高考英语阅读冲刺提升训练 生物保护

高考英语阅读冲刺提升训练 生物保护

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　　生物保护

　　高考曾用材料：2010重庆卷E篇

　　选材相似度：★★★★

　　设题相似度：★★★

　　难度系数：★★★★

　　Being surrounded by sharks may sound like a bad thing，but scientists say sharks are actually a good sign of ocean health.__1__ knowing that，Enric Sala，a marine ecologist and National Geographic Fellow，was a little __2__ when he first dived at Kingman Reef，the heart of a massive，newly __3__ area south of Hawaii now called the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

　　“The __4__ time I jumped in the water，as soon as the bubbles __5__，my heartbeat doubled—there were a dozen sharks swimming around us and so __6__ corals on the bottom that there was not even __7__ for sand between them，” says Sala.

　　Sala led a series of __8__ to the region's coral reefs over the past several years，__9__ part of his work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla，Calif.His team's __10__ about sharks and corals there helped __11__ the U.S.government to set up the new monument，where fishing for sharks or anything else is now __12__.Groups around the world are working to __13__ other huge protected ocean areas in hopes of __14__ some of the planet's most incredible and important spots.

　　President George W.Bush set up another new marine __15__，or protected area，__16__ the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument just before he __17__ office in January.The reserve __18__ waters around several groups of islands near Kingman Reef，__19__ is 1,000 miles south of Hawaii，and it covers 86,888 square miles.That's bigger than the size of Virginia and Tennessee __20__.

　　Note：

　　marine ecologist海洋生态学家

　　【语篇解读】 科学家们对海洋生物的发现促成美国建立了海洋生物保护区。保护区发挥了极大的作用，不仅有利于科学家的研究，更重要的是保护了一些稀有的种类，其他一些国家也纷纷效仿。

　　1.A.Ever B.Even C.Without D.Instead of

　　答案　B　[联系下文“my heartbeat doubled”可知，“即使”知道鲨鱼是海洋健康的标志，Enric Sala也是有些紧张的。]

　　2.A.excited B.happy C.nervous D.sad

　　答案　C　[联系到鲨鱼是凶猛的动物，在鲨鱼附近也是有些紧张的。A有一定的干扰性，excited的意思是“兴奋的”，不符合面临凶猛动物时的心情。]

　　3.A.protected B.built C.surrounded D.founded

　　答案　A　[联系下文可知，“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是一个保护区。]

　　4.A.last B.early C.first D.good

　　答案　C　[联系下文的“my heartbeat doubled”可知，这是Sala第一次到洋底时的情况。]

　　5.A.gathered B.appeared C.passed D.cleared

　　答案　D　[联系下文的“there were a dozen sharks swimming around us...”可知，这是气泡散尽后看到的景象，因此用cleared。]

　　6.A.many B.few C.large D.frightening

　　答案　A　[联系下文的“there was not even __7__ for sand between them”可知，珊瑚很多。]

　　7.A.water B.light C.space D.sight

　　答案　C　[因为鲨鱼和珊瑚很多，几乎没有容纳沙子的空间。]

　　8.A.dives B.expeditions C.experiments D.discoveries

　　答案　B　[联系空后的“to the region's coral reefs”可知，他领导了几次去珊瑚礁的远征。]

　　9.A.as B.with C.like D.under

　　答案　A　[这些远征作为他工作的一部分。]

　　10.A.findings B.information C.research D.cares

　　答案　A　[联系空后的“about sharks and corals”可知，他们对鲨鱼和珊瑚有了一些发现。C有一定的干扰性，research意为“研究”。]

　　11.A.force B.inspire C.beg D.allow

　　答案　B　[在那里的发现敦促政府建立保护区。]

　　12.A.permitted B.limited C.forbidden D.measured

　　答案　C　[因为这里是保护区，因此捕杀鲨鱼和其他动物是禁止的。]

　　13.A.set out B.start out C.set off D.set up

　　答案　D　[联系空后的“huge protected ocean areas”可知，是建立保护区。set out意为“开始，着手”;start out意为“开始”;sef off意为“出发”。]

　　14.A.making B.saving C.building D.seeing

　　答案　B　[建立保护区是希望挽救一些重要的.地方。]

　　15.A.reserve B.spot C.area D.space

　　答案　A　[联系空后的“or protected area”可得答案。]

　　16.A.called B.named C.told D.given

　　答案　A　[“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是保护区的名字，因此用called。]

　　17.A.took B.left C.controlled D.lost

　　答案　B　[布什总统在一月份离开白宫前建立了这个保护区。联系空前的“before”和空后的“in January”可得答案。]