北京市高考英语二轮复习专题精讲 第11讲 阅读理解（新题）赏析2(1).doc

第11讲 阅读理解2013新题赏析题一：tail spintwo dolphins race around in a big pool in the ocean park. the smaller dolphin grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. the most amazing thing about her, however, is that shes even swimming at all. she doesnt have a tail. grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. when the dolphin arrived at the ocean park in december 2005, she was fighting for her life. “is she going to make it?” her trainer, abbey stone, feared the worst. grace did make it - but her tail didnt. she ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle. over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. grace taught herself to move another way-like a fish! she pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.the movement put harmful pressure on graces backbone. so a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. the tail had to be strong enough to stay on grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldnt hurt her.the first time grace wore the artificial tail. she soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. now, she is still learning to use the tail. some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “the tail isnt necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(动作) and build muscles(肌肉).” now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. this month, grace will star in dolphin tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. many people travel from near and far to meet her. seeing grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.60. when grace first arrived at the ocean park, her trainer worried about her _. a. physical build b. potential ability c. chance of survival d. adaptation to the surroundings61. a man-made tail is created for grace to _. a. let her recover faster b. make her comfortable c. adjust her way of swimming d. help her perform better tricks 62. the story of grace inspires people to _. a. stick to their dreams b. treat animals friendly c. treasure what they have d. face difficulties bravely语句学习1. the most amazing thing about her, however, is that shes even swimming at all.2. the tail had to be strong enough to stay on grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldnt hurt her.3. this month, grace will star in dolphin tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery.题二：almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. we do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient asia.the oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in slovenia. it is over 5,100 years old. evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though. this could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around. but it could also be because of a difficult situation. while wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. there had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design. in the mid-1700s, a frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer (层) of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. a scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. at around the same lime, metal hubs (the central part of a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads (柏油路). as wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster. 64. what might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time? a. few knew how to use transport wheels. b. humans carried farming tools just as well. c. animals were a good means of transport. d. the existence of transport wheels was not known.65. what do we know about road design from the passage? a. it was easier than wheel design. b. it improved after big changes in vehicle design. c. it was promoted by fast-moving vehicles. d. it provided conditions for wheel design to develop.66. how is the last paragraph mainly developed? a. by giving examples. b. by making comparisons.c. by following time order. d. by making classifications.67. what is the passage mainly about? a. the beginning of road design. b. the development of transport wheels. c. the history of public transport. d. his invention of fast-moving vehicles.语句学习1. almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.2. evidence suggests that wheels for