2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试新课标I卷英语

It was calculated that when it population reached its highest

point ,they were more than 3billlion 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 bird in the world.

可知鸽 子在当时是美国数量最多的鸟类。故

D

正确。

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答案：

D

25. The underlined word “ undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’

______.

A. escape

B. ruin

C. liberation

D. evolution

解析：推理题。根据文章第二段

3,4< /p>

行

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.

可知很多鸽子都被

捕捉并杀死卖往餐厅。所以该词应该是指鸽子遇见 了毁灭性的打击。故

B

正确。

答案：

B

26. 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：

推理题。

根据第二段最后一句

The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in res taurants.

可知鸽子被捕捉并背运往大城市卖给了各个餐厅，说明人们捕捉鸽子 是为了挣钱。故

C

正

确。

答案：

C

27. 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：推理题。根据本段第二行

but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10

years. The last confirmed wi pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio,

in

1900.

可知虽然制定了法律，但是十年以后还没有看见成规模的很多的鸽子，说明这部法

律的发行已经晚了。故

B

正确。

答案：

B

C

A typical lion tamer

（驯兽师）

in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip(

鞭

) at a chair.

The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’ the

chair that does the

important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair n front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on

all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is

unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and

wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How

often

do

you

find

yourself

in

the

same

position

as

the

lion?

How

often

do

you

have

something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)

—

only to end up

confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option

is

been

the

people

who

want

to

improve

their

lives

are

left

confused

by

all

of

the

conflicting

information. The end result is that we feel like we

can’t’ focus or that we’re focused on the wrong

things,

and

so

we

take

less

action,

make

less

progress,

and

stay

the

same

when

we

could

be

improving.

It

doesn’t

have

to

be

that

way.

Anytime

you

find

the

world

waving

a

chair

in

your

face,

remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing,. You just need to get started. Starting

before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to

go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become…take immediate action. If

you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get

out of the way.

28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?

A. To trick the lion.

B. To show off his skills.

C. To get ready for a fight.

D. To entertain the audience.

解析：

推理题。

根据文章第一段最后一句

When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to

freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chai r.

可知把椅子放在狮子前面的时候，

狮子被椅子的四条腿迷惑 住了，

不知道该攻击那一个。

所以椅子起着迷惑狮子的作用。< /p>

故

A

正确。

答案：

A

29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?

A. They feel puzzled over choices.

B. They hold on to the wrong things.

C. They find it hard to make changes.

D. They have to do something for show

解析：

推理题 。

根据文章第二段

How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose

weight., start a business, travel more)

—

only to end up confused by all of the options in front of

you and never make progress?

可知当我们面临着很多选择的时候，我们也会很困惑，不知道

该选择哪一种。这一点和面 对椅子的狮子是相似的。故

A

正确。

答案：

A

30. What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?

A. Tolerant.

B. Doubtful.

C. Respectful.

D. Supportive.

解析：

推理题。

根据第三段

The end result is that we feel like we cant’ focus or that we’re focused

on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we

could

be

improving.

说明作者对于专家有怀疑，因为我们最后采取的行动较 少，取得的进步

也小。故

B

正确。

答案：

B

31. When the world is “ waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to

______.

A. wait for a better chance

B. break your old habits

C. make a quick decision

D. ask for clear guidance

解析：

推理题。

根 据文章最后一段

2,3

行

All you need to do is focus on one thing,. You just need

to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people.

可知当我们

面对多种选择的时候，我们需要的只 是立刻采取行动。故

C

正确。

答案：

C

D

As

more

and

more

people

speak

the

global

languages

of

English,

Chinese,

Spanish,

and

Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken

around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations

Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations _UNESCO and

National Geographic among them

—

have for many years been documenting dying languages and

the cultures they reflect.

Mark

Turin,

a

scientist

at

the

Macmillan

Centre

Yale

University,

who

specializes

in

the

languages

and

oral

traditions

of

the

Himalayas,

is

following

in

that

tradition.

His

recently

published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethno linguistic Introduction to the Speakers and

Their

Culture,

grows

out

of

his

experience

living,

working,

and

raising

a

family

in

a

village

in

Nepal.

Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks

to

include

other

languages

and

oral

traditions

across

the

Himalayan

reaches

of

India

,

Nepal,

Bhutan,

and

China .

But

he

is

not

content

to

simply

record

these

voices

before

they

disappear

without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including

photographs,

films,

tape

recordings,

and

field

notes

—

which

had

remained

unstudied

and

were

badly in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded

–

the Digital Himalaya Project and

the World Oral Literature Project __Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the

world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the

materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet,

Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.

32. Many scholars are making efforts to______.

A. promote global languages

B. rescue disappearing languages

C. search for language communities

D. set up language research organizations

解析：

细节题。

根据第二段

2,3

行

have for many years been documenting dying languages and the

cultures

they

reflect.

可知很多学者正在记录这些即将消失的语言和文化。以防止 这些语言和

文化永远地消失。他们在挽救这些文化。故

C

正确。

答案：

B

33. What does “that tradition’ in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Having full records of the languages.

B. Writing books on language teaching.

C. Telling stories about language users.

D. Living with the native speaker.

解析：

推理题。

根 据文章第二段

have for many years been documenting dying languages and the

cultures

they

ref lect.

可知很多学者正在记录这些即将消失的语言和文化。以防止这些语言和

文化永远地消失。而

Mark Turin

正在

following in that tradition

（追随这样的传统）

。所 以这

里的

It

就是指前面一段里的学者 在记录这些即将消失的语言和文化。故

A

正确。

答案：

A

34. What is Turin’s book ba

sed on?

A. The cultural studies.

B. The documents available at Yale.

C. His language research in Bhutan.

D. His personal experience in Nepal.

解析：细节题。根据文章第三段中的

grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a

family in a village in Nepal.

这本书的内容出自他在尼泊尔生活，工作以及抚养家人的经历。

说明这本书是以他的个 人经历为基础的。故

D

正确。

答案：

D

35. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?

A. Write, sell and donate.

B. Record, repair and reward.

C. Collect, protect and reconnect.

D. Design, experiment and report.