1、高考英语大题冲关秘笈 阅读理解之说明文 体验真题2017高考英语大题冲关秘笈 阅读理解之说明文 体验真题Passage 1（2016全国新课标C） Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookC turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group. Members g
2、o on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it. Bruce Pe
3、derson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both. Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record
4、 where they found it. People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gat
5、her dust on a shelf at home. BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the real and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.1Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A.To expl
6、ain what they are. B.To introduce BookCrossing. C.To stress the importance of reading. D.To encourage readers to share their ideas.2What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.The book. B.An adventure. C.A public place. D.The identification number.3What will a BookCrosser do with a b
7、ook after reading it? A.Meet other readers to discuss it. B.Keep it safe in his bookcase. C.Pass it on to another reader. D.Mail it back to its owner.4What is the best title for the text? A.Online Reading: A Virtual Tour B.Electronic Books: A New Trend C.A Book Group Brings Tradition Back D.A Websit
8、e Links People through BooksPassage 2 （2016北京C）California Condors Shocking Recovery California condors are North Americas largest birds, with wing-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical
9、 treatment are helping to rescue these big birds. In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild to be bred(繁殖). Since 1992, there have been multiple reintroductions to the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico. Ele
10、ctrical lines have been killing them off. As they go in to rest for the night, they just dont see the power lines, says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once. So scientists have come up with a shoc
11、king idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-free birds died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%. Lead poisoning has proved more
12、difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney(肾) failure and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles
13、Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011. Rideouts team thinks that the California condorsaverage survival time
14、in the wild is now just under eight years. Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now, he says. They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them.1California condors attract researchersinterest because they _. A.are active at night B.had
15、 to be bred in the wild C.are found only in California D.almost died out in the 1980s2Researchers have found electrical lines are_. A.blocking condorsjourney home B.big killers of California condors C.rest places for condors at night D.used to keep condors away3According to Paragraph 5, lead poisoning_. A.makes condors too nervous to fly B.has little effect on condorskidneys C.can hardly be gotten rid of from condorsblood D.makes it difficult for condors to produce baby birds4This passage shows that_. A.the average survival time of condors is satisfactory B.Rideouts research interest lies i
