高三英語二輪突破 閱讀理解特訓(xùn)53（含解析）

《閱讀理解特訓(xùn)：3真2模含解析》2014屆高三英語二輪突破53閱讀理解（共20小題；每題2分，滿分40分）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)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AThebabyelephantIshangawaslyinginthebushes,scared,starving,andstrugglingtobreathe.Untiljustafewdaysbefore,shehadbeenwithhermother,walkingthroughthesweepinggrasslandsofTsavoNationalParkintheAfricancountryofKenya.Thebaby’smotherwaskilled,mostlikelybyapoacher.OnWednesday,November17，2010，ananti-poachingteamwasremovingthedeadlywiretrapsthatpoacherssetthroughoutthepark.Luckily,amemberoftheteamspottedthebabyandrushedtohelpher.Suddenly,alionsprangfromthebushesandclampeditsmoutharoundherneck.Onepersonmanagedtopullouthisgunandfireshotsintheair.Theshockedlionreleasedthebabyandbackedaway.Nowtheweakenedbabyhadagravewoundonherneck.About300milesnorthofTsavoisaplacethathelpsbabyelephants.Overtheyears,theorphanage(孤兒院）hasraised130elephantsandsuccessfullyreleasedthembackintothewild.Afteratensewaitandaplaneride,thebaby’srescuersmadeittotheorphanage.Themedicalstaffworkedfranticallytotreatherwound.Shewasscaredandwild.Shescreamed,andwouldn’tletanyhumansgetnearher,refusingtoeatordrink.Aftertwohoursofintensemedicalcare,Ishangaawokeandslowlystruggledtoherfeet.Twokeepersandaveterinarianhadbeenwithherallnight.Theywererelievedthatsheseemedtoberecovering.Thenextday,thoughIshangaremainedweak,herkeepersintroducedhertosomeoftheother14youngelephantslivingattheorphanage.Thekeepersstoodbackastheotherelephantsextendedtheirtrunkinfriendlygreetings.TheolderelephantsledIshangaaround,givingheratourofhernewhome.Overthepastyear,Ishanga’swoundshavehealed.Shehasmademanyfriends.It’llbeuptoIshangatodecidewhenshe’sreadytoleavetheorphanage.Returningtothewildisalongprocessthatcantakemorethan10years.Fornow,sheisinnorushtoleavethisextraordinarycommunityofelephantsandhumans.Ishangahasalong,happylifeaheadofher.26. Theunderlinedword“poacher”inparagraph2probablymeans_____.A.someonewhohuntsillegally B.someonewhoprotectswildanimalsC.someonewhoisanelephantkeeperD.someonewhoworksinthepark【答案】A【解析】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)ananti-poachingteamwasremovingthedeadlywiretrapsthatpoacherssetthroughoutthepark.一個(gè)反盜獵團(tuán)隊(duì)移除致命陷阱,偷獵者設(shè)置的陷阱在整個(gè)公園。anti-poachingteam反盜獵團(tuán)隊(duì)，故推測poacher是非法偷獵者，故選A。27. Whenthebabyelephantwassavedbytheteam,shewas_____.A.badlyillB.verydangerousC.dead D.badlywounded【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Nowtheweakenedbabyhadagravewoundonherneck.小象被救時(shí)脖子處嚴(yán)重受傷，故選D。28. Thebabyelephantwassentto_____byplane.A,hospitalB.NatureC.theorphanageD.NationalPark【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Afteratensewaitandaplaneride,thebaby’srescuersmadeittotheorphanage.用飛機(jī)把小象運(yùn)到孤兒院進(jìn)行救助，故選C。29. Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat_____.A. IshangaiseagertoleavethecommunityafterrecoveringB. theanti-poachingteamshotthelionandsavedIshangaC. itwillprobablytakeIshangaalongtimetoreturntothenatureD. ayearlater,Ishangastilldidn’tadapttolivingintheorphanage【答案】C【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Returningtothewildisalongprocessthatcantakemorethan10years.