高三英语阅读单选附答案.docx

1、高三英语阅读单选附答案(第14周) 阅读练习A Monarch butterflies（黑脉金斑蝶）are a common summer sight in the northern United States and Canada . These large orange and black insects（昆虫）brighten parks and gardens as they fly lightly among the flowers . What makes monarchs particularly interesting is that they migrate（迁飞）all t

2、he way to California or Mexico and back . They are thought to be the only insect that does this. Every year in the late summer monarchs begin their journey to the south. Those heading for Mexico go first for the Louisiana-Mississippi area, then fly across the Gulf of Mexico into Texas. Once in Mexic

3、o, they settle themselves in one of about fifteen places in a mountain forest filled with fir trees. Each place provides a winter home for millions of monarchs. The butterflies are so many that they often cover entire trees. When spring comes, they begin their long journey north. The question is oft

4、en asked whether every butterfly makes the round-trip journey every year. And the answer is no. The average monarch lives about nine months. So one flying north might lay eggs in Louisiana and then die. The eggs of that generation may be found in Kentucky; the eggs of the next generation may end up

5、in Wisconsin or Michigan. The last generation of the season, about the fourth, will make their way back to Mexico and restart the journey. Scientists learn about monarchs migration by catching and making marks on the insects. By recatching a monarch with such a mark and noticing where it came from ,

6、 the next scientist can get to know things like the butterflys age and its routing（路线）.56. One of the places where monarchs spend the winter is . A. the Gulf of Mexico B. an area in Mississippi C. a forest in Mexico D. a plain in Texas57. The routing of monarchs migration can be learned . A. by exam

7、ining the marks made on them B. by collecting their eggs in the mountains C. by comparing their different ages D. by counting the dead ones in the forests58. What is the subject discussed in the passage? A. Migration of monarchs. B. Scientists interest in monarchs. C. Winter home of monarchs. D. Lif

8、e and death of monarchs. B SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999, Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and “anything else that came up.” Yet in Sydney next month , they will meet again by the pool , and for a short t

9、ime the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay . Gould , now a 47-year-old mother of four , has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event , having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32

10、 seconds in winning gold at last years United States Masters championships . Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics. Schipper , now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics , yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with G

11、ould fie years ago . “I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train,” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been god friends. I dont know why. We just started talking and it went from there. ” “She had a lot to share with all of

12、 us at that camp. She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what its like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting. ” Next time, things will be more serious. “ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that

13、I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last years national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly. 59. What is the passage mainly about? A. Stories happening in swimming competitions. B. Two women swimmers winning Olymp

14、ic golds . C. Lessons learned from international swimming championships. D. Friendship and competition between two swimmers. 60. Gould and Schipper are going to . A. talk about sport and life B. go back to elite competition C. set a qualifying time and win gold D. take part in the same sports event6

15、1. Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was . A. 15 B. 17 C. 22 D. 3062. The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to . A. the Olympics B. the youth camp C. the friendship D. the Australian team63. What Schipper said showed that she . A. was no longer Goulds friend B. had

16、 learned a lot from Gould C. was not interested in Goulds stories D. would not like to compete against GouldC With a good shopping position and the right amount of money, any educated person ought to be able to make a living out of a bookshop. It is not a difficult trade to learn and the large chain

17、-stores can never force the small bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop. But the hours of work are very long-I was only doing a part-time job, but my boss put in a seventy-hour week, besides regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books. The real reason why I should

18、not like to be back in the book trade for life, however, is that while I was in it I lost my love of books. A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books, and that gives him a dislike for them. There was a time when I really did love booksloved the sight and smell and feel of themif they

19、 were fifty or more years old, that is . Nothing pleased me quite so much as to buy a bargain lot of them on sale for several pounds. There is a peculiar flavour（独特的味道）about the unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection: little-known eighteenth-century poets, or out-of-date geography b

20、ooks. For occasional（偶尔的）readingin your bath , for example , or late at night when you are too tired to go to bedthere is nothing as good as a very old picture story-book . But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop I stopped buying books. Seen in a mass, five or ten thousand at a time, books wer

21、e dull and even a little tiresome. Nowadays I do buy one occasionally, but only if it is a book that I want to read and cant borrow, and I never buy rubbish. 64. According to the passage, is one of the necessary conditions to run a bookshop? A. an educated shop-owner B. a good position at a street c

22、orner C. a regular journey out of the shop D. the force of large chain-stores65. The author should not like to be back as a bookseller for life because . A. he hated his job of selling books B. selling books was only a part-time job C. the books in the shop gave him a dislike D. he was unable to be

23、honest about the books he sold66. The books preferred by the author should be those . A. stories making readers sleepless B. valuable ones bought on sale C. peculiar ones with great expectation D. geography ones from the eighteenth century67. The author will only buy new books . A. if he feels dull

24、and tired B. after he gives up his job as a bookseller C. which are interesting but hard to borrow D. when he throws away old onesD Millions of aircraft take off around the world every year. The skies they fly in seem limitlessmiles of empty space . But, with the number of flights increasing each ye

25、ar, this emptiness no longer exists. Researchers in the world of aviation（航空）are worried about the increasing pressure on pilots and ground controllers . And increasing collisions , occurring at or near an airport , have called attention to the need for more aids（辅助设备）to aviation control . People wh

26、o travel the skies are not certain about air safety. A great deal of money is spent on new and bigger aircraft and airports to deal with the vast increase in passengers travelling by air. Only a small percentage of this money is spent on navigation（导航）and other aids . Actually, suitable electronic e

27、quipment has long existed, and many companies market safety aids designed to make it safer for aircraft to take off, fly any distance, and land, whatever the weather. Yet, there are two problems to be solved. The first is to get governments, airlines and airport officials to agree to basic levels of

28、 safety aids. The second problem is to find a way of meeting these basic requirements. But no matter how well the equipment works, operators of the equipment still play an important role. Communications between pilots and ground controllers are extremely important to air safety. It is worth pointing

29、 out that the mishearing or misunderstandings of instructions in English, and the use of another language, in an international conversation, have led to two recent aircraft accidents. A new type of instrument（仪器）called FLIGHTWATCH would help pilots prevent airport collisions . It would be particular

30、ly helpful near airports. 68. The increasing number of flights leads to the fact that . A. flying is no longer limited in the sky B. there is no empty space for aids to aviation control C. piloting and controlling planes is getting more difficult D. the pressure on the ground becomes greater69. Ther

31、e is uncertainty about air safety because . A. planes become bigger for the increasing number of passengers B. money spent on electronic equipment is far from enough C. suitable electronic equipment hasnt been invented yet D. it is dangerous for planes to take off or land70. The underlined word “col

32、lisions” probably means . A. accidents in which two planes hit each other B. misunderstandings between pilots and ground controllers C. quarrels among passengers D. breakdowns of new types of instrument71. It can be inferred from the passage that . A. governments and officials have paid great attention to air safety B. there should be more companies to sell new safety aids C. English should be used in an international conversation D. unders