1、高考英语二轮复习阅读提速练一227阅读提速练(一) (建议用时：30分钟)阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A(绍兴诊断性考试)The world can be a scary place when youre young. It can be even scarier when youre a young little blue penguin(企鹅)the tiniest of the penguin species. Luckily, there are some humans
2、willing to help. They stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zealand.Spotted on November 29 at the slipway at Moncks Bay, near Sumner, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he wa
3、s bicycling that afternoon, and he biked home to get his camera. When he returned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign, one that read “Hi, Im waiting for my mum to come back. DOC(Department of Conservation) knows Im here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thank
4、s. Billythe baby blue penguin.”Billy didnt move away from the sign. The DOC arrived later that afternoon to pick up Billy, though they were surprised to see it on the beach. “Its unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the open on the beach during the day，” Anita Spencer, a DOC senior ranger, told S
5、tuff.Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Center after being retrieved from the beach. Volunteers believe the bird may actually be a female penguin, and is around 2 months old. The chick weighs a mere 550 grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh aroun
6、d 900 grams at this age. Most little penguins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram.The center will help the little penguin gain some weight by feeding it fish juice, before its set free into the ocean.1Why can the world be frightening to a young penguin?AIt is a rare species.BIt faces potential danger.CIt is
7、 surrounded by the crowd.DIt is threatened by dogs.2Which of the following can replace the underlined word “retrieved” in paragraph 4?AIgnored. BCured.CGiven away. DBrought back.3What will happen to Billy in the center?AIt will be reported to Stuff.BIt will be visited by the locals.CIt will be taken
8、 good care of.DIt will be fed with fruit juice.B You cant see your sleeping pets brain waves, but its behavior can tell you when your cat might be dreaming. If you watch closely, youll see that as she falls asleep, her breathing becomes slow and regular with her body still. She has entered the first
9、 stage of sleep, called slowwave sleep. After about 15 minutes youll notice a change in her breathing. Her eyes move under her closed lids, her paws twitch(抽动) and she flicks(轻拂) an ear. She has entered dreaming. Although she twitches and makes little grunting noises, messages from her brain to the
10、large muscles in her legs are blocked, so she cant run about. She is in a state of “sleep paralysis(麻痹)”Michel Jouvet, a French scientist, interrupted their sleep paralysis. Even though they were completely asleep, the dreaming cats began to run for balls that Jouvet couldnt see and arched their bac
11、ks at unseen enemies. He figured he was watching them act out their dreams! Obviously, the dreaming cats seemed to be practising important cat skills: following, pouncing, and fighting.In another study, Matt Wilson recorded rats brain waves while they learned mazes. One day, her left the brainwavere
12、cording machine on while the rats fell asleep. The pattern of brain waves in the sleeping rats matched the pattern from the maze so closely that Wilson could figure out exactly which part of the maze each rat was dreaming about!Many researchers now think that in both people and animals, one purpose
13、of dreams is to practise important skills and figure out recent learning. This may explain why so many people dream about fighting and escaping, skills that were probably important to our ancestors, and why dreaming affects our ability to learn.Do all animals dream? From looking at the brain waves o
14、f sleeping animals, how often animals dream seems to be tied to body size. Cats dream about every 15 minutes, mice every 9 minutes, and elephants every 2 hours. And though cows and horses usually sleep standing up, they only dream when lying down.4What does Michel Jouvet find in his study?AThe dream
15、ing cats are in a state of body paralysis.BThe dreaming cats often practise their important skills.CThe eyes of dreaming cats move while bodies are still.DThe legs of the dreaming cats cant move.5What can you know about dreaming from the passage?ADreaming a lot can help humans learn more.BLearning m
16、azes is the basic skill for cats to learn.CRats often dream to work out their recent learning.DFighting and escaping are not important skills for ancestors.6How does the author develop his passage?ABy making comparisons. BBy using figures.CBy telling stories. DBy showing facts.C Skyscrapers are the symbol of urban life. City people are used to seeing
