高三英语二轮突破 阅读理解特训36（含解析）

阅读理解特训3真2模含解析》2014届高三英语二轮突破36阅读理解（共小题，每小题分，满分分）20240阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项ASome novelssimply entertain and otherscontain apowerful messagein thestory lineand characters.In his firstnovel,AWindInMontana,Mitch Daviestells astory aboutyoung adults and howthey acceptresponsibility for theirlives.AWindInMontanais amarvelous taleof two teenagers,Rory Coleman and VictoriaBeach,high schoolstudentsat thesame school,who struggleto makethe rightdecision for themselves.As eachof themnears adulthood,theybecome moreconcerned with the futureand settinggoals thatwill bringthem happinessand fulfillment.Without anyadvice fromhis parents,Rory choosesto pursuea professionin chemistry,applies fora chemistryscholarship,and determinesto doeverything hecan toachieve it.Along thepath,Rory findsthat eventhough hehas a plan,there areobstacles that could preventhim fromrealizing hisgoals.Victoria sstruggles aredifferentfrom Rorys.Although herfather hasdecided thatshe shouldbecome aprofessional musician,Victoria hasotherplans forher life.Together,Rory and Victoria attemptto followtheir dreams,despite theobstacles in their paths.AWindInMontanacontains alesson forall teensabout toenter adulthood-that disappointmentand setbacks（挫折）are going to occurno matterhow determinedthey areand that they needto developskills alongthe waythatwill helpthem dealwith themeffectively.There areso manymajor decisionsfacing teenstoday—social,parents,other influencingadultsandschool work—and there,s noguarantee that their planswill succeed,even ifthey makethe so-called“right”decisions.AWindInMontanaexplores howtwoteenagersstruggle withtheir ownunique decisionsand howthe choices they makeaffecttheir lives.Mitch Daviesbook standsout amongtoday steen booksthat dealwith imaginary situations.AWindInMontanais a real storyabout real people facing real-life situations.It sentertaining and also helpsreaders thinkabouttheir ownlives andoffers variousways tohandle situationsthat mayarise.

56.According tothe passage,both RoryandVictoria.A.work hardat theircourses B.have astrong senseof selfC.go againsttheir parentsD.get alongwell withothers

57.The thirdparagraph ismainly about.A.the valueof A Wind In Montana B.Mitch DaviesachievementsC.Mitch Davieswriting styleD.the contentof A Wind InMon tana

58.Unlike otherteen books,AWindInMontana.A.involves someimaginarysituationsB.focuses onresponsibilities teensshould takeC.is basedon real-life experiencesD.discusses the future ofyoung adults

59.What sthe purposeof thepassageA.To reviewa book.B.To reporta pieceof news.C.To speakhighly of an author.D.To collectmaterials fora book.【文章大意】这本书讲述了两个即将成年的少年的故事，并告诉青少年如何接受生活£Wind inMontana中作效责任

56.【答案】B【解析】根据文章第二段第二行可以判断项正确whc struggletc makethe rightdecisicn fcrthemselves^B【考点定位】考查细节理解题

57.【答案】D【解析】由第三段的内容可以知道，本段讲述了这本书的主要内容因此选【考点定位】考查归纳Do综合题

58.【答案】C【解析】根据第五段第二句可以AWindIn Montanais arealstcry aboutrealpeoplefacingreal-life situations^判断项正确C【考点定位】考查细节理解题

59.【答案】A【解析】本文主要是讲述了这本书的相关情况，因此选项【考点定位】考查推£W/mdm MoctowA理判断题BHumansIts timeto abandon Earth orRace Extinction.It couldbe theplot ofa summerblockbuster（巨片），but thisprediction isn，t sciencefiction.Its aglimpseof the future,according tofamous Britishscientist StephenHawking.“I seegreat dangersfor thehuman race,“he saidin aninterview withglobal forumBig Think.There havebeen a numberof timesin the past when its survivalhas beena questionof touchand go.”“I believethat thelong-term future of thehuman race must be in space，he said.It willbe difficultenoughto avoid disasters on planet Earth in the next hundred years,let alonethe nextthousand,or million.”Hawking,who wasawarded thePresidential Medalof Freedomlast year,has recentlyvoiced manyconcerns aboutthefuture oflife onEarth.〃If aliensvisited us,the outcomewould beas muchas whenColumbus landedin America,which didn，t turnoutwell for the NativeAmericans,“he said.Such advancedaliens wouldperhaps becomenomads（游牧者），lookingto conquerand colonizewhatever planetsthey canreach.”But Hawkingsays hesstill hopefulforthefutureofhumanity.He toldBig Think.〃Weve maderemarkable progressin the lasthundredyears.But ifwe want to continuebeyond thenext hundredyears,our futureis in space.”Getting to another planetwill prove a challenge,not tomention colonizingit forhumanity.Katherine FreesefromUniversity ofMichigan toldBig Thinkthat“the neareststar toEarth isProxima Centauriwhich is

