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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练（4）(III)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Whatwouldyoudoifyouwerelostinthedarkforestatnight?Thefirstsensiblelessonisthatyoushouldn’tbothertryingtofindyourwayinthedarkatall,butjuststayputuntildawn.Becausethenyouwon’ttripoverthings?No,mainlybecauseyou’llhaveanideaofdirection
2、.Thesunrisesintheeast.Butyouwillbeamazedathowmanypeopleforgettheyknowthat.Apparently,theareaunderneathahollybushprovidesagoodmakeshiftshelter—theyarethick,andevergreen.Thenextthingtodo—orrathernottodo—ispanic,fortheobviousreasonthatunlessthereissomeonetheretohearyouscream,itwillgetyounowhere.Justt
3、rytothinkofnice,happythings.Thereisalwaysapointinfilmswhenapersonwhoislostinthedesertorthesnow,dehydrated(脱水的)andexhausted,esacrossasetoftheirownfootprintsandrealizestheyhavejustwalkedinahuge,roundcircle.Itiswrongtooweittotheunequalstrengthsordifferentlengthsofyourlegs.Experimentsprovethat,without
4、thesunorthemoon(orlandmarks)asafixedguide,lotsofsmallerrorsaddupovertimesothebraincan’tcorrectlyidentifythe“straightahead”direction.Tojustgetoutofsomewhere,pickaspotonthehorizonandjustheadforit.Thereareseveralwaystofinddirectionsinthedark,andbyfarthebestistoestablishnorthusingthestars.Mostpeopleca
5、nidentifythePlough,whichispartofUrsaMajor.Itlooksalotlikeasaucepan.ThePloughrotatesthroughthesky,butlet’simaginethesaucepanlyinghorizontally(水平地),withitshandleontheleft.Youneedtotracealinefromthestarattheright-handbaseofthepan,throughthestarattheright-handrim(边沿),andfollowitupwards;thenorthstarisr
6、oughlyfivetimesthedistancebetweenthosetwo“pointer”stars.ThendropaverticallinefromtheNorthStartothehorizonandthat’snorth.“TonightisverycloudyandIcan’tseethePlough.”Maybeluckily,itisquitewindy.Keepinmindthatalmostallofourweatheresfromasouth-westerlydirection.(ThisonlyworksifyouareintheBritishIsles).
7、Tofindthedirection,youcanthrowlightbitsofdried-outgrassintheairandseewhichwaytheyblow;or,iftherearecloudsandpatchesofclearsky,seewhichwaytheyblowacrossthestars.Youcanalsogetanideaofdirectionfromleggyplants.Ifthey
