课下天天练(十六)阅读语言运用组合练姓名________班级________考号________时间：45分钟Ⅰ.阅读理解A[2022·济南外国语模拟]JosephFrancisCharlesRock(1884－1962)wasanAustrian-Americanexplorer,botanist,andanthropologist(人类学家).Formorethan25years,hetravelledextensivelythroughTibetandYunnan,Gansu,andSichuanprovincesinChinabeforefinallyleavingin1949.In1924,HarvardsentJosephFrancisRockonatreasurehuntthroughChina'ssouthwesternprovinces—theWildWestoftheirday.Butgoldandsilverweren'thistask:Rock,adistinguishedbotanist,soughtonlytofillhisbagswithalltheseeds,saplings,andshrubshecouldfind.Duringhisthreeyearexpedition,hecollected20,000specimensfortheArnoldArboretum(阿诺德植物园)．Botany,though,wasjustoneofRock'sstrengths.Asanethnologist(民族学者),hetookhundredsofphotographsoftheNaxi,atribeinYunnanProvince,recordingtheirnowlostwayoflifeforbothHarvardandNationalGeographic,andtooknotesforaneventual500pagedictionaryoftheirlanguage.HishanddrawnmapofhistravelsthroughChina's“ChoNi”territory,intheHarvardMapCollection,includesmorethanathousandrivers,towns,andmountainsindicatedinbothEnglishandChinese,andwassowellmadethattheU．S.governmentusedittoplanaerialmissionsinWorldWarⅡ.Scientist,linguist,cartographer,photographer,writer—Rockwasnotawallflowerinanysense.Arrogantandselfpossessed,hewouldwalkintoavillageorwarlord'splace“asifheownedtheplace，”saidLisaPearson,theArboretum'sheadlibrarian.Indeclaringhissuccessfulreturnundertheheadline“SeekingStrangeFlowers,intheFarReachesoftheWorld”，theBostonEveningtranscriptranalargephotoofthedaringexplorerwearinginawoollycoatandfoxskinhat.“Indiscussinghisheroismincludinghair-raisingescapesfromdeatheitherfrommountainslides,snowslidesandrobberarmies，hewavestheideaawayasifitisofnoimportance.”TheArboretumandRockpartedwaysafter1927,mainlybecausehistripcostHarvardafortune—about$900,000intoday'sdollars.Fortunately,manyofhisspecimens,manyofhisamazingphotos,andhisgreatstoriesremain.1．Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A．Rock'sservicefortheU．Sgovernment.B．Ro...
