【精编版】2020届高三英语题型训练 阅读理解(三)
题型训练阅读理解（三）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A Just because you see them at the zoo it doesn’t mean they’ re doing all right in the wild.
Giraffes
IUCN(世界自然保护联盟）has put some giraffes at a critically endangered(淑危的）status. There are only 4,000 Kordofan and Nubian giraffes left. The giraffe population has declined primarily due to loss of habi-tat，social disorder, and poaching(偷猎）according to priority(优先考虑的事）.Some giraffes are killed just for their tails，which are considered status symbols in parts of Africa.
Whales
As few as 300 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild. In fact, six out of the 13 great whale spe- cies are endangered. Pollution is a major threat for these giants，plus，more than 1T000 whales are killed every year for commercial purposes.
Tigers
All six tiger species are endangered, with Sumatran and South China tigers at a critically endangered status. Some scientists even consider the South China tiger to be “functionally extinct” since it hasn't been seen in the wild in more than 25 years. The main reasons for their population decline are poaching and destroyed habitats, as humans clear forests to gather wood and build roadways. Only about 3 ,890 tigers currently live in
the wild.
Asian elephants
The main threat to Asian elephants is their shrinking habitat. As the human population grows, people take their land to build roads and railway tracks. Elephants in Myanmar are al an especially high risk for being caught and traded or used illegally in the tourist industry. It is unknown just how many elephants are left on the entire continent, but experts estimate numbers could be fewer than 50,000. It’s alarming but important to learn about these animals that could go extinct within your lifetime.
21. What mostly causes the giraffe population decline?
A. Loss of habitat.
B. Social disorder.
C. Illegal hunting.
D. Giraffe-tail trading.
22.Why are South China tigers considered “functionally extinct”?
A. Because China has the fewest tigers in the world.
B. Because all six tiger species are decreasing rapidly.
C. Because people haven't seen them in the wild for decades.
D. Because their conditions haven51 improved for many years.
23. What can we know about Asian elephants?
A. They are privately taken by many as a status symbol.
B. The tourist industry has laid too much emphasis on them.
C. Roads and railway tracks have forced them to move away.
D. Human activities are to blame for their shrinking population.
B
Memes(表情包）have taken the Internet by storm as a new form of comedy, or even a new art form. So what exactly are memes? According to Wikipedia, a meme is an idea, behavior,
or style that spreads from person to person within a culture often with the aim of conveying a particular phenomenon，theme or meaning.
The word meme was created by British biologist Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish dene where he put forth the theory. According to Dawkins, memes are very likely to spreading and copying, but only the quality ones become successful and keep spreading to eventually reach a well-received status where the lessei ones die out. You can make a choice to use them purely for laughs or to make a political message and even both at the same time.
In the early Internet days, the memes were spread on person to person basis. As the Internet developed, its interactive nature allowed people worldwide to participate in the craze. This gave rise to early Internet memes like The Humpsterdance Song, and so memes began spreading through Internet forums, meme-special- ized websites and social media like Facebook, Myspace, etc. Soon they began being used as a commercial form of mass marketing and publicity (宣传）spreading.
Then programmers started making meme generators.By comoaring many online meme generators,we found out Filmora to be the best one.This has so many cool features. And the best thing,you can easily gen-erate meme without any kind of login process.Just come to Filmora website,select the image,gif or video from which you want to create a meme, and addd the effects and text easy as eating ice cream, So happy being!
24. According to Dawkins, what monies can pet popular?
A.Memes of fine quality.
B.Memes with
C.Memes containing plain fun.
D.Memes with
25. What can he inferred from the third paragraph?
A.Memes a re closely linked to the Internet.
B.Memes were spread on person to person basin.
C.People around the world were fond of the trend.
D. Memes are basically used for commercial purposes,
26. What makes Filmora stand out from the rest?
A.It has a wide range of coolest fealures.
B. It has easier access tu eating ice cream.
C.It allows the user to add personal effects.
