高三英语阅读训练十五篇之八

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1、英语阅读（八）AEarlyinthe18thcentury,CaptainCook,afamousexplorerofAustralia,unexpectedlycaughtsightofanunusualanimalduringhisfirstvisittoAustralia.Theanimalhadalargemouselikeheadandjumpedalongonitslargelegs.Tohisgreatsurprise,theunusualanimalcarrieditsyounginaspecialpocketofflesh.CaptainCoo

2、kpointedtotheanimalwhichwaseatinggrassinthedistanceandaskedhisnativeguidewhattheanimalwasreferredto.Theguideseemednottoknowthathewaspointingatandfinallysaid“Kang-a-roo”,buttheirrequestsweremetwithpuzzledlooksofthenativepeople.Beforelongtheygottodiscoverthatthenativeguidewhomadetheans

3、wertoCook’squestionreallymeant,“Idon’tknowwhatyoupointingat.“Funnyenough,thename“Kang-a-roo”,stuckanditisstillinusetoday.1．Whichofthefollowingsentencesbestexpressesthemainidea?A．captainCook’sguidemadeajoke.B．NativeAustralianscouldnotspeakEnglishinCook’stime.C．Somewordshaveratherfunny

4、origins(起源).D．CaptainCookwasaloverofwildanimals.2．Whenthenativeguidesaid“Kang-a-roo”,hereallymeant“______”A．Ah,itisaspecialkindofanimalB．IwonderwhatyouhavesaidC．Whatdoyoumeanbypointingatthatanimal?D．Ihavenoideaofwhatyouarereferringto.3．Wecaninferfromthispassage______.A．weshouldlearnm

5、anydifferentlanguagesB．CaptainCookmadeamistakeinunderstandingC．CaptainCookwasafoolishexplorerD．theimportanceofalanguageincommonBTherearetwotypesoftwins;identicalandnon-identicaltwins.Identicaltwinsareformedfromasingleegginmother’sbodywhichdividestofromtwoseparatebabies.Identicaltwins

6、lookthesame,andareoftendressedbytheirparentsinclothesofthesamecolors.Itisoftendifficulttotellidenticaltwinsfromeachother,evenwhentheyarestandingsidebyside.Non-identicaltwinscomeintobeingwhenthemotherproducestwoseparatedeggsathesametime,bothofwhichgrowtoformbabies.Inthiscasethetwinslo

7、oklikenormalbrothersandsistersandareeasytotellonefromtheother.Inthe1970sand1980sascientistdidsomeresearchintotwins.Heinvitedmanypairsofidenticaltwinstouniversityandaskedthemtotakepartinaweekoftests.Hewasparticularlyinterestedinadopted(收养)twinswhohadbeenseparatedatbirth.Hewouldgivethe

8、twinsdiffere