4.2lightyears away.That means,if youwere travelingat thespeed oflight thewhole time,it wouldtake

4.2years togetthere—or about50,000years usingcurrent rocket，，science.•

60.Humans areadvised toabandonEarthmainly because.A.aliens willtake upour homeplanet soonB.many disasterswill happenon theEarthC.resources willbe usedup in thefutureD.humans needlarger spaceto livein

61.Thinking aboutthefutureof humans,Hawking feelsthat______________.A.humans willprobably becomeextinct B.aliens arethe biggestfuture threatto humansC.other planetsareready for humans toreach D.the earthwill notbe habitableforhumans

62.What is the writer，s keypoint inthelast paragraphA.It isimpossible toget toanother planetinspace.B.The presentmeans oftransport are not advancedat all.C.The nearfuture can，t seehuman，s movetoanotherplanet.D.The planetProxima Centauriis theclosest tothe earth.

63.This passage is mostprobably takenfrom___________A.a conferenceinterview B.a sciencefictionC.a forumreport D.a historybook【文章大意】人类的未来会在哪里？霍金给出了他的答案或许应该放弃地球到太空去.【答案】6B【解析】根据第三段的可知答案为“It willbe difficultenough toavoiddisastersonplanetEarthinthenexthundredyears^B.【考点定位】考查细节理解题【答案】6L D【解析】根据第三段可以推导出，人类的未来在“I believethattheIcng-term futurecfthe humanracemustbeinspace^太空中，即放弃地球【考点定位】考查推理判断题.【答案】62C【解析】根据最后一段的第一句可以判断，短期取嬷还很难到别的星^Getting toanother planetwillproveachallenge球去，故项正确C【考点定位】考查推理判断题.【答案】63C【解析】本文主要是讲述了霍金在一次全球论坛上所发表的观点，因此项正确【考点定位】考查推Big ThinkC理判断题CImagine puttinga seedin afreezer,waiting30,000years,and thentaking theseed outand plantingit.Doyou thinka flowerwould growAmazingly,scientists havejust managedto dosomething verysimilar.They foundthe fruitof anancientplant thathad beenfrozen undergroundin Siberia一a regioncovering centraland easternRussia一for about31,800years.Using piecesof the fruit,the scientistsgrew plantsin alab.The newblooms havedelicate whitepetals.They arealso the oldest floweringplants thatresearchers haveever revivedfrom adeep freeze.“This islike regeneratinga dinosaurfrom tissuesofanancient egg,“said Universityof California,Los Angelesbiologist JaneShen-Miller.The planthasa long history.Back whenmammoths andwoolly rhinoceroseswalked theland,an Arcticgroundsquirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the KolymaRiver innortheastern Siberia.The groundbecamepermafrost,a layerof soilthat staysfrozen foralongtime.Recently,Russian scientistsdug outtheoldsquirrel holeand foundthe plantremains38metersbelow thesurface.Back atthe lab,the teamfed nutrientsto tissuefrom threeof thefruits togrow shoots.Thenthe scientiststransferred theshoots topots filledwith soil.The plantsproduced seedsthatcouldbe usedto growevenmore of them.It simportant forscientists toknow thatplant tissuescan stillbe revivedafter beingfrozen fora longtime.That sbecause many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezingthem and thenstoring themin giantlockers atvarious spotsaround theglobe.One suchendeavor,an undergroundfacility inNorway,is calledthe SvalbardGlobal SeedVault.It storeshundreds ofthousands offrozen seeds.If aplant evergoes extinct,scientists couldbring itback bytaking itsseeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.“No oneknows howlong theyare ableto livefor,but freezingis basicallythe formatfor manyplantconservation attemptsnowadays.Shen-Miller said.It sa goodthing thatat leastsome plantsare toughenoughto survivethe experience.

64.How didthefruitoriginally getundergroundA.It wasplaced thereby ananimal.B.It wastrapped thereduring theice-age.C.It wasplanted thereby ancientfarmers.D.It wasburied thereafter theearthquake.

65.Why arescientists interestedin thisdiscoveryA.It helpsthem learnhow plant life haschanged inthepast30,000years.B.It canhelp guidefuture effortsto protectendangered plant-life.C.It canprovide directionsfor where to lookfor otherancient plants.D.It provesthat allplantlifecan survivefor thousandsof yearswhen frozen.

