高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day43

1、 高考英语阅读理解强化训练 Day 43Passage 1Get Involved! Make a Donation!So what is rewilding?Imagine our natural homes growing instead of shrinking. Imagine species （物 种 ）diversifying instead of declining. Thats rewilding. Rewilding is ecological restoration. Rewilding offers hope for wildlife, humans and the pl

2、anet.Why is rewilding important and necessary?Our natural ecology is broken. The places where you would expect wildlife to exist have been reduced to wet deserts. The seabed has been destroyed and there have been no livingcreatures any more.Our wildlife is disappearing. Many wonderful species have d

3、eclined over the past century. Weve lost more of our large animals than any European country.We need keystone species. These vital species, including top predated 肉动 物 ）, drive ecological processes. Their loss has worsened our living systems.Nature looks after us. Good natural ecology can provide us

4、 with clean air and water, prevent flooding and store carbon. Rewilding can leave the world in a better state than it is today.What are challenges?As a long-term project, our“ rewilding britain ” has its challenges. Many peopleare notinterested, because we have got used to the lack of native forests

5、. Many farmers oppose the idea. They thought it a crazy idea to bring back predators becausethey would start killing farmanimals. It takes time to educate them. Above all, we need money! So we need your help!Make a donation.Help us bring back living systems and restore wild nature!With your help we

6、can. . .Open up new chances for rewilding and push for change.Develop tools to educate, influence and spread the word.Thanks for your support.Which of the following is the result of rewilding?A. Species become various. B. A lot of animals disappear.C. Environments are destroyed. D. Natural disasters

7、 happen regularly.According to the passage, one of the challenges at present is.A. peoples doubtsB. a lack of volunteersC. a shortage of timeD. farmers disagreementWhat is the main purpose of the passage?To introduce a new project.To call on people to give money.To warn people of the natural ecology

8、.To convince people to change their mind.Passage 2If a family member blames you for something you have done, it is important to be careful about how you defend yourself. It is not a good idea to use ways that cause hurt, even if they would help you make a valid point. If you can think of an instance

9、 where the other person has done exactly what they accuse you of, for example, it would not be good manners to throw it in their face. You should only bring it up if you don a choice. Then, you should make sure that you do it respectfully.Even if a family member intentionally goes against reasonable

10、 wishes you may have, you should understand that people see even the most fundamental things in very different ways. Remember that people are different. If you consider any noise after midnight to be intolerable, for example, others may see it is completely acceptable. It can take them a great deal

11、of time to change their behavior for a demand that they do not understand.Think about the family conflicts that you are worried about now. Check to see if your parents had similar problems. People who grow up with parents who fight unfairly often repeat the same behavior. Consider changing the unfai

12、r habits that you grew upwith.Understand that memories tend to change. In long-standing family disputes, all parties involved tend to have completely different recollections of the original problem.Families are a curious concept while family members often feel nothing but annoyed for one another, th

13、ey will also often be there for them if they should ever be in serious trouble. When you feel resentment for someone, think about how far you would go for them if they happened to be in trouble. It could help soften you. Think about how you care for the other person.Which of the following does the a

14、uthor agree with according to the first paragraph?To fight back to defend yourself.To target the problem, not the person.To deal with a man as he deals with you.To hurt each other when angry.What does the underlined word“resentment in the last paragraph mean?A. Curiosity. B. Kindness. C. Concern. D.

15、 Anger.Which of the following statements may the author approve of?Family members share the same memories over family disputes.Parents should set a good example in a family.It s easy for people to agree on different ideas.You can defend yourself by throwing facts back.What is the best title of the p

16、assage ?Think about how you care for other persons.Learn to concern about family members.How to deal with family conflicts wisely.Learn to accept each other in a family.Passage 3M. Pei, the Chinese-American, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102.A

17、lthough he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be rememberedfor a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 1980s. He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean（下的）addition to the

18、 museum entrance.Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French and evelse were won over. Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century“some

19、of its most beautiful inside spaces and outsideforms His talent and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry.After studying architecture at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955.Designing the John F. Kenn

20、edy Presidential Library & Museum in 1964 established him as a name. His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed people s ideas of a museum. The site was an odd trapezoid （梯形）shape. Pei s solution was to cut it in two. The resulting building was dramatic, light and

21、 elegant one of the first crowd-pleasing cathedrals of modern art.Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple geometric （几何的）shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style.In p

