高考英语一轮复习阅读理解精编（三）

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【2014·新课标全国卷Ⅰ 】阅读理解B

Passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.

It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons-a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.

Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing．Where the 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 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.

By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans' need for wood, which scattered(驱散)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, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed 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 Zoological Garden in September 1, 1914.

【试题分析】 据记载，在18世纪及19世纪，美国有大量的旅鸽。本文描述了这一期间旅鸽的生存状况。

1. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons________． A．were the biggest bird in the world B．lived mainly in the south of America C．did great harm to the natural environment

D．were the largest population in the US

解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句的信息可知，在18世纪及19世纪早期，美国旅鸽的数量很大。 答案：D

2. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons________． A．escape B．ruin C．liberation D．evolution

解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句中的“...people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands.”可知，人们认为旅鸽数量极大，因此大量捕杀它们，所以正是由于旅鸽数量大才导致它们被捕杀，故可推知该词的意思是“损坏，破坏”之意。

答案：B

3．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.

解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.”可知，他们捕杀旅鸽的原因是为了赚钱。

答案：C

4. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan? A．It was ignored by the public.

B．It was declared too late. C．It was unfair. D．It was strict.

解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，虽然密歇根州制定了法律，但是到那个时候，已经不能见到大量的旅鸽了，这说明法律制定及宣布得太迟。

答案：B

2016高考英语阅读理解--人生百味类

I've always felt a bit sad for weekend fathers, who are divorced and must maintain a bond

with their children through visits on the weekend．Not having the opportunity for a lot of quality time, they go in for quantity giving lots of gifts and taking the children on non stop outings． But now I can understand．I'm a weekend mom．My child, Henry, is a dog．

Henry just returned to his father, Jack, after a happy stay with me．For ten days, I fed him the best food, canceled plans to stay home with him and let him sleep on the bed every night． Jack and I broke up a year ago．But neither of us wanted to part with Henry, so we share him．Not surprisingly, Henry is a willing participant in our contest for his love．

Jack doesn't let Henry sleep on his bed, so that's where I can always gain big points．I feed Henry higher quality food．I am always replacing his expensive “thingy\,a cotton knot he likes chewing on．It' s his favorite toy, and the only one he has is at my house．Score another one for me．

Jack now has a girlfriend, Lucy．At first she was afraid of dogs, which secretly delighted me．But that Henry, just trying to be polite（the way I taught him to be）,won her over． If truth be told, as time passes, there has been a slight change in Henry' s behavior toward me．The worst was one day when Jack dropped him off for a two week stay．Henry and I were in the backyard playing as Jack was driving off．When he heard Jack's truck, he ran after it for two blocks until Jack had to stop and bring him back．

That hurt, especially since I had friends over at the time．In a rare conciliatory （安抚的） mood, Jack said to me, \．\ Whatever it takes, I plan to make sure it stays that way． 【小题1】At the writer's home, Henry________． A．does a lot of running B．enjoys high quality food C．has many expensive toys

D．is not allowed to sleep on her bed

【小题2】The writer feels hurt because________． A．Jack has got a girlfriend B．Lucy doesn't like Henry at all

C．Jack doesn't treat Henry as well as before D．Henry' s attitude to her has changed slightly 【小题3】This article is mainly about________．

A．the tips on keeping dogs

B．the writer' s happy life with a dog C．the writer' s efforts to win a dog's love D．the relationship between the writer and Jack

【小题4】The writer wrote the passage in a/an_________way． A．humorous

B．serous

C．angry

D．painful

【广东省广州市2014综合测试】B

A dog-lover has invented a high-tech way of feeding his pet by Twitter（推特，流行社交网络）. Computer expert Nat Morris, 30, has designed a system to give his pet a “tweet treat” by sending him a Twitter message.

His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computer-controlled food machine whenever Nat sends a message to “@feedtoby”.

Nat often works away from home and isn’t always able to feed Toby by hand. But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog from anywhere in the world.

Nat said, “Toby absolutely loves it. At first he didn’t know what was going on. Now he sits underneath the machine, wagging his tail and waiting for the treats to drop.”

Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits, but not too many in case four-year-old Toby gets too many messages. And Nat has even equipped his house with an online camera so he can see Toby enjoying the food at his home.

But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the “Tweet treat” machine that. they have starting to send tweets to Toby too. So Nat has had to restrict feeding time to make sure Toby doesn’t turn into Tubby。

“People have been sending him food at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.. I’m thinking of doing an updated one which measures his weight before he is