1、2017高考英语阅读理解解析版汇编（127）【2014新课标全国卷 】阅读理解A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity ChallengeDare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge.The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of
2、 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about.To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces
3、 of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st.Guest speaker will also
4、present prizes to the students.Winning entries will be published in a book.Student entries will be exhibited and prizes will be given.Families of those who take part in will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the spec
5、ifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration.The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http：/cambridgesciencefestival.org.【试题分析】剑桥科技节举办“好奇心大挑战”活动。本文介绍了该项活动的具体内容、奖励授予及活动时间等。1Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge? ASchool students. BCambridg
6、e locals. CCSF winners. DMIT artists.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“The challenge invites，even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing.”可知，是学校学生参加该项活动。答案：A2When will the prizegiving ceremony be held? AOn February 8th. BOn March 10th COn March 15th. DOn April 21s
7、t.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“.at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday，April 21st.”可知，授奖仪式是在四月二十一日举行。答案：D3. What type of writing is this text? AAn exhibition guide. BAn art show review. CAn announcement. DAn official report.解析：推理判断题。根据本文所给的标题及活动内容的介绍，包括具体活动内容、授奖情况及活动日期等可以推知，本文是一篇通知。答案：C【2014新课标全国卷 】阅读理
8、解BPassenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 bill
9、ion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers
10、) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoingWhere the birds were abundant, people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons h
11、ad settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood, which scattered(驱
12、散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable floc
13、ks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900.For a time, a few birds survived under human care.The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in September 1,
14、1914.【试题分析】据记载，在18世纪及19世纪，美国有大量的旅鸽。本文描述了这一期间旅鸽的生存状况。1. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons_Awere the biggest bird in the worldBlived mainly in the south of AmericaCdid great harm to the natural environmentDwere the largest population in the US解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句的信息可知，在18世纪及19世纪早期，美
15、国旅鸽的数量很大。答案：D2. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons_Aescape BruinCliberation Devolution解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句中的“.people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.”可知，人们认为旅鸽数量极大，因此大量捕杀它们，所以正是由于旅鸽数量大才导致它们被捕杀，故可推知该词的意思是“损坏，破坏”之意。答案：B3What was the main
16、 reason for people to kill passenger pigeons? ATo seek pleasure. BTo save other birds. CTo make money. DTo protect crops.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.”可知，他们捕杀旅鸽的原因是为了赚钱。答案：C4. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan? AIt was ignored by
17、the public.BIt was declared too late.CIt was unfair.DIt was strict.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句可知，虽然密歇根州制定了法律，但是到那个时候，已经不能见到大量的旅鸽了，这说明法律制定及宣布得太迟。答案：B【2014新课标全国卷 】阅读理解C A typical lion tamer (驯兽师) in peoples mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子)and a chair.The whip gets all of the attention , but its mostl
18、y for show.In reality , its the chair that does the important work.When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lions 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 wit
19、h 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 a
20、ll 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 best, 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 c
21、ant focus or that were focused on the wrong things , and so we take less action , make less progress , and stay the same when we could be improving. It doesnt 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
22、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 youre clear about where you want to go , the rest of the world will either help y
23、ou get there or get out the way.【试题分析】 面对生活中的众多选择，我们应该如何做？通过文中驯兽师的做法，我们可以得到些启发。1. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?ATo trick the lion.BTo show off his skill.CTo get ready for a fight.DTo entertain the audience.解析：推理判断题。根据第一段第四、五句可知，驯兽师举起椅子的目的是为了分散狮子的注意力，可见驯兽师使用椅子的目的是欺骗狮子。答案：A2. In what sense are
24、people similar to a lion facing a chair?AThey feel puzzled over choices.BThey hold on to the wrong things.CThey find it hard to make changes.DThey have to do something for show.解析：推理判断题。结合前三段的内容可知，人们对待选择的态度通常是疑惑不解的，这就与狮子面对椅子时的情况相同。答案：A3. What is the authors attitude towards the experts mentioned in
25、paragraph 3? ATolerant BDoubtful CRespectful DSupportive解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第一句可知，专家们也忙于讨论什么是最好的选择这个问题，很明显，他们的做法也令人感到疑惑。答案：B4When the world is “waving a chair in your face”， youre advised to_ Await for a better chance Bbreak your old habits Cmake a quick decision Dask for clear guidance解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“A
26、ll you need to do is focus on one thing.take immediate action.”可知，你所得到的建议是“尽快做出决定”。答案：C【2014新课标全国卷 】阅读理解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 6，0007，000 languages spoken around the
27、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 organizationsUNESCO and National Geographic among themhave，have for many years been docume
28、nting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that_traditionHis recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introdu
29、ction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of I
30、ndia, 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 materialsincluding photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes which had remained unstudied and were
31、badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has foundedthe Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature ProjectTurin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the
32、 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.【试题分析】世界上许多语言正面临着灭绝的形势，针对这种现状，科学家和学者付出了很大的努力去拯救这些语言及其所反映的文化。1
33、Many scholars are making efforts to_Apromote global languagesBrescue the disappearing languagesCsearch for language communitiesDset up languages research organizations解析：细节理解题。文章第一段提到世界上有些语言正面临灭绝的形势，再根据第二段第一句中“In an effort to prevent language loss”可知，学者们努力的目的是为了拯救正在消失的语言。答案：B2. What does “that tradi
34、tion” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AHaving first records of the languages.BWriting books on language searching.CTelling stories about language users.DLinking with the native speakers.解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段最后的“have for many years been documenting dying languages.”可以推知，该词组的意思是“有关语言的记录”。答案：A3What is Turins book bas
35、ed on?AThe cultural statics in India.BThe documents available at Yale.CHis language research in Britain.DHis personal experience in Nepal.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“.grows out of his experience living，working，and raising a family in a village in Nepal.”可知，他的书基于个人的生活经历。答案：D4Which of the following best describes Turins Work?AWrite，sell and donate.BRecord，repeat and reward.CCollect，protect and reconnect.DDesign, experiment and report.解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第一句、第五段最后一句和最后一段最后一句中相关信息可以推知C项为正确答案。答案：C.