捐金抵璧高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 41

2021年1月21日发(作者：应付账款)
高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析
Day 41

Passage 1

Ola Orekunrin is the founder and managing director of the for-profit
company, Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd., the first emergency(
紧急情况
) air
ambulance(
救护车
) service in the country.

In
Nigeria,
where
road
conditions
can be
poor,
and rural clinics
are
often unprepared to deal with major medical emergencies, Flying Doctors
has become a lifesaver, airlifting patients from remote areas to hospitals,
and providing care on the way.

London-born Orekunrin was inspired to set up the company after her
12-year-old sister died. When she was still in medical school in the U.K.,
her sister was on holiday in Nigeria and unexpectedly needed emergency
treatment. The nearest clinic wasn't able to treat her. The family tried to
find
an
air
ambulance
to
move
her
to
the
hospital,
but
the
quickest-
available service was far away in South Africa. Her sister had died by the
time a flight became available.

“I was filled with deep sadness and almost anger,” Orekunrin says. “I
wanted to come to Nigeria and try to contribute in some way.”

After studying other models of emergency air ambulances in the U.K.
and other parts of Africa, Orekunrin knew it would be the most effective
way to help patients access the proper facilities in a large area that is often
difficult to travel by car.


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But getting Flying Doctors off the ground wasn't easy. Orekunrin began
by
renting
aircraft
as
a
way
to
keep
costs
down.
She
then
established
partnerships
with
hospitals
across
Africa
and
abroad
and
started
her
company nearly five years ago. The company now has 20 helicopters and
jets and a staff that includes seven senior flight doctors.

Orekunrin
has
also
worked
toward
improving
medical
care
across
Nigeria. Flying Doctors now provides scholarships for medical students
and
has
established
partnerships
with
rural
non-governmental
organizations, such as the Starlite Hopes Initiative, in Nigeria's Delta State,
which offers care to the poor.

Orekunrin hopes to keep finding new ways to improve medical services
in Nigeria. The young doctor knows there are challenges ahead, but as she's
already shown, not even the sky is the limit.

1. What does Flying Doctors do?

A. It provides people with free care.

B. It transports patients quickly.

C. It improves clinics' services.

D. It helps to build roads.

2. Orekunrin came up with the idea of setting up Flying Doctors because
of ________.

A. her major

C. the big profits it could make

U. K.

3. The underlined words in the text mean “________”.


B. her sister's tragedy

D. the success of such services in the
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A. the helicopters couldn't take off

B. the company didn't start smoothly

C. the doctors weren't used to working in the air

D. the nation wasn't ready for air ambulance services

4. Which of the following can best describe Orekunrin?

A. Caring and determined.

C. Qualified and friendly.


Passage 2

The
Sabi
Sand
Game
Reserve
in
South Africa
is
one
of
the
richest
wildlife regions in the African continent. Over 200 species of mammals
and
350
different
birds
can
be
found
in
its
vast
plains,
grasslands
and
forests.

I spoke to Michael Rattray, chairman of the Sabi Sand management
committee, about the management policies.“If in a thousand years' time the
reserve is still a wonderful habitat for wildlife, then we will have succeeded
in
our
mission. Various
measures
are
being
put
in
place. These
include
dealing with the problem of erosion
（侵蚀）
.In 1996 we had abnormally
high rainfall. This could have been absolutely destructive. However, we
have successfully fought erosion using gabion stretchers, which are wire
baskets filled with rocks. We have also used a lot of old aerial photographs,
which
have
helped
us
return
the
land
to
its
earlier
state.
This
meant

B. Honest but bad- tempered.

D. Clever and single-minded.

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recreating open grassland areas to attract different types of animals, ”he
said.

Apart from these measures, the reserve employs a wide range of local
workers.
Building
staff
accommodation
of
any
sort
would
make
a
big
impact on the environment and would go against the aim of keeping the
reserve as natural as possible. Instead, transport is provided so employees
can live a normal life with their families outside the area, and the human
impact is kept to a minimum
（最低限度）
.

Visitors to the reserve spend about six hours a day in open vehicles,
observing wildlife on game drives. They are accompanied by a ranger and
a local tracker. I shall never forget the moment on a game drive when a
cheetah with her five cubs was pointed out to me. She was lying in a sea
of long yellow grass, her markings almost invisible. We got close enough
to hear her purr.

The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is a place where animals have no fear of
humans. It is impossible to quantify the benefits of spending time in such
an environment.

