中档题型高分练07阅读理解C、D篇+完形填空解析版

中档题型高分练

（二）阅读理解（C、D篇）+完形填空I.阅读理解CA newstudy finds too much light at night can cut thenumber ofseeds aplant produces.Researchers（模拟）put up street lights in Swiss meadows,far from any realstreet.The setupmimicked urbanlightpollution.In thesenow-light-polluted fields,flowers had62percent fewernight visitors——insect（传粉者）——pollinators thanthe flowers in darkmeadows did.Cabbage thistlesare the most commonflowersin these meadows.Fewer insectvisitors at nightcould mean less pollen（花粉）pollinated fromplant toplant（the first step in producing seeds）.uFor thethistles,daytime pollinatorvisits didntmake upfbr this loss atnight Jsays EvaKnop,an ecologistat theUniversity of Bern in Switzerland.Overall,night-lit plantsproduced one-eighth fewerseeds thanplantsthat gotfull nightsof darknessdid.“Light pollutionmight affecta wholenetwork ofplants andtheir pollinators^Knop andhercolleagues nowsuggest.Indeed,night pollinationis notjust alonely businessfor afew specialplants.There arelots oflinks betweenproduction ofpollen bynight andthat by day.Plants witha lotof nightvisitsare oftenvery busyby day,too.Light atnight thatdecreases seednumbers couldover timemeanfewer newplants.And fewerplants couldmean lessfood andshelter fordaytime insects.Therefore,a lotof pollinators working day and night shifts could be affected,which iswhat Knopworries about.The newstudy isthe firstto showhow artificiallight affectsplants abilityto produce seeds.The testis also unusualbecause itconsiders allkinds ofinsect pollinatorsinstead offocusing onlyon night-flyinginsects.The researcherspaid specialattention tothe cabbagethistle,but theyalso mappedwhich kindsofinsects visitedother plantsbydayor night.

1.Why werestreet lightsput upin themeadowsA.To copylight pollution.B.To promoteurbanization.C.To accelerateplant growth.D.To attractinsect pollinators.

2.What canbe inferredabout cabbagethistlesA.They attractonly nightvisitors.B.They growslowly duringthe night.C.They arethemostcommon Swissflowers.D.They relyon insectsto helpproduceseeds.

3.Light pollutionaffects pollinators

9.A.sightB・numbersC,growthD.food andshelter

4.What isthe mainidea of the textA.Plants attractmore insectsdue tolight pollution.B,Night-flying insectsmatter morethan daytimeones.C.Light pollutionmay affectplants seednumbers.D.Researchers foundways toprotect theenvironment.【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C【导语】这是一篇说明文一项新研究发现，夜间过多的光照会减少植物生产的种子数量细节理解题根据第一段中

1.Researchers putupstreetlightsinSwissmeadows,far fromany real（研究人员在远离真正街道的瑞士草地上架起了street.The setupmimicked urbanlight pollution.”路灯这个装置模仿了城市的光污染）可知，路灯竖立在草地上是为了模拟城市的光污染故选项A推理判断题根据第二段中的

2.“Fewer insectvisitors atnight couldmean lesspollen pollinatedfrom（）plant toplant thefirststepinproducingseeds.“For thethistles,daytime pollinatorvisits didntmake（夜间up forthislossatnight,“says EvaKnop,an ecologistat theUniversityofBerninSwitzerland.”昆虫访客的减少可能意味着植物间授粉的花粉减少（产生种子的第一步）瑞士伯尔尼大学的生态学家伊娃・诺普说“对于蓟来说，白天授粉者的来访并不能弥补夜间的损失”）可知，昆虫更少可能意味着植物之间的授粉减少（授粉是结籽的第一步），对于这种蓟来说，白天授粉者的造访并不能弥补晚上的损失，由此推断，这种植物依靠昆虫来帮助结籽故选项D细节理解题根据倒数第二段中的

3.“Light atnight thatdecreases seednumbers couldover timemeanfewer newplants.And fewerplants couldmeanlessfood andshelter fordaytime insects.Therefore,a lot（随着ofpollinatorsworkingdayandnightshiftscouldbeaffected,which iswhat Knopworries about.时间的推移，夜晚的光线会减少种子数量，这意味着新植物的数量会减少植物的减少意味着白天昆虫的食物和庇护所的减少因此，许多白班和夜班的传粉者可能会受到影响，这是Knop担心的事情）可知，光污染影响传粉者的食物和栖身之地故选项D主旨大意题阅读全文尤其是第一段中的

