1、课时作业10.阅读理解ALeilas Hair MuseumBefore the invention of photography, people kept memories of loved ones by creating mementos (纪念物) using human hair. In 1986, Leila Cohoon opened a museum in Independence, Missouri, to show her collection of more than 2,000 pieces of hairbased art collected over 30 year
2、s. Billed as the only hair museum in the world, it includes more than 600 braided hair wreaths (花环) and 2,000 pieces of jewellery dating back to the mid1600s. “My museum is filled with other peoples families，” Leila says. “It tells a story.”International UFO Museum and Research CenterOn July 7, 1947
3、, a farmer discovered mysterious metallic debris (金属碎片) in his farm outside Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) originally said it recovered a flying disc. The next day, RAAF changed its words: The object was a weather balloon. Stories of a UFO and a government coverup spread. Each ye
4、ar, 180,000 people check out the dirt from the UFO crash site, photos, and reports about the Roswell incident.Museum of Bad ArtNot all art is created equal. After finding an oil painting in the rubbish in 1993the now classic Lucy in the Field with FlowersScott Wilson started collecting bad art. Befo
5、re long, he showed his finds at the Somerville movie theater. The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) gives the public a firsthand look at some of the worlds worst “disasterpieces”. Popular paintings include Mona Lisa, Hollywood Lips, and Drilling for Eggs. “MOBA is always on the lookout for the best of the wo
6、rst，” said cofounder Marie Jackson. “But what an artist considers to be bad doesnt always meet our low standards.”Mutter MuseumWelcome to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniahome to more than 5,000 brains, bones, and dead bodies! In 1858, Dr Thomas Dent Mtter gave his collection of preser
7、ved body parts, and bones to The College of Physicians to improve medical education, which led to the museums creation in 1863. Today, Mtter Museum is the most famous medical museum in America, housing a wall of bones, and pieces of Albert Einsteins brain.文章介绍了美国四个最奇怪的博物馆莱拉头发博物馆、UFO博物馆、糟糕艺术博物馆和马特博物馆
8、。1What is special about Leilas Hair Museum?AIt is full of family stories.BIt houses the worlds greatest photos.CIt holds collections from around the globe.DIt was opened to remember Leilas loved ones.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词Leilas Hair Museum定位到文章的第一部分。根据该部分中的“My museum is filled with other peoples fa
9、milies， Leila says. It tells a story.”可知，莱拉头发博物馆里满是家庭的故事，故答案是A。2What can you find in the Mutter Museum?APhotos about the Roswell incident.BSome of Albert Einsteins brain.C2,000 pieces of jewellery.DMona Lisa.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词Mutter Museum定位到文章的最后一部分。根据该部分最后一句中的“housing a wall of bones, and piec
10、es of Albert Einsteins brain”可知，马特博物馆里收藏有爱因斯坦的大脑碎片，故答案是B。3What do the four museums have in common?AThey are newlyfounded museums.BThey are unpopular among visitors.CThey are quite unusual.DThey are artcentered.答案：C解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，四个博物馆向人们展示的分别是头发、不明飞行物、糟糕的艺术作品以及人的大脑、骨头和尸体，由此可推知，这四个博物馆的共同之处为他们都是不同寻常的
11、，故答案是C。BNowhere on Earth is safe from the effects of climate change, but Greenland gets it particularly bad. Warmer temperatures inappropriately influence the Arctic, and icefilled Greenland is especially affected. New research finds that warming has caused Greenland to lose ice more quickly today t
