原创题28-【金版教程】2025年高考英语一轮总复习首选用卷全书Word（新教材）

金版教程　高考总复习首选用卷　英语 创新思维挑战练 原创题28 It's an increasingly familiar sight in US cities and suburbs: Workers wearing gloves, masks and other protective equipment fasten the backpack type devices with plastic tubes. They begin wetting trees, bushes and even house walls with pesticides (杀虫剂) targeting an age­old creature: mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have long been carriers of some serious diseases in tropical (热带的) nations. Now, with climate change widening the insect's range of activities and lengthening its prime season, more Americans are turning to the booming industry of professional yard spraying. “If you like to be outside, it certainly makes it more pleasant not to be driving away mosquitoes and worrying about all the issues，” said a local citizen. But the heavy use of chemicals worries scientists who fear it is harming pollinators (传粉者) and posing a growing threat to birds that eat insects. “The materials these companies spray kill all insects，” said Lynn Goldman, a professor of environmental health at the George Washington University. “They include bees, butterflies and all kinds of other beneficial insects that maybe people don't love but need. It's not good to have this kind of random killing which really messes up the whole ecosystem.” More than 40% of insect species worldwide are threatened with extinction, including some pollinators such as bees and butterflies, according to the journal Biological Conservation. Mosquito­killing companies which have been multiplying with the skyrocketing demand, say they try to reduce pollinator loss but acknowledge there's still unavoidable damage. David Price, the director of a company offering technical services said, “We need our pollinators. They're incredibly important. But at the same time, it's necessary for us to kill mosquitoes that carry diseases.\” The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported sharp increases in illnesses spread by mosquitoes and other blood feeders. Zika, Chikungunya and West Nile viruses have turned up in the US. Asian tiger mosquitoes and yellow fever mosquitoes that originate in the tropics are now common in Southern states and have begun troubling Southern California. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。气候变化扩大了蚊子的活动范围，延长了它们的黄金季节，越来越多的美国人开始在庭院喷洒杀虫剂，科学家担心这会给其他益虫以及一些鸟类带来伤害。 1．Why are the workers mentioned in the beginning? A．To show the difficulty in removing mosquitoes. B．To introduce the mosquito problem to be discussed. C．To imply the potential harm of pesticides to people. D．To prove the commonness of mosquitoes in the US. 答案：B　推理判断题。根据第一段内容，尤其是其中的“targeting an age­old creature：mosquitoes”以及下文关于气候变化对蚊子的影响和使用杀虫剂来灭蚊的情况的介绍可推知，文章开头提及灭蚊工人是为了引出下文要谈论的有关蚊子的问题。故选B。 2．What is Lynn Goldman's attitude toward pesticide using? A．Doubtful. B．Favorable. C．Subjective. D．Opposed. 答案：D　推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，Lynn Goldman (林恩·高曼)认为这些公司喷洒的杀虫剂会杀死蜜蜂、蝴蝶和各种有益的昆虫。这种随意杀戮是不好的，会扰乱整个生态系统。由此可推知，Lynn Goldman对使用杀虫剂持反对态度。故选D。 3．What message is conveyed in Paragraph 4? A．Caution is the parent of safety. B．Prevention is better than cure. C．You can't have your cake and eat it. D．Don't attend to two things at a time. 答案：C　段落大意题。根据第四段内容可知，灭蚊公司想要杀死那些携带疾病的蚊子，但同时又会导致传粉者的死亡，即鱼与熊掌不可兼得。故选C。 4．What can we infer about mosquitoes from the last paragraph? A．Their range of activities is expanded. B．Their population increases significantly. C．They compete for survival with other insects. D．They evolve to be more harmful and dangerous. 答案：A　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Zika, Chikungunya and ... have begun troubling Southern California.”可知，寨卡病毒、基孔肯亚病毒和西尼罗河病毒已经在美国出现。起源于热带地区的亚洲虎蚊和黄热病蚊子现在在南部各州很常见，并开始困扰南加州。由此可推知，蚊子的活动范围扩大了。故选A。 Logan Schneider was helping his brother tend his cherry orchard when disaster struck literally. While he was riding a tractor down a row of trees, a helicopter fell from the sky and landed directly on him. Logan was wearing noise­canceling headphones just before the crash, so he didn't notice the helicopter until the plane broke the wires when it crashed. He barely had time to brace himself before a fire broke out and he was pinned against the steering wheel. As he managed to wriggle out of the wreckage, he heard pilot Cori Johnson screaming for help. “I heard him screaming，”Logan recalled. “I looked and I saw him upside down hanging. Fire was everywhere. When I was in the moment I really wasn't thinking. I was just doing.” Logan reached through the flames and unhooked the pilot's safety harness, allowing him to escape. Once he was on his feet, Logan helped him get away just seconds before flames burst 30 feet into the air. “Looking at what happened, I don't know how we both got out，” Logan said. Firefighters arrived and had to de­energize the power lines before putting out the blaze. Both Cori and Logan were taken to the hospital with painful injuries. While Logan suffered second­degree burns on his arms and muscle damage in his back, Cori had a broken arm and multiple burns. “They rushed me and the guy to hospital，” Logan said. “I'm lucky to be alive.” Logan has always planned to enroll in aviation school so he can become a commercial airline pilot. The crash has not deterred him, and he still plans to take to the skies at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington this fall. If anything, this fateful accident has strengthened his convictions and confirmed his beliefs. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Logan Schneider (洛根·施奈德)在果园驾驶拖拉机时遇到直升机坠机，他在直升机爆炸前成功地救出飞行员的故事。 1．Why did Logan fail to notice the helicopter beforehand? A．He was a bit deaf. B．It was far from him. C．The sound of tractor was too loud. D．The earphones blocked the noise out. 答案：D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Logan was wearing noise­canceling headphones just before the crash”可知，在坠机前，Logan因戴着降噪耳机而没有及时发现直升机。故选D。 2．What can we learn from the passage? A．The helicopter exploded. B．Logan broke his arm. C．Villagers came to their rescue. D．Logan is a commercial airline pilot. 答案：A　细节理解题。根据第五段内容可知，飞行员离开几秒钟后，火焰就冲到 30 英尺高的空中，即直升机爆炸了。故选A。 3．What does the underlined word “deterred” mean in the last paragraph? A．Disappointed. B．Discouraged. C．Distracted. D．Dismissed. 答案：B　词义猜测题。根据画线词下文中的“and he still plans to ... in Moses Lake, Washington this fall”可知，他仍计划今年秋天在华盛顿摩西莱克的大本德社区学院学习飞行，即这场爆炸并没有阻止他学习飞行，由此可推知，画线词意为“阻止”。故选B。 4．Which words best describe Logan? A．Determined and brave. B．Cautious and kind. C．Ambitious and alert. D．Faithful and generous. 答案：A　推理判断题。通读全文可知，尽管Logan遇到直升机坠机事件，他却没有慌张，而是在机身爆炸前沉着冷静地将飞行员救出。这次坠机事故也没有改变他想当飞行员的梦想，由此可推知，他勇敢且意志坚定。故选A。 5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$