高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练_22

语鹅市安置阳光实验学校遵义市2014高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（19）及答案或解析Three years ago，five parrots were set free in a wild place of Arizona，thousands of miles from the Channel Islands in Jersey where they had been looked after by zookeepers. No evolutionary strategies informed them how to behave in this new landscape of mountainous pine forest unoccupied by their kind for 50 years. To the researchers’ surprise, they failed to make contact with a group of wild parrots imported from Mexico and set free at the same time. Within 24 hours the reintroducing ended in failure, and the poor birds were back in cages, on their way to the safety of the Arizona reintroduction programme.
Ever since then, the programme has enjoyed great success，mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild, confiscated (没收)on arrival north of the border, and raised by their parents in the safety of the programme.The experience shows how little we know about the behaviour and psychology(心理) of parrots, as Peter Bennett, a bird researcher，points out: “Reintroducing species of high intelligence like parrots is a lot more difficult. People like parrots, always treating them as nothing more than pets or valuable ‘collectables’．”
Now that many species of parrot are in immediate danger of dying out, biologists are working together to study the natural history and the behaviour of this family of birds. Last year was an important turning point：conservationists founded the World Parrot Trust, based at Hayle in Cornwall, to support research into both wild and caged birds.
Research on parrots is vital for two reasons. First, as the Arizona programme showed, when reintroducing parrots to the wild, we need to be aware of what the birds must know if they are to survive in their natural home. We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets, particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice, but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans.
[语篇解读] 本文通过在亚利桑那州五只鹦鹉被释放的故事，说明了鹦鹉引入计划的重要性以及对鹦鹉生活习性等各方面进行研究的重要性和对鹦鹉进行研究的重要原因。

1．What do we know about the area where the five parrots were reintroduced?
A. Its landscape is new to parrots of their kind.
B. It used to be home to parrots of their kind.
C. It is close to where they had been kept.
D. Pine trees were planted to attract birds.
[解析] 事实细节题。

根据第一段第二句：这五只鹦鹉未被教过如何在这个新地方生活；这片松林山区50年来未被这种鹦鹉占据过(50年前有过)。

可知，五只鹦鹉被引入的地方曾经是鹦鹉的家园或繁衍之地。

[答案] B
2．The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that manraised parrots________.
A. can find their way back home in Jersey
B. are unable to recognize their parents
C. are unable to adapt to the wild
D. can produce a new species
[解析] 推理判断题。

根据第一、二段，特别是信息句Ever since then，the programme has enjoyed great success，mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild.可以推测出，人工喂养的鹦鹉不能适应野外的生存环境。

[答案] C
3．Why are researches on parrots important according to the passage?
A. The Trust shows great concern for the programme.
B. We need to know more about how to preserve parrots.
C. Many people are interested in collecting parrots.
D. Parrots’ intelligence may some day benefit people.
[解析] 推理判断题。

最后一段就是信息提示。

主要表达了对鹦鹉进行研究的重要性，主要表现在两个方面：我们必须了解鹦鹉在自然条件下如何生存；其次，我们需要更多地了解宠物鹦鹉的需要，督促那些买鹦鹉当宠物的人选择人工培育的鹦鹉。

从而判断，本题主要表达我们如何保护鹦鹉的问题。

[答案] B
4．According to the passage, people are advised________.
A. to treat wild and caged parrots equally
B. to set up comfortable homes for parrots
C. not to keep wild parrots as pets
D. not to let more parrots go to the wild
[解析] 推理判断题。

由最后一段特别是最后一句We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets，particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice，but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans.可以
推出，作者建议我们不要把野鹦鹉当作宠物。

[答案] C
[长难句解读] We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets，particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice，but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans.我们也需要更多了解宠物鹦鹉的需要，尤其因为信托基金运动并不旨在劝阻这一做法，而是督促买鹦鹉作宠物的人选择人工培育的鹦鹉。

句中的not...but...表示“不是……而是……”。

连接两个并列的句子attempt to discourage the practice和rather urges people who buy parrots...。

