Position：Volunteer Social Care Assistant (No Pay with Free Meals)

　　Place：Manchester

　　Hours：Part Time

　　We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives!Only 4 days left.Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!

　　Role：

　　You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives.You will help them to develop new skills.You will help them to protect their rights and their safety.But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.

　　Skills and Experience Required：

　　You will have the right values and great listening skills.You will be honest and patient.You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities.Previous care­related experience will be a great advantage for you.

　　1.The text is meant to ________.

　　A.leave a note

　　B.send an invitation

　　C.present a document

　　D.carry an advertisement

　　2.What does the underlined part mean?

　　A.You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.

　　B.You'll arrive home just in time from this job.

　　C.You'll earn a good salary from this job.

　　D.You'll succeed in getting this job.

　　3.The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ________.

　　A.to get some financial support

　　B.to properly protect themselves

　　C.to learn some new living skills

　　D.to realize their own importance

　　4.Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?

　　A.The one who can drive a car.

　　B.The one who has done similar work before.

　　C.The one who has patience to listen to others.

　　D.The one who can use English to communicate.

　　閱讀專項練習答案解析：

　　本文是一則廣告。廣告中招募志愿者，幫助智障人，讓智障人意識到他們的重要性。

　　1.D　解析：考查推理判斷。從文中Position，Place，Hours，Role以及Skills and Experience Required的相關信息可知，短文為廣告。

　　2.A　解析：考查句意理解。從文章中的“Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life”以及第二段中的“If yes，don't care about sex or age!Come and join us, then you'll_make_it”可知，you'll make it意為“參加廣告中的志愿工作，你將讓別人的生活更有意義”。

　　3.D　解析：考查細節理解。根據文中Role部分的“But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued”可知，志愿者的基本工作是讓智障人意識到他們的重要性。

　　4.B　解析：考查細節理解。根據文中Skills and Experience Required部分的“Previous care­related experience will be a great advantage for you”可知，以前有類似工作經歷的人優先。

　　高考英語閱讀專項練習2：

　　A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops(筆記本電腦).

　　Students are increasingly using laptops for note­taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度).But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.

　　Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes“mindlessly”by taking down word for word what the professors said.

　　In the first experiment，students were given either a laptop or pen and paper.They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note­taking skills.Thirty minutes after the talk，they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.

　　The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand.However，the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts.Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.

　　The researchers' report said，“While more notes are beneficial，if the notes are taken mindlessly，as is more likely the case on a laptop，the benefit disappears.”

　　In another experiment aimed at testing long­term memory，students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture.This time，the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.

　　These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding，but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.

　　5.More and more students favor laptops for note­taking because they can________.

　　A.write more notes

　　B.digest concepts better

　　C.get higher scores

　　D.understand lectures better

　　6.While taking notes，laptop users tend to be________.

　　A.skillful B.mindless

　　C.thoughtful D.tireless

　　7.The author of the passage aims to________.

　　A.examine the importance of long­term memory

　　B.stress the benefit of taking notes by hand

　　C.explain the process of taking notes

　　D.promote the use of laptops

　　8.The passage is likely to appear in________.

　　A.a newspaper advertisement

　　B.a computer textbook

　　C.a science magazine

　　D.a finance report

　　閱讀專項練習答案解析：

　　本文是一篇說明文。本文揭示實驗研究的結果，用筆記本電腦記筆記的人記憶和應用概念的能力較差，而用手記筆記的人在考試中的表現更好。

　　5.A　解析：細節理解題。根據第二段第一句“Students are increasingly using laptops for note­taking because of speed and legibility(清晰度)”可知，學生越來越多地使用筆記本電腦記筆記是因為它的速度和清晰度，這說明用筆記本電腦記筆記速度快、記得多。故選A。

　　6.B　解析：推理判斷題。根據第二段第二句“But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught”可知，研究已經發現筆記本電腦的使用者沒能記住和應用教給他們的概念。由此可推知，筆記本電腦的使用者在記筆記時是不動腦子的。故選B。

　　7.B　解析：推理判斷題。本文通過實驗發現了用筆記本電腦記筆記的不良效果和用手記筆記的優勢，兩者相比突出了用手記筆記的好處。故選B。

　　8.C　解析：推理判斷題。根據文章內容可知，本文揭示實驗研究的結果，用筆記本電腦記筆記的人記憶和應用概念的能力較差，而用手記筆記的人在考試中的表現更好。由此可推知，本文應該出現在科學雜志里。故選C。