4.Anew studyfindstoo muchlightatnightcancutthe（一项新的研究发现，夜间过多的光照会减少植物产生的种子number ofseeds aplant produces”数量）可知，文章介绍了一项新研究该研究发现夜间过多的光照会减少植物生产的种子数量选项“光污染可以影响植物的种子数量”最符合文章主旨故选项C CDOfficialsin New York Cityare usingtechnology tocut downon noise on citystreets.Cameras（雷达）equipped withradar soundcollectors identifyloud vehiclesin aneffort tocatch driversviolating（违反）noise rules.New Yorkofficials sayat least71people havereceived finesfbr operatingcars ortrucksthat maketoomuchnoise.The citysDepartment ofEnvironmental Protectionnow hasplans to（强制执彳亍）expand the use oftechnology toenforce noise rules.（）City Councilmember ErikBottcher toldthe AssociatedPress APvehicles with illegally changedpartscan produceextremely loudsounds.He saidthey havebeen agrowing problem in recentyears.Bottcher supportstheuse of radarto reducenoise in the city.NewYork City alreadyhas some of thestrongest rulesin thecountry aimedat limitingnoiseoncitystreets.It hasset permissiblenoise levelsfor buildingtools andvehicles.The newdevices recordthevehicle numbersof offenders,who thenreceive aviolation noticein themail.Ownersface finesof$800for theirfirst noiseoffense.Some couldbe requiredto payup to$2,625if they havethree violationsand ignorecourt hearings.The APsays thereis evidenceto supportthe ideathat noiseaffects notonly hearingbut alsomoodand mental health.The Centersfor DiseaseControl andPrevention CDCPeven says there are possiblelinks betweennoise andhigher risksfor heartdisease andraised bloodpressure.However,some peoplein thecity saythe governmentefforts toquiet loud vehicles have gone toofar.One personopposed tothe policyis PhillipFranklin,a30-year-old carlover fromthe Bronxarea ofNewYork.He launchedan onlineeffort toprotest noiserules.The majorityof uslive herein NewYorkCity,where noiseisapart ofour dailylives Jsaid adocument explaininghis effort.Franklin notedthatquiet vehiclescan alsopresent dangersto inattentiveindividuals walkingaround NewYorkCity.

5.What can we inferfrom Paragraph1A.Technology iskey innoise reduction.B,Cases ofviolating noiserules arereduced.C.More peoplewill bepunished forloud vehicles.D.The efforts to identifyloud vehiclesseemed invain.

6.What isa concernaccording toBottcherA.The wideuse ofradar.B.Increasing loudvehicles.C.The settingof noiselevels.D.Illegally changedvehicles.

7.What isthe purposeof Paragraph4A.To summarizethe previousparagraphs.

8.To providesome prooffor thepolicy.

9.To addsome backgroundinformation.10To introducea newtopic fordiscussion.

8.What conclusioncanwedraw fromthe textA.NewYorkers areall usedto loudnoise.B・Not allpeople approveof thenoiserules.C.Noise hasnothing todo withhigh bloodpressure.D.Quiet vehicleswill causesafety problems.【答案】

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.B【导语】本文是一篇说明文文章主要介绍了纽约市出台的新政利用雷达技术探测噪音大的车辆并进行罚款，以此来控制城市车辆噪音推理判断题根据第一段中

5.“The citysDepartment ofEnvironmental Protectionnow hasplans to（强制执行）（该市环境保护部现在计划扩大expand theuseoftechnology toenforce noiserules.技术的使用，以执行噪音规定广可推知，扩大使用雷达探测范围意味着的更多的人将因车辆噪音大而受到惩罚故选项C细节理解题根据第二段中（）

6.“City Councilmember ErikBottcher toldthe AssociatedPress APvehicleswithillegallychanged partscan produceextremely loudsounds.He saidtheyhavebeen agrowingprobleminrecentyears.（市议会成员埃里克・博特彻告诉美联社，非法更换零部件的车辆会发出非常大的声音他说，近年来，这是一个日益严重的问题广可知，担忧的是Bottcher车辆的非法改装故选项D推理判断题根据第四段

