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1、 高三英语二轮复习 专题08 阅读理解社科类专题卷 2022届高三二轮复习 专题八 考试范围：阅读理解社科类 阅读理解（共8篇） （1） In 1876, former California Governor Leland Stanford bought 650 acres of Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his famous Palo Alto Stock FarmHe later bought some land next to his farm totaling more
2、 than 8,000 acresThe little town that was beginning to appear near the land took the name Palo Alto（tall tree）after a giant California redwood（加州红木）on the bank of San Francisquito CreekThe tree itself is still there and would later become the universitys symbol Leland Stanford, who grew up and studi
3、ed law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and made his fortune in the railroadsHe was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a U.S.senator（参议员）He and Jane had one son, who died of fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in ItalyLeland Jr.was just 15Legend（民间传
4、说）has it that the sad couple said to each other after their sons death,“The children of California shall be our children,”and they quickly set about finding a lasting way to remember their beloved son The Stanfords visited several great universities of the East to gather ideasThey visited Harvards p
5、resident and were well received and given advice on starting a new university in CaliforniaFrom the beginning they made some untraditional choices: the university would admit both male and female students, in a time when most were all male and definitely practical, producing“cultured and useful citi
6、zens”when most were concerned only with the former The Stanfords employed Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape architect who created New Yorks Central Park, to design the physical plan for the universityToday, as Stanford continues to expand, the universitys architects attempt to respect thos
7、e original university plans 1Which of the following statements is TRUE? AThe Stanfords son died of fever BLeland Stanford made his fortune in banking CThe Stanfords visited Harvards president but were badly received DThe university preferred male students to female ones in the beginning2One of the f
8、ollowing topics the text should contain, but it is not mentionedThe topic is Athe symbol of the university Bthe universitys first president Cthe place where the university lies Dhow the Stanfords collected ideas to set up the university 3From the text we know that Leland Stanford once held the follo
9、wing positions EXCEPT Aa U.S.senator Bgovernor of California Ca famous landscape architect Da leader of the Republican Party 4The theme of the passage is Athe birth of Stanford UniversityBthe Stanford family and their contributions CLeland Stanfords life and his experiencesDthe way to remember the S
10、tanfords son （2） Have you ever read the book The Wolf Totem（狼图腾）by a famous writer, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever thought about the wolves world? When it comes to the wolf, we tend to describe it as a kind of fierce creatureBut is it really
11、true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness? If you had read this book, you would admire the wolvesIn the book, wolves are heroes on the large grasslandThey know more about survival than humansThey can attack lambs without disturbing their mothersThey also know how to make full use of the shape
12、 of land to trap sheepI believe that if wolves were humans, they would be expert at fighting The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand teamworkEach wolf serves its group with its heart and soulA single wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves fear nothingAll the wolves obe
13、y the rulesEven if they are defeated, they run away togetherIt is their teamwork that makes wolves powerfulThe wolves also have great self-preservation（自卫本能）and wont give in to anyoneThe writer, who wrote the book The Wolf Totem, once stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefullyTo hi
14、s disappointment, he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with the other wolvesThe little wolf bit through the iron chain that limited itThe wolf was proud and never gave up fighting until its deathIt seemed that the little wolf died as a glorious fighter I was shocked by this kind of self-
15、respect wolves which are one of the most respected creatures on the earthI want everyone to look at wolves in a different wayThey are our teachersThey show us how to survive and get into this not simple but dangerous worldPlease honor the wolves; please honor all these heroes of nature! 1According to the author, the most outstanding feature of the wolf is that they Aare able to run at a very high speed 2022届高三二轮复习 专题八 考试范围：阅读理解社科类 阅读理解（共8篇）
