湖北省2014高考英语 专项训练 阅读理解26

1 20142014 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50 2650 26 A A Sure human dads can play catch and help with homework but can they give birth Daddy sea horses can This Father s Day while you re showing respect to your dad remember some of the best dads in the world can also be found in the animal kingdom Sea Horses The Mr Moms of the marine world male sea horses carry up to 2 000 fertilized eggs in pouches in their stomachs until they hatch Even after the babies are born they stay inside the pouch until they are ready to venture out on their own Microhylid Frogs Buy these dads a Baby on Board sign to put on their backs These froggy fathers from New Guinea play piggyback once their babies hatch from their eggs One by one the dad lets as many as 24 froglets climb onto his back for a family road trip He hops about 50 feet each night and one by one his kids jump off along the way to begin new lives of their own Darwin s Rheas Thought your dad was overprotective Darwin s rhea also known as South American ostriches 鸵鸟 are so protective of their children that they routinely rush cowboys on horseback and have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their brood Marmosets These little monkeys do everything but Lamaze class 心理助产课 Dedicated dads assist during labor by biting off the umbilical cord 脐带 and cleaning up the afterbirth They also let Mom get some R any talk would boomerang on him His wife asked him Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry The man replied If you would like to have coffee I too will have but what about the children His wife replied You don t know Your boss came here at 5 15 p m and has taken them to the exhibition What had really happened was the boss who gave him permission was observing him working seriously at 5 00 p m He thought to himself this 3 person will not leave the work but he s promised to take his children to the exhibition So he took the lead in taking them there The boss does not have to do it every time But once it s done loyalty is established That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was extraordinarily huge By the way can you boldly guess who the boss was He was none other that the mastermind behind India s successful nuclear weapons program Dr APJ Abdul Kalam former president of India 1 The scientist asked for an early leave because A he felt increasingly desperate about his work B he meant to accompany his wife at dinner C the task at hand was close to completion D he d promised to take his kids to a show 答案解析 答案为 D 本题为细节题 由第二段科学家对他老板说的话 I ve promised to take my children to the exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave at 5 30 p m 可知 答案为 D 2 The underlined sentence implies that the scientist thought his wife was A dissatisfied with his coming home late B ready to serve dinner for him C grateful to his kind hearted boss D delighted to see him back home 答案解析 答案为 A 本题为语义理解题 结合划线句子的上下文 科学家专注于工作 忘记了带孩子去看演出 回到家感到非常愧疚 可是孩子们并不在家 只有妻子一个人坐 在客厅读杂志 作者用句子 The situation was explosive any talk would boomerang on him 来描述此时科学家内心的活动 情况非常糟糕 他一开口谈话必然 会遭到妻子的责骂 因此划线部分的句子暗示科学家认为他的妻子对他的晚归非常不满 意 故答案为 A 3 The boss took children to the exhibition A when it was too late for the scientist to do so B because the scientist was absorbed in his work C because he also wanted to see what was on show D when the man s wife asked him to do so 答案解析 答案为 B 本题为细节题 由倒数第二段 He thought to himself this person will not leave the work but he s promised to take his children to the exhibition So he took the lead in taking them there 可知 老板带科学家的孩子 去看演出是因为时间到了的时候科学家仍然专注于自己的工作 故答案为 B 4 All the scientists stayed loyal to their boss A out of gratefulness for his thoughtfulness B because he had power over them C to learn how to live under pressure 4 D every time he took the children to the show 答案解析 答案为 A 本题为推理题 由倒数第二段最后两句话 The boss does not have to do it every time But once it s done loyalt