历年英语高考阅读理解精选译注二

C （2005高考卷3,2） Taiwan Police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat(诈骗). Either way it could be the perfect crime (犯罪),because the criminals are birds – homing pigeons!

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then , the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money

in a

tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home

car thief, however, even lazier and more inventive criminal; mind- one that avoids (

may in fact be the work of an

避

免) not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the

first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly

return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for

the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper

asking for help.

The

theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded- under 3, 000 Taiwanese dollars car worth many times more.

– seems too little for a

Demands for pigeon- delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to d

o,” he said.

49. After the car owner received a phone call, he _____.

A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

B. gave the money to the thief in the bag it carried and had

his car back C. sent some money to the thief by mail D. told the press about it

50. The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _____ . A. the car thief who stays at home

B. one of those who put the ads in the paper C. one of the policemen in Changwa D. the owner of the pigeons 51. The writer mentions the fact

that “none of the stolen cars have

been returned” to show _____.

A. how easily people get fooled by criminals B. what Chen thinks might be correct C. the thief is extremely clever D. the money paid is too little

52. The underlined word “they ” in the last paragraph refers to ______. A. criminals B. pigeons C. the stolen cars

53. We

D. demands for money reach the car owners because ____. may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to

A.. he reads the ads in the newspaper

B. he lives in the same neighborhood C. he has seen the car owners in the park

D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them

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台湾警方怀疑是否把它看待成极其聪明的偷窃行为，或者是更为聪明的诈骗行为。不管怎样定性，这都是十分完美的犯罪，因为罪犯是鸟—家养的鸽子。

实施犯罪的第二步是丢了小汽车的主人首先接到一个电话，内容是：要是你想要回车，要先付清钱款。然后，丢车的主人被引导着去找到一个公园，接着被告知去找一个鸟笼，以及如何把钱系到鸟笼里的鸽子的脖子上。然后鸽子便带着装在一个小袋里的钱飞走了。 在台湾彰化已经出现了四起鸽子叼跑钱的案子。当初似乎像是一位精明呆在家里的偷车贼，而事实上却是一位更懒惰，更有创造性的罪犯的杰作，注意：这是一个根本自己不去收钱，而且起初就没偷车的罪犯。陈警官说，罪犯可能玩弄的是双把戏。他利用根本不能归还别人丢的车来索钱。他自己不偷车而是等别人去偷，然后坐等着车主在报纸上刊登启示寻求帮助。

这个理论是由如下的事实来支持的：迄今，没有归还过一辆失窃的车。而且索要的钱数不足3000台币, 这似乎对于数倍这个钱数的一辆小车的价值来说太少了。 媒体一报道以后，这样要求车主用鸽子送钱的事立即停了下来。如果这样的事再次发生的话，陈警官对逮到罪犯抱很小的希望。他讲，“我们有更重要的案子去办”。

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Lack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity

than under-exercising or overeating. Research

suggests that having overweight parents influence (

is a big children with overweight parents were four times more likely to be 影响) upon a child’s weight, with one study finding that overweight themselves. The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate (争论week decided that $ 116 million be used for programs to deal with

) over childhood obesity. The Prime Minister, John Howard, last obesity, while the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, recently announced that his party would move to protect children from unhealthy food advertisements. believes Clare Collins, a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, such programs will definitely fail unless they the way of life of whole families. “If we can’t get parents to take influence action against their own weight problems, then we can’t expect to influence their kids,” she said.

However, Professor Louise Baur from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution to weight problems. “Many parents know they need to lose weight and they know it influence their kids, but they lack the willpower

to do anything about it.” The 10-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents became overweight. Only one in six children whose parents were to average weight became overweight. The president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity,

Associate Professor Cary Wittert, said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party’s policy （政策）might be on the right track. “We know that driving without a seat belt is unsafe, so we make law against it,” he said. “Obesity is a major public health concern, so why shouldn’t we change the law regarding unhealthy

food ads?”

39. What does the underlined phrase “juvenile obesity” mean? A. Adult education. B. Childhood overweight. C. parents’ influence. D. Growing pains. 40. What is TRUE about the programs supported by the Prime Minister? A. Debates on them will become less fierce. B. They will be effective in dealing with obesity. C. A large sum of money will be spent on them. D. They will influence people’s way of life. 41.

