2019年高考英語知識點：閱讀理解猜詞技巧(2)

　　3. Tigers are founded in many Asian countries. In the forest and grasslands, a tiger is hard to see. The sunlight is shining through leaves and branches and makes patches of bright light and shadow. A tiger's golden colored coat with its dark strips is not easily seen for its hair is the same color as the blades of yellowish grass and patches of deep shadow. This camouflage is very important because tigers are hunters. If other animals could see a tiger coming, they would quickly run away. The tiger has very strong, sharp teeth which are used for seizing and eating the animals it catches. A tiger's chief foods are deer, wild pigs and other small animals, but it will also kill cows. Tigers usually hunt and eat at night, and during the day they lie eating, hidden in the tall grass.

　　The best title for this passage is _______________.

　　A. Tigers and Other Small Animals   B. Something about tigers

　　C. Tigers' camouflage              D. How tigers Live

　　4.    A child who stays up too late is often too tired to be successful in school. A

　　child who is allowed to eat anything he wishes may have bad teeth and even

　　suffer from malnutrition; Children who are rude and disorderly often suffer pangs

　　of guilt. Children who are discipline are happy children. They develop in an

　　atmosphere where they know exactly what is expected of them. This provides

　　them with a sense of order, a feeling of security.

　　Which sentence best expresses the main idea?

　　A. Any child who is brought up well will become a successful and happy child.

　　B. If a child goes to bed very late, he will not study well at school because of tiredness.

　　C. If a child eats whatever he likes, he will not study well at school because of tiredness.

　　D. Good education will give a child a sense of order and a feeling of security.

　　5.    A sense of humor is just one of the many things shared by Alfred and Anthony Melillo, 64-year-old twin brothers from East Haven who made history in February 2002. On Christmas Eve,1992, Anthony had a heart transplant from a 21-year-old donor. Two days before Valentine's Day in 2002, Alfred received a 19-year-old heart, marking the first time on record that twin adults each received heart transplants.

　　"I'm 15 minutes older than him, but now I am younger because of my heart

　　and I'm not going to respect him," Alfred said with a grin, pointing to his brother while talking to a roomful reporters, who laughed frequently at their jokes.

　　This article is mainly about ____________.

　　A. the danger of heart transplant surgery

　　B. becoming young by getting a new heart

　　C. the effect of genetic on the heart

　　D. the twin brothers who received heart transplants

　　. Why did Alfred say, "I'm 15 minutes older than him, but I'm younger because of my heart?"

　　A. His heart transplant surgery was more successful than Anthony's.

　　B. His recovery from the heart surgery was faster than Anthony's.

　　C. His exercise program was better than Anthony's.

　　D. His new heart was younger than Anthony's.

　　6.    Do you know what was school teachers expected to do over one hundred years ago? Firstly they had to be expert in the subject they taught and they had to be good at teaching. Secondly, besides their teaching duties, they had to provide their students with different services. They should care for the oil lamps, took care of the fire, and supply their students with sharp pencils. Thirdly, after a long day in the classroom, they were expected to spend some time every evening reading the Bible. Women teachers were not permitted to marry and barbershops were off limits to men teachers. Of course, smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol were strictly forbidden. It is believed that some teachers either left their jobs or were dismissed from schools when they were found to have broken the above mentioned discipline.

　　Which statement expresses the main idea?

　　A. Teachers were foolish for performing menial tasks.

　　B. The teaching profession demanded total dedication and good teaching ability.

　　C. Teachers were very religious in Jesus Christ.

　　D. Teachers were not to be trusted with tobacco and alcohol.

　　The paragraph could be titled _____.

　　A. Other Times, Other Places             B. Seeing Is Believing

　　C. Other Times, Other Customs           D. The Truth Will Out

　　7.   Nomads are people who have no fixed homes but move from place to place. Hunting peoples, such as the Bushmen, Pygmies and Australian aborigines move in search of large animal population. Pastoral nomads, in the Middle East and Central Asia, move with the seasons to find pasture for their animals. Other patrol peoples, also dependent on the seasons, grow crops but move to other places after their crops need no attention. Some agricultural workers, in the United States particularly, follow a nomadic life also, going northward during the growing and harvesting season and returning to the warmer southern regions in the winter. Generally speaking, the nomads' movements are regulated by the seasons and effects of the season on plants and animal lives.

　　Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the paragraph?

　　A. There are still some nomadic peoples left in the modern world.

　　B. In search of large animal population, nomads move from one place to another.

　　C. Seasons and their effects on plants and animal lives regulate nomads' movements.

　　D. Bushmen, Pygmies and Australian aborigines are nomadic peoples.

　　The best title of the paragraph could be ________________.

　　A. Where There Is a Large Animal Population, There Are Nomads

　　B. Characters of Nomads

　　C. Two Decisive Factors of Nomads' Movements

　　D. Some American Agricultural Workers - Nomadic Peoples of New Era

　　8.  Newspapers do not always report the facts fairly and truly. For example, a

　　newspaper in a southern state may devote very little space to an item on racial

　　injustice. On the other hand, a newspaper from the Northeast might give wide

　　coverage to such problem in other parts of the nation and fail to report on local

　　racial troubles. In this way readers can be misled. They may be fooled into

　　believing that prejudice is a regional problem and fail to realize that racism knows no boundary. Though all newspapers consider themselves to be very fair and to report everything based on very true facts, their reports are unfounded occasionally.

　　This passage is a paragraph __________________.

　　A. which has no topic sentence        B. with its first sentence as the topic

　　C. with its last sentence as the topic     D. both B and C

　　The    careful    newspaper     reader should    aware    that ________________________.

　　A. most news stories cannot be believed

　　B. some newspapers present only one side of the story

　　C. many newspapers attempt to cheat their readers

　　D. government control of the news industry is needed

　　The reporting policies of newspapers _ ____________________.

　　A. reflect the needs of the public

　　B. should support the views of local readers

　　C. can be made to serve private interests

　　D. should be under the control of taxpayers

　　The faulty news reporting described in the passage is ___________________.

　　A. the exception to general practice

　　B. a threat to freedom of the press

　　C. an insult to journalism

　　D. a dangerous and wide spread abuse

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