其中urge sb.to do sth.表示“督促某人做某事”。

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The young wonman entered the pool where an injured dolphin(海豚) was swimming. Despite her fear,she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade. Maja 31 her cousin.Jasmina.After Jasmina’s death.Maja swore she would honor the little girl by 32 with a dolphin,an animal that both girls 33 .”Jasmina never got the chance to do it.”says Maja.now32,”so I 34 that someday I’d do it for her.” In high school,Maja was 35 about sports. she even planned to become an athlete. 36 ,in 1993. during the eivil war in her home country,
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族馆)near her home.A young dolphin. Winter, who had lost its tail, eaught her 44 One day,Maja happened to see trainers 45 Winter with a high-teeh tail.When they were done.Winter swam freely in the water.Maja was 46 . She managed to find the inventors of Winter’s tail.Within ten days,she had a new leg which freed her the 47 that had troubled her for almost 16years.
Now, Maja was ready to keep her 48 .She went to the aquarium. Lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached 49 , then swum away. After a few minutes. The dollop hint let Maja 50 its back Finally .the began to swim around the together.
31. A .lost B. visited C .rescued D. left
32. A. talking B. living C. swimming D. surfing
33. A.adored B. adopted C. possessed D. premised
34. A. pretended B.deeided C. perfected D. agreed
35. A. positive B. atheistic C. particular D. curious
36 .A. Undoubtedly B. Surprisingly C. Strangely D. Unturunaterl
37 .A. took away B. took ever C. cut down D. cut out
38 .A. study B. potation C. treatment D. experiment
39 .A. until B. because C. although D. it
40 .A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Besides D. However
41 .A. scholarships B. degree C. prize D. notice
42 .A. gradually B. actually C. eventually D. niter
43. A. might B. should C. could D. hand
44 .A. eye B. leg C. nose D. hand
45 .A. celebrating B. grueling C. marking D. firm
46. A. inspired B. passed C. shocked D. amused
47 .A. worry B. sadness C. pain D. fear
48 .A. appointment B. promise C. record D. halt
49 .A. blindly B. angrily C. gratefully D. cautiously
50 .A. strike B. cover C. touch D. wipe
It's very interesting to note where the debate about diversity is taking place. It is taking place primari1y in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate (公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the g1oba1 village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn't occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.
Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying, “Let’s go backward. Let's go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格降人才)” (which was never true—we never had a meritocracy, although we’v e come closer to it in the last 30 years, ) I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media—not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.
51. The underlined word “imperative” in Para. l most probably refers
to something .
A. superficial
B. remarkable
C. debatable
D. essential
52. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?
A. Minorities
B. Politicians
C. Professors
D. Managers
53. High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to .
A. lower the rate of unemployment
B. win equal political rights for minorities
C. be competitive in the world market
D. satisfy the demands of a growing popu1ation
54. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. meritocracy can never be realized without diversity
B. American political circles will not accept diversity
C. it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U. S. media
D. minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity
55. According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by .
A. expanding the pool of potential employees
B. promoting policies that provide skills to employees
C. training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers
D. providing education for all regardless of race or sex
参考答案 51-55 D B CA D
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The rise of multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.
Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world’s top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative.
A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies. It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR.
Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人) in knowing a second
language. Less than 5 percent of Burson-Marshall’s U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often read in this country.
Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word “foreign” would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such thing as foreign. 51. According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because _______.
A. an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companies
B. shrinking cultural differences and new communications technologies
C. the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the U.S.
D. increased efforts of other countries in public relations
52. London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because ________.
A. British companies are more ambitious than U.S. companies
B. British companies place more importance on PR than U.S. companies
C. British companies are heavily involved in planning activities
D. Four of the world’s top public relations agencies are
British-owned
53. The word “provincial” in Para.3 most probably means“________.”
A. limited in outlook B) like people from the provinces
C. rigid in thinking D) interested in world financial affairs
54. We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry ________.
A. speak at least one foreign language fluently
B. are ignorant about world geography
C. are not as sophisticated as their European counterparts
D. enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications
55. What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN?
A. American PR companies should be more internationally-minded.
B. The American PR industry should develop global communications technologies.
C. People working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languages.
D. People involved in PR should avoid using the word “foreign”.
参考答案 51-55DBACA
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MUMBAI, India —The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the two of them said, "It’s unbelievable!"
Nine-year-old Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and apparently loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child stars of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (《贫民窟的百万富翁》)movie, know the Indian slums very well. That was where they grew up, and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip.
But before going back home, there was an interview with the host, Ryan Seacrest. During the interview they smiled and repeated their disbelief at what was happening to them. To their surprise, their movie won the first place in the Oscars. When the two received the award, it was late morning in the children’s home city of Mumbai, where their family, friends and many fellow residents of the slums watched the results from Hollywood.
"I don’t really know what the Oscars are," Rubina’s mother said. "I’m just glad my daughter looks happy, though she told me she missed Indian food."
"Our children lead a dog’s life," Rubina’s mother said, pointing at the rubbish everywhere, the open drains (下水道) and the lack of education opportunities.
In a few days they will be back in Mumbai and back in the slums. Fortunately, according to media reports, the movie’s director, Danny Boyle, has promised to help the children he chose from the slums go to a proper school.
The two don’t need to worry about their daily lives because of the Oscar success of Slumdog Millionaire. But the poverty and lack of education opportunities —the central theme of the movie —is always all around.
1. Which of the following is true about the two children?
A. They played a major role in getting India children to receive education.
B. They were both excited about receiving the award.
C. They were interviewed after they went back home.
D. They were the only two child winners of the movie.
2. When the children attended the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, their
family and friends were _________.
A. watching TV in Mumbai
B. doing what they did as usual
C. seeing the movie Slumdog Millionaire
D. having a family party
3. What will happen to the two children after they return to India?
A. They will stay at home as before.
B. They will still worry about their daily lives.
C. They will leave school to learn acting.
D. They will have a better education.
4、 The movie is successful mainly because________.
A. it attracts the public attention to an existing social problem
B. it has made the two children famous
C. the two children will go to a better school
D. the two children stars in the movie are from India slums
参考答案--（参考答案 BADA）
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