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Ⅵ. Read the passage and complete the following tasks.
①Everybody enjoys acts of kindness. But can you explain why? Some people think kindness is something out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool that we use to become more popular. But research shows that being kind can activate(激活) an area of the brain called the striatum. Research also shows that kindness improves people's mood. But why and how does it happen? Here are a number of different ways.
②Being kind can make someone smile. If you see yourself smile in a situation, people around may be smiling, too. This is specially true for your close friends and family. A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better. It can also make ourselves feel good. So why not set off that chain of(一连串) good feelings to people around?
③Secondly, being kind starts or develops a social connection with others. Kind acts like buying someone a present make friendships stronger. Research has shown that spending money on others may help you get a stronger feeling of happiness than spending it on yourself. Similarly, charities also open up new circles of people to connect with someone on the other side of the world.
④In another recent research, even children in their first year of secondary school know how being kind makes them feel happy. If one person is kind, he or she makes others in the group kind. It also lifts everyone's spirits. Imagine that you make cakes for the office and it makes others do it each month. Then you're getting cakes a lot more days than providing them.
⑤The story doesn't end here. Being kind may improve your mood, but research has also shown that if you're in a good mood, you can act much more kindly. This makes it a wonderful two-way relationship, doesn't it?
(
A. By telling a story.
B. By asking questions.
C. By giving examples.
D. By doing a survey.
(
A. The situation.
B. The family.
C. The kind act.
D. That chain.
(
①Everybody enjoys acts of kindness. But can you explain why? Some people think kindness is something out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool that we use to become more popular. But research shows that being kind can activate(激活) an area of the brain called the striatum. Research also shows that kindness improves people's mood. But why and how does it happen? Here are a number of different ways.
②Being kind can make someone smile. If you see yourself smile in a situation, people around may be smiling, too. This is specially true for your close friends and family. A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better. It can also make ourselves feel good. So why not set off that chain of(一连串) good feelings to people around?
③Secondly, being kind starts or develops a social connection with others. Kind acts like buying someone a present make friendships stronger. Research has shown that spending money on others may help you get a stronger feeling of happiness than spending it on yourself. Similarly, charities also open up new circles of people to connect with someone on the other side of the world.
④In another recent research, even children in their first year of secondary school know how being kind makes them feel happy. If one person is kind, he or she makes others in the group kind. It also lifts everyone's spirits. Imagine that you make cakes for the office and it makes others do it each month. Then you're getting cakes a lot more days than providing them.
⑤The story doesn't end here. Being kind may improve your mood, but research has also shown that if you're in a good mood, you can act much more kindly. This makes it a wonderful two-way relationship, doesn't it?
(
B
)1. How does the writer lead in the topic?A. By telling a story.
B. By asking questions.
C. By giving examples.
D. By doing a survey.
(
C
)2. What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The situation.
B. The family.
C. The kind act.
D. That chain.
(
C
)3. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?答案
1. B 2. C 3. C
解析
【分析】
第1题需定位文章第一段，判断作者引入话题的方式；第2题根据代词指代的就近原则，结合上下文猜测词义；第3题梳理文章各段内容，分析整体结构，对应选项的结构示意图。
【解析】
1. 定位文章第一段，作者以“But can you explain why?”的问题引出关于善意的话题，属于提问引入，故选B。
2. 第二段前句提到“A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better”，后句的It指代前文的“a kind act”，故选C。
3. 文章第一段总起善意的作用，第二段讲善意对情绪的影响，第三段讲善意的社交联系作用，第四段讲善意对群体的影响，第五段讲善意与心情的双向关系，整体为总分结构，对应选项C的结构（1为总起，连接2、3、4、5），故选C。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、词义猜测、文章结构
【点评】本题涵盖英语阅读的三种核心题型，需学生掌握定位法、就近原则等解题技巧，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】0.6
第1题需定位文章第一段，判断作者引入话题的方式；第2题根据代词指代的就近原则，结合上下文猜测词义；第3题梳理文章各段内容，分析整体结构，对应选项的结构示意图。
【解析】
1. 定位文章第一段，作者以“But can you explain why?”的问题引出关于善意的话题，属于提问引入，故选B。
2. 第二段前句提到“A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better”，后句的It指代前文的“a kind act”，故选C。
3. 文章第一段总起善意的作用，第二段讲善意对情绪的影响，第三段讲善意的社交联系作用，第四段讲善意对群体的影响，第五段讲善意与心情的双向关系，整体为总分结构，对应选项C的结构（1为总起，连接2、3、4、5），故选C。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、词义猜测、文章结构
【点评】本题涵盖英语阅读的三种核心题型，需学生掌握定位法、就近原则等解题技巧，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】0.6
