甘肃省兰州市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解学生选练8.docx

1、甘肃省兰州市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解学生选练8兰州市2016高考英语二轮阅读理解学生选练（8）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。The Maldives faces the threat of extinction from rising sea levels, but the government said on Thursday it was looking to the future with plans to build homes and a golf course that float. An increase in sea levels

2、of just 18 to 59 centimeters would make the Maldivesa nation of tiny coral islands in the Indian Oceanvirtually uninhabitable by 2100, the UNs climate change panel has warned. President Mohamed Nasheed has vowed a fight for survival, and last month he signed a deal with a Dutch company to study prop

3、osals for a floating structure that could support a conference centre, homes and an 18-hole golf course. “It is still early stages and we are awaiting a report on the practicality,” a government official who declined to be named said. The company, Dutch Docklands, is currently building floating deve

4、lopments in the Netherlands and Dubai. There was no immediate comment from the firm but its website said it undertook projects that make “land from water by providing large-scale floating constructions to create similar conditions as on land”. The Maldives began to work on an artificial island known

5、 as the Hulhumale near the crowded capital island of Male in 1997 and more than 30,000 people have been settled there to ease congestion. The city, which has a population of 100,000, is already protected from rising sea levels by a 30-million-dollar sea wall, and the government is considering increa

6、singly imaginative ways to combat climate change. Nasheed, who staged the worlds first underwater cabinet meeting in October to highlight his peoples serious and difficult situation, has even spoken of buying land elsewhere in the world to enable Maldivians to relocate if their homes are completed c

7、overed. He has also promised to turn his nation into a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020. His plan involves ending fossil fuel use and powering all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources such as burning coconut husks. 1. Why do you think Mohamed Nasheed chose

8、Dutch Docklands? A. Because it has experience in building floating structure. B. Because it has a good fame throughout the world. C. Because it charged much less than other companies. D. Because it supports building floating structures in the world. 2. The Hulhumale was built with the purpose of. A.

9、 attracting more visitors B. making it a new capitalC. making the capital less crowded D. fighting against climate change3. According to the last two paragraphs, Nasheed is a person who. A. has succeeded in buying land abroad B. is more than well-knownC. has thought more for his nation D. has stoppe

10、d using fossil fuel4. The underlined word “vowed” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by. A. ended B. promised C. failed D. weighed【参考答案】14、ACCB 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Rivers may be a significant source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (一氧化二氮), scientists now find. Their calculation sugg

11、ests that across the globe the waterways contribute three times the amount of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere as had been estimated by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations scientific body charged with reviewing climate change research. They found that the amount of ni

12、trous oxide produced in streams is related to human activities that release nitrogen (氮) into the environment, such as fertilizer use and sewage discharges. “Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and intensive agriculture, have increased the availability of nitrogen in the environment,”

13、 said Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lead author of the paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Much of this nitrogen is transported into river and stream networks,

14、” Beaulieu said. There, microbes (微生物) convert the nitrogen into nitrous oxide (also called laughing gas) and an inert gas called dinitrogen (二氮). The finding is important, the researchers say, because nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and destruction of t

15、he stratospheres ozone layer, which protects us from the suns harmful ultraviolet (紫外线) radiation. Compared with carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide is 300-fold more powerful in terms of its warming potential, though carbon dioxide is a far more common greenhouse gas. Scientists estimate nitrous oxide acc

16、ounts for about 6 percent of human-induced climate change. Beaulieu and colleagues measured nitrous oxide production rates in 72 streams. When summed across the globe, the results showed rivers and streams are the source of at least 10 percent of human-caused nitrous oxide emissions to the atmospher

17、e. “Changes in agricultural and land-use practices that result in less nitrogen being delivered to streams would reduce nitrous oxide emissions from river networks,” Beaulieu said.1. From the second paragraph we can learn. A. actually rivers give off much more nitrous oxide than expectedB. scientist

18、s calculation is totally wrongC. human activities release nitrous oxide in to the riversD. there is no nitrogen in fertilizer2. Which of the following is NOT the source of nitrogen? A. Fertilizer use. B. Sewage discharges. C. Fossil fuel combustion. D. Climate change. 3. Nitrous oxide is a powerful

19、greenhouse gas because. A. it can protect us from the suns harmful ultraviolet radiationB. it is to blame for most of human-induced climate changeC. it is a far more common greenhouse gasD. it has much more warming potential than carbon dioxide4. What does the passage mainly tells us? A. Rivers may

20、be a source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. B. Its human activities that release nitrogen into the environment. C. How to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from river networksD What to do with the climate change caused by nitrous oxide. 【参考答案】14、ADDA ACan you imagine being savagely attacked by a d

21、og? What if the attack was so severe that your nose, lips and chin were completely destroyed? How would you feel about yourself? Would you be able to look at yourself in the mirror? And how do you think other people would treat you? Isabelle Dinoire is someone who can answer all of these questions h

22、onestly and openly. Last November Isabelle was attacked and mauled by her own dog. The attack was so severe that her lower face was damaged; it seemed, almost beyond repair. She was rushed to hospital and became the first person ever to have a face transplant. With such severe injuries doctors offer

23、ed Isabelle little hope that they would be able to repair the damage to her face using conventional surgery. Shortly after being admitted, she came to the attention of Dr Bernard Devauchelle who, unlike other surgeons, believed there was an alternative: We found ourselves saying, yes, its clear this

24、 woman needs a transplant, he said.Two days after the operation she saw her face in the mirror for the first timeShe said, I was scared to look at myself, but when I did it was already marvelous and I couldnt believe itI thought it would be blue and swollen but it was already beautifulNow, less than

25、 a year after her 15-hour operation, she s trying to rebuild her life and there is no doubt how she feels about her new face: I have been savedLots of people write saying that I need to go on, that it s wonderfulIt s a miracle somehowAlthough there were ethical questions raised about their decision

26、to carry out the procedure, the doctors who operated on Isabelle are quick to defend their decisionOne of them said, Was it possible for her to live without a face? Its easy to say we shouldnt have done the operation, but her life has changed, she goes shopping, goes on holiday, she lives again1What

27、 would be the best title of the passage? AA Face Operation BThe First Face TransplantCThe Most Severe Damaged Face DThe Breakthrough of Surgery2The writer uses the five questions at the beginning of the passage to _Atell the story about Isabelle Dinoire Bshow a severe face damage eventCinvite the re

28、aders to answer them Ddraw the readers attention to the topic3It can be concluded from Isabelle Dinoire s remarks thatAshe was satisfied with the result of the operationBshe was too shocked to see herself in the mirrorCshe thought her damaged face couldnt be repairedDshe looked more beautiful than b

29、efore参考答案1-3 BDA BNear the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new houses where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.The

30、expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about th

31、e future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the te

32、mple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.4. The expert doesnt want to _ the old famous temple.A. rebuild B. protect C. pull down D. fall down5. The businessman thinks building houses there can _