北京市密云区高考英语 阅读理解系列训练(6)

2024年2月20日发(作者：新昆小学)

密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练（6）及答案

社会生活类--- [201*·山东卷]

San Francisco has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle. And, Longview

has its squirrel bridge. The bridge, which has attracted international attention,

is now a local landmark.

The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in 1963 by a local builder, Amos Peters,

to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road without getting flattened by passing

cars.

The original bridge was built over Olympia Way on the west edge of the library

grounds. Before the bridge was built, squirrels had to avoid traffic to and from the

Park Plaza office building where office staff put out a nutty feast for the squirrels.

Many times, Peters and others who worked in and near Park Plaza witnesd

squirrels being run over.

One day Peters found a dead squirrel with a nut still in its mouth, and that

day's coffee break discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen

cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and formed a committee to ask the blessing of the

City Council(市政会). The Council approved, and Councilwoman Bess LaRiviere jokingly

named the bridge “Nutty Narrows. ”

After architects designed the bridge, Amos Peters and Bill Hutch started

construction. They built the 60­foot bridge from aluminum and lengths of fire ho

(消防水带). It cost $1,000.

It didn't take long before reports of squirrels using the bridge started.

Squirrels were even en guiding their young and teaching_them_the_ropes. The story

was picked up by the media, and Nutty Narrows became known in newspapers all over

the world.

In 1983, after 20 years of u, Peters took down the worn­out bridge. Repairs

were made and crosspieces were replaced. The faded sign was repainted and in July

1983, hundreds of animal lovers attended the completion ceremony of the new bridge.

Peters died in 1984, and a ten­foot wooden squirrel sculpture was placed near

the bridge in memory of its builder and his devotion to the project.

67. The Nutty Narrows Bridge was built in order to ________.

A. offer squirrels a place to eat nuts

B. t up a local landmark

C. help improve traffic

D. protect squirrels

68. What happened over the coffee break discussion?

A. The committee got the Council's blessing.

B. The squirrel bridge idea was born.

C. A councilwoman named the bridge.

D. A squirrel was found dead.

69. What does the underlined phra “teaching them the ropes” probably mean

in the text?

A. Passing them a rope.

B. Directing them to store food for winter.

C. Teaching them a lesson.

D. Showing them how to u the bridge.

70. Which of the following is true of the squirrel bridge?

A. It was replaced by a longer one.

B. It was built from wood and metal.

C. It was rebuilt after years of u.

D. It was designed by Bill Hutch.

71. What can we learn about Amos Peters?

A. He is remembered for his love of animals.

B. He donated $1,000 to build the bridge.

C. He was a member of the City Council.

D. He was awarded a medal for building the bridge.

【要点综述】文章主要讲述了Amos Peters观察到松鼠在觅食时遇到交通带来的危险，他还看到一只死了的松鼠嘴里还含着食物，他设想要为松鼠们设计一个能保证它们安全的桥。后来通过努力这个桥终于设计成功，并为世界所知，引起国际的关注，成为当地的一道风景。

67. D 细节理解题。 第二段的“… to give squirrels a way to cross the busy road

without getting flattened by passing cars.”看出建这座桥是为了保证松鼠的安全。故选D。

68. B 推理判断题。题干关键词为“coffee break discussion”。由第四段“and that

day's coffee break discussion turned into squirrel safety. The group of businessmen

cooked up the squirrel bridge idea and formed a committee to ask the blessing of the

City Council.”可以看出在此期间，建松鼠桥的想法产生了。故选B。

69. D 词义猜测题。根据本句的“Squirrels were even en guiding their young”

看出，是教小松鼠如何使用这个桥。故选D。

70. C 细节理解题。倒数第二段的“Repairs were made and crosspieces were

replaced”看出数年之后，这座桥得到了重修。故选C。

71. A 推理判断题。从最后一段的Peters died in 1984, and a ten­foot wooden squirrel

sculpture was placed near the bridge in memory of its builder and his devotion to

the project.看出，人们在桥附近修建雕像来纪念Amos Peters对动物的这份爱心。故选A。

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（201*·福建卷）

The internet will open up new vistas (前景),creat the global village- -you can

make new friends all around the world. That,at least, is what it promid us. The

difficulty is that

It did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep

relationship than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the internet tries

to put

You in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mind.

