2019届重庆市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选编精练：57(含解析)

1、重庆市 2019 高考英语阅读理解选编（57）（附解析）【2019 模拟题】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。With his unique black mane（鬃毛）and impressive stature （ 身材） ,13-year-old Cecil was a popular touristattract ion at the 3.6 milli on-square-acre Hwange Nati onal Park（万基国家公园）in Zimbabwe （ 津巴布韦）.Cecil was head of a pride of lions

2、 that includes 12 cubs（幼崽）,but the well-knownlion was shot and killed in early July by American dentist Walter J. Palmer.Cecil sdeath has already sparked an international outcry （强烈抗议）with manycalli ng for an end to hunting endan gered ani mals and for Palmer to be extradited（弓丨渡）to Zimbabwe to sta

3、nd trial.Professor David Macd on ald, the head of the Oxford Un iversity research program thatmon itored the daily moveme nts of Cecil and doze ns of other lion s, is deeply sadde ned by Cecil sdeath.Macd on ald hopes the death can in spire the public to take an in terest in lion con servati on.Macd

4、 on ald says many of the lions tracked by the program have bee n shot and killed.“ The backgro und to this story is that there is a crisis for lions throughout muchofAfrica.” He says.African lion populationshave fallen almost 60 percent over the past thirty decades,and as few as 32,000 of them rema

5、in in the wild, accord ing to the Intern ati onal Fund for An imal Welfare（国际爱护动物基金会 ）.“And as troubling as it is, the rarerthese hunted animals become, the more hunters are willing to pay to killthem,”said Jeff Flockedn, the fund sNorth Americanregi onal director.In additi on to excessive huntin g,

6、 li ons throughout Africa also con ti nue to facethreats that includeconflicts with local farmers, loss of habitat and risk of trafficA. Understandable B. Unpardonable C. Unpredictable D. Uncontrollable2. According to the text, how many African lions lived in the wild thirty years ago?A. 80,000B. 48

7、,000 C. 53,000 D. 60,0003. African lions are facing the following threats except _.A. their conflicts with local farmers.B. the loss of their habitatsC. peoplesexcessive huntingD. the increase in the number of their natural enemies4. The best title of the text might be _ .A. The Death of Cecil-an Af

8、rican LionAB. The Current state of All African LionsC. The Threats Facing African LionsD. The Appeal for an End to Hunting Endangered Animals参考答案】1. B. 推理判断题。根据文章第三段的内容可知，从国际上来看，人们对于 Walter J. Palmer 射杀了狮子Cecil 的做法很是愤怒。即人们认为他的做法是不可饶恕的。故准确答案应为 B项。2. A. 数字计算题。根据第六段中的信息“ African lion populations have f

9、allen almostdecades,”，可知，在刚刚过去的 30 年里，非洲狮的数量减少了 60%，现在仅有 32,000 头非洲狮生活在野外，由此能够推断，三十年前生活在野外的非洲狮的数量为：32,000 / (1-0.6)= 80,000。故准确答案为 A 项。3. D. 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段内容可知，答案应为 D 项。即文中没有提到非洲狮面 临的威胁中没有提到非洲狮天敌数量的增加。4. A. 标题判断题。全文主要介绍了美国牙医华特帕尔默(Walter Palmer)7 月底在津巴布韦射杀了狮子塞西尔，当时引起了全世界的愤怒，同时介绍了当前非洲狮的生活状况。所以，and rai

10、lway collisions(碰撞 ).1. Internationally,peoplesattitude towards Walter J.Palmersbehavior is60 percent over the past thirtyA 项作为标题最佳。It is probably the stra ngest sport anyone has ever invented. And at first sight, it looks like the easiest.Competitors have to do two thin gs. The first is to sta nd s

11、till.The sec ond is to place their hands any where on the body ofa car, and keep it there.This is where things start gettingdifficult.people are doing the same thing. And the winner of personwho can carry on doing it for the Iongest time. That persongets to own the car.It still seems to be an easy t

12、hing to do. At the beginningit is. Anyone can stand still. But whe n the con test has bee n going for four or five days, sta nding stillseemslike the most difficult job in the world. And keep ing the hand in place over this time becomes an act ofserious attention. After a few days, the hand seems to

13、 belong to some one elsesome one who wantsto go home and get some sleep.Competitors are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour to eat, drink ordo whatever else is necessary. No one is allowed tolean on the car forsupport.Winnersneed to be able to showgreat powers of attention.They also need

14、to be able todevelopspecial skills.Maybe the popularity of the handathon is dueto the fact that itis not necessaryto be a trained athleteto en ter. Entrants in theLon gview han dath oncerta inlydontseem to do much preparation.Most say they will prepare by“gettinglots of sleepOthers say they will“eat

15、 healthy food”or“prayforsuccessThe wholeeve nt givesordinary people the cha nee to do someth ing in teresti ng and win someth ing in theend.Handathons are competitions,but thereislittlerivalry（ 敌对）betweencompetitors. They help each other out and keep eachother sspirits up. People whodrop out early r

