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1、精品推荐高二英语上学期总复习三精品推荐：高二英语上学期总复习（三）第一部分:阅读理解(共两节, 满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四|个选项中, 选出最佳选项。A Scouts with big storiesCooper FisherAge: 13Hometown: Braddock Heights, Md.Scout Rank: First Class (Troop 278, Middletown, Md.)Made Headlines: For winning the 2013 National Marbles Tourn

2、ament. He was crowned (加冕) the 2013 King of Marbles after four days of competition against players ages 8 to 14 from all over the country. Along with a trophy (奖杯)and a watch, Cooper won a $2,000 college scholarship.Christopher WestwoodAge: 17Hometown: Burbank, Calif.Scout Rank: Eagle Scout (Troop 2

3、64 and 209, Burbank)Made Headlines: For winning the City of Burbanks 10th Annual High School Student Design Competition. The challenge was to design a hillside house for an action figure that combines creativity and environmental sustainability (可持续发展). Christopherswinning design was for Captain Ame

4、rica.Alexander SlaterAge: 16Hometown: West Windsor, N.J.Scout Rank: Life Scout (Troop 66, West Windsor)Made Headlines: By placing 2nd in the 2013 New Jersey State Triathlon in the mens division sprint relay (短途接力)with a combined time of 1 hour, 2 minutes, 8 seconds. He started the relay by swimming

5、500 meters in 8:30. Alexander is a member of his schools swim and track teams and a certified Junior Open Water PADI Diver and has earned certification for coral reef protection.Braxton MillerAge: 17Hometown: Grove, Okla.Scout Rank: Star Scout (Troop 78, Grove)Made Headlines: For being the 2013 Nati

6、onal HighPoint Champion of the National Boat RacingAssociation. In 2012, he was the youngest driver to achieve champion status (地位). Braxton competes in both hydroplane and runabout classifications in his 10-foot-long boat at speeds of up to 75 mph.1. What do we know about Cooper Fisher?A. He took p

7、art in four competitions.B. He was a national marbles champion.C. He won a gold medal and a certificate.D. He defeated many international competitors.2. What is Alexander Slater good at?A. Swimming.B. Boat racing.C. Building houses.D. Making model planes.3. What can we infer about the teenagers ment

8、ioned in the text? |A. They are truly outstanding.B. They are highly productive.C. They are environmentalists.D. They are academic achievers.B When I was 5 years old, I started losing weight. My parents noticed I was pale and always thirsty. They had me tested to see if my blood sugar was high becau

9、se they thought that might be causing my symptoms.My blood sugar was five times higher than normal. That can be deadly. My parents rushed me to the hospital. Thats when my whole life changed.The doctors said I had type 1 diabetes (糖尿病). That means my body cant make insulin (胰岛素). Theres no cure.My p

10、arents had to give me insulin shots every day and I had to get over my fear of needles quickly. Sometimes I had 10 band-aids on my fingers at once.Now that T m older, I check my own blood sugar and give myself shots. About four years ago, my mom started traveling to rural Guatemala. She goes twice a

11、 year to help people in need.I have been a Girl Scout since kindergarten. For a Girl Scout project, I put together a team to go to Guatemala to test people there for diabetes. We went for four days last July. We tested 378 children and 100 adults. We found three adults with a different kind of diabe

12、tes, called type 2. We also found one little girl with dangerously low blood sugar. She cried when we told her. She had been feeling dizzy (晕眩的) and didnt know why. It was like replaying what happened to me when I was little. I talked through a translator, but everyone understood hugs. I gave more h

13、ugs than Ive ever given.Having type 1 diabetes is hard. But I have embraced it. It has helped me meet amazing people. It has made me responsible and independent. It has also shown me the power of taking action. Im going back to Guatemala this summer to test more kids. I want to help as many kids as

14、I can. But my greatest wish is for a cure. Type 1 diabetes changes your life. If no other child ever has to have it, that would be amazing,4. Why did the authors parents have her blood sugar tested?A. To cure her disease.B. To report to her school.C. To clear up their doubts.D. To stop her losing we

15、ight.5. What do we know about the author?A. She had high blood pressure.B. She suffered a lot from the disease.C. She lost heart after the examination.D. She refused insulin shots for fear of pain.6. Why did the author go to Guatemala?A. Her mother requested her to.B. She hoped to help people there.