12、han at any point over the last 350 years.Previous studies have measured just how much the islands ice is melting, and even spotted melting in the typically robust (坚固的) northern sea ice. All the science agrees: Greenland is warming and its ice is disappearing. But this new study puts that warming an
13、d melting into context by looking at the islands history.The researchers drilled deep holes into Greenlands ice and used those to extract (提取) samples (样本) of ice from hundreds of feet below the surface. With those samples, the researchers were able to create a timeline of Greenlands ice cover going
14、 back 350 years. With that timeline, the researchers calculated how much ice melted on Greenland every year.Typically, ice on Greenland melts during the summer months and then accumulates in the winter. Ideally, both of those amounts would be equal, so Greenland doesnt gain or lose very much ice in
15、a typical year. But lately, ice has been melting faster in the summer than it had in the past, and warmer winter temperatures mean the island is slower to build new ice.The end result, according to the study, is that over the past two decades Greenland has been losing ice more quickly than it has in
16、 centuries. More than just that, the rate at which the island is losing ice has been speeding. This suggests that over the next few decades, Greenland will lose ice even faster than right now. If thats true, the Arctic and the entire planet are in serious trouble.本文是说明文，介绍了全球变暖导致格陵兰岛现在比过去350年的任何时候都更
17、快地失去冰这一令人担忧的现状。4The researchers used the obtained samples to _.Arespond to the previous studyBsee what Greenland looked likeCcompare the ice in different periodsDfind out the information on ice melting答案：D解析：细节理解题。由第三段中的“With those samples.With that timeline, the researchers calculated how much ice
18、melted on Greenland every year”可知，研究人员使用这些样本的最终目的是找到格陵兰岛的冰融化的相关信息。故选D。5What can be learned from Paragraph 4?AIce on Greenland also melts in winter now.BThe weather in Greenland begins to change.CIce on Greenland hardly melted in summer in the past.DGreenland can rarely keep a balance of ice in a yea
19、r now.答案：D解析：段落大意题。由本段结构特点可知，结论在最后一句“But lately, ice has been melting faster in the summer.to build new ice”，格陵兰岛的冰已经难以维持冰的动态平衡了，故选D。6How does the author feel about the end result of the study?ASurprised. BWorried.CIndifferent. DContent.答案：B解析：推理判断题。由文章最后一句“If thats true, the Arctic and the entire p
20、lanet are in serious trouble”可知，作者对研究的最终结果感到担忧，故选B。7What can be the best title for the text?ADisappearing Greenland BChanging GreenlandCHotter and Hotter Weather DIsland of Ice and Snow答案：A解析：标题判断题。本文介绍了格陵兰岛的冰在现阶段受到全球变暖影响后的变化，以及令人担忧的现状，故A选项最适合作本文标题。.完形填空At 6 am our guide took us to the campsites res
21、taurant to begin our morning safari where we were surrounded by a group of monkeys who were distracted from biscuitstealing to create a _1_ of loud sounds. Our guide told us they had _2_ something dangerous hiding around the campsite. It was a huge leopard (豹), who moved quietly past paying absolute
22、ly no _3_ to us.For the two nights we _4_ to see various species of animals, starting with two groups of lions stopping for a family picnic, where a huge giraffe was the unfortunate creature on the _5_. By day two, two male lions had driven the _6_ away. And then they sat guarding the feast, _7_ us
