1、高考英語實戰演練專題閱讀理解36-40附詳析 (第36篇) runners in a relay(接力)race pass a stick in one direction. however, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the silk road in more than one direction. they earned their living by traveling the famous silk road.the silk road was not a simple trading network. it

2、 passed through thousands of cities and towns. it started from eastern china, across central asia and the middle east, and ended in the mediterranean sea. it was used from about 200 b. c. to about a. d. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes (路線). it was sometimes called the worlds longest highway

3、. however，the silk road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. they passed through what are now 18 countries. the routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. only experienced traders could return safe.the silk road got its name from its

4、 most prized product. silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. but the traders carried more than just silk. gold, silver, and glass from europe were much found in the middle east and asia.horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in china. indian merchants traded salt

5、and other valuable goods.chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the west. apples traveled from central asia to rome.the chinese had learned to graft(嫁接)different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. they passed this science on to others, including the romans. the

6、 romans used grafting to grow the apple. trading along the silk road led to worldwide business years before the world wide web.the people along the silk road did not share just goods. they also shared their beliefs. the silk road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy(外交)，and religion (宗教)5. its p

7、robable that traders along the silk road needed_.a. to remember the entire trade routeb. to know the making of productsc. to receive certain special trainingd. to deal with a lot of difficulties解析細節理解題。根據“the routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun，deep snow and even bat

8、tles.only experienced traders could return safe.可知d項正確。答案d6. the silk road became less important because_.a. it was made up of different routesb. silk trading became less popularc. sea travel provided easier routesd. people needed fewer foreign goods解析細節理解題。根據“it was used from about 200b.c.，to about

9、 ad1300，when sea travel offered new routes能找到原因是“sea travel provided easier routes。答案c7. new technologies could travel along the silk road because people_.a. learned from one anotherb. shared each others beliefsc. traded goods along the routed. earned their living by traveling silk road provided pat

10、hways for learning，diplomacy，and religion能看出人們彼此之間能學習一些東西。答案a8. what is the best title for the passage?a. the silk road：past and presentb. the silk road: east meets westc. the silk road：routes full of dangersd. the silk road：pathways for learning解析主旨大意題。根據“the silk road was not a simple trading netw

11、ork.it passed through thousands of cities and towns.it started from eastern china，across central asia and the middle east，and ended in the mediterranean sea.可知the silk road：east meets west是最正確標題。答案b (第37篇)four people in england ，back in 1953, stared at photo 51.it wasn t much a picture showing a bla

12、ck x. but three of these people won the nobel prize for figuring out what the photo really showed the shape of dna. the discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists james watson, francis crick，and maurice wilkins. the fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.her name was rosal

13、ind franklin. “she should have been up there， says historian mary bowden.“ if her photos hadn t been there, the others couldn t have come up with the structure. one reason franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the nobel decision.but now scholars doubt that franklin w

14、as not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitors.at cambridge university in the 1950s, watson and crick tried to make models by cutting up shapes of dna s parts and then putting them together. in the meantime, at king s college in london, franklin and wilkins shone x

15、rays at the molecule (分子). the rays produced patterns reflecting the shape.but wilkins and franklins relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of watson and crick. wilkins thought franklin was hired to be his assistant. but the college actually employed her to take over the dna pro

16、ject.what she did was produce xray pictures that told watson and crick that one of their early models was inside out. and she was not shy about saying so. that angered watson, who attacked her in return，“ mere inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. clearly she had to go or be put in he

17、r place.as franklins competitors, wilkins, watson and crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little group of researchers, says historian pnina abiram. in 1962 at the nobel prize awarding ceremony, wilkins thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned franklin. watson wrote his book lau

18、ghing at her. crick wrote in 1974 that “franklin was only two steps away from the solution.no, franklin was the solution.“ she contributed more than any other player to solving the structure of dna. she must be considered a codiscoverer， abiram says. this was backed up by aaron klug, who worked with

19、 franklin and later won a nobel prize himself. once described as the “dark lady of dna， franklin is finally coming into the light.語篇解讀誰發現了dna，僅僅只有james watson，francis crick和maurice wilkins嗎？本文作者告訴我們，功績也有rosalind franklin的一份。1what is the text mainly about?a. the disagreements among dna researchers.b.

20、 the unfair treatment of franklin.c. the process of discovering dna.d. the race between two teams of scientists.解析主旨大意題。通讀全文，可知franklin在dna的發現中也做出了重要奉獻，但卻由于某些原因而不為人知。由此答案選b項：她受到了不公正的對待。答案b2watson was angry with franklin because she_.a. took the lead in the competitionb. kept her results from himc. p

21、roved some of his findings wrongd. shared her data with other scientists解析邏輯推理題。從第五段前兩句可知，franklin直言不諱地指出他們犯的錯誤，這引起了watson的不滿。答案選c。答案c3why is franklin described as “dark lady of dna ?a. she developed pictures in dark labs.b. she discovered the black x the shape of dna.c. her name was forgotten after

