1、 湖北省随州市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练（8）（答案或解析） I know what youre thinking: pizza (比萨饼)? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.I know lots of women who skip breakfast(不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they dont h
2、ave time, others think theyre saving calories (卡路里) , still others just dont like breakfast food.But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all，” says Kathe
3、rine Brooking, R. D. , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables，and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows tha
4、t eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends wh
5、o end up having no breakfast altogether，and have just coffee or orange juice. I say，try heating up last nights leftoversit may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself，“You can always eat it tomorrow, ”I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it.you
6、 may save yourself some pre-bed-time calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.语篇解读随着科技的进步、社会的发展，人们的生活节奏也越来越快。为了节省时间或者是为了保持苗条身材，很多人不吃早餐。然而这样做是绝对不科学的，尤其对于那些想要减肥的人是极其不利的。1. The word“ leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means_.A. food remaining after a mealB. things left undoneC. meals
7、made of vegetablesD. pizza topped with fruit解析猜测词义题。从第一段last night可以猜测出leftovers的含义为“剩饭”。答案A2. What can we infer from the text?A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.D. Eating vegetables helps s
8、ave energy.解析推理判断题。第二段告诉我们很多人有种种借口不吃早餐，第三段开始“but”一词告诉我们这样做是不对的。答案B3. According to the last paragraph，it is important to_.A. eat something for breakfastB. be careful about what you eatC. heat up food before eating itD. eat calorie-controlled food解析事实细节题。最后一段第一句告诉我们：早餐吃什么都可以，但要吃。答案A4The text is writte
9、n mainly for those_.A. who go to work earlyB. who want to lose weightC. who stay up lateD. who eat before sleep解析主旨大意题。第三段第一句以及第四段第一句都提示我们：本文主要写给那些想减肥的人。答案B*结束短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注
10、意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Dear Mrs Winthorp,So my first week at college is over! No lectures this morning so I think Id email you and let you know what things are going. Im glad to say that anything has worked out fine in the dorm. I remember asking for a room as far away from the l
11、ifts as possible and they find me a comfortable one on second floor. There are two girls from my course here and I plan to make friend with them so that we can help each other on the course work. Everyone else seems very nice and warmly here. Well, I had better to stop now. Im going to attend mine f
12、irst lesson this afternoon, for Ive got some preparations to make. Keep in touch.Best,Carol参考答案短文改错:1. what-how2. anything-everything3. find-found4. on second-on the second5. friend-friends6. on-with7. warmly-warm8. to stop-stop9. mine-my10. for-so*结束链接2. （2012浙江卷）Easter(复活节) is still a great day fo
13、r worship, randy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.And no, not because the kids like to pull their ears. The culprit is climate change, and some researchers found that rising temperatures arc having harmful effects on at least f
14、ive species of rabbit in the US.Take the Lower Keys March rabbit, for instance. An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer it lives on the islands! but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising levels. According to
15、 the Center for Biological Diversity, an ocean level rise of only 0. 6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0.9-meter rise would wipe out their habitat (栖息地) completely.The snowshoe hare, on the other hand, has a color issue. Most of these rabbits change their fur color from wh
16、ite in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each designed to give them better cover from predators（捕食者）. As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies arc being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easie
17、r mark for predators. Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already mar
18、kedly down.American pikas or rock rabbits, a relative of rabbits and hares, might be the firs of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7-8 inches long, pikas live high in the cool, damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains. As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrat
19、e (迁徙) to higher ground but they already occupy the mountaintops. They cant go any higher. The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat beats up.The volcano rabbit has the same problem. These rabbits live on the slopes of volcano
20、es in Mexico, and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters, but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher, so they are stuck in the middle. Scientists are concerned about their populations.Native to the US, pygmy rabbits
21、weigh less than 1 pound and live in the American West. They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world. Their habitats have been destroyed by development. Several populations, such as the Columbia Basin pygmy, almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs. Pygmy rabbits also
22、rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators, but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed.All of this gives new meaning to dressing up in a giant bunny costume this Easter. 41 The writer mentions Easter at the beginning of the passage in order to_.A. show the importan
23、ce of Easter DayB. introduce the issue about bunniesC. remind people of Easter traditions D. discuss the relationship between Easter and bunnies42. The word culprit ( Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to_.A. criminalB. judgeC. victimD. producer43.According to the passage, some rabbits can now be ea
24、sily Uncovered by predators because they_A.are exposed lo more skillful huntersB.have moved to habitats with fewer plantsC.havent adapted themselves to climate changeD.cant change their fur color into white in the fall and the spring44,The problem faced by volcano rabbets and rock rabbits is that_.A
