2016年高考英语复习专题练习及答案:形容词 副词

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【语篇解读】　本文是应用文。文章介绍了有关白金汉宫的一些趣闻。

1. D　解析：词义猜测题。由后接的从句that are served on solid gold plates可知，前面应该是“烹调”的意思。

2. B　解析：细节理解题。由FANCY FEAST部分的Good thing the kitchen is well stocked—the Queen welcomes about 50,000 dining guests every year可知，白金汉宫的厨房食物储备充足。

3. C　解析：推理判断题。由文章最后一段中的But even now officials won't reveal much about these under­the­radar routes可知，这些地下通道是不对公众开放的。

B

(2014·哈尔滨第三中学模考)

Two new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners.

One study involved sixty­eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty­four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot (赤脚的).

Researchers from the JKM Technologies company in Virginia, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado did the study.

They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.

The study appeared in the official scientific journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine.

The other study appeared in the journal Nature. It compared runners in the United States and Kenya. The researchers were from Harvard University in Massachusetts, Moi University in Kenya and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

They divided the runners into three groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running.

Runners who wear shoes usually come down heel first. That puts great force on the back of the foot. But the study found that barefoot runners generally land on the front or middle of their foot. That way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heels.

Harvard's Daniel Lieberman led the study. He says the way most running shoes are designed may explain why those who wear them land on their heels. The heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first. Also, the heel generally has thick material under it to soften landings.

But the researchers do not suggest that runners immediately start running barefoot. They say it takes some training. And there can be risks, like running when your feet are too cold to feel if you get injured.

The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings have gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has reported in their paper. So they have tried to explain their findings on a Harvard website.