1、高考英语词义猜测练习 班级 考号 姓名 总分 AThe different parts of a health care system have different focuses.A hospitals stroke（中风）unit monitors blood flow in the brain.The cardiac unit is interested in that same flow, but through and from the heart.Each collection of equipment and data is effective in its own fielD.
2、Thus, like the story of blind men feeling an elephant, modern health care offers many separate pictures of a patient, but rarely a useful united one.On top of all this, the instruments that doctors use to monitor health are often expensive, as is the training required to use them.That combined cost
3、is too high for the medical system to scan regularly, for early signs of illness, so patients are at risk of heart disease or a stroke.An unusual research project called AlzEye, run by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, in cooperation with University College, London (UCL), may changethis.It is attem
4、pting to use the eye as a window through which signals about the health of other organs could be discovereD.The doctors in charge of it, Siegfried Wagner and Pearse Keane, are studying Moorfields database of eye scans, which offers a detailed picture of the health of the retina(视网膜).The project will
5、 go a step further：With the information about other aspects of patients health collected from other hospitals around England, doctors will be able to look for more accurate signs of disease through eye scans.The Moorfields data set has lots of linked cases to work with-far more than any similar proj
6、ect.For instance, the UK Biobank, one of the worlds leading collections of medical data about individual people, contains 631 cases of a “major cardiac adverse event”.The Moorfields data contain about 12, 000 such.The Biobank has data on about 1, 500 stroke patients.Moorfields has 11, 900.For the di
7、sease on which the Moorfields project will focus to start with dementia, the data set holds 15, 100 cases.The only comparable study has 86.Wagner and Keane are searching for patterns in the eye that show the emergence of disease elsewhere in the body.If such patterns could be recognized reliably, th
8、e potential impact would be huge.1.Why does the author mention “the story of blind men feeling an elephant” in Paragraph 1?A.To claim the ineffectiveness of our health care system.B.To tell the similarity in various health care units.C.To explain the limitation of modern health care.D.To show the co
9、mplexity of patients pictures.2.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.The challenge of making advanced medical instruments.B.The high risk of getting a heart disease or a stroke.C.The inconvenience of modern health care service.D.The incomplete and expensive health monitorin
10、g.3.How does AlzEye work?A.By thoroughly examining ones body organs.B.By identifying ones state of health through eye scansC.By helping doctors discover ones diseases of the eyeD.By comparing the eye-scan data from different hospitals.4.What can be inferred about the Moorfieldss project from Paragra
11、ph 5?A.It takes advantage of abundantly available medical data.B.It makes the collection of medical data more convenient.C.It improves the Moorfields competitiveness in the medical fielD.D.It strengthens data sharing between the Moorfields and the Biobank.BSmoking in your own home in Thailand may no
12、w be considered a crime, if the smoke is considered harmful to other people in the house.The new law , Family Protection and Development Promotion Act , was initiated(启动) by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and was announced in the Royal Gazette on May 22 ,2019.The law aims atcu
13、rbingsmoking at home which might be hazardous for others health residing under the same roof.In that case, it will be considered as “domestic violence.The new law came into force on August 20.According to the center for research and knowledge management for tobacco control, at the Faculty of Medical
14、 Science of Mahidol University, there are about 4.9 million households where one or more family members smoke.An average of 10.3 million people have unwittingly (不知不觉地) become passive smokers because theyve been breathing in smoke at home.Scientific studies show that passive smokers are at greater r
15、isk of being affected by cancer.Of 75 child patients from houses where smoking is practiced, 76% of them were found to have nicotine traces in their urine, with 43% of them having nicotine content exceeding permissible levels.Smoking at home also “may lead to physical or emotional violence” because
16、of aggressiveness when there is a lack of smoking, and might as well ruin relationships between smokers and non-smoker family members.According to the new law, anyone who thinks they are affected by domestic smoking can report to officials concerned so that inspectors will be sent to investigate and
17、 take legal action against the smokers.Once convicted, the court may order a person to receive treatment to quit smoking in an attempt to protect the persons family.In February in 2019, Thailand had banned smoking at six of its airports along with a ban in public places.5.What is the fact about the
18、new law in Thailand?A.It makes it clear that smoking at home is a crime.B.Is a law on protecting the health of non-smokers.C.It was drafted and adopted by the royal family.D.It classifies smoking as a form of domestic violence.6.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “curbing” in Par
19、agraph 3?A.Treating.B.Changing.C.Improving.D.Controlling.7.What is NOT the evil consequence of smoking at home?A.It may increase the risk of cancer in passive smokers.B.It will probably cause physical or emotional violence.C.It will make the smokers become more aggressive.D.It may lead to disharmony
