高三上学期英语阅读理解专项练习小卷12.docx
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1、中学英语阅读理解专练小卷（12）If you want to understand China but cant afford an expensive international flight, these four books can give you a complete overview of the country.River TownRiver Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler-This book is a journal of the authors two years spent teaching English i
2、n a small town called Fuling, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River. Hessler writes about his experiences living in a foreign culture and observing the lives of the towns residents. The book was published in 2001 and has won several awards, including the Kiriyama Prize.Deng Xiaoping and the Tra
3、nsformation of ChinaIt is a book that tells the story of Chinas modernization. It was written by Ezra Vogel and published in 2011. The author describes how Deng Xiaopings policies led to significant changes in Chinas economy and society. The book has received critical honors and won the Lionel Gelbe
4、r Prize In 2012.The Search for Modern China by Jonathan SpenceThis book is a comprehensive history of China from the Ming dynasty to the present day. The author, a prominent scholar of Chinese history, provides a detailed analysis of the social, cultural, and political changes that have taken place
5、in China over the past 500 years. The book was first put out in 1990 and has since been revised and updated several times. This book was the top bestseller for years.Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing ChinaWritten by Leslie T. Chang, this book, published in 2008, is reportage on the l
6、ives of young women who leave their rural homes to work in factories in Chinas cities. Chang, a former New York Times correspondent (someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc. to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject), interviewed hundreds of factory
7、girls to provide insight into the social and economic changes in China.203What kind of book is River Town?AScience fiction.BNonfiction.CA travel guide of Fuling.DA reference book.204What is TRUE about The Search for Modern China by Jonathan Spence?AIt was published 500 years ago.BIt was written by a
8、 history teacher.CIt was very popular.DIt has remained the same since its first publication.205Which book is written by a reporter?ARiver Town.BDeng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.CThe Search for Modern China.DFactory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China.Around the Sahara Desert
9、, daytime temperatures can reach 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Centigrade). Not many organisms can survive in this severe environment. But an insect called the Saharan silver ant thrives. They quickly run onto the sand from their protected nests to gather up the bodies of less fortunate insects
10、 that have died from the heat.“The hotter the day, the more insect bodies they will find and the more food they have.”says Sarah Pfeffer, an animal behaviorist at Ulm University in Germany. She says that to avoid sinking into the Saharan sand, where they could meet the same fate as their lunch, silv
11、er ants have to be fast.To document just how quickly the ants move, Pfeffer and her colleagues set up high-speed cameras above a channel between the entrance to the hungry ants nest and a food source. The researchers recorded top speeds approaching 35 inches per second.“But if you really know how bi
12、g the animals are, and you calculate the body length per second, you come up with a walking speed that is an astonishing 108 body lengths per second.” That figure makes them the fastest known ant on the planet.The videos revealed how the ants achieve such great speeds. As they accelerate. their leg
13、movements become synchronized (同步的). They increase their step length by bringing all six feet off the sand at once. “Really, all legs are lifted from the ground. They are in air, but its not jumping. Its a very smooth run that they have” says Pfeffer.Pfeffer says theyre faster than a closely related
14、 ant species called Cataglyphis fortis, which has longer legs but a less impressive airborne phase (腾空阶段). That ant only reaches about 24 inches per second, or two thirds of the silver ants maximum.The Saharan silver ants rapid speeds may be impressive, but two insects are even Laster: the Californi
15、a coastal mite and the Australian tiger beetle, both of which also thrive at life-threatening temperatures. Seems that to beat the heat, it pays to be fleet.206The underlined word thrives in the first paragraph probably means “_”.Abecomes extinctBmoves awayCgets weakerDlives successfully207What can
16、we learn about Saharan silver ants from the passage?AThey sometimes die from the heat.BThey are the fastest known animals on the planet.CTheir leg movements become synchronized when they speed up.DThey move faster than the California coastal mite and the Australian tiger beetle.208What does the auth
17、or want to explain by wing the example of the Cauliform Cresta mile?AIts important to be fast in an extreme condition.BNot many organisms can survive in a severe environment.CThe animal has a less impressive speed than the Saharan silver ant.DSaharan silver ants gather up the bodies of the Californi
18、a coastal mites.209Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?AAnimals Survive in Extreme HotBThe Fastest Known Beetle on the PlanetCFleet Ant Beats Saharan HeatDAnts Increase Step Length by JumpingGene-editing has created a generation of musical crops. It has been known for some
19、 time that plants can talk to one another.Many communicate chemically, both through the air and via their root s warning each other, for example, of the arrival of herbivorous (食草的) insects in order to co-ordinate their responses to these pests. Those responses are also often a form of communication
20、, namely a further release of chemicals that recruit predators and parasites (捕食者和寄生虫) of said herbivores. These then solve their summoners(召唤者) problems by having lunch.Plants interactions with sound are less well understood, though it is known that flowers such as evening primroses (月见草) can detec
21、t the buzzing of bees and respond by producing sweeter nectar(蜜汁). Moreover, a paper published in this weeks Cell, by Lilach Hadany of Tel-Aviv University and her colleagues, describes how plants make noises when they are stressed by drought or physical damage.Dr Hadany and her team do not yet know
22、whether other plants are listening, but suspect that they might be. None of this is news, however, to Paolo Fril, CEO and chief scientist of the Gene Duplication Corporation (GeneDupe), a biotechnology firm in San Melito, California. Observing that gardeners and greenhouse owners, from Britains new
23、king, Charles III, downwards, often talk to their plants, and sometimes even play them music, he and his team have been investigating plants aural (听觉) and oral activities for several years, and are now adjusting them using crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology.The plan is to create a range of product
24、s which Dr Fril hopes will please his firms shareholders which he needs to do after an awkward run-in the company had a few years ago with some animal-rights activists over its previous product, Print-a-pet.210How do plants convey information?AThrough their leaves.BThrough their branches.CThrough th
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