1、高考维“升”素30生物保护（时间：25分钟 分数：46分）维A 完形填空(每题1.5分，满分30分)选材网站：http：/www.sciencenews.org高考曾用材料：2010重庆卷E篇选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：Being surrounded by sharks may sound like a bad thing，but scientists say sharks are actually a good sign of ocean health._1_ knowing that，Enric Sala，a marine ecologist and National Geogra
2、phic Fellow，was a little _2_ when he first dived at Kingman Reef，the heart of a massive，newly _3_ area south of Hawaii now called the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.“The _4_ time I jumped in the water，as soon as the bubbles _5_，my heartbeat doubledthere were a dozen sharks swimming
3、around us and so _6_ corals on the bottom that there was not even _7_ for sand between them，” says Sala.Sala led a series of _8_ to the regions coral reefs over the past several years，_9_ part of his work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla，Calif.His teams _10_ about sharks and co
4、rals there helped _11_ the US.government to set up the new monument，where fishing for sharks or anything else is now _12_.Groups around the world are working to _13_ other huge protected ocean areas in hopes of _14_ some of the planets most incredible and important spots.President George WBush set u
5、p another new marine _15_，or protected area，_16_ the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument just before he _17_ office in January.The reserve _18_ waters around several groups of islands near Kingman Reef，_19_ is 1,000 miles south of Hawaii，and it covers 86,888 square miles.Thats bigger tha
6、n the size of Virginia and Tennessee _20_.Note：marine ecologist海洋生态学家【语篇解读】 科学家们对海洋生物的发现促成美国建立了海洋生物保护区。保护区发挥了极大的作用，不仅有利于科学家的研究，更重要的是保护了一些稀有的种类，其他一些国家也纷纷效仿。1A.Ever BEven CWithout DInstead of答案B联系下文“my heartbeat doubled”可知，“即使”知道鲨鱼是海洋健康的标志，Enric Sala也是有些紧张的。2A.excited Bhappy Cnervous Dsad答案C联系到鲨鱼是凶猛的动
7、物，在鲨鱼附近也是有些紧张的。A有一定的干扰性，excited的意思是“兴奋的”，不符合面临凶猛动物时的心情。3A.protected Bbuilt Csurrounded Dfounded答案A联系下文可知，“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是一个保护区。4A.last Bearly Cfirst Dgood答案C联系下文的“my heartbeat doubled”可知，这是Sala第一次到洋底时的情况。5A.gathered Bappeared Cpassed Dcleared答案D联系下文的“there were
8、a dozen sharks swimming around us.”可知，这是气泡散尽后看到的景象，因此用cleared。6A.many Bfew Clarge Dfrightening答案A联系下文的“there was not even _7_ for sand between them”可知，珊瑚很多。7A.water Blight Cspace Dsight答案C因为鲨鱼和珊瑚很多，几乎没有容纳沙子的空间。8A.dives Bexpeditions Cexperiments Ddiscoveries答案B联系空后的“to the regions coral reefs”可知，他领导了
9、几次去珊瑚礁的远征。9A.as Bwith Clike Dunder答案A这些远征作为他工作的一部分。10A.findings Binformation Cresearch Dcares答案A联系空后的“about sharks and corals”可知，他们对鲨鱼和珊瑚有了一些发现。C有一定的干扰性，research意为“研究”。11A.force Binspire Cbeg Dallow答案B在那里的发现敦促政府建立保护区。12A.permitted Blimited Cforbidden Dmeasured答案C因为这里是保护区，因此捕杀鲨鱼和其他动物是禁止的。13A.set out
10、Bstart out Cset off Dset up答案D联系空后的“huge protected ocean areas”可知，是建立保护区。set out意为“开始，着手”；start out意为“开始”；sef off意为“出发”。14A.making Bsaving Cbuilding Dseeing答案B建立保护区是希望挽救一些重要的地方。15A.reserve Bspot Carea Dspace答案A联系空后的“or protected area”可得答案。16A.called Bnamed Ctold Dgiven答案A“the Pacific Remote Islands
11、Marine National Monument”是保护区的名字，因此用called。17A.took Bleft Ccontrolled Dlost答案B布什总统在一月份离开白宫前建立了这个保护区。联系空前的“before”和空后的“in January”可得答案。18A.excludes Bcovers Cincludes Dmakes答案C联系空后的“waters around several groups of islands”可知，保护区包含几个岛的水域。19A.it Bwhich Cwhere Dthat答案Bwhich引导了非限定性定语从句，并在从句中作主语。20A.separa
12、ted Bcombined Cdivided Dconnected答案B联系空前的“bigger than the size”可知，这个保护区比Virginia和Tennessee两个加起来还要大。维B1 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材网站：www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki高考曾用材料：2012大纲全国卷A篇选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：Katharine Mehtas mother likes to joke that the first sentence her daughter said was “I love dogs.” Its not the fact，b
13、ut its certainly true in spirit.“When I was young，my grandmother told me about how she sometimes found stray dogs and cats，and kept them on her farm as pets，” says Katharine.“That made me wonder what would happen when animals didnt have a home.I felt horrible thinking that they might be hungry or co
14、uld get hit by a car.”But what could a little girl do? The answer came during a trip to a park in her New York City neighborhood two years ago，where she met volunteers from Mighty Mutts，a local nokill animal rescue organization.“I thought maybe I could earn some money and give it to them，” she says.
