(英语)高三英语阅读理解试题(有答案和解析)

。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇新闻报道，考生需要

准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

4

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阅读理解

Rescue workers had collected 820 birds from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the majority of them

already dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts

stretch across the summer, it's clear that more oiled birds will be found, stuck and suffering in the

black stick liquid. And as they do with every oil spill, rescue workers will go to great lengths to

capture and clean the survivors hoping to restore them to their natural habitat.

Is it worth the effort? Some scientists aren't so sure. Because the stress of being captured and

bathed is as significant as the horror of being immersed in oil, and because research suggests that

many rescued birds die shortly after being released, some experts say euthanasia (

安乐死

) is a

more humane option.

Clean bird feathers repel water (

防水

) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones don't.

Oil

in

particular

makes

feathers

heavier

and

decreases

their

ability

to

trap

air,

which

in

turn

makes

birds

weak

and

become

easier

to

drowning,

overheating

and

organ

damage.

Of

course,

being captured and cleaned is no picnic either. Some birds wind up returning to their destroyed

habitats only to fall victim

to the oil again. And those

who manage to avoid a second oil bath

suffer dramatically shortened life spans (

跨度

) and lower reproductive success. Of the thousands

of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were

released into the wild; most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity.

However, bird rescuers say they have learned a lot about how to best help oil-soaked birds, and

that therefore, survival rates stand to increase this time around. In the past, birds were cleaned

right

away,

and

volunteers

often

worked

through

the

night

bathing

rescued

birds.

But

now,

captured birds are left to rest for a day or two before being cleaned, and only washed during the

day, so as not to disrupt their circadian (

生理的

) rhythms. But part of that increase may be due to

greater selectivity on the part of rescuers. The workers do blood tests right in the field now and

birds that are loaded with hydrocarbons (

碳氢化合物

) or don't look like they're going to make it

are put down right away, rather than subjected to the stress of captivity and cleaning.

And so far, while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or

long-term

survival,

especially

for

the

more-difficult-to-save

species.

There

still

aren't

good

protocols (

协议

) for repairing the internal organ damage. Anyway, rescue efforts will continue in

large part because the public demands that. Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do,

especially for

people who have built their lives around saving animals.

（

1

）

Why do some scientists doubt the effort to rescue oiled birds?

e it has cost too much time and money.

e human may be infected with the bird virus.

e it is torture followed by death to birds.

e migrant birds may broaden the pollution.

（

2

）

The case of Spain coast spill is mentioned to indicate ________.

nds of birds were polluted by oil

survival rate of oiled birds was very low

efforts to rescue oiled birds were ineffective

ity is an impractical method to rescue binds

（

3

）

Why do the survival rates of oiled birds increase?

birds are kept in warm water for one or two days

second cleaning of the oiled birds in daytime is not permitted

rescuers often select the birds that are likely to survive

arbons are removed to rescue the oiled birds

（

4

）

Why does oiled birds' rescue remain a controversial problem?

birds' internal organ damage is permanent.

asia is a difficult and heart-aching operation.

more-difficult- to-save species will die by cleaning.

rescue is oiled birds' suffering while seeing them die is cruel.

【答案】

（

1

）

C

（< /p>

2

）

B

（

3

）

C

（

4

）

D

【解析】

【分析】本文是一篇议论文 ，在石油泄露事件中，有很多鸟儿在石油中被粘住，

遭受苦难。救援人员尽最大努力援救 它们。但是科学家们质疑救援工作是否值得。一方

面，获救的鸟儿经历了被捕获、被清理 的痛苦之后还是会死去，存活率很低；另一方面，

对鸟儿进行安乐死也是很多人不能接受 的。

（

1

）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的

sh ortly after being released

因为研究表明许多获救的鸟类 在被释放后不久就死亡了。因此，

科学家们怀疑自己在救鸟儿时作的努力可能是白费了， 故选

C

。

（

2

）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的

“Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the

Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild; most of the

rest died after just a few days in captivity

”

在

2002

年从西班牙海岸的

< br>Prestige

石油泄漏事故中

获救的数千只鸟类中， 只有

600

只被放生到野外；其余大部分在被关在笼中短短几天 后死

亡。根据这些数据可知，被浸在石油中的鸟儿即使获救，他们的存活率也很低。故选

B

。

（

3

）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的

“part of that increase may be due to greater selectivity

on

the

part

of

rescuers.

