中山市2012年高中英语读写能力竞赛高三试题(7)

less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually harden into addiction.

26. We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to ______.

A. keep rewards better in their memory B. recall consequences more effortlessly C. make risky decisions more frequently D. learn a subject more effectively

A. The experiments are intended to find out how people learn about the positive and negative outcomes under stress.

B. In each experiment, all the participants were stressed by doing certain tasks.

C. The experiments show that stressed participants remembered positive aspects more accurately.

D. The experiments can explain the reason why it is so difficult for the smokers to quit smoking under stress.

28. What does the underlined phrase ―pay off‖ in Paragraph 7 most probably mean?

A. Succeed. B. Reward. C. Finish the payment.

29. The research has proved that in a stressful situation ______.

A. women find it easier to fall into certain habits B. men have a greater tendency to slow down C. women focus more on outcomes D. men are more likely to take risks

A. Stress affects how people learn.

B. Stress makes people consider the advantages more.

C. Decision-making under stress.

D. Stress affects decision-making differently in men and women.

D. Pay the price. 27. About the two experiments mentioned in the passage, which of the following is NOT true? 30. What does the passage mainly talk about?

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

请阅读某书店各书架的相关信息：

A. Section One: Do-It-Yourself Section — On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how to do everything

from building a computer to constructing your own home.

B. Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section — Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and

events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.

C. Section Three: Humor Section — A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are

sure to keep the reader laughing for days.

D. Section Four: Business & Finance — Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain

to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.

E. Section Five: Biography — Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people

from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.

F. Section Six: Education — Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school

and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.

阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：

31. The Delighted Eye: by Prof. John Nash --- The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a

generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming