It is generally agreed that a good student must be able to concentrate for a reasonable time on a written text, yet most students are given very little help to practice this skill. Almost all classroom reading is into minutes of reading and therefore it is no wonder that a number of students have in this field.

If you have a problem with ,you must first examine the conditions in which you work. Lighting can be a problem: too many readers put up with lighting conditions. If this is a problem, and you don’t have a reading lamp, try a strong bulb(燈泡), read near a window in day time and always avoid reading in your own shadow. the light should come from overhead or over your shoulder. Reflective surfaces should be avoided. You should also excessive contrast (過(guò)度對(duì)比) caused by using a reading lamp as the only of light as this will cause great tiredness and probably eye injury.

A second reason for poor concentration is the of motivation, that is, an absence of any sense of purpose. If this is the cause, you will almost be bored by the text. Be sure that you keep your in mind during your reading so that you know you should also adopt some specific techniques—such as making notes from your reading—to aid your concentration.

If you play the role of a receiver of information, simply concentrating on absorbing everything you read, you will that your mind is overloaded, confused by the material. Then you should take a more active approach. Enter into a with the text, pausing to reflect on what you read, and what you find. That’ll be good for reading and comprehension.

1.A. forced B. driven C. admitted D. broken

2.A. problems B. abilities C. advantages D. mistakes

3.A. instruction B. communication C. concentration D. appreciation

4.A. good B. poor C. strong D. bright

5.A. Ideally B. Optionally C. Deliberately D. Cheerfully

6.A. promote B. ensure C. avoid D. increase

7.A. source B. grade C. aspect D. system

8.A. supply B. concern C. awareness D. lack

9.A. abnormal B. clear C. careful D. humorous

10.A. carefully B. strangely C. certainly D. naturally

11.A. objectives B. requirements C. memories D. considerations

12.A. sensitive B. relative C. conservative D. passive

13.A. forget B. doubt C. find D. believe

14.A. quarrel B. dialogue C. battle D. connection

15.A. refusing B. demanding C. receiving D. questioning

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇論說(shuō)文。本篇短文主要闡述了影響閱讀過(guò)程中不夠?qū)Ｗ⒌闹T因素及其對(duì)策，停下來(lái)反思你所讀到的，并且思考你所發(fā)現(xiàn)的，那便是好的閱讀和理解。

1. forced強(qiáng)迫B. driven驅(qū)使C. admitted承認(rèn) D. broken打破。幾乎所有的閱讀課都被分割成了幾分鐘的閱讀，所以很多學(xué)生在這方面都有問(wèn)題。break into“被分解；分離”答案為D。

2.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中把握好名詞的語(yǔ)用能力(復(fù)現(xiàn))。A. problems問(wèn)題B. abilities 能力C. advantages優(yōu)勢(shì)D. mistakes錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)第一個(gè)空結(jié)合語(yǔ)境：閱讀課都被分割成了幾分鐘的閱讀，所以很多學(xué)生在這方面都有問(wèn)題。答案為A。

3.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用名詞的能力(復(fù)現(xiàn))。A. instruction指導(dǎo)B. communication溝通C. concentration集中D. appreciation感激。對(duì)應(yīng)第一段和第三段poor concentration得出學(xué)生有集中精力的問(wèn)題，首先應(yīng)該檢查一下學(xué)習(xí)所處的條件。答案為C。

4.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用形容詞的能力。A. good好的B. poor窮的；差的C. strong強(qiáng)壯的 D. bright明亮的。根據(jù)后面一句提到：如果這是個(gè)問(wèn)題并且你沒(méi)有閱讀臺(tái)燈，可以推出前面是很多讀者在光線條件不好的情況下讀書。答案為B。

5.】考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境正確把握副詞意義的能力。A. Ideally理想地B. Optionally選修地 C. Deliberately故意地D. Cheerfully快樂(lè)地。根據(jù)should come from推出理想的光線應(yīng)該是來(lái)自頭頂或者肩膀上方。答案為A。

6.】考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境正確把握動(dòng)詞意義的能力(復(fù)現(xiàn))。A. promote提升B. ensure確保 C. avoid 避免D. increase增加。根據(jù)過(guò)度對(duì)比得知應(yīng)該是不好的，所以要避免。答案為C。

7.】考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上文語(yǔ)境把握名詞意義及用法的能力。A. source 來(lái)源B. grade 分?jǐn)?shù)；年級(jí)C. aspect方面D. system體系。根據(jù)：要避免過(guò)度對(duì)比，把閱讀臺(tái)燈作為唯一的光源，因?yàn)檫@會(huì)引起疲勞并且很有可能傷害眼睛。答案為A。

8.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用名詞的能力(復(fù)現(xiàn))。A. supply供應(yīng)品 B. concern 關(guān)心C. awareness意識(shí)D. lack缺乏。根據(jù)后半句an absence of，可知是缺乏動(dòng)力。答案為D。

9. abnormal 不正常B. clear清晰的；明確的C. careful小心的 D. humorous幽默的。也就是說(shuō)，缺乏明確的目標(biāo)。答案為B。

10.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用副詞的能力。A. carefully仔細(xì) B. strangely奇怪C. certainly當(dāng)然D. naturally自然。如果是這種情況，你肯定會(huì)覺(jué)得文章無(wú)聊之極。答案為C。

11.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用名詞的能力。A. objectives客觀；目標(biāo)B. requirements需要C. memories 回憶D. considerations考慮。根據(jù)前文可知缺乏目標(biāo)，所以這里講要樹(shù)立一個(gè)目標(biāo)。答案為A。

