南昌市高考英语 阅读理解训练经典题目(及答案)
一、高中英语阅读理解
1．阅读理解
A study published in the journal Science reveals that since 1970, bird populations in the United States and Canada have declined by 29 percent, or almost 3 billion birds. The results show tremendous loss across diver groups of birds and habitats - from iconic songsters such as meadowlarks to long-distance migrants such as swallows.
"The data are consistent with what we're eing elwhere," said coauthor Peter Marr
a, former head of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. It's urgent to address ongoing threats, both becau the domino effects (多米诺效应)can lead to the decay校企合作总结 of ecosystems that humans depend on for our own health and livelihoods and becau people all over the world cherish birds in their own right. Can you imagine a world without birdsong?"
五柳先生传 Evidence for the declines emerged from detection of migratory birds in the air from 143 NEXRAD weather radar stations across the continent in a period spanning over 10 years as well as from nearly 50 years of data collected through multiple monitoring efforts on the ground. Citizen-science participants also contributed a lot, for the analysis included citizen-science data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey coordinated by the Canadian Wildlife Service- the main sources of long-term, large-scale population data for North American birds.
The study noted that the largest factor driving the declines is likely the widespread loss and degradation of habitat, especially due to agricultural intensification and urbanizat
ion. Other studies have documented death from predation (捕食)by domestic cats; collisions with glass, buildings, and other structures; and pervasive (普遍的)u of pesticides associated with widespread declines in incts, an esntial food source for birds. Climate change is expected to compound the challenges by altering habitats and threatening plant communities that birds need to survive.
"It's a wake-up call that we've lost more than a quarter of our birds in the U.S. and Canada," said coauthor Adam Smith from Environment and Climate Change Canada. But the crisis reaches far beyond our individual borders. Many of the birds that breed in Canadian backyards migrate through or spend the winter in the U.S. and places farther south - from Mexico and the Caribbean to Central and South America. What our birds need now is an historic, hemispheric effort that unites people and organizations with one common goal: bringing our birds back.
（1）The underlined word "decay" in Paragraph 2 is clost in meaning to____.
A.improvement
甲胎蛋白参考值B.worning
C.changed
带着现代去大唐D.threat
（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A.New findings of the rearch.
B.Applications of the rearch.机动车驾照
C.Data sources of the rearch.
D.Methods of the rearch.
苦口婆心是什么意思
（3）What Adam Smith said mainly implies that___________.
A.bird populations in America and Canada dropped by a quarter
B.the bird population crisis is not just within individual borders
C.there is little individuals can do to help increa bird populations
D.the solution to solving the crisis needs international cooperation
【答案】 （1）B
（2）C
小树苗儿歌（3）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道。发表在《科学》杂志上的一项研究显示，美国和加拿大的鸟类数量已经下降了，鸟类和栖息地都遭受了巨大的损失，作者根据研究数据来说明解决这些问题迫在眉睫，需要全人类共同努力拯救鸟类。
（1）考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的“It's urgent to address ongoing threats, both becau the domino effects （多米诺效应）can lead to the decay of ecosystems that humans depend on for our own health and livelihoods”可知，解决持续的威胁迫在眉睫，人类依赖生态系统以生存和保持健康，这里的威胁指多米诺效应会破坏人们的生态系统，可以判断多米诺效应会让生态系统恶化，故选B。
（2）考查段落大意。根据第三段“在过去10年中，在整个非洲大陆143个天气雷达站对候鸟的探测，以及通过在当地进行的多次监测工作收集到的近50年的数据......公民科学参与者也做出了很大贡献，分析北美繁殖鸟类调查数据，这是北美鸟类长期、大规模数据的主要来源。”可知，本段主要介绍了研究的数据来源，故选C。
（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“What our birds need now is an historic, hemispheric effort that unites people and organizations with one common goal: bringing our birds back.”可知，鸟类现在需要的是一项历史性的、半球性的努力，把人们和组织团结起来实现一个共同目标：把鸟类带回来，所以解决这个危机需要国际合作，故选D。
【点评】本题考点涉及段落大意，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇新闻报道。考生需要根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。
2．阅读理解
祝同学们
At first, Michael Surrell didn't e the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows
of his neighbors' home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own hou in Allentown, Pennsylvania, when they got a call from one of his daughters, "The hou next door is on fire!" He went to investigate. That's when he saw two women and a girl hysterical (歇斯底里的)on their porch.
"The baby's in there!" one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside. "The baby" was 8-year-old Tiara Roberts, the woman's granddaughter and a playmate of Surrell's three youngest kids, then 8, 10, and 12. The other two on the porch were Tiara's aunt and cousin.
