1、第三周热考话题集训自然与环境阅读理解AThere are many theme parks in Florida. These amusement parks are designed for kids big and small and have plenty to offer adults, too.Magic KingdomOrlando is the center of theme parks in Florida. Of all the parks, no trip to Orlando would be complete without a visit to Magic Kingd
2、om. The center of Disney World, with Main Street USA and Cinderellas Castle, is here at Magic Kingdom. There are rides for kids of all ages as well as shopping and dining.EpcotAfter Magic Kingdom, the bestknown theme park in Disney World is Epcot. This is a good place for curious kids who want to le
3、arn about the planets, the stars, and the workings of the human body. The food and wine festival is another big draw to Epcot.Animal KingdomWhen it comes to the top 4 Florida theme parks, Animal Kingdom must be on the list. You may have had the chance to go to a zoo before, but Animal Kingdom brings
4、 the concept of a zoo to new heights. Sure you can go on the safari, but there are also rides on different animals, even dinosaurs.Universals Island of AdventureIf your kids have the need for speed, you will surely want to check out Universals Island of Adventure. Here roller coasters and thrill rid
5、es will combine the magic of the movies with plenty of twists (旋转) and turns. Youll also find Wizarding World of Harry Potter here something the whole family is sure to enjoy.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章向我们介绍了佛罗里达州一些很不错的主题公园。1Epcot would most probably attract those who love _.AridesBscienceCanimals Dwork解析：选B细节
6、理解题。根据第三段的“. who want to learn about the planets, the stars, and the workings of the human body”可知，这家主题公园会吸引喜欢科学的人。2What makes Animal Kingdom different from other zoos?AHaving rides on different animals.BAllowing people to watch new movies.CHaving many different kinds of animals.DAllowing people to
7、learn about dinosaurs.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第四段的“. but there are also rides on different animals, even dinosaurs”可知，答案应为A项。3Where would you go if you are a big fan of Harry Potter?AEpcot.BMagic Kingdom.CAnimal Kingdom.DUniversals Island of Adventure.解析：选D细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Youll also find Wizarding World of Harry
8、 Potter here something the whole family is sure to enjoy.”可知，答案应为D项。BThough Albertas Banff National Park is home to a large and healthy wildlife population, it also welcomes about 3.5 million visitors every year. Besides, 4.5 million humans drive through without stopping, all passengers on the busy
9、TransCanada Highway that cuts through the park. Thats why roadkill (animals that have been killed by cars on the road) was a common sight on the worlds longest national road.Banff first put up wildlife fencing on each side of the highway. Then, since 1996, theyve opened six wildlife overpasses and 3
10、8 underpasses, which have allowed for more than 140,000 wildlife crossings.Though these crossings are normally closed to all humans, as a tourist I was lucky to be allowed to see Banffs Red Earth Overpass with road ecologist Trevor Kinley. As a project manager with Parks Canada, he told me that so f
11、ar, they have recorded 10,000 safe animal crossings on this overpass alone. Thats 10,000 animal lives saved and a whole lot of roadkill prevented.Labib Salama, an animal lover, worries that forcing so much wildlife into using just a few bridges and tunnels (passages under the ground) is putting some
12、 animals lives into danger. They probably become easy meals for their natural enemies on either side. However, the truth is that there are no more killings around the crossings than there are anywhere else in the park.Walking over the Red Earth Overpass, I was surprised how natural the area seemed.
