高考英语阅读考前提升训练 网络时代
The popularity of Mongabay.com attracted advertisers.Small ads on the site pay for its operations.www.mongabay.com has grown and led to other sites，for example，www.kids.mongabay.com，a site for children; www.wildMadagascar.org，which is about the island that Rhett Butler called his favorite place.
To keep his website going， he travels around the world on several major trips each year.His working tools are a laptop computer，cameras and some diving equipment.He often calls on experts for information.For example，he interviewed Alison Jolly，a top expert on lemurs.He interviewed Rodney Jackson，a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers，students and teachers.In April，www.time.com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.
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lemur n.狐猴
【语篇解读】 本文为记叙文。巴特勒游览过的热带雨林被砍伐，他因此写了本书，但并没有发表，而是建立了与此相关的`网站。
1.Rhett Butler didn't publish his book about rainforests because ________.
A.it couldn't bring him much money
B.it was not about rainforest protection
C.he didn't want to become a writer
D.he wanted to use the information to create a website
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段“But he did not publish the book.Instead，in 1999，he created a website...”可知D为正确答案。]
2.Which of the following is NOT true about the Mongabay.com?
A.It was set up in 1999.
B.It attracted many advertisers.
C.Two related websites grew from it.
D.Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.
答案 D [推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知A正确;根据第三段首句可知B正确;根据第三段第三句可知C正确。根据第三段第二句可知，该网站吸引的只是些小广告，故选D。]
3.To keep his website going，Rhett Butler ________.
A.kept visiting the rainforest
B.raised rare snow leopards
C.made a great number of advertisements
D.traveled around and interviewed experts
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知，为了维持网站，巴特勒要不停地旅行，并且向专家询问信息。]
4.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A.www.mongabay.com was loved by researchers as well as students
B.www.kids.mongabay.com has many stories written by kids
C.www.wildMadagascar.org is better known than www.mongabay.com
D.Rodney Jackson was once a successful businessman
答案 A [细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知A为正确选项。]
维B 短文改错(每题1.5分，满分15分)
下面文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I watch TV until nearly 12 o'clock，so I could not go over my lessons.This morning I got up very late that I had to hurry to school without breakfast.Yet I was late for the first class.When I entered the classroom，the math teacher also had to stop explaining a problem，and all the eyes fixed upon me.My face turned red.Something even bad happened on me in the English class.The teacher asked me to recite the text，but I could speak nothing but sorry，because I did not spend any times preparing my lessons.The teacher looked at me coldly.I stood at my bench，not dare to raise my head.What a terrible day I had! I will never do something like this again.
I TV until nearly 12 o'clock，so I could not go over my lessons.This morning I got up late that I had to hurry to school without breakfast.Yet I was late for the first class.When I entered the classroom，the math teacher also\ had to stop explaining a problem，and all the eyes fixed upon me.My face turned red.Something even happened me in the English class.The teacher asked me to recite the text，but I could nothing but sorry，because I did not spend any preparing my lessons.The teacher looked at me coldly.I stood at my bench，not to raise my head.What a terrible day I had!I will never do like this again.
高考英语考试中英语阅读题是不容丢分的部分，也是与其他考生拉开距离的地方，所以切记要多做题练题感。还有，梦想还是要有的，万一考上了呢。小编也顺便在这里预祝将要高考的同学们考试顺利，高考英语六六六。