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2017年考研英语阅读理解模拟题（二）及答案：理学类
It has long been known that the rate of oxidative metabolism (the process that uses oxygen to convert food into energy) in any animal has a profound effect on its living patterns. The high metabolic rate of small animals， for example， gives them sustained power and activity per unit of weight， but at the cost of requiring constant consumption of food and water. Very large animals， with their relatively low metabolic rates， can survive well on a sporadic food supply， but can gen- erate little metabolic energy per gram of body weight. If only oxidative metabolic rate is considered， there- fore， one might assume that smaller， more active， animals could prey on larger ones， at least if they attacked in groups. Perhaps they could if it were not for anaerobic glycolysis， the great equalizer.
Anaerobic glcolysis is a process in which energy is produced， without oxygen， through the breakdown of muscle glycogen into lactic acid and adenosine tri- phosphate (ATP)， the energy provider. The amount of energy that can be produced anaerobically is a function of the amount of glycogen present-in all vertebrates about 0.5 percent of their muscles' wet weight. Thus the anaerobic energy reserves of a verte- brate are proportional to the size of the animal. If， for example， some predators had attacked a 100-ton dinosaur， normally torpid， the dinosaur would have been able to generate almost instantaneously， via anaerobic glycolysis， the energy of 3，000 humans at maximum oxidative
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metabolic energy production. This explains how many large species have managed to compete with their more active neighbors： the compensation for a low oxidative metabolic rate is glycolysis.
There are limitations， however， to this compensa- tion. The glycogen reserves of any animal are good， at most， for only about two minutes at maximum effort， after which only the normal oxidative metabolic source of energy remains. With the conclusion of a burst of activity， the lactic acid level is high in the body fluids， leaving the large animal vulnerable to attack until the acid is reconverted， via oxidative metabolism， by the liver into glucose， which is then sent (in part) back to the muscles for glycogen resyn- thesis. During this process the enormous energy debt that the animal has run up through anaerobic glycolysis must be repaid， a debt that is proportionally much greater for the larger vertebrates than for the smaller ones. Whereas the tiny shrew can replace in minutes the glycogen used for maximum effort， for example， the gigantic dinosaur would have required more than three weeks. It might seem that this inter- minably long recovery time in a large vertebrate would prove a grave disadvantage for survival. Fortunately， muscle glycogen is used only when needed and even then only in whatever quantity is necessary. Only in times of panic or during mortal combat would the entire reserves be consumed.
1. What is the text mainly about?。
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[A] refute a misconception about anaerobic glycolysis. [B] introduce a new hypothesis about anaerobic glycolysis. [C] describe the limitations of anaerobic glycolysis.
[D] explain anaerobic glycolysis and its effects on animal survival.
2. According to the author， glycogen is crucial to the process of anaerobic glyrolysis because glycogen
[A] increases the organism‘s need for ATP. [B] reduces the amount of ATP in the tissues.
[C] is an inhibitor of the oxidative metabolic production of ATP. [D] is the material form which ATP is derived.
3. It is implied that the total anaerobic energy reserves of a vertebrate are proportional to its size because
[A] larger vertebrate conserve more energy than smaller vertebrates.
[B] larger vertebrates use less oxygen per unit weight than smaller vertebrates. [C] the ability of a vertebrate to consume food is a function of its size. [D]the amount of muscle tissue in a vertebrate is directly related to its size，
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4. According to the text， a major limitation of anaerobic glycolysis is that it can
[A] produce in large animals more lactic acid than the liver can safely reconvert. [B] necessitate a dangerously long recovery period in large animals. [C] reduce energy more slowly than it can be used by large animals. [D]consume all of the available glycogen regardless of need.
5. Which of the following audiences is the author most probably addressing?
[A] College students in an introductory course on animal physiology. [B] Historians of science investigating the discovery of anaerobic glycolysis. [C] Graduate students with specialized training in comparative anatomy. [D] Zoologists interested in prehistoric animals.
参考答案：
1. D 主旨题。本题的问题是“本文主要是关于什么?”文章第一段首先提到动物的氧化新陈代谢率对其生存方式造成的影响，随后引出了无氧糖酵解这个概念;第二段解释了无氧糖酵解，第三段介绍了无氧糖酵解的局限性以及对动物的生存产生的影响。这说明[D]“解释无氧糖酵解及其对动物生存产生的影响”可以表达本文的主题，为正确答案。文中没有提到有关无氧糖酵解的错误观念和新假说，所以[A]“反驳有关无氧糖酵解的一个错
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误概念”和[B]“介绍有关无氧糖酵解的一种新假说”属于无中生有;[C]“描述无氧糖酵解的局限性”只是第三段的内容，比较片面，不能表达本文的主题。
2. D 细节题。本题的问题是“根据作者的观点，糖原质对于无氧糖酵解的过程至关重要。因为糖原质——”。题干中的“glycogen”出自文章第二段第一句话中，表明本题与第二段有关。第二段在解释无氧糖酵解时提到，无氧糖酵解可以产生能量是糖原质存在的作用，其能量是由、肌糖原质分解成乳酸和三磷酸腺苷而产生的，而能量的供应者是三磷酸腺苷。这说明，糖原质是无氧糖酵解的能量来源，也就是三磷酸腺苷的来源。[D]“是从中获得三磷酸腺苷的物质”是对文章第二段中“through the breakdown of muscle glycogen into lactic acid and adenosine triphosphate(ATP)”这句话的改写，为正确答案。文中没有提到加大三磷酸腺苷的需求和降低其含量的问题，所以[A]“加大了生物体对三磷酸腺苷的需求”和[B]“降低了组织中三磷酸腺苷的含量”属于无中生有;[C]“是三磷酸腺苷的氧化新陈代谢生产的抑制者”与文意相反。
3. D 推论题。本题的问题是“文中暗示，脊椎动物的总无氧能源储备与其体型大小相称，因为 ”。题干中的“are proportional to its size”出自文章第二段第三句话中，表明本题与第二段有关。第二段提到，糖原质大约占脊椎动物肌肉净重的0.5%，所以脊椎动物的无氧性能量储存同其体型的大小相称;随后列举的恐龙例if-解释了其中的原翻：由于恐龙的体型庞大，所以它可以通过无氧糖酵解在瞬间产生很大的能量。由此可知。肌肉越多，糖原质的含量就越多，而只有体型越大，肌肉才越多。[D]“脊椎动物体内的肌肉组织量同其体型大小直接相关”是对文章第二段中“the anaerobic energy reserves of a vertebrate are proportional to the size of the animal”这句话的改写，为正确答案。[A]“较大的脊椎动物储备的能量比较小的脊椎动物多”是针对文中“the anaerobic
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