2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：44（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：44（含解析）

　　5．What's the best title of the passage?

　　A．Why I stick to the mailman

　　B．How kind a mailman

　　C．What the news will be

　　D．Email age arrives

　　答案　A　[考查标题判断。本文主要表达了作者对传统书信的难以舍弃的情愫，故选A。]

　　阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁：议论文　话题：自我推销　词数：307　时间：7′

　　According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal，we might all be braggarts(大话王) in this competitive society addicted to social networking.

　　Take a close look at your socialnetworking sites.Do you like to post photos of yourself in restaurants to show others what an exciting life you have？Or do you like to write about how happily in love you are？Or perhaps you are of the subtle type who constantly complain about jobs but really just want to impress others with your important position.

　　According to the results of a series of experiments conducted by Harvard University neuroscientists (神经科学家)，the reward areas of our brain—the same areas that respond to “primary rewards”

　　such

　　food—are

　　activated

　　when

　　talk

　　about ourselves.We devote between 30 to 40 percent of our conversation time to doing just that.Unfortunately，Elizabeth Bernstein，a columnist with The Wall Street Journal，says，some people can't tell the difference between sharing positive information that others might actually want to know and direct bragging.She suggests that bragging involves comparison，whether stated or implied.