2024年4月23日发(作者：)

2021

年英语高考全国甲卷

（考区：四川、云南、贵州、广西、西藏）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分

40

分）

第一节（共

15

小题；每小题

2

分，满分

30

分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的

A

、

B

、

C

和

D

四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Takeaview,theLandscape(

风景）

PhotographeroftheYearAward,wastheidea

ofCharlieWaite,oneoftoday'ar,the

highstandardofentrieshasshownthattheAwardsaretheperfectplatformto

iewisa

desirableannualcompetitionforphotographersfromallcornersoftheUKand

beyond.

MikeShepherdItwasanextremelycoldwinter'sevening

（2011）

edto

SkiddawinWinterthetopofasmallriseandrealisedthatthe

Cumbria,Englandmistwaslittlemorethanafewfeet

deep,andthoughitwasonlyashortclimb.I

foundmyselfcompletelyaboveitand

lookingatawonderfullyclearviewof

Skiddawwiththesunsettinginthewest.I

usedclassicaltechniques,translatedfrom

mycollegedaysspentinthedarkroominto

evetheblack-and-white

image(图像）

TimothySmithIwasbackinmyhometownof

（2014）

Macclesfieldtotakesomewinter

gupapaththroughtheforest

ForesttowardsShutlingsloe,alocalhighpoint,I

Cheshire,Englandcameacrossasmallclearingand

immediatelynoticedthedeadyellow

ll

pineaddedtotheinterestandIplacedit

centrallytotaketheviewfromthe

foregroundrightthroughintotheforest.

ldmostprobablyenterforTakeaview?

raphers.

ts

theworksbyShepherdandSmithhaveincommon?

ewinterimages

einblackandwhite.

owmountainousscenes

cusonsnow-coveredforests.

anthetextbefound?

torybook.

tmagazine

el

graphy

B

PortLympneReserve,whichrunsabreeding(

繁育

)programme,haswelcomedthe

arrivalofarareblackrhinocalf(

犀牛幼崽）

.Whenthetinycreaturearrivedon

icialsat

PortLympneweredelightedwiththenewarrival,especiallyasblackrhinosareknown

forbeingdifficulttobreedincaptivity(

圈养

).

PaulBeer,headofrhinosectionatPortLympne,said:“Obviouslywe'reall

's

healthy,her,Solio,isafirst-time

'sstillalittletoocoldforthemtogooutinto

theopen,butassoonastheweatherwarmsup,Ihavenodoubtthatthelittleonewill

beoutandaboutexploringandplayingeveryday.”

Theadorablefemalecalfisthesecondblackrhinobornthisyearatthe

reserve,butitistooearlytotellifthecalveswillmakegoodcandidatestobereturned

strhinotobebornatPortLympnearrivedon

her,

grandmotherandgreatgrandmotherwereallbornatthereserveandstilllivethere.

AccordingtotheWorldWildlifeFund,theglobalblackrhinopopulationhasdropped

aslowas5500,givingtherhinosa“criticallyendangered”status.

fthefollowingbestdescribesthebreedingprogramme?

.

versial.

ous.

sful.

esPaulBeersayaboutthenew-bornrhino?

esstayingwithhermother.

likesoutdooractivities.

ngoodcondition

ensitivetoheat.

milarexperiencedoSolioandKisimahave?

dtheirfirstborninJanuary

joyedexploringnewplaces

vedwiththeirgrandmothers

rebroughttothereserveyoung.

nbeinferredaboutPortLympneReserve?

nosectionwillbeopentothepublic.

tocontrolthenumberoftheanimals.

continuetoworkwiththeWorldWildlifeFund.

itsrhinosmaybesenttotheprotectedwildareas.

C