2011届高考英语 阅读理解专练-主旨大意题素材.doc

2011届英语阅读理解专练细节理解题（by Ladder）【考例分析1】Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws. （2010·全国卷I·C） Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that_________?． ???A．they look like young cuckoos ? B．they have claws on the wings ???C．they eat a lot like a cow D．they live on river banks 【考例分析2】 During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes. （2010·全国卷I·C） Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes? ?A．To find more food. B．To protect themselves better. C．To keep themselves warm. D．To produce their young. 【考例分析3】 Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available. （2010·上海·C） According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _____. A. take images of the solar system B. provide early warning of thunderstorms C. keep track of solar activities D. improve the communications on Earth 【考例分析4】This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars，and the popularity of fantasy（幻想）literature or movies like The Lord of the Rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other，to the world around us ,and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us? (