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1、名校版高考英语阅读理解专项训练含答案The life story of the human species goes back a million years, and there is no doubt that man came only recently to the western hemisphere. None of the thousands of sites of aboriginal (土著的) habitation uncovered in North and South America has antiquity comparable to that of old Wor
2、ld sites. Mans occupation of the New World may date several tens of thousands of years, but no one rationally argues that he has been here even 100,000 years.Speculation as to how man found his way to America was lively at the outset, and the proposed routes boxed the compass. With one or two notabl
3、e exceptions, however, students of American anthropology soon settled for the plausible idea that the first immigrants came b way of a land bridge that had connected the northeast comer of Asia to the northwest corner of North America across the Bering Strait. Mariners were able to supply the reassu
4、ring information that the strait is not only narrow it is 56 miles wide but also shallow, a lowering of the sea level there by 100 feet or so would transform the strait into an isthmus (地峡). With little eels in the way of evidence to sustain the Bering Strait land bridge, anthropologists (人类学家) embr
5、aced the idea that man walked dryshod (不湿鞋的) from Asia to America.Toward the end of the last century, however, it became apparent that the Western Hemisphere was the New World not only for man but also for a host of animals and plants. Zoologists and botanists showed that numerous subjects of their
6、respective kingdoms must have originated in Asia and spread to America. These findings were neither astonishing nor wholly unexpected. Such spread of populations is not to be envisioned as an exodus or mass migration, even in the case of animals. It is, rather, a spilling into new territory that acc
7、ompanies increase in numbers, with movement in the direction of least population pressure and most favorable ecological conditions. But the immense traffic in plant and animals forms placed a heavy burden on the Bering Strait land bridge as the anthropologists ahead envisioned it. Whereas purposeful
8、 men could make their way across a narrow bridge, the slow diffusion of plant and animals would require an avenue as a continent and available for ages at a stretch.1.The movement of plants and animals form Asia to America indicates _.A.that they could not have traveled across the Bering StraitB.tha
9、t Asia and the Western hemisphere were connected by a large land massC.that the Bering Sea was an isthmus at one timeD.that migration was in the one direction only2.The author is refuting the notion that _.A.life arose in America independently of life in EuropeB.the first settlers in America came du
10、ring the sixteenth centuryC.a large continent once existed which has disappearedD.man was a host to animals and plants3.By using the words “boxed the compass “(in Line 7) the author implies that _.A.the migration of mankind was from West to EastB.the migration of mankind was from East to WestC.manki
11、nd traveled in all directionsD.mankind walked from Asia to America4.One reason for the migration not mentioned by the author is _.A.overcrowdingB.favorable environmental conditionsC.famineD.the existence of a land bridge5.We may assume that in the paragraph that follows this passage the author argue
12、s about_.A.the contributions of anthropologistB.the contributions of zoologists and botanistsC.the contributions made by the American IndiansD.the existence of a large land mass between Asia and North AmericaBCCCDAcupuncture: magic needles针灸：神针One of the most famous Chinese medical treatments is the
13、 art of “magic needles”,or Chinese acupuncture. It was developed long ago,perhaps as early as 2000 BCE. There is evidence that acupuncture dates back to the Stone Age, when stone tools called bian were used to press areas of the body.“神针”，或称中国针灸，是最著名的中医疗法之一。它源于很久以前，也许早至公元前2000年。有证据表明针灸始于石器时代，当时人们用一种
14、叫作“砭”的石器来接压身体部位。As acupuncture developed, the simple bian stones were replaced by stone needles. Eventually, metal needles began to appear and took the place of stone needles. These solid needles are made of different metals, such as gold and silver. Some acupuncturists today still use gold and silv
15、er needles, but the majority have now switched to stainless steel ones. In addition to the changes in material, the shapes of the needles have also changed over time. Originally, there were nine different kinds of needles, with variations in shape. Nowadays, the fine sharp needles that measure usual
16、ly between 15 and 75 millimetres in length are still used, while most of the others have been replaced by more complex medical instruments.随着针灸的发展，简单的砭石被石针所取代。最终，金属开始出现并取代了石针。这些实心针是由金和银等不同的金属制成的。一些针灸师如今仍在使用金针和银针，但大多数现在已经改用不锈钢了。除了材料的变化，针的形状和使用方法也随着时问的推移而发生了改变。最初，有九种不同的针，其形状和用途各不相同。如今，用于针负的针又细又尖，长度通常在15到75米之间，而其他大多数都已被更复杂的医疗器械所取代。So wha
