贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（33）附答案

　　贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（33）附答案

　　课时作业(三十三)　[选修7　Unit 3 Under the sea](限时：35分钟) [2012·浙江卷] 阅读理解(复活节)is still a great day for worship, candy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.not because the kids like to pull their ears. The culprit is climate change, and some researchers found that rising temperatures are having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US.

　　Take the Lower Keys Marsh rabbit, for instance. An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer—it lives on the islands！—but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising sea levels. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, an ocean level rise of only 0.6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0.9­meter rise would wipe out their habitat(栖息地)completely.

　　The snowshoe hare, on the other hand, has a color issue. Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each designed to give them better cover from predators(捕食者). As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies are being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easier mark for predators. Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down.

　　American pikas or rock rabbits, a relative of rabbits and hares, might be the first of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7­8 inches long, pikas live high in the cool, damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains. As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate(迁移) to higher ground—but they already occupy the mountaintops. They can't go any higher. The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat heats up.

　　The volcano rabbit has the same problem. These rabbits live on the slopes of volcanoes in Mexico, and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters, but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher, so they are stuck in the middle. Scientists are concerned about their populations.

　　Native to the US, pygmy rabbits weigh less than 1 pound and live in the American West. They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world. Their habitats have been destroyed by development. Several populations, such as the Columbia Basin pygmy, almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs. Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators, but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed.

　　All of this gives new meaning to dressing up in a giant bunny costume this Easter.

　　36．The writer mentions Easter at the beginning of the passage in order to ________．ip between Easter and bunnies

　　37．The word “culprit”(Paragraph 2)is closest in meaning to ________．　B．judge

　　C．victim

　　D．producerssage, some rabbits can now be easily discovered by predators because they ________．can't change their fur color into white in the fall and the spring

　　39．The problem faced by volcano rabbits and rock rabbits is that ________．are affected by rising sea levels

　　C．neither can find enough food

　　D．neither can migrate to higher places

　　40．Which best describes the writer's tone in the passage?

　　A．Approving.

　　B．Concerned.

　　C．Enthusiastic.

　　D．Doubtful.短文填词________ a breath­taking view of a marine world. The underwater world 42.c________ of several interesting underwater landscapes. 43.________ (常见的) marine life like starfish, sea turtles, and small sharks ________ be seen here. Some bright­colored or odd璼haped 45.vs________ from all over the 46.w________ will bring you a unique view.

　　Wonderful items, like the dances 47.b________ human and sharks, sea­maiden exhibitions and underwater ballets are 48.________ in the performance hall. If a new 49.________ is willing to experience an underwater wedding here, they will surely have an 50.________ (难忘的) memory of this happy moment.课时作业(三十三)本文是一篇科普性短文。提到复活节，人们自然想到复活节兔子，它是复活节的象征之一，象征着重生与希望，但是现在由于气候变暖，兔子们处境危险，本文以几种兔子的实际情况加以说明。　推理判断题。根据常识可知，一提到复活节，人们自然会想到复活节兔子，再看后文大篇幅介绍几种兔子的处境，不难看出开篇提及复活节是为了引出有关兔子的话题。　词义猜测题。上句说不是孩子们拽兔子耳朵的问题，重点是后文所说的气温升高对美国至少五culprit相当于criminal，意为“灾难制造者，犯罪者”。　推理判断题。从第二段知，受气候的影响，兔子们遇到了困境。比如第三段提到的Lower keys Marsh rabbit和第四段提到的the snowshoe hare都反映出它们对环境变化的不适应，这才是造成它们受困的原因。故选C项。　细节理解题。介绍rock rabbits时说：…they would naturally migrate to higher ground—but they already occupy the mountaintops.They can't go any higher；另外说：The volcano rabbit has the same problem.…but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher…显然这两种兔子面临的问题是没有更高之地D。　作者态度题。文章首尾呼应，作者对兔子的生存环境充满了担忧与关注。A项意为“赞许的”；B项意为“关心的，担忧的”；C项意为“热情的”；D项意为“怀疑的”。　42.consists　43.Common　44.can　46.world　47.between　48.performed　50.unforgettable

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　　下面四幅图描述了格林先生和他的孩子们在周末晚上看电视的情景。尽管他讨厌流行歌曲和乐队队员，由于孩子们喜欢，他不得不迁就。请用英语写一篇短文说明两代人对电视节目的不同喜好。

　　注意：

　　1．短文须包括所有图画的内容，根据行文要求可适当增加细节，使短文连贯、通顺。

　　2． 词数100左右。

　　1中书上文字：Top of the Pops最新走红流行歌曲；图2中电视上文字：the Gorgons一演唱组名） One possible version：

　　Mr. Green and his children usually spend some time watching TV in the evening. But they don't like the same TV program. His children like pop music very much, but Mr. Green hates it .

