2016年北京高考英语阅读理解真题

　　62.What does the story intend to tell us?

　　A.Little people can make a big difference

　　B.A friend in need is a friend indeed

　　C.East or West,home is best

　　D.Technology is power

　　California Condor’s Shocking Recovery

　　California condors are North America’s largest birds, with wind-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines an d lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.

　　In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico.

　　Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just don’t see the power lines,” says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once.

　　So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.

　　Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney(肾) failures and death. So condor with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011.

　　Rideout’s team thinks that the California condors’ average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them. ”

　　63.California condors attract researchers’ interest because they .

　　A.are active at night

　　B.had to be bred in the wild

　　C.are found on in California

　　D.almost died out in the 1980s

　　64. Researchers have found electrical lines are .

　　A.blocking condors’ journey home

　　B. big killers of Califorbnia condoras

　　C. rest places for condors at night

　　D. used to keep condors away

　　65.According to Paraghaph 5 ,lead poisoning .

　　A.makes condors too nervous to fly

　　B. has little effect on condors’ kidneys

　　C. can hardly be gotten rid of form condors’ blood

　　D. makes it different for condors to produce baby birds

　　66.The passage shows that .

　　A.the average survival time of condors is satisfactory

　　B.Rideout’s research interest lies in electric engineering

　　C.the efforts to protect condors bave brought good results

　　D.researchers have found the final answers to the problem

　　Why College Is Not Home

　　The college years are supposed to be a time for important growth in autonomy(自主性) and the development of adult identity. However, now they are becoming an extended period of adolescence, during which many of today’s students and are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.

　　For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within. In the past two decades, however, continued connection with and dependence on family, thanks to cellphones, email and social media, have increased significantly. Some parents go so far as to help with coursework. Instead of promoting the idea of college as a passage from the shelter of the family to autonomy and adult responsibility, universities have given in to the idea that they should provide the same environment as that of the home.

　　To prepare for increased autonomy and responsibility, college needs to be a time of exploration and experimentation. This process involves “trying on ” new ways of thinking about oneself bothe intellectually(在思维方面) and personally. While we should provide “safe spaces” within colleges, we must also make it safe to express opinions and challenge majority views. Intellectual growth and flexibility are fostered on debate and questioning.

　　Learning to deal with the social world is equally important. Because a college community(群体) differs from the family, many students will struggle to find a sense of belonging. If students rely on administrators to regulate their social behavior and thinking pattern, they are not facing the challenge of finding an identity within a larger and complex community.

　　Moreover, the tendency for universities to monitor and shape student behavior runs up against another characteristic of young adults: the response to being controlled by their elders. If acceptable social behavior is too strictly defined(规定) and controlled, the insensitive or aggressive behavior that administrators are seeking to minimize may actually be encouraged.

　　It is not surprising that young people are likely to burst out, particularly when there are reasons to do so. Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency. What is lacking today is the conflict between adolescent’s desire for autonomy and their understanding of an unsafe world. Therefore, there is the desire for their dorms to be replacement homes and not places to experience intellectual growth.

　　Every college discussion about community values, social climate and behavior should include recognition of the developmental importance of student autonomy and self-regulation, of the necessary tension between safety and self-discovery.

　　67.What’s the author’s attitude toward continued parental guidance to college students?

　　A.Sympathetic B.Disapproving

　　C.Supportive D.Neutral

　　68.The underlined word “passage” in Paraghaph 2 means .

　　A.change B.choice

　　C.text D.extension

　　69.According to the anthor ,what role should college play?

　　A.to develop a shared identity among students

　　B.to define and regulate students’ social behavior

　　C.To provide a safe world without tension for students

　　D.To foster students’ intellectual and personal development

　　70.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?