高二英语阅读理解专项训练100(附答案)含解析

高二英语阅读理解专项训练100(附答案)含解析

一、高中英语阅读理解

1．阅读理解

Dogs were living as companions to the early settlers of North America over 10,000 years ago.

The oldest domestic dogs in the Americas were thought to be around 9500 years old. Angela Perri

of Durham University, UK, and her colleagues have carried out fresh radiocarbon dating on the

two dog skeletons that gave this date, discovered in the prehistoric Koster site in Illinois, and

found they were even older: around 10,100 years old.

A third dog from another Illinois site called Stilwell II was older still, at 10,190 years old. That

makes it the oldest known domesticated dog in the Americas. The team concluded that all three

dogs were domesticated as they skeletons were complete and unskinned, and so hadn't been

butchered for food. They had also been carefully buried, evidence they were valued by their

owners. The Stilwell II dog, which probably resembled a small English settler, was under what

seemed to be the floor of a living area. It is unclear why it took so long for tame dogs to arrive in

the Americas, given that they were domesticated at least 14,000 years ago in Eurasia. By this time,

people were already moving into North America from Siberia; there is evidence some reached

Chile 18,500 years ago. Geneticists have found signs of at least three waves of migration over the

following millennia. There is no evidence that domestic dogs accompanied them. “We don't

know if dogs were part of the first waves of immigration to the Americas" says Luc Janssens of

Ghent University in Belgium. "It could be so, but no archaeological bones have yet been found." It

is "overwhelmingly probable" that some of the early settlers did bring dogs to the Americas, but they may not have had "the time or the spiritual compulsion to bury them", says Pat Shipman of

Pennsylvania State University.

（1）How old is the oldest known domestic dog in the Americas7

A. About 9500 years. B. About 10,100 years. C. 10,190 years. D. 18,500 years.

（2）The underlined word "butchered" in the fourth paragraph could be replaced by.

A. killed B. bought C. trained D. raised

（3）What is the attitude towards when tame dogs arrived in the Americas in the last three

paragraphs?

A. Undoubted. B. Unsure. C. Indifferent. D. Unconfident.

（4）What is the main topic of this passage?

A. The earliest domestic dog in the Americas. B. The first dog arriving in the Americas.

C. How dogs were domesticated in the Americas. D. When the oldest dog was found in the

Americas.

【答案】（1）C

（2）A

（3）B

（4）A

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了大概一万年以前就在北美成为人类伙伴的狗的种类。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“A third dog from another Illinois site called Stilwell II

was older still, at 10,190 years old. That makes it the oldest known domesticated dog in the

Americas.”可知，美洲最古老的家犬有10,190年。故选C。

（2）考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的“The team concluded that all three dogs were

domesticated as they skeletons were complete and unskinned, and so hadn't been butchered for

food. They had also been carefully buried, evidence they were valued by their owners. ”研究小组得出的结论是，这三种狗都是被驯化的，因为它们的骨骼是完整的，没有皮肤的，所以没有被宰杀作为食物。他们也被仔细地埋葬了，证据表明他们是被主人重视的。关键词buried，可知划线词的意思是“杀死”，故选A。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“It is unclear why it took so long for tame dogs to arrive

in the Americas, given that they were domesticated at least 14,000 years ago in Eurasia.”可知，对到达美洲的驯服的狗态度是不确定。故选B。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据第一段中的“Dogs were living as companions to the early settlers of

North America over 10,000 years ago. The oldest domestic dogs in the Americas were thought to

be around 9500 years old.”可知，美洲有最早的家犬。故选A。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测，推理判断和主旨大意四个题型的考查，是一篇科普类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解

You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular

saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling just like reading, is a

refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel.

On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac

The book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the

book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After

the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life.

The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.

Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera