辽宁省铁岭市2014高考英语 阅读理解、短文填单词类训练题（17）

1 辽宁铁岭市辽宁铁岭市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解 短文填单词类训练题 高考英语阅读理解 短文填单词类训练题 1717 及 及 答案答案 Can we give a hand to those endangered animals Yes we may only do a little bit but together our small actions add up to a lot 1 Protect wildlife habitat Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of habitat Cutting down forests farming and development all result in loss of wildlife habitat In areas where rare species live habitat destruction can quickly force a species to extinction By protecting habitat entire communities of animals can be protected together naturally Parks and reserves are now all too often the only habitats that are left untouched by habitat destruction 2 Reduce the threat of invasive 入侵的 species The spread of non native species has greatly reduced native populations around the world Invasive species compete with native species for resources 资 源 and habitat They can even prey on native species directly forcing native species towards extinction 3 Place decals 贴花纸 on windows It is reported that as many as one billion birds in the United States die each year because of collisions 碰撞 with windows You can help reduce the number of collisions simply by placing decals on the windows in your home and office 4 Slow down when driving Many native animals have to live in developed areas and this means they must move in human living areas One of the biggest obstacles 障碍 to them is that created by roads Roads divide habitat and present a constant risk to any animal attempting to cross from one side to the other So when you re out and about slow down and keep an eye out for wildlife 67 What would be the best title for this passage 2 A How animals go to extinction B The importance of protecting wildlife C What to do to help save wildlife D How to protect wildlife habitat 68 By writing the underlined sentence the writer means that A more parks and reserves should be built B we should have more habitats free of destruction C there is a need for improvement in parks and re serves D parks and reserves are good examples of protecting wildlife 69 People are advised to put decals on windows to A decorate the houses and beautify the environment B protect the windows from birds hitting C attract more birds to make homes nearby D avoid birds hitting the windows by mistake 70 The underlined phrase prey on in the passage means A drive away B live with C kill for food D fight with 结束 When Flora Kahlo s paintings were on show in London a poet described her paintings as a ribbon 丝带 around a bomb Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her Lime Sadly she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City Kahlo suffered from polio 小儿麻 痹症 at the age of seven Her spine 脊柱 became bent as she grew older Then in 1925 her back was broken in several places in a school bus accident Throughout the rest of her life the artist had many operations but nothing was 3 able to cure the terrible pain in her back However the accident had an unexpected side effect While lying in her bed recovering Kahlo taught herself to paint In 1929 she got married to Diego Rivera another famous Mexican artist Rivera s strong influences on Kahlo s style can be seen in her early works but her later works from the 1940s known today as her best works show less influence from her husband Unfortunately her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s even in her home country Her first one woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953 For more than a decade after her death in 1954 Kahlo s works remained largely unnoticed by the world but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last 55 What does the phrase a much bigger name in Paragraph 1 most probably mean A a far better artistB a much more famous person C a much stronger personD a far more gifted artist 56 The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by A back injuries B her bent spineC polio D the operations she had 57 Kahlo s style had become increasingly independent since the A 1930s B 1970s C 1950s D 1940s 58 What is author s attitude toward Kahlo A Devotion B Encouragement C Ironic D Sympathy 参考答案 55 58 BADD 结束 1 The viewers who watch it five times a week learn more than those who watch it occasionally 4 viewers learn more than occasional ones 2 The marriage lasted until 1990 Their marriage up in 1990 3 They should concentrate on improving their skills They should focus on the of their skills 4 As China s economy continues to steam ahead once popular forms of entertainment appeal to be losing their appeal With China s development some forms of entertainment no longer appeal to people 5 They are far better than those of the West They are to those of the West 参考答案 1 Regular 2 broke 3 improvement 4 economic 5 superior 结束 任务型阅读 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 认真阅读下列短文 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填人一个最恰当的单词 注意 每个空格只填 1 个单词 请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上 The USA is the first country where Mother s Day appeared On May 9th 1906 an American Anne Jevis s mother died Ann was in deep sorrow In order to memorize her mother she put forward a proposal to fix