1、阅读理解技能保分练(十)主旨大意题最佳标题类A2020沈阳市教学质量监测(一)Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. That ambition nearly ended one night in 2010. Hill, then a 17yearold high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. For m
2、ost people, that would have dashed any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. “I wanted to prove to my communityand to myselfthat I was still normal，” she told Teen Vogue. “Whatever normal meant.”“Normal” for her meant dancing, so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her
3、nondisabled high school dance team. “It definitely took a lot of learning and patience，” Hill told Today.After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered various injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to
4、dance with her.Hoping to affect more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls Rollettes. “I want to break down the stereotype (模式化观念) of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether youre walking or youre rolling，”
5、she told CBS News. Dancing on wheels, Rollettes discovered, can be just as fastpaced, artful, and fulfilling as the footbased variety. Theyre having fun, and the fun is touching.Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood dream. But Rollettes have helped her find something else just
6、as fulfilling. Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users of all ages and abilities with an eye to helping them find their inner Ginger Rogers or Julianne Hough.The dancers arent the only ones feeling inspired. One woman saw a video of the team competing and commented, “You guys are so a
7、wesome! To be in a wheelchair and still be so beautiful makes me know I can be beautiful too! Thank you！”1What can we learn about Chelsie Hill?AShe was born with disability.BShe experienced a car accident in 2014.CShe had dreamed to be a dancer since childhood.DHer dancing career stopped when she wa
8、s 17.2How did Chelsie Hill prove herself to be normal?ABy graduating with honor.BBy dancing in a wheelchair.CBy refusing to use a wheelchair.DBy starting a high school dance team.3Why did Chelsie Hill start Rollettes?ATo satisfy her own ambition.BTo better understand achievements.CTo achieve both su
9、ccess and fame.DTo inspire more disabled women to dance.4Whats the best title of the passage?AChase Your DreamsEven in a WheelchairBForm a Dance Teama Big BonusCBecome a Dancera Challenging DreamDDance on Wheelsa New TrendB2020“四省八校”高三第二次质量检测A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the
10、presence or absence of moonlight has a considerable effect on when migratory (迁徙的) birds take flight in the autumn.Together with his colleagues, Gabriel Norevik studied European nightjars (夜鹰) and how the lunar cycle and moonlight affect the leaving time when the birds start their threemonthlong mig
11、ration flight to areas south of the Sahara.Using miniature data loggers the researchers recorded the activity of 39 European nightjars over a oneyear period. The result shows that the birds begin their autumn migration south about ten days after the full moon, and that the individual birds synchroni
12、se (同速进行) the migration and fly off more or less at the same time. “It surprised us that the lunar cycle and the time the birds spent in hunting insects covary so well. This in turn affects their migration pattern in such a way that they synchronise their flight so that almost all of them fly off at
13、 the same time, ten days after the full moon，” says Gabriel Norevik. European nightjars use their sight when they hunt at night. In the moonlight they find it easier to catch flying insects and refill their energy reserves.The birds migrate in three stages from northern Europe to wintering sites sou
14、th of the Sahara. Each stage follows the same pattern: first the moon provides double of the light for the birds to hunt insects, and the next stage of the migration starts ten days after the full moon.The researchers doubt whether other birds also adapt to the lunar cycle when they migrate. “We wil
15、l go on to examine that and what effects this type of synchronised migration has on the birds themselves and their surroundings，” says Gabriel Norevik.5What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A39 European nightjars were charted over a lifelong period.BEuropean nightjars catch flying insects more easily b
16、y means of moonlight.CThe individual birds start the migration ten days later than group birds.DThe lunar cycle and the ending of the birds migration covary very well.6Which of the following statements is true?AThe birds migration has three patterns.BThe birds migrate to northern Europe for food.CTh
17、e stage of the migration starts after the full moon.DEuropean nightjars migration is from August to December.7What might be examined in the following study?ANightjars habitat. BAbsence of the moon.COther birds migration. DInsects surroundings.8What can be a suitable title for the text?AMigration Fli
18、ght and MoonlightBMigratory Birds and AutumnCTen Days Makes a DifferenceDEuropean Nightjars Need to MigrateC2020南昌市高三一模The remains of an ancient ape (猿) found in a Bavarian clay site recently caught peoples eye. According to scientists, they may renew peoples opinion on when humans ancestors began s
19、tanding upright.An international team of researchers said the fossilized skeleton of a male ape that lived in the humid forests of what is now southern Germany bore a striking resemblance (相似之处) to modern human bones. In a paper published by the journal Nature, they concluded that the previously unk
20、nown speciesnamed Danuvius guggenmosicould walk on two legs but also climb like an ape.The findings “raise fundamental questions about our previous understanding of the evolution of the great apes and humans，” said Madelaine Boehme, who led the research.The question of when apes could walk on two le
21、gs has fascinated scientists since Charles Darwin first argued that they were the ancestors of humans. Previous fossil records of apes with an upright movefound in Crete and Kenyadated only as far back as 6 million years. These apes are called Touma.Boehme, along with researchers from Bulgaria, Cana
22、da and the United States, examined more than 15,000 bones recovered from the archaeological remains. Among the remains they were able to piece together primate (灵长目动物) fossils belonging to four individuals that lived 11.62 million years ago. The most complete, an adult male, likely stood about 1 met
23、er tall, weighed 31 kilograms and looked similar to modernday bonobos, a species of the chimpanzee.Like humans, Danuvius had an Sshaped backbone to hold its body upright while standing. Unlike humans, though, it had a powerful big toe that would have allowed it to grab branches with its foot easily.
