广东省高考英语二轮复习 专项训练 阅读理解四十.doc

阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ausually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. but there is one question that has millions of current answers. that question is “whats your name?” everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.have you ever wondered about peoples names? where do they come from? what do they mean?peoples first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. some parents choose the name of a well-known person. a boy could be named george washington smith; a girl could be named helen keller jones.some people give their children names that mean good things. clara means “bright”; beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; donald means “world ruler”; leonard means “as brave as a lion”.the earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. a family with the name brook or brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. the greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.other early surnames came from peoples occupations. the most common occupational name is smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. in the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. some other occupational names are: carter a person who owned or drove a cart; potter a person who made pots and pans.the ancestors of the baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. the carpenters great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. when there were two men who were named john in the same village, the john with the gray hair probably became john gray. or the john was very tall could call himself john tallman. john fish was probably an excellent swimmer and john lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. english-speaking people added s or son. the johnsons are descendants of john; the roberts familys ancestor was robert. irish and scottish people added mac or mc or o. perhaps all of the macdonnells and the macdonnells and the odonnells are descendants of the same donnell.( ) 1. which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage not cover?a. places where people lived. b. peoples characters.c. talents that people possessed. d. peoples occupations.选b，根据文中4,5,6三段可知只有b选项未提及( ) 2. according to the passage, the ancestors of the potter family most probably _.a. owned or drove a cart b. made things with metalsc. made kitchen tools or contains d. built houses and furniture选c文中第六段potter-a person who made pots and pans,可知potter 意为一个制作茶壶和平底锅的人，由此推断选c( ) 3. suppose and english couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _.a. beatrice smith b. leonard carterc. george longstreet d. donald greenwood选d根据文中倒数第2段可知一些人取名是根据特征而来。比如灰色头发的人取名john gray，高个的人取名john tallman.所以根据题意，居住在森林旁边的人取名为donald greenw( ) 4. the underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a persons _a. later generations b. friends and relativesc. colleagues and partners d. later sponsors选a 根据最后一段第一二行“some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. the johnsons are descendants of john可知descendants指的是后代 bit is reported that conservation groups in north america have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves. some groups believe wolves should be killed. other people believe wolves must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderness (荒野) for killing wolves in alaska，the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago，because hunters were killing hundreds of them for sport. however1aws were established to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their furso the wolf population has greatly increased. now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply a wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family. people in the wilderness also hunt deer for foodmany of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant lifewhen the deer cant find enough food，they die if the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer，their prey(猎物)will disappear some dayand the wolves willtooso we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecologyif we killed more wolves，we would save them and their prey from dying outwed also save some farm animals in another northern state，wolves attack cows and chickens for foodfarmers want the government to send biologists to study the problemthey believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a small wolf population against killing wolves if you had lived long ago，you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolfaccording to most stories，hungry wolves often kill people for foodeven today，the stories of the “big bad wolfwill not disappear but the fact is wolves are afraid of peopleand they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smellwhen wolves eat other animals，they usually kill the very youngor the sick and injured .the strongest survive .no kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had livedand has always been a law of nature. although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves，we say it is nonsense! researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balancethe wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large, and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life the real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used by peopleeven if wilderness land is not used directly for human needsthe wolves cant always find enough food .so they travel to the nearest source, which is often a farmthen there is dangerthe “big bad wolf” has arrived! and everyone knows what happens next( ) 1. according to the passage，some people in north america favor killing wolves for all the following reasons excet that a. there are too many wolves b. they kill large numbers deerc. they attack cows and chickens for food d. they destroy the wilderness plant life选d根据文中小标题for killing wolves 第一段第三行“so the wolf population has increased”第三段第一句和第四段第一句话，可知选项d不是原因( ) 2. some people are against killing wolves because a. wolves help to keep the ecological balance in the widenessb. there is too small a wolf population in the wildernessc. there are too many deer in the wildernessd. wolves are afraid of people and never