高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题66.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题662014高考英语阅读理解基础精品练习题（66）及答案阅读理解Can you imagine a catfish bigger than a boy? There are more than 1,000 kinds of catfish; 28 species are found in the United States lakes and rivers. This huge family has some mighty strange members. Lets meet a few.Walking catfish. Natures feisty little

2、 catfish, found in southern Florida, has an extra lung for breathing on dry land. When its swimming hole dries up, the walking catfish waddles on stiff forward fins in search of another lake or stream. If an enemy attacks, the fish flares (展开) its top and front fins and leaps at the attacker to scar

3、e it off.Armored catfish. This catfish has heavy, bony plates protecting its body. The shell makes the fish difficult to bone. To cook it, throw the fish whole into a fire. When it is done, break it open for eating. Some armored catfish are found in Florida, but the 100pounders live in South America

4、.Rounding out the family of strange catfish are talking catfish, which make growing sound when you pull them from the water; climbing catfish, which move quickly up shore brush in search of food; electric catfish, which can deliver a mild shock; and blind catfish, which settle in the inky blackness

5、of underwater caves. Blind catfish find food through taste buds in their eight whiskers (须)Most catfish have four whiskers on the upper jaw and four on the lower jaw. Sensory holes on these whiskers help the fish smell and taste food even in the muddiest of water. The United States does not have cat

6、fish anywhere near the size of those in South America. But in some large US. rivers, blue and flathead catties do top 100 pounds.Most of the catfish you are likely to catch will be much smaller, about frying pan size. When you catch one, remember that the top fins and the forward fins have poison gl

7、ands(腺) at their bases. They can give you painful wounds，(.) 5The purpose of the passage is to _.Aencourage readers to go fishing for catfishBinform readers of the worlds largest catfishCdescribe the unusual characteristics of catfishDexplain different ways to catch a variety of catfish6The author t

8、alks about the way of cooking an armored catfish to show that _. Ait has heavy and bony platesBits hard to cook and eatCit has too many bonesDits poisonous inside7Which is NOT mentioned about catfish in the passage?AIts eating habits. BIts living conditions.CIts whiskers. DIts size.8What may be cont

9、inued in the last paragraph?AThe authors love for catfish.BWhere else to catch catfish.CThe origin of the name “catfish”DThe safest way to handle catfish.答案大千世界，无奇不有。有的鲶鱼比孩子还大，有的鲶鱼可以行走，有的鲶鱼需要放在烈火中烧烤才能食用本文带你走进鲶鱼的世界，了解形形色色的鲶鱼。5C。主旨大意题。结合第一段最后一句以及下文的内容可知文章描述的是不同种类的鲶鱼的不同特点。6A。细节理解题。由文章第三段可知答案。7A。细节理解题。文

10、章中没有涉及鲶鱼的饮食习惯。8D。文章结构题。文章最后一段的后半部分提到捕捉鲶鱼时要特别小心，因为它们身体的某些部位有毒，由此可推测作者接下来要叙述如何安全地应对。 Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30,000 years, and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow? Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They fou

11、nd the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia a region covering central and eastern Russia for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that

12、researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze. “This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” said University of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller. The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground s

13、quirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became permafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time. Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface

14、. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them. Its important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still

15、be revived after being frozen for a long time. Thats because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor, an underground facility in Norway, is called the Svalbard Glob

16、al Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers. “No one knows how long they are able to live for, but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservat

17、ion attempts nowadays.” Shen-Miller said. Its a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive the experience.64. How did the fruit originally get underground? A. It was placed there by an animal. B. It was trapped there during the ice-age. C. It was planted there by ancient farmer

18、s. D. It was buried there after the earthquake.65. Why are scientists interested in this discovery? A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years. B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plant-life. C. It can provide directions for where to look for oth

19、er ancient plants. D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen.66. The underlined word “they” in the final paragraph refers to _. A. plantsB. seedsC. scientists D. storage lockers67. The purpose of the passage is to _. A. discuss a plant conservation effort B. int

20、roduce some ancient plants C. outline some causes of global warming D. describe a scientific research project66.【答案】B【解析】根据前一段的最后一句“If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers”可知，此处的they指的应该是seeds。【考点定位】考查推理判断题。67.【答案】D【

21、解析】本文主要讲了科学家受到一颗冷冻的种子的启发，尝试用此方法来保存种子，因此这是一个研究项目。故D项正确。【考点定位】考查综合归纳题。 阅读理解-ALouis Armstrong had two famous nicknames(绰号). Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag. Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence on the world of music.Born in 1

22、901 in New Orleans, he grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said, “Jazz and I grew up together.”Armstrong showed a great talent for music when he was taught to play the cornet(短号) at a boys home. In his late teens,

23、 Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that travelled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became

24、 respected as their equal.In 1922 he went to Chicago. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever he went. Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.His cornet playing had a deep humanity(仁

25、爱) and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.” He was the father of the jazz style and also one of the best-known and most-admired people in the world. His death, on July 6, 1971, was headline news around the world.56. Armstrong was called Pop

26、s because he_.A. looked like a musician B. was a musician of much influenceC. showed an interest in music D. traveled to play modern music57. The THIRD paragraph is developed_.A. by space B. by examples C. by time D. by comparison58.Which statement about Armstrong is TRUE?A.His tale begins in New Or

27、leans B.He was born before jazz was invented.C.His music was popular with his listeners. D.He learned popular music at a boys home.59. Which would be the best title for the text?A. The Invention of the Jazz Music B. The Father of the Jazz StyleC. The Making of a Musician D. The Spread of Popular Mus

28、ic参考答案56 BCCB A small town in southwest Britain is banning (禁止) plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut wastea step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.Shopkeepers in Mod-bury population 1,500, agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Sat

29、urday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead.Last month, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. Internationally, laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland, where governments either t

30、ax shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages.Mod-bury, about 225 miles southwest of London, has also declared a bag amnesty (宽限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home. T

31、hey will be sent for travelling.The Mod-bury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on marine life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response (反应) in the town so far had been really positive.Mod-bury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of

32、people have wicker baskets to go out shopping anyway, Hosking told Sky News Television.The World-watch Institute, an environmental research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 billion are used yearly around the world.60. What was Rebecca Hosking?A. A lawyer. B. An