2022届二轮复习高考英语专练： 阅读理解目的意图（含解析）

2022届二轮复习高考英语专练： 目的意图 1 Flocks of hundreds of regent honeyeaters（王吸蜜鸟）could once be spotted all over south-eastern Australia on a regular basis, but today the species is critically endangered, with only 300 believed to exist in the entire world. They were also known for the complexity of their mating songs, but as their numbers started declining, scientists started noticing male regent honeyeaters didn’t even sound like their species anymore. Today, there is enough evidence that regent honeyeaters have forgotten how to sing, which could cause the entire species to go extinct. At one point, Australian scientists noticed that male regent honeyeaters were imitating（模仿）the songs of other bird species. Some experts believed that the imitation was a purposeful strategy to avoid attacks from their enemies. However, a recent study showed otherwise. Young regent honeyeaters learn their songs from adult members of their species, just like human children learn to speak, but because they are spread so thin in their habitat-they could occupy probably 10 times the size of the UK but are really small in quantity-many males don’t get to listen to the right songs, so they start adopting the tunes of other bird species. The problem is that these aren’t the songs female regent honeyeaters want to hear, so their chances of finding a mate are very slim. Scientists are now planning to catch wild males that can sing and put them next to caged regent honeyeaters so that the young birds can learn the right song. They then plan to release them into the wild every few years, where they will hopefully be able to attract females and reproduce. “This study shows how damaging population declines and habitat fragmentation（碎片）might be to this critical process in the life of songbirds,” said Dr Sue Zollinger, an expert in animal communication from Manchester Metropolitan University. 1. Why are regent honeyeaters faced with extinction? A. They are short of food. B. They are incapable of imitation. C. Their habitats are badly destroyed. D. Male birds fail to sing the right songs. 2. What is paragraph 2 intended to do? A. Analyse the reason. B. Draw a conclusion. C. Present the problem. D. Add some background. 3. What are scientists doing to help the honeyeaters? A. Broadcasting mating songs to the young birds. B. Introducing wild birds to teach caged ones. C. Training them to escape from the enemies. D. Spreading them in different habitats. 4. Why does the writer mention Dr Sue Zollinger’s words? A. To indicate the difficulty of catching wild birds. B. To offer some strategies for animal communication. C. To point out the critical tunes of the bird’s mating songs. D. To stress the significance of an ideal population per habitat. 2 What do you want to be when you grow up? My answer has always been a vet. We didn’t have pets growing up because my mother was scared of animals. She passed on some of this fear to me. It’s not common you find someon ... ...