高中英语阅读理解专项练习含答案(四)

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高中英语阅读理解专项练习含答案（四）

A

Every summer，the Serengeti plains of Africa are worth ns of wild animals

begin their 1，800­mile journey northwards on their annual migratory (迁移的) route.

In the month of November，polar bears in their thousands cross the Canadian Arctic，as they

head towards the ice sheets of Hudson sea ice that forms every winter is the key to the

bear's managing to exist，for here they hunt for seals (海豹)．

The Great Bustard，one of the heaviest flying birds，migrates each year across Europe and

Asia to its wintering ily，these and other migratory animals are in danger from

human activity.

We have written several articles on climate change and the effect of rising ocean

1979，ice sheets in the Arctic have gone down by 30 does this

mean for polar bears？They are forced to stay on land for longer periods of time，which delays

their search for a result，bears today are 60 pounds lighter than what they s，

smaller bears also produce weaker babies，and their chances of survival are at the plains of

Africa，migratory animals like gazelles are traveling long distances for food，just to avoid falling

prey (牺牲品) to humans who hunt them.

In an unusual step，experts from 120 countries have agreed to protect 31 migratory

mammals，fish and United Nation's 11th annual Conservation of Migratory Species of

Wild Animals(CMS)was held in Quito， the first time，900 experts attended the

conference，and the enthusiastic support shows the world is united in conservation (保护) efforts.

What does getting on a protected list mean？Countries that have signed the agreement will

be required to pass laws locally and work with other countries that fall within the animal's

migratory one animal did not make the African lion was rejected (拒绝) for

lack of information of the countries where it lives.

语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了很多野生动物在迁徙途中遭受人类的捕

杀或受到人类活动的影响导致数量急剧下降。专家们呼吁世界各国联合起来保护迁徙物种。

1．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The Great Bustard is one of the largest flying birds.

B．The weight of polar bears today is lighter than what it was.

C．In the 1970s，ice sheets went down by 30 percent.

D．120 experts have agreed to protect 21 migratory animals.

B [细节理解题。根据第四段中的“As a result，hey were.”可知，现在北

极熊的体重比原来少了60磅，故B项正确。]

2．Why was the African lion not included in the list from the passage?

A．We don't know which countries it lives in.

B．It isn't a migratory animal.

C．Experts are not interested in this animal.

D．It is not traveling long distances for food.

A [细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Only one animal did not make where it

lives.”可知，非洲狮没有在名单之内是因为我们不知道它们生活在哪些国家，故A项正确。]

3．The writer writes this passage aiming to ．

A．let us know about the animals

B．prevent the rare animals from dying out

C．inform us of the effects of climate change

D．draw our attention to helping the migratory animals

D [写作目的题。通读全文可知，本文的写作意图是引起人们的注意来帮助迁徙的动

物，故D项正确。]

4．All these factors have probably put the migratory animals in danger EXCEPT ．

A．some human activities

B．the enthusiastic support from experts

C．rising ocean temperatures

D．climate change

B [细节理解题。根据第四段中的“We have written peratures.”及“In

the plains of Africa，...who hunt them.”可知，气候变化、海洋温度上升以及人类活动都是威

胁迁徙物种的因素，专家的支持则是为了保护它们，故B项正确。]

B

Millions of years ago dinosaurs lived on the the days of dinosaurs the whole earth

was warm and were green forests and they could find enough to ，parts of the

earth became cold and dry，and the forests there dinosaurs could not find enough to

must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.

We can guess another kinds of animals came on the had big brains

and were fast and could kill dinosaurs.

There may be other reasons that we don't know about ists are trying to make more

discoveries about dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes (形状)．Some were as small as chickens，while

some were about 90 feet long.

There were also terrible fights between might have happened more than 100

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