第2部分 限时阅读4——词句猜测-【金版教程】2026年高考英语大二轮大考试题精选重组全书word

限时阅读4——词句猜测

阅读题中不认识的单词及不理解的句子：研读上句、下句和本句，三句话比对终可得出答案。

(2025·河北定州中学高三下二模)Self­confidence is trusting in our abilities or qualities. It's usually seen as a good thing. But is it possible that we might benefit from a little less confidence in our beliefs?

For many years, Dr Mark Leary, a neuroscientist at Duke University in Durham, N．C., has studied the role of people's beliefs in their behavior. He found overconfidence is very common, especially when it comes to what people believe to be true, and can lead us to disastrous decisions. In 1986, NASA believed that the risk of loss for any space flight was roughly 1 in 100，000. It was an overconfident belief and might have led to the explosion of the Challenger. The good news is that there's a “vaccine (疫苗)” for overconfidence, and that's what scientists call “intellectual humility”—recognizing that your beliefs could be wrong.

A survey of 144 college students to measure their intellectual humility found that students who saw their thinking could be wrong tended to be more curious and more likely to seek out new knowledge. They ended up knowing more at the end of the day. But does it actually help you beyond that?

To find out more, Dr Tenelle Porter at Ball State University conducted a series of studies with high school students. She found that students with intellectual humility were much more likely to test themselves to see whether they really understood the material and seek out potential holes in their understanding. When they got test scores, they'd change their study strategies to improve their performance and master the material for the next test.

Students who didn't see their knowledge could be wrong might instead just sail through their studying and wouldn't stop to ask themselves if they truly understood what they read, heard, or did. Such students thought they got__a__subject__down__pat,__but when asked to explain it on a test, they found they didn't actually understand as much as they had thought.

Although it might be good for you, researchers recognize that questioning your beliefs can be truly hard. Still, it's important to remember that questioning beliefs isn't always about replacing old

ones with new ones. If you find it hard to question a belief, try taking “baby steps”．

篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究表明知识谦逊帮助人们更好地学习和调整学习策略。

1．Why does the author mention the explosion of the Challenger?

A．To express his sorrow for the loss.

B．To stress the high risk of space flights.

C．To show the result of wrong operation.

D．To give an example of overconfidence.

答案：D

解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中的“He found overconfidence is very common ... the explosion of the Challenger.”可知，作者先介绍了科学家发现过度自信可能导致严重后果，之后提及1986年这起灾难。由此可推知，提及“挑战者号”爆炸是说明过度自信会导致灾难性决策的一个例子。故选D。

2．What do we know about intellectual humility according to Porter's research?

A．It urged students to gain recognition.

B．It encouraged students to take exams.

C．It helped students to adjust learning methods.

D．It motivated students to memorize knowledge.

答案：C

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“She found that ... and master the material for the next test.”可知，知识谦逊这种特质会使学生及时反思自己的学习，相应地调整学习方法。故选C。

3．What do the underlined words “got a subject down pat” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Fully mastered a subject.

B．Put great effort into a subject.

C．Really enjoyed a subject.

D．Benefited a lot from a subject.

答案：A

解析：词义猜测题。根据画线部分后文“but when asked ... as much as they had thought”可知，

学生们在考试之前应是对自己比较自信，认为自己对该相关知识十分了解，或已经全会了，但到考场答题时，才发现自己会的不如原本所认为的那么多。由此可知，got a subject down pat应是“对某科目了解很多”或“对某科目完全掌握”之意。故选A。

4．What will probably be discussed in the following paragraphs?

A．Why questioning our belief is hard.

B．Why intellectual humility is helpful.

C．How to become a confident person.

D．How to practice intellectual humility.

答案：D

解析：推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“If you find it hard to question a belief, try taking ‘baby steps’．”可推知，下文很可能具体阐述实践方法，即如何练习做到“知识谦逊”。故选D。

词汇：①disastrous adj. 灾难性的　②conduct v. 开展　③master v. 掌握　④when it comes to 当谈及……　⑤seek out 找出

佳句：If you find it hard to question a belief， try taking “baby steps”.

如果你发现自己难以质疑某种信念，那就试着采取“循序渐进”的方式。

(2025·湖北省武汉市黄陂区第七高级中学高三下考前模拟训练)When 16­year­old Mei began volunteering at the migrant children's library, she felt like an outsider. The children, with their warm laughter and rapid rural dialect, formed a tight­knit circle that her textbook­perfect Mandarin couldn't penetrate. During storytelling sessions, little Wenjing would vanish behind towering bookshelves, her small frame swallowed by shadows. Mei's attempts to engage her with classic tales fell flat, the unfamiliar syllables (音节) bouncing off Wenjing's silence. The library supervisor explained that many migrant children, having left parents behind in villages, often retreated into solitary worlds—a coping mechanism Mei resolved to understand.

One stormy afternoon, rain drummed against the windows as Mei found Wenjing hunched (弓背) in a dim corner, clutching a pencil. On a sheet of paper, stick figures danced—a round­faced woman, a tiny girl, and a lonely house. “Who's this？” Mei whispered in halting dialect,