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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2017 届高三英语阅读理解记叙文2016 I 卷CI am peter Hodes, a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012, Ive done 89trips of those , 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞） inmy little box because Ive got two ice packs and thats how long they last, in all, fromthe time the ste
2、m cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者 ) to the time they can beimplanted in the patient, we ve got 72 hours at most, So I am always conscious oftime.I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked upthe stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to
3、Washington thenback to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady onthe desk said: Well,” I m really sorry, Isomevebadgot news for you-there are nofights from Washington. So I”took my box and put it on the desk and I said: “In thisbox are some stem cells that are urgentl
4、y needed for a patient-please, please, you vegot to get me back tothe UnitedKingdom. ”She just dropped everything. Shearranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-routed(改道 )me throughNewark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.For this courier job, you re
5、consciously aware that in that box you vegotsomething that is potentially going to save somebody s life.29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word“ courier” in ParagrapA providerB delivery manC collectorD medical doctor30. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours?A. H
6、e cannot stay away from his job too long.B. The donor can only wait for that long.C. The operation needs that much time.D. The ice wont last any longer.31. Which flight did the woman put Peter on first?A. To LondonB. To NewarkC. To ProvidenceD. To Washington2015 I 卷BThe freezing Northeast hasn t bee
7、n a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packedbefore you could say “ sunshine ” . I left for the land of warmth and vitamin维生素C( C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and专心-专注-专业
8、1warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, butthe best part-particularlyto my taste, dulled by months ofcold-weather rootvegetableswas- a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota far
9、mers market that proved to bemore than worth the early wake-up call.The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck;
10、 and most of all,the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的 ) promise, I ve refusedto buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, onceI get them home they re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But
11、 I homed in, withuncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown s Grove Farm s stand, full of fresand soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wou
12、ldn t be experiencing again for months.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown sGrove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where-luckily for me-I was planning to have dinner that very
13、 night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I dbe ordering every tomato on it.24. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A. Exciting.B. Boring.C. Relaxing.D. Annoying.25. What made the author s getting up early worthwhile?A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.C. Walking in th
14、e morning sun.D. Visiting a local farmer markets.26. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A. They are soft.B. They look nice.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.27. What was the author going to do that evening?A. Eat in a restaurant.B. Check into a hotel.C. Go to a farm.D. B
15、uy fresh vegetables.22014 I 卷BPassenger pigeons（旅鸽） once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries describedflocks（群） so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reach its highest point,
16、 there were morethan 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total birdpopulation in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in theworld. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 m
17、iles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Wherethe birds were abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with
18、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 restaurants.thBy the closing decades of the 19 century, the hardwood forests where passengerpigeons nested had been damaged by Americans nee
19、d for wood, which（驱scattered散） the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons
20、, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The lastconfirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, 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 Zo
21、ological Garden in September 1, 1914.ththcenturies, passenger pigeons _.24. In the 18and early 19A. were the biggest bird in the worldB. lived mainly in the south of AmericaC. did great harm to the natural environmentD. Were the largest population in the US25. The underlined word“ undoing ” probably
22、 refers to the pigeons _.A. escapeB. ruinC. liberationD. evolution26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A. To seek pleasure.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
23、. It was declared too late.C. It was unfair.D. It was strict.32016 II 卷DA new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.FrankHurley spictureswouldbeoutstanding-undoubtedlyfirst-ratephoto-journalism-if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 thr
24、ough 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海滩 ), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was
25、intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica Weddells Sea. From that pointShackleton wanted to force a passageby dog sled(雪橇 ) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain
26、Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Sco
27、tt s last journey, completed ashe lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world imagination,s and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage
28、to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.13. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?A. They were made last weekB. They sh
29、owed undersea sceneriesC. They were found by a cameramanD. They recorded a disastrous adventure14. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?A. Frank HurleyB. Ernest ShackletonC. Robert Falcon ScottD. Caroline Alexander15. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?A. Artistic creationB. Scientific researchC. Money makingD. Treasure hunting4