2017汕头金山中学高三下学期（4月）模拟考试英语试题及答案(2)

7.Which one could be the best title of the passage?
A. My Passion for Reading  B. Mum’s Strict Order
C. Reunion with My Beagle             D. The Charm of a Book
C
A new study has discovered that meditation and oxygen sport together reduce depression．The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months，reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students，”said lead author Dr．Brandon Alderman．“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression．”
Researchersbelieve the two activities have an interactive effect in combatingdepression．Alderman and Dr.TraceyShors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP)enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them．
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport．They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing，enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention．
Shors，who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive．
The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies，she says，with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events．
By learning to focus their attention and exercise，people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past，Shors says．
    “We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health．”said Alderman．“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost．”
8．What made the research so different?
Adopting a way of meaningful talk．
B．Combining the two ways to treat depression．
C．Treating depression with special medicine．
D．Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed．
9．The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______．
A．fighting   B．identifying     C．distinguishing D．examining
10．What did the participants do in the research?
A．They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking．
B．They thought quietly and then took exercise．
C．They took exercise longer than they thought．
D．They took exercise while thinking quietly．
11．What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?
A．To find out certain brain cells of humans．
B．To study the production of new brain cells．
C．To offer people a new method to treat stress．
D．To decide the links between stress and exercise．
D
Why I’ve taken a break from holidays
　 It is a wonderful morning，as I write this：hot，but without being too hot. Outside my window，I can see the sunniest sky of the year reflected in a huge natural expand of water. It is the kind of sun that makes you well aware of summer’s temporary nature —a reminder that if I am ever to go around to book this year's holiday，time is running out .
It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might say this sounds like saying you are not very good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere to do nothing?
　 I was a model holidaymaker as a kid．However，the problems started during my twenties．A trip to the south of France was ended after just two days，mainly because I had an urge to check my e-mails．Similarly，my honeymoon was cut short by 48 hours—not because my wife and I weren’t enjoying ourselves，but because we were missing our cats．
So what is my problem? On the surface，I’m probably a bit of a homebody．And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe：it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun．Somehow，packing a list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it．
　 Thankfully，I’m not alone．This summer，most of my friends have decided not to have a break．And a recent survey proved the downside of holidays，with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours，as stress levels returned to normal．And this year The Idler magazine published its Book of Awful Holidays．Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it’s possible to take，along with 50 painful holiday experiences voted for on The Idler website．
　 What interests me is what the concept of a “holiday” says about our lives．For me，the point of living is to have a life you enjoy for 52 weeks a year．The more I like my life and the better I structure it，the less I want to go away．Maybe I’m an unusual person for not liking holidays，but I just feel the time when I’m not working is too valuable to waste on them．
12.According to the first paragraph we can know that the writer　　　　 ．