蓝天家教网 http:/www.ltjiajiao.com 伴你快乐成长本资料来源于七彩教育网http:/www.7caiedu.cn2009 高考英语阅读理解专项训练科技类(1)With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone(克隆) the animal and save the endangered species(物种). Thats a move similar to what a Texas A it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent. The evolutionary theory explain the differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers. 1. The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us _. A. the differences between robots and men B. the reason why men need to sleepC. about the need for robots to save power D. about the danger of men working at night 蓝天家教网 http:/www.ltjiajiao.com 伴你快乐成长2. Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him _.A. keep up a regular pattern of lifeB. prevent trouble that comes looking for himC. avoid danger and inefficient labor D. restore his bodily functions 3. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A. Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking. B. The study of sleep is an important art of the evolutionary theory. C. Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots. D. The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats. 【答案解析答案解析】本文介绍了有关睡觉进化论方面的知识。1. B。推断题。根据文章第 2 段第 1 句 evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason 可推知此题答案为 B。2. C。推断题。根据文章第 2 段第 3 句 when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous 可推知此题答案为 C。3. A。推断题。根据文章第 2 段第 1 句和第 3 段第 1 句可推知此题答案为 A。(12)Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes.Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.Now the American Automobile Association Foundation(基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will 蓝天家教网 http:/www.ltjiajiao.com 伴你快乐成长conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (danger) are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.1. The passage mainly discusses _.A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new way of training driversD. a new type of optical illusion2. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _.A. they should avoid speed-related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong lane C. they should slow down their speedD. they are coming near to the speed limit3. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former _.A. can keep drivers awakeB. can cut road accidents in half C. will look more attractiveD. will have a longer effect on drivers4. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _.A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the country C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevronsD. repeat the Japanese road patterns5. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?A. They are suitable only on broad roads.B. They are falling out of use in the United States.C. They are ignored in a long period of time.蓝天家教网 http:/www.ltjiajiao.com 伴你快乐成长D. They cannot be used successfully to traffic circles.【答案解析答案解析】为了控制车速，减少交通事故，美国决定在