23、threateningly as we drove _8_ close by.On the _9_ afternoon we were sent back to the campsite as a couple of wild African dogs had caught an impala (黑斑羚) right in the campsites _10_. At night, I was rudely awakened by the _11_ sound of an animal crunching (嘎吱嘎吱地嚼) on what could only be _12_ outside
24、my tent. Not wanting to _13_ the dogs and whats probably left of the impala, I lay in a(n) _14_ state in bed. An elephant made a low sound from across the campsite. It had probably had its good nights sleep _15_， too. Eventually dawn _16_. I peeked (窥视) outside the tent to see whats going on, _17_ s
25、eeing impala bones _18_ outside my door. But there was only a huge pile of elephant waste, a few animals _19_ and the wild dogs, running, _20_， away from me.我在导游的陪同下开始了野外观兽旅行。在旅行中，我看到猴子偷吃饼干、豹子漫不经心地游走、狮子猎杀长颈鹿、野狗围猎黑斑羚等。1A.confusion BmixtureCwonder Droar答案：B解析：根据空前的“who were distracted from biscuitstea
26、ling”以及第2空后的“something dangerous hiding around the campsite”可知，那群猴子在寻找食物时，由于突然发现周围有危险，所以它们发出一阵混合的响声。故选B。roar“咆哮，吼叫”。2A.spied BfacedCdefeated Dfrightened答案：A解析：根据第1小题的解析以及下文的“It was a huge leopard (豹)”可知，我们的导游告诉我们，那群猴子突然发现了躲藏在营地周围的危险物。spy意为“突然发现”，故选A。3A.charge BfeeCrespect Dmind答案：D解析：根据下文的叙述可知，营地周围的
27、动物没有主动攻击人，由此可推知，此处表示豹子悄悄地经过，完全不在意我们。故选D。4A.wanted BdemandedCmanaged Dadvocated答案：C解析：根据空后的“to see various species of animals, starting with two groups of lions”可知，在接下来的两个晚上，我们成功地看到了许多动物。故选C。5A.sheet BmenuCspot Dsite答案：B解析：根据下文中的“feast”可知，两群狮子当时正在猎杀一只大型的长颈鹿，即一只大型长颈鹿成了菜单上倒霉的动物。故选B。6A.groups BgiraffesC
28、guides Dhumans答案：A解析：根据上文中的“two groups of lions”并结合语境可知，第二天，两头雄狮过来把那两群狮子赶走了。故选A。7A.glaring at Bappealing toClooking down on Dfighting against答案：A解析：根据空前的“guarding the feast”以及空后的“threateningly”并结合语境可知，当我们在不远处小心翼翼地驾驶时，两头雄狮气势汹汹地瞪着我们。glare at意为“怒目而视”，故选A。8A.unconsciously BhopelesslyCloudly Dcautiously答
29、案：D解析：参见上题解析。cautiously“小心地，谨慎地”。9A.late BrightCfinal Dfirst答案：C解析：根据第一段第一句中的“At 6 am our guide took us to the campsites restaurant”，第二段第一句中的“For the two nights”以及该空后的“we were sent back to the campsite”可知，我们在最后一个下午被送回营地。故选C。10A.edge BcenterCtrap Dtent答案：B解析：根据下文可知，我在半夜被野狗的咀嚼声吵醒。并结合选项可推知，野狗当时应是在营地的中部
30、区域抓住了一只黑斑羚。故选B。11A.curious BimaginativeCunmistakableDquiet答案：C解析：根据空后的“sound of an animal crunching (嘎吱嘎吱地嚼)”以及第18空前的“impala bones”可推知，我被明显是某种动物嘎吱的咀嚼声吵醒，嚼的东西只可能是骨头。unmistakable意为“显然的”，故选C。imaginative“富于想象力的，创新的”。12A.feathers BmeatCteeth Dbones答案：D解析：参见上题解析。13A.drive off Bcome betweenCflee away from
31、Dtake possession of答案：B解析：根据下文的“I lay.in bed”可推知，我不想妨碍那群野狗猎食黑斑羚，所以我以一种僵硬的(rigid)状态躺在床上。come between意为“妨碍”，故选B。drive off“驱车离去”。14A.rigid BanxiousCpeaceful Dmessy答案：A解析：参见上题解析。15A.stored BcompletedCrequired Druined答案：D解析：根据上文中的“I was rudely awakened”以及空后的“too”可知，很可能那头大象的美好的睡眠也被破坏了，即那头大象也被咀嚼声吵醒了。ruin意为
32、“破坏，毁坏”，故选D。16A.passed BbrokeCcontinued Dlasted答案：B解析：根据第10空后的“At night”以及空前的“Eventually”可知，天终于亮了。break意为“(天)刚亮，破晓”，故选B。17A.fearing BmissingCconsidering Drisking答案：A解析：根据第13小题的解析以及空前的“I peeked (窥视) outside the tent”并结合常识可推知，我当时害怕看到黑斑羚的骨头堆在我的门口。故选A。18A.blocked BstuckCcut Dpiled答案：D解析：参见上题解析。pile“堆放”。19A.hunters BvoicesCtracks Dcaves答案：C解析：根据语境可知，天亮了，留在外面的只有大象的粪便以及动物的足迹。故选C。20A.bravely BworryinglyCmercifully Dfortunately答案：C解析：根据第17小题的解析可知，我对野狗有点恐惧，但是当我向外看的时候，幸运地是它们已经在逃离我了。mercifully“幸运地”，故选C。
