A【2016届浙江省杭州市萧山区五校期中联考】
The brown widow spider became established in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego. The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into central California.
The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in Africa although it was first described from South America, which adds confusion as to where it might have originated. It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii, Florida, parts of Australia, South Africa and Japan. In North America, the brown widow spider was restricted for many decades to the Florida peninsula. However, around the year 2000, it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states. Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina.
The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches. Some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots, mail boxes, entry way corners, under caves, storage closets and garages, undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. They choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore, appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.
One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species. The reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its large relatives, but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison. The two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurt when it is given and it leaves a red mark. These two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal household spiders.
There is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals. Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general. Therefore, most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows. Avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them. Also, one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders. These items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves, recreational items like sports equipment (i.e. ,baseball gloves) and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.
41. The author wrote this article to ____________.
A. announce the result of a research on spiders
B. introduce the ways to get rid of the spiders
C. report a new finding of the widow species
D. warn readers against the brown widow
42. From the passage we can conclude that ____________.
A. brown widows are possibly spreading northward
B. brown widows originated from Africa
C. brown widows now can be found in all countries
D. there used to be no brown widows in North America
43. The third paragraph is mainly about ____________.
A. the brown widow’s web building
B. the characteristics of the brown widows
C. the habitat preferences of the brown widows
D. the brown widow’s threat to human beings
44. It can be inferred that ___________.
A. brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicals
B. at present people can only control brown widow spiders
C. the brown widow has more poison than the black widow
D. victims bitten by the brown widow needn’t see the doctor
B【2016届河北省名校俱乐部高三第二次调研】
A company reports to ave found the perfect product to help travelers fight the ill effects of jet lag（飞行时差反应） and long-time flights. The Ostrich（鸵鸟） Pillow is a new portable device that its inventors say will”enable power naps anytime ,anywhere,”including in airport waiting halls and on planes.
Filled with synthetic material---”for maximum performance and lightness”, according to its inventors---the distinctive looking pillow has a hole in which to put our head, and a mouth hole designed to allow its user to breathe easily. It also has two side holes where you can store your hands --if napping at a table in a library ,for example.
The concept was developed by Kawamura Ganjavuan, an architecture and design studio with offices in Madrid an Lausanne. Among other producers , the company has also been responsible for developing the “ear shell（耳壳）”(a “sound improving device”that is attached to the ear), and a solar plug fro charging portable computers.
The Ostrich Pillow has been described on the technology web site SNET as like “a soft big garden squash（南瓜）”, while a writer for the Digital Trends website wrote:”Its benefits are quite questionable .We wonder how the pillow sends out sweet and heat.”
Its creators argue that it really works, saying:”We have tried it in airports, trains, planes, libraries, at the office, on a sofa and even on the floor an it’s really wonderful.”
The Ostrich Pillow will go into production if its fundraising targets are met. The company is now trying to collect ＄70,000on Kickstarter, a funding website for creative business ideas. The money collected so far is slightly more than ＄35,000 with 23 days remaining.
60 what can we learn about the Ostrich Pillow?
A．They can let you have a rest wherever you want to
B．They can play music that you like
C．They are difficult to operates
D．They ate sold at a low price
61．What is the writer’s attitude towards the Ostrich Pillow in Paragraph 4?
A． positive B．doubtful C．neutral D． cold
62．What can be inferred from the passage?
A． Kawamura Ganjavuan will surely be a success.
B．The Ostrich Pillow can shorten the travel time .
C． Kawamura Ganjavuan company makes life lazier .
D． It isn’t certain whether the fundraising aim will be reached.
63．What is mainly described in he passage?
A．Jet lag
B．The Ostrich Pillow
C．Kawamura Ganjavuan
D． A fundraising project
【文章大意】：本文是一篇说明了，介绍了The Ostrich Pillow的功能和作用。这是本次考试中的原创的阅读理解题。
60【答案】：A 【解析】：根据文中第一段的描述：device that its inventors say will”enable power naps anytime ,anywhere,”including in airport waiting halls and on planes.可知，这样的枕头可以让你在任何时候都能睡着。
【考点定位】：考查句意理解题。