2015届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解10（Word版含解析）[.docVIP

2015届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解10 二、阅读理解 Doctors then concluded that Steven was not brain dead and that there was still a slim chance of recovery.They agreed to try to bring Steven out of his chemically-induced coma to see if he could survive.Two weeks later，he woke up.He said，“Hopefully it can help people see that you should never give up.If you have a gut feeling(本能的感觉)about something，then follow it.My father believed I was alive and he was correct.” Steven Thorpe遭遇了车祸，医生认为他已经没有生命的迹象，可是他的家人没有放弃。两个星期后，他奇迹般地醒来了。 1．What saved Steven Thorpe’s life according to the doctor? A．The life support machine. B．The doctor’s advice. C．Steven Thorpe’s will. D．John and Janet’s belief. 解析： 细节理解题。根据第二段And four years on，the doctor says he owes everything to the determination of his parents可知，答案为D项。 答案：D 4．Which of the following sayings can we infer from the passage? A．Hope is life and life is hope. B．Think before you act. C．He who has health has hope. D．The early bird catches the worm. 解析：推理判断题。根据末段Hopefully it can help people see that you should never give up可推断，答案为A项。 答案：A B The educational film Shop Til You Drop：The Crisis of Consumerism is a look into the machinery of American consumerism and advertising.Though there seems to be no end in sight to our appetite for overconsumption，it documents an end to the capacity of our planet，with its limited resources to support that appetite.To set the stage，we hear a recitation by Juliet Shor，author of Born to Buy—all the objects in a typical middle class home. The first half of the film focuses on the psychological effects of consumerism：how the media and advertisers direct us and how their techniques control our desires，making us believe that we need much more than we actually do. If you play soft music to cows，they give more milk.If you play music to shoppers，they buy more stuff.The many talking heads in the film—professors，authors, mental health professionals，and leaders of the Voluntary Simplicity movement—suggest that we need to step out of i