What may be the best title fo…——2016 高考英语第 35 题答案解析

【考点】O6：社会文化类阅读；P1：内容归纳；P2：文中细节．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了沉默在不同文化背景下的不同内涵．
美国人重视沉默，并且认为沉默是人们之间日常交流的基本部分，而中国人则
在谈话时将沉默视为认真思考的标志；另外俄国、法国、西班牙等国家则将沉
默看作是对所谈论话题的一种认可，恰恰相反，墨西哥人则将沉默视为对比自
己职位高或者年长的人意见的一种不认可，这样用沉默要不和他们争论、吵要
礼貌的多．而护士则可以把沉默当作是治疗疾病的一种方法．
【解答】CADB
32．C．细节理解题．根据文章首段首句"The meaning of silence varies among
cultural
groups"可知，作者认为沉默是有文化特性的．根据后面的第四句"Silence may
be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable"以及第五句"Persons
in other cultural groups value silence"也是很好的佐证；故选C．
33．A．细节理解题．根据第二段中"what may be implied is that the person wants

the listener to consider what has been said before continuing"以及"In these cultures,
silence is a call for
reflection."可知中国人认为谈话时人们沉默是在思考．故选A．
34．D．细书理解题．根据末段末句"A nurse who understands the healing value of
silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of
patients"可知，作者建议护士要用沉默来冶疗病人．故选D．

【答案】B

【解析】标题归纳题．文章主要介绍了在不同文化背景下谈话期间沉默的不同
含义，由此判断B选项可以概括文章内容．故选B．
【点评】在做说明类的阅读文章时可以先通读全文，明白文章所描述的中心内
容是什么，再结合题干要求，带着问题去读文章会更节省时间，也能做到针对
性更强一些，尤其是最后的标题归纳题，一定要有针对性和概括性．
　
第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中
有两项为多余选项。
Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government
agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by
computer.
People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking
never lags (落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded
messages is called cryptography.
There are three main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters
of “My elephant eats too many eels” spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”
38 You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Let’s number
the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each
letter, the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 5 20 13 5.”
A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the
message of a real code, you must have a code book. 39 For example, “bridge”
might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out”
would actually mean “Meet me.” 40 However, it is also hard to keep a code book

secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the
alphabet.
【考点】O5：科教类阅读；PE：任务型阅读．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文属于说明文，主要介绍了几千年来密码的主要类型以及设置密码
的方法并嘱咐我们设置密码的方式以及要经常更改密码才是最有效的方法．
【解答】DEGFA