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考点3 阅读理解 一、科普知识类 (2014·重庆卷·C)话题:生活　　词数:259w　难度:★★★★ 　　The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly.Sadly,biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid—we simply weigh too much,and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet,resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink. 　　However, several types of animals can walk on water.One of the most interesting is the common basiliskBasilicus basilicus,a lizard(蜥蜴)native to Central and South America.It can run across water for a distance of several meters,avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water’s surface with its feet.The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward.For humans to do this,we’d need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate“hitting”. 　　But fortunately there is an alternative: cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot),you can create a“non-Newtonian”liquid that doesn’t behave like normal water.Now,if the surface of the water is hit hard enough,particles(粒子)in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard.Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of cornflour. 　　Fun though all this may sound,it’s still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice.If you must do it,then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink—and take a shower afterward! 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。水上行走虽然非常有趣,从理论来说是可能的,但在实践中是不切实际的,这主要是由人体的局限性造成的。 44.Walking on water hasn’t become a reality mainly because humans　　　. A.are not interested in it B.have biological limitations C.have not invented proper tools D.are afraid to make an attempt 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段中的Sadly,biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing...可知,水上行走不能实现是由人体的局限性造成的。 45.What do we know aboutBasilicus basilicusfrom the passage? A.It is lig