16、etur n with food, drink and en courageme nt.【文章大意】双手放在车身任何部位，静立不动，你能坚持多久？本文介绍了一项看似简单实则类似于马拉松的运动形式ha ndathon ”。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中,选出最佳选项。Lots ofthe “ han dath on ” con test is the【解析】选 D。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知D 项错误。1. The reason why the sport iscalled “ handathon ” is that competitors .A. cover

17、a long dista neeB. keep hands in place for longC. wave hands as long as possibleD. do the same thing as in a marathon【解析】选 D。推理判断题。由第二段可知，这种运动在形式上和马拉松是一样的。2. What ability is likely to be n eeded most in a han dath on?A. Standing without any support.B. Not lea ning on the car.C. Eat ing and drinking

18、in five minu tes.D. Having strong powers of atte nti on.【解析】选 D。推理判断题。根据第四段的倒数第二句Winners need to be able to show greatpowers of atte nti on.能够得至 U 答案。3. Why is han dath on popular?A. Some one can win with special trai ning.B. Itdoes ntn eed to make any preparati on.C. Anyone who is in terested can j

19、oin in it.D. People get along well with each other in it.【解析】选 C。细节理解题。由第五段中的Maybe the popularity of the handathon is dueto the fact that it is notnecessary to be a trained athlete to enter.一句可知, 它流行的原因是不需要实行专门的训练，换句话说，只要有兴趣就能够参加。4. Which of the followi ng about han dathon is NOT right?A. The pers o

20、n who takes part in it should sta nd still.B. The pers on who takes part in it has to place his hands any where on the body ofa car, and keep it there.C. The person who takes part in it can have a break during the course of the competition.D. Han dath ons are competiti ons, so competitorsdonten cour

21、age each other.（ 2019 高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁：记叙文 话题：爱心传递 词数：280 时间：5When my friend Lesa was diagnosed（ 诊断 ） with cancer， another friend and I went to thehospital to spend some time with her.We bought her a small toy and named him Lemon-Aide.We gaveLemon-Aide to Lesa and told her he was to go

22、 with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we werethinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her.When the treatments werecompleted ， she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.A few months later ， much to my surprise， it was me that sh

23、e passed himto.Lemon-Aidewent with me to all of my treatments.One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer.Lesa thought it was agreat idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as Lemon-Aide s Friends ， Inc.Wedesigned our organization to remin

24、d people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care aboutthem all the time.Today we have totally 5013 volunteers.The money raised is donated to cancer patients whodo not have insurance.The Physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money isdonated.Lemon-Aide is for

25、men，women， and children of all ages and to date has been sent to34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer.When life gave us lemons wemadeLemon-Aide， a soft smiling toy that represents love ， support ， and encouragement.【语篇解读】 朋友得病，作者送给她礼物以示安慰，后来得到启示，专门成立了一个组织用以

26、 协助患癌症的病人。1 The author went to the hospital with her friend _ A to operate on LesaB to treat her disease C to accompany Lesa D to look afterLemon-Aide答案 C2 Lesa was given a small toy because _ A he represented her organizationB he could help weaken her painC she would think of her friendsD her frien

27、ds tried to comfort her 答案 D3 It can be inferred that _ A the author had suffered from cancerB Lemon-Aide had suffered from cancerC Lesa had recovered from cancerD Lemon-Aide learned to look after the author答案 A4 Lesa and the author formed an organization to _ A cure cancerB raise moneyC help cancer

28、 patientsD help their friend答案 C阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B C D）中，选出最佳选项。（2019 河南省普通高中毕业班适合性测试）Is geography important? Heres a question for you to answer.What have the following countries got in common： Australia,Japan, the United Kingdom,Iceland and Madagascar?Quite easy if you can picture them on the gl

29、obe they are all islands. All of thesenations are surrounded by sea.What have these five nations got in common? Hungary, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Liechtenstein.They are all landlocked. In other words, in contrast to the first five countries whose coastline forms theirborder, the second fiv

30、e have no coastline at all. If you are a Hungarian or a Paraguayan, you have to passthrough somebody elses country if you want to go to the beach.Liechtenstein is even more of a geographical phenomenon; it is“ doubly landlocked ”because the countries that surround it Austria and Switzerland are also

31、 landlocked. There is only one othercountry in the world in a similar position, Uzbekistan, which is surrounded by five other landlocked countries.Go and have a look at the map if you want to know which.So how do countries become landlocked? If you are Swiss or Nepalese, you have probably never thou

32、ghtthings could be any other way. Switzerlands mountains, like the Himalayas, have formed a natural boundaryfor thousands of years. But there are borders. Where one country ends and another begins is not somethingthat is fixed for all time.There are countries like Ethiopia and Bolivia which did have

33、 a bit of coast but dont any more. Does it matter?The Ethiopians are not happy that the creation of Eritrea means they now have to use another countrys port,when before they had a long coastline on the Red Sea.But why does coastline matter so much? Throughout history people have preferred to live ne

34、ar the sea, andnot just for the fish. Sea means trade, which means wealth. Think of the great successful cities like Singapore,New York or Hong Kong today. Russia has fought several wars over the centuries so that its ships could haveaccess to the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Pacific.1.What have countries like Hungary, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Liechtenstein got incommon?A.They have no borders.B.They have no coastline at all.C.T