2017届北京市高考英语一轮复习综合练习：1（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届北京市高考英语一轮复习综合练习：1（含解析）

　　48．The passage is probably taken from a book on _____

　　A．pets

　　B．environment

　　C．culture

　　D．nutrition

　　49．It is implied that ____

　　A．Rico is probably cleverer than the average dog

　　B．Only a few dogs can talk back to its owner

　　C．if a chimpanzee is trained ,it can also recognize the names of objects

　　D．All dogs can understand words

　　50．How long is it since Rico’s owner began to train him?

　　A．nine months

　　B．3years

　　C．over nine years

　　D．more than eight years

　　51．Rico can do all the following except _____

　　A．understanding the meanings of certain words.

　　B．picking the right object by process of elimination

　　C．remembering all of the new names he learned

　　D．retrieving toys by their names

　　（D）

　　The well－known Rushmore National Monument in the United States is

　　on the Rush Moore Peak，meters above sea level，of the Black Hills in the south－west of South Dakota. It is a group of huge stone statues of four American presidents，George Washington，Thomas Jefferson，Abraham Licoln and Theodore Roosevelt. President Washington is the founding father of the country；the rd President Jefferson drafted the U. S. Declaration of Independence；the th President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and the26th President Roosevelt protected the average people’s right to compete fairly with trusts. All 1829 meters above sea level， made outstanding achievements for their country. They were pioneers of U. S. historyThe stone statues of presidents were built at the suggestion of an historian in the State of Dakota，with a view to carrying forward the U. S. pioneering spirit everlastingly. The statues are 18meters high. They are the highest and greatest realistic stone statues in the world，taller than a －storied building and larger than the Great Sphinx of Egypt. The size of each head is sq mt，with a meter- long face，a meter -long nose，a meter- wide mouth and two 1.5-meter -wide eyes. Though not facing the same direction，they are all lifelike and look ahead gravely in harmony with fixed gazes. On clear days，one can have a sight of the four presidents with their firm and steady expression at a distance of dozens of kilometers.