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1、2019版高考英语阅读理解一轮提升选练（5）李仕才AI see youve got a bit of water on your coat, said the man at the petrol station. Is it raining out there? No. its pretty nice, I replied, checking my sleeve. Oh, right. A pony(马驹) bit me earlier. As it happened, the bite was virtually painless: more the kind of small bite y
2、ou might get from a naughty child. The pony responsible was queuing up for some ice cream in the car park near Haytor, and perhaps thought Id jumped in ahead of him. The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods
3、, despite signs asking them not to. By feeding the ponies, tourists increase the risk of them getting hit by a car, and make them harder to gather during the areas annual pony drift(迁移). The purpose of a pony drift is to gather them up so their health can be checked, the baby ones can be stopped fro
4、m feeding on their mothers milk, and those whove gone beyond their limited area can be returned to their correct area. Some of them are also later sold, in order to limit the number of ponies according to the rules set by Natural England. Three weeks ago, I witnessed a small neardisaster a few miles
5、 west of here. While walking, I noticed a pony roll over on his back. Hello! I said to him, assuming he was just rolling for fun, but he was very still and, as I got closer, I saw him kicking his legs in the air and breathing heavily. I began to properly worry. about him. Fortunately, I managed to g
6、et in touch with a Dartmoors Livestock Protection officer and send her a photo. The officer immediately sent a local farmer out to check on the pony. The pony had actually been trapped between two rocks. The farmer freed him, and he began to run happily around again. Dartmoor has 1,000 or so ponies,
7、 who play a critical role in creating the diversity of species in this area. Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with plans to find a sustainable(可持续的) future for one of Dartmoors most financiallytroubled elements.1.Why are tourists asked not to feed the poni
8、es?A. To protect the tourists from being bitten. B. To keep the ponies off the petrol station.C. To avoid putting the ponies in danger. D. To prevent the ponies from fighting.2.One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is _.A. to feed baby ponies on milk B. to control the number of poniesC. to ex
9、pand the habitat for ponies D. to sell the ponies at a good price3.What was the authors first reaction when he saw a pony roll on its back?A. He freed it from the trap. B. He called a protection officer.C. He worried about it very much. D. He thought of it as being naughty.4.What does the author imp
10、ly about the preservation of Dartmoors ponies?A. It lacks peoples involvement. B. It costs a large amount of money.C. It will affect tourism in Dartmoor. D. It has caused an imbalance of species.【文章大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。本文记叙了作者在Haytor关于马驹的所见所闻，目睹了马驹的淘气与脆弱，了解了马驹迁徙的原因以及保护马驹面临的困难。2.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段内容The purpos
11、e of a pony drift is to Some of them are also, in order to limit the number of ponies可知马驹迁移目的之一是为了控制马驹的数量。故选B项。3.D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段中的, assuming he was just rolling for fun,可知作者认为小马驹很淘气，滚着玩的。故选D项。4.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段中尾句Many people are working hard to preserve these ponies, and trying to come up with p
12、lans to find a sustainable(可持续的) future for one of Dartmoors most financially-troubled elements.可知保护马驹对Dartmoor来说是最费钱的事情之一。故选B项。B(2015河北衡水中学高三第二次模拟考试)The last time I saw him was 12 years ago. Twelve years has passed, and I still remember eating pomegranates(石榴) while his thin hands combed through my
13、 hair. To this day, I still remember stories my grandfather used to tell me. As a child living in Korea, my grandfather was my closest friend, the man I spent every day with and depended on for back rides. We were inseparable from the moment we awoke until I fell asleep in his arms. I ate the food h
14、e prepared，and he was my pillow and storyteller. Little did we know that a day would come when his first granddaughter would leave. My father was to be stationed in the United States and time would blur(使变模糊) our images of each other.On the summer of my sixteenth birthday, I would see my grandfather
15、 again. On the plane，thoughts of him ran through my mind during all 14 hours of the flight. Would he look the same？Would he be healthy? Did he still have the pictures I drew for him? Most importantly, would he remember me? I was short then and always smiling. He dressed me. Twelve years later and I
16、was taller, had a different figure. I picked out my own outfits and had my own sense of style. I was scared he wouldnt recognize I was his granddaughter.I landed in the airport and rode with my aunt and cousin to my grandfathers house, where we found him pacing back and forth, awaiting my arrival. He looked the same, and as
