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2021考研英语阅读理解精选试题及答案解析

Unit1Part ADirections:Read the following four texts.

Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.

Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）

Text 1 It’s plain common sense — the more happiness

you feel, the less unhappiness you experience. It’s plain

common sense, but it’s not true. Recent research reveals that

happiness and unhappiness are not really two sides of the same

emotion. They are two distinct feelings that, coexisting, rise

and fall independently.

People might think that the higher a person’s level of

unhappiness, the lower their level of happiness and vice versa.

But when researchers measure people’s average levels of

happiness and unhappiness, they often find little relationship

between the two.

The recognition that feelings of happiness and unhappiness

can co-exist much like love and hate in a close relationship

may offer valuable clues on how to lead a happier life. It

suggests, for example, that changing or avoiding things that

make you miserable may well make you less miserable, but

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probably won’t make you any happier. That advice is backed up

by an extraordinary series of studies which indicate that a

genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run in certain

families. On the other hand, researchers have found happiness

doesn’t appear to be anyone’s heritage. The capacity for joy

is a talent you develop largely for yourself.

Psychologists have settled on a working definition of the

feeling — happiness is a sense of subjective well-being. They

have also begun to find out who’s happy, who isn’t and why.

To date, the research hasn’t found a simple formula for a happy

life, but it has discovered some of the actions and attitudes

that seem to bring people closer to that most desired of

feelings.

Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we

are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up

connections better than when we are feeling sad. This doesn’t mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that’s that. Genes may predispose one to unhappiness, but

disposition can be influenced by personal choice. You can

increase your happiness through your own actions. 1. According

to the text, it is true that［A］ unhappiness is more inherited

than affected by environment.［B］ happiness and unhappiness

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are mutually conditional.［C］ unhappiness is subject to

external more than internal factors.［D］ happiness is an

uncontrollable subjective feeling.2. The author argues that

one can achieve happiness by［A］ maintaining it at an average

level.［B］ escaping miserable occurrences in life.［C］ pursuing

it with one’s painstaking effort.［D］ realizing its coexistence

with unhappiness.3. The phrase “To date” (Par.4) can be best

replaced by［A］ As a result.［B］ In addition.［C］ At present.［D］ Until now.4. What do you think the author believes about

happiness and unhappiness?［A］ One feels unhappy owing to his

miserable origin.［B］ They are independent but existing

concurrently［C］ One feels happy by participating in more

activities.［D］ They are actions and attitudes taken by human

beings.5. The sentence “That’s that” (Par. 5) probably means:

Some people are born to be sad［A］ and the situation cannot

be altered.［B］ and happiness remains inaccessible.［C］ but

they don’t think much about it.［D］ but they remain unconscious

of it.

Text 2

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80

milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, when tested.

But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before

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you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on

your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of

drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after

only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one

or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could

still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving

has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol

in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking in the

evening you might find that your driving ability is still

affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a

few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early

evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic

drinks they had had, the more certain they were that they could

drive a test course through a set of and the

less able they were to do it!So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in

three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of

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alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after

drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More

than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breath

test have a blood alcohol concentration of more than twice the

legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been

drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an

accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least

the person you might kill or injure.6. The amount of alcohol

a driver can drink within the legal limit is［A］ about 80mg

of pure alcohol.［B］ about three standard drinks.［C］ in

proportion to his weight.［D］ varying with different people.7.

You might be accused of drunk driving when［A］ you drive upon

having some drinks.［B］ you become a helpless alcohol addict.［C］ your driving is found abnormal for drinking.［D］ your

alcohol percentage fails the test.8. A test showed that drunken

professional drivers could［A］ have greater confidence than

sober ones.［B］ move away a set of posts on the test ground.［C］ fail in the test despite their self-affirmation.［D］ serve

as alarming examples to potential drivers.9. Alcohol is the

major cause of traffic accidents because［A］ more than 30% road

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s mind and emotion.［C］ about one-third drivers are used to

drinking.［D］ young drivers are familiar among traffic

victims.10. About drink driving, the author warns you of the

fact that you［A］ may be taken to court by the police.［B］

are putting yourself in danger.［C］ may hurt or kill another

driver.［D］ are setting other people at risk.

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