试题情况：
阅读理解4篇，40分。
难度：中等
小编建议：
养成良好的阅读习惯，这样既能节约时间，又能提高答题的准确率。
1.习惯视读，避免手指阅读
即在阅读时，应该使眼球沿着书行活动，而不是用手指或笔尖之类的东西，指着正在阅读的内容，一个词一个词地读。
2.略读问题和选项，带问题阅读
做英语阅读理解题时，首先应浏览一遍所提问题，然后带着这些问题有目的、有针对性地阅读文章。
3.耐心通读全文
遇到难解的词组和句子不要急躁，要尽量根据上下文悟出文义，解题时要“带着问题读短文”，分析判断，整题解完后要认真复查。
4.习惯猜词
在英语阅读过程中，应该有意识地养成自己的猜词习惯，千万不要一遇到生词就查词典。因为只有养成猜词的习惯，并在阅读实践中结合自己的学习常识，才能培养自己的猜词能力，从而进一步提高阅读能力。
真题模拟：
Many of us believe that a person’s mind becomes less active as he grows older. But this is not true， according to Dr Jarvik，professor of psychiatry at the University of California. She has studied the mental functioning of aging persons for several years. For example， one of her studies concerns 136 pairs of identical twins， who were first examined when they were already 60 years old. As Dr Jarvik continued the study of the twins into their 70s and 80s， their minds did not generally decline as was expected.
However，there was some decline in their psycho-motor speed. This means that it took them longer to accomplish mental tasks than it used to. But when speed was not a factor， they lost very little intellectual ability over the years. In general， Dr Jarvik’s studies have shown that there is no decline in knowledge or reasoning ability. This is true not only with those in their 30s and 40s， but with those in their 60s and 70s as well.
It is true that older people themselves often complain that their memory is not as good as it once was. However， much of what we call “loss of memory” is not that at all. There usually was incomplete learning in the first place. For example， the older person perhaps had trouble hearing， or poor vision， or inattention， or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace. In the cases where the older person‘s mind really seems to decay， it is not necessarily a sign of decay due to old age. Often it is simply a sign of a depressed emotional state.
1.This passage is mainly about ____.
A） how Dr Jarvik studied mental functioning of the twins.
B） what caused mental decay.
C） the results evidenced by Dr Jarvik’s studies.
D） the difference between middle – aged and older persons
2. The word “psychiatry” in paragraph 1 most probably means ____.
A） the study of human behavior.
B） the study of disease of the mind.
C） the study of problems with aging persons.
D） the study of twins growth.
3. A long – term study of 136 pairs of twins showed that ____.
A） they lost a little ability to reason over the years.
B） the only factor which declined over the years was their speed with which to perform mental tasks.
C） their memory was not as good as it had once been.
D） their minds became is not considered as they grew older.
4. Which of the following is not considered as an instanced of “incomplete learning”？
A） Poor hearing.
B） Bad eyesight.
C） Lack of attention.
D） The attempt to learn too many new things at the same time
5. What we call mental decay is usually a sign of ____.
A） a low – spirited state.
B） a worsening state of health.
C） old age.
D） nervous tension
答案详解
1.答案： C
解析： 大意题。本文主要向读者传达了人的记忆和分析能力不是随着年龄的增大而消退，主要是通过。Dr Jarvik的研究成果来显示的。其它选项不是文章的主旨意思。
2.答案： B
解析： 大意题。同上题的解释。主要的是disease of the mind和年龄的区别。
3.答案： B
解析： 细节和推论。文章的第一段最后一句和第２段的前两句都是说明这样的一个实验说明研究结果。即，仅仅和速度有关系，课文的下面部分也相应作了解释。
4.答案： D
解析：最后一句的中间部分For example， the older person perhaps had trouble hearing， or poor vision， or inattention， or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace没有提到Ｄ项的内容。Ｄ项仅仅说的是心理原因造成的结果。
5.答案： A
解析：细节题。文章的最后两句都是说明这个问题a sign of a depressed emotional state是说明的mental因素。
