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1、2013年高考第二轮复习英语陕西版专题升级训练十七史地、自然、科普、新闻类阅读理解、信息匹配（二）第一节阅读理解AAs the forceful king of Macedonia（马其顿），Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian Empire，becoming a hero that would survive centuries after his death.Born in 356 B.C.，Alexander was the son of Philip and Olympias.Alexanders parents wanted him to
2、 receive the finest education，and arranged for him to study under Aristotle，regarded as one of the greatest scholars.Alexanders father was a strong leader.Philip built an impressive army and established the Macedonian kingdom；he was even planning to attack Persia shortly before his death.In 336 B.C.
3、，Philip was murdered by one of his guards.Although it was obvious that the guard had a personal hatred，there were clues that other people were related to it.After Alexander was cleared as a suspect，he succeeded his father without opposition，and killed those said to be responsible for his fathers mur
4、der，as well as all rivals.He was then just 20 years old.He then prepared to attack Persia.In the spring of 334 B.C.，Alexander led the army made up of nearly 50,000 soldiers into Asia，which was called “the most powerful military expedition（远征）ever to leave Greece”He soundly defeated the Persian army
5、at the Granicus River，sending a strong message to Darius ，leader of the Persian Empire.In 333 B.C.，Alexander faced Darius again at Issus，a mountain pass.The Macedonian army was greatly outnumbered but able to work the narrow mountain passageway to their advantage.Darius managed to escape.Continuing
6、down the Mediterranean Coast，Alexander took every city in his path.In 332 B.C.，Alexander declared Egypt to be part of the Greek Empire and was crowned Pharaoh（法老）When Alexander left Egypt in 331 B.C.，he defeated the Persians again and was crowned leader of Asia.In 323 B.C.，however，Alexander develope
7、d a fever on the way back home and died 10 days later at Babylon.He was just 33 years old.1What can we know about Philip s death?AHe was killed by someone intending to take power from him.BAlexander sent someone who hated Philip to kill him.CHis death was related to his plan of fighting Persia.DThe
8、murder might be organized by a group of people.2The Macedonian army could defeat the Persians at Issus mainly because _.ADarius didnt command his army in the battlefieldBthe Macedonian soldiers were more than the Persian soldiers in numberCthe Macedonian soldiers could fight better at the mountain p
9、assDMacedonia was more powerful than the Persian Empire3In which order did Alexander do the following things?aTotally overthrew the Persian Empire.bDefeated the Persian army at Issus.cWas crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.dDefeated the Persian army at the Granicus River.eBecame the leader of Macedonia.Ae，d，b
10、，c，aBd，e，a，c，bCe，b，d，c，a Dd，a，c，e，b4According to the passage，we can infer _.AAristotle taught Alexander how to defeat other nationsBAlexander was happy about his fathers deathCPersia is tougher to defeat than EgyptDMacedonia soon declined after Alexander diedBThe brown widow spider became establishe
11、d in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego.The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into Central California.The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in
12、 Africa although it was first described from South America，which adds confusion as to where it might have originated.It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii，Florida，parts of Australia，South Africa and Japan.In North America，the brown widow spider was restrict
13、ed for many decades to the Florida Peninsula.However，around the year 2000，it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states.Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina.The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches.Some typ
14、ical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots，mail boxes，entry way corners，under eaves，storage closets and garages，undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods，and the undersides of outdoor furniture.They choose pl
15、aces that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore，appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species.The reason for the weaker effect of b
16、rown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its larger relatives，but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison.The two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurts when it is given and it leaves a red mark.These two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal ho
