新题好题速递之英语阅读理解C D篇专练20篇Word格式.docx

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Werewolves（狼人）aren’ttheonlycreaturesaffectedbythemoon’scycles（周期）．Afullmoonalsoaffectspeople’ssleepmoreorless,reportsaSwissteamofscientists．Evenpeoplewhosleepinalabwithoutwindowscouldreducetheirsleepingtimealittleonceamonth.

Totestthemoon’sinfluence,33adultsofbothsexesandagesofmanykindsspentseveralnightsinasleeplab．Astheyslept,researchersrecordedtheirbrainactivity,eyemovementsandhormonelevels（荷尔蒙水平）．Onnightsclosertoafullmoon,thesleeperstookanaverageoffiveminuteslongertofallasleep,andsleptfor20minutesless．Inaddition,brainactivityfellby30percentduringthesleep．Andhormonelevelsthathelpcontrolsleepcycleswentdown．Onthesenights,thesleeperscomplainedtheycouldn’tsleepwelleventhoughtheydidn’tknowthemoon’scycle．Onthebrightside,nosleeperturnedintoawerewolf.

TheSwissteamdoesn’tknowhowthemoonaffectssleep．Thegravity（重力）ofthemooncausesoceantides（潮汐）toriseandfall．Butthatforceistooweaktoaffectsleep,Gajochensays．Hebelievedsomebody’sbiologicalclockmaybeaffectedbythemooncycles．Theremaybeanotherreason,saysDavidDinges．ThissleepresearcherattheUniversityOfPennsylvaniainPhiladelphiasaysthatthebodyclockisverysensitive（敏感的）tolightatnight．Thosesleeperscouldhavebeenaffectedbyhavingtoomuchmoonlightbeforearrivingatthelab.

1．Thewritermentioned“werewolves”inthefirstparagraphto________.

A.showtherearethemoon’scycles

B.attractpeople’sattentiontothereport

C.introduceacreaturetoreaders

D.askpeoplenottosleepaloneinthelab

2．Whathappenedtothesleepersduringtheexperimentonafullmoon?

A.Theysleptforaboutfiveminuteslonger.

B.Theycouldonlysleepfor20minutes.

C.Theirbrainswerenotasactiveastheywere

D.Theycomplainedtheyweretootiredtosleep.

3．Thelastparagraphisdevelopedmainlyby________.

A.analyzing（分析）reasons 

B．explainingdifferences

C.makingcomparisons 

D．followingthetimeorder

4．Thepassageismainlyabout________.

A.thesleepingproblemscausedbythemoon’scycles

B.theinfluenceofthemoononhumansleepinghabits

C.themoon’sinfluenceonsleepinganditspossiblereasons

D.thewaystogetabettersleeponafullmoonnight

2.　　ImaginepickingapplesonChristmasorgoingskatingonMayDay．WhataboutgoingforaswimonThanksgiving?

WithoutLeapDay（闰日）,whichtakesplaceeveryfouryears,thatcouldhappen．

　　Ourcalendarisnormally365dayslong．Itwascreatedtomatchthecyclesoftheseasons．ButRomanrulerJuliusCaesarnoticedaproblem:

Theearthdoesn'

tcirclethesuninexactly365days．Itactuallycakes365andone-quarterdays．Hefiguredoutthattheextrapartofadaywouldcausethecalendartogrowapartfromtheseasonsovertime．Over100years,theseasonswouldshift（推移）about24days．SpringwouldstartonApril13insteadofMarch20．

　　Caesarusedmathtofigureoutawaytostopthecalendarfromshifting．HedecidedtoaddanextradaytothemonthofFebruaryeveryfouryears．Hisideahelpedkeeptheseasonsandcalendarmatchedup．Evenso,itstillwasn’tperfect—hiscalendarwasaddingtoomanydays．

　　Gregoriancalendar,declaresthateveryyearthatisequallydividedby400isaleapyear．Turn-of-the-centuryyears,oryearsendingin“00”,wouldnotbeleapyearsunlesstheycouldbedividedequallyby400．Thesecomplicatedequations（等式）helpkeepthecalendarinbalancewiththeorbitoftheearth．Today,westillusetheGregoriancalendar．Inabout3，000years,thecalendarwillbeonlyonedayoutofstepwiththeseasons,It'

sstillnotperfect,butmathematiciansdecideditwasascloseaswecouldget．

1．WhywasJuliusCaesar'

scalendarnotgoodenough?

A．Springwouldstarttwenty-fourdayslaterthanusual

B．Itwouldbeonlyonedayoutofstepwiththeseasons．

C．Therewouldbetoomanydaysonthecalendar．

D．LeapDaywouldtakeplaceeveryotheryear．

2．Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat________．

A．theearthcirclesthesuninexactly365days

B．GregoriancalendarismorescientificthanCaesar'

s

C．Pope'

scalendarhasbeenusedfor3，000years

D．CaesaraddedanextradaytoeveryFebruary

3．WhichofthefollowingyearsisaleapyearaccordingtoPope?

A．Theyear2100．

B．Theyear2200．

C．Theyear2300．

D．Theyear2400．

4．Inwhichsectionofawebsitecanyouprobablyreadthistext?

