2014高考英语阅读理解观点态度.docx

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1、2014高考英语阅读理解观点态度类编辑：卢泽才时间：2014年11月27日星期四晚Passage1（2014重庆，C）体裁：说明文词数：283（P207）Theideaofbeingabletowalkonwaterhaslonginterestedhumansgreatly.Sadly,biologicalfactspreventuseveraccomplishingsuchathingwithoutartificialaid—wesimplyweightoomuch，andallourmass(质量)pushesdow

2、nthroughourrelativelysmallfeet,resultinginalotofpressurethatmakesussink.However,severaltypesof（几种）animalscanwalkonwater.OneofthemostinterestingisthecommonbasiliskBasilicusbasilicus，alizard(蜥蜴)nativeto（原产于）CentralandSouthAmerica.Itcanrunacrosswaterforadistanceofsev

3、eralmeters,avoidinggettingwetbyrapidlyhittingthewater’ssurfacewithitsfeet.Thelizardwilltakeasmanyas20stepspersecond（每秒）tokeepmovingforward.Forhumanstodothis,we’dneedhugefeetthatwecouldbringuptoourearsinordertocreateadequate“hitting.”.Butfortunatelythereisanalterna

4、tive：cornflour.Byaddingenoughofthiscommon（普通的）thickeningagent（增稠剂）towater(anditdoestakealot)，youcancreatea“non-Newtonian”liquid（非牛顿流体：粘性大的流体）thatdoesn’tbehavelikenormalwater.Now,ifthesurfaceofthewaterishithard（猛击）enough,particles(粒子）inthewatergrouptogetherforamome

5、nttomakethesurfacehard.Movequicklyenoughandputenoughforceintoeachstep,andyoureallycanwalkacrossthesurfaceofanadequatelythickliquid（粘稠液体，[流]浆）ofcornflour.Funthoughallthismaysound,it’sstillrathermessyandbetterreadaboutintheorythancarriedoutinpractice.Ifyoumustdoit,t

6、henkeepthewaterwingshandyincaseyoustarttosink_andtakeashowerafterward!44.Walkingonwaterhasn’tbecomearealitymainlybecausehumans______.A.arenotinterestedinitB.havebiologicallimitationsC.havenotinventedpropertoolsD.areafraidtomakeanattempt45.WhatdoweknowaboutBasilicu

7、sbasilicusfromthepassage?A.Itislightenoughtowalkonwater.B.Itshugefeetenableittostayabovewater.C.Itcanrunacrosswateratacertainspeed.D.Itsuniqueskinkeepsitfromgettingwetinwater.46.Whatisthefunctionofthecornflouraccordingtothepassage?A.Tocreateathickliquid.B.Toturnth

8、ewaterintosolid.C.Tohelptheliquidbehavenormally.D.Toenablethewatertomoverapidly.47.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardtheideaofhumans’walkingonwater?A.Itisr