2024年高考英語二月閱讀理解精選（14）

　　2024高考英語（二月）閱讀理解精選（14）及答案

　　維B2 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分分)

　　選材相似度：★★★★

　　設題相似度：★★★

　　難度系數：★★★★★

　　We're fortunate to live along a monarch butterfly migration path.Every fall，thousands of them fly through our backyard，headed south for the winter.We always thought that a butterfly with a broken wing was a sad sight，but one we could do nothing about.We were wrong! Jeannette Brandt was bike riding near Hadley，in the southern Adirondacks of New York，a few weeks ago when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly and took it home in an empty water bottle.Brandt and her partner，Mike Parwana，fed the butterfly rotting pears and water sweetened with honey.The butterfly survived，and fattened up.But what to do about the broken wing?

　　The couple found an online video demonstrating butterfly wing repair which was posted by the nonprofit Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton，Florida.Tiny cardboard splints and contact cement did the trick.In another week，the butterfly was flying at the couple's home.But by then，it was too cold in upstate New York to release the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000 miles migration from Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October，and it was mid-November.

　　About a week ago，the couple put the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scotty's，a truck stop north of Albany，NY.Eventually，a good-natured trucker from Alabama，who was headed to Florida，volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday，the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Florida，now free to join millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.

　　Note：

　　cardboard splints and contact cement薄紙夾板和接觸粘合劑

　　【語篇解讀】 本文記敘的是一對美國夫婦和一位卡車司機救助一只在遷徙中翅膀受傷的帝王蝶的故事。

　　1．We can learn from Paragraph One that the butterfly ________.

　　A．was hit by a motorbike

　　B．was noticed by a US woman

　　C．would spend winter in Hadley

　　D．was too old to go on flying

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。根據第一段第五句“Jeannette Brandt...when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly...”可知，這只受傷的帝王蝶是由一位美國婦女發現的。]

　　2．The main problem of the butterfly's wing was ________.

　　A．how to treat the illness of the butterfly

　　B．how to keep the butterfly at home

　　C．how to help the butterfly reach Mexico

　　D．how to get the butterfly's favorite food

　　答案　C　[推理判斷題。根據第二段第四句“But by then，it was...into the wild”和第五句“Monarchs are known...from Canada to Mexico”可知，蝴蝶翅膀修復以后，主要的困難就是如何幫助它到達墨西哥以完成遷徙。]

　　3．According to the last paragraph，the couple went to Scotty's to ________.

　　A．ask help from truck drivers

　　B．release the butterfly there

　　C．attract the attention of the public

　　D．ask for experts' advice

　　答案　A　[推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，在一位好心的卡車司機的幫助下，這只帝王蝶趕上了浩蕩的蝴蝶遷徙隊伍。]

　　4．What does the author seem to agree?

　　A．It is useless to learn to repair insects' wings.

　　B．A monarch butterfly's wings are likely to get hurt.

　　C．A monarch butterfly can be kept as a pet.

　　D．It is quite possible to repair a butterfly's wings.

　　答案　D　[細節理解題。根據第一段第三句“We always thought...do nothing about”和第四句“We were wrong”，再聯系本文故事可知，作者認為修復蝴蝶翅膀是完全可能的。]

　　維C 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分8分)

　　選材相似度：★★★★

　　設題相似度：★★★

　　難度系數：★★★★

　　Mankind evolved

　　to possess the fight-or-flight stress response，allowing us to survive in a dangerous world.Yet in today's man-made jungle，it has become one of our greatest killers.

　　Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses: expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.We forget to turn off our nature and instead allow stress，anger and frustration to take physical control of our bodies.

　　Why Stress，Anger and Frustration are Problematic

　　The problem with stress and anger in the modern world is that most stressful or frustrating scenaries do not require an active physical response.There are no lions or tigers to escape，only imaginary ones.Our inactivity in the face of stress or frustration causes most of us not to recognize that our fight-or-flight response system has been started.Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.The_biological_response_that_has_helped_to_keep_us_from_becoming_prey_for_thousands_of_years_is_now_preying_upon_us.

　　How to Keep Stress，Anger and Frustration from Killing You

　　The first thing to do in the battle against stress and anger is to recognize them.Recognizing triggers and physical responses to stressful situations can help you reduce them.Once you recognize that a stressful situation has triggered a physiological response，the best way to bring the body back into a homeostatic_state is through physical activity.Walking，running，biking，jumping or any energetic activity will help bring the body back into equilibrium.While it may seem strange to do 100 jumping jacks after a stressful meeting or go for a jog after getting into an argument with your wife，it can save your life.It only feels unnatural because our environment is unnatural.Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.

　　Notes：

　　①frustration n．挫折　②equilibrium n．平衡

　　長短句分析：Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.

　　句法點睛：and前后為順承關系，resulting是動名詞形式作結果狀語。

　　句意：我們的身體常常處于一種持續的恐慌狀態，這使得化學物質和釋放入血液中的荷爾蒙變得有毒，從而導致心臟病、關節炎、骨質疏松癥、糖尿病和某些癌癥。

　　【語篇解讀】 本文是一篇說明文，主要講述了面對壓力、憤怒和挫折，人們最佳的應對方法——進行體育活動。

　　1．Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage as the expression of emotional response during driving to work?

　　A．Expletives hurled.

　　B．Sweat all over.

　　C．Fists shaken in anger.

　　D．Aggressive threats.

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。由第二段第一句“Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses：expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.”可知，A項、C項和D項都在文中有信息支持，只有B項未提及。]

　　2．What can we infer from the underlined sentence?

　　A．Our biological response is not as useful as before.

　　B．There is something wrong with our biological response.

　　C．Our biological response now affects us in a bad way.

　　D．Our biological response now makes us the prey of other livings.

　　答案　C　[推理判斷題。這句話直譯是“數千年來使得我們成為捕獵者的生物反應現在反過來使得我們成為被捕獵者”。意味著以前幫助我們生存的生物反應現在使得我們在生存中變得十分被動，因而C項正確。其他選項均不合語境。]

　　3．Find out a word which has the similar meaning with the underlined phrase in this passage.

　　A．Equilibrium.

　　B．Stressful.

　　C．Unnatural.

　　D．Frustrating.

　　答案　A　[詞義猜測題。由語境可知，使身體回到“homeostatic state”的最好方式是進行體育活動。后面一句對上文進行了進一步解說。equilibrium和homeostatic state是同義詞。]

　　4．Which of the following is NOT the right way to keep you from stress，anger and frustration?

　　A．Do jumping jacks.

　　B．Go for a jog.

　　C．Have a walk.

　　D．Stay at home doing nothing.

　　答案　D　[推理判斷題。由最后一段最后兩句“Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.”可知，擊敗壓力、憤怒和挫折的最好辦法是進行體育活動。選項中只有D項不是體育活動。]

　　維D 單詞拼寫(每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　根據下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在橫線上寫出對應單詞的正確、完整形式，每空只寫一詞。

　　1．Some friends of hers attended her ________(生日)party last Saturday.

　　2．________(出席) at the meeting were high officials from Russia.

　　3．Now，sir，could you tell me your name and ________(地址)?

　　4．Recently，we have held a ________(圣誕節) party and got together with foreign students.

　　5．I really ________(欽佩) students' hard work and perseverance.

　　6．We caught a young man ________(偷竊) a watch from the counter.

　　7．If I ________(碰巧) to meet an injured person，I would do first aid.

　　8．It is bad for you to offer ________(香煙) to others.

　　9．Upon arrival，we began to plant young trees ________(立刻)．

　　10．The ________(獎) went to a Hollywood actor last year.