12.】考查學(xué)生在上下文語(yǔ)境中準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用形容詞的能力。A. sensitive敏感的 B. relative相對(duì)的 C. conservative保守的D. passive被動(dòng)的。根據(jù)后文active approach，可知前面是被動(dòng)的接收信息，只是關(guān)注吸收自己讀到的內(nèi)容。答案為D。

13.】考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上文語(yǔ)境把握動(dòng)詞意義及用法的能力。A. forget忘記 B. doubt懷疑C. find找到 D. believe相信。因?yàn)楸粍?dòng)接收信息，所以你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你的大腦超額負(fù)載，并且感到困惑。答案為C。

14.】根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境把握名詞意義的能力。A. quarrel 吵架B. dialogue 對(duì)話C. battle戰(zhàn)斗D. connection聯(lián)系。與文本進(jìn)行對(duì)話，也就是與文章中的作者交流，反思你所讀到的內(nèi)容。答案為B。

15. refusing 拒絕B. demanding 要求C. receiving 收到D. questioning質(zhì)問(wèn)；提問(wèn)。停下來(lái)反思你所讀到的，并且思考你所發(fā)現(xiàn)的，那便是好的閱讀和理解。答案為D。

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E. www, chinadaily.com.cn---The website of China's official English language national newspaper, chinadaily.com.cn has all the stories you will find in China Daily plus much, much more. There are sections on sport, traveling in China, entertainment and news plus our free archives (檔案) allows you to search for any article that we have published in the last 10 years.

F. www.myspace.com --- is a free social networking website that allows member to get to know each other and communicate through combination of photos,, webblogs, user profiles, e-mail, web forums, and groups, as well as other media formats. Myspace is a very active site with over 10 million members, and additions and new features are being added all the time.

請(qǐng)閱讀下列人物的信息，然后匹配人物與其擬選擇的網(wǎng)站；

1.Jessie was out last night and missed the big football match that was shown on TV. He already knows the result of the match but he would like to see the highlights of the game online.

2.Robert is a university student studying political science and has a great interest in news and politics from around the world. However, he feels that mainstream news sources do not provide balance analysis of most of these stories so he is looking for a site with a different perspective(角度) where he can also voice his own opinions about the topics discussed.

3.Killah is a student planning to travel to China in the summer and wants to find out more about the country, its people and interesting places to visit. Being on a limited budget however, he has no money spare to pay for this kind of information.

4.Jordan is a business analyst with a large financial company. In order to write a report for the general manager he needs the latest data about the performance of the London Stock Exchange.

5.Bluey is a man of many opinions and is interested in what people think about his ideas. He therefore wants to start his own blog where he can tell the world what he thinks and where he can get feedback on his ideas from the readers. However, Bluey is currently unemployed so he can't afford to play for the privilege.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2014-2015學(xué)年甘肅秦安縣第一中學(xué)高三上第三次檢測(cè)英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

– Didn’t you tell Harry not to play games so much?

– I said to him goes in one ear and out the other.

A. No matter how B. However

C. No matter what D. Whatever

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2014-2015學(xué)年福建晉江市高二上期末英語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Who hasn't found themselves reaching for the closest food available when they're tired and stressed? More and more research is proving that this isn't all in our mind. Some foods really do lead to a change in our moods (心情)．

Carbohydrate (碳水化合物) for calm

This is how some people medicate(治療) themselves with food — by reaching for cookies or pasta(意大利面食) whenever they're upset. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. You must eat a meal consisting of 100% carbohydrate, on an empty stomach, to obtain the serotonin (血清素) increase so that you have a good mood.

To get the wishedfor effect, you must not eat anything for four hours and then eat at least 30 grams of straight carbohydrate. Dry cereal (谷類食品), a piece of bread with jam, or a potato should do_the_trick.

Protein (蛋白質(zhì)) for power

Of course, sometimes we don't need to be calm and sleepy.Sometimes we need a great deal of mental concentration, so this is when it's important to mix protein and carbohydrate. The protein will prevent the tryptophan (色氨酸) from flooding your brain，and the rise in serotonin(血清素) won't occur.

Why dessert makes us happy

Fat and sugar cause the brain to let go endorphins (內(nèi)啡肽), which send pleasure signals throughout the body. This would be fine, except humans are not particularly good at stopping at one cookie or cake.

You can also satisfy your sweet tooth by choosing fruit for dessert.

Timing your meals for energy

Blood sugar drops after four hours of going without food, causing a decrease(減少) in energy. Eating usually fixes this within 20 to 30 minutes, but don't suppose that eating more will cause a faster increase in energy.

When you eat has as much of an effect on your mood as what you eat. If you regularly go for a long period of time between meals, rethink your schedule and plan ahead.

1.The underlined phrase“ do_the_trick” in the third paragraph means ________.

A．be extremely smart

B．intend to cheat someone

C．bring about the desired result

D．do something to amuse people

2.The function of protein is ________.

A．to help you keep calm and sleepy

B．to make you feel energetic

C．to lead you to slowness

D．to increase serotonin in your brain

3.We can infer from the last two parts that ________.

A．fat and sugar can greatly help people feel happy

B．we humans tend to eat lots of cookies and cakes

C．the more we eat, the faster we will gain energy

D．what we eat is more important than when we eat

4.The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．eating for a better mood

B．eating to make you calm

C．eating for more protein

D．eating to make us strong

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