1、2012-2013 學年高三英語一輪復習話題類閱讀a small step makes a big difference. 1 e(2012 湖北高考真題) brrriiinnng . the alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. you jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. astressful journey to

2、work gets your blood pressure climbing. once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. in that sort of mood, who can get down to work, particularly some creative, original problem-solving work? the way most of us spend our mornings is exactly op

3、posite to the conditions that promote flexible, open-minded thinking. imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when were unfocused. if you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed. sleepy people s lack of focus leads t

4、o an increase in creative problem solving. by not giving yourself time to tune into your wandering mind, youre missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer. the trip you take to w ork doesn t help, either. the stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons (神經細胞 ), mak

5、ing inspirations less likely to occur. and while we all should read a lot about what s going on in the world, it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the day s work is done.so what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with

6、a full capacity for creative problem solving? we d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead. we d stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation. we d take some

7、 deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic. and once in the officeafter we get a cup of coffee wed click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer. 67. according to the author, we are more creative when we are _. a. focused

8、b. relaxed c. awake d. busy 68. what does the author imply about newspapers? a. they are solution providers. b. they are a source of inspiration.c. they are normally full of bad news. d. they are more educational than websites. 69. by “ tune into your wandering mind” (in para. 2), the author means “

9、 _ ”.a. wander into the wild b. listen to a beautiful tune c. switch to the traffic channel d. stop concentrating on anything 70. the author writes the last paragraph in order to _. a. offer practical suggestions b. summarize past experiences c. advocate diverse ways of life d. establish a routine f

10、or the future 2012-2013 學年高三英語一輪復習話題類閱讀a small step makes a big difference. 2 b(2012 遼寧高考真題) astronauts on shorter shuttle missions (使命) often work very long days. tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the days work. this type of schedule is far too demanding for l

11、ong missions on the international space station (iss). iss crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. they work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on earth as much as possible. weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours

12、of housework. they can communicate with family and friends by email, internet phone and through private video conferences. while astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. before a mission, the family and friends of each

13、 iss crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the earth. during their mission, the crew also receives care packages with cds, books, magazines, photos and letters. and as

14、 from early 2010, the internet became available on the iss, giving astronauts the chance to do some web surfing (沖浪 ) in their personal time. besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space. many astronauts say that one of the mos

15、t relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the earths vast land mass and oceans. 60. what does the word minic in paragraph 1 probably mean? a. find b. copy c. change d. lose 61. which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the

16、iss? a. they are caring and thoughtful b. they are worried and upset c. they are impatient and annoyed. d. they are excited and curious. 62. in the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts _. a. get more pleasure in space than on the earth b. find living in space a bit boring and tiring c.

17、regard space life as common d. love to see the earth from space 63. the passage mainly discusses how astronauts _. a. work for longer missions in space b. connect with people on the earth c. observe the earth from space d. spend their free time in space 2012-2013 學年高三英語一輪復習話題類閱讀a small step makes a

18、big difference. 3 c(2012 陜西高考真題) eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. but there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe. previous studies have linked high exposure( 暴露 ) to enviro

19、nmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problems, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke(中風 ) within as little as a few hours after exposure. in one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants( 污染 ) wer

20、e up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. a separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the u. s. environmental protection agency(epa) considers to be of moderate(良好 ) quality and relatively safe for our health can raise t

21、he risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure. the authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. however, it is important to be aware of these

22、 dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. so stricter regulation by the epa of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health. 53. the text mainly discusses the relationship between _. a. heart problems and air quality b.