2019屆重慶市高考英語(yǔ)一輪復(fù)習(xí)閱讀理解選編精練：57(含解析)

1、重慶市 2019 高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解選編（57）（附解析）【2019 模擬題】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A B C和 D 中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。With his unique black mane（鬃毛）and impressive stature （ 身材） ,13-year-old Cecil was a popular touristattract ion at the 3.6 milli on-square-acre Hwange Nati onal Park（萬(wàn)基國(guó)家公園）in Zimbabwe （ 津巴布韋）.Cecil was head of a pride of lions

2、 that includes 12 cubs（幼崽）,but the well-knownlion was shot and killed in early July by American dentist Walter J. Palmer.Cecil sdeath has already sparked an international outcry （強(qiáng)烈抗議）with manycalli ng for an end to hunting endan gered ani mals and for Palmer to be extradited（弓丨渡）to Zimbabwe to sta

3、nd trial.Professor David Macd on ald, the head of the Oxford Un iversity research program thatmon itored the daily moveme nts of Cecil and doze ns of other lion s, is deeply sadde ned by Cecil sdeath.Macd on ald hopes the death can in spire the public to take an in terest in lion con servati on.Macd

4、 on ald says many of the lions tracked by the program have bee n shot and killed.“ The backgro und to this story is that there is a crisis for lions throughout muchofAfrica.” He says.African lion populationshave fallen almost 60 percent over the past thirty decades,and as few as 32,000 of them rema

5、in in the wild, accord ing to the Intern ati onal Fund for An imal Welfare（國(guó)際愛護(hù)動(dòng)物基金會(huì) ）.“And as troubling as it is, the rarerthese hunted animals become, the more hunters are willing to pay to killthem,”said Jeff Flockedn, the fund sNorth Americanregi onal director.In additi on to excessive huntin g,

6、 li ons throughout Africa also con ti nue to facethreats that includeconflicts with local farmers, loss of habitat and risk of trafficA. Understandable B. Unpardonable C. Unpredictable D. Uncontrollable2. According to the text, how many African lions lived in the wild thirty years ago?A. 80,000B. 48

7、,000 C. 53,000 D. 60,0003. African lions are facing the following threats except _.A. their conflicts with local farmers.B. the loss of their habitatsC. peoplesexcessive huntingD. the increase in the number of their natural enemies4. The best title of the text might be _ .A. The Death of Cecil-an Af

8、rican LionAB. The Current state of All African LionsC. The Threats Facing African LionsD. The Appeal for an End to Hunting Endangered Animals參考答案】1. B. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段的內(nèi)容可知，從國(guó)際上來看，人們對(duì)于 Walter J. Palmer 射殺了獅子Cecil 的做法很是憤怒。即人們認(rèn)為他的做法是不可饒恕的。故準(zhǔn)確答案應(yīng)為 B項(xiàng)。2. A. 數(shù)字計(jì)算題。根據(jù)第六段中的信息“ African lion populations have f

9、allen almostdecades,”，可知，在剛剛過去的 30 年里，非洲獅的數(shù)量減少了 60%，現(xiàn)在僅有 32,000 頭非洲獅生活在野外，由此能夠推斷，三十年前生活在野外的非洲獅的數(shù)量為：32,000 / (1-0.6)= 80,000。故準(zhǔn)確答案為 A 項(xiàng)。3. D. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段內(nèi)容可知，答案應(yīng)為 D 項(xiàng)。即文中沒有提到非洲獅面 臨的威脅中沒有提到非洲獅天敵數(shù)量的增加。4. A. 標(biāo)題判斷題。全文主要介紹了美國(guó)牙醫(yī)華特帕爾默(Walter Palmer)7 月底在津巴布韋射殺了獅子塞西爾，當(dāng)時(shí)引起了全世界的憤怒，同時(shí)介紹了當(dāng)前非洲獅的生活狀況。所以，and rai

10、lway collisions(碰撞 ).1. Internationally,peoplesattitude towards Walter J.Palmersbehavior is60 percent over the past thirtyA 項(xiàng)作為標(biāo)題最佳。It is probably the stra ngest sport anyone has ever invented. And at first sight, it looks like the easiest.Competitors have to do two thin gs. The first is to sta nd s

11、till.The sec ond is to place their hands any where on the body ofa car, and keep it there.This is where things start gettingdifficult.people are doing the same thing. And the winner of personwho can carry on doing it for the Iongest time. That persongets to own the car.It still seems to be an easy t

12、hing to do. At the beginningit is. Anyone can stand still. But whe n the con test has bee n going for four or five days, sta nding stillseemslike the most difficult job in the world. And keep ing the hand in place over this time becomes an act ofserious attention. After a few days, the hand seems to

13、 belong to some one elsesome one who wantsto go home and get some sleep.Competitors are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour to eat, drink ordo whatever else is necessary. No one is allowed tolean on the car forsupport.Winnersneed to be able to showgreat powers of attention.They also need

14、to be able todevelopspecial skills.Maybe the popularity of the handathon is dueto the fact that itis not necessaryto be a trained athleteto en ter. Entrants in theLon gview han dath oncerta inlydontseem to do much preparation.Most say they will prepare by“gettinglots of sleepOthers say they will“eat

15、 healthy food”or“prayforsuccessThe wholeeve nt givesordinary people the cha nee to do someth ing in teresti ng and win someth ing in theend.Handathons are competitions,but thereislittlerivalry（ 敵對(duì)）betweencompetitors. They help each other out and keep eachother sspirits up. People whodrop out early r

