2017届高考英语二轮总复习限时训练：第26讲 阅读简答(二)（湖南专用）人教新课标版

　　第二十六讲　阅读简答(二)

　　(1)(10 min.)

　　(师大附中2017届高三下学期模拟)

　　He seems an unlikely hero, especially one that would save a kid from the jaws of a wild cougar(美洲豹) .

　　Shen Huigang is just now getting recognition for his bravery in fighting off a cougar on Vancouver Island, Canada, during a family outing on Aug. 30.

　　Shen, also known as Ian, was then an exchange student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University enjoying the afternoon on a beach near Ucluelet, a small town on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

　　With him was a friend, Myles Hagar, and Hagar's two grandchildren.

　　Silently and suddenly a cougar appeared out of nowhere.

　　By the time the two adults spotted the cat, believed to be young but still weighing 30 to 35 kilograms, it already had the head of 18­month­old Julien in its mouth.

　　Instinctively, the young man gestured as if he were ready for a fight, and tried to scare the beast off with the bag in his hands.

　　On hearing the noise Shen made, the animal dropped the kid and Hagar grabbed his grandson from the cougar's jaws. Shen and Hagar gradually chased the animal back into the woods.

　　“We also moved slowly to our vehicle, as we waved our fists and bags, pretending we wanted to fight with it, ”Shen said.“The vehicle wasn't far away but it felt like it took us a century to travel the short journey.”

　　“Any hesitation, at any moment, even a second delay, would have resulted in certain death for Julien. The cougar was just about to break his neck and carry him away to be eaten in the forest.”Hagar said. Julien has since made a full recovery.

　　Parks Canada spokeswoman Arlene Armstrong told the National Post newspaper of Canada in an interview in August.“The two men acted properly by maintaining eye contact with the big cat and aggressively scaring it off.”

　　1. How did Ian get recognition on Vancouver Island？(No more than 12 words)

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　　2. What happened to Julien by the time the two adults saw the young cougar？(No more than 10 words)

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　　3. Why did the cougar give up eating the kid？(No more than 8 words)

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　　4. What if you are fighting with a wild cougar？(No more than 12 words)

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　　(2)(10 min.)

　　(浏阳一中2017届高三上学期第一次月考试题)

　　John Irving Bentley was a Pennsylvanian physician who was found burned to death in his bathroom in December 1966. Many people were burned to death, but Bentley's case was very different from others' because he didn't die in a house fire. Dr. Bentley was a victim of spontaneous human combustion (人体自燃)．

　　Dr. Bentley was last seen alive on December 4th, 1966. Some friends had been visiting him and they didn't leave his home until about 9 o'clock in the evening. The following morning a meter reader named Don Gosnell arrived at Bentley's home and let himself in. Gosnell headed straight for the basement where the meter(计量表) was kept. While he was down in the basement, Gosnell became aware of some strange smell and he also noticed the presence of some light blue smoke. Naturally, the meter reader(抄表员) was curious about this and he went upstairs.

　　Gosnell found more smoke in the bedroom and an inspection of the bathroom revealed Bentley's fate. All that remained of him was the lower half of his right leg. Bentley's foot was still inside his slipper. The rest of Bentley's body had been reduced to ashes, some of which were on the floor of the bathroom, while the rest of them were down in the basement because the heat from the blazing body had burned a hole in the floor.

　　At the time it was thought that Dr. Bentley might have set himself on fire with his pipe. This theory was dismissed soon because the Bentley's pipe was found on its stand beside his bed in the next room.

　　Nobody has ever been able to offer a satisfactory explanation for what happened to Dr. Bentley. He was just one of many victims throughout the years, whose death is a mystery and may always be so.

　　1. Why did Don Gosnell come to Dr. Bentley's home that morning? (No more than 9 words)

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　　2. What made Don Gosnell go up to the bedroom from the basement? (No more than 12 words)

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　　3. What happened to Dr. Bentley? (No more than 15 words)

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　　4. Why was it impossible that Dr. Bentley set himself on fire with his pipe? (No more than 9 words)

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　　(3)(10 min.)

