高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解14

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解14，共10页。
1.Plants are flwering faster than scientists predict in reactin t climate change, which culd have lng damaging effects n fd chains and ecsystems.
“Glbal warming is having a great effect n hundreds f plant and animal species arund the wrld, changing sme living patterns.” scientists say.
Increased carbn dixide (CO2) in the air frm burning cal and il can have an effect n hw plants prduce xygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns f grwth.
“Predicting species’ reactin t climate change is a majr challenge in eclgy,” said the researchers f several U.S. Universities. They said plants had been the key bject f study because their reactin t climate change culd have an effect n fd chains and ecsystem services.
The study, published n the Nature website, uses the findings frm plant life cycle studies and experiments acrss fur cntinents and 1,634 species. It fund that sme experiments had underestimated the speed f flwering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Acrss all species, the experiments underestimated the speed f the advance—fr bth leafing and flwering—that results frm temperature increases,” the study said.
“The design f future experiments may need t be imprved t better predict hw plants will react t climate change,” it said.
Plants are necessary fr life n the Earth. They are the base f the fd chain, using phtsynthesis (光合作用) t prduce sugar frm carbn dixide and water. They let ut xygen which is needed by nearly every rganism n the planet.
Scientists believe the wrld’s average temperature has risen by abut 0.8 ℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2 ℃ every ten years since 1979.
S far, effrts t cut emissins f planet-warming greenhuse gases are nt seen as enugh t prevent the Earth heating up beynd 2 ℃ this century—a pint scientists say will bring the danger f a changeable climate in which weather extremes are cmmn, leading t drught, flds, crp failures and rising sea levels.
68.What is the key infrmatin the authr wants t give in Paragraph 1?
A. The increasing speed f flwering is beynd scientists’ expectatin.
B. Climate change leads t the change f fd prductin patterns.
C. Plants’ reactin t weather culd have damaging effects n ecsystem.
D. Fd chains have been seriusly damaged because f weather.
69.We can learn frm the study published n the Nature website that _____.
A. scientists shuld imprve the design f the experiments
B. plants’ flwering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
C. there are 1,634 plant species n the fur cntinents
D. the experiments failed t predict hw plants react t climate change
70.Scientists pay special attentin t the study f plants because _____.
A. they can prve the climate change clearly
B. they are very imprtant in the fd chains
C. they play a leading rle in reducing glbal warming
D. they are grwing and flwering much faster than befre
71.What can be inferred frm the last tw paragraphs abut the wrld’s temperature?
A. It has risen nearly 0.2 ℃ since 1979.
B. It is 0.8 ℃ higher in 1979 than that f 1990.
C. It needs t be cntrlled within 2 ℃ in this century.
D. Its change will lead t weather extremes.
2. Fr the peple living in the Nile Basin, the river is their life．This 6,825 km waterway, whse watershed（流域）cvers three millin square kilmeters, flws thrugh muntains ,wdlands, lakes and deserts．Its ptential fr fishing, turism and shipping is great—but s are its challenges.
Water shrtage , already serius in Egypt and Sudan , will sn influence several ther cuntries in the watershed as well．Tday, abut 160 millin peple depend n the Nile River fr their living．Within the next 25 yeas ,the district's ppulatin is expected t duble, adding t the demand brught abut by grwth in industry and agriculture．The frequent drught（干旱）adds t the urgency.
Water quality is als a prblem．Precius sil is washed ut t sea．Wastes frm industry and agriculture create pllutin．Higher cncentratins f salt influence irrigated sils．Water-brne diseases cntinue unchecked．In areas where it's ht and damp, water hyacinths chke ff（阻止） lakes, dams and ther sectins f the river, making it difficult fr fishing and ther businesses t mve frward.
Native peple alng the narrw area f farmland have watched the sand mve clser day by day．They’ve seen the river change curse, and their nly surce（来源） f water thickened with mud．They’re very pr and have few chices.
But a new prgram, the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), is ffering very practical assistance．The prgram is mre than just a water-management prject．It’s a plan fr the scial and ecnmic develpment f a vast district: it cncentrates n the needs f the prest f the pr and the envirnment that supprts them.
These are whle ecsystem prblems, calling fr united slutins．Half the Nile Basin's cuntries are amng the wrld's prest natins；yet, smehw, they must find the resurces, skills and plitical will t vercme these challenges.
64.What are the great challenges the Nile Basin faces？
A. The develpment f shipping industry.
B. Over fishing f native peple.
C. Water shrtage and water quality.
D. Increasing ppulatin and turism.
65.The underlined wrd “hyacinths” （in Paragraph 3） refer t “ ”.
A. plants B. animals C. rcks D. salts
66.The prgram NBI is mainly aimed at .
A. preventing water pllutin
B. imprving living cnditin f the pr
C. changing the river curse
D. preventing land frm becming desert
67.What wuld be the best title f this passage？
A. Peple's Life in Egypt and Sudan
B. Frequent Drught in Egypt and Sudan
C. The Prest Cuntries in the Nile Basin
D. The Ecsystem Prblems in the Nile Basin
3.Imaginatin and fantasy can play an imprtant rle in achieving the things we fear. Children knw this very well. Fred Epstein，in his bk If I Make It t Five，tells a stry he heard frm ne f his friends abut Tm，a fur-year-ld by with a cancer in his back bne. He came thrugh several peratins and a lt f pain by mastering his imaginatin.
