湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(67)

1 湖南省汝城二中湖南省汝城二中 20142014 届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 67 67 A A The brown widow spider became established in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into central California The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in Africa although it was first described from South America which adds confusion as to where it might have originated It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii Florida parts of Australia South Africa and Japan In North America the brown widow spider was restricted for many decades to the Florida peninsula However around the year 2000 it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches Some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots mail boxes entry way corners under caves storage closets and garages undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods and the undersides of outdoor furniture They choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species The reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its large relatives but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison The two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurt when it is given and it leaves a red mark These two symptoms are not much 2 different from the bite of normal household spiders There is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general Therefore most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows Avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them Also one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders These items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves recreational items like sports equipment i e baseball gloves and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted 41 The author wrote this article to A announce the result of a research on spiders B introduce the ways to get rid of the spiders C report a new finding of the widow species D warn readers against the brown widow 42 From the passage we can conclude that A brown widows are possibly spreading northward B brown widows originated from Africa C brown widows now can be found in all countries D there used to be no brown widows in North America 43 The third paragraph is mainly about A the brown widow s web building B the characteristics of the brown widows C the habitat preferences of the brown widows D the brown widow s threat to human beings 44 It can be inferred that A brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicals B at present people can only control brown widow spiders C the brown widow has more poison than the black widow D victims bitten by the brown widow needn t see the doctor 3 B 2013届河北省名校俱乐部高三第二次调研 A company reports to ave found the perfect product to help travelers fight the ill effects of jet lag 飞行时差反应 and long time flights The Ostrich 鸵鸟 Pillow is a new portable device that its inventors say will enable power naps anytime anywhere including in airport waiting halls and on planes Filled with synthetic material for maximum performance and lightness according to its inventors the distinctive looking pillow has a hole in which to put our head and a mouth hole designed to allow its user to breathe easily It also has two side holes where you can store your hands if napping at a table in a library for example The concept was developed by Kawamura Ganjavuan an architecture and design studio with offices in Madrid an Lausanne Among other producers the company has also been responsible for developing the ear shell 耳壳 a sound improving device that is attached to the ear and a solar plug fro charging portable computers The Ostrich Pillow has been described on the technology web site SNET as like a soft big garden squash 南瓜 while a writer for the Digital Trends website wrote Its benefits are quite questionable We wonder how the pillow sends out sweet and heat 4 Its creators argue that it really works saying We have tried it in airports trains planes libraries at the office on a sofa and even on the floor an it s really wonderful The Ostrich Pillow will go into production if its fundraising targets are met The company is now trying to collect 70 000on Kickstarter a funding website for creative business ideas The money collected so far is slightly more than 35 000 with 23 days remaining 60 what can we learn about the Ostrich Pillow A They can let you have a rest wherever you want to B They can play music that you like C They are difficult to operates D They ate sold at a low price 61 What is the writer s attitude towards the Ostrich Pillow in Paragraph 4 A positiveB doubtfulC neutralD cold