河北省石家庄市新华区2020高考英语阅读理解和作文暑假练习9.doc

石家庄市新华区2020高考英语阅读理解和作文暑假练习9阅读理解阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项Education in the United States is compulsory for children up to about the age of sixteen. Most young people stay in school longer than that. Most graduate from high school at the age of 17 or 18.Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university. Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school. There are private schools, but most parents send their children to public schools, where students do not pay tuition. When young people go to college, however, they must pay tuition at a public university or a private university. University costs are going up a lot：private universities have become very expensive because the government does not help them.Who pays? The parents of children in college may have to pay more, or often students may have to find jobs. These students have to worry about assignments and grades and also about their jobs. If they work too much at their jobs they may be absent from class or miss assignments or make too many errors on tests. They may even fail their courses and have to leave the university.For many students, the problem of getting an education is not just a problem of homework and exams. They also have to make money to pay for tuition. And professors dont teach them how to do that!1．In the United States, almost half of the high school graduates________.A．go to colleges and universitiesB．need not pay any tuitionC．have to enter open universitiesD．work hard to avoid errors on tests答案：A　本题考查细节题。

由文章第二段第一句“Almost half of these high school graduates continue their education at a college or university”可知，几乎有一半的中学生毕业都在大学或学院里继续深造2．Which of the following statements is NOT true?A．Most parents prefer to send their children to public schools rather than to private schools due to tuition.B．Education is not free until the students graduate from high school.C．University costs are on the increase.D．The students may be absent from class if they work overtime.　答案：B　本题考查细节理解由文章第二段第二句“Education for most young people in this country is free up to the time they graduate from high school.”可知，在这个国家，大多数年轻人接受的免费教育可持续到中学毕业，而这正与B的意思相反，因此B是正确答案。

3．The private university students have to pay more money for tuition because________.A．the government does not finance the private universitiesB．none of companies support the private universitiesC．the teaching quality of the private universities are superior to public onesD．they have some trouble in passing the exams答案：A　本题考查细节理解由文章第二段第五句“University costs are going up a lot; private universities have become very expensive because the government does not help them.”可知，私立大学学费高昂的原因是政府不资助私立学校4．The main idea of the passage might be________.A．selecting a good university costs in the United StatesB．the increase on university costs in the United StatesC．the argument about education in the United StatesD．the problem of getting an education in the United States答案：D　本题考查主旨大意。

纵观全文，一直谈论的都是在美国教育中遇到的问题，因此D项是正确答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项Pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserable—especially if you’re a woman, according to a new study. Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and faking(假装的)happiness simply led to people feeling gloomier. So, putting a brave face on your woes could actually be counterproductive.The research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy. Psychologist, Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when workers were dealing with clients could backfire (产生事的愿违的不良后果). He said:“Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional exhaustion, and that’s bad for the organization.”Dr. Scott said the research showed customer service workers who“faked smiles”throughout a day worsened their moods and then withdrew from work, so their productivity dropped. He added:“Bosses may think that getting their staff to smile is good for the organization, but that’s not necessarily the case.”Dr. Scott, assistant professor of management at Michigan State University, analyzed a group of bus drivers during a two –week period.The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional displays over a period of time and compare the different effects that they have on men and women. His team examined the effects of“surface acting”—or fake smiling—compared to what was termed“deep acting”, or cultivating positive emotions by recalling pleasant memories.Dr. Scott said: “Women were harmed more by‘surface acting’, meaning their moods worsened even more than men and they withdrew more from work. However , they were helped more by‘deep acting’,which meant their moods improved more.”Dr. Scott suggested women tended to suffer more when pretending to be happy because they were expected to be more emotionally expressive than men.。