66.The underlinedword“they”inthefinal paragraphrefers toA.plants B.seeds C.scientists D.storage lockers

67.The purposeof thepassageisto.A.discuss aplant conservationeffort B.introduce someancient plantsC.outline somecauses ofglobal warmingD.describe ascientific researchproject【文章大意】设想一下把一粒种子冷冻年后再叁出来种植会是什么样子？最近科学家们就做了一件与此30,003相偎的事情

64.【答案】A【解析】根据第四段an Arcticground squirrelburiedseedsandfruitsinanundergroundchamberneartheKohmaRiver innortheastern Siberia”可知，是一直麻雀把这颗种子埋在了地底下的【考点定位】考查细节理解题.

65.【答案】B【解析】根据倒数第二段的Thats because manyresearchersaretryingtopreservetheseedsofmodernplantsbyfreezing可以看出，受到应件事的启发，科学翥在them and then storingthem:n giantlockers atvarious spotsaround theg obe”尝试用冷冻的方式来保存植物，因此选【考点定位】考查推理判断题

66.【答案】B【解析】根据前一段的最后一1句“If aplant evergoes extinct,scientists couldbring itback bytaking itsseedsfrom theSvalbardorotherstoragelockersv可知,此处的they指的应该是seeds【考点定位】考查推理判断题

67.【答案】D【解析】本文主要讲了科学家受到一颗冷冻的种子的启发，尝试用此方法来保存种子，因此这是一个研究项目故D项正确【考点定位】考查综合归纳题DEducation hasan importanteffect onthe mindor physicalability ofan individual.It isthe processby whichsocietypasses itsaccumulated knowledge,skills,and valuesfrom onegeneration toanother.Various non-traditional educationoptions arenow availableand continueto flourish（繁荣）.One of themost importantuses ineducation isthe useof technology.Teachers are encouraged touse newtechnological devicesinorder tostrengthen learningamong students and meet the needs of varioustypes oflearners.The rightto educationhas beencreated andrecognized byjurisdiction（司法）.Education isthe most importantconcern ofthe governmentof India.Recently Indiahas gainedworld recognitionbecausemanystudents fromforeigncountries comeheretogain higherqualifications.One has to beeducated inorder tospeed upthe growthprocessin orderto influencethe economy.Education isindeed apowerful weaponto stopthe cut-throat competitionthatman facesat everyperiod oflife.The importanceof educationin Indiais progressingwith time.Although Indiahasbeenagreat foundationof learningfor manyyears,it stillneeds toimprove not just onthe qualityof educationbutalso onthe numberof peoplebeing educated.Education isnotjustfor academicsuccess butalso tomake aperson becomea betterhuman beingandabetterperformer inlife.Education makesthe studentsable enough,so thatthey cancompete nationallyand internationally.To makea studenta successfulsurvivor inlife,the responsibilitylies equallywiththeschools andthe parentstoo.Selecting agood schoolis asimportant aschoosing asuitable careeroption fora child.The goalof educationisthe advancementof knowledgeandthedissemination oftruth.It iseducation thatgives usall thepower andnecessitiesof making a difference in any field.People whoare noteducated havefew opportunitiesto dowhat theywanttodo.Educated peoplebecome moreresponsibleand informedcitizens,and havea voicein politicsand society.It allowspeople tobe moreproductiveby encouragingthem toplay responsibleroles interms ofcontributing tosociety.

68.Nowadays teachersareencouragedto.A.study modernscience andtechnology B.pass allknowledge totheir studentsC.use non-traditional devicesin classD.meettheneedsofintelligent studentfirst

69.The underlinedword“dissemination”in Paragraph4probably means”.A.spread B.ignorance C.argument D.question

70.What dowe knowabout educationfromthepassageA.It hasnothing todo withsociety.B.It helpspeople toachieve whattheywant.C.It haslittle effecton peoples physicalability.D.It makesa poorman becomerich.

71.What isthe passagemainlyaboutD.The importanceof educationB.The responsibilityof educationE.The developmentof educationD.The purposeof education【文章大意】教育对人的身心有着巨大的影响，教师要利用新科技进行教学，学生的受教育权利得到了法律的保证；教育的功能也不仅仅是提高学生的学习成绩；没有接受教育的人机会也就相时少一些.【答案】68C【解析】根据第二段前两句‘^Various non-traditional educationoptions arenow availableand continueto flourish.One ofthe何知正版mostimportantuses ineducation isthe useof technology’C【考点定位】考查细节理解题..【答案】69A【解析】根据后一句》可以知“It iseducation thatgives usall thepower andnecessities cfmakingadifferenceinanyfield道教育的目的就是给学生以能力和可能性，让他们能觞在任何领域都能有所作为，因此可以判断教育的目的是传授知识和技能，故项接近划线单词的A nic.m【考点定位】考查词义判断题.【答案】70B【解析】根据最后一段第一句可以判断，People whcare neteducated havefew eppertunitiestc dewhat theywanttede”接受过教育的人会有更多的机会做自己想做的事因此项正确B【考点定位】考查推理判断题【答案】7L A【解析】文章第一句话即说明本文的主要内容【考点定位】考查归纳总结题EThe National Park ServiceintheUnited Stateswill markits one hundredth anniversaryin

