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1、省市高考英语阅读理解训练题20及答案科普知识型阅读理解(二)(一)Plants have family values, too, it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together.An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may posse
2、ss similar social skills, scientists believe.Susan Dudley and Amanda File of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, report they have demonstrated for the first time that plants can recognize their kin.This suggests that plants, though lacking recognition and memory, are capable of complex social in
3、teractions.“Plants have this kind of hidden but complicated social life， Dudley said.The study found plants from the same species of beachdwelling wildflower grew aggressively alongside unrelated neighbors but were less competitive when they shared soil with their families.Sea rocket, a North Americ
4、an species, showed stronger and healthier root growth when planted in pots with strangers than when raised with relatives from the same maternal(母系的) family, the study found.This is an example of kin selection, a behavior common in animals in which closely related individuals take a group approach t
5、o succeeding in their environment, the researchers said.Kin selection also applies to competition, because if family members compete less with each other, the group will do better overall. “Everywhere you look, plants are growing right up next to other plants， Dudley said，“ Usually its a case of eac
6、h plant for itself. But sometimes those plants are related, and there are benefits to not wasting resources on being competitive, and there is not really a cost to not being competitive as long as your neighbor is also not being competitive.Learning and memory appear to be important for kin recognit
7、ion in animals, but this isnt an option for plants, she noted.Some researchers speculate(猜想) that plants communicate through their roots, identifying themselves using tiny chemical signatures specific to each plants family.()6.Whats the main idea of the message?AStudies find plants can recognize, co
8、mmunicate with relatives.BKin selection is important for plants.CAnimals can recognize and memorize their relatives.DCompetition asks plants to recognize their relatives.()7.Which of the following is NOT right about animals social skill?AAnimals can recognize and memorize their relatives.BAnimals so
9、cial skill is to cooperate and share resources.CAnimals social skill can recognize close relatives in order to work together.DAnimals social skill is no use at all.()8.Plants kin selection is to _. Agrow well Bcompete with other kinds of plants Cstrengthen the relationship among siblings Dfind which
10、 one is the best()9.From the passage，we learn that _.Asea rocket is a South American species Bsea rocket grows aggressively alongside unrelated neighborsCsea rocket grows aggressively alongside its siblingsDsea rocket is a kind of bush without flowers ()10.How can the plants communicate with each ot
11、her according to experts suppose?APlants communicate by using tiny chemical signatures specific to each plants family.BPlants communicate with each other through their roots.CPlants communicate with each other by their leaves.DPlants communicate with each other with their flowers.(一)本文是科普说明文。科学家经过研究
12、发现：和动物一样，植物也有亲属选择的习性，同时排挤其他种类植物。同时介绍了同系植物之间不竞争的原因、作用以及交流方式。6A 主旨大意题。全文说明研究发现：植物也可以区分亲属，和亲属交流共生而和其他植物生长在一起时那么疯狂排挤竞争。7D 细节理解题。从第二段可以判断出动物的社会能力非常有用，是为了合作，为了共享资源，而不是没用。8B 细节理解题。从倒数第三段看出，植物的亲属判断力是为了竞争。9B 推理判断题。倒数第五段提到sea rocket和其他种类的植物长在一起时根系兴旺，具有侵略性，这是为了和其他植物竞争，夺取更多的资源。10B 细节理解题。最后一段说明科学家猜想植物之间的交流可能是用根进
13、行的，用微小的化学成分去验明是否是亲属。*结束Youre in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation：“I cant believe ita Lorenzo Betrolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isnt it beautiful？And its a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.
14、They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. Its nice and the price is right. Youve never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So，you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually
15、paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool，the product seems cool，too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.Undercove
16、r marketing is important because it reaches people that dont pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generationconsumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they dont trust ads.So advertising agencies hire
17、young actors to “perform in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative.“Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.However，one might ask what exactly is “real about the
18、 young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater. Advertising executives (主管) would say its no less real than flu ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don t know a conversation you overhear is just a performance.13. The two attractive yo
19、ung women were talking so that they could _.A. get the sweater at a lower price B. be heard by people aroundC. be admired by other shoppers D. decide on buying the sweater 14. Lorenzo Bertolla is _.A. a very popular male singer B. an advertising agencyC. a clothing company in Rome D. the brand name
20、of a sweater 15. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage？A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.B. The MTV generation tends to be more easily influenced by ads.C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because its too direct.D. Undercover ma
21、rketing will surely be banned soon by the government. 16. Which of the following would be the best title for the text？A. Two Attractive Shoppers B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweatersk.&s5*uC. Ways of Advertising D. Undercover Marketing 1316 BDCD*结束l Developing your spoken English: The natural approach Financ
22、ial Express - Dec 24, There lived a man in a village. Like any other village in Bangladesh, speaking in English was considered a great quality in his village. However, he went to England for a visit. When he returned to his village, someone wanted to know how the people of London were like. Amazing!
