高考英语阅读冲刺提升训练 生物保护(3)

高考英语阅读冲刺提升训练 生物保护

　　The couple found an online video demonstrating butterfly wing repair which was posted by the nonprofit Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton，Florida.Tiny cardboard splints and contact cement did the trick.In another week，the butterfly was flying at the couple's home.But by then，it was too cold in upstate New York to release the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000 miles migration from Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October，and it was mid­November.

　　About a week ago，the couple put the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scotty's，a truck stop north of Albany，NY.Eventually，a good­natured trucker from Alabama，who was headed to Florida，volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday，the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Florida，now free to join millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.

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　　cardboard splints and contact cement薄纸夹板和接触粘合剂

　　【语篇解读】 本文记叙的是一对美国夫妇和一位卡车司机救助一只在迁徙中翅膀受伤的帝王蝶的故事。

　　1.We can learn from Paragraph One that the butterfly ________.

　　A.was hit by a motorbike

　　B.was noticed by a US woman

　　C.would spend winter in Hadley

　　D.was too old to go on flying

　　答案　B　[细节理解题。根据第一段第五句“Jeannette Brandt...when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly...”可知，这只受伤的帝王蝶是由一位美国妇女发现的。]

　　2.The main problem of the butterfly's wing was ________.

　　A.how to treat the illness of the butterfly

　　B.how to keep the butterfly at home

　　C.how to help the butterfly reach Mexico

　　D.how to get the butterfly's favorite food

　　答案　C　[推理判断题。根据第二段第四句“But by then，it was...into the wild”和第五句“Monarchs are known...from Canada to Mexico”可知，蝴蝶翅膀修复以后，主要的困难就是如何帮助它到达墨西哥以完成迁徙。]

　　3.According to the last paragraph，the couple went to Scotty's to ________.

　　A.ask help from truck drivers

　　B.release the butterfly there

　　C.attract the attention of the public

　　D.ask for experts' advice

　　答案　A　[推理判断题。由最后一段可知，在一位好心的卡车司机的帮助下，这只帝王蝶赶上了浩荡的蝴蝶迁徙队伍。]

　　4.What does the author seem to agree?

　　A.It is useless to learn to repair insects' wings.

　　B.A monarch butterfly's wings are likely to get hurt.

　　C.A monarch butterfly can be kept as a pet.

　　D.It is quite possible to repair a butterfly's wings.

　　答案　D　[细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“We always thought...do nothing about”和第四句“We were wrong”，再联系本文故事可知，作者认为修复蝴蝶翅膀是完全可能的。]

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