Station with emotional health data archived by day for 16,452 adult therapy patients who were being treated at the BYU Counseling and Psychological Services Center. Exposure to sunlight is a significant factor in seasonal affective disorder. Research has shown that the brain produces more of the feelgood neurotransmitter serotonin on sunny days than it does on darker days. What39。s more, lack of sunlight is linked with lower vitamin D levels, which in turn has been correlated with depression and low energy. If you39。re getting enough sun, your emotions should remain relatively stable, the researchers found. But as the amount of sunlight in the day is reduced, levels of emotional pain can soar. Other weather variables including temperature, pollution and rain were not found to have an impact on mental health. We were surprised that many of the weather and pollution variables we included in the study were not significantly correlated with clients39。 scores on the distress measure once we had accounted for suntime, Dr. Mark Beecher, a professor of psychology at the university and the study39。s lead author, told The Huffington Post. People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that.（1）What does the author suggest we do in Paragraph 1? the benefits of sunshine. hibernating in springtime. up in a blanket in cold weather. sunshine even in cold weather.（2）The underlined word soar in Paragraph 5 most probably means ? sharply. unstably. slightly. greatly.（3）What does the passage say about the research done by BYU? is done on normal adults of various ages. is carried out by Dr Mark Beecher alone. concludes the sunshine means happiness. finds that temperature affects mental health.（4）What can be inferred from the passage? vitamin D levels are helpful in keeping us energetic research findings are inconsistent with the popular belief. more sunshine we get, the less excited we are likely to feel. link between sunshine and mental health was unknown before.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，研究表明：陽光照射是影響心理健康結果的最重要的天氣因素。換句話說：陽光越多，幸福越多。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“But making time to get outside in the sun, even when it39。s cold out, could have bigger mood benefits than you might realize”花時間曬太陽，甚至當外面很冷的時候也要這樣做，這可能對你的情緒有很大好處。可知，作者建議我們曬太陽，哪怕天氣很冷。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第五段中的“If you39。re getting enough sun, your emotions should remain relatively stable, the researchers found. But as the amount of sunlight in the day is reduced, levels of emotional pain can soar.”如果你獲得足夠的陽光，你的情緒應該會保持相對地穩(wěn)定。可以推知，當光照量減少的時候，人們的情緒就不會那么穩(wěn)定，痛苦情緒就會增加。故選A。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“It finds that sunlight exposure is by far the greatest weatherrelated factor determining mental health outes. In other words: more sunshine, more happiness.”研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，陽光照射是影響心理健康結果最重要的天氣因素。換句話說：陽光越多，越快樂。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that”人們傾向于將雨天、污染和其他氣象現(xiàn)象與悲傷或抑郁聯(lián)系起來，但我們的研究沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點?？芍?，BYU的研究結果和大眾的看法不一致。故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