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1、2019高考英語(廣東)閱讀理解系列(7)(精品)三、實戰(zhàn)演練(精選20篇閱讀理解含答案解析)LONDON(Reuters)—Quietplease—Britain’sQueenElizabethispreparingtohaveherswanscounted.BuckinghamPalacehasannouncedthattheannualSwanUpping,atraditiondatingbacktothe12thcenturywhichinvolvesacensusoftheswanpo
2、pulationontheRiverThames,willbeconductedbytheQueen’sofficialSwanMarkerfromJuly2024.“WiththeassistanceoftheQueen’sSwanWarden,ProfessorChristopherPerrinsoftheUniversityofOxford,theswansandyoungcygnets(小天鵝)arealsoassessedforanysignsofinjuryordisease,”B
3、uckinghamPalacesaidinannouncingthecount.TheprocessinvolvestheSwanMarker,DavidBarber,rowinguptheThamesforfivedayswiththeSwanWardenintraditionalskiffswhilewearingspecialscarletuniformsandcounting,weighingandmeasuringswansandcygnets.Itmayseemeccentric,b
4、utitisveryimportanttotheQueen,Accordingtocustom,Britain’ssovereignownsallunmarked,muteswansinopenwater,buttheQueennowexercisestherightonlyonstretchesoftheThamesanditsnearbytributaries.Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingt
5、heswans,butwouldcatchasmanyaspossibleastheyweresoughtafterforbanquetsandfeasts.Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSwanWardenareparticularlykeentodiscoverhowmuchdamageisbeingcausedtoswansandcygnetsbyattacksfromdogsandfromdiscardedfishingtackle(漁具).Itisalsoa
6、nimportantyearbecauseQueenElizabethhasdecidedtojoinherteamofSwanUppersforpartofthecensus.Shewillfollowthemuptheriverandvisitalocalschoolprojectonthewholesubjectofswans,cygnetsandtheThames.“EducationandconservationareessentialtotheroleofSwanUppingandt
7、heinvolvementofschoolchildrenisalwaysarewardingexperience,”BuckinghamPalacesaid.[語篇解讀] 泰晤士河上每年都要舉行一個重要旳活動:數(shù)天鵝·英國皇室旳這一傳統(tǒng)已經(jīng)延續(xù)了好幾個世紀(jì)·1.Inmedievaltimes,________.A.swanswerebetterprotectedthannowB.alotofswanswerekilledbydogsC.swanswereadeliciousdishonroya
8、lbanquetsD.commonpeoplecouldcatchtheswans[解析] 細(xì)節(jié)理解題·從文章倒數(shù)第四段可知,在中世紀(jì)天鵝被捉住,然后成為皇家宴會上旳美味·[答案] C2.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheprocessofcountingtheswans________.A.remainsalmostunchangedinthepastyearsB.involvesalotofroyalmembersC.sometimeslastslongertha