22、erson, I. M. Pei was good-humored, charming and unusually modest. His working process was evolutionary, but innovation 创新）was never an intended goal.“Stylistic originality is not my purpose, he said. “I want to find the originalitthe time, the place and the problem.”What can we learn about the resul

23、t of redevelopment of the Louvre Museum?It was criticized by the French.It was a success.It made the Louvre Museum looks strange.It changed the function of the Louvre Museum.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?He is a master in applying materials.He is skilled in writing po

24、ems.He often combines poetry and construction.He gets inspiration from poetry in designing.What s the correct order of the following events?Design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.Study architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.Design the National Gallery

25、 of Art.Win the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize.A. abcd B. bacd C. bcad D. dacdWhat can we learn about I. M. Pei?Innovation was his first goal in design.He was talented and serious.He preferred western style to the east.He liked simple geometric shapes.Passage 4In 1982, I had responsibility for St

26、ephen Hawking s third academic book for thePress, Superspaceand Supergravity. This was a messy collection of papers from a technical workshop on how to devise a new theory of gravity. While that book was in production, I suggested he try something easier: a popular book about the nature of the Unive

27、rse, suitable for the general market.Stephen hesitated over my suggestion. He already had an international reputation as a brilliant theoretical physicist working on rotating black holes and theories of gravity. And he had concerns about financial matters: importantly, it was impossible for him to o

28、btain any form of life insurance to protect his family in the event of his death or becoming totally dependent on nursing care. So, he took precious time out from his research to prepare the rough draft of a book.At the time, several bestselling physics authors had already published non technical bo

29、oks on the early Universe and black holes. Stephen decided to write a more personal approach, by explaining his own research in cosmology and quantum theory.One afternoon, in the 1980s, he invited me to take a look at the first draft, but first he wanted to discuss cash. He told me he had spent cons

30、iderable time away from his research,and that he expected advancesand royalties（定金和版税）to be large. When I pressed him on the market that he foresaw, he insisted that it be on sale, up front, at all airport bookshops in the UK and the US. I told that was a tough call for a university press. Then I th

31、umbed the typescript. To my dismay, the text was far too technical for a general reader.A few weeks later he showed me a revision, much improved. Eventually, he decided to place it with a mass market publisher rather than a university press. Bantam published A Brief History of Time in March 1988. Sa

32、les took off like a rocket, and it ranked as a bestseller for at least five years. The book s impact on the popularizatiscience has been incalculable.What suggestion did the writer give to Stephen Hawking?Simplifying Superspace and Supergravit.yFormulating a new theory of gravity.Writing a popular b

33、ook on the nature of the universe.Revising a book based on a new theory.Which of the following was Stephen Hawking most concerned about?Financial returns.Other competitors.Publishing houses.His family s life insuranceThe underlined word “thumbed” is closest in meaning to .A. praised B. typed C. conf

34、irmedD. browsedThe greatest contribution of the book A Brief History of Time lies in.bringing him overnight fame in the scientific worldkeeping up the living standard of his familymaking popular science available to the general publiccreating the rocketing sales of a technical bookPassage 5For many

35、years, humans have tried to find the secret to staying young. Although it has yet to be discovered, we may be closer than ever to finding a way that can slow down the aging process.A recent study by researchersfrom Duke University in the US found that cutting one s daily intake of calories could slo

36、w down biological aging, which means you might be able to hang on to your youthful looks a little longer.Previous research has shown that calorie restrictions slow aging in worms, flies and mice. So researchers wondered if it could have the same effect on people.To find out, Daniel Belsky and her te

37、am examined data from a study by the National Institute on Aging, based in the US, which involved 220 people. During the two year study, 145 people in the restriction group cut their calorie intake by 25 percent. Meanwhile, 75 people in the control group maintained their normal diets.At the start of

38、 the study, the two groups had no difference in biological age.The average participant was 38 years old, with a biological age of 37. However, after each 12 month period, participants in the restriction group saw an increase in biological age by an average of .011years. Meanwhile, those in the contr

39、ol group saw a rise by an average of 0.71 years.The researchersbelieve the difference between these groups shows that cutting calories does slow biological aging.Although they didn t explain the reason behind this, researchers at Brigham Young University in the US provided an explanation after they

40、carried out a similarstudy on mice.They believe fewer calories slow down a mechanism in cells called the ribosome （核糖体）, at least in mice.The mechanism is responsible for making vital proteins in cells, but withfewer calories it slows down, giving it more time to repair itself.The ribosome is comple

