2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练10.doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练10.doc

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1、2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练10Passage1LONDON(Reuters)—Quietplease—Britain’sQueenElizabethispreparingtohaveherswanscounted.BuckinghamPalacehasannouncedthattheannualSwanUpping,atraditiondatingbacktothe12thcenturywhichinvolvesacensusoftheswanpopulationontheRiver

2、Thames,willbeconductedbytheQueen’sofficialSwanMarkerfromJuly2024.“WiththeassistanceoftheQueen’sSwanWarden,ProfessorChristopherPerrinsoftheUniversityofOxford,theswansandyoungcygnets(小天鹅)arealsoassessedforanysignsofinjuryordisease,”BuckinghamPalacesaidi

3、nannouncingthecount.TheprocessinvolvestheSwanMarker,DavidBarber,rowinguptheThamesforfivedayswiththeSwanWardenintraditionalskiffswhilewearingspecialscarletuniformsandcounting,weighingandmeasuringswansandcygnets.Itmayseemeccentric,butitisveryimportanttot

4、heQueen,Accordingtocustom,Britain’ssovereignownsallunmarked,muteswansinopenwater,buttheQueennowexercisestherightonlyonstretchesoftheThamesanditsnearbytributaries.Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingtheswans,butwouldcatchasm

5、anyaspossibleastheyweresoughtafterforbanquetsandfeasts.Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSwanWardenareparticularlykeentodiscoverhowmuchdamageisbeingcausedtoswansandcygnetsbyattacksfromdogsandfromdiscardedfishingtackle(渔具).ItisalsoanimportantyearbecauseQueen

6、ElizabethhasdecidedtojoinherteamofSwanUppersforpartofthecensus.Shewillfollowthemuptheriverandvisitalocalschoolprojectonthewholesubjectofswans,cygnetsandtheThames.“EducationandconservationareessentialtotheroleofSwanUppingandtheinvolvementofschoolchildre

7、nisalwaysarewardingexperience,”BuckinghamPalacesaid.语篇解读 泰晤士河上每年都要举行一个重要的活动:数天鹅。英国皇室的这一传统已经延续了好几个世纪。1.Inmedievaltimes,________.A.swanswerebetterprotectedthannowB.alotofswanswerekilledbydogsC.swanswereadeliciousdishonroyalbanquetsD.commonpeoplecouldcatc

8、htheswans解析 细节理解题。从文章倒数第四段可知,在中世纪天鹅被捉住,然后成为皇家宴会上的美味。答案 C2.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheprocessofcountingtheswans________.A.remainsalmostunchangedinthepastyearsB.involvesalotofroyalmembers-9-C.sometimeslastslongerthanbeforeD.isalwaysgu

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