科目:高中英语 来源:北京市西城区高三第一学期期末练习 题型:050
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Art is considered by many people to be little more than an ordinary means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case; however at times, art may be seen to have a medical side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; they have a medical as well as an artistic purpose.
According to the Navaho traditions(传统), one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in some way disturbed (干扰) or something to do with the supernatural perhaps a certain animal, a ghost (幽灵), or the dead. To get rid of this bad connection, the sick person or one of his relatives will ask a medicine man called a “singer ” to perform a treating ceremony(仪式) which will attract a powerful supernatural being. During the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days, the “singer” will produce a sandpainting on the floor of the Navaho house. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the “singer” will rub (揉擦) the sick parts of the patient's body with sand from a certain figure in the sandpainting. In this way the patient absorbs (吸收) the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong like it. After the ceremony, the sandpainting is then destroyed so its power will not harm anyone.
The art of sandpainting is handed down from old “singers” to their students. The materials used are easily found in the areas of the Navaho area; brown, red, yellow, and white sandstone, which is made by being crushed (压碎) between two stones much as corn is ground (磨碎) into flour. The “singer” holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his thumb and forefinger onto a clean, flat surface on the floor. With a steady hand and great patience, he is thus able to create (创造) designs of some people, snakes and other creatures that have power in the Navaho allow reproduction of sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural powers that taught him the art have forbidden this ; however, such reproductions can in fact be bought today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico. These are done by either the Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to keep this art.
1.The purpose of a treating ceremony is to ________ .
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2.The “singer” rubs sand on the patient because ________ .
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A.the patient receives strength from sand
B.it has medical value
C.it comforts the patient
D.none of the above
3.What is used to produce a sandpainting?
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4.The underlined word “This” in the second line of the passage refers to ________ .
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A.the use of art
B.giving pleasure
C.the feeling that art is more than an ordinary means of giving pleasure
D.the feeling that art is only an ordinary means of giving pleasure
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届辽宁省沈阳二中等重点中学协作体高三领航高考预测(四)英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Preparing for a medical emergency involving your pet is always best accomplished before the event takes place. This series is designed to help guide you through the important decisions about first aid, as well as how and when to transport your pet quickly and safely to a veterinary hospital or emergency ability.
VeterinaryPartner.com has provided this complete reference book online for you to skim through, expanding your knowledge of dog and cat first aid;however, we encourage you to buy the book to keep in your home or car as a quick reference during an emergency.
This book is an emergency preparedness ready-reference for dogs and cats.Wise preventive measures, intelligent use of first aid principles, coupled with recognition of abnormal symptoms and treatment of disorders, diseases, and problems, lead to effective health care.
A working knowledge of this information will help you get rid of some potentially dangerous circumstances and help you prepare for emergency situations.
It includes information on what to do and what not to do in specific emergency situations.The authors encourage careful reading and occasional rereading.We have tried to make this book easy to understand, avoiding technical terms as often as possible, but defining(下定义)them in context when they are necessary.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “veterinary” in paragraph 1 mean?
A.Immediate | B.For animals | C.Urgent | D.For humans |
A.Because it's very cheap and may be useful to all the people. |
B.Because it contains a working knowledge of information about dogs and cats. |
C.Because it contains information on specific emergency situations. |
D.Because it is convenient to know things dealing with dog or cat in an emergency. |
A.It can enlarge the readers' knowledge of dog and cat first aid. |
B.It contains the knowledge of recognition of abnormal symptoms of dogs and cats. |
C.Although it contains many technical terms, it is easy to understand. |
D.You can read it on VetrinaryParmer.com free of charge. |
A.To introduce a book. | B.To introduce a website. |
C.To introduce a working knowledge. | D.To encourage careful reading. |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年浙江省蓬街私立中学高一第二次月半考英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
A fad diet is a diet that suddenly becomes popular, usually because it promises people that they will lose a lot of weight overnight. Although dieters may really show weight loss from a fad diet, they will almost certainly get back the weight if their usual eating habits (习惯) remain unchanged. Moreover, fad diets continuously call for special products of questionable value or for “health foods” that may cost twice as much as supermarket(超市) foods. Worse yet, certain fad diets don't include nutrients(营养)good for health. People have been known to become very ill as a result of following medically unhealthy diets.
The worse fact of fad diets, though, is that they keep people who are over-weight or sick from receiving the medical care that they truly need.
【小题1】The word “fad” in the first sentence means ______.
A.new | B.wonderful |
C.popular quickly | D.loved by people |
A.people refuse to accept fad diets |
B.fad diets can help people to lose weight |
C.a man can lose weight after eating a fad diet |
D.fad diets are now welcomed by people |
A.are very helpful |
B.are not healthy diet |
C.won't cost much |
D.include lots of nutrients |
A.that fad dieters are often overweight |
B.fad dieters need medical care if they are overweight or sick |
C.how fad dieters get sick |
D.overweight or sick fad dieter can’t get medical care in time |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年江西南昌第二中学高二下期期末考试英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症).
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, “could be understood as the beginning of the end.” “That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.
【小题1】Which of the following is true about James Watson?
A.He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease. |
B.He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests. |
C.He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease. |
D.He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. |
A.ask some questions | B.satisfy readers’ curiosity |
C.introduce the topic | D.describe an academic fact |
A.necessary to remove his anxiety | B.impossible to hide his disease |
C.better to inform him immediately | D.advisable not to let him know |
A.leave off | B.break down | C.drop out | D.turn away |
A.can accept some bad news | B.tend to find out the truth |
C.prefer to hear good news | D.have the right to be informed |
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