《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语必修第一册外研版》

D(2025·江苏徐州第三中学调研卷)
跨学科 An adult African elephant consumes about 223 litres of water and 3,080 pounds of roots, grass and fruit daily. That's like having 634 cans of soda and 1,200 hamburgers every day. This keeps them moving thousands of miles across Africa each year. Elephants usually migrate between March and May. Females live in groups with their children, and quickly run out of the food supply. They hit the road in search of food. Male elephants live alone, so they don't use resources as quickly as the females. Instead, they migrate during their mating cycle. When the females pack their trunks, so do the males.
During migration, elephants face short water supplies and extremely high temperatures. But people are their number-one problem. Poachers(偷猎者) kill 35,000 elephants each year for ivory. Many African farmers build fences(栅栏) to protect crops and cattle, which might block regular migration paths. Traffic roads affect elephant migration, too. During one study of 28 elephants in Central Africa, only one female elephant crossed an unprotected road.
Scientists, wildlife organisations and governments cooperate to find solutions for Africa's elephants. “To unlock the secret of where elephants move and how they move, we place collars(项圈) with a satellite unit inside,” Dr. Michael Chase says. GPS collars help map which routes elephants use most so that countries can establish protected elephant passages.
Locals come in as well. James Isiche, East Africa Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare says, “We have got the community on our side by a project; they've agreed to partner with us to conserve elephants.” The local community run wildlife parks to attract tourists. “This project helps us take care of both the wildlife and our cows,” says Sikira, a tribal elder in Maasai, Kenya. Protecting elephant migration routes allows these gentle giants to survive.
32. What can we learn about the elephants from Paragraph 1?
A. They show an interest in hamburgers.
B. They move south to survive the cold.
C. They migrate for different reasons.
D. Females live shorter for food shortage.
33. What is Paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
A. Results of poaching.
B. Reasons for killing elephants.
C. Difficulties in migrating.
D. Efforts to protect migration paths.
34. Why are collars applied by scientists?
A. To discover the secret of migration.
B. To track elephants with technology.
C. To identify the population of elephants.
D. To explore a new route for migration.
35. What is the best title for the text?
A. Say No to Ivory
B. A Journey in Africa
C. Ready for the Move
D. Technology in Migration

答案： 32.C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Females live in groups with their children，and quickly run out of the food supply... Instead, they migrate during their mating cycle.”可知，大象迁徙的原因各不相同。故选C。
33.C 主旨大意题。根据第二段的内容可知，这一段主要是关于大象迁徙过程中遇到的困难。故选C。
34.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“‘To unlock the secret of where elephants move and how they move, we place collars with a satellite unit inside,’ Dr. Michael Chase says.”可知，科学家使用项圈是为了用技术追踪大象。故选B。
35.C 主旨大意题。结合全文及第一段中的“Elephants usually migrate between March and May.”和最后一段中的“Protecting elephant migration routes allows these gentle giants to survive.”可知，文章主要介绍了大象在迁徙过程中遇到很多困难，威胁其生存，多方合作共同保护大象迁徙路线以助其生存，故C项“为迁徙做好准备”适合作为文章的标题。故选C。

第二节(2024·重庆三峡名校联盟期中)(共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分)
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Ali Crumpacker studied the photos of two bobcat(短尾猫) kittens on her computer screen. “ 36 ,” said Crumpacker, director of The Fund for Animals Wildlife Centre in California.
It also looked like the kittens hadn't been cleaned in a while—something a mother bobcat would do. Crumpacker decided to examine.
The photos had been taken by someone who saw the kittens in his backyard. 37. So he asked the centre staff to save the two bobcat kittens. Centre staff arrived at his house, set up humane(人道的) traps and then waited for the kittens to return. To their surprise, one of the kittens was already there, drinking from the pool!
38. The staff hoped they would soon be on their way to recovery.
More than 380 injured and orphaned animals like this bobcat pair came through the Wildlife Centre last year. 39.
“We always get them when they're really down,” says Kim Spall, who looks after these animals. “But then to see them return to the wild... it's just really beautiful.”
Some animals, however, are not able to return to the wild. For them, the centre becomes a permanent shelter. 40. All are cared for with love.
A. They're too young to be on their own
B. Animals are our best friends so we can't hurt them
C. Ali Crumpacker set out to take a photo of animals in their natural habitat
D. Worried that they might be orphans, he knew the Wildlife Centre could help them
E. After being caught, the kittens were brought to the centre for medical exams
F. Each of the animals lives in conditions as close to their natural habitat as possible
G. The staff nursed the animals back to health and prepared them for return to the wild
36. A 37. D 38. E 39. G 40. F

答案： 36.A 37.D 38.E 39.G 40.F