(完整)高考英语阅读理解科普类说明文4篇--较难(有答案).docx

高考英语说明文 4 篇 1 Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone can mtake us tire. It sounds absurd /?bs ??d/荒谬的. But a years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage 阶段 of fatigue /f?ti?g/（疲劳）. To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer 劳动者 , we would find it full of fatigue toxins /t?ks?n/ （毒素） and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day. So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly 很快地 at the end of eight or even twelve hours of effort as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired? Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional（ 情绪的 ） attitudes. One of England msost outstanding scientists, J.A. Hadfield, says, “ Th egreater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin /?r?d??n/起源. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare. D”r. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares, “ One hundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems. ” What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety /??za?? t?/焦虑, tenseness 紧张 , worry, a feeling of not being appreciated---those are the emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body. What surprised the scientists a few years ago? Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborer s blood. Albert Einstein didn fetel worn after a day wsork. The brain could work for many hours without fatigue. A mental worker bslood was filled with fatigue toxins. According to the author, which of the following can make sit