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1、湖北省随州市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练(2)(答案或解析)LONDON(Reuters)—Quietplease—Britain’sQueenElizabethispreparingtohaveherswanscounted.BuckinghamPalacehasannouncedthattheannualSwanUpping,atraditiondatingbacktothe12thcenturywhichinvolvesacensusoftheswanpopulationontheRiverThames,willbeconductedbytheQueen’soff
2、icialSwanMarkerfromJuly2024.“WiththeassistanceoftheQueen’sSwanWarden,ProfessorChristopherPerrinsoftheUniversityofOxford,theswansandyoungcygnets(小天鹅)arealsoassessedforanysignsofinjuryordisease,”BuckinghamPalacesaidinannouncingthecount.TheprocessinvolvestheSwanMarker,DavidBarber,rowinguptheTha
3、mesforfivedayswiththeSwanWardenintraditionalskiffswhilewearingspecialscarletuniformsandcounting,weighingandmeasuringswansandcygnets.Itmayseemeccentric,butitisveryimportanttotheQueen,Accordingtocustom,Britain’ssovereignownsallunmarked,muteswansinopenwater,buttheQueennowexercisestherightonlyons
4、tretchesoftheThamesanditsnearbytributaries.Inmedievaltimes,theSwanMarkerwouldnotonlytraveluptherivercountingtheswans,butwouldcatchasmanyaspossibleastheyweresoughtafterforbanquetsandfeasts.Thisyear,theSwanMarkerandtheSwanWardenareparticularlykeentodiscoverhowmuchdamageisbeingcausedtoswansandc
5、ygnetsbyattacksfromdogsandfromdiscardedfishingtackle(渔具).ItisalsoanimportantyearbecauseQueenElizabethhasdecidedtojoinherteamofSwanUppersforpartofthecensus.Shewillfollowthemuptheriverandvisitalocalschoolprojectonthewholesubjectofswans,cygnetsandtheThames.“Educationandconservationareessentialto
6、theroleofSwanUppingandtheinvolvementofschoolchildrenisalwaysarewardingexperience,”BuckinghamPalacesaid.[语篇解读] 泰晤士河上每年都要举行一个重要的活动:数天鹅。英国皇室的这一传统已经延续了好几个世纪。1.Inmedievaltimes,________.9A.swanswerebetterprotectedthannowB.alotofswanswerekilledbydogsC.swanswereadeliciousdishonroyalbanquetsD.commonpe
7、oplecouldcatchtheswans[解析] 细节理解题。从文章倒数第四段可知,在中世纪天鹅被捉住,然后成为皇家宴会上的美味。[答案] C2.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheprocessofcountingtheswans________.A.remainsalmostunchangedinthepastyearsB.involvesalotofroyalmembersC.sometimeslastslongerthanbeforeD.is
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