2019-2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练十一
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阅读强化训练(十一)
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阅读理解Ⅰ
Tom is seven. He’s staring curiously up at a big drone(无人机) flying above his head in the London Science
Museum.The black drone Tom is so amazed by looks like a
big toy that many children want to have.But this drone is not a toy.It was once a military(军用的) drone，and it’s supposed to save our
rainforests.
Lauren Fletcher is a former NASA engineer.The idea to create a drone that
would deal with forests’ being destroyed around the world came to him from a science fiction book.Lauren’s team，called BioCarbon Engineering，is
repurposing these drones to have them plant trees.In comparison to a technique—sowing(播种) seeds by air—where an uptake
rate(摄入率) is around 8%，a recent test conducted by BioCarbon Engineering
resulted in a 75% uptake rate.The project team says their use of drones could
reduce the costs of traditional methods by up to 85%.But there are still some concerns.Alan Watson Featherstone，founder and
executive director of Trees for Life，a charity，told the museum that he is not
sure whether such a natural process as tree planting can be achieved by
impersonal drones.He believes that human interaction is necessary to guarantee
a proper planting process.Another concern is more familiar to new
technologies—some worry the drones might take jobs away from humans.But Fedorenko，Lauren’s colleague，adds that they are currently targeting
planting in remote areas or areas such as those affected by fires or chemical
spills.The project has begun to attract some attention.However，the use of drones
for planting still has not been tested on a large scale(规模) and in the
wild.And，further fundraising is still an issue.So far they have raised around
DC＝ 160，000 as a winning project from various competitions，but this is not
enough for largescale planting.The company is looking to raise more funds.【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了由前美国宇航局工程师设计的无人机。
该无人机可用于播种，且成功率高。
1．
What’s the purpose of the drone in the London Science Museum?A．To protect forests.
B．To serve the army.
C．To guard the museum.
D．To attract children’s interest.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的it’s supposed to save our rainforests
可知，该无人机将用于保护森林。
2．Where did the drone designer’s inspiration come from?
A．His work experience.
B．His team members.
C．A science movie.
D．A fiction book.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的The idea to create a drone that would
deal with forests’ being destroyed around the world came to him from a science fiction book.可知，利用无人机播种这个主意来源于一本科幻书籍。
3．How does the author develop Paragraph 3?
A．By making comparisons.
B．By providing processes.
C．By analyzing causes.
D．By giving examples.
A 解析：写作手法题。第三段将传统播种与使用该无人机播种的摄入率进行了比较。
4．What’s the current condition of the drone?
A．It faces technical issues.
B．It is doubted by some people.
C．It has been applied in remote areas.
D．It has become free from human involvement.
B 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的But there are still some concerns.可知，
使用该无人机播种受到一些人的质疑。
语法填空Ⅱ
As a leader，1.____________(simple) holding positive expectations about
team members’ performance can actually lead 2.____________ better team
performance.Research has clearly proved the power of holding positive
expectations of others.We get the outcomes that we expect.This is what is known
as the “Pygmalion effect”— named after George Bernard Shaw’s play in
3.____________ Professor Henry Higgins transformed a common flower seller，Eliza Doolittle，into a lady because he believed that it would happen.
The power of the Pygmalion effect，first 4.____________(show) by
psychologist Robert Rosenthal in his study of elementary school children，has
been well documented as a simple and 5.____________(use) way to improve performance — in the classroom，in the workplace，and elsewhere.
In his famous study of elementary school students，Rosenthal made teachers
6.____________(believe) that certain pupils in their classrooms had been
identified as “intellectual bloomers”—children who would show intellectual
7.____________(grow) during the school year.As 8.____________ matter of fact，the students were randomly named intellectual bloomers，but at the end of
the term，these students did indeed show 9.____________(high) academic
achievement than others.Why？Because the teachers believed in them.Many later
10.____________(study) showed that teachers unconsciously gave more positive
attention and learning opportunities to these students.1．simply 解析：考查副词。设空处作状语修饰动词ing形式短语，故填副词
simply。
2．to 解析：考查介词。lead to意为“引起，导致”。
3．which 解析：考查关系代词。in与设空处引导限制性定语从句，设空处指代
play，故填which。
4．shown 解析：考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作后置定语修饰power，因为
show与power之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，且show表示的动作已发生，故填shown。
5．useful 解析：考查形容词作定语的用法。设空处与simple并列作定语修饰
way，由语境可知，此处表示“有用的”，故填useful。
6．believe 解析：考查不定式作补语的用法。make sb.do sth.“使某人做某事”。
