2014届高三英语二轮专题步步提升：阅读理解11.docVIP

2014高考英语二轮复习专题步步提升：阅读理解 阅读理解A ADDIS ABABA，Ethiopia—One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石)—the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974—will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States，officials said Tuesday. Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice.The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital，Addis Ababa，is a_replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom.A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston，Texas，spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U．S.tour，which will start in Houston next September. “Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today，is one of the best kept secrets in the world，”said Joel Bartsch，director of the Houston museum. The six-year tour will also go to Washington，New York，Denver and Chicago.Officials said six other U．S.cities may be on the tour.But they said plans had not yet been worked out. Traveling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils. Lucy，her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery，is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3 foot-tall ape-man(猿人)．(2012·大纲全国Ⅱ，D) 1．The author writes this text mainly to________. A．introduce a few U．S.museums B．describe some research work C．discuss the value of an ape-man D．report a coming event 答案　D 解析　主旨大意题。纵观整篇文章可知，这篇报道主要介绍了将在美国巡回展出世界上最著名的化石之一“Lucy”。故为“报道一件即将到来的事件”。 2．What do the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A．A painting of the skeleton. B．A photograph of Lucy. C．A copy of the skeleton. D．A written record of Lucy. 答案　C 解析　词义猜测题。本题可以根据画线词后的“while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom”进行推测。“while”表示转折，所以画线词肯定与“real”语意相反，故答案应为C，意为“一个骨骼的复制品”。A项为“骨骼的画像”；B项为“Lucy的照片”；D项为“Lucy的书面记录”。 3．How many cities has Lucy’s U．S.tour plan already included? A．Four. B．Five. C．Six. D．Eleven. 答案　B 解析　细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“...which will start in Houston...”和第四段中的“...will also go to Washington，New York，Denver and Ch