15、Since Katharine had plenty of practice taking care of her own dog，she decided to start a summer dogwalking service.She chose two friends and，with their parents permission，the group put up homemade posters with their phone numbers and a bargain price50 cents an hour.Before long they had 15 dogs in th
16、eir care.“We walked two or three at a time with one mother helping out，” she says.“By the end of that summer，wed collected $45.” That fall Katharine and her mother，Loma，came up with another mini enterprise to raise money for Mighty Muttsselling freshbaked shortbread to their neighbors.The 11yearold，
17、who starts sixth grade this fall，has become a nonstop campaigner.Her mother says，“When she sees somebody with a dog，she starts a conversation and tells them to donate to Mighty Mutts.”Katharines passion comes from the heart.“It makes me cry to think that strays might be_put_to_sleep when theres a gr
18、oup that can find new homes for them，” Katharine says.“But it makes me smile to know I can help.”Notes：stray adj.流浪的shortbread n黄油甜酥饼【语篇解读】 本文主要讲了11岁女孩Katharine是如何关爱和帮助流浪狗等小动物的。1Katharines love of dogs comes from _.Aher grandmothers influenceBher mothers influenceCthe influence of an organizationDse
19、eing a dog killed by a car答案A细节理解题。由第二段可知，Katharine关心流浪狗是受奶奶的影响。2How did Katharine help the organizationMighty Mutts?ABy walking stray dogs.BBy giving shortbread to stray dogs.CBy collecting money.DBy making speeches everywhere.答案C推理判断题。由第三、四段可知，Katharine为别人遛狗挣钱，然后捐给Mighty Mutts，并且经常劝说养狗的人为Mighty Mu
20、tts捐款，故选C。3The underlined part “be put to sleep” in the last paragraph means “_”Ato be supplied with a comfortable place for sleepingBto be given drugs so that they can die without painCto be made unconscious before a medical operationDto be made to sleep答案B词义猜测题。Katharine很有爱心，非常关心无家可归的小动物，所以她一想到流浪的
21、小动物被人们用药物所谓“仁道地”杀死，她就会心痛地流泪。put to sleep意为“用药物使(长眠)，无痛苦地杀死”。4What would be the best title for the passage?AKatharine and her petsBAn organization for rescuing stray dogsCPet dogs are popular with childrenDA little girl helps strays答案D主旨大意题。全文主要讲述了小女孩Katharine帮助、关爱流浪狗，故正确答案为D。维B2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材网站：
22、高考曾用材料：2012山东卷C篇选材相似度：设题相似度：难度系数：Were fortunate to live along a monarch butterfly migration path.Every fall，thousands of them fly through our backyard，headed south for the winter.We always thought that a butterfly with a broken wing was a sad sight，but one we could do nothing about.We were wrong! Je
23、annette Brandt was bike riding near Hadley，in the southern Adirondacks of New York，a few weeks ago when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly and took it home in an empty water bottle.Brandt and her partner，Mike Parwana，fed the butterfly rotting pears and water sweetened with honey.The butterfly
24、survived，and fattened up.But what to do about the broken wing?The couple found an online video demonstrating butterfly wing repair which was posted by the nonprofit Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton，Florida.Tiny cardboard splints and contact cement did the trick.In another week，the butterfly was
25、 flying at the couples home.But by then，it was too cold in upstate New York to release the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000 miles migration from Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October，and it was midNovember.About a week ago，the couple pu
26、t the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scottys，a truck stop north of Albany，NY.Eventually，a goodnatured trucker from Alabama，who was headed to Florida，volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday，the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Fl
27、orida，now free to join millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.Note：cardboard splints and contact cement薄纸夹板和接触粘合剂【语篇解读】 本文记叙的是一对美国夫妇和一位卡车司机救助一只在迁徙中翅膀受伤的帝王蝶的故事。1We can learn from Paragraph One that the butterfly _.Awas hit by a motorbikeBwas noticed b
28、y a US womanCwould spend winter in HadleyDwas too old to go on flying答案B细节理解题。根据第一段第五句“Jeannette Brandt.when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly.”可知，这只受伤的帝王蝶是由一位美国妇女发现的。2The main problem of the butterflys wing was _.Ahow to treat the illness of the butterflyBhow to keep the butterfly at homeCho
29、w to help the butterfly reach MexicoDhow to get the butterflys favorite food答案C推理判断题。根据第二段第四句“But by then，it was.into the wild”和第五句“Monarchs are known.from Canada to Mexico”可知，蝴蝶翅膀修复以后，主要的困难就是如何帮助它到达墨西哥以完成迁徙。3According to the last paragraph，the couple went to Scottys to _.Aask help from truck driver
30、sBrelease the butterfly thereCattract the attention of the publicDask for experts advice答案A推理判断题。由最后一段可知，在一位好心的卡车司机的帮助下，这只帝王蝶赶上了浩荡的蝴蝶迁徙队伍。4What does the author seem to agree?AIt is useless to learn to repair insects wings.BA monarch butterflys wings are likely to get hurt.CA monarch butterfly can be kept as a pet.DIt is quite possible to repair a butterflys wings.答案D细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“We always thought.do nothing about”和第四句“We were wrong”，再联系本文故事可知，作者认为修复蝴蝶翅膀是完全可能的。版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()