高中一轮复习英语北师大版第三周热考话题集训自然与环境

第三周热考话题集训——自然与环境
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There are many theme parks in Florida. These amusement parks are designed for kids big and small and have plenty to offer adults, too.
Magic Kingdom
Orlando is the center of theme parks in Florida. Of all the parks, no trip to Orlando would be plete without a visit to Magic Kingdom. The center of Disney World, with Main Street USA and Cinderella's Castle, is here at Magic Kingdom. There are rides for kids of all ages as well as shopping and dining.
Epcot
After Magic Kingdom, the best-known theme park in Disney World is Epcot. This is a good place for curious kids who want to learn about the planets, the stars, and the workings of the human body. The food and wine festival is another big draw to Epcot.
Animal Kingdom
When it es to the top 4 Florida theme parks, Animal Kingdom must be on the list. You may have had the chance to go to a zoo before, but Animal Kingdom brings the concept of a zoo to new heights. Sure you can go on the safari, but there are also rides on different animals, even dinosaurs.
Universal's Island of Adventure
If your kids have the need for speed, you will surely want to check out Universal's Island of Adventure. Here roller coasters and thrill rides will bine the magic of the movies with plenty of twists (旋转) and turns. Y ou'll also find Wizarding World of Harry Potter here — something the whole family is sure to enjoy.
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。

文章向我们介绍了佛罗里达州一些很不错的主题公园。

1．Epcot would most probably attract those who love ______.
A．rides B．science
C．animals D．work
解析：选B细节理解题。

根据第三段的“... who want to learn about the planets, the stars, and the workings of the human body”可知，这家主题公园会吸引喜欢科学的人。

2．What makes Animal Kingdom different from other zoos?
A．Having rides on different animals.
B．Allowing people to watch new movies.
C．Having many different kinds of animals.
D．Allowing people to learn about dinosaurs.
解析：选A细节理解题。

根据第四段的“... but there are also rides on different animals,
even dinosaurs”可知，答案应为A项。

3．Where would you go if you are a big fan of Harry Potter?
A．Epcot.
B．Magic Kingdom.
C．Animal Kingdom.
D．Universal's Island of Adventure.
解析：选D细节理解题。

根据最后一段的“Y ou'll also find Wizarding World of Harry Potter here — something the whole family is sure to enjoy.”可知，答案应为D项。

B
Though Alberta's Banff National Park is home to a large and healthy wildlife population, it also weles about 3.5 million visitors every year. Besides, 4.5 million humans drive through without stopping, all passengers on the busy Trans-Canada Highway that cuts through the park. That's why roadkill (animals that have been killed by cars on the road) was a mon sight on the world's longest national road.
Banff first put up wildlife fencing on each side of the highway.
Then, since 1996, they've opened six wildlife overpasses and 38
underpasses, which have allowed for more than 140,000 wildlife
crossings.
Though these crossings are normally closed to all humans, as a tourist I was lucky to be allowed to see Banff's Red Earth Overpass with road ecologist Trevor Kinley. As a project manager with Parks Canada, he told me that so far, they have recorded 10,000 safe animal crossings on this overpass alone. That's 10,000 animal lives saved and a whole lot of roadkill prevented.
Labib Salama, an animal lover, worries that forcing so much wildlife into using just a few bridges and tunnels (passages under the ground) is putting some animals'lives into danger. They probably bee easy meals for their natural enemies on either side. However, the truth is that there are no more killings around the crossings than there are anywhere else in the park.
Walking over the Red Earth Overpass, I was surprised how natural the area seemed. The noise disappeared, as did the road. The forest has filled in the area so that anyone crossing would really have no idea they were crossing a main highway. Along the way, I found the fresh tracks of black bears, grizzlies, wolves, elk, deer, and marten. Somehow, all these animal tracks made me so happy, knowing that they were passing safely under and over the longest road in Canada.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。

加拿大的班夫国家公园里有不少野生动物通道，这有效地保护了野生动物们的安全。

4．What was the problem facing Banff National Park?
A．Too many people went to visit the park.
B．Highway cars took many animals' lives.
C．Visitors were often hurt by wild animals.
D．Some animals were in danger of dying out.
解析：选B细节理解题。

由第一段中的“That's why roadkill ... was a mon sight”可知，班夫国家公园里的动物以前常被过往的车辆撞死，故选B项。

5．According to the text, the author might be ________.
A．a visitor to Banff National Park
B．a tourist traveling across Alberta
C．an ecologist working for Parks Canada
D．a designer for the Trans-Canada Highway
解析：选A推理判断题。