20、 in family relations.8.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?A.Smoking is illegal anywhere in ThailanD.B.Smokers are less likely to develop cancer than non-smokers.C.People who smoke at home in Thailand will be sent to prison.D.Thailand is committed to creating a smoke-free environment.CAs we
21、 grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that weve yet to get around to.Yet re-readers are everywhere around us.For certain fans, re-readingThe Lord of the Ringsis a conventional practice annually.One friend told me that Jane Austens Emma can still
22、surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading.Journalist Rebecca Mead, a long-time English woman in New York, first came across George Eliots Middlemarch at 17.Since then, she has read it again every five years.Wit
23、h each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated differently.Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time wecrack their spines.These kinds of books grow with
24、us.Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading.Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”.Second time round, were able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express.As r
25、esearcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.”Its true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if were fond of making notes on the pages).These texts can carry us back
26、 to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then.Were changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience by the books that weve discovered since last reading the one in our hanD.More so than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imagin
27、ations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life.A book is a joint project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book.Perhaps whats really str
28、ange is that we dont re-read more often.After all, we watch our favorite films again and we wouldnt think of listening to an album only once.We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight.A book, of course, takes up more time, but as
29、Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.9.The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to_.A.attract the attention of readersB.introduce the topic of the passageC.provide some background informationD.show the similarity between re-readers10.The underlined expression “crack thei
30、r spines” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A.recite themB.re-read themC.recall themD.retell them11.It can be learned from paragraphs 3 and 4 that_.A.reading benefits people both mentally and physicallyB.readers mainly focus on feelings on their first readingC.we know ourselves better through re-reading ex
31、perienceD.we will change writers by reading the books12.The writing purpose of the passage is to_.A.call on different understandings of re-reading old booksB.argue against the mental health benefits of re-readingC.bring awareness to the significance of re-readingD.introduce the effective ways of re-
32、reading old booksDBees seem to fly aimlessly as they search for the sugary liquid called nectar (花蜜).But their flight plans actually do have a pattern.Flowers act as the insects air-traffic controllers.And new research shows bees prefer flowers that arent too flashy.Flowers give bees clues about how
33、 much a plant can offer.Those clues can be in the color of petals, in the type, in the smell or even in the electrical charge.All of these characteristics send signals to the bees, telling them whether to land or not, among which the colors play the most significant role.The insects keep track of th
34、e color of the flowers that are especially rich in nectar.They then visit more flowers of that color.However, color cant guarantee bees a good meal.It may change depending on the angle at which sunlight hits its petals.A yellow follower, for example, may look somewhat blue from one angle and red fro
35、m another.Beverley Glover studies plants at the University of Cambridge in EnglanD.Glover and her colleagues showed that even when the color of petals looks similar, bees behave differently in searching for nectar.They started to guess that the strength of petals indescence(色彩斑斓)might be related to
36、how bees find the petals.Glover and her colleagues tested theirhypothesisin the laB.In their experiment, they found that bees felt confused sometimes when the petals were very iridescent and that bees had no problem finding the flowers with more nectar when the petals were not very iridescent.The te
37、am shared its new findings in the March 21 Current Biology.“At first glance, its very surprising because animals can usually detect a more vivid signal more easily,” says Klaus Lunau, a biologist in Germany, who was not involved in the study.13.What can we know about the flight of bees?A.They usuall
38、y fly in a regular pattern.B.They fly under the direction of flowers.C.They usually fly without any purpose.D.They fly to some very flashy flowers.14.What is the most important clue for bees to search for nectar?A.The petals type.B.The followers smell.C.The followers electrical charge.D.The petals c
39、olor.15.What does the underlined word “hypothesis” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Discussion.B.MethoD.C.Assumption.D.Invention16.What is the new finding of the team?A.Petals that are not very flashy are better for bees to make adjustments.B.Petals of different color usually give different signals.C.