　　One evening at the weekend, the children wanted to watch Top of the Pops. They told their father it was performed by the Gorgons, a new group. Mr. Green had to give in. The children enjoyed the program very much while Mr. Green thought that the music sounded terrible and the group all looked like wild men. He didn't listen to them.

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　　阅读理解

　　My father was 44 and knew he wasn’t going to make it to 45.He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.

　　Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter，some of his words have lived in my heart.One part always stands out.“Right now，you are pretending to be a time­killer.But I know that one day，you will do something great that will set you among the very best.”Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself.“You will do something great.” He didn’t know what that would be，and neither did I，but at times in my life when I’ve felt proud of myself，I remember his words and wish he were here，so I could ask，“Is this what you were talking about，Dad？Should I keep going？”

　　A long way from 12 now，I realize he would have been proud when I made any progress.Lately，though，I’ve come to believe he would want me to move on to what comes next：to be proud of and believe in，somebody else.It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children.Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had.Our kids don’t hold back because they’re afraid to fail.They’re only afraid of failing us.They don’t worry about being disappointed.Their fear—as mine was until my father’s letter—is of being a disappointment.

　　Give your children permission to succeed.They’re waiting for you to believe in them.I always know my parents love me.But trust me.That belief will be more complete，that love will be more real，and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts：“Don’t worry；you’ll do something great.”Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.

　　16．We learn from the text that the author________.

　　A．lost his father when he was young

　　B．worked hard before he read his father’s letter

　　C．asked his father’s permission to believe in himself

　　D．knew exactly what great thing his father wanted him to do

　　17．What does the author tell us in the 3rd paragraph?

　　A．Children need their parents’ letters.

　　B．Children are afraid to be disappointed.

　　C．His children’s fear of failure held them back.

　　D．His father’s letter removed his fear of failing his parents.

　　18．Which of the following is TRUE of the author?

　　A．He got no access to success.B．He wrote back to his father at 12.

　　C．He was sure his parents loved him.

　　D．He once asked his father about the letter.

　　19．The main purpose of the text is to________.

　　A．describe children’s thinking

　　B．answer some questions children have

　　C．stress the importance of communication

　　D．advise parents to encourage their children

　　Ⅲ.任务型读写(建议用时14′)

　　Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV.

　　The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolved round criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer，and what is more，he has to apply it on his feet，in the dark and rain，running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.

　　Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad，unimportant people who are guilty of stupid crimes.

　　Most television crime dramas are about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested，the story is over. In real life，finding criminal is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks，little effort is spent on searching.

　　Having made an arrest，a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence.

　　A third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: firstly，as members of a police force，they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with the law. Secondly，as expensive public servants，they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.

　　If the detective has to deceive the world，the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simple­minded—as he see it—of citizens，social workers，doctors，law­makers and judges，who，instead of eliminating crime，punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform. The result，detective feel，is that nine­tenths of their work is re­catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes them rather cynical (愤世嫉俗的).

　　Police in 20.________ world Police on TV

　　Knowledge of 21.________ law He has to know as much as a professional lawyer and applies it to their 22.________ work. There is no 23.________ for them to know about it.

　　Different

　　24.________ time spent He 25.________ most of his working life to collecting and providing evidence needed to prove his case in court. Time is spent finding criminals. Once the criminal is found，the story 26.________.

　　Different pressures 27.________ and the public put much pressure on detectives and policemen. They got no pressure from the public.

　　Relationship with the society He feels 28.________ from citizens，as they hold different 29.________ towards punishment of the criminals. No contact with the public.

　　16.A

　　17.D

　　18.C

　　19D

　　20.real

　　21.criminal

　　22.daily23.need

　　24.ways

　　25.devotes26.ends

　　27.Law

　　28.separated29.attitudes