A．Opinion．

B．Policy．

C．Entertainment．

D．Science．

3.D 

Oneofthemostpopularpetsintheworld,theAustraliantreefrog,isoriginallyanativeofAustralia,thoughthepettradehastransporteditfarandwide．IthassuccessfullyadaptedtoNewZealandandtheUnitedStates．It’soneofthelargestmembersofitsspeciesandcanreachupto10centimetresinlength．Theirlifespans（寿命）arealsolongerthanmostoftheirfrogcousinsandcanreachbetween6to20yearsincaptivity．Inthewild,theirlivesaresmallerduetotheirnaturalenemies．

Theirskincolorrangesbetweenlightgreenanddarkgreen,dependingonthetemperatureoftheplacewheretheyliveandthecoloroftheenvironmentaroundwheretheylive,asit’ssupposedtomakethemdifficulttobeseenbytheirnaturalenemies．Theycomeoutonlyatnighttohunt,feedandmate．Duringtheday,theyfinddark,wetareastosleepin．Theyaren’tseenatallduringthewinter．

AstheAustraliantreefrogisn’tequippedwithteeth,itcannottearapartitsprey（猎物）．Itneedstofeedonfoodthatcanfitinitsmouth．Thereforeitsdietconsistsofinsects,suchasspiders,andflies,andsmallanimals,suchasotherfrogs,batsandsometimesevenmice．Forthesmallerprey,theyusetheirstickytonguestoshootatthecloserangeprey．Forlargerprey,theyattackthepreyandforceitintotheirmouthswiththeirhands．Theyalsohavesomenaturalenemiesthatfeedonthem．

TheAustralianlawprotectsthetreefrogbygivingitaprotectedstatusTheIUCN（InternationalUnionforConservationofNature）,however,givesita“leastconcern”status．Thebroadrangeofhabitats（栖息地）thatthefrogcansurviveinanditslonglifeensurethatthisfrogwon’tlosepopulation．

ThiscreatureisreallyaverypopularpetIfyougetanAustraliangreentreefrogasapet,doremembertofeeditinproperamountsandletitlooseforexercise．

1．Whatcanbethemainideaofthepassage?

A．Howtokeepfrogsaspets?

B．FactsabouttheAustraliantreefrog．

C．AnimalsuniquetoAustralia．

D．Whyfrogscanmakegoodpets?

2．WhatcanweknowabouttheskincolorofAustraliantreefrogs?

A．Itchangesatdifferenttimesoftheday．

B．Ithelpsthemwiththeirhuntingforfood．

C．Itoffersthemacertaindegreeofprotection．

D．Itshowswhatdevelopmentstagetheyarein．

3．Paragraph3mainlytalksabouttheAustraliantreefrog’s__________．

A．feedingandhuntinghabits

B．naturalenemies

C．livingenvironmentsandinhabitats

D．survivalskills

4．WhatcanweknowabouttheAustraliantreefrogfromthepassage?

A．Thereisnolawprotectingityet．

B．Itsteethhelptearitspreyintopieces．

C．IthasbeendeclaredanendangeredspeciesbytheIUCN．

D．Itsleepsinthedaytimeandhuntsatnight．

4.C　　Whendidyoufirstwanttodrive?

ImaniCokerdreamedofgettingherlicenseinmiddleschool．“Ican’twaittillI’m15,”shetoldherfriends．

　　Whensheturned15,however,Imanihadachangeofheart．“IfIgetmylicense,myparentswilltakethefunoutofdrivingbysendingmeplaces…nottomention,insuranceisexpensive．Thestreetsarefilledwithcrazydrivers,andIdon’twanttobecomeoneofthem,”saidCoker,now16．

　　Coker,agirlfromRichmondHeights,FloridaintheUnitedStates,isoneofagrowingnumberofUSteenagerswhoarelosinginterestindriving．

　　LearningtodrivehaslongbeenatraditionforUSteens–theycangetalearner’spermitat15andafulldrivinglicenseat16．AccordingtoastudybytheUniversityofMichigan’sTransportationResearchInstitute,however,thenumberofUSteensgettingtheirlicenseisdroppingmoreandmoreeachyear．Twentyyearsago,70percentof18-year-oldshadtheirlicense．Today,only54percentdo．

　　SowhyareUSteensnotgettingbehindthesteeringwheel（方向盘）？

AsCokerputit:

Toomanyproblems,notenoughbenefits．

　　HighgasandinsurancepricesmeanthatmanyUSparentsarestoppingtheirteensfromdriving．

　　Andnowthattheycantextandusesocialmedia,fewerteensneedtodrivetoafriend’shouse．AsurveybyZipCarfoundthatoutof29418-34yearoldsinterviewed,68percentsaidtheywouldratherspendtimewithfriendsonlineinsteadofdrivingtoseethem．

　　“Theproblemwithtoday’syouthisn’tthattextingisinterfering（妨碍）withtheirdriving,it’sthathavingtodriveisinterferingwiththeirtexting,”saidMichaelSivak,researchprofessorattheUniversityofMichiganTransportationResearchInstitute．

　　However,it’snotallbadnews-therearepositivestohavinganextradriverinthehouse．

　　“Whenevermymomisrunninglatetopickupmybrotherfrompractice,I’mtheonewhohastogogethim,”saidSaraMathhews,17,fromMiami,Florida．“HavingmyowncarisahugehelptomyparentssometimesbecauseIcangotodoctorappointmentsanddoothertasksbymyself．”

1．Whatistheauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthetext?

A．ToexplainthedrivingcultureintheUS．

B．TotelluswhatchangedCoker’sattitudetowarddriving．

C．ToanalyzewhyUSteenagersarenowdrivingless．

D．ToexplainhowUSteenagerssocialize