1. What helped solve the problem of erosion?

A. High rainfall.

C. Empty baskets.

B. Gabion stretchers.

D. Aerial photographs.

2. What can we know about visitors to the reserve?

A. They can walk to the open fields.


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B. They must have very good eyesight.

C. They cannot go around the reserve alone.

D. They have two ways to enter the reserve.

3.
The
author's
experience
of
visiting
the
reserve
can
be
described
as
________.

A. lucky

C. stressful

B. amazing

D. frightening

4. What would be the best title for the text? .

A. An introduction to the Sabi Sand Game Reserve

B. The importance of protecting wildlife

C. Some advice on visiting the Sabi Sand Game Reserve

D. The Sabi Sand Game Reserve—the biggest wildlife region


Passage 3

The Giraffe Center in Nairobi is one of the oldest giraffe conservation
organizations in the world. When it was founded in 1979, there were only
150 Rothschild's giraffes left in Kenya.

Stanley Kosgey, in charge of conservation education at the center, says
the tallest animals in the world have never really gotten the same attention
from conservationists and governments that other African mammals have.
In some ways, he thinks, it's because they're hard to miss. In Kenya, it's not
rare
to
see
half
a
dozen
of
them
as
you
drive
past
some
fields
on
the

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highway. It can take you several safaris
（旅行队）
before you catch sight
of a lion.

“Giraffes are in what I would call a silent extinction,

In a lot of ways, he says, a perfect storm has fallen on the species.
Climate
change
means
longer
droughts
and
new
diseases;
civil
unrest
means giraffes become easy food; and as African countries grow, humans
have
encroached
（入侵）
on
wildlife
areas
and
the
removal
of
trees
becomes a huge problem. Giraffes are huge creatures, and they require a
lot of space and plants.

Kosgey says the good news is that the world has begun to pay attention.
In
Kenya,
which
has
some
of
the
best
conservation
policies
on
the
continent, there is a plan underway to treat giraffes in the same way that
lions, rhinos and elephants are treated. That's to put in place detailed action
plans and programs to make sure those animals thrive. The first step for
giraffes is to get a deeper understanding of their population by conducting
a survey.

Kosgey says their conservation effort alone has saved the Rothschild's
giraffe. There are now about 650 of them in Kenya. Worldwide, there are
1,671 Rothschild's, about 26 percent more than there were in the 1960s,
according to the IUCN
（
International Union for Conservation of Nature
）
.

“They are tall, graceful animals and they should be heard/
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Kosgey says.

1. What can we learn about the giraffes from the first two paragraphs?


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A. They run the fastest in the world.

B. They are in danger of extinction.

C. They are harder to see than lions in Kenya.

D. They draw conservationists' more attention.

2. What does the writer want to tell us about giraffes in Paragraph 4?

A. It is hard for them to survive.

B. A terrible storm attacks them.

C. They live where humans live.



D. Removing trees leaves them space.

3. What does the underlined word

A. become healthy

C. move away

B. hang out

D. grow strong

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Protecting the Earth.

C. Saving the Giraffes.


Passage 4

“What shall I do, ”said a very little dog one day to his mother, “to show
my thanks to our good master, and make myself of some value to him
？
”I
cannot draw or carry some burdens like the horse
；
nor give him milk like
the cow
；
I should not be of use to him even if I were dead, as the pigs
are. ”Then the poor little dog hung down his head in silent sadness. “My

B. Living with Animals.

D. Loving Peaceful Nature.

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dear child, ”replied his mother, “though your abilities are not remarkable,
a loyal heart is enough. Do love him dearly, and prove your love by all the
means in your power. ”



The little dog was comforted by this and on his master's approach,
he ran to him and licked his feet, and every now and then stopped, wagging
his tail and looking at his master with respect. The master observed him.




One hot day, after dinner, his master was sleeping in a summer
house, with Fido by his side. The building was old and crazy and the dog,
who was faithfully watching his master, felt the walls shake, and pieces of
mortar fell from the ceiling. He sensed the danger, and began barking to
wake up his master. He jumped up, and gently bit his finger. The master
woke up and had just time to get out of the door before the whole building
fell down.



Fido, who was behind, got hurt by some rubbish which fell upon
him. Afterwards the master took good care of him. Thus his love and honest
had their full reward.

1. At the beginning, poor Fido felt sad because he was________

.

A. badly treated by his master

B. looked down upon by other animals

C. no better than a horse or a cow

D. unable to help his master much


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