2013年同等学力考试英语样卷二及答案解析

Part III Reading Comprehension(45 minutes，25 points)
Section A
Directions:In this section，there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements，each with four suggested answers A，B，C and D．Choose is the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet．

Passage One
Teachers using red pen to mark students’work could be harming their psyche as the color is too aggressive，according to education strategies drafted by an Australian state government．
The“Good Mental Health Rocks”kit，which was distributed this month to about 30 schools in Queensland state，offers strategies such as“Don’t mark in red pen(which can be seen as aggressive)—Use a different color．”
Other tips include structuring time for peer tutoring every day，apologizing to students when necessary and asking students to conduct a‘‘personal skills audit’’where they focus on their individual strengths rather than their weaknesses．
The kit，designed to help Queensland teachers address mental health in the classroom，suggests that social and emotional wellbeing has been linked to young people’s schooling，among other things．
The education aid has sparked a row in parliament，with deputy opposition leader Mark McArdle calling it“kooky，loony，loopy lefty policies．’’
But Health Minister Stephen Robertson，whose department devised the kit，said youth suicide was a serious issue．
“If mental health professionals determine that as one of a number of strategies teachers should consider，then I'll support them every day of the week,’’he told reporters recently．“This is not a matter for ridicule, this is serious．”
According to some Australian mental health groups，the greatest number of people with mental illness are aged between 18 and 24 years，with 14 percent of Australian children and adolescents suffering from some sort of illness．
Boys are slightly more likely to experience mental health problems than girls and depression is one of the most common conditions in young people and increases during adolescence，the website of mental health group Mindframe said．
(21)Teachers are advised not to mark students’work in red pen because
A．red color is too eye-catching
B．it may hurt students’feelings
C．it is against the state law
D．colors are too aggressive
(22)Which of the following is NOT offered as an education strategy?
A．Focus on students’individual strengths．
B．Arrange time for peer-tutoring every day．
C．Say sorry to students when needed．
D．Correct students’mistakes whenever possible．
(23)The“Good Mental Health Rocks’’kit is intended to ．
A．help teachers to keep their classes in order
B．help teachers to be alert to students’mental health
C．enable teachers to be mentally healthy themselves
D．improve students’social and emotional conditions
(24)It is stated in the passage that the education kit ．
A．has triggered an argument in parliament
B．has obtained a shared agreement
C．is strongly criticized by the Health Minister
D．has led to serious youth suicide
(25)What is Stephen Robertson’s opinion on the education kit?
A．It is what teachers should consider．
B．It is a matter for ridicule．
C．It should be supported every day．
D．It should be taken seriously by reporters．
(26)Some Australian mental health groups believe that ．
A．most people suffer from mental illness
B．14 percent of Australians suffer from a sort of illness
C．boys are much more likely to have mental health problems
D．depression is quite common among young people

Passagee Two
If you start each day desperately wishing for an extra hour in bed, the following is likely to leave you feeling even more bad-ternpered．Scientists have identified a“sleepless elite”一a small group of people for whom a lie-in is a waste of time．
Rather than being tired，bad-tempered under-achievers，they are an energetic，outgoing and optimistic group who can happily and healthily get by on just four or five hours of shut-eye a night．
If that were not irritating enough，they tend to be slim，able to hold down two jobs at the same time，and breeze through their extra-long days without needing caffeine pick-me-ups(咖啡因提神物)or cat naps．
Working out how the gene cuts sleep without any obvious impact on health could help in the design of drugs that give us all a few extra hours in our day．
The bad news is that while many of us get by on a few hours’ sleep a night，just one to three people in 100 qualify to be part of the sleepless elite．
The research team is now appealing for members of the lucky group to come forward to allow their DNA to be studied．
University of California researcher Ying-Hui Fu said：“My longterm goal is to someday learn enough so we can manipulate the sleep pathways without damaging our health．Everybody can use more waking hours，even if you just watch movies．"
Many of those who have already volunteered share fascinating characteristics．They are thinner than average，relentlessly upbeat(兴奋)and seem to have a high tolerance for physical pain and psychological set-backs．
Researcher Dr．Christopher Jones told the Wall Street Journal：“Typically，at the end of a long-structured phone interview，they will admit they have been texting and surfing the Internet and doing cross-word puzzles at the same time，all on less than six hours of sleep．’’

(27) Which of the following could be the title of this passage?
A．The Sleepless Elite．
B．The Impact of Sleep on Health．
C．A New Research on Sleep．
D．Manipulation of Sleep Pathways．
(28) According to this passage，the sleepless elite .
A．regard any sleep as a waste of time
B．are often tired and bad-tempered
C．perform less well than they usually do
D．sleep less yet remain energetic
(29) It is stated in the passage that the sleepless elite .
A．find themselves easy to become angry
B．have their way to keep a good shape
C．can do two jobs well in the meantime
D．depend heavily on coffee to refresh themselves
(30) Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Researchers are trying to find out the secrets to the sleepless elite．
B．Few people qualify to be a member of the sleepless elite group．
C．Drugs are available to give people a few extra hours in a day
D．It is useful to study how to cut sleep without damaging our health．
(31) The phrase“come forward"(Para．6)most probably means

A．volunteer B．qualify
C．contribute D．donate
(32) Which of the following is a shared feature of the sleepless elite?
A．They are much thinner than most people．
B．They ignore all physical and emotional pains．
C．They surf the Internet almost six hours a day．
D．They always think positive in face of difficulties．