贵州省遵义市2014高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（19）

1 遵义市遵义市 20142014 高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练 高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练 1919 及答案或解析及答案或解析 Three years ago five parrots were set free in a wild place of Arizona thousands of miles from the Channel Islands in Jersey where they had been looked after by zookeepers No evolutionary strategies informed them how to behave in this new landscape of mountainous pine forest unoccupied by their kind for 50 years To the researchers surprise they failed to make contact with a group of wild parrots imported from Mexico and set free at the same time Within 24 hours the reintroducing ended in failure and the poor birds were back in cages on their way to the safety of the Arizona reintroduction programme Ever since then the programme has enjoyed great success mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild confiscated 没收 on arrival north of the border and raised by their parents in the safety of the programme The experience shows how little we know about the behaviour and psychology 心理 of parrots as Peter Bennett a bird researcher points out Reintroducing species of high intelligence like parrots is a lot more difficult People like parrots always treating them as nothing more than pets or valuable collectables Now that many species of parrot are in immediate danger of dying out biologists are working together to study the natural history and the behaviour of this family of birds Last year was an important turning point conservationists founded the World Parrot Trust based at Hayle in Cornwall to support research into both wild and caged birds Research on parrots is vital for two reasons First as the Arizona programme showed when reintroducing parrots to the wild we need to be aware of what the birds must know if they are to survive in their natural home We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets particularly as the Trust s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans 语篇解读 本文通过在亚利桑那州五只鹦鹉被释放的故事 说明了鹦鹉引入计划的重 要性以及对鹦鹉生活习性等各方面进行研究的重要性和对鹦鹉进行研究的重要原因 1 What do we know about the area where the five parrots were reintroduced A Its landscape is new to parrots of their kind B It used to be home to parrots of their kind 2 C It is close to where they had been kept D Pine trees were planted to attract birds 解析 事实细节题 根据第一段第二句 这五只鹦鹉未被教过如何在这个新地方生活 这片松林山区 50 年来未被这种鹦鹉占据过 50 年前有过 可知 五只鹦鹉被引入的地方曾 经是鹦鹉的家园或繁衍之地 答案 B 2 The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that manraised parrots A can find their way back home in Jersey B are unable to recognize their parents C are unable to adapt to the wild D can produce a new species 解析 推理判断题 根据第一 二段 特别是信息句 Ever since then the programme has enjoyed great success mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild 可以推测出 人工喂养的鹦鹉不能适 应野外的生存环境 答案 C 3 Why are researches on parrots important according to the passage A The Trust shows great concern for the programme B We need to know more about how to preserve parrots C Many people are interested in collecting parrots D Parrots intelligence may some day benefit people 解析 推理判断题 最后一段就是信息提示 主要表达了对鹦鹉进行研究的重要性 主要表现在两个方面 我们必须了解鹦鹉在自然条件下如何生存 其次 我们需要更多地了 解宠物鹦鹉的需要 督促那些买鹦鹉当宠物的人选择人工培育的鹦鹉 从而判断 本题主要 表达我们如何保护鹦鹉的问题 答案 B 4 According to the passage people are advised A to treat wild and caged parrots equally B to set up comfortable homes for parrots C not to keep wild parrots as pets D not to let more parrots go to the wild 解析 推理判断题 由最后一段特别是最后一句 We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets particularly as the Trust s campaign does 3 not attempt to discourage the practice but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans 可以推出 作者建议我们不要把野鹦鹉当作 宠物 答案 C 长难句解读 We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets particularly as the Trust s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans 我们也需要更多了解宠物鹦鹉的需要 尤其因为信托基金运动并不旨在劝阻这一 做法 而是督促买鹦鹉作宠物的人选择人工培育的鹦鹉 句中的 not but 表示 不是 而是 连接两个并列的句子 attempt to discourage the practice 和 rather urges people who buy parrots 其中 urge sb to do sth 表示 督促某人做某事 结束结束 2011 湖北卷 完形填空 The young wonman entered the pool where an injured dolphin 海豚 was swimming Despite her fear she felt strong wearing her new leg In her second grade Maja 31 her cousin Jasmina After Jasmina s death Maja swore she would honor the little girl by 32 with a dolphin an animal that both girls 33 Jasmina never got the chance to do it says Maja now32 so I 34 that someday I d do it for her In high school Maja was 35 about sports she even planned to become an athlete 36 in 1993 during the eivil war in her home country a bomb 37 her left leg After tow years 38 in the U S Maja received her first artifierd 人造的 leg But 39 it didn t fit well walking for Maja was painfei 40 she managed to graduart from a loca high school Then after receiving a 41 from Saint Francis University she got a job at an insurance firm and 42 started her own campany To relax Maja 43 ofter watch the dolphins play at an auarium 水族馆 near her home A young dolphin Winter who had lost its tail eaught her 44 4 One day Maja happened to see trainers 45 Winter with a high teeh tail When they were done Winter swam freely in the water Maja was 46 She managed to find the inventors of Winter s tail Within ten days she had a new leg which freed her the 47 that had troubled her for almost 16years Now Maja was ready to keep her 48 She went to the aquarium Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter who approached 49 then swum away After a few minutes The dollop hint let Maja 50 its back Finally the began to swim around the together 31 A lost B visited C rescued D left 32 A talking B living C swimming D surfing 33 A adored B adopted C possessed D premised 34 A pretended B deeided C perfected D agreed 35 A positive B atheistic C particular D curious 36 A Undoubtedly B Surprisingly C Strangely D Unturunaterl 37 A took away B took ever C cut down D cut out 38 A study B potation C treatment D experiment 39 A until B because C although D it 40 A Otherwise B Therefore C Besides D However 41 A scholarships B degree C prize D notice 42 A gradually B actually C eventually D niter 43 A might B should C could D hand 44 A eye B leg C nose D hand 45 A celebrating B grueling C marking D firm 46 A inspired B passed C shocked D amused 47 A worry B sadness C pain D fear 48 A appointment B promise C record D halt 49 A blindly B angrily C gratefully D cautiously 50 A