Both Collins and Baur believe that overweight parents ______ . A. will come up with better solutions B. will help with their children’s education C. should be more active in reducing weight D. should carry out at least 10 years’ study

42. According to some experts, the Opposition Party’s policy ____ . A. can help fight against unemployment B. may protect kids from unhealthy food ads C. should be brought back to the right track D. will work well to prevent traffic accidents

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父母缺乏毅力比锻炼不足和营养过剩更会导致青少年的肥胖。

研究表明父母超重对子女体重的影响很大，一项研究发现，拥有超重父母的孩子他们身体可能超重的比例高出四倍。

这个发现把原来已很激烈的关于儿童肥胖的争论更加激化了。约翰 霍华德首相，上周已决定投入一亿一千六百万美元用于实施解决儿童肥胖的问题，而反对党领袖，马克·莱山近来宣布他的反对党将提出致力于保护儿童不受非健康食品广告的危害的动议。

纽卡斯尔大学的高级讲师，可莱尔 ·柯林斯认为这样计划若不影响整个家庭成员的生活方式的话，这些计划肯定会失败的。她说，“如果我们不能让他们的父母采取行动关注他们自身的健康问题的话，我们就更不能指望会影响到他们的孩子了。

然而西密德儿童医院的路易斯·豹教授怀疑面对成人的教育计划是否会对肥胖问题提供解决方法。他说，“许多家长懂得他们需要减肥，而且也知道他们减肥会对他们的孩子有积极的影响，但他们还是缺乏采取任何方法减肥的毅力。对150个美国儿童为期十年的研究发现，三分之二父母肥胖的儿童自身也会肥胖。体重正常的父母的孩子只有六分之一身体超重。

澳大利西亚的肥胖研究会的会长，格雷·威特副教授说，父母在减肥时也需要帮助，反对党的政策可能走对路的。

他说，“我们知道开车不系安全带是不安全的，所以我们制定了法律强制执行，肥胖也是公众关注的重要话题，那么我们为什么不应该改变一下和非健康食品广告有关的法律呢？”

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The house was quiet at 5 am and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea

Tim pulled on a sweater and put some schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been apples into his through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.

He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches--- but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:

Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight.

Tim.

The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his

way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.

The sandhills still breathed heat from though yesterda y’s sun, the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early waves. wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the

The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched ( 延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.

Over the first rocks, along to the point. Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky. He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious (after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the

神秘的) now? But it would be silly to go back now 43. What did Tim do at the beginning of the story? way... A. He left the house quietly. B. He had breakfast at home. C. He left a note on the freezer.

D. He put a sweater in his schoolbag. 44. “He settled f or some biscuits” (in Paragraph 3) means that Tim _____ . A. had to leave the biscuits on the table B. liked biscuits better than sandwiches C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen

45. What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?

A. The height of the first rocks. B. The ups and downs of the waves. C. The change in the position of the sun. 46. D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?

A. The sea looked like a piece of gold. B. Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived. C. Tim was the only person on the beach. 47. In the story

D. The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave. , Tim’s mood (心情) changed from _____.

A. loneliness to craziness B. anxiousness to excitement C. helplessness to happiness D. eagerness to nervousness

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早晨5点，房屋里还十分安静。蒂姆的妈妈还在熟睡。只有那大冰箱的响声打破这室内的平静。他前晚梦见了那个山洞。那冰箱低沉的颤动声就是他梦中听到的大海的响声。蒂姆穿上了毛衣并把一些苹果装到了自己的书包里。这时吃早饭还过早。他要等到穿过了山洞之后，坐在岩石上，一边凝视着大海一边吃东西。

蒂姆多么渴望着有一个合适的背包。他只能凑合着用他的书包。还要带别的什么？是三明治。可是如果他要是向外拽出做三明治的面包的话，会惊醒他的妈妈。她肯定会问他为什么他要这么早从家出去。他凑合着拿了些饼干，而且把一个条子贴到桌子上。上面写着。“我去迈克儿家了，晚上回。蒂姆。”

外面尽管太阳还没升起来，天空十分地晴朗，空气柔和，天色已亮了。他沿着大街向前走，盘山公路很安静。从海上吹来清新宜人的海风。尽管沙丘表面的沙是凉爽的，可座座沙丘还仍在向外喷出昨天太阳的余热。他不耐烦地跑下海滩，可海滩上空无一人，只有干燥的沙子在晨风中舞蹈，还有海鸟在来来回回地飞着观看着汹涌的波浪。

光线突然发生了变化。此时第一缕阳光掠过海面。阳光转过大地的边缘投射过来。

阳光先是照在了几块岩石上，然后是照到了这个山洞的地点。蒂姆向后扫视了一眼。海滩仍很空旷。太阳在天空中升得更高了。他现在已能够看到那个山洞了，它在晨光中显得更暗了。当海水从沙地上退走时，沙子由银白色变成暗的金黄色。他不得不逼着自己走近洞口。为什么此时它更是神秘了？不过如果这时在千辛万苦来到这里再放弃回去的话那也太傻了。不过他还是觉得没必要自己马上进去。

