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2026-2027外刊英语阅读汇编
高三英语二轮阅读理解专项练习(十三)
Passage1 认知科普 |人与自我(大脑休息、学习效率)
Passage2 社会生活说明文|人与社会(社区园艺)
Passage3 文化科技说明文|人与自我(纸质 vs 电子阅读)
Passage4 健康科普 |人与自我(青少年作息早起)
Passage 1
主题:碎片化休息对大脑认知的影响(认知科普)
Many people believe that long hours of continuous study and work equal high efficiency. To finish tasks faster, they refuse to take short breaks and keep focusing for hours on end. However, latest cognitive research shows that frequent short breaks are essential for maintaining long-term productivity and brain performance.
Our brains are not designed to stay highly focused endlessly. Researchers have found that human attention follows a natural rhythm. Generally, effective concentration lasts only 25 to 40 minutes. After this period, the brain’s neural activity gradually weakens, leading to slower reaction speed, reduced judgment accuracy and easy mental tiredness. Forcing the brain to keep working without rest will not improve output; instead, it will cause cognitive fatigue and lower overall efficiency.
A team from Stanford University carried out a four-week experiment on over 200 office workers and students. The participants were divided into two groups. Group A worked or studied continuously for three hours, while Group B took a 5-minute break every 30 minutes. During breaks, participants were asked to look out of windows, stretch their bodies or walk slowly, rather than scrolling through phones. At the end of each day, researchers tested their logical thinking, memory and problem-solving abilities.
The results were striking. Group B’s overall cognitive scores were 28 percent higher than Group A. They made fewer mistakes and finished tasks faster. Researchers explained that short breaks help the brain complete “information sorting and memory consolidation”. When people focus intensely, the brain keeps receiving new information without pause. Short rest periods allow the brain to classify and store information, turning temporary memory into long-term memory.
The study also reminded people of a common mistake: improper breaks do harm to cognition. Many people choose to browse social media or watch short videos during breaks. Such activities bring fast information stimulation, which keeps the brain in a tense state. It fails to relieve mental tiredness and even makes the brain more exhausted after rest. True effective breaks are low-stimulation, quiet physical relaxation.
In conclusion, continuous hard work is not the best way to improve learning and working efficiency. Mastering scientific rest rhythms can help people keep stable brain activity, maintain lasting focus and achieve better long-term performance.
Questions
1. What do most people think contributes to high efficiency?
A. Frequent short breaks
B. Long uninterrupted work hours
C. Scientific brain training
D. Proper information collection
2. What is a consequence of non-stop work according to the text?
A. Faster reaction speed
B. Improved judgment
C. Cognitive fatigue and lower efficiency
D. Better memory consolidation
3. Why are scrolling phones during breaks ineffective?
A. It provides too little relaxation time
B. It keeps the brain in a nervous condition
C. It distracts people from future tasks
D. It stops the brain from receiving info
4. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Human attention has a fixed natural rhythm
B. Long-time hard work leads to mental tiredness
C. Scientific short breaks boost cognitive efficiency
D. Different relaxation ways benefit people equally
Passage 2
主题:城市社区园艺的多重价值(社会生活)
As urbanization accelerates, modern cities are filled with high-rise buildings and concrete roads, leaving little space for green plants. More city residents are feeling anxious and stressed due to the fast-paced urban life. In recent years, community gardening has become a popular trend in many big cities, bringing surprising benefits to both individuals and urban communities.
Community gardens are public spaces where local residents can grow vegetables, flowers and small plants together. Unlike private family planting, it emphasizes participation and sharing. Neighbors volunteer to tidy up abandoned open spaces, prepare soil and take turns to water and care for plants. This simple activity greatly strengthens neighborhood connection.
Psychologists point out that contact with nature is an effective way to relieve urban pressure. Tending plants requires slow, gentle movements and careful observation. When focusing on the growth of seedlings, people can temporarily escape from work worries and digital information bombardment. Many participants say gardening calms their moods and helps them keep a positive attitude towards life.
Besides mental benefits, community gardening also improves urban ecological environments. Small green patches scattered in residential areas help absorb dust, reduce noise and adjust local temperature. They also enrich urban biodiversity, providing living spaces for small insects and birds that rarely appear in concrete city centers.
Despite its advantages, community gardening faces small challenges. Some residents lack planting experience, and improper planting may affect public hygiene. Besides, inconsistent management may cause disputes over plant ownership. Therefore, communities need to organize simple training courses and set unified management rules to ensure the sustainable development of public gardens.
