高考英语一轮复习阅读理解九月选练2试题

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2022年元月元日 五河县2021高考英语阅读理解九月选练

阅读以下四篇短文，从每一小题后所给的A,B,C或者D四个选项里面，选出最正确选项。

PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA? This resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle

(棱皮龟) national Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum.

However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists

spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year.

With leatherbacks threatened with extinction (灭绝), Playa Grande’s turtle museum

was abandoned three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside

ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We

do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there

are far too few turtles to please,〞 said Alvaro Fonseca, a park ranger (管理员).

Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles

were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans interest

in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal

that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.

Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which

are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising

seas and more violent waves.

More uniquely their gender (性别) is determined, not by genes but by the egg’s 创作；朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in

ail-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the

eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shits to females: at about 32 degrees

they are all female. Above 34, you get boiled eggs.

On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or

irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development

to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise.

1. Why does the resort town stop promoting it’s turtle tourism?

A. It decides not to disturb the turtles’ normal life.

B. Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles.

C. There are only very few turtles now.

D. The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide.

2. Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles endangerment?

A. The locals eating habit. B. Drift net fishing.

C. Beach development. D. Global warming.

3. We learn from the last paragraph that scientists .

A. are doing research on the sea rise B. are moving turtles to new homes 创作；朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 C. are protecting turtles’ nests D. are getting rid of sea weeds

4. The passage intends to .

A. introduce a special kind of sea turtle

B. explain the mystery of turtles’ eggs

C. show the dangers a certain kind of turtle is facing

D. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum

【参考答案】1—4、CDCC

2021高考英语****阅读理解。

阅读以下短文，从每一小题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C、D〕中，选出最正确选项。

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car．I had just come from the car

wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work．

Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum．From

the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money．There are

times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to

be bothered．This was one of those “don't want to be bothered times〞．

“ I hope he doesn't ask me for any money,〞 I thought． 创作；朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 He didn't．He came and sat on the edge of the pavement in front of the bus stop but

he didn't

look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus．After a few minutes he

spoke．

“That's a very pretty car,〞 he said．

He was in rags but he had an air of dignity around him．His badly-grown blond beard

kept more than his face warm．

I said, “thanks,〞 and continued wiping off my car．He sat there quietly as I

worked．The expected plea〔乞求〕 for money never came．As the silence between us

widened, something inside said, “ask him if he needs any help．〞 I was sure that

he would say “yes〞 but I held true to the inner voice．

“Do you need any help?〞 I asked．

He answered in three simple words that I shall never forget．We often look for wisdom

in great men and women．We expect it from those of higher learning and achievements．I