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D （2005天津D 3） The

scene in the Hollywood movie the Day After tomorrow, where

global warming could soon turn the global climate ( 气候) into a new ice age, may never occur, according to new research. The next ice age could be 15, 000 years away, say European scientists who last month announced

a continuous record of 据) obtained

740, 000 years of climate date (数

from the Antarctic ice. Scientists from 10 nations have

now almost completely drilled through a 3, 000-meter depth of ice high

in the Antarctic mainland. They figure out that the area where summer temperatures can fall to

-40°C, has at least 900,000 years of snowfalls, kept as neatly as the growth rings of a tree. And the ice and air caught in each layer (

层) have begun to answer questions about the climates in

the past.

The results show that there have been eight ice ages in the past 740, 000 years and eight warmer periods. And by comparing the pattern of global conditions today with those of the past, the researchers reported in Nature that the present warm period could last

another 15, 000 years. Research suggests that there is a very close connection between greenhouse gas levels and global average temperatures. It also shows that

carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) level are the highest 440,000 years.

for at least

“If people say to you: the greenhouse effect is a good thing because we would go into an ice age otherwise, our data say no, a new

ice age is not hanging over our heads,” said Eric Wolff from the British Antarctic

Survey. “Now we have eight examples of how goes in and out of ice ages… and you can learn what the rules are that the climate

go into the climate models that tell us about the future.” Scientists found that whenever temperatures rose in the frozen record, so did carbon dioxide level. “ In 440, 000 years we have never

seen greenhouse gas get as thick as it is today, “ said Dr. Wolff.

48. In

drilling through the ice in Antarctica, scientist have found that____.

A. the lowest temperature there is -40°

C B. the depth of ice is 3,000 meters

C. the ice has existed for 15,000 years D. snowfalls are kept in certain patterns

49. The information of the global climate conditions in the past can be obtained through ___.

A. separating carbon dioxide from the air

B. examining the growth rings of trees C. comparing temperatures in different areas D. studying the ice and air caught in each layer 50. We can infer from Eric Wolff’s words that_____. A. there is something wrong with the data B. greenhouse effect is always a bad thing C. a new ice age will not come in the near future D. greenhouse gas will get thick in the future 51. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Research over the Antarctic area. B. Warm period to last about 15, 000 years. C. Report on the eight ice ages in the past. D. Hollywood movies and the global climate.

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在好莱坞电影《后天》的场景中，全球变

暖很快会使全球的气候变为新的冰季。不过根据新的研究，这种情况也许永远也不会发生。欧洲科学家于上个月公布了从南极冰层获得的地球连续74万年的连续的气候记录，他们预测下一个地球的冰川季距今还有一万五千年。来自十个国家的科学家在南极大陆几乎钻成了一个深达三千米的冰洞。他们判断在这个夏季温度会降到负40度的所钻探的地方，已经历了长达九十万年的降雪，这漫长岁月的降雪，就像是树木的生长年轮那样被保留得整整齐齐。每层降雪中所捕捉的空气，都在回答着古代的气候问题。

结果显示，在过去的74万年里，地球曾经经历了八个冰川时期和八个较暖和的时期。通过把今天地球状况的模式和过去地球状况模式进行对比，研究人员在自然杂志上报导：目前的温暖气候还要延续一万五千年。

研究表明温室气体的水平和全球的平均气温有着密切的联系。研究还表明大气中二氧化碳的浓度在过去的44万年中是最高的。

来自英国南极调查协会的埃里克·乌尔夫说，“如果人们说温室效应是好事情，否则的话我们就会进入了冰川季，我们所采集的数据是给予否定的。冰川季会到来，但并不是马上就会到来。现在我们掌握有八种气候进入和离开冰川季的例子。这样你可以了解进入这些气候模式的规则，而这些规则可以预测未来”。

科学家发现无论何时冰冻记录所显示的温度上升时，那二氧化碳的浓度一定也是升高了。乌尔夫博士说，“在44万年里，我们从未发现温室气体的浓度比现在的浓度大。” Keys: 48. THE 5TH LETTER IN THE 3RD WORD IN LINE2 49. THE 5TH LETTER IN THE 3RD WORD IN LINE2 50. THE 2ND LETTER IN THE 2ND WORD IN LINE1 51. THE 1ST LETTER IN THE 2ND WORD IN LINE4 作业：笔记：

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