湖北省随州市2014高考英语阅读理解短文改错训练

1湖北省随州市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练（2）（答案或解析）LONDON(Reuters)—Quietplease—Britain’sQueenElizabethispreparingtohaveherswanscounted.BuckinghamPalacehasannouncedthattheannualSwanUpping,atraditiondatingbacktothe12thcenturywhichinvolvesacensusoftheswanpopulationontheRiver“WiththeassistanceoftheQueen’sSwanWarden,ProfessorChristopherPerrinsoftheUniversityofOxford,theswansandyoungcygnets(小天鹅)arealsoassessedforanysignsofinjuryordisease，”BuckinghamPalacesaidinannouncingthecount.TheprocessinvolvestheSwanMarker,DavidBarber,rowinguptheThamesforfivedayswiththeSwanWardenintraditionalskiffswhilewearingspecialscarletuniformsandcounting,weighingandmeasuringswansandcygnets.Itmayseemeccentric,butitisveryimportanttotheQueen,Accordingtocustom,Britain’ssovereignownsallunmarked,muteswansinopenwater,buttheQueennowexercisestherightonlyonstretchesoftheThamesanditsnearbytributaries.Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingtheswans,butwouldcatchasmanyaspossibleastheyweresoughtandfeasts.Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSwanWardenareparticularlykeentodiscoverhowmuchdamageisbeingcausedtoswansandcygnetsbyattacksfromdogsandfromdiscardedfishingtackle(渔具)．ItisalsoanimportantyearbecauseQueenElizabethhasdecidedtojoinherteamofSwanUppersforpartofthecensus.Shewillfollowthemuptheriverandvisitalocalschoolprojectonthewholesubjectofswans,cygnetsandtheThames.“EducationandconservationareessentialtotheroleofSwanUppingandtheinvolvementofschoolchildrenisalwaysarewardingexperience，”BuckinghamPalacesaid.[语篇解读]泰晤士河上每年都要举行一个重要的活动：数天鹅。英国皇室的这一传统已经延续了好几个世纪。1.Inmedievaltimes，________.2A.swanswerebetterprotectedthannowB.alotofswanswerekilledbydogsC.swanswereadeliciousdishonroyalbanquetsD.commonpeoplecouldcatchtheswans[解析]细节理解题。从文章倒数第四段可知，在中世纪天鹅被捉住，然后成为皇家宴会上的美味。[答案]C2．Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheprocessofcountingtheswans________.A.remainsalmostunchangedinthepastyearsB.involvesalotofroyalmembersC.sometimeslastslongerthanbeforeD.isalwaysguardedbyspecialsoldiers[解析]推理判断题。从文章第四段对数天鹅过程的描述以及参与清点的官员的穿着打扮可知，其过程几乎没有变化，因为这是一项传统活动。[答案]A3．Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSwanWardenmainlywanttofindout________.A.theexactnumberofswansandcygnetsB.howalocalschoolprojectisgoingonC.howmuchdamagetheswansandcygnetssufferD.howeducationandconservationarecarriedoutalongtheThames[解析]细节理解题。从文章倒数第三段内容可知答案为C。[答案]C4．Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthepassage?A.Britain’sQueenisconcernedaboutswans.B.Britain’sQueenordersacountofswans.C.AnoldtraditioninBuckinghamPalace.D.QueenElizabethwillcountswansherself.[解析]主旨大意题。文章第一段是本文的主题段，英国女王下令清点泰晤士河上的天鹅的数量。[答案]B5．Theunderlinedword“tributaries”canbebestreplacedby________.A.districtsB.banksC.treesD.branches[解析]词义理解题。根据语境和常识可知，此处是指在泰晤士河及其支流上生活的天3鹅。故答案为D。[答案]D[长难句解读]Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingtheswans,butwouldcatchasmanyaspossibleastheywere在中世纪，负责清点天鹅的人不仅沿河清点天鹅的数量，还会尽可能多地捕捉一些，因为天鹅当时是宴会桌上的美餐。本句是一个并列句，notonly...but(also)．..引导并列句，后面的as引导原因状语从句。*********************************************************************结束短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。LastSundaymyfatherandIwentfishingalongariver.Wefoundthewaterverydirtythatwecouldhardlycatchanyfishinit.Alotoffactoriesalongtheriveralwayspouredtheirwastewaterandrubbishstraightlyintotheriver,whichmadetheriverpolluting.Inthiswaymostofthefishintheriverwaskilled.Unlesstheriversalloverthecountryarepollutedlikethis,nolivingthingswillbeexistinthewater.Asweallknow,environmentalpollutiondogreatharmtolivingthings.Nowmoreandmorepeoplehaverealizedwhatseriousthisproblemis.Ourgovernmentisdoingherbesttotakemeasuretofightagainstpollution.Weexpectthatwaterineveryriverwillbemadecleanerandcleanerbeforelong.【参考答案】very→sostraightly→straightpolluting→pollutedwas→were4Unless→Ifbe→bedo→doeswhat→howmeasure→measureswater→thewater*********************************************************结束链接2（2012北京卷）TheBasicsofMath—MadeClearBasicMathintroducesstudentstothebasicconceptsofmathematics,aswellasthefundamentalsofmoretrickyareas.These30fantasticlecturesaredesignedtoprovidestudentswithanunderstandingofarithmeticandtopreparethemforAlgebra(代数)andbeyond.ThelessonsinBasicMathcovereverybasicaspectofarithmetic.Theyalsolookintoexponents(指数),theorderofoperations,andsquareroots.Inadditiontolearninghowtoperformvariousmathematicaloperations,studentsdiscoverwhytheseoperationswork,howaparticularmathematicaltopicrelatestootherbranchesofmathematics,andhowtheseoperationscanbeusedpractically.BasicMathstartsfromtherelativelyeasierconceptsandgraduallymovesontothemoretroublesomeones,soastoallowforsteadyandsureunderstandingofthematerialbystudents.Thelecturesofferstudentsthechanceto“makesense”ofmathematicalknowledgethatmayhaveseemedsofrightening.Theyalsohelpstudentsprepareforcollegemathematicsandovercometheiranxietyaboutthisamazing—andcompletelyunderstandable—fieldofstudy.Bytheconclusionofthecourse,studentswillhaveimprovedtheirunderstandingofbasicmat