對于Ishanga來說回歸自然是一個(gè)漫長的時(shí)間，故選C。30. Thepassageismainlyabout_____.A. therescueofababyelephantB. theimportanceofanimalprotectionC. abriefintroductiontotheelephantorphanageD. astoryaboutpoachersandananti-poachingteam【答案】A【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可知主要敘述了拯救小象的過程，故選A。BDaveBrunoworksasanonlinemarketingmanager.Severalyearsago,oneweekendBrunoandhisfamilydidamajorhousecleanupandthendonatedseveralbagsofunneededitemstothelocalGoodwillstore.“Afterallweredone,IlookedaroundandrealizedthatIstillhadtoomuchstuff”，saysBruno,“ItoccurredtomethatmaybeIwantedtoleadasimplelifebutinrealityIbehaveddifferently.”Thatrealizationpromptedthe39-year-oldfatherofthreetotryanexperiment,“The100ThingChallenge”.Withthegoalofbreakingfreeofwhathecallsa“badhabitofconsumerism…Brunowasdeterminedtoliveforoneyearwithjust100personalitems.Hecutdownhispossessionsto94items,includingaBible,laptop,guitar,weddingring,carandclothes.Hecreatedsomeguidelinesfortheexperimentsincehiswifeanddaughtersdidnotparticipate-family-sharedandhouseholditemsdidnotcountaspersonalitems.Healsogroupedtogethersomebasicthingssuchasunderwearandsocks.Brunobeganbloggingabouthisnewlifestyleandeventuallywroteabook,The100ThingChallenge:HowIGotRidofAlmostEverything,RemadeMyLife,andRegainedMySoul.Sincecompletingtheexperiment,Brunohascontinuedtolivebythemotto:reduce,refuse,andrearrangeandmaintainsjust110personalthings.“Nearlythreeyearsoflivingwithaminimalamountofpersonalpossessions,I’mnolongerinthehabitofconsumingforthesakeofconsumption(消費(fèi))，”hewroteinhisbloglastweek,“Thathasfreedmeupforallsortsofbetterendeavorsthanshopping—likespendingtimewithfamilyandwritingabookandplanningforbusinessopportunities.”Bruno’sprojecthasalsoinspiredotherstoliveminimally,manyofwhomposttheirown100ThingChallengeupdatesonYouTube.“Therealityisthatthe100ThingChallengeissurprisinglyeasy”，saysBruno,“I’mnotsayingtherewerenochallengesordisappointments.Imisssomethings,butnotthatmuch.Frankly,it’sfareasiertolivewithlessstuffthanwithexcessivetrash.”31. WhatdoestheunderlinedsentencemeaninParagraph1?A. Brunoregrettedtohaveaneasylife.B. Brunohadaspecialbehaviorinreality,C. Brunoandhisfamilyledahappylife.D. Brunowouldhavelikedalifewithfeweritems.【答案】D【解析】句意猜測題。根據(jù)下文The100ThingChallenge可知Bruno想用更少的東西在日常生活中，故選D。32. ThethingswereincludedinBruno’s94itemsEXCEPT_____.A. socksB.aBibleC.cookersD.aweddingring【答案】CKs5u【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Hecutdownhispossessionsto94items,includingaBible,laptop,guitar,weddingring,carandclothes.只有炊具沒有提到，故選C。33. Itcanbeinferredinthelastparagraphthat_____.A. itislesspossibleforpeopletolivesimplyB. BrunometsomedifficultiesintheexperimentC. manypeoplewereinspiredtoupdatetheirblogsD. gettingridofthehabitofover-consumptioniseasy【答案】B【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)I’mnotsayingtherewerenochallengesordisappointments可知Bruno在實(shí)驗(yàn)中也遇到了一些困難，故選B。34. Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A. Brunohasn’tbloggedforalongtime.B.Unneededthingsshouldbethrownaway.C. Brunohassucceededintheexperiment.D.Thefamilyshowinterestintheexperiment.【答案】C【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Bruno’sprojecthasalsoinspiredotherstoliveminimally可推知有人愿意去效仿這說明Bruno的實(shí)驗(yàn)成功了，故選C。Ks5u35. Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A. Livewith100ThingsB.Defeat100ChallengesinLifeC. SurvivebyYourMotto D.ConsumeforConsumption’sSake【答案】A【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容主要敘述了Bruno做實(shí)驗(yàn)用100項(xiàng)的生活用品. 來進(jìn)行簡樸的生活，故選A。CTheUnitedStatesisfacedwithserioustrafficproblems.Toomanycarstravelonthefreewaystoandfromthecity.Thisheavytrafficcausesdelaysandlotsofpollutionfromcarsthatareusingtheirenginesbutnotmovinganywhere.Manycarsgoingnowhereiscalleda“trafficjam.”WhilemanycitiesintheUnitedStateshavetrafficproblems,someoftheworstareinLosAngeles,California.LosAngelesisabigcitywithalargedowntownarea.OneofthereasonswhythereissomuchtrafficisthatfewpeopleusepublictransportationtogetaroundExpertssayonepossiblesolutiontothetrafficprobleminLosAngeleswouldbetomakepeoplewanttousethepublictransportationsystemofbusesinsteadoftheirowncars.Peoplesaythebusesshouldbemadeeasier,faster,lesscostlyandmoredependablethandrivingacar.Onesuggestionistoreducethecostofridingthebus.Peoplewhousuallydrivetheircarscouldsavealotofmoneyongasandparkingcosts.Also,LosAngelescouldmakethebuseseasierforpeopletouse.Thebusescouldtraveltomoreplacesinthecity.Andtherecouldbemorespeciallanesonthefreewaysthatonlybusescoulddrivein.Thesechangeswouldmaketakingthebusfasterandeasierthandrivingacar.Otherexpertshavesaidthatthebestwaytoeasetrafficproblemsistochargepeoplemoneytodriveonthefreeways.Thesecharges,ortolls,wouldbeforthemostcrowdedroads.Thetollswouldbeineffectduringthetimesofdaywhenmostpeopledrivetoworkandhomeagain.Thesetimesinthemorningandlateafternoonarecalled“rushhour”.Peoplewouldtrytoavoiddrivingontheseroads,whichwoulddecreasetheamountoftraffic.Also，themoneycollectedfromthesetollscouldbeusedtoimprovetheroadsandpublictransportationsystem.36. Thepassagemainlydiscusses_____.A. differentmeansoftransportationoftheUnitedStatesB. possiblesolutionstosolvingAmericantrafficproblemsC. causesoftheserioustrafficproblemsinAmericaD. somenewlawsaboutAmericanpublictransportation【答案】B【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容可知美國針對交通擁擠應(yīng)該采取的措施，故選B。37. WhichisNOTtheeffectcausedbytheheavytraffic?A. Toomanyprivatecars. B.Timewasting.C. Seriousairpollution. D.Trafficjams.【答案】A【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Thisheavytrafficcausesdelaysandlotsofpollutionfromcars及Manycarsgoingnowhereiscalleda“trafficjam.”交通擁擠可以引起在路上耽誤太多的時(shí)間、空氣污染及交通堵塞等，交通擁擠不能引起私家車的增多，故選A。38. ThereasonwhyLosAngeleshassomeoftheworsttrafficproblemsisthat_____.A. thereisalackofpublictransportationB. thecityisbigwithalargepopulationC. mostpeopleliketogetaroundbycarD. manypeopleliketotravelthereforshopping【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Oneofthereasonswhythereissomuchtrafficisthatfewpeopleusepublictransportationtogetaround洛杉磯的人有交通擁擠的問題其中的原因是很少的人愿意乘坐公交車出門而是開著自家車出門，故選C。