22、 her death.d. her contribution was unknown to the public.解析邏輯推理題。從全文可知，作者認為franklin的奉獻被忽略掉了，她的奉獻理應得到人們的成認。所以答案選d。答案d4what is the writers attitude toward wilkins ，watson and crick?a. disapproving.b. respectful.c. admiring. d. doubtful.解析態度推測題。從全文知，作者肯定了franklin的奉獻，對另外三個科學家的行為表示“不滿，不贊成，所以答案選a。答案a (第38

23、篇)this was no ordinary class. the students who came together were all science or engineering professors at cornell university. they had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry. this class was part of a study to answer t

24、he questions: why is science difficult for many nonscience students? what can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?the students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. they had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. all students n

25、oticed one thingthe importance of spoken words. in science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. but in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. they didnt write anything on the board.the scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between sci

26、ence and poetry. in both subjects, students need to find layers(層次) of meaning. some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface；other layers are deeper and more difficult. this search for different levels of meaning doesnt happen much in undergraduate (本科) science classes, but it is important late

27、r, in graduate school. and it is always important in humanities(人文學科)both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. one poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using careful，clear definitions (定義)when he explains a poem. he al

28、so plans to be more informative as he teaches. most of the scientists agreed on several points. first, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. second, the poetry class was fun. one engineer decided, “we need to change the way we teach

29、 engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.but perhaps the most important result of the experience was this：all of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.5. what do we know about this unusual class?a. the teachers did lots of writing on the

30、 board.b. the teachers were invited to attend several lectures.c. the students were professors from a university.d. the students were studying science and humanities.解析細節理解題。根據“this was no ordinary class.the students who came together were all science or engineering professors at cornell university可

31、知c項正確。答案c6. the experiment was designed to find out_.a. how to teach the students in the science classb. whether poetry is difficult for science studentsc. what to be taught in the humanities classd. why many humanities students find science hard解析細節理解題。根據“why is science difficult for many nonscienc

32、e students？找到答案。答案d7. finding levels of meaning is_.a. important for graduate students in humanitiesb. difficult for graduate students in humanitiesc. common for undergraduate students in scienced. easy for undergraduate students in science解析細節理解題。根據第三段最后一句“and it is always important in humanities可知

33、選a項。答案a8. what did the science professors learn after the experiment?a. they should change the way they teach.b. a poem could be explained in clear definitions.c. a poetry class could be more informative.d. their teaching was an enjoyable experience.解析細節理解題。由“but perhaps the most important result of

34、 the experience was this：all of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.我們可知道全文的中心思想。答案a (第39篇)when i was going home to india last year, i called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from china.when india had not opened up its markets to the world, i ca

35、rried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. thankfully，we can get all these anywhere in india now.still, her answer surprised me，“ green tea.as long as i can remember she didn t even drink indian tea.i dutifully bought a big packet of longjing and headed home to hear the story. my mother and her

36、 brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses.at the turn of the century, china was not really familiar to the average indian. it was a strange country.how things change! and how soon! now every town of any size seems to have a “china

37、 market. and everyone is talking about china.the government of india has planned to send a team to china to see how things are done. a minister once said that india must open the doors for more foreign investment(投資) and such a step would “work wonders as it did for chinabut it_s_a_twoway_street. i

38、just heard about a thousand shenzhen office workers who have gone to bangalore to train in software. meanwhile, all the indian it majors are setting up a strong presence in china.no wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, was expected to hit about us $15 billion for las

39、t year and us $20 billion by , a goal set by both governments.no wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this being the sinoindian (中印)century as the two countries started on january 1 the sinoindian friendship year.but what is still a wonder to me is my mother drinking chinese tea.語篇解讀文章主要講

40、述了一個印度人對中國的印象：中國的開展令他驚訝不已。另外，中國和印度相互合作，實現了雙贏。1why did the mother ask for chinese green tea?a. she was tired of indian tea.b. she had a son working in china.c. she believed it had a curing effect.d. she was fond of chinese products.解析根據第五段最后一句話可知答案。答案c2what does the author mean by “it s a twoway stre

41、et in paragraph 10?a. china and india have different traffic rules.b. tea trade works wonders in both india and china.c. chinese products are popular in both china and india.d. the exchanges between india and china benefit both.解析結合上下文可知，這句話的意思是“中國和印度互惠互利，共同開展。答案d3what do we know about the indian it

42、 industry?a. it will move its head office to shenzhen.b. it is seeking further development in china.c. it has attracted an investment of us $15 billion.d. it caught up with the us it industry in .解析由第十段可知，b項正確。答案b4in the text the author expresses_.a. his concern for his mother s healthb. his support

43、 for drinking chinese green teac. his surprise at china s recent developmentd. his wonder at the growth of india s it industry解析綜觀全文可知，作者對中國的開展變化驚訝不已。因此c項正確。答案c (第40篇)people believe that climbing can do good to health. where can you learn the skill of climbing then? if you think that you have to go

44、to the mountains to learn how to climb, youre wrong. many americans are learning to climb in city gyms(體育館). here，people are learning on special climbing walls. the climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.how do people climb the wall? to climb，you need special

45、shoes and a harness (保護帶) around your chest to hold you.there are ropes(繩索)tied to your harness. the ropes hold you in place so that you dont fall.a beginners wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. there are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. sometimes its easy to see the next piece of metal. sometimes, its not. the most difficult part is to control your fear.its normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so its difficult not to feel fear. but when you move away f