7.“The APsays thereis evidenceto supportthe ideathat noiseaffects not（）only hearingbut alsomood andmentalhealth.The Centersfor DiseaseControl andPrevention CDCPevensaystherearepossiblelinks betweennoise andhigher risksfor heartdisease andraised blood（美联社表示，有证据表明噪音不仅会影响听力，还会影响情绪和心理健康美国疾病pressure.控制与预防中心（）甚至表示，噪音与心脏病和血压升高的高风险之间可能存在联系）”可CDCP推知，本段旨在提供政府控制车辆噪音的医学依据故选项B推理判断题根据第五段中

8.However,some peoplein thecity saythe governmenteffortstoquiet（然而，该市一些人表示，让噪音车辆安静下来的努力太过了户可loudvehicleshavegonetoo far.知，有人认为政府举动过头，这说明并不是所有人都赞成这项噪音新政故选项BII.完形填空Within twoyears offirst showingsigns ofmemory loss,Peter Marshallhad togive upwork asearlyonset Alzheimersbegan totake hold.His wifeLisa starteda blogcalled OhHello Alzheimersto helpher copewith theprogressive9of一her husbandsfading memory.I get10every dayfrom peoplesaying,Thank you now Idont feel soaloneJ she said.As thedisease11,Peter9s memory12faded andhe beganto referto Lisaas hisfavouriteperson”.Then,one daylast year,they werewatching awedding13on televisionwhen Petersuddenlylooked athis wifeand said,Lets doit!”“Well,OK,we shouldget marriedthen Jshe toldhim.The nextday,14,Peter appearedto haveforgotten allabout it.Still,with the20th15of their wedding approachingthis year,the ideaseemed tomake senseto Lisain theface ofherhusbands rapid

16.Sarah,Lisas daughterfromamarriage beforeshemet Peter,helped organizethe event,I knewthat mystepdad,who Iam veryclose with,was therethroughsomeofthe17times ofmy life.^When Lisajoined her husband to18vows forthe secondtime,his delightwas clearfbr allto see.It一was just magical straightout ofa19she said.The music20the themeoftheday:a saxophonistplayed Unforgettableas Lisawalked downtheaisle.“There wasnta dryeye,and Iwas21Lisa said.I hadntseen Peterthat happyin along As theydanced whileguests

22.Lisa saidherhusband23afew wordsin her ear.Thank youfor staying,“hesaid.

9.A.dilemma B,problem C.challenge D.trouble

10.A.messages B,letters C.mails D.comments

11.A.appeared B,worsened C.emerged D.strengthened

12.A.formally B.eventually C.desperately D.instantly

13.A.scene B,event C.situation D.spot

14.A.but B,instead C,however D.therefore

15.A.year B,ceremony C.celebration D.anniversary

16.A.decline B,reduction C・drop D.disappearance

17.A.happiest B,saddest C.toughest D.brightest

18.A.speak B.exchange C.swear D.express

19.A.fairytale B,story C・drama D.show

20.A.played B,reflected C.equaled D.matched

21.A.in thesky B,over themoon C.over thesky D.in theair

22.A.looked atB,moved around C.looked onD.cheered up

23.A.told B.uttered C.conveyed D.whispered【答案】

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

21.B

22.C

23.D【导语】本文是一篇记叙文丈夫因阿尔茨海默症逐渐失去记忆，妻子在博客上记录他Peter们的生活在重现他们的婚礼场景中，妻子感到，虽然丈夫逐渐失去记忆，但是他们之间Lisa的爱一直存在【详解】考查名词词义辨析句意他的妻子丽莎开设了一个名为“哦，你好，阿尔茨海默

1.氏症”的博客，以帮助她应对丈夫逐渐衰退的记忆带来的挑战两难;问题；A.dilemma B.problem挑战；麻烦根据可知，开了博客，帮助C.challenge D.trouble husbandsfading memory.”Lisa自己应对丈夫记忆消退所产生的挑战故选C考查名词词义辨析句意她说“我每天都收到人们的留言说，‘谢谢你，现在我不觉得那

