2020年高一英語上學期 25分鐘限時閱讀天天練—第6天

2020年高一英語上學期25分鐘限時閱讀天天練第6天閱讀理解（24分）AA new study has been carried to test the role of story telling in lowering blood pressureDrThomas Houston, a professor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led a group of scientists that investigated how pre-recorded videos of hypertension （高血壓） patients talking about their medical histories helped another group of patients with high blood pressure to control their condition over several monthsHouston was surprised by their studies that suggested that communication can be a powerful tool in medicineThey showed that those who had had similar experiences, when talking to someone with a similar background, could help change their behavior to become healthierHypertension is difficult to control, since it is dependent on diet, exercise and mental stateMedical treatments with drugs, and lifestyle therapies（療法） have been relatively ineffective because people find it hard to follow those medical requirementsIn the test, his team carefully chose their story-tellers from 230 members of a patients community with whom they could most easily relateNext, they divided their study population into two groupsOne received three interactive （互動） DVDs containing the tellers stories of their experiences in living with and treating their hypertensionThe other were given educational discs on an unrelated health topicThe study volunteers reported that they had listened to the DVDs, and after three months, those who heard the stories of the hypertensive patients lowered their blood pressureWhile the study did not address how the story-telling influenced the patients behavior, Houston suspects that watching patients of similar backgrounds who had a similar medical experience helped to motivate them to seek medical help to their hypertensionThey found that after six months the difference in blood pressure between those who watched the story-tellers and those who observed the unrelated videos remained, suggesting that the story-telling continued to have an effect1We can learn from the text that the pre-recorded videos _Atell medical histories of hypertension patientsBintroduce some medical treatments of hypertensionCintroduce a good lifestyle for hypertensive patientsDtell scientific discoveries of the scientist group2Houston was surprised to find that _Ahypertension is really difficult to controlBcommunication has some medical effectsCmedical treatments have no effect at allDpeople dont follow the medical requirements3Which of the following is true about the study?AThe scientists chose 230 patients from a hospitalBBoth the groups used the same videos about health topicCThe two groups lowered blood pressure in different degreesDThe story-tellers were hypertension patients as well4Which of the following could be the best title of the text?AThe stories of some hypertension patients BMedical treatments of blood pressureCStorytelling may help lower blood pressureDSuggestions about how to lower blood pressureBHave you ever been to the beautiful country of Holland and its capital Amsterdam? Anyone who has traveled to Amsterdam would probably agree on one thing: Amsterdams story is a tale of two cities - one during the day and a completely different one at nightDuring the day, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel RiverYou can rent a bicycle, visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxiBut when the sun goes down, the partying beginsIn the big clubs and in coffee shops, tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smokeSeveral areas of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule AmsterdamAnd theyre all within a short cab ride of each otherFor example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other eventsSeveral beautiful and very popular hotels can be found thereAnd theres the Royal Palace and the Magna Plaza shopping mallBut at night party-seekers come to the squareHip hop or funk music is heard thereSo if you come, be ready to danceThe clubs dont shut down until 4 amAnd while youre there, check out the various inexpensive ways to tour the cityDont worry about getting lostAlthough Dutch is the official language, most people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directionsAnd youll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles they rentAmsterdam also has a well-planned canal systemFor about 10 dollars, you can use the canal bus or a water taxi to cruise（巡游） the Venice of the NorthThe city has a historic pastOne impressive place to visit is the Anne Frank House on Nine StreetsIt was there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War IIVisitors can view Annes original diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years5What means of transport is not available to visitors in Amsterdam?AA carriageBA bicycle CA canal bus DA water taxi6When getting lost, a visitor can ask natives for directions in_Aonly Dutch BDutch or English Conly English DSpanish and English7What can you learn about by visiting the Anne Frank House?AThe experience of a beautiful girl survivor BThe glorious past of AmsterdamCThe life of Jewish during World War DThe suffering of the Dutch in wars8The passage is intended to_Acall up peoples memories of World War Btell readers what A Tale of Two Cities is aboutCinstruct visitors what to do and see in HollandDoffer readers some information about AmsterdamCTeaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schoolsBut relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistakeMany schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffectiveThe staying power of the “l(fā)ook-say” or “whole-word” method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectivelyThe whole-word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar wordsIt fits in with the self-directed, “l(fā)earning how to learn” activities recommended by advocates of “open” classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin readingBefore 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these “Run-Spot-Run” readersHowever, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called “the great debate” in beginning readingIn his best-seller Why Johnny Cant Read, Flesch indicted（控訴）the nations public schools for miseducating students by using the look-say methodHe said and more scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra later confirmed that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics, is far superiorSystematic phonics first teaches children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make wordsRather than building up a relatively limited vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the most common words in the