1、 2013高考英语（遵义市）阅读理解（10）（答案）科普知识型阅读理解(二)新闻报道类2012江苏卷 What Would You Want Most on a Desert Island?This months survey shows people worldwide have a natural understanding of what they would need most if left alone on a desert island: Another person. And one they know well.Respondents (调查对象) in all 16 cou
2、ntries surveyed said their spouse (配偶) or partner would be their first choice to have with them. Perhaps this makes sense: An MP3 player cant help you find drinking water, your dog cant help you start a fire and who knows if George Clooney or Penelope Cruz has taken courses in wilderness survival tr
3、aining? Lets just hope the SOS sign you two build gets spotted sooner rather than later!“My husband, of course！George Clooney wouldnt think Im as pretty as my husband does！” Roseane, 42, Brazil“My MP3 player. I would not want my loved ones, including my pet, to be left alone like this.” CoCo, 28, Ch
4、ina“My partner should be there to listen to me complain about the fact that we are left alone on an islandprobably due to some error he made.” Julia,25，JordanSpouse/Partner82% of the South African women surveyed would most want their husband/partner with them, while just 45% of the Indian women surv
5、eyed agreed.Clooney/Cruz27% of Russian men surveyed would want a celebrity (名人) along. Only 2% of the Mexican men agreed. Less than 18% of women worldwide chose this option.MP3 PlayerThis was second choice overall, particularly among Malaysian men, with 32% saying theyd most want an MP3 player with
6、their favorite songs. Just 5% each of Australian and American men agreed.Dog In France, 28% of respondents older than 45 would most want to be left alone with their dog, while not a single Russian or Malaysian in that age group surveyed would most want Fido along.56. According to the survey, people
7、left alone on a desert island would most want their_.A. MP3 player B. dog C. spouse / partner D. celebrity57. Which of the following is true about George Clooney?A. He has been trained in wilderness survival.B. He may not be able to help you survive.C. He does not think Roseane is beautiful.D. He is
8、 the choice of most South African women.58. The survey results are analyzed in terms of the respondents_.A. sex, age and nationality B. race, nationality and sexC. marriage, age and race D. age, sex and marriage【要点综述】如果你一个人独自留在一个孤岛上，此时你最需要什么？文章对此进行了问卷调查。56. C信息理解题。根据第一段第三句“Respondents in all 16 coun
9、tries surveyed said their spouse or partner would be their first choice to have with them.”可知配偶或搭档是首选。57. B是非判断题。根据第一段第四句“and who knows if George Clooney or Penelope Cruz has taken courses in wilderness survival training？”可推知此处表示“谁知道George Clooney和Penelope Cruz是否参加了野外逃生训练课程”，即他们或许不能帮助逃生，故选B。58. A信息理
10、解题。根据最后四段中的一些数据和关键词“the South African women, the Indian women, Russian men, the Mexican men, older than 45”等都可以看出是从性别、年龄、国籍这三个方面来调查的，故A项正确。*结束(一)Plants have family values, too, it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together.An ability to tell fami
11、ly from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe.Susan Dudley and Amanda File of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, report they have demonstrated for the first time that plants can recogn
12、ize their kin.This suggests that plants, though lacking recognition and memory, are capable of complex social interactions.“Plants have this kind of hidden but complicated social life，” Dudley said.The study found plants from the same species of beachdwelling wildflower grew aggressively alongside u
13、nrelated neighbors but were less competitive when they shared soil with their families.Sea rocket, a North American species, showed stronger and healthier root growth when planted in pots with strangers than when raised with relatives from the same maternal(母系的) family, the study found.This is an ex
14、ample of kin selection, a behavior common in animals in which closely related individuals take a group approach to succeeding in their environment, the researchers said.Kin selection also applies to competition, because if family members compete less with each other, the group will do better overall
15、. “Everywhere you look, plants are growing right up next to other plants，” Dudley said，“ Usually its a case of each plant for itself. But sometimes those plants are related, and there are benefits to not wasting resources on being competitive, and there is not really a cost to not being competitive
16、as long as your neighbor is also not being competitive.”Learning and memory appear to be important for kin recognition in animals, but this isnt an option for plants, she noted.Some researchers speculate(猜测) that plants communicate through their roots, identifying themselves using tiny chemical sign
17、atures specific to each plants family.()6.Whats the main idea of the message?AStudies find plants can recognize, communicate with relatives.BKin selection is important for plants.CAnimals can recognize and memorize their relatives.DCompetition asks plants to recognize their relatives.()7.Which of th
18、e following is NOT right about animals social skill?AAnimals can recognize and memorize their relatives.BAnimals social skill is to cooperate and share resources.CAnimals social skill can recognize close relatives in order to work together.DAnimals social skill is no use at all.()8.Plants kin select
19、ion is to _. Agrow well Bcompete with other kinds of plants Cstrengthen the relationship among siblings Dfind which one is the best()9.From the passage，we learn that _.Asea rocket is a South American species Bsea rocket grows aggressively alongside unrelated neighborsCsea rocket grows aggressively a
20、longside its siblingsDsea rocket is a kind of bush without flowers ()10.How can the plants communicate with each other according to experts suppose?APlants communicate by using tiny chemical signatures specific to each plants family.BPlants communicate with each other through their roots.CPlants com
21、municate with each other by their leaves.DPlants communicate with each other with their flowers.(一)本文是科普说明文。科学家经过研究发现：和动物一样，植物也有亲属选择的习性，同时排挤其他种类植物。同时介绍了同系植物之间不竞争的原因、作用以及交流方式。6A 主旨大意题。全文说明研究发现：植物也可以辨别亲属，和亲属交流共生而和其他植物生长在一起时则疯狂排挤竞争。7D 细节理解题。从第二段可以判断出动物的社会能力非常有用，是为了合作，为了共享资源，而不是没用。8B 细节理解题。从倒数第三段看出，植物的亲属判断力是为了竞争。9B 推理判断题。倒数第五段提到sea rocket和其他种类的植物长在一起时根系发达，具有侵略性，这是为了和其他植物竞争，夺取更多的资源。10B 细节理解题。最后一段说明科学家猜测植物之间的交流可能是用根进行的，用微小的化学成分去验明是否是亲属。*结束