D.It needs no requirenients to sign up at all.
27. For what purpose is the text written?
A. To exchange ideas with meme lovers.
B. B. To introduce the techniques of memes.
C. To inform readers of some facts of memes.
D. To offer tips on creating one's own memes.
C
The world is a greener place than it was 20 years ago. Recent IN ASA satellite data (2000 ?2017 ) have shown that human activities in China and India dominate this greening of the planet, thanks to ambitious tree- planting programs in China and intensive agriculture(集约农业）in both countries.
The researchers from Boston University found that global green leaf area has increased by 5 percent in the new century, an area equal to all of the Amazon rainforest. China alone accounts for 25% of the global net increase in leaf area with only 6. 6% of global vegetated area. China’s contribution comes in large part from its programs to conserve and expand forests, taking up about 42 percent of the greening. The greening from croplands in China is about 32%，but that in India is about 82%.
Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA' s Ames Research Center and a co-author of the study said, “ When the greening of the Earth was first observed，we thought it was due to a
warmer，wetter climate and fer- lilization (施肥）from the added carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But with data from NASA satellites, scientists realized that humans are also contributing, which was all against our expectations.
Nemani sees a positive message in the new findings. “Once people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it，”he said. “In the 1970s and 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people realized U, and today things have improved. Humans are incredibly resilient. That1 s what we see in the satellite data.
However, the researchers rang bells as well. They said that the gain in global greenness did not netessari- ly compensate for the loss of natural vegetation in regions like Brazil and Indonesia.
28. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. The decreasing size of the Amazon rainforest.
B. China’s bigger contribution to global greening.
C. Total global green leaf area in the new century.
D. China’s programs to conserve and expand forest.
29.What surprised scientists regarding global greening?
A.Human activities.
B.The level of fertilization.
C.A Wanmer and writer climate.
D.Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
30.What does the underlined word “resilient” probably m ean?
A.Good at making programs.
B.Suituble for analyzing data.
C.Able to make corrections.
D.Active in planting trees.
31. What does I he last paragraph imply?
A. it is urgent to protect global natural resources.
B. Much remains to be done for global greenness.
C. Brazil and Indonesia lose most of their vegetation.
D. Global greenness needs all countries to work together.
D
Paintings and sculptures can be a feast (盛宴〉for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but todav their viewing is also an unusual treatment for people with mental illness.
Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started Lo write a new prescription. These prest riptions will be available for those with a wide range of mental and physical illnesses, and each one of the passes will allow two adults and Iwo minors(未成年人）to visit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ( MMFA) for free.
In the museum, the visitor can appreciate the artworks, and lake part in a wide of activities including drawing, sewing and making a sculpture with recycled materials.“By offering free admission to a safe, welcoming place, a relaxing, refreshing experience, a moment of relief, and an opportunity to strengthen ties with loved ones, the preseriptions contribute to the patient 's well-being and recovery ,”explains a press release from the MMFA.
The new treatment is said to be the first of its kind in the world. But there is increasing evidenrt. ihtil tlie display of visual art, especially art represenling nature, can have positive effects on people wiiU depression (抑郁），anxiety and other emotion-related problems, it may look a lot like a marketing effort for the museum but there's also increasing evidence that the display of visual art, especially if it's representing nature, can have positive effects on health outcomes.
Is it possilile for art to improve overall health? We may not know the answer yet. Bui one thing is certain, more and more people today are persuaded by the idea that “art is good medicine”.
We'11 keep our fingers crossed for some‘ chocolate' prescriptions next.
32. What does The new prescription actually mean?
A. Spending time with some friends.
B.Paying a visit to a certain museum.
C. Refreshing one's childhood memories.
D.Seeking spiritual assistance from adults.
33.How does MMFA influence the patients?
A. It offers a range of entertaining activities.
B. It creates a unique environment for them.
C. It instructs visitors to appreciate artworks.
D.It helps parents to strengthen ties、with kids.
34.What is the author’s attitude towards this practice?
