超实用高三年高考题型组合套练：第十九练 阅读、七选五、完形、语法填空 组合练（原卷版）.docxVIP

高三年高考题型组合套练第十九练

阅读、七选五、完形、语法填空组合练

一、阅读理解

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ScientistshaverecentlydiscoveredthatAndeancondors(秃鹫)—someoftheworld’slargestbirds—barelyflaptheirwingsatallwhileflying.Instead,theyuserisingaircurrentstoremainintheairforhours.

TheAndeancondoristheworld’slargestsoaringbird.Theycanweighupto15kilograms.Theirwings,whenspreadout,measureuptothreemeters.Theirmainfoodsourceisthemeatoflargeanimalswhichhavedied.Soaringhighintheskyallowscondorstoeasilyspotpossiblemealsontheground.

Scientistsworkedtogethertostudytheflightpatternsofthesehugebirdsandhowmucheffortthebirdsusewhenflying.Tostudythebirdswhiletheywereinthesky,theresearchersattachedspecialdeviceswhichcouldrecordeverybeatoftheirwings.

Thescientistslearnedthatmostofthecondors’flapping—over75%—camewhenthebirdsweretakingoff.Onceinthesky,thebirdsflewforverylongperiodsoftimewithoutflappingatall.Infact,theyonlyflappedtheirwingsfor1%ofthetimetheywereintheair.Onebirdflewforoverfivehourswithoutflapping,coveringnearly117miles.

Soaringwithoutflappingisimportantbecausebirdsburnenergyeverytimetheyflaptheirwings.

Thebirds’soaringisn’tmagic.Theyusethefactthathotairrisestokeepthemselvesup.Ashotairrises,itoftencreates“thermals”—currentsofwarmairmovingupward.Thecondorssoarbymakinguseofthesethermals.Thetrickypartisfindingthermalsandmovingbetweenthem.

Whenbirdsareforcedtolandandtakeoffagainoften,itcoststhemalotofenergy.Theresearcherslearnedthattoavoidhavingtoland,thecondorsdidmostoftheirnon-take-offflappingwhentheywereclosertothegroundandlookingforanewthermal.

Thescientistsreportedthateventhoughallofthecondorstheystudiedwereyoung,theyknewwellhowtotakeadvantageoftheaircurrents.

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