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1、真题译文新课标卷1阅读理解 和完形填空【真题译文】2014新课标卷1阅读理解 和完形填空2014年新课标卷1阅读理解A原文及译文The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!【1】The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school st

2、udents between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.【2】Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challe

3、nge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139by Friday, February 8th.【3】Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April

4、21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students.Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.【4】Between March 10th and March 15th, each

5、winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http : / cambridgesciencefestival.org.21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. School students. B. Cambridge locals.C.

6、 CSF winners. D. MIT artists.22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th.C. On March 15th. D. On April 21st.23. What type of writing is this text?A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review.C. An announcement. D. An official report.剑桥科学节好奇心挑战赛敢于接受好奇心挑战！【1】剑

7、桥科学节(CSF)很高兴通知您第六届年度好奇心挑战赛的到来。该挑战赛邀请，甚至是激发5至14岁的学生去创作一件艺术作品或一篇文章来展现他们的好奇心，以及这种好奇心是如何激励他们去探索世界的。【2】该賽事鼓励学生接受挑战，通过画一幅画、写一篇文章、拍一张照片或者写一首诗来表达他们所好奇的事物。要参加这个挑战賽，所有艺术作品或文章都需要在2月8日星期五之前发送到剑桥区Mass大街265MIT博物馆剑桥科学节，邮编是02139。【3】参加好奇心挑战賽的获胜者将会在4月21日剑桥科学节的一个特殊仪式上接受表彰。嘉宾发言人也将为获胜者颁发奖品。获奖作品将成书出版。学生名单将被公示，奖品也将发放。参赛学生

8、的家人也可以参与庆祝活动，并提供早午餐。【4】在3月10日至3月15日期间，每位获奖者都将被通知好奇心挑战賽闭幕式和庆祝会的具体流程细节。活动规则和其他相关信息可以登录http:/cambridgesciencefestival.org进行网上查询。参考答案：ADC2014年新课标卷1阅读理解B原文及译文【1】Passenger pigeons (旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18thand 19th centuries descri

9、bed flocks (群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours.【2】It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point ,they were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States,making it perhaps the most abundan

10、t bird in the world. Even as late as 1870when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.【3】Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most abundant, pe

11、ople believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in r

12、estaurants.【4】By the closing decades of the 19th century ,the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americansneed for wood, which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.S

13、oon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.【5】In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike Cou

14、nty, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.24. In the 18thand early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _.A. were the biggest bird in the worldB. lived mainly in

15、the south of AmericaC. did great harm to the natural environmentD. were the largest bird population in the US25. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons _.A. escape B. ruin C.liberation D. evolution26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A. To seek plea

16、sure. B. To save other birds.C. To make money. D. To protect crops.27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late.C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.【1】旅鸽曾经在美国大部分地区的上空飞翔过，其数量多得令人难以置信。据18和19世纪的资料记载，旅鸽的数量是如此的庞大，以至于它们能让天空变暗达数小时。【2】据估算

17、，当旅鸽的数量达到最高峰时，其数量超过了30亿。这一数量占美国所有鸟类数量的24到40，可能是世界上数量最多的鸟类。即使到1870年，虽然它们的数量已然减少，但也有人在辛辛那提附近看到宽为1英里、长为320英里（大约515千米）的鸟群。【3】不幸的是，旅鸽的数量之多可能就是它们灭亡的祸根。在它们的数量极为庞大的地区，人们认为旅鸽是源源不断的，于是它们被数以千计的猎杀。商业猎杀者用谷物把它们吸引到小的开阔地，一旦等到旅鸽走过去进食，便向它们撒下大网，一次可以捕捉几百只。这些鸟被船运到大城市，然后在餐厅出售。【4】截止到19世纪最后的几十年间，由于美国对木材的需求，旅鸽巢居所在的硬木林遭到破坏。成

18、群的旅鸽被驱散，被迫迁往较远的北方。那里寒冷的天气和春季的暴风雪导致它们的数量不断减少。不久大群的旅鸽消失了，再也看不到了。【5】1897年，密歇根州通过了一项禁止猎杀旅鸽的法律。但是那时大规模旅鸽群体在那个州已经消失10年了。美国最后一只被确认的野生旅鸽于1900年在俄亥俄州派克县被一名男孩射杀。曾经一度有少量的旅鸽在人类的照顾下幸存下来。1914年9月1日，最后一只被爱称为玛莎的旅鸽在辛辛那提动园死去。参考答案：DBCB2014年新课标卷1阅读理解C原文及译文【1】A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in peoples mind is an entertainer hold

19、ing a whip (鞭) at a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but its mostly for show. In reality, its the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lions face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided,

20、the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.【2】How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (

21、e.g.lose weight, start a business, travel more) only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?【3】This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused b

22、y all of the conflicting information.The end result is that we feel like we cant focus or that were focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.【4】It doesnt have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in

23、 your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become, take immediate action. If y

24、oure clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skills.C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience.29. In what sense are people similar to

25、a lion facing a chair?A. They feel puzzled over choices. B. They hold onto the wrong things.C. They find it hard to make changes. D. They have to do something for show30.What is the authors attitude towards the experts mentioned in Paragraph 3 ?A. Tolerate.B. Doubtful.C. Respectful.D. Supportive.31.

26、 When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, youre advised to _A. wait for a better chanceB. break your old habitsC. make a quick decisionD. ask for clear guidance【1】在人们的心目中，一位典型的驯狮人的形象是一个站在椅子旁边拿着鞭子的表演者。那条鞭子引了所有人的注意，但是大部分情况它只是表演的道具。实际上，发挥着重要作用的是那把椅子。当训狮人把一把椅子放在狮子面前时，狮子努力地注意力同时集中在椅子的四条腿上。由于注意力被分

27、散了，狮子变得困惑并且不知道接下来要做什么。当面对如此多的选择时，狮子选择一动不动地在那里等待，而不是去攻击拿着椅子的那个人。【2】你有多少次发现自己处于和狮子一样的处境呢？你又有多少次想做一些事（比如减肥、创业、去更多地方旅游等）却因为面临众多的选择而感到困惑，以至于没有任何进展呢？【3】这一直让我烦恼不已，因为当所有的专家都在忙着争论哪一个选择最好时，那些想改善自己生活的人们却被所有矛盾的信息所困扰着。最终的结果就是我们感觉自己无法集中注意力或者我们把注意力集中在了错误的事情上，所以我们采取的行动不够，获得的进展不够，当我们能够取得进步时却还在原地踏步。【4】没有必要那样。任何时候如果你发

28、现世界在你面前挥动着椅子，请记住：你所要做的是将注意力集中在一件事上。你只需要开始去做。成功人士的习惯之一是在感觉准备好之前就开始去做了。如果你想去某地，想要完成某件事，想要成为某个人立即采取行动吧。如果你很清楚自己的方向，那么全世界都会帮助你到达目的地，或者为你让路参考答案：AABC2014年新课标卷1阅读理解D原文及译文【1】As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing.

29、In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).【2】In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations - UNESCO and

30、National Geographic among themhave for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.【3】Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center,Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently pub

31、lished book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.【4】Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include o

32、ther languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.【5】At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings,and field notes which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.【6】No