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1、广西浦北县2017高考英语阅读理解（一轮）基础选编（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁：记叙文话题：动物世界词数：330时间：7Tropical fish hobbyists will tell you their tanks are a source of relaxation，but recent research suggests the fish might disagree.Many American households contain a fish tank，whose average size is less than 10 gallons.Y
2、et a study comparing the behavior of common freshwater fish found that those kept in such small tanks were more aggressive than those in larger ones and were more likely to fight.“If people kept dogs in these conditions，theyd be put in prison，” said the author，Ronald Oldfield.“In larger tanks，the fi
3、sh were not in continuous eyesight of each other.They were swimming around，checking everything out rather than beating each other，” he added.“Its something we should think about.”The study consisted of two experiments.In one，Dr.Oldfield tested the effects of overcrowding by keeping tank size constan
4、t (不变) while increasing the number of fish.In the other，he tested environment by placing three fish in tanks of different sizes.He then recorded their behavior at least two hours after feeding，to eliminate (排除)competitive behaviors related to food.While aggression seemed to remain constant regardles
5、s of the number of fish in a tank，it dropped off considerably once the fish were placed in a 100gallon tank with several plants and rocks to form shelters.The findings confirmed what he found when observing Midas in the wild.“If you go out and observe these fish swimming in a river，” he said，“theyre
6、 not aggressive at all，really.” This conclusion is not news to Justin Muir，the owner of a fish tank business.“More volume of water is always better.It keeps the fish healthier，and the tank is more stable.”【语篇解读】本文叙述了热带鱼的生活习性。当它们的生活空间越小时，它们的侵略性就越强；反之，如果生活空间越大，侵略性越小。1We can conclude from the study tha
7、t _Athe fish in small rivers are more likely to fight than those in larger onesBif you keep fish in tanks of less than 10 gallons，youll be put into prisonCpeople havent paid enough attention to the feeling of fish in smaller tanksDthe fish in the wild are more aggressive than those kept in tanks答案C推
8、理判断题。由第二段和第三段内容可知，人们大多把鱼养在小的鱼缸里，故选C项。A项中讲的是河流，而全文讲的是鱼缸，故A项错误；由第三段第一句可知B项错误；由全文特别是最后一段可知D项错误。2How was the first experiment performed?ABy putting more and more fish in the same tank.BBy putting fish in tanks of different sizes.CBy putting some food to test the behavior of fish.DBy putting fish in a ta
9、nk with plants and rocks.答案A细节理解题。由第四段第二句可知答案。3The two experiments prove that _Afood competition results in the aggressive behavior of fishBfish become more aggressive as more fish are put into a tankCcrowding is the main cause of the aggressive behavior of fishDfish become less aggressive when plac
10、ed in a 100gallon tank答案D推理判断题。由倒数第二段最后一句可知，如果把鱼放在100加仑的鱼缸里，它们会停止攻击，故选D项。A项太片面；由倒数第二段最后一句可排除B、C两项。4The best title for this passage might be _AAnimals Right to Live at EaseBPicture of Relaxation Only If Youre Not InsideCHow to Keep Tropical Fish as PetsDHow to Deal with Fishs Aggressive Behavior答案B主旨
11、大意题。由短文内容可知，作者主要告诉我们鱼缸的大小决定鱼生活得是否舒适、侵略性的大小，故选B项。 高考英语冲刺阅读理解。请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。During times of trouble, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke from a small room without a fireplace in the White House basement to millions of Americans. In his calm and conversational manner, he reassured（
12、使恢复信心）the nation in the depths of the Great Depression（大萧条）and through a World War.Saul Bellow described his own experience of listening to President Roosevelt, hold the nation together, using only a radio and the power of his personality.“I can recall walking eastward on the Chicago Midway drivers
13、had pulled over, parking bumper to bumper, and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. They had rolled down the windows and opened the car doors. Everywhere the same voice, its odd Eastern accent, which in anyone else would have angered Midwesterners. You could follow without missing a single word
14、 as you walked by. You felt joined to these unknown drivers, men and women”The nation needed the assurance of those Fireside Chats, the first of which was delivered on March 12, 1933. Between a quarter and a third of the work force was unemployed. Every bank in America had been closed for at least e
15、ight days. Its hard for us to imagine. It was the hardest time of the Great Depression.The “Fireside” was symbolic（象征性的; most of the chats came from a small room in the White House basement. Frances Perkins, Roosevelts Secretary of Labor, described the change that would come over him just before the
16、 broadcasts: “His face would smile and light up as though he were actually sitting on the front porch(门廊) or in the parlor with them. People felt this, and came to respect and love him.”In that first radio visit, Roosevelt began by explaining how the banking system worked: “When you put money in a bank, the bank d
