2021年甘肃省中考英语主题阅读专项训练：　人与自然

主题阅读人与自然

I.完形填空

Ifyoulovedocumentariesaboutnature,youwillbeinterestedinSirDavidAttenborough.

DavidAttenboroughisanEnglishnarrator（解说员），writerandnaturalist.Heis]hisexcellentnature

programs.Hehasbeenthefaceandvoiceofnaturalhistoryprogrammingfor60years,andisbestknownforhislife

series,whichfollow2aboutlifeontheearth.

In1947,aftergraduatingfromCambridgeUniversitywitha3inNaturalScience,SirDavidchoseto

spendhistwoyearsofnationalserviceinthenavy（海军）.However,thearmyjustwasn'twherehisheartwas.Nature

hasfirsttakenhisbreathawaywhenhewasaboy.Hehas4lotsofoutstandingworksaboutnature.Hedoesn't

slowdown5hegetsold.HereachedtheNorthPoleat83yearsold.Attheageof91in2017,henarratedfor

BluePlanet〃，whichwonthehighesttelevisionawardintheUK.In2019,he6anothertwopopular

documentaries,OurPlanetandClimateChange:TheFacts.

Sofar,the94-year-oldbroadcasterhasbeentakingadventuresonbothlandandsea.7astronauts,Sir

Davidisthoughttobeoneofthemostwell-travelledpeopleontheplanet.Forthedocumentary,TheLifeofBirds,he

8_256,000miles——that'saboutthesameastravellingaroundtheworldtentimes!He'shiteverycontinentinthe

world.

SirDavidalways9waystoencourageyoungpeopletodevelopaninterestinnature.Hesaid,"Knowing

and10thenaturalworldisoneofthegreatestgiftsthathumanscanpossess.Ifweloseourconnectionwith

nature,thenwewillloseourselves.”

l.A.popularwithB.famousfor

C.fullofD.similarto

2.A.historiesB.periodsC.storiesD.wishes

3.A.degreeB.hobbyC.diaryD.dream

4.A.publishedB.watched

C.reportedD.searched

5.A.asB.sinceC.untilD.unless

6.A.attendedB.checkedC.madeD.broke

7.A.AmongB.BetweenC.ExceptD.Besides

8.A.recordedB.coveredC.rushedD.flew

9.A.looksupB.looksfor

C.looksafterD.lookslike

10.A.understandingB.attending

C.leadingD.controlling

II.阅读理解

Thousandsofyearsago,Britainwascoveredbythickforests,hometomanyanimalswhichnolongerliveinthe

UnitedKingdom.Therewerewolvesandbears,manydifferentkindsofdeerandlargewildcows.Therewereless

thanfourmillionpeople.Theylivedinsmallvillagesprotectedbywoodenwallsfromtheanimalsoutside.

Allthishaschanged,ofcourse.NowthepopulationoftheUnitedKingdomhasincreasedtosixty-fivemillion.

Three-quartersofBritainiscoveredwithfields,townsorcities.Although25percentoflandiscountryside,new

methodsoffarmingmeanthattherearefewerbirdsandsmallanimalslivinginfieldsthaneverbefore.TheUnited

Kingdomisoneofthefewcountriesintheworldthatdoesnothavealargewildanimalthateatsmeat.InScotland

thereareonly400wildcats,butthesearemuchsmallerthanwolves.

Somepeoplewouldliketochangethings,however!SomeorganizationsandwriterssaythatBritainneedsto

becomemorenaturalagain.TheysuggestthattreesandplantsthatgrewintheUKbeforetownsandcitieswerebuilt

shouldbeallowedtogrowagain.TheyevensaythatlargewildanimalswhichhavenotlivedintheUKshouldbe

helpedtoreturnandlivewild.Theycallthis“rewilding”.

Noteveryoneagrees.Inthelasttwentyyears,overonemilliontreeswhichatfirstgrewinScotlandhavebeen

plantedandthereareplansformore—butwildanimals?Somepeopleaskifwolveswillattacksheeporevenhumans.

Theyarealsoangrythatrewildingmightmeananendtowalkinginthehillswhichsomanypeopleenjoy.Sofar

therearenowolvesorbearsinBritain'sforests-butsoontheremightbe!

11.WhatwasthepopulationoftheUKthousandsofyearsago?

A.Only400thousand.

B.Over65million.

C.Morethan25million.

D.Notmorethanfourmillion.

12.WhyaretherefewerbirdsandsmallanimalsinfieldsintheUK?

A.Becausemoretreeshavebeenplanted.

B.Becausetherearemorelargewildanimals.

C.Becausethepopulationhasincreasedtoofast.

D.Becausepeopleusenewmethodsoffarming.

13.Whichparagraphgivesopinionsfrom"rewilding^supporters?

A.Paragraph1.B.Paragraph2.

C.Paragraph3.D.Paragraph4.

14.Whataresomepeopleagainst?

A.Livingclosertonature.

B.Plantingmoreandmoretrees.

C.Helpinglargewildanimalsreturn.

D.Buildingmorevillagesandtowns.

15.What'sthebesttitleforthetext?

A.MakingBritainwildagain

B.AtriptowildBritain

C.WildanimalsinBritain

0.Protectingthewildanimals

【参考答案】

I.【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了自然纪录片之父DavidAttenborough不惧年龄，用生命探索自

然的故事。

1.B考查形容词短语辨析。根据下文“Hehasbeenthefaceandvoiceofnaturalhistoryprogrammingfor60years,

andisbestknownforhislifeseries”可推知，他以他出色的自然节目出名。故选B。

2.C

3.A考查名词辨析。根据“aftergraduatingfromCambridgeUniversity”可知，此处表示“学位"，用degree。故选A。

4.A考查动词辨析。根据下文“lotsofoutstandingworksaboutnature”可推知，此处应表示“出版”。故选A。

5.A

6.C考查动词辨析。根据上文”...henarratedforBluePlanet〃”及空后"anothertwopopulardocumentaries”可推

知，此处表示“他又完成了另外两部优秀的纪录片”。故选C。

7.D8.B9.B10.A

II.【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。由于现代耕作方法从而导致英国没有大型的野生食肉动物，有人提出引

入大型动物，但有人不赞同。人与动物和谐相处是个永恒的话题。

11.D细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句"Therewerelessthanfourmillionpeople.”可知，几千年前，英国的人

口不到4百万。故选D。

12.D细节理解题。根据第二段第四句"Although25percentoflandiscountryside,newmethodsoffarmingmean

thattherearefewerbirdsa