高考英語閱讀理解沖刺訓(xùn)練Day96

1、 高考英語閱讀理解沖刺訓(xùn)練 Day 96Passage 1Is growth good for biodiversity(生物多樣性)？ To answer the question, it is critical to define what we mean by growth. Is growth gross domestic product (GDP), the monetary value of all the finished goods within a countrys borders? Or does it mean improving the human standard o

2、f living? Today, when people say growth, they mean GDP, a measure that is over 70 years old. Actually GDP demonstrates negative implications for biodiversity, as this growth measures only money inflows while far more important is the balance sheet, which shows properties and debts. As biodiversity d

3、elivers no cash, it has no place in GDP system, but biodiversity provides the asset side of the balance sheet, such as forests, rivers, wetlands and animals the list goes oIt is argued that growth is good for biodiversity in the long run as there is an environmental Kuznets curve where environmental

4、 conditions get worse in the early stages of modern economic growth, but improve once a growth level has been reached.According to some people, once GDP has been high, more resources are to invest in conservation, and new technologies are used to protect the nature. They said people would have more

5、interest in protecting the environment, and some of the forests started to return and many pollutants were almost eliminated. Standing in America today it might appear that the environmental Kuznets curve works.At first sight there appears to be a logic. Today the US GDP is increasing while many pre

6、cious species populations are also recovering? Such conditions, according to some people, can be explained by greater efficiency in cars or moreefficient agricultural production. But in fact, the majority of the negative impacts have simply been exported. The high-polluting industries have been outs

7、ourced to developing nations. Therefore the bitterest punishments are largely felt beyond the borders while we Americans are enjoying high GDP and selfish biodiversity at the same time. This can be seen in the WWF annual Report, where species population trends are increasing by 7% in high-income cou

8、ntries and declining in middle- and low- income countries by 31% and 60% respectively.It is self-evident that growth, as currently defined, has a major negative impact upon biodiversity. What needs to change is the definition of growth from a GDP- essential concept to a balance-sheetapproach. Organi

9、sations and world community should work on creating new vision or reform that will help ensure a real balance between an improving standard of human life and a thriving biodiverse landscape.According to the passage, the author s opinion toward GDP is that GDPA. has nothing to do with biodiversity as

10、 it serves as an economic rulerB. shouldnt have ignored biodiversity as it does good to balance sheetC. is out-dated as it leaves out productions outside a country s bordersD. is a useful economic indicator as it honestly follows the Kuznets curveThe environmental Kuznets curve is seemingly working

11、because .when US economy is strong, people have more interest in environment protectionhigh GDP helps to introduce high technology for environment protectiongreat fuel efficiency in cars and agriculture helps to protect environmentthe US makes other weak nations take the harmful consequencesThe auth

12、or s main opinion about growth-biodiversity is that .A. there nso clear relationship between growth and biodiversityB. growth harms biodiversity with today s GDP-centred systemC. biodiversity condition agrees with a country s economic growthD. the author is not sure about the exact influence of grow

13、th on biodiversityWhich of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?GDP focuses on balance sheet rather than monetary increase.Within borders, America is enjoying a better biodiversity right now.C. Many low- income nations are having a higher GDP growth than the U.S.D. Creative ways

14、 have been found to balance life standard and biodiversity.Passage 2I finished my last evening shift of the week and could hardly wait to get home. I took off my nursing shoes, relaxed and then said goodnight to the rest of the girls and headed out of the door.It was so cold and I could see the ice

15、crystals in the air. As I approached my car, I saw one of my coworkers standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest night in January.We chatted as I drove and before we kne

16、w it, we arrived at her house. As she headed up the steps to her door she turned around. Do you know how to get to your house from here? How hard can it be? Ill just backtrack the way I came.I started driving. Nothing looked familiar, but at first that didnt bother me sinceId never been to this neig

17、hborhood before. I kept driving, and soon I sensedthat something was wrong. I recognized nothing, not the neighborhoods, not even the street names. My husband would be worried about me. I looked down at my watch. It was now 2:30. Id left work at 11:30pm.I stopped my car. I thought Id better take sto

18、ck of my situation. My gas gaug誕 油表 ) was slowly going down. In total defeat I put my head down on the steering wheel and asked for help. I lifted my head. I saw a shadow down the road in front of me. It was a car. What was a car doing in the middle of nowhere at: 320 in the morning?Hesitantly, I go