16、C. Her Girl Scout leader assigned her a task.D. She wanted to start her round-the-world trip.7. What would be the best title for the text?A. Living with type 1 diabetesB. Wonderful experiences in GuatemalaC. Unexpected trip makes me more confidentD. My illness leads me on a journey of a lifetimeC Wa

17、lk through any park in the United States and you will see historic statues. But how many are statues of women?In New York Citys Central Park, there are statues of Mother Goose, Alice (from Alice in Wonderland), Juliet (with Romeo), and angels. But not one statue describes a real woman.Pam Elam wants

18、 to change that. She started a nonprofit（非盈利性的)organization called the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue I Fund, or the Statue Fund. The group is working to raise $1.5 million to create and build a bronze statue of Stanton and Anthony in the park. In the late 1800s, Elizabeth Cady S

19、tanton and Susan B. Anthony led the charge for womens right to vote. Elam says the statue is a way to honor all suffragists（主张妇女参政者). “Were inspired by the women who came before us,” Elam says. “We wont let anything stop us from achieving our goal.”Charlotte Hartog, 10, is helping to spread the; wor

20、d about the Statue Fund. Charlotte says the girls in her class were upset to learn there were no statues of real women. “It should be equal,” she said. “Its important to have all types of role models”. The New York City Parks Department has approved the statue request. If the fund raises enough mone

21、y, the statue will be unveiled (揭幕)on August 26, 2020. The date will mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. “If Stanton and Anthony were alive to see this,” Elam says, “they would say, Good job! The fight goes on.8. What can we infer about Amer

22、ican parks?A. They have many statues.B. They are developing rapidly.C They exhibit famous womens work.D. They were built to honor historic heroes.9. Why did Elam start the Statue Fund?A. To help manage the parks.B. To fight for womens rights.C. To put up statues of real women.D. To raise money to he

23、lp the poor.10. What does Charlotte Hartog think of creating womens statues?A. Its unnecessary.B. Its time-wasting.C. Its relatively simple.D. Its highly significant.11. What do Elams words in the last paragraph imply?A. The great womens spirit lives on.B. There will be another womens march.C. Women

24、 should always be ready to fight.D. American women should know their rights. DThe Amazon basin, in South America, is covered by the worlds largest rainforest, which is full of millions of insect, plant, and animal species. There, the jaguar, a symbol of strength and power, is king.John Polisar is th

25、e coordinator of the Wildlife Conservation Society Jaguar Conservation Program. He says jaguars are an important part of their ecosystem. “If a place has jaguars, something is right,” he said.At one time, jaguars wandered throughout the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America. But t

26、he cats appear in fewer places than they once did. They have been almost wiped from at least half of their original geographic range. In recent years, only three have been photographed in the wild in the U.S. They were spotted in Arizona.Some of the barriers along the Mexican border prevent jaguars

27、from wandering freely. Michael Robinson works for a nonprofit group, which works to protect species and habitats. Robinson believes plans to extend man-made barriers would hurt jaguars. “A wall would be catastrophic,” he says.Humans are responsible for jaguars decline (减少). The animals were once hea

28、vily hunted for their beautiful spotted fur. Before 1973, as many as 18,000 jaguars were killed each year. Efforts to make trading the fur illegal helped restore jaguar numbers. But now jaguars are being hunted for their teeth and bones, which are used in Asian medicines and to make jewelry.Habitat

29、loss is also a major threat to the big cats. People hunt jaguars prey (猎物). With less prey, jaguars attack cattle. Some farmers kill jaguars to protect their cattle.Last November, Polisar and other conservationists shared a plan to protect jaguars and their reducing habitat. The new plan is part of

30、a long-term effort. In May 2014, Polisar joined experts from many countries to discuss ways to protect jaguars. They called for discouraging hunting and improving how farmers protect their cattle. Conservationists say the jaguar can be saved. Robinson encourages kids to write to government leaders a

31、bout the importance of the Endangered Species Act. “Jaguars are beautiful, intelligent animals that play a key role in the natural balance of ecosystems,” he says. According to Polisar, the best way to protect jaguars is to keep the wild. “The jaguar,” he says, “is the symbol of exactly that.”12. Wh

32、at can we infer from Paragraph 3?A. Jaguars suffer from lack of food.B. Jaguar populations are rapidly dropping.C. Jaguars presence signals a healthy ecosystem.D. Jaguars threaten the survival of native species.13. What does the underlined word “catastrophic in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Beneficial. C. Successful. B. Disastrous. D. Ineffective.14. Why do humans kill jaguars?A. To seek plea