a day as Mother s Day On May 7th l914 the congress of the USA passed a law making the second Sunday of May Mother s Day Today millions of American observe Mother s Day in some way They buy more thanl50 000 000 Mother s Day greeting cards Companies produce more than 1000 different kinds Most of the cards show pictures of flowers hearts or other things that people feel are linked to being a mother They have messages that express a person s love for his or her mother Some are humorous And some have 5 no words People can express their own feelings for their mother Many people give flowers for Mother s Day It is one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry Many people have written songs about mothers and Mother s Day Mother s Day is a time for young children to do special things for their mothers Some would make a special gift or draw a special picture One family activity on Mother s Day is to have the children cook the early morning meal Then they serve the food to their mother while she is still in bed Or they might clean the house so she does not have to do it Fathers might take care of the children that day so the mothers can rest or take a walk or read a book Many mothers feel that this free time on their special day is a very good Mother s Day gift Some families will get together for a meal a local eating place This means that mother s do not have to cook on their special day Coming out to dinner has become a tradition on Mother s Day As a result restaurants are extremely crowded that day It has become one of the busiest days of the year for the restaurant industry in the United Stales Now Mother s Day has been an international festival and more than 40 countries have accepted this festival 6 参考答案 任务型阅读 76 Mother s 77 second 78 Origin 79 love 80 Songs 81 Cook 82 Clean 83 fathers 84 crowded 85 40 结束 第四部分 任务型阅读 共 10 小题 满分 10 分 请认真阅读下面短文 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词 There was once a man in South America who had a parrot a pet bird that could imitate human speech The parrot was matchless There was no other bird like him in the whole world He could learn to say any word except one He could not say the name of his native town Catarlo The man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say Catarlo but he never succeeded 7 At first he was very gentle with the bird but gradually he lost his temper You stupid bird Why can t you learn to say that one word Say Catarlo or I ll kill you But the parrot could not say it Many times the man shouted Say Catarlo Or I ll kill you But the bird would never repeat the name Finally the man gave up he picked up the parrot and threw it into the chicken house You are even more stupid than the chickens In the chicken house there were four chickens waiting to be killed for Sunday s dinner The next morning when he went out to the chicken house the man opened the door and was shocked by what he saw He could not believe his eyes and ears On the floor laid three dead chickens The parrot was shouting at the fourth Say Catarlo or I ll kill you The man had a 1 that could 2 Human speech and was 3 The man finally threw it into the chicken 6 The man tried to teach it to say 4 Four chickens were waiting to be 7 for Sunday s 8 He finally lost his 5 Three 9 laid dead on the floor and the parrot was 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 参考答案 1 parrot 2 imitate 3 matchless 4 Catarlo 5 temper 6 house 7 killed 8 dinner 9 chicken 10 shouting 结束 8 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 2 2 及答案 及答案 一 No one knows who made the first ice cream Some people think water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and a thousand years ago In that timt the dish reached India The Indians in turn many have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians Marco Polo an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk From the fourteenth century on ices became popular first in Venice and then throughout Italy At first ice cream was a luxury 奢侈品 in France Only rich people had the money to buy it Then in 1660 a young man from Sicily Francisco Procopio arrived in Paris He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford Then his ice cream became so popular that other shops were opened About 1640 King Charles introduced ice cream to England and soon ice cream quickly became popular in England too Americans now eat more ice cream than any people in the world But they are not the only ones who are fond of it Greeks are also fond of ice cream In the large cities of Germany there are many small shops that sell only ice cream Ice cream shops are not as common as in England although large London stores do have soda fountains Ice cream sodas first became popular sometime in the 1880s in the United States In fact they soon became too popular to suit some of the good people of Evanston Illinois They thought it was not proper to drink soda on Sunday A city law was passed to stop the ice cream soda on Sundays To keep within the law it is said that one man served ice cream with syrup 糖水 Throughout its long history ice cream has been a favorite dish But only in this century has it been made with so many different tastes People today can select from mo