题目内容
One thing the tour books don’t tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home, one of the many wild animals that have moved into urban areas around the world.
Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost is that air and water quality in many cities has improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent $750, 000 to buy land and build 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city. Over 1,000 volunteers have donated money and cleared rubble from abandoned spots. One evening last year a fox was seen on Westminster Bridge looking up at Big Ben.
For peregrine falcons (游隼), cities are actually safer than rural cliff dwellings (悬崖栖息地). By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life. That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded abundant food.
Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to create habitats where they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated. Such habitats can even be functional. In San Francisco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones retain (保持) the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.
1.The first paragraph suggests that ________.
A.environment is the key to wildlife
B.tour books are not always a reliable source of information
C.London is a city of fox
D.foxes are highly adaptable to environment
2.Which of the following is NOT a reason that wildlife is returning to the cities?
A.Food is plentiful in the cities.
B.Wildlife is appreciated in the cities.
C.Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities.
D.Air and water quality has improved in the cities.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoos
B.Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their city
C.Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countryside
D.Londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Wildlife returning to large cities.
B.Foxes returning to London.
C.Wild animals living in zoos.
D.A survey of wildlife in New York.
1.A
2.B
3.B
4.A
【解析】
试题分析:文章讨论的是动物重新出现在大城市了,并分析了原因
1.细节题。通读第一段可知现在的环境适合动物的生活,很多以前消失的动物都重新出现。选A
2.细节题。ACD三项在文章2,3段都已经出现了,但是B项没有出现。选B
3.推理题。根据文章第三段可知伦敦人做出了很多的努力让这些动物重新回来,故B正确。
4.主旨大意题。文章讨论的是动物重新出现在大城市了。选A。
考点:考查社会现象类短文
点评:本文考查细节题为主,细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息?或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法?即先读题,然后带着问题快速阅读短文,找出与问题有关的词语或句子,再对相关部分进行分析对比,找出答案。
In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.
Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally(通常)see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.
What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神)tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation and the expression for emotions(情感). In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by a smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.
1.Which of the following is best to outline(概括)the article?
A.Research on the Brain |
B.Differences between Men and Women |
C.People’s Different Brains |
D.Who Are Better, Boys or Girls |
2.______ men and women think differently.
A.Sex makes |
B.The different brains make |
C.The different experiences make |
D.The influences of society make |
3.According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at ______ in your school.
A.Mathematics |
B.Physics |
C.English |
D.Chemistry |
4.Which of the following is true?
A.The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls. |
B.The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys. |
C.Men are better than women in all things. |
D.The area in girls used for language skills develops better. |
5.In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain _______.
A.is the same |
B.is different |
C.is zero |
D.can’t be found out |