19、t out of my car and knocked on the window of the other car. An elderly man slowly rolled his window down.I said, Im lost and dont know how to get back into town.In silence, he started driving. I drove behind him.Finally I recognized a familiar street. As I turned to head home, I lost sight of my gui

20、ding angel. When I pulled into my driveway the warning light for my gas tank turned on.Why did the writer stop her car? To consider and judge the situation.To check whether there was gas.To prevent the car breaking down.To turn to somebody for help.When the writer got home, .A. she thanked the old m

21、an very muchher husband was waiting for her anxiouslythe oil in her car was just going to run outshe was totally frozen on the cold nightWhat might be the suitable title for the passage? Keep up and you will succeed at last.Meeting a friendly old man in trouble.Giving a ride to my coworker at night.

22、Losing my way on a cold winter night.Passage 3There are thousands of film and music festivals in and out of Austin, but there isnothing like ATX. Our focus is on the celebration of the medium: looking back at itshistory, where it is now, and where it is headed. Our weekend consists of screenings and

23、 events where participants can hear from actors, writers, directors, involved in all stages of bringing their favourite series to the small screen.We have the function of a traditional film festival with screenings followed byQ&As from creators; and a series of events including parties, social media

24、 events, and“ supesr ecret happy hours ” U. nlike traditional festivals, however, we celebrate thehistory of the medium as well as the future. Since we arrange 50% for the biggesttelevision fans and 50% for those working or wanting to work in the industry, our panels（專家小組 ） range in topics from“ beh

25、ind the scenes ” looks at your favourite series, tomore technical topics on where the medium and how technology is headed. Eventually,ATX Television Festival has the goal of serving both the community and industry professionals equally by giving them the opportunity to discuss and celebrate all aspe

26、ctsof TV together.Austin is approximately in the middle of America, making travel from East or Westcoast more convenient. Austin TV production has a long history. We love our city and try to be part of our community by showing small businesses, local food, and working with arts organizations like Te

27、xas Film Commission, and Austin Film Festivalth(we are not the “Austin Television Festival ” . We are a national event that works with our members coming from all over the world.Co-founders Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson have spent a decade in a variety of areas of the entertainment industryfilm

28、 -& television production to workingwithin the network & studio systems. Combining their knowledge, along with numerous good industry professionals that make up the Advisory Board, they are introducing a one-of-a-kind festival experience.What is special about ATX?The films are performed there alive.

29、Actors compete there for better films.Audiences can enjoy more than films there.Audiences can choose their favorite films to see.What do panels do at ATX?They play roles in the films.They monitor the creation of the filmsThey see how audiences react to their films.They offer a technological perspect

30、ive of films.What does the author mean by “ weare not the AustinTelevision Festival ”in paragraph 3?The festival is celebrated nationwide.The audiences are mainly from abroad.The locals are uninterested in the event.People can enjoy the festival worldwide.What may be the best title of the passage?A.

31、 Films in ATXB. Trip to AustinC. ATX Television Festival D. Festivals in AustinPassage 4Bendable wings covered with overlapping （重疊部分） pieces looking like fishscales could be used to build more controllable, fuel-efficient aircraft, a new study finds.Nowadays, conventional aircraft typically rely on

32、 ailerons （ 副翼 ） to help control the way the planes tilt （傾斜 ） as they fly. However, when the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, Flyer 1, over a century ago, they used no ailerons but wires that pulled and stretched the wood-and-canvas wings, to control the plane.“ Scientists have long sought

33、to develop aircraft that can change their wings during flight, just as birds can. However, most previous attempts have failed becausethey relied on heavy mechanical control structures within the wings. These structures were also complex and unreliable， ” said Neil Gershenfeld, a physicist and direct

34、or of theCentre for Bits and Atoms at MIT.The new wing consists of a system of tiny, strong and lightweight modules!件）.The shape of the wing can be changed uniformly along its length using two small motors, which apply a twisting pressure to each wingtip. These wings are covered in“skins of overlapp

35、ing strips of flexible material like fish scales. These strips move across each other as the wings change themselves, providing a smooth outer surface, the researchers explained.Wind tunnel tests of these wings showed that they at least matched the aerodynamic（氣動）properties of conventional wings, at