24、Fred Spoor, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London, called the fossil finds “fantastic” but said they would likely be denied or suspected by others, not least because they could challenge many existing ideas about evolution.9Where did the scientists find the bones?AGermany. BBulgar
25、ia.CKenya. DBrazil.10What can we infer about Danuvius?AIt could make Sshaped tools.BIt was a species of the chimpanzee.CIt lived in Crete and Kenya.DIt existed much earlier than Touma.11How does Spoor feel about the finding?AIt offers further support for the theory of evolution.BIt may cause much de
26、bate.CIt is a fantastic finding.DIt denies the previous ideas.12Which of the following would be the best title for the text?AThe Secrets Revealed from FossilsBLegend of Humans AncestorsCFindings Against the Theory of EvolutionDThe Oldest Example of Upright Ape Found in a Bavarian Clay Site阅读理解技能保分练(
27、十)A语篇类型：记叙文主题语境：人与自我励志故事Chelsie Hill坐着轮椅追逐自己的舞蹈梦想文章大意Chelsie Hill从三岁起就梦想着成为一名舞蹈家，不幸地是，17岁那年一场车祸导致她腰部以下都瘫痪了。但是Chelsie Hill并没有放弃自己的舞蹈梦想，她不仅坚持坐着轮椅练习舞蹈，而且成立了一个名为Rollettes的舞蹈队，以帮助身体残疾的女性继续跳舞。Chelsie Hill的精神不仅鼓舞了舞蹈队的队员，而且也鼓舞了看她们参赛视频的人。1答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据第一段第一句“Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreame
28、d of becoming a dancer.”可知，从三岁起，Chelsie Hill就梦想成为一名舞蹈家。故选C。2答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句“Normal for her meant dancing, so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team.”可知，Chelsie Hill想通过坐在轮椅上继续跳舞来证明自己是正常的，故B项正确。3答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据第三段第一句中的“Hill wanted to expand her dan
29、ce network to include women like her.”和第四段第一句“Hoping to affect more people.she calls Rollettes.”并结合下文内容可推知，Chelsie Hill组建Rollettes是为了激励更多像她一样身患残疾的女性去跳舞，故D项正确。4答案与解析：A考查主旨大意。本文讲述了Chelsie Hill从三岁起就梦想成为一名舞蹈家，不幸地是，17岁那年的一场车祸差点终结了她的舞蹈梦；但是Chelsie Hill坐着轮椅仍然勇敢地、坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想。故A项最适合成为本文的标题。B语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与自然
30、科学研究月光对候鸟迁徙的影响文章大意瑞典隆德大学一项新的研究表明月光对候鸟的迁徙有很大的影响：候鸟在月光下觅食储备能量，大约在满月十天之后开始迁徙。5答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“In the moonlight they find it easier to catch flying insects and refill their energy reserves.”可知，欧洲夜鹰在月光下觅食更加容易。故选B。6答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“the next stage of the migration starts ten days after the ful
31、l moon”可知，迁徙的下一阶段开始的时间为满月十天之后。故选C。根据第四段可知，鸟的迁徙分为三个阶段，每个阶段的模式相同，故A项表述错误；根据第四段第一句可知，鸟是从北欧向撒哈拉以南迁徙，故B项表述错误；根据第二段最后一句中的“the birds start their threemonthlong migration flight”可知，欧洲夜鹰的迁徙经历了三个月，故D项表述错误。7答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据第五段第一句“The researchers doubt whether other birds also adapt to the lunar cycle when they
32、 migrate.”以及第二句中的“We will go on to examine that.”可推知，在接下来的研究中，研究人员可能会研究其他鸟类的迁徙情况。故选C。8答案与解析：A考查主旨大意。根据文章第一段以及其他内容可知，本文介绍了瑞典隆德大学的一项研究，研究发现月光与候鸟迁徙之间有关系：候鸟在月光下觅食储备能量，大约在满月十天后，开始它们的秋季向南迁徙之旅。由此可知A项适合成为文章标题。C语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与社会考古发现科学家发现了古猿遗骨文章大意本文主要介绍了科学家新发现的古猿遗骨的相关情况，并指出这可能会刷新人们关于何时人类的祖先开始直立的观点。9答案与解析：A考查细
33、节理解。根据第二段中的“the fossilized skeleton of a male ape that lived in the humid forests of what is now southern Germany”可知，科学家在德国发现了古猿遗骨。故选A。10答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Previous fossil records of apes with an upright move found in Crete and Kenya dated only as far back as 6 million years. These apes are calle
34、d Touma.”和第五段中的“Among the remains they were able to piece together primate(灵长目动物) fossils belonging to four individuals that lived 11.62 million years ago.”可推知，Danuvius生活的时期比Touma早得多。故选D。11答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“they would likely be denied or suspected by others”可推知，Spoor认为这项发现可能会引起很多争议。故选B。12答案与解析：D考查主旨大意。本文主要介绍了一项考古发现，通读全文内容可知，第一段概括了全文的主要内容，由此可知，D项最适合作本篇文章的标题。