2016.As itnearsits secondcentury,the Park Service plansto increaseits educationalprograms forstudentsandteachers.The plansinclude transportationsupport foronehundredthousand studentseach yearto visitnational parkstolearn aboutnature andhistory.Yellowstone isbelieved tohave beenthe world，sfirstnational parkwhenitwasestablished in

1872.Other studentswill geta chanceto seeparks infaraway placesthrough Skypeand otheronlineprograms.The NationalPark Servicealso works with partnersto provideeducation.One ofits partnersisanonprofitorganization calledNatureBridge.NatureBridge iscelebrating itsfortieth anniversaryand saysone millionyoungpeople havetaken partin itsprograms.The organizationworks withstudents fromkindergarten throughtwelfth gradeanduses national parks asits classrooms.It providesfield scienceprograms atYosemite NationalPark andfourother locationsin Californiaandthenorthwestern stateof Washington.Now,NatureBridge is launching anEast Coast center with a four-mi1lion-dollar grant from Google.The programwill begin in April atthe Prince William ForestPark inVirginia.Students stayfor threeto fivedays inNatureBridgeprograms.The activitiesare aimedat developingtheir scienceskills.For example,they learnabout differentsoilsand studywater qualityunder amicroscope.Jason Morrisis executivevice presidentof NatureBridge.He sayswhen theyare notsleeping,eating orin alaboratory,the studentsspend theirtime outdoors.Julia Washburnis associatedirector ofeducation andinterpretationfortheNationalPark Service.She saysinatime ofbudget cuts,the agencyhastofind waysto stillmeetits goals.Ms.Washburn saysone ofthe mostimportant servicesthatthe ParkService providesevery dayis natureinterpretation.Park rangers（公园管理员）try tomake visitingtheoutdoors moremeaningful.Interpretation isa formof informaleducation.Essentially,it isa wordthat weusefor thepeople inparks thatexplain thepark orhelp orient（确定方向）you.So parkrangers areinterpreters.They orientyou tothe placeyou arein andhelp youmake connections,emotional andintellectual connections,withthe place.

72.Which ofthe followingdescription aboutNatureBridge isNOT correctA.It san organizationworking togetherwith NationalParkServiceto provideeducation.B.Some ofthe activitiesheld byNatureBridge arefinancially supportedby Google.C.Students fromkindergarten tocollege cansign upfortheorganization sactivities.D.It sgoingtocut downbudget forthe activitiesbecause ofeconomic hardtimes.

73.In whichnationalparkwill theprogram byEast Coastcentre startA.Yellowstone NationalPark B.Prince William Forest ParkC.Yosemite NationalPark D.Not mentionedinthepassage.

74.What,sthemain ideaofthepassageA.National parksare usedas outdoorclassrooms forstudents.B.Students arecalled onto joinNatureBridge.C.Some famousnational parksin USare attractiveto students.D.Park rangersmake visitingparks moreinteresting.

75.Which ofthe followingisthecorrect structureofthewhole passage（Para=paragraph）Para.1Para.2Para.5A.Para.2Para.1B.Para.3—►Para.4—►Para.5Para.2Para.3C.Para.1Para.5一►Para.4Para.2D.Para.1Para.3—►Para.5▲Para.4Para.3Para.4【文章大意】美国The NationalParkService即将迎来其100周年纪念借此机会The ParkService计划加强其教育项目.【答案】72C【解析】根据第三段中的Ihe organizationworkswithstudents fromkinderaarten throuahtwelfth grade可以知道，从幼园到年级是不包括大学在内的，因此项表述错误ji12C【考点定位】考查推理判断题.【答案】73B【解析】根据第四段的匚:・二No*NatureBnd^islaunchingan HastCoastcenterwithafour-m ondo argrantfromGooEe.可知项正确□The programwillbegin:nAprilatthePrinceW2:amForestPark inX^irginia^B【考点定位】考售细节理解题.【答案】74A【解析】根据最后一段的“He sayswhen theyarenotsleeping,eating or:na.aboxatorv.the studentsspend theirtime可知，学生是在户外进行活动的，因此项正确outdoors”A【考点定位】考查细节理解题乃,【答案】B【解析】第一段综述计划加强其教育项目，第二段介绍其中一个国家公园第三至第五The ParkService Yellowstone,段介绍另一个国家公园念息熙瞬盼因此选项B【考点定位】考查篇章结构题。