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1、学 海 无 涯 XXXX 年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标年全国统一高考英语试卷（新课标） 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is ple
2、ased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, w
3、rite an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue. Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th. Students who enter the Curiosity Chal
4、lenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibit and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part
5、 will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served. Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at:. 21. Who can take part in
6、 the Curiosity Challenge? A. School students B. Cambridge locals C. CSF winners D. MIT artists 22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held? A. On February 8th B. On March 10th C. On April 21st D. On March 15th 23. What type of writing is this text? 学 海 无 涯 A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show
7、review. C. An announcement. D. An official report. B Passenger pigeons（旅鸽）once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks（群）so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It was calculated that when its population r
8、each its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed
9、to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati. Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted
10、them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants. By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested ha
11、d been damaged by Americans need for wood, which scattered（驱散）the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again. In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting
12、the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as
13、Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in September 1, 1914. 24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons . 学 海 无 涯 A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of America C. did great harm to the natural environment D. were the largest bird population
14、in the US 25. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons . A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution 26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons? A. To seek pleasure B. To save other birds C. To make money D. To protect crops 27. What can we infer about the
15、 law passed in Michigan? A. It was ignored by the public B. It was declared too late C. It was unfair D. It was strict C A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in peoples mind is an entertainer holding a whip （鞭） and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but its mostly for show. In reality, its the chair t
16、hat does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lions face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking t