The problem is twofold（双重的）. First, there is a limit on the number of people

we can hole in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about

150 and is t by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships

depends on the amount of time you invest （投入） in then. We invest a lot in a small

number of people and then distribute what’s left among as many others as we can.

The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that

person will decline （减弱）until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.

This is not, of cour, to say that the internet doesn’t rve a socially valuable

function. Of cour it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increa

the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can

keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to more

to the other side of the world.

In one n, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue

to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer e then, then certainly

you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect

that probably isn’t the best u of your time. Meaningful relationships are about

being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The internet will slow down

the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.

72. What is stresd in the first paragraph?

A. The prent situation of the internet.

B. The difficulty in communication on the internet.

C. The socially valuable function of the internet.

D. The role of the human mind in the internet communication.

73. The underlined word “engagement” in the cond paragraph probably means

“____”.

A. appointment B. connection C. interview D. agreement

74. According to the pasnger, the author holds the view that____.

A. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promid

B. the internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the internet greatly increas the size of social circles

D. the internet communication is no less effective than the

face-to-face talk

75. What is the author’s attitude towards the u of the internet to strengthen

relationships?

A. He is uncertain about it. B. He is hopeful of it.

C. He approves of it. D. He doubts it.

【答案】DBAD

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Passage 1 is from the introduction to a Zen Buddhist (禅宗的佛教僧侣) manual on the

art of “mindfulness”, the practice of paying clo attention to the prent moment.

Passage 2 is from an essay by a United States author.

Passage 1

Every morning, when we wake up, we have 24 brand-new hours to live. What a precious

gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that the 24 hours will bring peace,

joy, and happiness to ourlves and to others.

Peace is right here and now, in ourlves and in everything we do and e. The question

is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don’t have to travel far away to enjoy

the blue sky. We don’t have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the

eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch

with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing how

to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma,

and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a hou, and so on. But

we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the prent moment, the only moment

there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled

with joy, peace, and renity. We need only to be awake, alive in the prent moment.

Passage 2

The argument of both the hedonist (享乐主义者) and the guru (印度教的宗师) is that

we were but to open ourlves to the richness of the moment, to concentrate on the

feast before us, we would be filled with bliss. I have lived in the prent from time

to time and can tell you that it is much overrated. Occasionally, as a holiday from

stroking one’s memories or brooding (担忧) about future worries, I grant you, it

can be a nice change of pace. But to “be here now,” hour after hour, would never

work. I don’t even approve of stories written in the prent ten. Ads for poets

who never u a past participate, they derve the eternity they are striving for.

Besides, the prent has a way of intruding whether you like it or not. Why should

I go out of my way to meet it? Let it splash on me from time to time, like a car going

through a puddle, and I, on the sidewalk of my solitude (孤独), will salute it grimly

like any other modern inconvenience.

If I attend a concert, obviously not to listen to the music but to find a brief breathing

space in which to meditate on the past and future. I realize that there may be moments

when the music invades my ears and I am forced to pay attention to it, note for note.

I believe I take such intrusions gracefully. The prent is not always an unwelcome

guest, so long as it doesn’t stay too long and cut into my remembering or brooding

time.

10．The author of Passage 1 would most likely view the author of Passage 2 as _______.

A. attaching too much importance to the views of others

B. advocating an action without considering the conquences

C. squandering (浪费) a precious opportunity on a daily basis

D. failing to respect the feelings of other people

11. The author of Passage 1 would most likely respond to the “argument” (line 1

Passage 2) with_______.

A. complete agreement

C. absolute neutrality

B. partial acceptance

D. surprid disbelief

12. In Passage 1 line 11, the list (“a job…hou”) prents things that most people

________.

A. assume they will eventually obtain

overrated

C. are unwilling to make sacrifices for

acquire

13. In Passage 2 lines 8—10, the “prent” is characterized as _________.

A. a dangerous threat

B. an unsolvable puzzle

D. a burdensome obligation

D. e as worth much effort to

B. eventually realize are

C. an unavoidable imposition (强加)

14. Which of the following phras from Passage 2 would the author of Passage 1 most

likely choo as a title for Passage 1?

A. “the hedonist and the guru” (line 1)

(line 2)

C. “a brief breathing space” (line 11)

(line 14)

参考答案 10-14 CADCB

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D. “an unwelcome guest”

B. “the feast before us”

Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less,

“the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However,

most historians u paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs, but

archaeologists(考古学家)learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago.

