2014-2015学年人教版高中英语选修8语篇提能练习题及答案解析26份6.doc

语 篇 提 能阅读理解AI always hated the first day of school, but what I hated even more was the “idea” of the first day of school.All summer long, it sat in the back of my mind, preventing my relaxation. At the sight of “Back to School Sale！” advertisements in magazines or on TV, Id shout “its not even August yet！” disgustedly. As July gave way to August, my classmates, usually girls, would start chatting about their new clothes. Id plug (塞住) my ears and go back to my video game, bicycle or book.Before I knew it, though, Id be facing the last week of August. At the beginning of that week, my mom would drop a pile of fresh notebooks and pencils outside my bedroom. Id step over them each morning, pretending they werent there, until Sunday, my final morning of freedom, when Id finally stuff them into my backpack.Meanwhile, Id try to pack as much fun as possible into my summers final hours.But when the first day of school actually came, it was never as bad as I had expected.First of all, I always had an A on that day; I knew that I was at the top of my class, and all I had to do was work hard to stay there. At the same time, I knew that Id been given the chance to make new friends, and amaze new teachers.I would have denied (否认) it at the time, but secretly I preferred the rigid (刻板的) structure of school days to the unlimited freedom of summer vacation days.I pretended that all I cared about was hanging out and relaxing, but deep down I was and still am a student.1.The underlined word “disgustedly” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A. angrily B. hopelesslyC. surprisingly D. disappointedly答案与解析A词义猜测题。从上文来看，虽然假期开始了，作者心里却想着开学的事而不能完全放松。看见杂志或电视上关于开学物品的广告，作者会大喊：现在连八月还不到呢！所以这时作者应该是生气的。2Which of the following about the author is TRUE according to the passage?A. He was worried about going back to school all summer.B. He spent all his summer time playing video games.C. He was usually busy preparing notebooks and pencils during the last week of August.D. He was not interested in hearing girls talk about their new clothing.答案与解析A细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句话可以得此答案。由第二段最后的“go back to my video game, bicycle or book”可以排除B。第三段里提到，作者的妈妈会给他买好文具，所以C项不对。当女生们谈论新学期的衣着时，作者塞住耳朵是因为他不想去听关于开学的事，所以D项有误。3When the school days did come, the author _.A. began working hard to satisfy his parentsB. missed his free and relaxing summer vacation daysC. found that actually he also loved school daysD. had fun playing games with new friends答案与解析C细节理解题。文章最后四段的主要意思是：开学其实没有作者想象的那么糟糕，实际上，比起假期，作者更喜欢上学。BAlthough 80% of the public have stated their opposition to cloning pet animals such as cats and dogs, companies still try to make a business out of selling cloned pets. These pet cloning companies make use of the grief of people who have lost their beloved pets, leading them to believe that their pets can be “brought back to life” or “copied” through new cloning technology.However, there is no assurance that a cloned animal will be the same as the original physically, let alone in terms of behavior or personality. In addition, more than 96 percent of cloning attempts fail, and according to the CEO of one pet cloning company, 15 45 percent of cloned cats will die within 30 days. The Roslin Institute, which produced the first cloned animal, posted a statement on its website stating, “. the supposed benefit of cloning a pet is an illusion (假象) but the harm to the other animals involved would be real .”Behind each cute picture of a cloned cat or dog lie hundreds of animals that were kept in laboratory cages, receiving bad treatment during various experiments. For all that, you end up with a cloned animal that may experience serious health problems. Also, while pet cloning companies are charging customers up to $150,000 for a cloned pet，millions of homeless animals of the same species are available in animal shelters for around $100. Unfortunately, most of these animals are killed for no one brings them home.With our No Pet Cloning movement, we seek to protect both animals and people from harm. We worked hard until the only US companies that sold cloned animals closed their doors. Currently，cat and dog cloning experiments for pet sales are only being conducted in South Korea.语篇解读克隆宠物的坏处远大于好处，作者致力于反对克隆宠物的事业。4Whats the Roslin Institutes opinion on pet cloning?A. The Roslin Institute thinks it is harmless.B. The Roslin Institute thinks it cannot be avoided.C. The Roslin Institute does not support it.D. The Roslin Institute refuses to make comments.答案与解析C推理判断题。第二段中Roslin Institute官网上的话主要是说克隆宠物的好处都是假的，对动物的伤害却是确实的，由此可知它并不赞同此举。5We can learn from the third paragraph that the writer thinks _.A. pets from shelters usually have health problemsB. buying cloned pets is a waste of moneyC. cloned pets are better than pets from sheltersD. pets from shelters should be used for experiments答案与解析B推理判断题。从第三段的“while pet cloning companies are charging customers up to $150 000 for a cloned pet, millions of homeless animals of the same species are available in animal shelters for around $100.”可知比起领养宠物，作者认为花钱克隆宠物是很贵、很不值得的。6The No Pet Cloning movement has succeeded in _.A. asking US pet cloning companies to move to South KoreaB. stopping some businessmen earning money by selling cloned petsC. educating the public on the disadvantages of the cloning technologyD. persuading 80% of the public to protest against pet cloning答案与解析B细节理解题。活动的成就列于最后一段中，从“We worked hard until the only US companies that sold cloned animals c