限时规范训练 (21) 阅读板块——练速度

限时规范训练(二十一)阅读板块——练速度

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Ⅰ.阅读理解(30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Here are the unexpected animal populations you'll find in 4 cities around the globe.

Foxes, London

Take an early-morning or late-night walk through the city streets of London, and you just might meet with a wandering female fox. Or you might not—despite the fact that about 10,000 foxes call England's capital city home, they're also famously stealthy (鬼鬼祟祟的). The foxes came to London shortly after World War Ⅱwhen suburbs (市郊) began spreading into the countryside. By the 1970s, London's fox population had been firmly established.

Leopards (豹), Mumbai

An increasing population of leopards lives right under the noses of their human neighbors. There are as many as 41 of the big cats walking quietly in the brush of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and others make their homes in back alleys of the city. They can be dangerous but they also help keep rabies (狂犬病) in check by feeding on the city's many wild dogs.

Deer, Nara

Many of the animals on this list can be quite hard to spot, as they've adapted to their surroundings thanks to their shy and stealthy nature. Not so for the many deer of Nara, Japan. Sika deer have lived in the city for nearly 1,300 years, thanks to a story about the lightning god riding one into the city. Today, they are one of the city's main tourist attractions, but you should never forget that they're still wild animals.

Hyenas (土狼), Harar

Hyenas don't generally live in Harar City in Ethiopia, but they make their way into town nearly every night. They come in search of meat, which people gladly give them. It's a practice that started with a man named Y usuf Mume Salleh, who began feeding and caring for the animals. Today, his son Abbas carries on the tradition. He says, “Hyenas have never attacked the people of Harar since my father started feeding them, unless you harm their babies.”

1．Which word can properly describe the leopards in Mumbai?

A．Rare.B．Friendly.

C．Mild. D．Beneficial.

2．What is special about Sika deer in Nara?

A．They are quite dangerous.

B．Tourists are attracted by them.

C．It's hard to see them in the city.

D．People can ride them in daily life.

3．What did Y usuf Mume Salleh do?

A．He gave hyenas food.

B．He cared for baby hyenas.

C．He raised hyenas in his home.

D．He protected people from hyenas.

B

When you think of friends, you tend to think of people who have been in your life for a long time. But there's another kind of friend—one that appears at a particular moment.

The first such friend I remember is a Russian girl I met in London at the age of four. That year, my mother had remarried and we'd be moving to the UK. Everything was changing to me. The Russian girl and I were the two oldest in our school. She spoke no English; I, no Russian. We communicated by trying to outdo each other—at drawing, at games, even at eating. Our contests gave me something I could control. And maybe I gave her the same.

In my eighth grade, there was Jenny, who had a small horse named Red Wing. The eighth grade was a terrible year. We both knew it, but we didn't talk about it. We spent most of our time with Red Wing. On cold winter days, we'd go out and take turns riding and walking. She left in the ninth grade and I missed her.

To Julie, I'll be forever grateful. We met on the beach in New Jersey one afternoon. She was there with her twin boys, the only other children there, and they were about the same age as my daughter. Gradually, the children approached each other and soon were digging holes together. And we began to talk. She lived in the little beach town. I lived alone with my daughter in a big apartment a block from the beach. My husband had taken off for North Dakota, leaving me to think about what to do next. Suddenly, there was someone I could talk to. For the next couple of weeks, we met at the beach with the children, and I would go home with her. The little house was a balm (安慰物) to my despairing heart.

Such friends as these often arrive when your own life is off-balance, and will support you till the world settles on its axis (轴线) once again.

4．How did the friendship between the author and the Russian girl develop?

A．They had many common interests.

B．They competed with each other.

C．They shared the same activities together.

D．They showed great concern for each other.

5．What did the author get from Julie?