23、 he said.l World Health Organization Praises OECS Secretariat for Drug Procurement RedNova - Dec 26,Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 26 December Castries, St Lucia: An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Organization of Eastern Caribbea
24、n States (OECS) Secretariat high marks for its ability to handle quality assurance matters relating to the procurement of drugs for the people of the sub-region.l Indian Ocean Tsunami: A Remembrance Voice of America - Dec 26,Today, December 26, Indian Ocean nations are marking the one-year anniversa
25、ry of the deadly tsunami that crashed into two continents to cause unimaginable death and destruction. l Wind-Driven Grass Fires Kill One in TexasDec.28,CROSS PLAINS, Texas - Rancher Dean Dillard was able to save his 72-year-old mothers home from grass fires by soaking the land around it. But many o
26、f his neighbors werent as lucky.l Russian Rocket Puts European Satellite Galileo into Planned Orbit RedNova Dec.28,The first satellite of the European system of global positioning, Galileo, launched from the Russian Baykonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 28 December, has been successfully put into pla
27、nned orbit with the help of a Russian Soyuz-FG rocket carrier, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported the same day, quoting Roskosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency.l U.N. Official: Iraqi Elections Credible Dec.28,BAGHDAD, Iraq - A United Nations official said Wednesday that Iraqs recent parliame
28、ntary elections, which have given a strong lead to the Shiite religious bloc dominating the current government, were credible and that there was no justification in calls for a rerun.13. Which of the following statements is true? A. People in Bangladesh like to practice speaking English in London. B
29、. Indian Ocean Tsunami happened on Dec.26, . C. Many of the ranchers neighbors lost their homes in the grass fires. D. According to the UN, Iraqs recent elections were dominated by the Shiite religious bloc and are incredible. 14. From the above news items, we know that _. A. Many of the ranchers ne
30、ighbors died unluckily in the grass fires. B. Indian Ocean Tsunami occurred in the two continents. C. The natural approach has developed the spoken English efficiently. D. OECS has now been able to handle quality assurance matters about the drug procurement15. “Galileo is _. A. a man-made satelliteB
31、. a Russian Rocket C. a spaceship launched from RussiaD. a European manned satellite16. The above pieces of news _. A. are US National newsB. come from Europe C. happened in Indian OceanD. cover the globe1316、CDAD*结束Parents are among the worlds most passionate art collectors，saving their childrens a
32、rtwork until every nook and corner is filled.But when space runs out，how do you decide what to keep，what to recycle and how to display all of those precious things?Its essential to periodically sort through your childrens artwork.Jenn Wilson，an art teacher at Torontos Mabin School，suggests parents i
33、nvolve their children in the process and use it as an opportunity for discussion.You can limit yourself to three or four pieces that sum up your childs recent artistic development.Or you can be guided by size：store the smaller items and make digital copies of the larger ones.The rest can be recycled
34、.Wilson advises parents to note down as much information as they can on the artwork to be saved，including the childs name，title，materials，date and grade.“If possible，include details about what the child was thinking when doing the art，collected from your conversation.That will be enormously valuable
35、 years later，when the motivation behind the work has faded from memory.Internet art galleries offer a great way to share your childs artistic accomplishments with friends and relatives.Kids Space is an international site where kids can submit audio files of their music or digitized drawings.Global C
36、hildrens Art Gallery is a nonprofit site with more than 1,000 pictures currently on display.If youre up for a challenge，design a childrens art website for your childs school.Sherri Osborn，the Minnesotabased guide to the Family Crafts area on About ，found a hightech way to recycle some of her daughte
37、rs old school work.“I scanned it into my computer，printed it out onto fabric(织物) and then combined it into a graduation quilt for her.I not only scanned some of her artwork，but I also scanned poems，reports and certificates.This quilt was a big hit with everyoneespecially my daughter.1Jenn Wilson adv
38、ocates children participating in sorting through the artwork to .Adecide which artwork should be storedBhelp their parents to do houseworkCuse it as an opportunity to talk about artDdevelop the ability of selfhelp2Parents should note down as much details on the artwork as they can in order to .Areca
39、ll the motivation behind the work years laterBdisplay the precious work of their childrenCteach their children reading and writingDdecide which one to be recycled3We can learn from the passage that Kids Space，Global Childrens Art Gallery and About are websites .Awhich are designed specially for chil
40、drenBwhich help parents teach their childrenCwhose bases are in MinnesotaDwith areas for childrens artwork exhibition4We can infer from the last paragraph that .ASherri Osborn is an art teacherBSherri Osborn printed her daughters work on her beddingCSherri Osborns daughter is a primary studentDSherr
41、i Osborns daughter likes the souvenir very much1Never look down upon the power of passion. (完形填空第五段)不要小瞧了激情的力量。(1)She thinks they look down on her because she didnt go to university.她觉得他们瞧不起她是因为她没有上过大学。(2)He was looked down on because of his humble background.他因家世寒微而被人看不起。2Your passion will help you
42、 face the challenges as you start your journey. (完形填空第五段) 当你开始你的旅程时，你的激情会帮助你面对挑战。(1)I watched her as she combed her hair.她梳头时我一直看着她。(2)As he grew older he lost interest in everything except gardening.他年纪越来越大，除了喜欢园艺以外，对一切都失去了兴趣。3Parents are among the worlds most passionate art collectors.(阅读理解第一段)父母是
43、世界上最有激情的艺术收藏家之一(1)China is among the largest countries in the world. 中国是世界上最大的国家之一。(2)I was among the last to leave.我是最后离去者之一。4Jenn Wilson，an art teacher at Torontos Mabin School，suggests parents involve their children in the process and use it as an opportunity for discussion. (阅读理解第二段) (1)Dont inv
44、olve me in solving your problems.你解决你的问题，不要把我拉进去。(2)The witnesss statement involves you in the robbery.证人的证词说明你与劫案有关。答案. 1C2A3D4D*结束Attempt a guess at the following question: In the English-speaking world, which country has the least affordable homes? You are wrong if you guessed the US, even with t
45、he housing bubble 气泡 and main sadness. Nor is it the UK, where prices have risen because demand is far from supply. According to a recent survey of 227 cities around the globe, you must go south of the equator 赤道 to Australia to find the priciest homesThe report measured a citys housing market along
46、 the following guidelines. An “affordable home required three times or less of the average familys income to purchase. At four times earnings, a home fell into the “unaffordable category. And a “seriously unaffordable home needed five times a familys income. In Australia, homes in the least affordable city cost just about 9,5 times the average income. Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne were only a little under this figureAustralian officials offered little comment, apart from a general statement on the dism