湖北省黄冈市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解精练（14）.doc

湖北黄冈市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮精练（14）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。playa grande, costa rica? this resort town was long known for leatherback sea turtle (棱皮龟) national park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. however, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year. with leatherbacks threatened with extinction (灭绝), playa grandes turtle museum was abandoned three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. and the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in september. “we do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said alvaro fonseca, a park ranger (管理员). even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and costa ricans interest in eating turtle eggs. but climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has lived in the pacific for 150 million years. sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. they feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. they lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves. more uniquely their gender (性别) is determined, not by genes but by the eggs temperature during development. small rises in beach temperatures can result in ail-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. if the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees celsius, the gender balance shits to females: at about 32 degrees they are all female. above 34, you get boiled eggs. on some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise. 1. why does the resort town stop promoting its turtle tourism? a. it decides not to disturb the turtles normal life. b. tourists have lost interest in watching turtles. c. there are only very few turtles now. d. the turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide. 2. which of the following is the major factor in the turtles endangerment? a. the locals eating habit. b. drift net fishing. c. beach development. d. global warming. 3. we learn from the last paragraph that scientists. a. are doing research on the sea rise b. are moving turtles to new homesc. are protecting turtles nests d. are getting rid of sea weeds4. the passage intends to. a. introduce a special kind of sea turtleb. explain the mystery of turtles eggsc. show the dangers a certain kind of turtle is facingd. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum【参考答案】14、cdcc 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。the latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not i. q. , a generally bad predictor of success. instead, its purposeful practice. top performers spend more hours practising their craft. if you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, youd take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. it wouldnt have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday. this contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. it would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. it would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. this would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. shed be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings. then she would practise writing. her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. by practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. by practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. by now she is redoing problemshow do i get characters into a roomdozens and dozens of times. she is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems. the primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. its the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. but it underlines a fact that is often neglected. public discussion is affected by genetics and what were “hard-wired” to do. and its true that genes play a role in our capabilities. but the brain is also very plastic. we construct ourselves through behaviour.1. the passage mainly deals with.a. the function of i. q. in cultivating a writerb. the relationship between genius and successc. the decisive factor in making a geniusd. the way of gaining some sense of distinction2. by reading novels and writers stories, the girl could.a. come to understand the inner structure of writingb. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayc. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesd. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security3. in the girls long painstaking training process, .a. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her successb. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performancec. she acquires the magic of some great achievementsd. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write4. what can be concluded from the passage? a. a fuelling ambition plays a leading role in ones success. b. a responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.c. as to the growth of a genius, i. q. doesnt matter, but just his/her efforts. d. what really matters is what you do rather than who you are.【参考答案】14、cabd2016高考模拟题。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。 while there has been public debate about whether running is good for your health for a long time, experts agree that running has more benefits than the costs. some people are concerned that the pressure on your knees and ankles can be detrimental. while this can be true, there are many things that you can do to reduce your risk of injury. you should always go to a doctor for advice before you begin any type of exercise program. then, a good pair of running shoes can be helpful as your feet hit the ground. they will help protect your ankles by providing stability to your feet. so it is good idea to visit a specialty(专业) running shoe store. the staff there can suggest shoes which are ideal for your running style. in order to learn the proper form, you may get some advice from a friend who has been running for some time, or even join a running club. they can provide good tips as well as some support and encouragement for you. lastly, it is important to start out slowly. when it comes to getting in shape and losing weight , short bursts of speed followed by periods of slower movement would be proper. aim for around 30 minutes of exercise a few days a week. as you get better, you can increase your speed. always allow your body to rest in between heavy exercise as your muscles need time to bring energy back. follow these instructions and your running experience will be a great one!1. in the experts opinion,_.a. running is good for your health as well as your mind.b. you should buy running shoes in an expensive store.c. running has more advantages than disadvantages for you.d. you should go to the doctor if you have a running injury2. the underlines word “ detrimental” in paragraph 1 probably means_a. harmful b. useful c. expensive d. rare3. if you take up running, you should_a. worry about the pressure on your knees and anklesb. ask the shopkeeper for a pair of running shoesc. take advice from friends whom you will start running withd. join a running club so that you can get encouragement4. what can we infer from the passage?a. more and more people have become interested in running.b. good running methods can reduce the risk of injury.c. its better to run as far as possible to lose weight.d. the instructions in the passage are given by a famous doctor.参考答案1-4 cadb 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的a,b,c或d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. for example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces. one way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. but why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt(柏油) roads? ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of arian de bondt, a dutch engineer. he finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. the result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside. the heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. most of them run from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. some, however, dive deep into the ground. when the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. at a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer(蓄水层) into which several heat exchangers(交换器) have been built. the hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. the aquifer is thus used as a heat store. in winter, the working system is changed slightly. water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. this water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. after p