【正文】 在20年代初達到了巔峰，可推斷出，本段主要研究人類大腦巔峰期，故選B。愛因斯坦在20到25歲之間做出了所有震驚世界的發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第一段“It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, ... and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them.” 人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，16歲以后，我們的腦細胞數(shù)量開始以每年幾百萬的速度減少。人們要用智慧來決定做什么才是最好的。. is always a waste of time to make plans about the future is human nature to make attempts on what looks impossible should always challenge the impossible to push the society forward has to use wisdom in deciding what is the best thing to do【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人類的大腦在20歲左右于巔峰，在以后的成就多數(shù)是因為需要豐富的經(jīng)驗。 . helps to avoid various mistakes contributes to one39。 and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature。 But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life. 2．閱讀理解 故選B。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.”可推知，失敗是成功之母。故選B。(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job.”可知，當他的愛好被他的工作打擾時，作者決定投身于寫作小說。To remend their two masterpieces.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過講述自己成功的經(jīng)歷，進一步證實了“失敗是成功之母”的道理。To persuade the readers of their great talents.B.It is the first step that costs troublesome.（4）Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot? A.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.C.Failure is the mother of success.D.arranged his life reasonablyC.. A.When his hobby was disturbed by his work.（2）We can infer from the second paragraph that the author On being informed his lawreview article came out.B.When he was tired from his work. My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.t good enough, so I ended up putting it in a drawer. My second novel, Billy Lynn39。 I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.英語閱讀理解模擬試題及解析一、高中英語閱讀理解1．閱讀理解 Just a few years out of law school, I decided that I wanted to write fictions. The only thing I had ever published before was a lawreview article. I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job. In my first year, I sold two stories. Then I wrote a novel, but I thought it wasn39。s Long Halftime Walk, was published to glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that es out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.（1）When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions? A.Straight after graduation from law school.C.D.led a wealthy lifeB.was too diligent to relax himselfremained single（3）What does the author mainly intend to tell us in this passage? A.B.It is never too old to learn.D.To make a parison between them and himself.To show creativity needs energy and efforts.C.D.(1)考查細節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)第二段中的“I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.”可知，我們可以從第二段推斷出作者合理安排了他的生活。(3)考查目的意圖。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that es out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.”可知，作者引用Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot的例子是為了要表現(xiàn)出創(chuàng)造力需要能量和努力。【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和目的意圖三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，選出正確答案。It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them. Besides sharp