（整理版高中英语）龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练（三十一）.doc

龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练三十一第1篇 We have met the enemy, and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkeypox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest, suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it s hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals， says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.It s not just that we re going to where the animals are；we re also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen s pets, and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea. “I don t think it s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them， says Isaksen.“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing， says Peter Schantz. Monkeypox may be the_wakeup_call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful (有害的). Monkeypox doesn t look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person.语篇解读饲养宠物可能被传染疾病。猴痘本是非洲雨林中的一种疾病，现在突然出现在美国西部的孩子们的身上。我们认为的大多数只有人类才会感染的疾病其实就是来自动物。国家要制定严格的法律，控制外来动物把疾病传播给人类。1We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may _.A. come from ColumbiaB. prevent us from being infectedC. enjoy being with childrenD. suffer from monkeypox解析细节理解题。根据第一段的第一、二两句话可知，我们从宠物商店购置的动物身上携带疾病，这种动物能将之传播给人类。下文以猴痘为例说明作者的观点。答案D2Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?A. They attack human beings.B. We need to study native animals.C. They can t live out of the rain forest.D. We do not know much about them yet.解析推理判断题。从第二段中的“A strange illness killed Isaksens pets，and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea.I dont think its fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them可知答案为D。答案D3What does the phrase “the wakeup call in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. a new diseaseB. a clear warningC. a dangerous animal D. a morning call解析词义猜想题。根据文章的内容可知，猴痘是一种从非洲的动物身上传播到人类身上的疾病，这种情况给人类带来了一种警示：不要随意把野外的动物带回家中饲养，以免使宠物主人感染疾病。“the wakeup call表示“一种警示。答案B4The text suggests that in the future we_.A. may have to fight against more new diseasesB. may easily get infected by diseases from dogsC. should not be allowed to have petsD. should stop buying pets from Africa解析推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后三句可知，人类今后可能面临更多疾病的挑战。答案A 第2篇 Runners in a relay(接力)race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B. C. to about A. D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes (路线). It was sometimes called the worlds longest highway. However，the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia.Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods.Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome.The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接)different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to worldwide business years before the World Wide Web.The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy(外交)，and religion (宗教)5. Its probable that traders along the Silk Road needed_.A. to remember the entire trade routeB. to know the making of productsC. to receive certain special trainingD. to deal with a lot of difficulties解析细节理解题。根据“The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun，deep snow and even battles.Only experienced traders could return safe.可知D项正确。答案D6. The Silk Road became less important because_.A. it was made up of different routesB. silk trading became less popularC. sea travel provided easier routesD. people needed fewer foreign goods解析细节理解题。根据“It was used from about 200B.C.，to about AD1300，when sea travel offered new routes能找到原因是“sea travel provided easier routes。答案C7. New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people_.A. learned from one anotherB. shared each others beliefsC. traded goods along the routeD. earned their living by traveling解析细节理解题。根据“The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods.They also shared their beliefs.The Silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy，and religion能看出人们彼此之间能学习一些东西。答案A8. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Silk Road：Past and PresentB. The Silk Road: East Meets WestC. The Silk Road：Routes Full of DangersD. The Silk Road：Pathways for Learning解析主旨大意题。根据“The Silk Road was not a simple trading network.It passed through thousands of cities and towns.It started from eastern China，across Central Asia and the Middle East，and ended in the Mediterranean Sea.可知The Silk Road：East Meets West是最正确标题。答案B 第3篇Four people in England ，back in 1953, stared at Photo 51.It wasn t much a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed the shape of DNA. The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick，and Maurice Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.Her name was Rosalind Franklin. “She should have been up there， says historian Mary Bowden.“ If her photos hadn t been there, the others couldn t have come up with the structure. One reason Franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision.But now scholars doubt that Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitors.At Cambridge University in the 1950s, Watson and Crick tried to make models by cutting up shapes of DNA s parts and then putting them together. In the meantime, at King s College in London, Franklin and Wilkins shone Xrays at the molecule (分子). The rays produced patterns reflecting the shape.But Wilkins and Franklins relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of Watson and Crick. Wilkins thought Franklin was hired to be his assistant. But the college actually employed her to take over the DNA project.What she did was produce Xray pictures that told Watson and Crick that one of their early models was inside out. And she was not shy about saying so. That angered Watson, who attacked her in return，“ Mere inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. Clearly she had to go or be put in her place.As Franklins competitors, Wilkins, Watson and Crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little group of researchers, says historian Pnina AbirAm. In 1962 at the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony, Wilkins thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned Franklin. Watson wrote his book laughing at her. Crick wrote in 1974 that “Franklin was only two steps away from the solution.No, Franklin was the solution.“ She contributed more than any other player to solving the structure of DNA. She must be considered a codiscoverer， AbirAm says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the “Dark Lady of DNA， Franklin is finally coming into the light.语篇解读谁发现了DNA，仅仅只有James Watson，Francis Crick和Maurice Wilkins吗？本文作者告诉我们，功绩也有Rosalind Franklin的一份。1What is the text mainly about?A. The disagreements among DNA researchers.B. The unfair treatment of Franklin.C. The process of discovering DNA.D. The race between two teams of scientists.解析主旨大意题。通读全文，可知Franklin在DNA的发现中也做出了重要奉献，但却由于某些原因而不为人知。由此答案选B项：她受到了不公正的对待。答案B2Watson was angry with Franklin because she_.A. took the lead in the competitionB. kept her results from himC. proved some of his findings wrongD. shared her data with other scientists解析逻辑推理题。从第五段前两句可知，Franklin直言不讳地指出他们犯的错误，这引起了Watson的不满。答案选C。答案C3Why is Franklin described as “Dark Lady of DNA ?A. She developed pictures in dark labs.B. She discovered the black X the shape of DNA.C. Her name was forgotten after her death.D. Her contribution was unknown to the public.解析逻辑推理题。从全文可知，作者认为Franklin的奉献被忽略掉了，她的奉献理应得到人们的成认。所以答案选D。答案D4What is the writers attitude toward Wilkins ，Watson and Crick?A. Disapproving.B. Respectful.C. Admiring. D. Doubtful.解析态度推测题。从全文知，作者肯定了Franklin的奉献，对另外三个科学家的行为表示“不满，不赞成，所以答案选A。答案A 第4篇This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry. This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thingthe importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didnt write anything on the board.The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers(层次) of meaning. Some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface；other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesnt happen much in undergraduate (本科) science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文学科)Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using careful，clear definitions (定义)when he explains a poem. He also plans to be more informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this：All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.5. What do we know about this unusual class?A. The teachers did lots of writing on the board.B. The teachers were invited to attend several lectures.C. The students were professors from a university.D. The students were studying science and humanities.解析细节理解题。根据“This was no ordinary class.The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University可知C项正确。答案C6. The experiment was designed to find out_.A. how to teach the students in the science classB. whether poetry is difficult for science studentsC. what to be taught in the humanities classD. why many humanities students find science hard解析细节理解题。根据“why is science difficult for many nonscience students？找到答案。答案D7. Finding levels of meaning is_.A. important for graduate students in humanitiesB. difficult for graduate students in humanitiesC. common for undergraduate students in scienceD. easy for undergraduate students in science解析细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“And it is always important in humanities可知选A项。答案A8. What did the science professors learn after the experiment?A. They should change the way they teach.B. A poem could be explained in clear definitions.C. A poetry class could be more informative.D. Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.解析细节理解题。由“But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this：All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.我们可知道全文的中心思想。答案A