高中英语阅读理解强化限时练13.docx

1、高中英语阅读理解强化限时练13高中英语阅读理解强化限时练（一）AWhen Millet was a boy he worked on his needy fathers farm. At the rest hour in the fields the other workers would all take naps(打盹儿), but young Millet would spend time drawing. Finally the village where he lived gave him a little money to Paris to study art. When Mill

2、et reached Paris, he had a tough time. Fortunately, when he was almost starving,someone bought one of his peasant paintings, which enabled his family to leave for Barbizon.Millets pictures of peasants at work were painted in a unique way. The painter would go out on the farms and watch them carefull

3、y, then he would come home and paint what he had seen. So astonishingly accurate was his memory that he could paint at home without models and get all the movements of his figures right. When he did need a figure to go by he would ask his wife to pose for him.One of his noted artworks is called“The

4、Sower”,which shows a man seeding. He reaches into his bag for seed and then swings backward to scatter(撒播)the seed, and with each swing of his hand the sower strides(大步走)forward. In Millets picture the sower has been working hard, but his swinging step and arm still move smoothly, like a machine. On

5、ly the mans head reveals his great tiredness.Another masterpiece is called“The Gleaners”.A gleaner is someone picking up the leftover in the field after the wheat harvest. When farmers near Barbizon are extremely badly-off, even the little the gleaners can find is a help. You can see from Millets pi

6、cture what back-breaking work gleaning mustbe.1. What do we know about Millet?A. His wife supported him to be a painter.B. He was keen on painting as a kid.C. He spent his whole life in Barbizon.D. He was brought up in Paris.2. How did he paint the laboring farmers?A. Asking models for help.B. Imagi

7、ning figures in the field.C. Remembering what he had observed.D. Recalling the days on his fathers farm.3. What do Millets works convey?A. The farmershardships B. The scene of gardeningC. His love for the village D. His anxiety about the farmers4. The text is most likely to be found in_.A. A short-s

8、tory collection B. A personal diaryC. A magazine of art D. A science magazineBEngland and Wales launched a COVID-19 smart phone app on Thursday, allowing users to trace contacts, check the local level of risk and record visits to places such as pubs, four months after the technology was promised to

9、the public.The NHS COVID-19 app comes as Britain prepare for a second wave of infections, with daily case numbers rising at rates not seen since the peak of the pandemic(流行病)and a testing system unable to cope with demand in many areas.The government had said a COVID-19 app would arrive in May, but

10、early trials were troubled by problems, and developers abandoned home-grown technology in favor of Apple and Googles model inJune.As the delay lengthened, the governmentdownplayedthe importance of smartphones in fighting COVID-19, saying that rather than an app being central to the test and trace sy

11、stem, it was “the cherry on the cake”.Health Secretary Matt Hancock, however, said that with infection rates rising, every tool available must be used to prevent the spread of the disease, including the latest technology.“We have worked extensively with tech companies, international partners, and pr

12、ivacy and medical experts-and learned from the trials- to develop an app that is secure, simple to use and will help keep our country safe,”hesaid.The app uses Bluetooth signals to record when a user is in close contact with another user,generally meaning within two meters for 15 minutes or more. If

13、 someone tests positivefor COVID-19,they can choose to share the result anonymously(匿名地)with their close contacts,who will eachreceive a warning and will have to isolate(隔离)for 14 days.People aged over 16 will be encouraged to download the app by advertisements with the slogan: “Protect your loved o

14、nes. Get the app.”5. Which word can best replace the underlined word“downplay”inParagraph4?A.emphasizeB. value C.explainD underestimate6. What can we know about the COVID-19 smartphone app from the passage?A. The app came to market at the peak of the disease.B. The app might help reduce the spread o

15、f the disease.C. The app can share the testing result automatically.D. The app is popular with teenagers in England.7. What can we learnfrom Matts words?A. Many hands make light work. B. Haste makes waste.C. One good turn deserves another.D. Knowledge starts with practice.CConservationists(野生动物保护者)

16、have long known that using pandas,tigers and other charming species to promote their campaigns is a good way to raise money. But some people argue that focusing on these“flagship”animals can ignore equally threatened but less cute ones.Now Jennifer Mcgowan at Macquarie University in Sydney and her c

17、olleagues suggest that we can have it both ways, after finding that funding for flagship species also helps other threatened species in the surrounding areas. Mcgowans team first drew up a list of 534 flagship species in wildlife-richhotspots around the world. The biodiversity areas were each split

18、into grids(网格)of 100 by 100 kilometer squares. The researchers then compared two conservation approaches across eight simulatedscenarios(模拟场景)which assumed different levels of human activity and protected areas.The first focused on protecting flagship species, while the second aimed to protectthemax

