长阅读题专项练习 新人教版.docx
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长阅读题专项练习新人教版
长阅读题专项练习
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ROME:
ThelegendofLeonardodaVinciiscoveredinmystery:
Howdidhedie?
AretheremainsburiedinaFrenchcastlereallythoseofthemaster?
Wasthe“MonaLisa’aself-portraitindisguise(伪装)?
AgroupofItalianscientistsbelievethekeytosolvingthosepuzzleslieswiththeremains,andtheysaytheyareseekingpermissiontodigupthebodytoconductcarbonandDNAtesting.
Iftheskullisundamaged,thescientistscangototheheartofaquestionthathasfascinatedscholarsandthepublicforcenturies:
theidentityofthe“MonaLisa.’RecreatingavirtualandthenphysicalreconstructionofLeonardo’sface,theycancompareitwiththesmilingfaceinthePainting.
“Wedon’tknowwhatwe’llfindifthetombisopened.Wecouldevenjustfindgrainsanddust,”saysGiorgioGruppioni,ananthropologistwhoisparticipatingmtheproject.“Butiftheremainsarewellkept,theyareabiologicalrecordofeventsinapersonslife,andsometimesintheirdeath.”SilvanoVinceti,theleaderofthegroup,saidthatheplanstopresshiscasewiththeFrenchofficialsinchargeofthesaidburialsiteatAmboiseCastleearlynextweek.
LeonardomovedtoFranceattheinvitationofKingFrancisI,whonamedhim“firstpaintertotheking.”Hespentthelastthreeyearsofhislifethere,anddiedin1519atage67.Theartist’soriginalburialplace,thepalacechurchofSaintFlorentine,wasdestroyeddirring’theFrenchRevolutionandremainsthatarebelievedtobehiswereeventuallyreburiedintheSaint-HubertChapelnearthecastle.
“TheAmboisetombisasymbolictomb;it’sabigquestionmark,”saidAlessandroVezzosi,thedirectorofamuseumdedicatedtoLeonardoinhishometownofVinci.Vezzosisaidthatinvestigatingthetombcouldhelpidentifytheartist’sboneswithcertaintyandsolveotherquestions,suchasthecauseofhisdeath.Hesaidheaskedtoopenthetombin2004tostudytheremains,buttheAmboiseCastleturnedhimdown.
Thegroupof100expertsinvolvedintheproject,calledtheNationalCommitteeforHistoricalandArtisticHeritage,wascreatedin2003withtheaimof“solvingthegreatmysteriesofthepast,”saidVinceti,whohaswrittenbooksonartandliterature.
Arguablytheworld’smostfamouspainting,the“MonaLisa’hangsintheLouvreinParis,whereitdrewsome8.5millionvisitorslastyear,Mysteryhassurroundedtheidentityofthetricksandriddlesmighthaveledhimtohidehisownidentitybehindthatpuzzlingsmile;othershaveguessedthatthepaintinghidanandrogynouslover.
Ifgrantedaccesstothegravesite,theItalianexpertsplantouseatinycameraandradartoconfirmthepresenceofbones.Thescientistswouldthenexhume(挖掘)theremainsandattempttodatetheboneswithcarbontesting.
AttheheartoftheproposedstudyistheefforttodiscoverwhethertheremainsareactuallyLeonardo’s,includingwithDNAtesting.
VezzosiquestionstheDNAcomparison,sayinghejsunawareofanydirectdescendants(后代)ofLeonardooroftombsthatcouldbeattributedwithcertaintytotheartist’scloserelatives.
GruppionisaidthatDNAfromthebonescouldalsoeventuallybecomparedtoDNAfoundelsewhere.Forexample,Leonardoisthoughttohaverubbedcolorsonthecanvaswithhisthumb,possiblyusingsaliva(唾液),meaningDNAmightbefoundonhispaintings.
EvenintheabsenceofDNAtesting,othertestscouldprovideusefulinformation,includingwhetherthebonesbelongedtoamanoraWOCOLan,andwhetherthepersondiedyoungorold.
Evenwithinthecommittee,expertsaredividedovertheidentityofthe“MonaLisa.”
Vincetibelievesthatatraditionofconsideringtheself-portraittobenotjustafaithfulimitationofone’sfeaturesbutarepresentationofone’sspiritualidentitymayhaveresonated(共鸣)withLeonardo.
Vezzosi,themuseumdirector,dismissedas“baselessandsenseless’theideathatthe“MonaLisa”couldbeaself-portraitofLeonardo.Hesaidmostresearchersbelievethewomanmayhavebeeneitherawifeoftheartist’ssponsor,theFlorentinenoblemanGiulianodeMedici,orLisaGherardini,thewifeofarichsilkmerchant,FrancescodelGiocondo.Thetraditionalviewisthatthename“MonaLisa”comesfromthesilkmerchant’swife,aswellasitsItalianname:
“LaGioconda.”
55.Whereisthispassagemostprobablytakenfrom?
A.Amagazine.B.Anewspaper.C.AtextbookD.Aresearchreport.
56.Whydoestheauthoraskacoupleofquestionsinthebeginning?
A.Toarousetheinterestofreaders.B.TopuzzleItalianscientists.
C.Toanswerthequestionshimself.D.TomakefunofFrenchofficials.
57.Thebesttitleofthisstorymightbe“”.
A.WhatIsthePurposeofanInvestigation?
B.HowDidLeonardodaVinciDieinFrance?
C.AretheRemainsReallyThoseoftheMaster?