　　答案　1.birthday　2.Present　3.address　4.Christmas

　　5．admire　6.stealing　7.happened　8.cigarettes　9.immediately/instantly　10.award/prize

　　2024高考英語（二月）閱讀理解精選（14）及答案

　　維B2 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分分)

　　選材相似度：★★★★

　　設題相似度：★★★

　　難度系數：★★★★★

　　We're fortunate to live along a monarch butterfly migration path.Every fall，thousands of them fly through our backyard，headed south for the winter.We always thought that a butterfly with a broken wing was a sad sight，but one we could do nothing about.We were wrong! Jeannette Brandt was bike riding near Hadley，in the southern Adirondacks of New York，a few weeks ago when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly and took it home in an empty water bottle.Brandt and her partner，Mike Parwana，fed the butterfly rotting pears and water sweetened with honey.The butterfly survived，and fattened up.But what to do about the broken wing?

　　The couple found an online video demonstrating butterfly wing repair which was posted by the nonprofit Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton，Florida.Tiny cardboard splints and contact cement did the trick.In another week，the butterfly was flying at the couple's home.But by then，it was too cold in upstate New York to release the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000 miles migration from Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October，and it was mid-November.

　　About a week ago，the couple put the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scotty's，a truck stop north of Albany，NY.Eventually，a good-natured trucker from Alabama，who was headed to Florida，volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday，the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Florida，now free to join millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.

　　Note：

　　cardboard splints and contact cement薄紙夾板和接觸粘合劑

　　【語篇解讀】 本文記敘的是一對美國夫婦和一位卡車司機救助一只在遷徙中翅膀受傷的帝王蝶的故事。

　　1．We can learn from Paragraph One that the butterfly ________.

　　A．was hit by a motorbike

　　B．was noticed by a US woman

　　C．would spend winter in Hadley

　　D．was too old to go on flying

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。根據第一段第五句“Jeannette Brandt...when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly...”可知，這只受傷的帝王蝶是由一位美國婦女發現的。]

　　2．The main problem of the butterfly's wing was ________.

　　A．how to treat the illness of the butterfly

　　B．how to keep the butterfly at home

　　C．how to help the butterfly reach Mexico

　　D．how to get the butterfly's favorite food

　　答案　C　[推理判斷題。根據第二段第四句“But by then，it was...into the wild”和第五句“Monarchs are known...from Canada to Mexico”可知，蝴蝶翅膀修復以后，主要的困難就是如何幫助它到達墨西哥以完成遷徙。]

　　3．According to the last paragraph，the couple went to Scotty's to ________.

　　A．ask help from truck drivers

　　B．release the butterfly there

　　C．attract the attention of the public

　　D．ask for experts' advice

　　答案　A　[推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，在一位好心的卡車司機的幫助下，這只帝王蝶趕上了浩蕩的蝴蝶遷徙隊伍。]

　　4．What does the author seem to agree?

　　A．It is useless to learn to repair insects' wings.

　　B．A monarch butterfly's wings are likely to get hurt.

　　C．A monarch butterfly can be kept as a pet.

　　D．It is quite possible to repair a butterfly's wings.

　　答案　D　[細節理解題。根據第一段第三句“We always thought...do nothing about”和第四句“We were wrong”，再聯系本文故事可知，作者認為修復蝴蝶翅膀是完全可能的。]

　　維C 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分8分)

　　選材相似度：★★★★

　　設題相似度：★★★

　　難度系數：★★★★

　　Mankind evolved

　　to possess the fight-or-flight stress response，allowing us to survive in a dangerous world.Yet in today's man-made jungle，it has become one of our greatest killers.

　　Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses: expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.We forget to turn off our nature and instead allow stress，anger and frustration to take physical control of our bodies.

　　Why Stress，Anger and Frustration are Problematic

　　The problem with stress and anger in the modern world is that most stressful or frustrating scenaries do not require an active physical response.There are no lions or tigers to escape，only imaginary ones.Our inactivity in the face of stress or frustration causes most of us not to recognize that our fight-or-flight response system has been started.Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.The_biological_response_that_has_helped_to_keep_us_from_becoming_prey_for_thousands_of_years_is_now_preying_upon_us.