19、imum number of species in an area, regardless of their fundraising potential. Their study has found that targeting grid squareswithflagshipspeciesalsoprotected79to89percentofthenon-flagship speciesinthatarea.Thefigureroseto97percentinsomescenarios.Thefindingscouldhelpwhenchoosing whichspeciestopromo

20、te.Flagshipspeciesareveryeffectiveatgettingthepublictocare,shesays.MorganTrimble,theauthorofapaperthathasfoundscientistsalsohaveapreferenceforcharming animals,saystheresultsdontsurpriseher.WhileIthinkitsimportantthatwedontlosesightofthe biggerpicture-conservingspeciesisaboutconservingallthecomponent

21、partsofecosystems,even thenot-so-cutespecies-Ithinkhighlightingflagshipspeciesinfundraisingandeducationisa practicalideaandappealstohumannature,shesays.Trimblealsoaskswhatthealternativetousing flagshipspecieswouldbe:randomlypickingspecies?McGowansstudyfoundarandomapproachto choosingwheretospendconse

22、rvationfundsonlyprotected39to55percentofthenon-flagship species.8.Whatkindofanimalsdoconservationistsusuallyusetoraisefunds?A.Lessattractiveanimals. B.Endangeredflagshipanimals.C.Threatenedbutnotnecessarilycutespecies.D.Charmingbutnotnecessarilythreatenedspecies.9.WhathasMcGowanandherteamsstudyrevea

23、led?A.Itworkswelltofocusonflagshipspecies.B.Thereareveryfewflagshipspeciesingridsquares.C.Non-flagshipspeciesarepoorlyprotectedingeneral.D.Flagshipspeciesaregettingmorethanenoughattention.10.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?A.AnapproachtochoosingacharmingspeciesB.TheeffectsofhumanactivityonanimalsC

24、.TheroleoffundraisinginsavinganimalsD.AneffectivewaytoconductwildlifeconservationD七选五Manypeoplebelievesharksaredangerousandwillalwaystrytohurtorevenkillhumans.1_.AsharkexhibitionattheNationalAquariuminBaltimore,US,provesthis.Visitorscantouchyoungsharks,seetheireggsdevelopandwatchadozendifferentspeci

25、esswimsmoothlyaroundahuge tank.Mostpeoplefailtorealizethatsharkattacksdonthappenveryoften.Humansaremorelikelytobekilledbylightningthanbyashark.2_.Theycanwatchthemdevelopinsidetheeggsandfeelthe skinoftheolderswimmerssoastolearn ,fromanearlyage,nottofearsharks.“Peoplefearwhattheydontknow,saidNancyHotc

26、hkiss,anorganizeroftheexhibition,whichrunstillDecember.Sharkshavebeenroundfor400millionyearsandplayanimportantroleintheoceansfoodchain.Wewantpeopletodiscoverthatsharksareamazinganimalsthatneedourrespect andprotection.3_.Astudy,publishedinJanuaryintheUSmagazineScience,foundthatalmostallrecorded shark

27、specieshavefallenbyhalfinthepasteighttofifteenyears.ThousandsofsharksarehuntedinAsiaforspecialfoods,suchassharkfinsoup.34.Morethan halfofallsharkscaughtaresmallerthanonemeterlong.“Somefishingmethodsareactuallycleaningouttheocean,” saidDaveSchofield,themanagerof theaquariumsoceanhealthprogram.Thefish

28、ermenthrewthemawaylikerubbish.”5_.A.Ashocking100millionsharksarekilledeveryyearbyhumansaroundtheworld.B.Andmanyothersgetcaughtinnets,whilefishermenarehuntingotherfish.C.Sharkscansmellandtasteblood,andtraceitbacktoitssource.D.Infact,94percentoftheworlds400speciesareharmlesstohumans.E.Whoeverdoharmtos

29、harksshallbepunishedbyinternationallaws.F.Itisaworryingsituationandsomeareashaveputmeasuresinplacetoprotectthesespeciesoffish.G.Andtomakethispointclear,themuseumhassetupaspecialtouchingpoolforchildren.Key :1-4 BCAC 5-7 D B A 8-10 B A D七选五1 - 5 DGABF(二)AI am an active playgoer and play-reader，and per

30、haps my best reason for editing this book is a hope of sharing my enthusiasm for the theater with others. To do this I have searched through dozens of plays to find the ones that I think best show the power and purpose of the short play.Each play has a theme or central idea which the playwright（剧作家）hopes to get across through dialogue and ac