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1、江苏省苏州市 2015 一轮英语阅读理解练习（7）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳答案。AA woman named Emily renewing her drivers license at the County Clerks office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you
2、 just a ”“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “Im a mother.”“We dont list mother as an occupation housewife covers it,” said the recorder. One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation
3、?” she asked. The words simply popped out. “Im a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair. I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionn
4、aire. “Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesnt), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of co
5、urse, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”There was an increasing note of respect
6、in the clerks voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out. As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (受鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants-ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development
7、program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”MotherhoodWhat a glorious career! Especially when theres a title on the door. 56. What can we infer from the conver
8、sation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?A. The recorder was impatient and rude. B. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. 57
9、. How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?A. curious B. indifferent . puzzled D. interested58. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?A. Because the author cared little about rewards. B. Because she thought the author did admirable work.C. Because
10、 she admired the authors research work in the lab. D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. 59. What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves
11、 respect. C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. 【参考答案】5659、DCBB 史地自然型阅读理解(一)- (二)Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word “chuck”. Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that ma
12、ny birds make.Now scientists have translated some of their squirrelspeak.Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to record squirrels alarm calls.The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientist
13、s approached individually with a video recorder to capture(抓拍)their responses.Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became alert(警惕的)Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves.“In effect then, whistles that mix with chucks say theres an enemy of average th
14、reat thats here ， and whistles without chucks say theres an enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere ， while pure chirps say, Im hiding here because theres an immediate danger. ” Hare told.Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds are part of an advanced language that develo
15、ps just as all other communication systems.Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats, other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the callers social status, like humans who look up to heroes. Hare added that other animals, such as birds, prob
16、ably understand at least some squirrel language, since they also may benefit from the alarm calls.In fact, another Canadian study found that deepvoiced, blackcapped chickadees have their own language, too.According to certain research, there are a lot of tidings in chickadees calls, such as directing fellows activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms.While chickadees and other birds are often welcomed into gar