The

workers

do

blood

tests

right

in

the

field

now

and

birds

that

are

loaded with hydrocarbons (

碳氢化合物

) or don't look like they're going to make it are put down

right

away”

可 知，获救的鸟儿存活率将会上升的部分原因可能是由于救援人员方面的做出

了更大选择。 工人们对获救的鸟儿做血液测试，那些身上满是石油或看起来不会活下来的

鸟儿立刻被放 弃了。工人们选择性地抢救那些有存活可能的鸟儿。故选

C

。< /p>

（

4

）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的

“while

r

elease

rates

may

be

improving,

there

is

little

evidence

of

better

medium

or

long-term

survival

和

rescue

efforts

will

continue

in

large

part

because the public demands that Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who

have built their live

s around saving animals ”

可知，一方面虽然释放率在提高，但是几乎没有

证据表明被释 放的鸟儿生存状况更好；另一方面，救援工作仍将继续，因为安乐死是一件

困难的事情， 特别是对于那些从事拯救动物的工作的人来说。所以是否救这些被油浸过的

鸟儿还是一个 有争议的问题。援救那些鸟儿，对于鸟儿来说也要遭受痛苦，而看到它们的

死去也是很残 忍的。故选

D

。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查， 是一篇环保类阅读，考生需

要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出 正确答案。

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阅读理解

US student Vanessa Tahay stands out from the other teenagers in her school. Her skin is dark,

her accent is thick, and if you ask her, she will tell you these are the things she is proudest of.

Tahay is a poet, and at 18 she was considered among the best in Los Angeles.

When she is on the stage, audiences often go silent. They also laugh, shout and cry. But this

doesn't

come

easily

for

someone

who

comes

from

a

village

that

sits

at

the

base

of

a

huge

mountain range in Central America. When she first appeared at school, she was teased by others

for being short and different. She never spoke, so they called her “mouse”.

“How do I defend myself?” Tahay thought. “I don't know how.”

“Keep going,” her mother would tell her. “At some point, you'll learn.”

She

spent

hours

after

school

and

on

weekends

watching

the

same

DVDs:

English

without

Barriers.

Tahay's elder brother, Elmer, persuaded her to go to the after-school poetry club. In the last six

years,

her

English

teacher

Laurie

Kurnick

has

turned

Cleveland

Charter

High

School's

poetry

program

into

one

of

the

most

respected

in

the

city.

Her

team

draws

from

the

likes

of

D.H.

Laurence, Pat Mora and Kendrick Lamar to create poems about their own lives. The poems focus

on many things

—

some funny, some painful.

The first time Tahay read the group's poems, chills went up her spine (

脊柱

). “I wish I could

write like that,” she thought. “I want to say something.”

She wrote her first poem about her first year in America. She called it

Invisible

. The day her turn

came to recite in front of the team, she broke down crying. She cried for 15 minutes. “I had so

much held in,” Tahay said. “I couldn't even finish it.”

But she kept at it despite her less-than-perfect grammar, spelling and diction (

措辞

). Still, she

wouldn't tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they would make fun of her.

But with time, her poems changed her. “They gave me pride,” Tahay said. “They told me that

I'm worth something.”

“She had this innocence,” Kurnick said. “This willingness to be genuine and show you things

you don't ever see.”

（

1

）

Wha t did Tahay's mother suggest she do when she was teased by others?

A. Fight with them bravely. B. Report them to her teachers.

C. Ignore them and keep going.

D. Try hard to make friends with them.

（

2

）

What are the themes of Tahay and her team's poems?

A. Their admiration for the great poets.

B. Their appreciation of natural beauty.

C. Their expectations of a better future.

D. Funny and painful stories about their lives.

（

3

）

How did Tahay probably feel when she first read the group's poems?

A. She was cold. B. She was excited. C. She was nervous. D. She was frightened.

（

4

）

How did Tahay benefit from writing poems?

A. She felt more confident about herself. B. She won many national poetry competitions.

C. She became the first student poet in the city.

D. She improved her grammar and spelling

greatly.

【答案】

（

1

）

C

（

2

）

D

（

3< /p>

）

B

（

4

）

A

【解析】

【分析】本文是一篇记叙文 ，讲述了中学女生

Tahay

热爱写诗，坚持梦想不放弃

的故事。

(1)

考 查细节理解。根据第二段中的

“When

she

first

appeared

at

school,

she

was

teased

by

others for being short and different. She never spoke, so they call

ed her ‘mouse’.”

和第三 段的内

容，当她在学校被人戏弄时，她妈妈说

“Keep

going,”

her

mother

would

tell

her.

“At

some

point, you'll learn.”

可知，

C

项是她妈妈的建议。故选

C

。

(2)

考查推理判断。根 据第六段中的

“Her team draws from the likes of D.H. Laurence, Pat Mora

and Kendrick Lamar to create poems about their own lives. The poems focus on many things

—

some

funny,

some

painful.”

她的团 队借鉴了

D.H.

Laurence

、

Pat

Mora

和

Kendrick

Lamar

等人

创作自己生活的诗篇。诗描写 了许多东西如一些乐趣和痛苦。可知，这些都是描写他们生