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1、.选修8 Unit 2 高考试卷分块专练.阅读理解A(2018宁夏银川市重点中学高三模拟)Belgium is the land of music festivals. There are rock, pop, world, electronic music festivals and more, so youre sure to find a festival that suits your taste.GroezrockGroezrock could be considered the opener of the festival season in Belgium. This festi
2、val grew from a small event to an international festival that had 33,000 visitors in 2016. If youre into the harder stuff (东西), this is where you need to go.When? April 2930, 2017. Where? Meerhout. Music? Punk, emo, ska and rock in all its variations. Free? No.Sfinks MixedSfinks is a world music fes
3、tival that focuses on bringing culture together. There are also plenty of things to do besides watching the performances. Good to know for families: Sfinks is a kidfriendly festival, with workshops, storytelling and performances aimed at children.When? July 2730, 2017.Where? Boechout.Music? World.Fr
4、ee? The festival is free; the camping is not.Graspop Metal MeetingIf Groezrock doesnt seem rough enough to you, Graspop Metal Meeting might. As the name says, this festival is all about metal, rock and punk. In 2016 the festival received 140,000 visitors who came to watch the more than 100 bands per
5、forming.When? June 1618, 2017. Where? Dessel. Music? Metal. Free? No.Genk on StageGenk on Stage is a pop musical with not only a lot of Belgian artists, but also some international names. 80,000 people attended Genk on Stage in 2016.When? June 2325, 2017. Where? Genk. Music? Pop. Free? Yes.语篇解读：本文是一
6、篇应用文。作者推介了比利时几个重要的音乐节。1Which may kick off (开始) the festival season in Belgium?AGroezrock.BSfinks Mixed.CGraspop Metal Meeting. DGenk on Stage.解析：选A细节理解题。根据Groezrock部分中的“Groezrock could be considered the opener of the festival season in Belgium.”可知，Groezrock拉开了比利时音乐节的序幕。2What do we know about Sfinks
7、Mixed?AIt enjoys worldwide popularity.BIts mainly targeted at kids.CIt combines fun with culture.DIt features certain types of music.解析：选C细节理解题。根据Sfinks Mixed部分中的“Sfinks is a world music festival that focuses on bringing culture together. There are also plenty of things to do .”可知，该音乐节将娱乐和文化结合在一起。3W
8、here are crazy metal music enthusiasts most likely to go?AMeerhout. BBoechout.CGenk. DDessel.解析：选D推理判断题。根据Graspop Metal Meeting部分中的“If Groezrock doesnt seem rough enough to you, Graspop Metal Meeting might.”“this festival is all about metal, rock and punk”可知，对于狂热的金属乐爱好者，Graspop Metal Meeting可能更适合他们；
9、再结合下文的“Where? Dessel.”可知举办地是Dessel，故选D。BHave you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. Thats nothing more than a
10、 fiction.But could we really clone endangered animals?To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare oxlike animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial i
11、nfection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope (羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah (猎豹), and the giant panda.Next, could we really clone extinct animals?In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a wellkept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as wool mam
12、moth (毛象), Tasmanian tiger, or even dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a_surrogate_mother.In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, its not likely that extinct animals DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning such extinct animals as wool mam
13、moth, Tasmanian tiger, or dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly wellpreserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animal as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as
14、 a surrogate mother?Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals were brought back, they could not survive in todays world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to live in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as we
15、ll.语篇解读：本文说明了在克隆灭绝动物的过程中遇到的重重困难与障碍。即使克隆成功了，其赖以生存的栖息地和食物链也已经被破坏，被克隆出来的动物也无法继续生存下去。4It can be learned from the text that _.Athe gaur is an extinct speciesBthe gaur lives in Asia and is endangeredCscientists have cloned the African bongo antelopeDboth the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia解析：选B细节
16、理解题。根据第二、三段可知，印度野牛生活在亚洲的东南部，濒临灭绝。5The underlined words “a surrogate mother” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to a female who _.Agives birth to a baby of its ownBcannot give birth to a babyCgives birth to a baby for another femaleDprovides DNA解析：选C词义猜测题。根据第五段的描述可知，此处表示的是，把一种动物的DNA提取出来之后，在另外一种动物的体内进行胚胎繁殖，而这种动物就被称为a su
