广东省广州市高考英语短文改错、阅读理解四月自练8.doc

广州市2015高考英语短文改错、阅读理解四月自练8阅读理解。a recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the african elephant is divided into two distinct(不同的) species.the discovery was made by researchers at york and harvard universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephantsthe asian elephant, african forest elephant, and african savanna elephant.once they obtained dna sequences (序列)from two fossils (化石), mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with dna from modern elephants. they found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as asian elephants and mammoths.the scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the african savanna elephant and the african forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. the divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of asian elephants and woolly mammoths. this result amazed all the scientists.there has long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species, but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.previously, many naturalists believed that african savanna elephants and african forest elephants were two populations of the same species, despite the elephants significant size differences. the savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2.5 metres. the savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. but the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. however the proof lay in the analysis of the dna.alfred roca, assistant professor in the department of animal sciences at the university of illinois, said, “we now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purposes. since 1950, all african elephants have been conserved as one species. now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are two very distinctive animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority (优先) for conservation purposes.”本文讲述了一项新的科学发现：通过对非洲森林大象和非洲草原大象dna的鉴定，科学家们得出结论：它们是两种不同的物种。我们要保护这些珍稀动物。1one of the fossils studied by the researchers is that of _athe asian elephant bthe forest elephant cthe savanna elephant dthe mastodon elephant 答案：d。细节理解题。由第3段第一句话“.two fossils，mammoths and mastodons.”可知d项正确。2the underlined word “divergence”in paragraph 4 means “_ ”aevolution bexhibition cseparation dexamination 答案：c。词义猜测题。科学家门一直在证明非洲森林大象和非洲草原大象是两种不同的物种，他们之间的分歧使科学家们大为惊讶。3the researchers conclusion was based on a study of the african elephants _.adna bheight cweight dpopulation答案：a。细节理解题。由倒数第二段最后一句话“however the proof lay in the analysis of the dna”可知。4what are alfred rocas words mainly about?athe conservation of african elephants.bthe purpose of studying african elephants.cthe way to divide african elephants into two units.dthe reason for the distinction of african elephants.答案：a。推理判断题。由文章最后一段“.for conservation purposes”可知a项正确。5which of the following can be the best title for the passage?anaturalists beliefs about elephantsbamazing experiments about elephantscan unexpected finding about elephantsda long scientific debate about elephants答案：c。主旨大意题。全文讲述了关于非洲大象的一项意外的发现。阅读理解amy pankratz spent a few nights in the hospital with her daughter, isabella, who caught a bad flu. “lying in bed beside isabella, i could hear the cries of children in pain, ”says amy. “it completely broke my heart. ”when isabella was getting well and could leave her room, she wore her prized possessiona“superhero cape(短斗篷)”amy had sewn to encourage herand walked into the hallway. the pink cape was an instant hit with the other young patients, who were doing exercise around the nursing station. “then, all the kids were taking turns wearing the cape, giggling, ”amy says. “these were some of the same children i had heard crying the night before, and here they were playing and having funkids just being kids! ”from that moment on, amy began making comfort capes for little ones battling with serious illnesses. “i felt god presenting an opportunity, ”she says. “i hoped comfort capes can help these kids feel brave, to lift some of the fear away. ”since then, amy has made and donated more than 5, 000 capes in the united states. amy usually pays for materials herself, although she accepts donations. the capes she makes for kids in treatment are different from those her own children have. before amy starts to sew she learns what image or character the little boy or girl connects with. “i choose the pattern, color and theme specifically for each child, ”explains amy. when she is not sewing, amy is raising awareness of childhood cancers and looking into ways to get comfort capes to more kids who need them. “if a cape can help a child, even only for a moment, forget his illness, its worth the time spent sewing, ”she says. 【文章大意】本文讲述amy在女儿生病的时候为女儿缝制了一件短斗篷, 就是这件斗篷为医院里生病的孩子带来了欢乐。由此, amy产生了灵感决定通过为生病的孩子缝制斗篷, 让孩子们暂时忘却疾病带来的痛苦。1. what made amy feel sad when she was staying with her daughter in the hospital? a. her daughters serious illness. b. the tiredness from sewing the cape. c. the crying of children in pain. d. the illness of children in her daughters room. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。从文章第一段“i could hear the cries of children in pain, ”. . . “it completely broke my heart. ”得知, amy因为听见孩子们在痛苦中哭泣而感到心碎。故选c。2. what purpose did amy have when she began making comfort capes for sick children? a. to make them feel warm. b. to make them happy and fearless. c. to find friends for her daughter. d. to raise the awareness of childrens illness. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。由第三段“i hoped comfort capes can help these kids feel brave, to lift some of the fear away. ”可知amy缝制“安慰斗篷”是为了让孩子们快乐, 忘掉病痛带来的折磨, 更勇敢地面对疾病。3. according to the passage, we can get that the authors attitude towards amys behaviour is. a. supportiveb. neutralc. negatived. indifferent【解析】选a。观点态度题。作者以平铺直叙的方式为我们讲述了一位伟大的母亲的行为, 字里行间流露出对amy的赞扬之情。supportive给予支持, 鼓励的, 符合题意。4. which of the following can be the best title of the text? a. amy: a considerate womanb. how to treat the sick childrenc. a strong mom who helps othersd. turning sick kids into superheroes【解析】选d。主旨大意题。根据文章的内容可知, 一个母亲为生病的孩子缝制了一件超级英雄的斗篷, 从这次的经历中她获得了帮助更多人的灵感, 她决定帮助更多生病的孩子, 使生病的孩子快乐而勇敢, d项正确。4.短文改错one sunday morning, there were much people in the park. in a shop, a woman was buying an ice-cream while a young man behind her took his handbag away. she shouted, “stop thief! hes robbed me from my bag!” hearing this, a few people began to run after him. there was an old man sit quietly on a bench nearby, reading a newspaper. as the robber was running passed him, the old man quickly picked up his umbrella and put between the robbers legs. the young man fell down on the ground hardly. soon two policeman came in a police car and arrested him. the woman thanked for the old man, and the people around praised the old man for his cleverness. 【参考答案】4.1. muchmany 2. whilewhen 3. hisher 4. fromof 5. sitsitting 6. passedpast 7. put后加it 8. hardlyhard 9. policemanpolicemen 10. thanked后的for去掉5.假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误， 要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。 2只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。today i was having a pe lessons when i fell down and hurt my foot. i was in greatly pain atthat moment,but i tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. though i had difficulty walk back to my classroom, i still didnt tell anyone but even refusedthe offer of helpof my classmates. as result, the hurt in my foot became bad. now i know im wrong. we can tell others our need for help and accept his help. some day we can not help others in return. in this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.【参考答案】5.today i was having a pe lessons when i fell down and hurt my foot. i was in greatly pain at that lesson greatmoment,but i tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. though i had haddifficulty walk back to my classroom, i still didnt tell anyone but even refusedthe offer of help walking andof my classmates. as result, the hurtin my foot became bad. now i know im wrong. we a worsecan tell others our need for help and accept his help. some day we can not help others in theirreturn. in this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully. with6.下面短文中