2023高考阅读理解考前热身（Day14）

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2023高考阅读理解考前热身 （Day14）A（应用文）A national park is an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, etc. owned and maintained by a national government. Here are some with the most breathtaking scenery and delicate ecosystems.Acadia National ParkAmerica has the largest system of national parks in the world—58 national parks are scattered all over the vast land with varied landscape. Almost completely surrounded by the sea, Acadia National Park is characterized by numerous valleys, lakes and peaks, and a wave-eroded coastline. A variety of land and sea life, both plants and animals are well protected in Acadia.Etosha National ParkOne of the top 10 African national parks is Etosha National Park in northwestern Namibia. The park is home to hundreds of species of mammals, birds and reptiles. including several threatened and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros. The Etosha Ecological Institute is responsible for research in the park. Classification of vegetation and ecological studies on wildebeest, elephants and lions were among the first ajor topics to be investigated.Ort-Cros National ParkOrt-Cros National Park is a national park established on the Mediterranean island of Ort-Cros. It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales. Established in 1963, Ort-Cros National Park is the first national park in Europe that unites land and marine protection zones. The protected area is about 1,700 hectares of land and 2,900 hectares of sea.Shen Nongjia National ParkShen Nongiia National Park is situated in the northwest of Hubei province. It is most famous for the subtropical rainforest ecosystem. The sphagnum (泥炭藓) wetland, known as “the earth’s kidney”, has a rich collection of orictocoenosis (生物化石) and serves as a shelter of a great variety of rare species, which is named “a green wonder at 31 degrees north latitude”.1．Which national park will interest an African wildlife fan?A．Acadia National Park. B．Etosha National Park.C．Ort-Cros National Park. D．Shen Nongjia National Park.2．What do Acadia National Park and Ort-Cros National Park have in common?A．There is an ecological institute for research.B．They feature a subtropical rainforest ecosystem.C．Sea life, as well as land life, are protected there.D．They are the largest national parks in the country.3．Where is the passage most probably from?A．A biology textbook. B．A geography magazine.C．A research paper. D．A travel brochure.B（记叙文）When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.Unlike her 1995 autobiography, after all, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be. ”；4．Why did Mary feel regretful?A．She didn’t complete her high school. B．She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.C．She didn’t take care of her mother. D．She didn’t achieve her ambition.；5．What can we know about Mary before 1995?A．She had two books published. B．She knew how to use a computer.C．She supported the JDRF by writing. D．She received many career awards.；6．What is Mary's second book Growing Up Again mainly about?A．Her remembrance of her mother. B．Her successful show business.C．Her living with diabetes. D．Her service for an organization.；7．What can we know from the last paragraph?A．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.B．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.C．Mary has recovered from her disease.D．Mary feels pity for herself.C（新鲜科技类-说明文）You’ve probably already heard about AI-powered cameras that can recognize people just by analyzing their facial features, but what if there was a way for artificial intelligence to figure out what you look like just by the sound of your voice and without comparing your voice to a database? That’s exactly what a team of scientists at MIT has been working on, and the results of their work are impressive. While their neural network, named Speech2Face, can’t yet figure out the exact facial features of a human just by their voice, it certainly gets plenty of details right.Speech2Face is trained in the training data, which is a collection of educational videos from YouTube. “Our model is designed to reveal statistical connections that exist between facial features and voices of speakers in the training data,” the creators of Speech2Face said. However, the data does not represent equally the entire world population. Therefore, the model- -as is the case with any machine learning model- is affected by this uneven distribution of data.You can tell a lot about a person from the way they speak alone. For example, you can most likely tell if someone is male or female, or if they are young or old, but Speech2Face goes beyond that. It can determine fairly accurately the shape of someone’ s nose, cheekbones or jaw from their voice alone, because the way the nose and other bones in our faces are structured determines the way we sound.The racial characteristic is also one of the things Speech2Face can figure out with accuracy from listening to someone’s voice for just a few milliseconds, as people who come from the same groups tend to have similar qualities or features. The AI takes a variety of factors into account, and it sometimes produces impressive results, but it’s still a work in progress.；8．How does Speech2Face recognize a human’s facial features?A．By the shape of their nose. B．By the sound of their voice.C．By the expression on their face. D．By the results of data comparison.；9．What can we learn about Speech2Face according to the passage?A．It can tell a person’s personality by his voice.B．It can determine where a person comes from.C．It can tell the size of a person by his voice.D．It can reconstruct an image of a person’s face.；10．What is the correct structure of the text?A． B．C． D．；12．What will the text probably mention about Speech2Face fallowing the last paragraph?A．Its market future. B．Its features.C．Its limitations. D．Its applications.D（议论文）There are too many fat people in America, so many Americans are fighting against overweight. But the strange thing is that the French, who consume rich food, continue to stay thin. Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plates are empty or their favorite TV show is over.According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers’ markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.After a visit to the United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don’t Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity(肥胖)among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%-and is growing.；11．Americans struggle with watching their weight mainly because     .A．they prefer to consume rich food.B．they only buy food in huge supermarkets.C．they desire to be as slim as TV stars.D．they fail to stop eating even if they are full.；12．What can we learn from Dr. Joseph Mercola in paragraph 2?A．Frenchmen place too much importance on eating.B．Frenchmen have a smaller appetite for food.C．Americans like to buy food in big supermarkets.D．Americans have no interest for fruits and vegetables.；13．How does the author present his ideas in the text?A．By giving examples.B．By providing explanations.C．By making comparison.D．By listing figures.；14．What does the text focus on?A．Americans and Frenchmen.B．Lifestyle and obesity.C．Diet and personalities.D．Fast food and overweight. 参考答案BCB BDCA BDBC DCCB