　　How to Keep Stress，Anger and Frustration from Killing You

　　The first thing to do in the battle against stress and anger is to recognize them.Recognizing triggers and physical responses to stressful situations can help you reduce them.Once you recognize that a stressful situation has triggered a physiological response，the best way to bring the body back into a homeostatic_state is through physical activity.Walking，running，biking，jumping or any energetic activity will help bring the body back into equilibrium.While it may seem strange to do 100 jumping jacks after a stressful meeting or go for a jog after getting into an argument with your wife，it can save your life.It only feels unnatural because our environment is unnatural.Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.

　　Notes：

　　①frustration n．挫折　②equilibrium n．平衡

　　長短句分析：Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.

　　句法點睛：and前后為順承關系，resulting是動名詞形式作結果狀語。

　　句意：我們的身體常常處于一種持續的恐慌狀態，這使得化學物質和釋放入血液中的荷爾蒙變得有毒，從而導致心臟病、關節炎、骨質疏松癥、糖尿病和某些癌癥。

　　【語篇解讀】 本文是一篇說明文，主要講述了面對壓力、憤怒和挫折，人們最佳的應對方法——進行體育活動。

　　1．Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage as the expression of emotional response during driving to work?

　　A．Expletives hurled.

　　B．Sweat all over.

　　C．Fists shaken in anger.

　　D．Aggressive threats.

　　答案　B　[細節理解題。由第二段第一句“Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses：expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.”可知，A項、C項和D項都在文中有信息支持，只有B項未提及。]

　　2．What can we infer from the underlined sentence?

　　A．Our biological response is not as useful as before.

　　B．There is something wrong with our biological response.

　　C．Our biological response now affects us in a bad way.

　　D．Our biological response now makes us the prey of other livings.

　　答案　C　[推理判斷題。這句話直譯是“數千年來使得我們成為捕獵者的生物反應現在反過來使得我們成為被捕獵者”。意味著以前幫助我們生存的生物反應現在使得我們在生存中變得十分被動，因而C項正確。其他選項均不合語境。]

　　3．Find out a word which has the similar meaning with the underlined phrase in this passage.

　　A．Equilibrium.

　　B．Stressful.

　　C．Unnatural.

　　D．Frustrating.

　　答案　A　[詞義猜測題。由語境可知，使身體回到“homeostatic state”的最好方式是進行體育活動。后面一句對上文進行了進一步解說。equilibrium和homeostatic state是同義詞。]

　　4．Which of the following is NOT the right way to keep you from stress，anger and frustration?

　　A．Do jumping jacks.

　　B．Go for a jog.

　　C．Have a walk.

　　D．Stay at home doing nothing.

　　答案　D　[推理判斷題。由最后一段最后兩句“Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.”可知，擊敗壓力、憤怒和挫折的最好辦法是進行體育活動。選項中只有D項不是體育活動。]

　　維D 單詞拼寫(每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　根據下列各句句意和空白之后的漢語提示詞，在橫線上寫出對應單詞的正確、完整形式，每空只寫一詞。

　　1．Some friends of hers attended her ________(生日)party last Saturday.

　　2．________(出席) at the meeting were high officials from Russia.

　　3．Now，sir，could you tell me your name and ________(地址)?

　　4．Recently，we have held a ________(圣誕節) party and got together with foreign students.

　　5．I really ________(欽佩) students' hard work and perseverance.

　　6．We caught a young man ________(偷竊) a watch from the counter.

　　7．If I ________(碰巧) to meet an injured person，I would do first aid.

　　8．It is bad for you to offer ________(香煙) to others.

　　9．Upon arrival，we began to plant young trees ________(立刻)．

　　10．The ________(獎) went to a Hollywood actor last year.

　　答案　1.birthday　2.Present　3.address　4.Christmas

　　5．admire　6.stealing　7.happened　8.cigarettes　9.immediately/instantly　10.award/prize