2022届高考英语一轮复习分块专项练习10阅读理解细节理解二

1、2022届高考英语一轮复习分块专项练习10阅读理解细节理解二Taking a shower is relaxing. You can hum a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But did you know that showering can also benefit your mind?A research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US. interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly twothirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at wo

2、rk.So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it.Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine, a hormone (荷尔蒙) closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine，” explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring Aha！ moment to us.”Besides the chemical changes, showering may give yo

3、u a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson, author of Your Creative Brain, “A showering hour may turn into an incubation (孵化) period for your ideas.”pared with sitting in front of a puter, taking a shower is something we do less frequently

4、in our daily life. When showering, we get a fresh experience with the change of location, temperature and humidity. “New and unexpected experiences can lead to positive changes in thinking，” explained Kaufman. “Getting off the couch and jumping in the shower may create a distance and force you to think from a new point of view.”Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, but it neednt just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration. For instance, Gertrude Stein, a female A

5、merican writer and poet, got new ideas by driving around a farm and stopping at different cows until she found the one that most inspired her. So try to create your own way to free your mind.1According to the article, what changes can showering cause?ABringing the terrible moment to us.BSetting the creative part of the brain free.CLeading to boredom or tiredness.DIncreasing the level of dopamine.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine .”可知，淋浴能够使多巴胺的数值升高。故选D项。2If one

6、 has focused on something all day, showering can help _.Aturn ones attention inwardBdraw ones attention to the outside worldCmake an important breakthroughDmany chemical changes to take place解析：选A细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“Especially when you have thought hard . your inner feelings and memories.”可知，淋浴可以使人将注意力转向内心。故选A项。3According to Kaufman, why can taking showers make us creative?ABecause taking showers happens more often.BBecause taking showers can make us acquire a fresh experience, inspiring us.CBecause

7、nothing but taking showers can get our inspiration.DBecause taking showers can help us try something unexpected.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第六段中的“When showering, we get a fresh experience”及“lead to positive changes in thinking”，再结合最后一段的描述可知，淋浴可以帮助我们获得新的体验、赋予我们灵感，故选B项。4The example of Gertrude Stein in the last paragraph is used to _.Aencourage readers to find their own ways of getting inspirationBpoint out to readers that its hard to get inspirationCexplain how to link inspiration with readers daily livesDshow

8、that creativity often es from strange places解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“but it neednt just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration”及最后一句“So try to create your own way to free your mind.”可以判断，举该例是为了鼓励读者寻找适合自己的获得灵感的方式。故选A项。B(2018广西桂林十八中模拟)No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But, can they rise to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York City think so.Peter Souleo Wright organized “The Button Show” at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

9、 Eleven artists used the small, ordinary objects to create sculptures, portraits and wearable art. Some of the works are political, some are personal and others are just fun.Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art.“What I tried to do with this show，” he said, “was to look at artists who were promoting that level of craft.”He said he wanted the button art to be parable to a painting “because of the amount of detail and precision in the work”Artist Beau McCall produced “A Harlem Hangover”. It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table. A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down. Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor.McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create the bottle. The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.

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