40、Petals that are vivid are detected by bees more easily.D.Petals of different types make bees confused to find the right flower.附：参考答案A【答案】1.C2.D3.B4.A【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一个试图通过眼睛扫描信息来发现疾病早期迹象的研究项目。1.推理判断题。根据第一段“modern health care offers many separate pictures of a patient, but rarely a useful united o
41、ne.”(现代医疗保健提供了许多病人的单独照片，但很少是有用的联合照片)可知，盲人摸象的例子是为了解释现代医疗检查很少能全面地提供患者的整体情况，因此具有局限性。故选C。2.词句猜测题。前两段主要讲了现代医疗检查的片面性以及高昂的费用，结合划线句句意：由伦敦Moorfields眼科医院与伦敦大学学院(UCL)合作经营的一个名为Alzeye的不寻常的研究项目可能会改变这一点。因此推断this指代上文提到的不完整的和昂贵的健康监测。故选D。3.细节理解题。根据第三段可知，它试图用眼睛作为窗口，通过它可以发现关于其他器官健康的信号。负责这项工作的医生西格弗里德瓦格纳和皮尔斯基恩正在研究莫尔菲尔德的眼
42、睛扫描数据库，该数据库提供了视网膜健康的详细图片，因此可知AlzEye的工作模式是通过眼部扫描来辨别一个人的健康状况。故选B。4.推理判断题。根据第五段列举的数据信息可知，世界上领先的个人医疗数据收集之一，包含631例“主要心脏不良事件”。Moorfields的数据包含大约12000个这样的数据。生物库有大约1500名中风患者的数据。Moorfields有11,900例，Moorfields项目的重点从痴呆开始的疾病，数据集包含15,100例。唯一可比的研究有86项。因此推断Moorfields的项目较同类项目充分利用了更多现存的数据。故选A。B【答案】5.D6.D7.C8.D【解析】这是一篇
43、议论文。文章主要描述了泰国新法旨在抑制在家中吸烟，并致力于创造一个无烟的环境。5.细节理解题。根据第一段中“Smoking in your own home in Thailand may now be considered a crime , if the smoke is considered harmful to other people in the house.”可知，如果家庭中其他人认为吸烟是有害的，那么吸烟者的行为会被认定为一种犯罪，故选D。6.词义猜测题。根据第三段中“The law aims atcurbingsmoking at home which might be ha
44、zardous for others health residing under the same roof.”可知，该法律旨在限制在家中吸烟，因为吸烟可能会危害同屋檐下的其他人的健康。所以curbing指的是控制，限制，故选D。7.推理判断题。根据第七段中“ Smoking at home also “may lead to physical or emotional violence” because of aggressiveness when there is a lack of smoking”可知，在家吸烟也“可能导致身体或情绪暴力”，因为在不吸烟的情况下，人们会表现出攻击性。C.
45、It will make the smokers become more aggressive.意思为在家吸烟会使吸烟者变得更有攻击性。与原文意思不符，故选C。8.推理判断题。根据第一段中“Smoking in your own home in Thailand may now be considered a crime , if the smoke is considered harmful to other people in the house.”可知，如果家庭中其他人认为吸烟是有害的，那么吸烟者的行为会被认定为一种家庭暴力的犯罪；再根据最后一段“In February in 2019
46、,Thailand had banned smoking at six of its airports along with a ban in public places.” 2019年2月，泰国在6个机场禁止吸烟，并禁止在公共场所吸烟。综上可以推断出，泰国致力于创造无烟的环境。故选D。C【答案】9.B10.B11.C12.C【解析】这是一篇说明文。随着我们渐渐变老，我们意识到我们读书的时间很少，有很多好书，我们没有去读。但是在重新阅读的过程中，我们可以获得新的突然清晰的理解。科学家们还认识到重读会给心理健康带来好处，重读也会让我们更了解自己。9.推理判断题。根据第一段中“For certai
47、n fans, re-readingThe Lord of the Ringsis a conventional practice annually.One friend told me that Jane Austens Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.”(对于某些粉丝来说，每年重读指环王是一种惯例。一位朋友告诉我，简奥斯汀的爱玛仍然能给他带来惊喜，尽管他已经读了50多遍)以及第二段第一句New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading.可知，在重新阅读的过程中，可通过重新阅读，可以突然获得新的清晰认识。由此可推知，第一段提到这两本书主要是为了引入这篇文章的主题：通过反复阅读，可以突然获得新的清晰的认识。故选B。10.词义猜测题。根据上文“Since then, she has read it again every five years.With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in