2.么孤单了信息；信件；邮件；评论根据A.messages B.letters C.mails D.comments“sayingJThank一可知，丽莎每天都会收到很多的消息故选younowI dorftfeelsoalone”Ao考查动词词义辨析句意随着病情的恶化，彼得的记忆力严重衰退，他开始称丽莎是他“最

3.喜欢的人出现；恶化；浮现；加强根据A.appeared B.worsened C.emerged D.strengthened“he began可知，彼得病情恶化故选to referto Lisaas hisfavourite person.”Bo考查副词词义辨析句意随着病情的恶化，彼得的记忆力严重衰退，他开始称丽莎是他“最

4.喜欢的人正式地；最后；绝望地、严重地；马”A.formally B.eventually C.desperately D.instantly上根据he beganto referto Lisaas hisfavouriteperson

9.可知，彼得的记忆力严重衰退故选C考查名词词义辨析句意然后，去年的一天，他们正在看电视上的婚礼场景，场景；

5.A.scene事件；情况；地点根据《」B.event C.situation D.spot Well,OK,we shouldget marriedthen she told可知，他们在电视上看到一个婚礼场景故选him.”A考查连词/副词词义辨析句意然而，第二天，彼得似乎把这事全忘了但是；

6.A.but B.instead代替；然而；因止匕不艮据C.however D.therefore“Peter appearedto haveforgotten allabout it.可知，前后表示转折，空后有逗号，用连接副词故选however C考查名词词义辨析句意尽管如此，今年是他们结婚周年纪念，面对丈夫记忆的迅速

7.20衰退，丽莎似乎觉得这个想法是合理的年；仪式；庆祝；A.year B.ceremony C.celebration周年纪念根据可知，他们周年结婚纪念来临D.anniversary oftheirwedding”20故选D考查名词词义辨析句意尽管如此，今年是他们结婚周年纪念，面对丈夫记忆的迅速衰

8.20退，丽莎似乎觉得这个想法是合理的下降；减少；掉下；A.decline B.reduction C.drop消失根据D.disappearance Petermemory4faded andhe beganto referto Lisaas histfavourite可知，她丈夫的记忆快速下降故选person.”A考查形容词词义辨析句意“我知道我的继父，我和他很亲近，在我生命中最艰难的时刻

9.陪伴着我最快乐的；最伤心的；最艰难的；最明亮的A.happiest B.saddest C.toughest D.brightest根据可知，继父在丽莎女儿生命的最困难时期陪伴“who Iam veryclose with,was therethrough”着她故选C考查动词词义辨析句意当丽莎第二次和丈夫交换誓言时，他的喜悦显而易见说

10.A.speak话；交换；发誓；表达根据B.exchange C.swear D.express Well,OK,we shouldget marriedthen/可知，丽莎和丈夫在婚礼上交换誓言故选shetoldhim.^B考查名词词义辨析句意她说:“这简直太神奇了，就像童话故事一样童话；

11.A.fairytale故事；戏剧；展览根据可知，这一幕好像来自从B.story C.drama D.show“It wasjustmagical”童话故事，让人觉得不可思议故选A考查动词词义辨析句意音乐与这一天的主题相吻合:当丽莎走过红毯时，一位萨克斯手

12.演奏了■—首难忘的乐曲演奏；反映；等于；匹配A.played B.reflected C.equaled D.matched根据“可知，婚礼上所放的音乐和当天的主题相配故选a saxophonistplayed Unforgettable”Do考查介词短语词义辨析句意丽莎说:“我的眼泪都干了，我欣喜若狂在空

13.A.inthesky中；B.over themoon欣喜若狂；Cover thesky天上；D.intheair悬而未决根据Lisa said.I hadn9tseen Peterthat happyin along time.9,9可知，丽莎欣喜若狂故选B考查动词短语词义辨析句意他们在客人的注视下跳舞看着；

14.A.looked atB.moved四处走动；旁观；力口油根据可知，婚礼上aroundC.looked onD.cheered upAstheydanced”他们跳舞而来宾在一旁观看故选C考查动词词义辨析句意丽莎说她丈夫在她耳边悄悄说了几句话“谢谢你留下来，”他

15.说告诉；说出；表达；低语根据可知，A.told B.uttered C.conveyed D.whispered inherear.丈夫在她耳边温柔低语故选D。