高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选阅读理解34.docx

1、高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选阅读理解342014届高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解1.Western artist R.V. (Ron) Jahns creates his unique western wildlife paintings by tapping into (利用) his vast experience of true life. He had rich western experiences out in the mountains in the great Northwest.Ron paints from the heart and his experience

2、as a cowboy in the west. He has a particular passion (激情) for the mountains from Eastern Oregon to Alaska and draws from his many years of mountain adventures as inspiration for his western paintings. Born and raised on a farm, this cowboy artist is well knowledgeable with the subjects of his Wester

3、n art. Ron struggles for historical accuracy in his western cowboy paintings when an artist gives a false description of the facts about cowboys in the west!Living in Alaska for 17 years added a new factor to Rons western art. As a hunter and fisherman he observed the wildlife in its natural setting

4、 and has conveyed this spirit to his canvas. Rons western art can be viewed throughout the United States, in Europe and through occasional private showings. You can find western wildlife paintings by Ron at various art shows throughout the year. For a list of art shows the Cowboy Artist will be atte

5、nding, visit his Art Show page. Although a self-taught western artist, Ron himself has taught painting in colleges and through private lessons. Ron is quite a storyteller and the last of an old kind of cowboy poets and western storytellers. If youve met Ron at the Flea Markets in Sumpter, Oregon the

6、n you no doubt have already had a taste of his knack (诀窍) for telling tall tales and sharing his original cowboy poems of true life on the ranch.36. What is the best title of the passage?A. A handsome cowboy B. A cowboy artist C. An artist in the west D. A famous artist37. Why can Ron truly present

7、the facts about cowboy life in the west?A. Because he has read a lot about cowboys life.B. Because he has seen many such paintings.C. Because he has experienced such life. D. Because he knows western styles well.38. What does the underlined word “canvas” in the second paragraph mean?A. A kind of clo

8、th. B. Blue jeans C. Thoughts D. Paintings 39. From the passage we can see Ron is _.A. a good artist as well as a story teller and poet B. skilled at his teachingC. a rich artist D. a British artist40. Which of the following is true?A. Rons painting focuses on city life. B. Ron learned a lot from hi

9、s teacher.C. Ron was born and raised on a farm. D. Rons paintings cant be seen in Europe.2.A team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do

10、what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“Its extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said Robert

11、Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf a

12、nd so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but t

13、hen has to be matched well to everything its connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this firs

14、t robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,

15、” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study

16、biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”41. The robotic fly project has been conducted _.A. just by accident

17、 B. within a decadeC. just by a professor D. for more than ten years42. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _.A. they had no model in their mind B. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made components D. they could not assemble the com

18、ponents43. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application44. Which of the following can be learn

19、ed from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Woods design can replace animals in some experiments.45. Which of the following might be the best title of the pas

20、sage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect Study3.How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environmentsmostly for entertainment purposesis fair and respectful?Zoo offici

21、als say they are concerned about animals. How ever, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats. Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes.Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species

22、, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs only mention the species name, diet, and natural range. The animals normal behavior is seldom noticed because z

23、oos dont usually take care of the animals natural needs.The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is co

24、mmon among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.Furthermore, most animals in zoos a

25、re not endangered. Captive breeding (圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild. Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals

26、 also attract a lot of paying customers. Havent we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals

27、natural habitats.36. How would the author describe the animals life in zoos?A. Dangerous. B. Unhappy. C. Natural. D. Easy.37. In the state of zoochosis, animals _.A. remain in cages B. behave strangelyC. attack other animals D. enjoy moving around38. What does the author try to argue in the passage?

28、A. Zoos are not worth the public support.B. Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals.C. Zoos should treat animals as human beings.D. Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment.39. The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by _.A. discussing the advantages of natural habi

29、tats B. using evidence he has collected at zoosC. questioning the way animals are protectedD. pointing out the faults in what zoos do40. Although he argues against zoos, the author would still agree that _.A. zoos have to keep animals in small cagesB. most animals in zoos are endangered speciesC. so

30、me endangered animals are reproduced in zoosD. its acceptable to keep animals away from their habitats4.In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad

31、; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs.

32、In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young