“Old wives tales” are beliefs pasd down from one generation to another, For ex

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“Old wives tales” are beliefs pasd down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our patents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in the teachings? Some of them agree with prent medical thinking, but others have not pasd the test of time Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots becau they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a rious eye dia called macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this dia by 40%. Garlic（蒜）is good for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that caus colds. Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice pasd the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But rearch suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cau tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cau more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales, After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated （积累） from thousands of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as rearch for clear scientific support to proven it true or fal 小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？  A．Eating garlic is good for our eyes B．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous。 D．Carrots prevent people from catching colds小题2:The author develops the third paragraph mainly____。  A．by cau and effectsB．by order in space C．by order in timeD．by examples小题3:The phra “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“____ ” A．to be believableB．to be valuableC．to be admirableD．to be smtable小题4:What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text? A．So objectiveB．ObjectiveC．DissatisfiedD．Curious 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:D小题3:A小题4:B

解析

中国有句俗话：不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。本文大意是客观地评价了保持身体健康的“老人言”的正确性。小题1:推理判断题。由第三自然段的最后一句可知本题选B。小题2:推理判断题。通读第三自然段可知本自然段是通过举例进行说明的，故本题选D。小题3:词义猜测题。文章中本句意思是：即使科学能告诉我们那些“老人言”是（能容水的）值得相信的，但“老人言”中还有很多正确的东西，hold water在此处意思是：能装水的；值得相信的，选A。小题4:推理判断题。根据文章第三，四自然段可知作者对于“老人言”持客观态度，故本题选B。

考点

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人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。