A. Disapproving.
B. Doubtful.
C.Uncaring.
D. Positive.
35.What is the best title for the text?
A. A taste of a powerful treatment
B.How to handle menial illness?
C.Art is an amazing achievement
D. Will Cue arts cure depression?
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高考英语阅读理解三篇
(A ) A coal-fire stove(炉灶)provided heating for Zhao Yaoqin's courtyard bungalow in a Beijing hutong all her life. This winter, however, the stove has disappeared from the 66-year-old's life, and an electric radiator takes its place beside her bed, a product of a government to use clean energy in the national capital. With the Olympics to be staged in Beijing next August, the city is determined to eliminate the use of coal within the Third Ring Road that circles the city before the Games. The project to replace the stoves with electric radiators has been part of the effort. When the city's four-month long heating season started on Thursday, coal-fired stoves, known as a big source of pollution in the big city, have disappeared from some 20,000 local households like Zhao's bungalow in the inner city "hutong" -- traditional alleyways(小巷) that date back centuries. "We used to boil water or bake bread on the stove," said Zhao, sounding sentimental(伤感) to the disappearance of the coal furnace from her life. Late in the 1990s, Beijing's air quality monitoring office found that the emissions(排放) of sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide from the hutong areas have been higher than the city's average in winter, mainly because of the coal stoves. With the project to switch to clean energy for heating launched in 1999, the emission level of the two poisonous substances decreased by 42 percent and 44 percent, respectively, this year from 2001 levels. Zhao said the fee for electrical heat for the entire winter was usually around 2,400 yuan (US$323) per household. With the government's subsidy（补贴）, however, she only needed to pay about 500 yuan, nearly the same price as that for coal. 1．Zhao Yaoqin’ example in the passage is to tell us that_______. A.people in Beijing using electric radiators to welcome the Olympics. B.people in Beijing are doing something to protect the environment. C.hutongs in Beijing have a long history. D.People pay more money to use electric radiators than before. 2. The underlined word eliminate probably means________ A. cut down. B. increase. C. get rid of. D. replace 3. We can infer from the passage that ______ A. Zhao Yaoqin has a strong and deep emotion with the use of coal-fire stove. B. The government will pay most of the fee. C. The air of Beijing has been badly polluted since 1990s. D. The people do not use coal eight months in one year. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The clean air is important when the Olympics Games is held in Beijing. B. The success of the Olympics Games depends on the clean air. C. The government spare no effort to make the environment better. D. The emission level of poisonous substances will be low in 2008.
高三英语专项练习
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高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案含解析
高三英语阅读理解专项训练及答案含解析 一、高中英语阅读理解 1．阅读理解 Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1978, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14,400 plastic bottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to completely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifetime greatly. The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It's a community in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is complete, and electrical and plumbing (管道装置) lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered by concrete—both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17°C cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside. The village is the brainchild (主意) of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process. The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”. （1）What does Paragraph 1 intend to tell us? A. The reason for buying fewer drinks. B. The difficult situation of wildlife. C. The amount of plastic waste. D. The seriousness of plastic pollution. （2）What is the biggest benefit to people living in the Plastic Bottle Village? A. The house will be much cooler than normal ones. B. The material of construction will be reduced a lot. C. The newly-made house can save a lot of electricity. D. The waste of the house can be consumed by fish and birds. （3）Which of the following words can best describe Robert? A. Creative. B. Courageous. C. Enthusiastic. D. Sensitive.（4）The main purpose of Robert's projects is to A. provide shelter for locals B. reuse all deserted plastic bottles C. popularize the use of plastic bottles D. raise people's environmental awareness 【答案】（1）D （2）A