41、x like a car, and it needs to replace the parts that wear out the fastest from time to time, according to John Price, a biochemistry professor at Brigham Young University.“ When tires wear out, you don t throw the whole car away and buy new ones.It s easier to replace the tires,” Price told VOA.But

42、this doesn met an that people who want to look younger should startskipping meals, especially given the study s early stage. Proper nutrition is important,Price explained.“Food isn t just material to be burned- it s a signal that tells our body andcells how to respond, ” he told Science Daily.The pu

43、rpose of the research was to .find the most efficient way to control calorie intake.explain why people have to maintain a normal diet.test the influence of calorie restrictions on aging.invent technology that keeps people young and healthy.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the experime

44、nt?All the participants were of the same biological age at the start.The biological age of people in the control group increased more than those in the restriction group.Flies and mice were used to compare the results of the human test with.Some participants were asked to double the amount of food t

45、hey ate.According to John Price,.the ribosome is an important cell that controls the aging process.a higher level of calorie intake means more healthy proteins.the fewer calories one takes in, the better the ribosome works.reducing calorie intake could allow the ribosome to repair itself better.We c

46、an infer from the text that .those who want to stay young are advised to skip meals.people should keep a record of the energy they burn every day.maintaining a balanced diet is not as difficult as people imagine.we could slow our pace of biological aging by changing our eating habits.参考答案Passage 1A

47、推理判断题。根据第一段前三句 “ Imagineour natural homes growing instead of shrinking. Imagine species （物种 ） diversifying instead of declining. That srewilding. 可知当我们对物种进行再野生化的时候 ”, 我们的自然家园会扩大而不是萎缩 , 自然物种会变得更加多样而不是减少。也就是说物种会变得多样化 , 故 A 项正确。D 细节理解题。根据第六段前三句“ As a long-term project, our“ rewildingbritain ” has its c

48、hallenges. Many people are not interested, because we have got used to the lack of native forests. Many farmers oppose the idea.可知这是一个长期项目 , 会有很多挑战。很多农民会反对这个项目。故D 项正确。B 目的意图题。根据文章最后一部分“ Make a donation. Help us bring backliving systems and restore wild nature! 可知本文主要是为了号召人们为 ”“ rewildingbritain 项目捐款

49、。故”B 项正确。Passage 2B 推理判断题。根据文章第一段If you can think of an instance where theother person has done exactly what they accuse you of, for example, it would not be good manners to throw it in their face. 比如 , 如果家庭成员指责你不应该这样做,而你却回想到他/她以前也这么做过, 这时候讲出这件事打他们的脸则是不礼貌的做法。可以推断出 , 我们要就事论事, 不针对个人。故选B 。D 词义猜测题。根据文章最

50、后一段while family members often feel nothingbut annoyed for one another, they will also often be there for them if they should ever be in serious trouble.中的 annoyed提示，和后旬 think about how far you would go for them if they happened to be in trouble. It could help soften you. 请想一想：如果 他 /她陷入麻烦, 你会怎么做？这会让你

51、缓和对他/ 她的态度 , 从而可以猜测出resentment为 怨恨”之意。故选 D。B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段People who grow up with parents who fightunfairly often repeat the same behavior. 可知 , 如果父母总是争吵, 在这种情况下成长的人往往也会重复同样的行为。 从而可以推断, 父母应该在家庭中树立一个好榜样。故选 BC 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段If a family member blames you forsomething you have done, it is important to be

52、 careful about how you defend yourself. 和全文内容可知 , 文章主要介绍如何明智地解决家庭冲突?故选C。Passage 3B 推理判断题。根据文章第三段Pei was the first foreign architect to work onthe Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French and everyone else- were wonve 卢浮宫悠久历史上的第一位外国建筑师, 最

53、初他的设计遭到强烈反对。但最终, 法国人 , 以及全世界 , 都被（他的精妙设计所）折服。从而可以推测 , 罗浮宫博物馆重建非常成 功。故选 B 。A 句意猜测题。根据文章第三段His talent and skill in the use of materialsapproach the level of poetry.中的关键词 talent and skill 和 the use of materials可知， 此句字面含义为： 他在使用 （建筑） 材料方面的才华和技艺达到了诗一般的境界,即他是应用材料方面的专家。故选 A 。B 细 节 理 解 题 。 根 据 文 章 第 四 段 After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955. 可知 , 1955 年, 贝聿铭在麻省理工学院和哈佛大学学习建筑学；第五段Designing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Mus