strike B cover C touch D wipe 5 It s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity is taking place It is taking place primari1y in political circles Here at the College Fund we have a lot of contact with top corporate 公司的 leaders none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity In fact they say that if their companies are to compete in the g1oba1 village and in the global market place diversity is an imperative They also say that the need for talented skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities more women and more immigrants Corporate leaders know that if that doesn t occur in our society they will not have the engineers the scientists the lawyers or the business managers they will need Likewise I don t hear people in the academy saying Let s go backward Let s go back to the good old days when we had a meritocracy 不拘一格降人才 which was never true we never had a meritocracy although we ve come closer to it in the last 30 years I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time and she remembers that when she first joined the community there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus Now all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses 6 51 The underlined word imperative in Para l most probably refers to something A superficial B remarkable C debatable D essential 52 Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity A Minorities B Politicians C Professors D Managers 53 High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to A lower the rate of unemployment B win equal political rights for minorities C be competitive in the world market D satisfy the demands of a growing popu1ation 54 It can be inferred from the passage that A meritocracy can never be realized without diversity B American political circles will not accept diversity C it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U S media D minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity 55 According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by A expanding the pool of potential employees B promoting policies that provide skills to employees C training more engineers scientists lawyers and business managers D providing education for all regardless of race or sex 参考答案 51 55 D B CA D 结束 The rise of multinational corporations 跨国公司 global marketing new communications technologies and shrinking cultural differences have led to an 7 unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR Surprisingly since modern PR was largely an American invention the U S leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries Ten years ago for example the world s top five public relations agencies were American owned In 1991 only one was The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate 公司的 planning activities compared to about one third of U S companies It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race First Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs Knowledge of world geography for example has never been strong in this country Secondly Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts 相对应的人 in knowing a second language Less than 5 percent of Burson Marshall s U S employees know two languages Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage Conversely some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language Finally people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs In the financial PR area for instance most Americans read the Wall Street Journal Overseas their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist publications not often read in this country Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN Cable News Network Turner recently announced that the word foreign would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts According to Turner global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign 51 According to the passage U S leadership in public relations is being threatened because A an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companies B shrinking cultural differences and new communications technologies 8 C the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the U S D increased efforts of other countries in public relations 52 London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because A British companies are more ambitious than U S companies B British companies place more importance on PR than U S companies C British companies are heavily involved in planning activities D Four of the world s top public relations agencies are British owned 53 The word provincial in Para 3 most probably means A limited in outlook B like people from the provinces C rigid in thinking D interested in world financial affairs 54 We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry A speak at least one foreign language fluently B are ignorant about world geography C are not as sophisticated as their European counterparts D enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications 55 What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN A American PR companies should be more internationally minded B The American PR industry should develop global communications technologies C People working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languages D People involved in PR should avoid using the word foreign 参考答案 51 55DBACA 结束 MUMBAI India The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award And the two of them said It s unbelievable Nine year old Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail 10 were living a very different life and apparently loving every minute of it The two some of the 9 child stars of the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire 贫民窟的百万富翁 movie know the Indian slums very well That was where they grew up and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip But before going back home there was an interview with the host Ryan Seacrest During the interview they smiled and repeated their disbelief at what was happening to them To their surprise their movie won the first place in the Oscars When the two received the award it was late morning in the children s home city of Mumbai where their family friends and many fellow residents of the slums watched the results from Hollywood I don t really know what the Oscars are Rubina s mother said I m just glad my daughter looks happy though she told me she missed Indian food Our children lead