Normally, the are the hard materials that don’t break down or disappear very

quickly—things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal.

It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of

history—normally, the bacteria in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies,

clothes and things made of wood. Occasionally, things are different.

In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow

Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants

growing in it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup—walk in the

wrong place and you can sink and disappear forever. The men were working when one

of them saw something sticking out—a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police,

who then found the rest of the body. Was it a ca of murder? Possibly—buy it was

a death nearly two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time

of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles,

hair and internal organs—the scientists who examined him were able to look inside

the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal!

Why was this man so well prerved? It was becau he was in a very watery

environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the

bog was very acidic. The acid prerved the man’s skin in the way that animal skin

is prerved for leather coats and shoes.

How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted to

know more about the person that they called “Lindow Man”. His hands and fingernails

suggested that he hadn’t done heavy manual work in this life—he could have been

a rich man. They found that he hadn’t died by accident. The archaeologists believe

that he was sacrificed to three different gods.

5. Which language does the word “archaeology” come from?

A. French. B. Greek C. Roman. D. German。

6. The word “the” in the first paragraph refers to _____.

A. letters B. photographs C. paintings D. objects

7. Which of the following helped to prerve “Lindow Man”?

A. Ice and low temperature B. Bacteria and oxygen

C. Soil and energy D. Acid and water

8. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. “Lindow Man” was named after the person who first found him.

B. Historians usually u paper evidence, while archaeologists u hard evidence.

C. “Lindow Man” was found by two archaeologists in the south of England.

D. “Lindow Man” was good at manual work.

9. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. What Is Archaeology?

B. Archaeology and History

C. An Amazing Archaeological Discovery

D. The Death of “Lindow Man”

5. B。从文章第一句可以知道，archaeology这个词来自希腊语。

6. D。从第一段的最后一句可知，the指的是比较坚硬、不太会损坏或消失的物体，比如人骨或用石头、金属等制作的物品。

7. D。第四段的2、3两句指出了水和酸在保存Lindow man过程中起了很大作用。

8. B。Lindow man的发现印证了第一段中作者提出的这一观点。

9. C。本文主要篇幅讲述了一个具体的考古发现。

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

（A）

It is easy for us to tell our friends from our enemies．But can other animals

do the same? Elephants can! They can u their n of vision and smell to tell the

difference between people who po a threat and tho who do not．

In Kenya, rearchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn

by men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groups．Young Maasai men spear animals and thus

po a threat to elephants; Kamba men are mainly farmers and are not a danger to

elephants．

In an experiment conducted by animal scientists, elephants were first prented

with clean clothing or clothing that had been worn for five days by either a Maasai

or a Kamba man．When the elephants detected the smell of clothing worn by a Maasai

man, they moved away from the smell faster and took longer to relax than when they

detected the smells of either clothing worn by Kamba men or clothing that had not

been worn at all．

Garment color also plays a role, though in a different way．In the same study,

when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red

is typically worn by Maasai men．Rather than running away as they did with the smell,

the elephants acted aggressively toward the red clothing]

The rearchers believe that the elephants’ emotional reactions are due to their

different interpretations of the smells and the sights．Smelling a potential danger

means that a threat is nearby and the best thing to do is run away and hide．Seeing

a potential threat without its smell means that risk is low．Therefore, instead of

showing fear and running away, the elephants express their anger and become

aggressive．

1．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about Kamba

and Maasai people?

A．Maasai people are a threat to elephants．

B．Kamba people rai elephants for farming．

C．Both Kamba and Maasai people are elephant hunters．

D．Both Kamba and Maasai people traditionally wear red clothing．

2．How did the elephants react to smell in the study?

A．They attacked a man with the smell of new clothing．

B．They needed time to relax when smelling something unfamiliar．

C．They became anxious when they smelled Kamba-scented clothing．

D．They were frightened and ran away when they smelled their enemies．

3．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Elephants u sight and smell to detect danger．

B．Elephants attack people who wear red clothing．

C．Scientists are now able to control elephants’ emotions．

D．Some Kenyan tribes understand elephants’ emotions very well．

4．What can be inferred about the elephant’s behavior from this passage?

参考答案 （A） ADAA

A．Elephants learn from their experiences．

B．Elephants have sharper n of smell than sight．

C．Elephants are more intelligent than other animals]

D．Elephants tend to attack rather than escape when in danger．

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