16、etur n with food, drink and en courageme nt.【文章大意】雙手放在車身任何部位，靜立不動(dòng)，你能堅(jiān)持多久？本文介紹了一項(xiàng)看似簡(jiǎn)單實(shí)則類似于馬拉松的運(yùn)動(dòng)形式ha ndathon ”。閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文，從給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C 和 D）中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Lots ofthe “ han dath on ” con test is the【解析】選 D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知D 項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。1. The reason why the sport iscalled “ handathon ” is that competitors .A. cover

17、a long dista neeB. keep hands in place for longC. wave hands as long as possibleD. do the same thing as in a marathon【解析】選 D。推理判斷題。由第二段可知，這種運(yùn)動(dòng)在形式上和馬拉松是一樣的。2. What ability is likely to be n eeded most in a han dath on?A. Standing without any support.B. Not lea ning on the car.C. Eat ing and drinking

18、in five minu tes.D. Having strong powers of atte nti on.【解析】選 D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的倒數(shù)第二句Winners need to be able to show greatpowers of atte nti on.能夠得至 U 答案。3. Why is han dath on popular?A. Some one can win with special trai ning.B. Itdoes ntn eed to make any preparati on.C. Anyone who is in terested can j

19、oin in it.D. People get along well with each other in it.【解析】選 C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段中的Maybe the popularity of the handathon is dueto the fact that it is notnecessary to be a trained athlete to enter.一句可知, 它流行的原因是不需要實(shí)行專門的訓(xùn)練，換句話說，只要有興趣就能夠參加。4. Which of the followi ng about han dathon is NOT right?A. The pers o

20、n who takes part in it should sta nd still.B. The pers on who takes part in it has to place his hands any where on the body ofa car, and keep it there.C. The person who takes part in it can have a break during the course of the competition.D. Han dath ons are competiti ons, so competitorsdonten cour

21、age each other.（ 2019 高考訓(xùn)練）閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。體裁：記敘文 話題：愛心傳遞 詞數(shù)：280 時(shí)間：5When my friend Lesa was diagnosed（ 診斷 ） with cancer， another friend and I went to thehospital to spend some time with her.We bought her a small toy and named him Lemon-Aide.We gaveLemon-Aide to Lesa and told her he was to go

22、 with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we werethinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her.When the treatments werecompleted ， she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.A few months later ， much to my surprise， it was me that sh

23、e passed himto.Lemon-Aidewent with me to all of my treatments.One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer.Lesa thought it was agreat idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as Lemon-Aide s Friends ， Inc.Wedesigned our organization to remin

24、d people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care aboutthem all the time.Today we have totally 5013 volunteers.The money raised is donated to cancer patients whodo not have insurance.The Physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money isdonated.Lemon-Aide is for

25、men，women， and children of all ages and to date has been sent to34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer.When life gave us lemons wemadeLemon-Aide， a soft smiling toy that represents love ， support ， and encouragement.【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 朋友得病，作者送給她禮物以示安慰，后來得到啟示，專門成立了一個(gè)組織用以

26、 協(xié)助患癌癥的病人。1 The author went to the hospital with her friend _ A to operate on LesaB to treat her disease C to accompany Lesa D to look afterLemon-Aide答案 C2 Lesa was given a small toy because _ A he represented her organizationB he could help weaken her painC she would think of her friendsD her frien

27、ds tried to comfort her 答案 D3 It can be inferred that _ A the author had suffered from cancerB Lemon-Aide had suffered from cancerC Lesa had recovered from cancerD Lemon-Aide learned to look after the author答案 A4 Lesa and the author formed an organization to _ A cure cancerB raise moneyC help cancer

28、 patientsD help their friend答案 C閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B C D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。（2019 河南省普通高中畢業(yè)班適合性測(cè)試）Is geography important? Heres a question for you to answer.What have the following countries got in common： Australia,Japan, the United Kingdom,Iceland and Madagascar?Quite easy if you can picture them on the gl

29、obe they are all islands. All of thesenations are surrounded by sea.What have these five nations got in common? Hungary, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Liechtenstein.They are all landlocked. In other words, in contrast to the first five countries whose coastline forms theirborder, the second fiv

30、e have no coastline at all. If you are a Hungarian or a Paraguayan, you have to passthrough somebody elses country if you want to go to the beach.Liechtenstein is even more of a geographical phenomenon; it is“ doubly landlocked ”because the countries that surround it Austria and Switzerland are also

31、 landlocked. There is only one othercountry in the world in a similar position, Uzbekistan, which is surrounded by five other landlocked countries.Go and have a look at the map if you want to know which.So how do countries become landlocked? If you are Swiss or Nepalese, you have probably never thou

32、ghtthings could be any other way. Switzerlands mountains, like the Himalayas, have formed a natural boundaryfor thousands of years. But there are borders. Where one country ends and another begins is not somethingthat is fixed for all time.There are countries like Ethiopia and Bolivia which did have

33、 a bit of coast but dont any more. Does it matter?The Ethiopians are not happy that the creation of Eritrea means they now have to use another countrys port,when before they had a long coastline on the Red Sea.But why does coastline matter so much? Throughout history people have preferred to live ne

34、ar the sea, andnot just for the fish. Sea means trade, which means wealth. Think of the great successful cities like Singapore,New York or Hong Kong today. Russia has fought several wars over the centuries so that its ships could haveaccess to the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Pacific.1.What have countries like Hungary, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Liechtenstein got incommon?A.They have no borders.B.They have no coastline at all.C.T