河南省鄭州市高考英語二輪復(fù)習(xí) 閱讀理解練習(xí)（8）.doc

河南鄭州市2016高考英語閱讀理解二輪練習(xí)（8）閱讀理解。along the river banks of the amazon and the orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young .they build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young. it is called the hoatzin. in appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .the head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young. baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .using these four claws ,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. when the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.during the drier months between december and march hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in april, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.( ) 1. what is the text mainly about? ahoatzins in dry and rainy seasons. bthe relatives and enemies of hoatzins. cprimitive birds and hoatzins of the amazon. dthe appearance and living habits of hoatzins.( ) 2. young hoatzins are different from their parents in that athey look like young cuckoos bthey have claws on the wings cthey eat a lot like a cow dthey live on river banks( ) 3. what can we infer about primitive birds from the text? athey had claws to help them climb. bthey could fly long distances. cthey had four wings like hoatzins. dthey had a head with long feathers on the top.( ) 4. why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes? ato find more food. bto protect themselves better. cto keep themselves warm.dto produce their young.a篇1.選d?？疾槲恼轮黝}大意。縱觀全文，文章主要講的是hoatzin麝雉，這種鳥類的外貌以及生活習(xí)性。2.選b。根據(jù)第一段has claws(爪)on its wings when young,和第三段可知，hoatzin在幼年期是有爪子的，而長大學(xué)會飛之后就沒有了。3.選a。關(guān)鍵是primitive“原始的，早期的”的意思。第三段第二句話。4.選d。最后一段最后一句話。閱讀理解 science cant explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血壓) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer. any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. for some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. a 2002 study by karen allen of the state university of new york measured stress (緊張) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算術(shù)) or held a hand in ice water. subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. people with pets didit best .those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates .with pets in the room ,people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. it seems people feel more released (放松)aroundpets, says allen, who thinks it may be because pets dont judge.a study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. researchers at northwesterm memorial hospital spent ayear studying 36 fat people and were put on a diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. on average，people lost about 11 pounds，or 5% of their body weight .their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more then15%of their body weight .dog owners didnt lose any more weight than those without dogs but ,sayresearchers，got more exercise overall mostly with their dogs and found it worth doing.( ) 1. what does the text mainly discuss?awhat pets bring to their ownersbhow pets help people calm downcpeoples opinions of keeping petsdpets value in medical research( ) 2. we learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if _ahe has a pet companionbhe has less stress of workche often dose mental arithmeticdhe is taken care of by his family( ) 3. according to allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks? athey have lower blood pressure. bthey become more patient. cthey are less nervous. dthey are in higher spirits.( ) 4. the research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that apeople with dogs did more exercise bdogs lost the same weight as people did cdogs liked exercise much more than people did dpeople without dogs found the program unhelpfulb篇1.選a?？疾橹黝}大意。根據(jù)首段，很多研究表明，寵物可以降低血壓，提高、心臟病恢復(fù)的幾率，減少孤獨(dú)感和傳播快樂。2.選a。根據(jù)第一段，參見上題解析。3.選c。第二段最后一句話，和寵物在一起人們感到更加的放松。4.選a。最后一段最后一句話，雖然狗主的體重沒有多大變化，但是卻比沒有養(yǎng)狗的人得到更多的鍛煉，因為是和他們的狗在一起，他們認(rèn)為很值得。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項。opening times:20 mar to 19 octmon to sat: 9:00am to 5:00pmsun:9:30am to 5:00pm20 oct to 19marmon to sat:9:30am to 4:00pmsun:10:00am to 4:00pm shakespeares birthplace and exhibition of shakespeares world welcome to the world-famous house where william shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he grew up. the property(房產(chǎn))remained in the ownership ofshakespeares family until 1806.the house has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the word ,for over 250 years. enter though the visitors centre and see the highly-praised exhibition shakespeares world, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of shakespeare. stand in the rooms-where shakespeare grew up. discover examples of furniture and needle work from shakespeares period. enjoy the traditional(傳統(tǒng)的)english garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poets works.the birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map; nearest is windsor street(3 minutes walk). the house may present difficulties but the visitors centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可進(jìn)入的)to wheelchair user. the shakespeare coffee house (opposite the birthplace).admission:adult 4.90child 2.20family 12.0(2 adults +up to 3 children)( ) 1. how much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children?a. 9.80 b.12.00 c.14.20 d.16.40( ) 2. where is the nearest parking place to shakespeares birthplace?a. behind the exhibition hall.b. opposite the visitors centre.c. at windsor street.d. near the coffee house.