2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列9(含解析).doc

2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列9（含解析）AWhen Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter (炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No.”Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there werent any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldnt get his idea accepted.Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.1.When Paul was a boy, _.A. he had decided never to leave his hometownB. the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelterC. no laws were made to protect the environment against pollutionD. he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area2.Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?A. He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.B. He was interested in planting trees since he was young.C. He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.D. He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.3.What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?A. That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.B. That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.C. That no one would like to join him in the efforts.D. That he had to keep everything he did secret.4.The message of the passage is that _.A. action speaks louder than wordsB. perseverance (持之以恒) will work wondersC. God helps those who help themselvesD. many hands make light workB Amazed zoo visitors watch as an orangutan (猩猩) named Bonnie swings along cables way above their heads. Shes not making a great ape escape; shes taking a “highway” to higher learning.Bonnie is traveling on the Orangutan Transit System, called the O-Line, at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The O-Line stretches from the Great Ape House, where Bonnie lives, to an exhibit called Think Tank. There she and other orangutans participate in a study trying to answer the questions: Do animals think? If so, how? Think Tank scientists look for clues that an animal is thinking. A baby orangutan following its mother is probably not thinking. But an orangutan using a stick to reach honey in a beehive probably is thinking. Its figuring out how to obtain a sweet treat. To learn more about what the orangutans are thinking, Think Tank scientists are teaching orangutans a language of symbols. The apes dont actually speak. They point to the symbols to show their thoughts. Each symbol stands for a word. Different categories of the symbols have their own shapes. Food symbols, for example, are rectangles (矩形); object symbols are circles; and verbs are diamonds. Computers help the orangutans learn the symbolic language. After the apes are shown an apple, for example, their task is to touch the apple symbol on a computer screen. They can do so. All six orangutans have learned a few symbols, but only Azy and Indah have learned eight symbols and can use the computer. Azy and Indah choose to live at Think Tank. The others commute (往返) from the Great Ape House on the O-Line. All attend Think Tank sessions, though none are made to do so. “Theyre eager to learn”, one of the scientists says. “They never turn me down!”5.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Scientists are doing research on whether animals can think and how they think.B. Biologists have found that orangutans are more intelligent than other animals.C. Orangutans at the National Zoo can be taught to communicate with humans easily.D. Animals are being taught by scientists to speak to one another at the National Zoo.6.The Orangutan Transit System refers to _.A. a way that can teach animals to learn things and communicate quicklyB. a place for various animals in the National Zoo to participate in the studyC. a walkway for the orangutans to travel to different sections of the zooD. a line for the orangutans to travel between the Great Ape House and the Think Tank7.According to the passage, scientists use a system of symbols to help _.A. find out which orangutan can learn the symbolic language fastB. attract all the orangutans to live together at Think TankC. communicate with the orangutans and understand them betterD. understand whether animals can learn a language and express themselves by using it8.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. a baby orangutan has his own intention though following his motherB. many animals in the wild can learn symbolic languages to express their thoughtsC. the cleverer the animals are, the more knowledge they would like to learnD. orangutans can form mental images in their minds when they see objects1.C综合判断题。 根据