Questions
1. What is the feature of community gardening?
A. It is totally private and independent
B. It focuses on public participation and sharing
C. It requires professional planting skills
D. It aims to produce vegetables for sale
2. How does gardening benefit people mentally?
A. It helps people stay away from life pressure temporarily
B. It improves people’s professional skills
C. It helps people make more money
D. It speeds up people’s life pace
3. What problem may community gardening meet?
A. It takes too much living space
B. It may cause public hygiene problems
C. It reduces urban biodiversity
D. It makes neighborhoods distant
4. What is the author’s attitude towards community gardening?
A. Doubtful
B. Negative
C. Objective
D. Uncaring
Passage 3
纸质阅读的不可替代性(文化科技)
With the popularity of smartphones and e-readers, digital reading has become the main reading way for modern people. E-books are convenient, cheap and easy to carry, allowing people to read anytime and anywhere. Many people predict that traditional paper books will gradually disappear in the digital age. However, recent studies show that paper reading still has irreplaceable advantages for deep learning and memory.
Researchers from a European university conducted a comparative study on 300 students. The students were divided into two groups to read the same long article, one group via paper books and the other via electronic screens. After reading, they were asked to finish comprehension and memory tests. The result showed that paper book readers scored 32 percent higher in detailed information memory and logical sorting than screen readers.
Scientists explain the difference from cognitive perspective. When reading paper books, people can feel the thickness of pages, the turning of paper and the position of content in the book. These physical senses form unique memory marks in the brain, helping readers locate and recall information accurately. In contrast, digital reading provides single visual stimulation, with no obvious spatial memory clues.
Moreover, digital reading is easily interrupted. Pop-up messages, software reminders and casual browsing often break readers’ concentration. Most people tend to skim and scan quickly when reading on screens, forming a shallow reading habit. Paper reading, however, creates a quiet and focused reading atmosphere, which is suitable for in-depth thinking and knowledge absorption.
It does not mean digital reading is useless. It plays an important role in fragmented reading and casual learning. The best reading habit is to combine the two ways: use digital reading for fragmented information acquisition and paper reading for deep study and systematic learning.
Questions
1. What do many people predict about paper books?
A. They will be more popular
B. They will eventually fade away
C. They will replace e-books
D. They will become more expensive
2. Why is paper reading better for memory?
A. It offers unique physical memory clues
B. It contains more detailed information
C. It avoids all external distractions
D. It requires less thinking time
3. What is the disadvantage of digital reading?
A. It is inconvenient to carry
B. It fails to provide casual reading
C. It easily leads to shallow reading
D. It costs more money on books
4. What is the author’s suggestion on reading?
A. Abandon digital reading completely
B. Stick to paper reading only
C. Balance two reading ways properly
D. Read as many books as possible
Passage 4
主题:青少年长期早起的成长益处(健康成长)
Many teenagers prefer to stay up late and get up late, believing that staying up can help them finish more study tasks and getting up late can make up for sleep loss. However, a long-term study conducted by an American youth health institute shows that keeping early rising habits brings far more benefits to teenagers’ physical health and academic performance than staying up late.
In the study, researchers tracked over 500 middle school students for three years. They divided students into two groups: early risers who get up before 7 a.m. and late risers who get up after 8:30 a.m. The data showed that early risers had more regular schedules, healthier eating habits and stronger physical immunity. They were less likely to suffer from fatigue and colds compared with late risers.
Academically, early rising also creates obvious advantages. Morning time is usually free from noise and external interference. The fresh air and clear mind in the morning help improve learning efficiency and logical thinking ability. Early risers can arrange preview, recitation and daily planning in the morning, which helps them form systematic learning habits and improve long-term academic performance.
Besides physical and academic benefits, early rising shapes better personal qualities. Teenagers who stick to getting up early are more self-disciplined and responsible. They are better at time management and more likely to make reasonable plans for study and life. These good qualities will benefit their lifelong development.
The researchers also reminded teenagers that early rising does not mean sacrificing sleep. Teenagers need 8 to 9 hours of sleep every day. The key is to form a regular schedule: going to bed early and getting up early, rather than staying up late and struggling to get up early with insufficient sleep.