由第三段中的“as a tourist I was lucky to be allowed to see Banff's Red Earth Overpass”可知，作者可能是来班夫国家公园参观的游客，故选A项。

6．Labib Salama worries that some animals may ________.
A．fall off the bridges
B．be killed by passing cars
C．refuse to use the tunnels
D．be eaten by others easily
解析：选D细节理解题。

由第四段中的“They probably bee easy meals for their natural enemies”可知，D项说法正确。

7．What does the author think of the wildlife crossings in Banff?
A．They've made it easier for visitors to walk around.
B．They've destroyed the environment in the park.
C．It is a waste of money to build them.
D．It is a good way to protect animals.
解析：选D推理判断题。

由最后一段中的“all these animal tracks made me so happy, knowing that they were passing safely”可知，作者认为这些通道很好地起到了保护动物的作用，故选D项。

C
Australia has a cat problem. At least 15 million cats wander the continent, living on up to 75 million native animals every day. The cats have been called the biggest threat facing Australia's wildlife and have already been linked to as many as 30 extinctions.
Previous attempts to trap and kill cats haven't been very effective, but now a new
solution is likely to be adopted. It's called Eradicat — a bination of kangaroo meat, chicken fat, and a deadly poison called 1080, which has proven successful in other attempts to remove invasive species. Under trial conditions, it managed to kill between 70 percent and 80 percent of the cats that consumed it. The 1080 poison is a good solution for the state of Western Australia because it is made from plants that grow there. The native animals in these areas have evolved a resistance to it through evolving with the plants.
Buckminster was the lead author of a paper published last year in the journal PLOS ONE that examined the risk 1080 might bring to native species. The study found that species that did not evolve with the plants would face a greater risk from the poison. Buckminster suggested that the deployment (部署) of Eradicat should be timed at a point when cats don't have a lot of other readily available food.
Even once the poison is deployed, other cat-control techniques such as shooting, trapping, and fencing will need to continue. Buckminster said he feels nothing will ever pletely solve the problem, but 1080 is an important tool that “can be used to re duce the population to a level where native animals are less at risk and potentially able to grow their populations.”
Of course not everyone supports the use of 1080. The Australian charity The World League for Protection of Animals calls it “cruel”. Buckm inster acknowledged that “it is simply not possible to guarantee that no nontarget animal will ever take a bait (诱饵) and die，” but he said the risk of not using the bait is higher if cats continue their eating. “In my view, it bees a choice — deploy the bait and potentially risk the death of a few native animals, or don't deploy the bait and guarantee the death of many，” Buckminster said.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。

澳洲土著动物受外来猫科动物侵害的问题非常严重，现在人们想出了更好的办法解决这个问题：从土著动物已经适应的植物中提取毒素来毒死外来物种。

8．The cat problem in Australia can be described as ______.
A．plicated B．serious
C．disappointing D．mysterious
解析：选B推理判断题。

根据第一段中的数据及“living on up to 75 million native animals ... been linked to as many as 30 extinctions”不难看出，澳洲土著动物受外来猫科动物侵害的问题非常严重。

9．Eradicat is most effective when ________.
A．cats first arrive in West Australia
B．there isn't enough food for cats to eat
C．other cat-control techniques are not used
D．native animals have evolved a resistance to it
解析：选B细节理解题。

根据第三段末的“the deployment (部署) of Eradicat should be timed at a point when cats don't have a lot of other readily available food”可知答案。

10．The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A．the making process of Eradicat
B．the sacrifice of native animals
C．the removing of cats
D．the use of the poison
解析：选D代词指代题。

根据最后一段第一句“Of course not everyone supports the use of 1080.”可知，有人认为“使用1080 (这种毒素)”非常残忍，因此不支持它的使用。

11．What Buckminster said in the last paragraph means ____.
A．it's impossible to guarantee the death of cats
B．it's dangerous to place baits everywhere
C．it's worth killing cats at some cost
D．it's easy to deploy the poison
解析：选C推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“but he said the risk of not using the bait is higher if cats continue their eating”可知，Buckminster认为不使用Eradicat这种诱饵捕杀外来猫科动物的风险更大，由此可推测，他认为即使有所代价，用这种方法捕杀外来猫科动物也是值得的。