( ) 3. a wheelchair user may need help to enter .a. the house b the garden c. the visitors centre d. the exhibition halla篇1.選b。根據(jù)第二個表格中family 12.0 （2 adults + up to 3 children)，即是一家人（2個成年人+至多3個小孩）需要12.0。2.選c。根據(jù)第二個表格右邊第一段最后幾個單詞nearest is windsor street (3 minutes walk).3.選a。根據(jù)第二個表格右邊第二段the house may present difficulties but the visitors centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可進(jìn)入的) to wheelchair user.“對于輪椅使用者來說，可能進(jìn)入房子有些困難，但是游客中心，展覽廳還有花園都可以進(jìn)入?！遍喿x下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a、b、c、d）中，選出最佳選項。 what changes has feminism brought to girls and boys?a revolution in the way american society regards and treats the two sexes has been accomplished in remarkably short period of time. very often, this is viewed as victory for feminism, in that more career options have opened to women ,and women are increasingly represented in all segments of society. but has this vicory produced the predicted increased happiness for women? a quick view of the massive pro-choice abortion advocates assembled in washington d.c. last weekend revealed very few smiles, and much rage. today, ill look at the changes wrought in our view of the two sexes.my 21-year-old-college-senior son was telling us about a girl he had just been set-up with. they had a good time together at a party, so he asked her if she would be interested in going out on another date. she told him, i wouldnt mind studying with you, but i really dont have time for a lot of dating or a boy friend. his comment was, whats with all of these ambitious girls?our 9th-grade son attends a california public high school where the ratio of boys to girls is roughly 50/50. the latest edition of his schools parents club newsletter honors the students who are achievers in various categories of academic activity. of the first place finishers in the regional science fair, 9 out of 11 are female. the winner of the rotary club and lions club speech contest are mentioned, both female.my daughter is a sophomore at a california university, and is spending the summer in europe as an intern in the us embassy to the host country; shell be doing this after she spends an academic semester in greece enrolled in a classics program. her universitys 37,000-student body is 55% female. you dont have to be much over 30 to remember when life-guarding was predominantly a male domain; now it seems predominantly female.indeed, what is it with all of these ambitious and high-achieving girls. and what has happened to the boys and their ambitions? are they on their skateboards instead of on their schoolbooks?these observations of course do not constitute a scientific study but it seems like something is going on here. a company based in florida markets t-shirts and notebooks that say: boys are stupid. throw rocks at them; girls rule, boys drool; boys are smelly; boys are useless, dump them.do you think that this might be having an effect? do you think a lot of this might discourage boys? it used to be that boys could find refuge from this kind of nonsense in such organizations as the boy scouts. unfortunately, the scouts are under attack throughout the country, and public facilities, united way contributions, and other resources are being denied to them, while some parents are less favorable toward the idea of their sons participating in scouting. 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a、b、c、d）中，選出最佳選項。mirror miraclewe are all more obsessed with our appearance than we like to admit. concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable. attractive people have distinct advantages in our society. studies show:* attractive children are more popular, both with classmates and teachers. teachers give higher evaluations to the work of attractive children and have higher expectations of them.* attractive applicants have a better chance of getting jobs, and of receiving higher salaries. one us study found that taller men earned around $600 per inch more than shorter executives a month. in court, attractive people are found guilty less often. when found guilty, they receive less severe sentences.we also believe in the what is beautiful is good stereotype - a deep-rooted belief that physically attractive people possess other desirable characteristics such as intelligence, competence, social skills and confidence - even moral virtue. the good fairy princess is always beautiful; the wicked stepmother is always ugly.it is not surprising that physical attractiveness is of overwhelming importance to us.every period of history has its own standards of what is beautiful, and every contempora