13、The noise disappeared, as did the road. The forest has filled in the area so that anyone crossing would really have no idea they were crossing a main highway. Along the way, I found the fresh tracks of black bears, grizzlies, wolves, elk, deer, and marten. Somehow, all these animal tracks made me so
14、 happy, knowing that they were passing safely under and over the longest road in Canada.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。加拿大的班夫国家公园里有不少野生动物通道，这有效地保护了野生动物们的安全。4What was the problem facing Banff National Park?AToo many people went to visit the park.BHighway cars took many animals lives.CVisitors were often hurt by wild
15、animals.DSome animals were in danger of dying out.解析：选B细节理解题。由第一段中的“Thats why roadkill . was a common sight”可知，班夫国家公园里的动物以前常被过往的车辆撞死，故选B项。5According to the text, the author might be _.Aa visitor to Banff National ParkBa tourist traveling across AlbertaCan ecologist working for Parks CanadaDa designe
16、r for the TransCanada Highway解析：选A推理判断题。由第三段中的“as a tourist I was lucky to be allowed to see Banffs Red Earth Overpass”可知，作者可能是来班夫国家公园参观的游客，故选A项。6Labib Salama worries that some animals may _.Afall off the bridgesBbe killed by passing carsCrefuse to use the tunnelsDbe eaten by others easily解析：选D细节理解题
17、。由第四段中的“They probably become easy meals for their natural enemies”可知，D项说法正确。7What does the author think of the wildlife crossings in Banff?ATheyve made it easier for visitors to walk around.BTheyve destroyed the environment in the park.CIt is a waste of money to build them.DIt is a good way to prote
18、ct animals.解析：选D推理判断题。由最后一段中的“all these animal tracks made me so happy, knowing that they were passing safely”可知，作者认为这些通道很好地起到了保护动物的作用，故选D项。CAustralia has a cat problem. At least 15 million cats wander the continent, living on up to 75 million native animals every day. The cats have been called the
19、biggest threat facing Australias wildlife and have already been linked to as many as 30 extinctions.Previous attempts to trap and kill cats havent been very effective, but now a new solution is likely to be adopted. Its called Eradicat a combination of kangaroo meat, chicken fat, and a deadly poison
20、 called 1080, which has proven successful in other attempts to remove invasive species. Under trial conditions, it managed to kill between 70 percent and 80 percent of the cats that consumed it. The 1080 poison is a good solution for the state of Western Australia because it is made from plants that
21、 grow there. The native animals in these areas have evolved a resistance to it through evolving with the plants.Buckminster was the lead author of a paper published last year in the journal PLOS ONE that examined the risk 1080 might bring to native species. The study found that species that did not
22、evolve with the plants would face a greater risk from the poison. Buckminster suggested that the deployment (部署) of Eradicat should be timed at a point when cats dont have a lot of other readily available food.Even once the poison is deployed, other catcontrol techniques such as shooting, trapping,
23、and fencing will need to continue. Buckminster said he feels nothing will ever completely solve the problem, but 1080 is an important tool that “can be used to reduce the population to a level where native animals are less at risk and potentially able to grow their populations.”Of course not everyon
24、e supports the use of 1080. The Australian charity The World League for Protection of Animals calls it “cruel”. Buckminster acknowledged that “it is simply not possible to guarantee that no nontarget animal will ever take a bait (诱饵) and die，” but he said the risk of not using the bait is higher if
25、cats continue their eating. “In my view, it becomes a choice deploy the bait and potentially risk the death of a few native animals, or dont deploy the bait and guarantee the death of many，” Buckminster said.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。澳洲土著动物受外来猫科动物侵害的问题非常严重，现在人们想出了更好的办法解决这个问题：从土著动物已经适应的植物中提取毒素来毒死外来物种。8The cat pr
26、oblem in Australia can be described as _.Acomplicated BseriousCdisappointing Dmysterious解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段中的数据及“living on up to 75 million native animals . been linked to as many as 30 extinctions”不难看出，澳洲土著动物受外来猫科动物侵害的问题非常严重。9Eradicat is most effective when _.Acats first arrive in West AustraliaBthere
27、 isnt enough food for cats to eatCother catcontrol techniques are not usedDnative animals have evolved a resistance to it解析：选B细节理解题。根据第三段末的“the deployment (部署) of Eradicat should be timed at a point when cats dont have a lot of other readily available food”可知答案。10The underlined word “it” in the last
28、 paragraph refers to _.Athe making process of EradicatBthe sacrifice of native animalsCthe removing of catsDthe use of the poison解析：选D代词指代题。根据最后一段第一句“Of course not everyone supports the use of 1080.”可知，有人认为“使用1080 (这种毒素)”非常残忍，因此不支持它的使用。11What Buckminster said in the last paragraph means _.Aits impos
29、sible to guarantee the death of catsBits dangerous to place baits everywhereCits worth killing cats at some costDits easy to deploy the poison解析：选C推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“but he said the risk of not using the bait is higher if cats continue their eating”可知，Buckminster认为不使用Eradicat这种诱饵捕杀外来猫科动物的风险更大，由此可推测，他认为即使有所代价，用这种方法捕杀外来猫科动物也是值得的。