广东省2014高考二轮复习英语专项训练-阅读理解四十 Word版含答案

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.AUsually，whenyourteacherasksaquestion，thereisonlyonecorrectanswer。Butthereisonequestionthathasmillionsofcurrentanswers.Thatquestionis“What’syourname?”Everyonegivesadifferentanswer，buteveryoneiscorrect.Haveyoueverwonderedaboutpeople'snames?Wheredotheycomefrom?Whatdotheymean？People’sfirstnames,orgivennames，arechosenbytheirparents。Sometimesthenameofagrandparentorothermemberofthefamilyisused。Someparentschoosethenameofawell—knownperson.AboycouldbenamedGeorgeWashingtonSmith;agirlcouldbenamedHelenKellerJones。Somepeoplegivetheirchildrennamesthatmeangoodthings.Clarameans“bright”;Beatricemeans“onewhogiveshappiness”；Donaldmeans“worldruler”；Leonardmeans“asbraveasalion".Theearliestlastnames，orsurnames,weretakenfromplacenames.AfamilywiththenameBrookorBrooksprobablylivednearbrook（小溪）；someonewhowascalledLongstreetprobablylivedonalong，pavedroad.TheGreenwoodfamilylivedinornearaleafyforest.Otherearlysurnamescamefrompeople’soccupations.ThemostcommonoccupationalnameisSmith，whichmeansapersonwhomakesthingswithironorothermetals。Inthepast,smithswereveryimportantworkersineverytownandvillage。Someotheroccupationalnamesare：Carter-apersonwhoownedordroveacart;Potter—apersonwhomadepotsandpans.TheancestorsoftheBakerfamilyprobablybakedbreadfortheirneighborsintheirnativevillage.TheCarpenter’sgreat-great-great-grandfatherprobablybuilthousesandfurniture.Sometimespeoplewereknownforthecoloroftheirhairorskin，ortheirsize,ortheirspecialabilities.WhenthereweretwomenwhowerenamedJohninthesamevillage，theJohnwiththegrayhairprobablybecameJohnGray。OrtheJohnwasverytallcouldcallhimselfJohnTallman。JohnFishwasprobablyanexcellentswimmerandJohnLightfootwasprobablyafastrunneroragooddancer。Somefamilynamesweremadebyaddingsomethingtothefather’sname.English—speakingpeopleadded–sor–son。TheJohnsonsaredescendantsofJohn;theRobertsfamily’sancestorwasRobert.IrishandScottishpeopleaddedMacorMcorO。PerhapsalloftheMacDonnellsandtheMacDonnellsandtheO’DonnellsaredescendantsofthesameDonnell.()1.WhichofthefollowingaspectsdothesurnamesinthepassageNOTcover?A.Placeswherepeoplelived.B.People’scharacters。C.Talentsthatpeoplepossessed。D。People’soccupations.选B,根据文中4,5，6三段可知只有B选项未提及（）2。Accordingtothepassage，theancestorsofthePotterfamilymostprobably_______.A.ownedordroveacartB.madethingswithmetalsC.madekitchentoolsorcontainsD.builthousesandfurniture选C文中第六段potter—apersonwhomadepotsandpans,可知potter意为一个制作茶壶和平底锅的人，由此推断选C()3。SupposeandEnglishcouplewhoseancestorslivednearaleafyforestwantedtheirnew-bornsontobecomeaworldleader，thebabymightbenamed_______。A.BeatriceSmithB.LeonardCarterC.GeorgeLongstreetD.DonaldGreenwood选D根据文中倒数第2段可知一些人取名是根据特征而来.比如灰色头发的人取名johnGray，高个的人取名johnTallman。所以根据题意，居住在森林旁边的人取名为DonaldGreenw（)4。Theunderlinedword“descendants"inthelastparagraphmeansaperson’s_____A。latergenerationsB。friendsandrelativesC.colleaguesandpartnersD。latersponsors选A根据最后一段第一二行“somefamilynamesweremadebyaddingsomethingtothefather’sname。TheJohnsonsaredescendantsofJohn可知descendants指的是后代BItisreportedthatconservationgroupsinNorthAmericahavebeenarguingaboutthebenefitsanddangersofwolves.Somegroupsbelievewolvesshouldbekilled.Otherpeoplebelievewolvesmustbeprotectedsothattheywillnotdisappearfromthewilderness（荒野)ForKillingWolvesInAlaska，thewolfalmostdisappearedafewyearsago，becausehunterswerekillinghundredsofthemforsport.However．1awswereestablishedtoprotectthewolvesfromsportsmenandpeoplewhocatchtheanimalsfortheirfur．Sothewolfpopulationhasgreatlyincreased.Nowtherearesomanywolvesthattheyaredestroyingtheirownfoodsupply．Awolfnaturallyeatsanimalsinthedeerfamily。Peopleinthewildernessalsohuntdeerforfood．Manyoftheanimalshavebeendestroyedbytheverycoldwintersrecentlyandbychangesinthewildernessplantlife．Whenthedeercan’tfindenoughfood，theydie．Ifthewolvescontinuetokilllargenumbersofdeer,theirprey（猎物)willdisappearsomeday．Andthewolveswill．too．Sowemustchangethecycleoflifeinthewildernesstobalancetheecology．Ifwekilledmorewolves，wewouldsavethemandtheirpreyfromdyingout．We'dalsosavesomefarmanimals．Inanothernorthernstate,wolvesattackcowsandchickensforfood．Farmerswantthegovernmenttosendbiologiststostudytheproblem．Theybelieveitnecessarytokillwolvesinsomeareasandtoprotecttheminplaceswherethereisasmallwolfpopulation．AgainstKillingWolvesIfyouhadlivedlongago,youwouldhaveheardmanydifferentstoriesaboutthedangerouswolf．Accordingtomoststories，hungrywolvesoftenkillpeopleforfood．Eventoday，thestoriesofthe“bigbadwolf'＂willnotdisappear．Butthefactiswolvesareafraidofpeople．andtheyseldomtravelinareaswherethereisahumansmell．Whenwolveseatotheranimals，theyusuallykilltheveryyoung．orthesickandinjured.Thestrongestsurvive。Nokindofanimalwouldhavesurvivedthroughthecenturiesiftheweakmembershadlived．Andhasalwaysbeenalawofnature。Althoughsomepeoplesayitisgoodsensetokillwolves，wesayitisnonsense!Researchershavefoundwolvesandtheirpreylivinginbalance．Thewolveskeepthedeerpopulationfrombecomingtoolarge,andthatkeepsabalanceinthewildernessplantlife．Therealproblemisthattheareaswherewolvescanlivearebeingusedbypeople．Evenifwildernesslandisnotuseddirectlyforhumanneeds．thewolvescan’talwaysfindenoughfood.Sotheytraveltothenearestsource,whichisoftenafarm．Thenthereisdanger．The“bigbadwolf”hasarrived!Andeveryoneknowswhathappensnext．()1.Accordingtothepassage，somepeopleinNorthAmericafavorkillingwolvesforallthefollowingreasonsEXCETthat．A。therearetoomanywolvesB.theykilllargenumbersdeerC.theyattackcowsandchickensforfoodD。theydestroythewildernessplantlife选D根据文中小标题Forkillingwolves第一段第三行“sothewolfpopulationhasincreased”第三段第一句和第四段第一句话，可知选项D不是原因（）2。Somepeopleareagainstkillingwolvesbecause．A.wolveshelptokeeptheecologicalbalanceinthewidenessB。thereistoosmallawolfpopulationinthewildernessC.therearetoomanydeerinthewildernessD.wolvesareafra