Questions
1. What do many teenagers think of staying up late?
A. It does great harm to their health
B. It helps them finish more study work
C. It improves their learning efficiency
D. It makes them feel more energetic
2. What physical advantage do early risers have?
A. Better immunity and less fatigue
B. More sleeping time every day
C. Faster study speed
D. More free time for relaxation
3. Why is morning learning efficient?
A. Students have finished all homework
B. The morning environment is undisturbed
C. Students are forced to study hard
D. Morning knowledge is easier to learn
4. What is the key of beneficial early rising?
A. Getting up as early as possible
B. Sacrificing part of sleeping time
C. Keeping a regular sleep schedule
D. Studying immediately after getting up
全文参考答案 & 超详细解析
Passage 1 答案与解析
标准答案:1.B 2.C 3.B 4.C
1. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位原文第一段首句“Many people believe that long hours of continuous study and work equal high efficiency”,大众普遍认为长时间不间断的学习和工作可以实现高效率。A选项是科学研究的新结论,并非大众固有认知;C、D选项原文无相关依据,故排除。
2. 细节理解题 答案:C
解析:定位原文第二段末尾“Forcing the brain to keep working without rest will not improve output; instead, it will cause cognitive fatigue and lower overall efficiency”,长期无休息的脑力工作会引发认知疲劳、降低整体学习工作效率。A、B、D均与原文表述相悖,直接排除。
3. 推理判断题 答案:B
解析:根据第五段内容,休息时刷短视频、浏览社交软件会带来高强度信息刺激,让大脑持续处于紧张紧绷的状态,无法得到真正放松,属于无效休息。A、C、D均不符合原文逻辑,故排除。
4. 主旨大意题 答案:C
解析:文章开篇推翻“长时间连续工作学习更高效”的传统认知,通过斯坦福实验论证科学短时休息的作用,全文核心围绕“科学短时休息能提升大脑认知效率、优化学习工作表现”展开。A、B仅为文章局部细节,D表述错误,不同放松方式效果差异极大。
Passage 2 答案与解析
标准答案:1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C
1. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位第二段“Unlike private family planting, it emphasizes participation and sharing”,社区园艺区别于私人种植,核心特征是公众共同参与、成果共享。A与原文相反,C、D原文无依据,排除。
2. 细节理解题 答案:A
解析:根据第三段“people can temporarily escape from work worries and digital information bombardment... gardening calms their moods”,园艺活动能帮助人们暂时逃离生活与工作压力,舒缓情绪。B、C、D均不属于园艺带来的精神层面益处,排除。
3. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位最后一段“improper planting may affect public hygiene”,居民不规范的种植方式可能引发公共卫生问题,是社区园艺面临的主要难题。A、C、D均与原文内容相悖,排除。
4. 作者态度题 答案:C
解析:文章客观介绍了社区园艺对个人心理、邻里关系、城市生态的多重益处,同时公正阐述了其现存的管理、卫生问题并给出改进建议,无褒贬倾向,态度客观中立。
Passage 3 答案与解析
标准答案:1.B 2.A 3.C 4.C
1. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位第一段“Many people predict that traditional paper books will gradually disappear in the digital age”,很多人预测纸质书籍会在数字时代逐渐淡出人们的生活、慢慢消失。fade away 对应 disappear,为同义替换。
2. 细节理解题 答案:A
解析:根据第三段内容,纸质阅读带来的书页厚度、翻书触感、内容位置等物理感知,会在大脑中形成独特的记忆标记和空间线索,帮助人们精准回忆信息。B、D无依据,C中“all”表述绝对化,错误。
3. 细节理解题 答案:C
解析:定位第四段“Most people tend to skim and scan quickly when reading on screens, forming a shallow reading habit”,电子阅读易被外界信息打断,容易让读者养成快速浏览的浅阅读习惯,无法实现深度思考。A、B、D均与原文事实相反。
4. 推理判断题 答案:C
解析:文章最后一段指出,数字阅读和纸质阅读各有优势,最佳阅读方式是二者结合、合理平衡,碎片化学习依靠电子阅读,深度学习依靠纸质阅读。A、B过于绝对,D表述偏离主旨。
Passage 4 答案与解析
标准答案:1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C
1. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位第一段“many teenagers prefer to stay up late... believing that staying up can help them finish more study tasks”,青少年普遍认为熬夜可以完成更多的学习任务,弥补日常学习时间的不足。
2. 细节理解题 答案:A
解析:根据第二段研究数据“early risers... stronger physical immunity. They were less likely to suffer from fatigue and colds”,早起的青少年作息规律、免疫力更强,更少出现身体疲惫、感冒生病的情况。B、C、D均不属于早起带来的身体优势。
3. 细节理解题 答案:B
解析:定位第三段“Morning time is usually free from noise and external interference”,早晨环境安静、无外界干扰,头脑清醒,是学习的高效时段,能够有效提升学习效率和逻辑思维能力。
4. 推理判断题 答案:C
解析:文章最后一段明确说明,有益的早起并非牺牲睡眠、强行早起,核心是养成早睡早起的规律作息,保证充足睡眠。A、B、D均违背原文核心观点,排除。
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