河南省鹤壁市高级中学学年高三上学期周练英语试题916 Word版含答案.docx

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鹤壁高中2017-2018学年高三年级英语周周练

Part1阅读理解

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Bluewhalesarethelargestanimalseverknowntohaveexistedontheplanet,andtheycangrowtoalengthof100feetandweighmorethan330,000pounds. ButrecentlyresearchershavefoundthatthesewhalesareonthemoveandtheyhavemigratedfromCaliforniawaterstoareasoffCanadaandAlaskaforthefirsttimesincecommercialwhalingendedin1965.

Theresearchersidentified15bluewhalesthathaveappearedoffthecoastofBritishColumbiaandtheGulfofAlaskasince1997.FourofthesewhaleswererecognizedasonesthatwereoncesightedoffCaliforniashores,suggestingthatthewhalesarereturningtoanoldmigrationpatternbetweenthecoasts.

Beforecommercialwhalingbeganintheearly1900s,bluewhaleswerefoundwidelythroughouttheNorthPacificandCaliforniawaters.Butfromthe1920stothe1960s,whalingseverelyreducedthewhalepopulations.BluewhalesneverrecoveredintheNorthernPacific,makingsightingsinthisarearare. However,muchlargergroupsofwhaleshavebeenobservedclosetoCaliforniasincethe1970s.

ThescientistshadpreviouslythoughtthattheCaliforniapopulationwasseparatefromthepopulationthathadhistoricallylivedinNorthPacificwaters.ButthecurrentstudyshowsthatwhalesoffthecoastofBritishColumbiaandtheGulfofAlaskaarelikelypartoftheCaliforniapopulation.

Toidentifythebluewhales,theresearcherslookedatphotosofcetaceanstakenintheNorthPacificOceanandcomparedthemwithalibraryofbluewhalepicturestakenalongtheWestCostoftheUnitedStatesandSouthernPacific.Uptonow,theresearchersarenotquitesurewhythewhalesarechangingtheirmigrationpatterns,buttheysuspectthatthewhalesmaybefollowingtheirfoodmovingfarthernorthbythechangesinoceanconditions.

1.Accordingtothepassage,bluewhalesare  __________ .

A.followingafixedrouteofmigration

B.dyingoutduetocommercialwhaling

C.movingfromthesouthtothenorth

D.rarelyfoundintheSouthernPacific

2.ThewhalepopulationinthenorthernPacific  __________

A.isdifferentfromtheCaliforniapopulation

B.isprobablypartoftheCaliforniapopulation

C.hasbecomethelargestgroupsincethe1970s

D.haslivedtheresincethe1960s

3.Theunderlinedword"cetaceans"inParagraph5probablymeans         .

A.landcreatures                      B.whalespecies

C.oceanconditions                     D.migrationpatterns

4.Whatmightmakebluewhalesmigrateaccordingtotheresearchers?

A.Commercialwhaling.                  B.Weatherconditions.

C.Lifereproduction.                   D.Foodresources.

B

Formostcitypeople,theelevatorisanunremarkablemachinethatinspiresnoneoftheenthusiasmorinterestthatAmericansaffordtrains,jets,andevenbicycles.Dr.ChristopherWilkisamemberofasmallgroupofelevatorexpertswhoconsider this amisunderstanding. Withouttheelevator,theypointout,therecouldbenodowntownskyscrapersortallbuildings,andcitylifeasweknowitwouldbeimpossible. Inthatsense,theyargue,theelevator’sroleinAmericanhistoryhasbeennolesssignificantthanthatofcars. Infact,accordingtoWilk,thecarandtheelevatorhavebeenlockedina“secretwar”foroveracentury,withcarsmakingitpossibleforpeopletospreadhorizontally（水平地）,andelevatorspushingthemtowardlifeinclosegroupsoftoweringvertical（垂直的）columns.

Ifwetendtoignorethesignificanceofelevators,itmightbebecauseridinginthemtendstobesuchabrief,boring,andevenawkwardexperience—onethatcaninvolveunexpectedlymeetingpeoplewithwhomwehavenothingincommon,andanunpleasantawarenessofthefactthatwe’rehangingfromacableinalongpassage.

Inanewbook,Lifted,GermanjournalistandculturalstudiesprofessorAndreasBernarddirectedallhisattentiontothisexperience,studyingtheoriginsofelevatoranditsrelationshiptohumankindandfindingthatridinginanelevatorhasneverbeenatotallycomfortableexperience. “After150years,wearestillnotusedtoit,”Bernardsaid. “Westillhavenotexactlylearnedtocopewiththemixtureofclosenessanddispleasure.”Thatmixture,accordingtoBernard,setstheelevatorrideapartfromjustabouteveryothersituationwefindourselvesinaswegoaboutourlives.

Today,astheworld’surbanpopulationexplodes,andcitiesbecomemorecrowded,taller,andmorecrowded,America’stotalnumberofelevators—900,000atlastcount,accordingtoElevatorWorldmagazine’s“2012VerticalTransportationIndustry”—areaforcethat’sbecomingmoreimportantthanever.Andforthepeoplewhoreally,reallylovethem,itseemslikehightimethatwelookedseriouslyatjustwhatkindofforcetheyare.

5、Whatdoestheunderlinedword“this”inParagraph1