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【英语】高三英语翻译专题训练答案及解析 一、高中英语翻译 1．高中英语翻译题：Translate tbe following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1．我们打篮球的时间到了。 (time) 2．他设法把游客及时送到了机场。 (manage) 3．你今晚能来参加我的生日聚会? (possible) 4．应该鼓励年轻人按照自己的特长选择职业。(encourage) 5．我对学生所谈的电子产品一无所知，我发现自己落伍了。(ignorant) 6．尽管遭受如重的自然灾害，但只要不灰心，我们终会克服暂时的困难。(Although...) 【答案】 1．It’s time for us to play basketball. 2．He managed to send the tourists to the airport in time. 3．Is it possible for you to attend my birthday party this evening? 4．Young people should be encouraged to choose their careers according to their own strong points. 5．Being ignorant of the electronic products the students are talking about, I find myself left behind. 6．Although we are suffering such a severe natural disaster, we will eventually overcome the temporary difficult as long as we don’t lose heart. 【解析】 1．考查time的用法。分析句子可知，本句为一般现在时，it is time for sb to do sth “该到某人做某事了”。为固定句型。再根据其它提示。故翻译为：It’s time for us to play basketball。2．考查manage的用法和一般过去时。分析句子可知，本句为一般过去时，manage to do sth“设法做某事”为固定短语。in time“ 及时”为介词短语，在句中作状语。再根据其它提示。故翻译为：He managed to send the tourists to the airport in time。 3．考查possible的用法和一般现在时。分析句子可知，本句为一般现在时，it is possible for sb to do sth “ 某人做某事是可能的”，it作为形式主语完成整个句子，不定式作为真正主语。再根据其它汉语提示。故翻译为：Is it possible for you to attend my birthday party this evening? 4．考查encourage的用法。encourage sb. to do sth.的被动语态形式就是sb. be encouraged to do sth.另外，此题还考查短语according to（按照）和strong points(长处，特长)。再根据其它提示。故翻译为：Young people should be encouraged to choose their careers according to their own strong points。 5．考查形容词短语作状语、定语从句以及find的用法。分析句子可知，本句为一般现在时，主语为I ，谓语为find， find oneself done表示“发现自己被…”,left behind是“被落在后面了”作宾语补足语。Being ignorant of the electronic products the students are talking about 为形容词短语作原因状语从句。products 为先行词，在后面的定语从句中，作talk about的
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A Famous centenarians (百岁老人) still active in arts, science are in no mood to retire. "Those who stand still, die," is one of Oliveira's favorite phrases. He knows from experience what it means, as the Portuguese film director has reached the age of 102 and is still active in his profession. Every year, Oliveira shoots a film and is currently working on his next project. "You have to work, work, work in order to forget that death is not far away," he said. When asked about his age, Oliveira said with some humility: "It's down to mother nature. It gave to me what it took from others." Being both mentally and physically fit in old age is partly a matter of luck, but it also has something to do with character. Not every white-haired person is wise and social skills, openness and the ability to train the brain are essential for senior citizens. Along with the architect Oscar Niemeyer (103), Nobel laureate Montalcini (101) and director Kurt Maetzig (100), Oliveira is one of those people of whom it would be very wrong to think as members of a listless elderly generation. Another master in his profession is the architect Oscar Niemeyer. The 103-year-old Brazilian is best known for his futuristic-looking（未来派的）buildings in Brasilia, but he also speaks out on behalf of the poor. "The role of the architect is to struggle for a better world where we can develop a form of architecture that serves everyone and not just a privileged few," said Niemeyer recently. He spends almost every day working in his office in Copacabana, and even when he falls ill he keeps working on ideas: After a gallbladder (胆囊) operation he composed a samba tune (桑巴舞曲) in the clinic. Another man who could sing a song about age is 107-year-old Heesters. The Dutch-born opera singer spent most of his life performing in Germany, where he still works. Recently Heesters said: "I want to be at least 108-years-old." He also plans to keep performing. "Should I just sit at home and wait until they come and pick me up?" Heesters has not given up trying to add to his tally of awards and is looking for a "good stage role". Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who is 101-year-old and is still active in medical science, has described the force that keeps driving her on: "Progress is created through imperfection." In 1986 she and her lab colleague were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work on nerve growth factor. She's convinced that humans grow on challenges.