备考2022练习2014年高考英语试卷(新课标Ⅰ)(含解析版).pdf
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1、第 1页(共 14页)2014 年高考英语试卷(新课标年高考英语试卷(新课标)第二部分第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分阅读理解(共两节,满分 60 分)分)第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 3 分,满分 45 分)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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to infor
2、m you of the sixth annual CuriosityChallenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to createartwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article,
3、 take a photo or write a poem that showswhat they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to theCambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue. Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selec
4、ted as winners will be honored at a specialceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students.Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibit and prizes will be given.Families of those who take part will be included in t
5、he celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closingceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related informationare available at: http:/cambridgesciencefestival.org.21. Who can tak
6、e part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. School studentsB. Cambridge localsC. CSF winnersD. MIT artists22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8thB. On March 10thC. On April 21stD. On March 15th23. What type of writing is this text?A. An exhibition guide.B.An art show review.C.An
7、announcement.D.An official report.BPassenger pigeons (旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Writtenaccounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky forhours.It was calculated that when its population reach its highest po
8、int, there were more than 3 billionpassenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States,making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers hadalready become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and
9、320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long wasseen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds wereabundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercialhunters attracted them to small clearings wi
10、th grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threwlarge nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold inrestaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested hadbeen damaged by Americansnee
11、d for wood, which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to gofarther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the greatflocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons,
12、but by then,no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the UnitedStates was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under humancare. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoolog
13、ical Garden inSeptember 1, 1914.24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons.A. were the biggest bird in the worldB. lived mainly in the south ofAmericaC. did great harm to the natural environment第 2页(共 14页)D. were the largest bird population in the US25. The underlined word “undoing”
14、 probably refers to the pigeons.A. escapeB. ruinC. liberationD. evolution26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A. To seek pleasureB. To save other birdsC. To make moneyD. To protect crops27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?A. It was ignored by the publi
15、cB. It was declared too lateC. It was unfairD. It was strictCAtypical lion tamer (驯兽师) in peoples mind is an entertainer holding a whip(鞭) and a chair. Thewhip gets all of the attention, but its mostly for show. In reality, its the chair that does the importantwork. When a lion tamer holds a chair i
16、n front of the lions face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs ofthe chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what todo next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking theman holding the chair.H
17、ow often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have somethingyou want to achieve(e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)- only to end up confused by all ofthe options in front of you and never make progress?This upsets me to no end because while all the exp
18、erts are busy debating about which option is best,the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The endresult is that we feel like we cant focus or that were focused on the wrong things, and so we take lessaction, make less progress, and stay the
19、 same when we could be improving.It doesnt have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, rememberthis: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel readyis one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere
20、 you want to go, something you want toaccomplish, someone you want to become take immediate action. If youre clear about where you wantto go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?A. To show off his skills.B. To trick the l
21、ion.C. To get ready for a fight.D. To entertain the audience.29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?A. They feel puzzled over choices.B. They hold on to the wrong things.C. They find it hard to make changed.D. They have to do something for show.30. What is the authors attitude
22、 towards the experts mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. TolerantB. DoubtfulC. RespectfulD. Supportive31. When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, youre advised to.A. wait for a better chanceB. break your old habitsC. make a quick decisionD. ask for clear guidanceDAs more and more people speak the g
23、lobal languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, otherlanguages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the worldtoday will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, andCultural Organization (UNESC
24、O).In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO andNational Geographic among them-have for many years been documenting dying languages and thecultures they reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the langu
25、agesand oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, AGrammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows outof his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Tan
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