　　British reporters are known for doing almost anything to get a story. But reports that a newspaper secretly listened to telephone messages of murdered schoolgirls and other private citizens have produced shock and anger.

　　On Friday, British police arrested Andy Coulson, former editor of Britain's best­selling newspaper, News of the World. The investigation led him to resign in January as communications director to Prime Minister David Cameron.

　　The arrest came in a widening investigation of telephone hacking(窃听). Other accusations include paying police for information on stories.

　　The company News International stopped publishing the weekly News of the World. News International belongs to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, also known as News Corp. The 168­year­old newspaper published for the last time on Sunday.

　　Police say the victims also include parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

　　Prime Minister Cameron called the hacking reports “disgusting”. But he himself is facing attention for having asked Andy Coulson to serve as his media adviser. Mr. Coulson resigned from News of the World in 2007. He left when a reporter was jailed for listening to the phone messages of Britain's royal family members. The prime minister says Mr. Coulson told him he had no knowledge of the phone hacking incidents. He says he wanted to give Mr. Coulson a “second chance”.

　　Rupert Murdoch was born in Australia. He became a citizen of the United States in 1985 so he could buy American television stations. His father, Keith Murdoch, was a famous World War Ⅰ reporter who later led an Australian newspaper group. After his father died, the younger Murdoch took control of the two newspapers that his father owned.

　　Today, he is a media “colossus(巨头)”. He doesn't control the media in every country but it's_very_difficult_to_travel_to_most_parts_of_this_world_without_encountering_a_Rupert_Murdoch_media_product._

　　1. How old is News of the World? (No more than 3 words)

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　　2. According to the passage, how did News of the World get news information? (No more than 7 words)

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　　3. What does the underlined sentence “it's very difficult to travel to most parts of this world without encountering a Rupert Murdoch media product.” mean? (No more than 13 words)

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　　4. List the victims of the telephone hacking. (No more than 15 words)

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　　(4)(10 min.)

　　(湖南省邵阳市2017届高三第一次联考)

　　Sorry Mom, Carrots Won't Actually Improve Eyesight

　　Like many kids, I didn't like vegetables — especially carrots and broccoli. Adults frequently told me that carrots would improve my eyesight, so that seemed like a good reason to try liking them.

　　There was one person who didn't tell me this; he actually told me the opposite. My grandfather overheard somebody tell me that carrots would improve my eyesight. He didn't say anything immediately, but he let me in on a little secret after that person left the room — it was all a big lie. Carrots do not improve your eyesight.

　　Sure, carrots contain beta­carotene, which metabolizes into Vitamin A and everyone agrees that is essential for maintaining eye health, but it does not improve it (unless the body is deprived of it to begin with). Also, it really has nothing to do with carrots, the necessary vitamins can come from any source.

　　So where did this myth come from?

　　During World War Ⅱ， the British were particularly good at shooting down Nazi bombers at night, when it's almost impossible to see other planes. It was as if they had super­human sight, and they did. They had radar.

　　Once news stories started to circulate about these pilots with seemingly super­human eyes, the government needed a good explanation to prevent the Germans from learning about this technology: Carrots.

　　Flight Lieutenant John Cunningham, nicknamed “Cats Eyes” for his incredible ability to shoot down enemy planes, had a natural love for carrots. The story wrote itself and they explained that they were feeding other pilots a lot of carrots to improve their eyesight too.

　　1. What function do people usually think the carrot has？(No more than 5 words)

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　　2. According to the passage, why is the carrot important for eyesight？(No more than 12 words)

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　　3. What made people think the British soldiers had super­human sight？(No more than 15 words)

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　　4. Why did this myth spread out that carrots can improve eyesight？(No more than 16 words)

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