Ks5u39. Oneofthewaystheexpertssuggestisthat_____.A. peopleshouldavoiddrivingtoworkandhomeB. moreroadsshouldbebuiltfortheincreasingprivatecarsC. peopleshouldbechargedonthemostcrowdedroadsduringrushhourD. morespeciallanesonthefreewaysshouldbemarkedoutforprivatecars【答案】C【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Thesecharges,ortolls,wouldbeforthemostcrowdedroads.Thesetimesinthemorningandlateafternoonarecalled“rushhour”.專家建議在上下班高峰期的繁忙的路段進(jìn)行收費(fèi)是控制私家車數(shù)量的方法之一，故選C。40. Accordingtothepassage,ifthesolutionswerecarriedout,_____A. morecarswouldbereducedandmoreroadswouldbebuiltB. itwouldbeeasierbutslowertotakebusesthantodrivecarsC. manypeoplewouldprefertowalkaroundratherthandrivecarsD. theroadsandpublictransportationsystemwouldbegreatlyimproved【答案】D【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)themoneycollectedfromthesetollscouldbeusedtoimprovetheroadsandpublictransportationsystem.如果這些解決措施被實(shí)施的話，公路和交通制度會大大地改善，故選D。DAsthenewsemesterbegins,millionsofcollegestudentsacrossthecountryaretryinghardtorememberhowbesttowriteapaperor,morelikely,howbesttodelaythatpaper.Procrastinationisthethiefoftimeandalotofstudentssufferfromit.Theycanspendwholedaysinthelibrarydoingnothingbutstaringintospace,eatingsnacks,surfingtheInternet,watchingvideosandlookingatotherstudentssittingaroundthem,who,mostlikely,aredoingnothingeither.Paralyzedbytheirhabittoprocrastinate,theywritemicroblogsabouttheirfears,askingtheironlinefriendsiftheysometimeshavethesameissue.Butthisdoesnothingtobreakthespell(魔咒).Accordingtoarecentreport,95percentofusprocrastinateatsomepointand20percentoftheworld’spopulationarealwaysprocrastinating.Thefiguresaredisappointing.Procrastinatorsarelesswealthy,lesshealthyandlesshappythanthosewhodon’tdelay.Procrastinatorsliketofindexcuses"tojustifytheirbehavior,butBBCcolumnistRowanPellingsaystheyareallwrong.Manyprocrastinatorstellthemselvestheyareperfectionistswhoworkbestunderpressure.Pellingsaysthisisnonsense,asworkdoneatthelastminuteismorelikelytohavemistakesthanworkdoneontime.Thebehaviorofprocrastinatorsoftenmakesthemfeelashamed,inconveniencesothersandannoyslovedones.Pellingalsopointsoutthatprocrastinationfeelsparticularlydelinquent(過失的）inasocietythatthinksofswiftactionasadmirable,and,attimes,evenasamoralgood.Fortunately,socialscientistshavethrowntheirweightbehindeffortstounderstandthisbehavioralmistakeandofferstrategiestocontrolit.PiersSteel,aCanadiansocialscientistandauthorofTheProcrastinationEquation,believeshumanis“designed”toprocrastinate.Nevertheless,hesuggestsacoupleofgoodwaystogetthroughthetaskathand.41. Fromthefirsttwoparagraphswecanlearnthat_____.A. procrastinationisbeneficialtomanystudentsB. manystudentsareundergreatpressureintheirstudyC. lotsofcollegestudentsareworkinghardtowritegoodarticlesontimeD. manystudentsaregettingintothehabitofdelayingfinishingtheirtasks【答案】DKs5u【解析】段落大意題。根據(jù)中心句Procrastinationisthethiefoftimeandalotofstudentssufferfromit.可知許多學(xué)生都有拖延完成任務(wù)的時(shí)間的習(xí)慣，故選D。42. Accordingtothepassage,procrastinationprobablyrefersto_____.A.abad