2022年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解实战练习（3）.doc

2022年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解实战练习（3）【xx高考复习】阅读理解If you exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness，the chances are that you will be thought as a good­looking person，for a new study has found that the perception (认知) of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality.The study，which was led by Gary W．Lewandowski，has found that people who exhibit negative characteristics，such as unfairness and rudeness，appear to be less physically attractive to observers.In the study，the participants viewed photographs of opposite­sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities.After personality information was received，participants also rated the probability of each individual's being a friend and a dating partner.Information on personality was found to significantly change the probability，showing that cognitive (认知的) processes modify(修改)judgments of attractiveness.“Thinking a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind，”said Lewandowski.The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater expectation of being friends，which leads to greater expectation of being romantic partners and，finally，to being viewed as more physically attractive.The findings remained consistent regardless of how“attractive”the individual was formerly thought to be or of the participants' current relationship status.“This research provides a positive oute by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness；it can even change people's impressions of how good­looking you are，”said Lewandowski.【语篇导读】　据最新研究表明，一个人外表的吸引力会受到他性格的影响，一个拥有积极个性的人会被认为是最有吸引力的人。

20．In the study the participants were required to________.A．try to make friends with each otherB．try to prove positive characters make people more attractiveC．exhibit negative characters such as unfairness and rudenessD．rate one's attractiveness by photos before and after knowing her or his personality答案 D [事实细节题文章第二段最后一句In the study，the participants...rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their personalities(参与者……在得知照片人物的性格的前后分别对他们的吸引力做出评估)，故选D。

]21．What's the CORRECT order of how cognitive processes modify judgments of attractiveness?a．find a person with a positive personalityb．view the person more physically attractivec．want to make friends with the persond．want to be his/her romantic partnerA．a→c→d→b B．d→c→b→aC．c→b→a→d D．a→d→c→b答案 A [事实细节题根据文章倒数第二段a positive personality(a)leads to greater expectation of being friends(c)(积极的性格会产生做朋友的期待)，being friends，which leads to greater expectation of being romantic partners(d)(做朋友会产生成为恋爱伙伴的期待)，finally，to being viewed as more physically attractive(b)(最后会觉得对方更加有吸引力)，故选A。

]22．Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?A．The research reminds people to pay more attention to the personality.B．Personality can change people's impressions of one's appearance.C．The judgment of one's attractiveness always stays unchanged.D．Positive personality may lead to more friends.答案 C [事实细节题根据文章第一段中的the perception(认知)of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality(一个人外表的吸引力受到他性格的影响)，或最后一段中的it can even change people's impressions of how good­looking you are(这甚至能够改变一个人对你有多好看的看法)可知对一个人吸引力的判断是会改变的，不是一成不变的(unchanged)，故C选项的说法不对，选C。

]23．The passage is written in a(n)________tone.A．subjective B．objectiveC．sceptical D．negative答案 B [推理判断题文章客观介绍了一个实验的结果，作者的语气是objective(客观的)subjective主观的，sceptical怀疑的，negative消极的，均不符合文章的描述]24．Who are the intended readers of this passage?A．People with positive characteristics.B．Good­looking people.C．People with negative characteristics.D．General people.答案 D [推理判断题本文是对一个实验的客观介绍，目标读者就是普通群众(general people)，故选D]xx高考英语阅读理解--历史类 Everybody hates it, but everybody does it. A recent report said that 40％of Americans hate tipping. In America alone, tipping is a $16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting politely ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The mon opinion in the past was that tips both rewarded the efforts of good service and reduced unfortable feelings of inequality. And also, tipping makes for closer relations. It went without saying that the better the service, the bigger the tip. But according to a new research from Cornell University, tips no longer serve any useful function. The paper analyzes numbers they got from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants. The connection between larger tips and better service was very weak. Only a tiny part of the size of the tip had anything to do with the quality of service. Tipping is better explained, by culture than by the money people spend. In America, the custom came into being a long time ago. It is regarded as part of 。