2009年高考试题——英语(全国2卷)含答案和详解(4)

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里）, still others just don‘t like breakfast food . But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you‘re trying to lose weight. ―Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,‖ says Katherine Brooking , R , D , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year‘s ―SELF CHALLENGE‖. And even pizza can be healthy if it‘s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece. Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southem California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal. So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night‘s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, ―You can always eat it tomorrow,‖ I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects. 41. The word ―leftovers‖ in Paragraph 1 probably means__________. A. food remaining after a meal B. things left undone C. meals made of vegetables D. pizza topped with fruit 42. What can we infer from the text? A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry. B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast. C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal. D. Eating vegetables helps save energy. 43. According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________. A. eat something for breakfast B. be careful about what you eat C. heat up food before eating it D. eat calorie-controlled food 44. The text is written mainly for those_____________. A. who go to work early B. who want to lose weight C. who stay up late D. who eat before sleep 【答案】41. A；42. B；43. A；44. B。

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【解析】A篇阅读理解是一篇大家比较熟悉的一个话题：―建议吃好早餐‖。这篇文章文字简单，就总体而言，考生大致能理解和掌握它的大意：一些人们对早餐的误解；不吃早餐能减肥等错误的做法。从选材和文字特点方面可以看出，这篇文章通俗易懂，不―偏‖不―怪‖。如果感觉完形难度偏大的学生在做这道试题时，会相对轻松。

B Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. ―It‘s a ,‖ said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan‘s Institute for Social Research. ―Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.‖ He points out that differences among households（家庭）exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. ―And the situation gets worse for women when they have children,‖ Stafford said. Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005. Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week. Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men. Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands‘10 hours. 45. According to the ―well-known pattern‖ in Paragraph 1, a married man___________. A. takes on heavier work B. does more housework C. is the main breadwinner D. is the master of the house 46. How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s? A. About 23. B. About 26. - 8 -

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C. About 13. D. About y. 47. What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text? A. An unmarried man. B. An older married man. C. A younger married man. D. A married man with children. 48. What can we conclude from Stafford‘s research? A. Marriage gives men more freedom. B. Marriage has effects on job choices. C. Housework sharing changes over time. D. Having children means doubled housework. 【答案】45. C；46. D；47. A；48. C。

【解析】B篇阅读理解的文字风格诙谐但有实际的描述了一个很普遍的社会问题：男女角色在家庭责任承担上随着时期的不同而发生变化。这是一篇展示社会问题类型的文章。作者通过描绘不同时期的男女---单身---婚后---孩子出生等阶段他们角色和责任承担的改变。

从文字设计上看，影响考生理解完整意思的因素并不多，整篇文章文字比较通顺流畅。难度并不大。但是在45、46题的理解上，部分考生会出现问题。

C GUATEMALA CITY （Reuters） – A fish that lives in mangrove swamps（红树沼泽）across the Americas can live out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted（适应）to land millions of years ago, a new study shows. The Magrove Rivulus, a type of small killifish, lives in small pools of water in a certain type of empty nut or even old beer cans in the mangrove swamps of Belize, the United States and Brazil. When their living place dries up, they live on the land in logs（圆木），said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard Endangered Lands Program in Florida. The fish, whose scientific name is Rivulus marmoratus, can grow as large as three inches. They group together in logs and breathe air through their skin until they can find water again. The new scientific discovery came after a trip to Belize. ―We kicked over a log and the fish just came crowding out,‖ Taylor told Reuters in neighboring Guatgemala by telephone. He said he will make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year. - 9 -