高考英语总复习 真题研练72 牛津译林版.doc

真题研练72 task 1：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。(2014新课标全国，b)passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the united states in unbelievable numbers.written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.it was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the united states，making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near cincinnati.sadly，the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.where the birds were most abundant，people believed there was an ever lasting supply and killed them by the thousands.commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，wait until pigeons had settled to feed，then threw large nets over them，taking hundreds at a time.the birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.by the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.soon the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again.in 1897，the state of michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.the last confirmed wild pigeon in the united states was shot by a boy in pike county，ohio，in 1900.for a time，a few birds survived under human care.the last of them，known affectionately as martha，died at the cincinnati zoological garden on september 1,1914.【语篇解读】本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。1in the 18th and early 19th centuries，passenger pigeons _.awere the biggest bird in the world blived mainly in the south of americacdid great harm to the natural environmentdwere the largest bird population in the us答案d事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选d。2the underlined word“undoing”probably refers to the pigeons _.aescapebruincliberationdevolution答案b词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“where the birds were abundant.by the thousands”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以ruin和undoing词义相似，故选b。3what was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?ato seek pleasure.bto save other birds.cto make money.dto protect crops.答案c事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“commercial hunters attracted them.sold in restaurants”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是捕杀者要赚钱。故选c。4what can we infer about the law passed in michigan?ait was ignored by the public.bit was declared too late.cit was unfair.dit was strict.答案b推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“in 1897，the state of.for 10 years”可知通过法律后的10年，鸽群数量仍然不多，所以制定法律为时已晚，故选b。task 2：词汇积累1abundant adj.丰富的，大量的abundance n丰富，充裕，富裕in great abundance很多2contribute vt.捐赠；贡献；投稿contribute to a literary journal 向文学杂志投稿3decline vi.下降；跌落；谢绝，拒绝4confirm vt.证实；坚持认为5sizable adj.相当大的，颇大的6equal to 等于，胜任7at a time 一次，同时task 3：语法填空it was calculated that when its population reached its _1_ (high) point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal _2_ 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the united states，_3_ (make) it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.even as late as 1870 _4_ their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long _5_ (see) near cincinnati.答案1.highest2.to3.making4.when5.was seentask 4：短文改错(下面文字有五处错误，请改正)in 1897，the state of michigan a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had seen in the state for 10 years.the last confirmed wild pigeon in the united states was shot by a boy in pike county，ohio， 1900.for a time，a few survived under human care.the last of them，known as martha，died at the cincinnati zoological garden on september 1,1914.task 5：攻克长难句(分析句子结构，尝试翻译成汉语)by the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.分析：这是一个主从复合句。主句是the hardwood forests had been damaged；从句是三个定语从句，where passenger pigeons nested是限制性定语从句修饰the hardwood forests，which scattered.，where cold temperatures.是两个非限制性定语从句。译文：到19 世纪的最后几十年，旅鸽筑巢