位敦市安定阳光实验学校高三二轮复习
专题八
考试范围：阅读理解社科类
阅读理解（共8篇）
（1）
In 1876, former California Governor Leland Stanford bought 650 acres of Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his famous Palo Alto Stock Farm．He later bought some land next to his farm totaling more than 8,000 acres．The little town that was beginning to appear near the land took the name Palo Alto（tall tree）after a giant California redwood（加州红木）on the bank of San Francisquito Creek．The tree itlf is still there and would later become the university's symbol．
Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush
and made his fortune in the railroads．He was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a U.S.nator（参议员）．He and Jane had one son, who died of fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in Italy．Leland Jr.was just 15．Legend（民间传说）has it that the sad couple said to each other after their son's death,“The children of California shall be our children,”and they quickly t about finding a lasting way to remember their beloved son．
The Stanfords visited veral great universities of the East to gather ideas．They visited Harvard's president and were well received and given advice on starting a new university in California．From the beginning they made some untraditional choices: the university would admit both male and female students, in a time when most were all male and definitely practical, producing“cultured and uful citizens”when most were concerned only with the former．
The Stanfords employed Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape architect who created New York's Central Park, to design the physical plan for the university．Today, as
Stanford continues to expand, the university's architects attempt to respect tho original university plans．
1．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The Stanfords' son died of fever．
B．Leland Stanford made his fortune in banking． 饮食习惯的英语
C．The Stanfords visited Harvard's president but were badly received．
亡羊补牢读后感D．The university preferred male students to female ones in the beginning．
2．One of the following topics the text should contain, but it is not mentioned．The topic is ．
A．the symbol of the university B．the university's first president
C．the place where the university lies D．how the Stanfords collected ideas to t up the university
3．From the text we know that Leland Stanford once held the following positions EXCEPT ．
A．a U.S.nator B．governor of California
C．a famous landscape architect D．a leader of the Republican Party
4．The theme of the passage is ．
A．the birth of Stanford University． B．the Stanford family and their contributions．
C．Leland Stanford's life and his experiences． D．the way to remember the Stanfords' son．
（2）
Have you ever read the book The Wolf Totem苹果8屏幕尺寸（狼图腾）by a famous writer, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever thought about the wolves' world?
When it comes to the wolf, we tend to describe it as a kind of fierce creature．But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness? If you had read this book, you would admire the wolves．In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland．They know more about survival than humans．They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers．They also know how to make full u of the shape of land to trap sheep．I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be适合农村办厂的项目 expert at fighting．
The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand teamwork．Each wolf rves its group with its heart and soul．A single wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves fear nothing．All the wolves obey the rules．Even if they are defeated, they run away together．It is their teamwork that makes wolves powerful．
The wolves also have great lf-prervation（自卫本能）and won't give in to anyone．The writer, who wrote the book The Wolf Totem, once stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raid it very carefully．To his disappointment, he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with the other wolves．The little wolf bit through the iron chain that limited it．Th
e wolf was proud and never gave up fighting until its death．It emed that the little wolf died as a glorious fighter．
I was shocked by this kind of 绝经前的症状lf-respect wolves which are one of the most respected creatures on the earth．I want everyone to look at wolves in a different way．They are our teachers．团员的年龄They show us how to survive and get into this not simple but dangerous world．Plea honor the wolves; plea honor all the heroes of nature!
1．According to the author,善的反义词 the most outstanding feature of the wolf is that they ．