36、 about one-tenth the weight.Initial tejusing remotely piloted aircraft made with these wings have shown great promise, ”said Benjamin Jenett, a graduate student at the Centre for Bits and Atoms at MIT.The new modular structures the scientists developed could be manufacturedquickly in mass quantities

37、 and then installed by teams of small robots. These modular structures also can be disassembled more easily, making repairs simpler.“Still,the first aircraft built using this strategy will not be a passengerjet, ”Gershenfeld said. “Insteadthe technology will likely first be tested on unmanned aircra

38、fts, leading to aircrafts flying for a long time, to help deliver Internet access or medicine to remote villages. ”Why is the Wright brothers airplane mentioned in the text?To show the history of aircrafts.To show the development of wings.C. To show the need to improve planes.D. To show the structur

39、e of conventional planes.What makes planes fly like birds when they tilt?A. Their ailerons.B. Wires and pulleys.C. Changeable wings. D. Mechanical control structures.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?The shape of the new wings.The purpose of the overlapping strips.The working principle of the new win

40、gs.The result of wind-tunnel tests of these wings.What does the underlined word disassemble mean in Paragraph 6?A. Replace. B. Analyze. C. Put away. D. Take apart.Passage 5Exercise could not only benefit your body, but also improve your memory, researchers found recently. In their paper published on

41、 Monday, researchers from the University of California, Irvine in the United States and the University of Tsukuba in Japan introduced their experiment and conclusion.Scientists invited 36 volunteers who were in their early 20s to do 10 minutes of light exercise before taking a memory test in which t

42、hey were shown pictures like broccoli（西蘭花）or picnic baskets and asked to recall them later. The same experiment was repeated with the same group of volunteers without exercising. The memory task was really quite challenging ,said Michael Yassa, co-author of the study and a neuroscientist 6申經(jīng)科學(xué)家）at t

43、heUniversity of California, Irvine. We used very tricky similar items to see if they would remember whether it was this exact picnic basket versuS啦）that picnic basket. Researchers also scanned brains of some of the participants during the experiment. They found strengthened communication between reg

44、ions involved in the storage and recollection of memories in brains of those who had exercised. This suggested that just 10 minutes of light exercise like walking, yoga or Tai Chi might increase memory power.As all the volunteers in the experiment were relatively young, researchers are still working

45、 to look at the effects of light exercise on older people. Our future goal is to try to develop an exercise prescriptions 方）that can be used by older adults who might have disabilities or mobility impairments, but can still adopt very simple exercise rules of life and be able to, perhaps, delay cogn

46、itive decline temporarily, said Yassa.What did the researchers find from the experiment mentioned in the text?Regular exercise is of benefit to the memory of all people.Just a short period of exercise better young peoples memory power.Older people can also improve their cognitive power by exercising

47、 regularly.AU the volunteers in the experiment improved their memory through exercise.Why was the memory task quite challenging?The lime to solve the questions was too limited.The questions asked by the scientists were loo comp Heated.The items to be distinguished were extremely similar.The people i

48、n the experiment were disabled.What s the purpose of the text?To solve a problem.To give practical advice.To present a research result.To tell an interesting sotryWhat can be a suitable title for the text?Advantages of Exercising RegularlyExercise Is Beneficial to Both Young and OldExercise Can Impr

49、ove Older People s Cognitive PowerTen Minutes of Exercise a Day Might Improve Memory參考答案Passage 1B 情感態(tài)度題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞， GDP， biodiversity 定位到第一段中間部分，從actually就在講GDP對生物多樣性有很大的好處，但由于 no cash,所以并沒 有一席之地，但一直在強調(diào)其好處，就很顯明 B選項中的shouldnt have done# 不必做而做了，帶有責(zé)備斥責(zé)之意。D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞 environmental Kuznets curve以及work定位到 第二

50、段最后一句,再看下一段中Therefore the bitterest punishmenetsi（知曉發(fā)展 中國家要為自己的污染結(jié)果買單，對應(yīng) D 選項。B 主旨大意題。通過最后一段的第一句 Iits self-evident that growth, as currently defined, has a major negative impact upon biodiversity 可知，發(fā)展對生物 多樣性有負面影響，對應(yīng) B 選項。B 細節(jié)理解題。通過倒數(shù)第二段 we Americans are enjoying high GDP andselfish biodiversity at the same timeM知，美國經(jīng)濟迅速發(fā)展的同時還享有生物多樣性。與 B 選項相符。Pa