25、. both are affected by 1ess snowB. both are affected by rising sea levelsC neither can find enough food0. neither can migrate to higher places45 Which best describes the writers tone in the postage?A. Approving.B. Concerned.C. Enthusiastic.D. Doubtful.【长难句解析】Most of these rabbits change their fur co
26、lor from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each designed to give them better cover from predators（捕食者）。大多数这种兔子会把冬天时的白色皮毛变成夏季的棕色，每一种颜色的变化是为了让他们更好地避免捕食者的发现。Designed是非谓语，与其逻辑主语each构成被动关系，故用过去分词作状语。此外由于each和句子主语most of these rabbits不是同一事物，因此这种非谓语结构在语法上被称之为独立主格结构。*结束 阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题
27、2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。（A）（文章选自China Daily，题目原创）XIAN - Chinas conservation work for the endangered crested ibis（朱鹮）is facing new challenges, including an increasing death rate due to inbreeding（同系繁殖）, and the conflict between the need to expand natural habitat
28、s and local communities economic interests, bird experts have warned.The crested ibis, once widespread in Japan, China, Russia and the Korean Peninsula, almost became extinct in the first half of the 20th century.Before 1981, when seven crested ibis were accidentally found in Yangxian county, in Nor
29、thwest Chinas Shaanxi province, academics thought the species had been extinct in China for almost 17 years.Due to the huge effort put into species protection since 1981, the number of crested ibis in China has risen to an estimated 1,617, including 997 in the wild, the State Forestry Administration
30、 said at a meeting on crested ibis protection in Xian on Monday.However, although the ibis population exceeds 1,000, the birds are still not free from the threat of extinction, said Fang Shengguo, director of the State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife at Zhejiang Univers
31、ity.Ornithologists used inbreeding in the early stages of protection so that numbers of the precious birds could increase quickly, but that method had consequences, Fang said.Studies have proved that as a result of inbreeding, crested ibis have the lowest genetic diversity of all endangered birds, F
32、ang said. It means a high death rate and more physical defects for hatched chicks. The government should collect genetic information from all crested ibis and establish a genetic database as soon as possible, then design a scientific mating plan for the species, Fang said.So far, about 90 percent of
33、 crested ibis live in Shaanxi province, and fewer than 140 ibis live in three zoos in other parts of the country, including Beijing Zoo, according to Liu Dongping, an assistant researcher at the National Bird Banding Center of China, which is affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Forestry.The bird ha
34、s lost the ability to migrate, he said, adding that if an unexpected natural disaster occurred in Shaanxi province or an infectious disease spread through the area, the ibis population could be greatly reduced.Experts also warned that the increased population of ibis, whether in the wild or in capti
35、vity, requires a larger and more varied natural habitat.Rampant hunting, the massive loss of habitat caused by deforestation and the overuse of pesticides, which killed aquatic(水生的) insects on which the ibis feed, are believed to be the main reasons for the sharp reduction in the ibis population bef
36、ore 1981.So, in 1983, a State-level natural reserve was set up in Shaanxi province to protect the bird. But the struggle for living space between human and animal has never stopped, said Lu Baozhong, deputy director of the Shaanxi Crested Ibis Conservation Station.For example, ibis often look for lo
37、aches in farmers rice fields. Sometimes their claws trample the rice seedlings. In another case, villagers discovered some land with abundant mineral resources which happened to be a habitat for ibis, said Lu, who has devoted 30 years to ibis protection.A long-term win-win solution for ibis and loca
38、l communities needs to be developed, one that would provide ecological compensation for local residents, Lu said.49.Whats the best title for the passage?AThe Rare Bird in ChinaBNew Problems for the Crested IbisCThe Way to Save the Crested IbisDThe Reason for the Crested Ibiss Extinction50.Which of t
39、he following statement is TRUE ?AThe crested ibis is a native of China.BBefore 1981, the crested ibis was extinct in China.CThe crested ibis is now free from the threat of extinction.DMost of the crested ibis are in Shaanxi province.51.Which of the following can best explain the underlined word “Orn
40、ithologists”?Athe persons who study the birdsBthe persons in the State Forestry AdministrationCthe persons who keep the birdsDthe persons who kill the birds52.Why did the experts adopt the way of inbreeding to protect the crested ibis?ATo increase the death rate.BTo increase the number of the creste
41、d ibis.CTo get more physical defects for hatched chicksDTo have the lowest diversity of the endangered bird.53.What may be the reason for the reduction in the population of the crested ibis before 1981?AinbreedingBeconomic developmentCover huntingDsandstorm54.What can we learn from the passage?ADue
42、to our great efforts, the crested ibis lives in the wild well.BScientists will choose a better habitat for the crested ibis.CThe problems of the crested ibis have not been solved now.DThe government has established a genetic database of the crested ibis.49B。概括文章的主旨大意。根据文章描写，主要介绍珍稀动物朱鹮所面临的一些问题。50D。细节
43、题。根据句子So far, about 90 percent of crested ibis live in Shaanxi province.可知。51A。推测单词词意。根据文章应知ornithologist为“鸟类学家”。52B。细节题。根据句子Ornithologists used inbreeding in the early stages of protection so that numbers of the precious birds could increase quickly.可知。53C。细节题。根据句子Rampant hunting, the massive loss of habitat caused by deforestation and the overuse of pesticides, which killed aquatic insects on which the ibis feed, are believed to be the main reasons for the sharp reduction in the ibis population before 1981.54C。推断题。根据文章最后一段可知问题还没解决。*结束