D.DidLeonardoPaintHimselfas‘MonaLisa’?
58.Thesentence“heplanstopresshiscasewiththeFrenchofficials”(underlinedinParagraph4)suggeststhatVincetiintendsto.
A.presstheFrenchofficialstoparticipateintheirproject
B.urgetheFrenchofficialstoopenthetombearlynextweek
C.persuadetheFrenchofficialstoallowopeningthetomb
D.recordeventsinaperson’slifewiththeFrenchofficials
59.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.ScholarshavethesameopiniononDNAtesting.
B.ScientistsdoubtiftheremainsarethoseofdaVinci.
C.Theidentityof“MonaLisa”l”hasalreadybeenproved.
D.AlessandroVezzosigotpermissiontoopenthetomo.
60.Wecaninferfromthelasttwoparagraphsthat?
A.“MonaLisa”isthenameofthewifeofasilkmerchant
B.the“MonaLisa”isaself-portraitofLeonardodaVinci
C.expertsdividedthecommitteeintoseveralgroups
D.opinionsdifferoftheidentityofthe“MonaLisa”
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Mostofusspendourlivesseekingthenaturalworld.Tothisend,wewalkthedog,playgolf,gofishing,sitinthegarden,drinkoutsideratherthaninsidethepub,haveapicnic,liveinthesuburbs,gototheseaside,buyaweekendplaceinthecountry.ThemostpopularfreetimeactivityinBritainisgoingforawalk.Andwhenjoggers(慢跑者)jog,theydon’trunthestreets.Everyoneofthemautomatical
lyheadstotheparkortheriver.Itismyfirmbeliefthatnotonlydoweallneednature,butweallseeknature,whetherweknowwearedoingsoornot.
Butdespitethis,ourchildrenaregrowingupnature-deprived(丧失).Ispentmyboyhoodclimbingtrees.Thesedays,childrenarerobbedoftheseancientfreedoms,duetoproblemslikecrime,traffic,thelossoftheopenspacesandstrangenewideasaboutwhatisbestforchildren,thatistosay,thingsthatcanbebought,ratherthanthingsthatcanbefound.
Thetruthistobefoundelsewhere.AstudyintheUS:
familieshadmovedtobetterhousingandthechildrenwereassessedforADHD(多动症).Thosewhosehousinghadmorenaturalviewsshowedanimprovementof19%;thosewhohadthesameimprovementinmaterialsurroundingsbutnoniceviewimprovedjust4%.
AstudyinSwedenindicatedthatkindergartenchildrenwhocouldplayinanaturalenvironmenthadlessillnessandgreaterphysicalabilitythanchildrenusedonlytoanormalplayground.AUSstudysuggestedthatwhenaschoolgavechildrenaccesstoanaturalenvironment,theentireschoolwoulddobetterinstudies.
Anotherstudyfoundthatchildrenplaydifferentlyinanaturalenvironment.Inplaygrounds,childrencreateahierarchy(等级)basedonphysicalabilities,withthetoughonestakingthelead.Butwhenagrassyareawasplantedwithbushes,thechildrengotmuchmoreintofantasyplay,andthesocialhierarchywasnowbasedonimaginationandcreativity.
Mostbullying(恃强凌弱)isfoundinschoolsw
herethereisatarmac(柏油碎石)playground;theleastbullyingisinanaturalareathatthechildrenareencouragedtoexplore.ThisremindsmeunpleasantlyofSunnyhillSchool,withitshardtarmac,whereIusedtohangaboutincornersdreamingaboutwildlife.
Butchildrenarefrequentlydiscouragedfrominvolvementwithnaturalspaces,forhealthandsafetyreasons,forfearthattheymightgetdirtyorthattheymightcausedamage.So,instead,thedamageisdonetothechildrenthemselves:
nottotheirbodiesbuttotheirsouls.
OneofthegreatproblemsofmodernchildhoodisADHD,nowincreasinglyandexpensivelytreatedwithdrugs.YetonestudyafteranotherindicatesthatcontactwithnaturegiveshugebenefitstoADHDchildren.However,wespendmoneyondrugsratherthanongreenplaces.
Thelifeofoldpeopleismuchbetterwhentheyhaveaccesstonature.Themostimportantforthegrowingpopulationofoldpeopleisinqualityratherthanquantityofyears.Andstudyafterstudyfindsthatagardenisthesinglemostimportantthinginfindingthatquality.
Inwiderandmoredifficultare
asoflife,thereisevidencetoindicatethatnaturalsurroundingsimproveallkindsofthings.Evenproblemswithcrimeandaggressivebehaviourarereducedwhenthereiscontactwiththenaturalworld.
DrWilliamBird,researcherfromtheRoyalSocietyfortheProtectionofBirds,statesinhisstudy,“Anaturalenvironmentcanreduceviolentbehaviourbecauseitsprocesshelpsreduceangerandbehaviorthatpeoplemightregretlater.”Wildplacesneedencouragingforthisreason
nomatterhowsmalltheircontribution.
Wetendtothinkhumanbeingsaredoingnaturesomekindoffavourwhenweareprotectingnature.Theerrorhereisfartoodeep:
notonlydohumansneednatureforthemselves,buttheveryideathathumanityandthenaturalworldareseparablethingsisdamaging.
Humanbeingsareaspeciesofanimals.Forsevenmillionyearswelivedontheplanetaspartofnature.Sowemissthenaturalworldandlongforcontactwithnon-humanlife.Anyon
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