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1、2012年全国高考英语试题阅读理解分类汇编之新闻报道类【2012全国II】(D)ADDISABABA,Ethiopia–Oneoftheworld’smostfamousfossils(化石)–the3.2million-year-oldLucyskeleton(骨骼)unearthedinEthiopiain1974–willgoonanexhibitiontourabroadforthefirsttimeintheUnitedStates,officialssaidTuesday.EventheEthiopianpublichasonlyseenLucytwice.TheLucyon
2、exhibitionattheEthiopianNationalMuseuminthecapital,AddisAbaba,isareplicawhiletherealremainsareusuallylockedinasecretstoreroom.AteamfromtheMuseumofNationalScienceinHouston,Texas,spentfouryearsdiscussingwiththeEthiopiansfortheU.S.tour,whichwillstartinHoustonnextSeptember.“Ethiopia’srichcultureofbot
3、hthepastandtoday,isoneofthebestkeptsecretsintheworld,”saidJoelBartsch,directoroftheHoustonmuseum.Thesix-yeartourwillalsogotoWashington,NewYork,DenverandChicago.OfficialssaidsixotherU.S.citiesmaybeonthetour.Buttheysaidplanshadnotbeenworkedout.TravellingwithLucywillbe190otherfossils.Lucy,hernametak
4、enfromaBeatlessongthatplayedinacampthenightofherdiscovery,ispartoftheskeletonofwhatwasoncea3-foot-tallape-man(猿人).【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件安排。53.Theauthorwritesthistextmainlyto___.A.introduceafewU.S.museumsB.describesomeresearchworkC.discussthevalueofanape-manD.reportacomingevent【答案
5、】D【解析】这是一篇新闻报道，作者写这篇报道的目的就是：报道埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件。故选D。【考点定位】考查作者的写作意图。第4页共4页54.Whatdoesthewords“areplica”inParagraph2referto?A.Apaintingoftheskeleton.B.AphotographofLucyC.Acopyoftheskeleton.D.AwrittenrecordofLucy.【答案】C【解析】根据文章内容可知：theLucyisareplica，而theLucy又是skeleton，所以areplica的意思是：Acopyoftheskele
6、ton。【考点定位】考查猜测词义。55.HowmanycitieshasLucy’sU.S.tourplanalreadyincluded?A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Eleven.【答案】B【解析】根据文章中的“thetourwillstartinHoustonnextSeptember.和Thesix-yeartourwillalsogotoWashington,NewYork,DenverandChicago.”可知是5个城市。【考点定位】考查细节理解。56.Whatwastheskeletonnamedafter?A.Anape-man.B.Asong.C.Asi
7、nger.D.Acamp.【答案】B【解析】根据文章中的“Lucy,hernametakenfromaBeatlessongthatplayedinacampthenightofherdiscovery,”可知B正确。【考点定位】考查细节理解。【2012四川卷】DInarecentannouncement,HarvardandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology（MIT）saidthatthey
