2017高考英语阅读练习题7

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

There are few places on earth where nature can be seen in almost primitive（原始的）condition. One is the Galapagos Islands, where, largely unspoiled by man, strange and unusual birds, animals and plants settle and grow—many of which are found nowhere else in the world. These islands lie directly on the Equator, about 1, 000 kilometers west of the South American mainland.

But the Galapagos is now facing a crisis（危机）. Its human inhabitants, who live on the island of Santa Cruz, want to develop the business and tourist possibility of the islands. Recently, they have been having a bitter struggle with the naturalists who work at the Charles Darwin Research Center, alto on Santa Cruz. The naturalists want to keep the island’s wildlife alive, which is already suffering as a result of human activities.

The animals’ greatest danger used to be sailors who, hundreds of years ago, plundered（掠夺）the islands for food. They wiped out about 250, 000 Giant Tortoises, causing extinction of several species which lived on some of the smaller islands. The last survivor, an 80-yearold Giant Tortoise called Lonely George, lives under the protection of naturalists at the Darwin Center. 1．The best title for this passage is ________.

A. In Primitive Times

B. Giant Tortoises’ Extinction

C. Great Danger to the Galapagos

D. Development of the Island

2．Which of the following maps shows rightly the position of the Galapagos Islands?

注：①□stands for the South American mainland.

②stands for the Galapagos Islands.

③—stands for the Equator.

3．It can be inferred from the second paragraph that if the business and tourism are developed in the Islands, ________.

A. there will be a war between the inhabitants and naturalists

B. a great number of wild animals and plants will die out

C. a lot of people will come to the Galapagos for food

D. the inhabitants on the Islands will be well off

4．The writer describes the Giant Tortoise, George, as“lonely”because ________.

A. it is the last one of its species

B. it has lived alone for eighty years

C. the Cent er doesn’t allow it to go out

D. the naturalists keep it alone in the Center

5．According to the comments of the Physical Education teacher, Simon .

A．is too talkative in the class

B．likes to work with his classmates

C．doesn’t exercise his body at the right time

D．becomes weak because he doesn’t exercise at all

6．Which of Simon’s subjects will attract the headmaster’s attention in future?

A．Biology and Maths. B．History and French.

C．English and Chemistry. D．Physics and Physical Education. 7．Which of the following statements best describes Simon?

A．He has made great progress in language classes.

B．His potential has been fully reflected in science classes.

C．His grade in maths makes him a born scientist.

D．He needs to improve his attitude on certain subjects.

8. Based on the school report, which of the following statements is true?

A. Simon didn’t bother his teacher to revise French.

B. Basically, Simon did a good job in science.

C. Simon is a determined learner in English.

D. Simon is able to pay attention to history for long.

C

HK’s Family Affair

The 32nd Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the theme of “family”.

The art festival, considered to be Asia’s best, began in 1973.

“We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art festival,”Douglas Gautier, the festival’s management director, said in a press conference in the capital.

In the 29 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2004, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes staged by 700 foreign performers, 450 local artists and 160 actors from the mainland.

Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars.

The programmes include Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare’s drama Rromeo and Juliet, the ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few.

The lineup（阵容）includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, The Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante, the Petersen Quartet, pianists Angela Hewitt and Marc-Andre Hamelin, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.

In an effort to increase attendance, hotels and airlines are offering discount packages along with art festival ticket sales, most of which are at 20% and 30% discounts.

For more information, please check:

www. hk. artsfestival. org

9．The press conference must have been held ________.

A. in Hong Kong

B. in Europe

C. in Beijing

D. in England

10．By means of“discount packages”you can pay ________.

A. nothing for the cost

B. less than the usual cost

C. for the air ticket but not for the festival ticket

D. for the festival ticket but not for hotel rooms

11．According to the text, we do NOT have any information about ________.

A. who will perform on stage

B. what programmes there will be

C. when the 32nd Art Festival will be held

D. which theatres will put on performances

12．The main purpose in writing this text is ________.

A. to make the 32nd Art Festival known

B. to announce the plan of the art festival

C. to introduce the cost of the art festival

D. to sell a service during the art festival

D

Some people believe that international sports create goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused mainly by minor national competitions.

One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation（愤慨）after a hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the loser’s objection to the final decision. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was very angry and he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.”The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension（停赛）of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not give up the first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their competition. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player popped the ball into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sports are played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism（爱国主义）. 13．According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ________.

A. caused national pride for athletes

B. created goodwill between the nations

C. hardly showed any international friendship

D. led to less misunderstanding between countries

14．What did the manager mean by saying “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. His team would no longer take part in international games.

B. There should be no hockey matches organized by the Federation.

C. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

D. The International Hockey Federation should be dismissed forever.

15．By taking the basketball game for example, the author wants to prove that ________.

A. too much patriotism was displayed in the games

B. the announcement to prolong the match was wrong

C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

D. the team was right in refusing to accept the silver medals

16．What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?

A. S ports should be played for the love of one’s nation.

B. Unfair decisions are common in the Olympic Games.

C. International competitions will lead to misunderstanding.

D. The organization for the Olympic Games must be reformed.

E

When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.

Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.

Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets.“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,”she wrote in her book Breaking Night.

She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.

17．In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

a. Her mother died of AIDS.

b. She worked at a petrol station.

c. She got admitted into Harvar

d.

d. The movie about her life was put on.

e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.

A. b, a, e, c, d

B. a, b, c, e, d

C. e, d, b, a, c

D. b, e, a, d, c

18．The main idea of the passage is ________.

A. how Liz managed to enter Harvard University

B. what a hard time Liz had in her childhood

C. why Liz loved her parents so much

D. how Liz struggled to change her life

19．What actually made her go towards her goal?

A. Envy and encouragement.

B. Willpower and determination.

C. Decisions and understanding.

D. Love and respect for her parents.

20．When she wrote “What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________.

A. she had little experience of social life

B. she could hardly understand the society

C. she would do something for her own life

D. she needed to travel more around the world