Tm lved t pretend，and he particularly lved t play superheres. Dr. Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way fr his yung mind t handle the terrifying and painful life he led.
The day befre his third trip t the perating rm，Tm was terribly afraid. “Maybe I culd g as Superman，”he whispered t his mm. Hearing this, the mther hesitated fr a while. She had avided buying the expensive cstume(戏装)，but finally she agreed.
The next day Tm appeared as the pwerful Superman，shwing ff thrugh the hspital halls and clly waving his hand t the peple greeting him alng the way. And Tm，with the strength f his fantasy，successfully made it thrugh the peratin.
The pwer f imaginatin need nt be reserved fr children nly. We all have the pwer t use ur fantasies t attempt things we never thught pssible，t g thrugh thse things that seem impssible，and t achieve what we never believed we culd. Just as Dr. Epstein puts it，“If yu can dream it，yu can d it.”
It desn't mean that yu shuld dress as a superher fr yur next jb interview. But，next time yu are tested in a way that seems impssible, imagine what it wuld take t vercme it. Becme the persn yu need t becme t win ver yur challenge and d it in yur mind first. S，let yur imaginatin run wild，and dare t dream.
67．What d we knw abut Tm?
A．He was seriusly ill. B．He was a dishnest by.
C．He was crazy abut magic. D．He was Dr.Epstein's patient.
68．What can be inferred abut Tm's mther?
A．She was a rich lady. B．She refused Tm's request.
C．She wanted Tm t be a superher. D．She wanted t get Tm thrugh the pain.
69．When Tm went fr the third peratin，he ________．
A．pretended t be painful B．acted like a superher
C．appeared in pr spirits D．argued with his mther
70．In the last paragraph，yu are advised ________．
A．t g thrugh sme difficult tests
B．t wake up frm yur wild dreams
C．t becme a pwerful persn in yur mind
D．t wear expensive clthes fr jb interviews
4.“Peple are ruder tday because they are rushed and mre ‘time pr’ than ever befre，” says Patsy Rwe, “Manners_have_fallen_ff_the_radar(雷达)．” Due t ur strng attractin t electrnic equipment it is a wnder mre peple dn't wake up each mrning and greet the singing birds with a cmplaint(抱怨)abut the nise. Here are sme examples f rudeness.
Sme peple prefer t d almst everything ver the Internet. T them, dealing with an actual human is like an evlutinary step backward. It feels very slw because humans dn't wrk at 4G speeds. When yu have dinner with friends, yu will ften ntice smene paying mre attentin t his mbile phne. We have prgrammed urselves t think that every new message brings life-changing news, s taking calls and checking ur texts are mre imprtant than talking t the peple we are with. What is wrse, sme peple even tend t send annymus(匿名的) rude messages by email.
Hwever, rudeness is never acceptable. Dn't assume it is OK t be rude if the persn yu're in tuch with wn't recgnize yu. If yu have smething awful t say, have the curage t face the persn and say it, write a letter r email and sign it, r frget it. Upsetting peple with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.
We shuldn't blame technlgy fr ur shrtcmings. Technlgy is here t help us，but we shuld nt allw it t take ver ur lives. An imprtant step is acknwledging ur shrtcmings. Peple spend a lt f time pinting ut bad manners but it wuld be even mre helpful if we'd publicly acknwledge gd manners when we see them.
64．What can be inferred frm the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?
A．Peple can tell gd frm bad behavir.
B．Radar is able t bserve human behavir.
C．Peple care little abut their behavir.
D．Radar can be used t predict human behavir.
5.Ging green seems t be fad(时尚)fr a lt f peple these days. Whether that is gd r bad, we can’t really say, but fr the tw f us, ging green is nt a fad but a lifestyle.
On April22, 2011, we decided t g green every single day fr an entire year. This meant ding 365 different green things, and it als meant challenging urselves t g green beynd easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce ur energy, we had t think f 365 different green things t d and this was n easy task.
With the idea f ging green every single day fr a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided t educate peple abut hw they culd g green in their lives and hped we culd shw peple all the green things that culd be dne t help the envirnment. We wanted t push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the curse f Our Green Year, we cmpletely changed ur lifestyle. We nw shp at rganic(有机的)stres. We cnsume less meat, chsing green fd. We have greatly reduced ur buying we dn’t need. We have given away half f what we wned thrugh websites. Our hme is kept clean by vinegar and lemn juice, with n chemical cleaners. We make ur wn butter, enjying the smell f hme-made fresh bread. In ur hme ffice anyne caught ding smething ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful fr the chance t have been able t g green and educate thers. We believe that we d have the pwer t change things and help ur planet.
60. What might be the best title fr the passage?
A. Ging Green.B. Prtecting the Planet.
C. Keeping Open-MindedD. Celebrating Our Green Year.
61. It was difficult fr the cuple t live a green life fr the whle year because_________.
A. they were expected t fllw the green fad
B. they didn’t knw hw t educate ther peple
C. they were unwilling t reduce their energy
D. they needed t perfrm unusual green tasks
62. What did the cuple d ver the curse f Our Green Year?
A. They tried t get ut f their ungreen habits.
B. They ignre thers’ ungreen behavir.
C. They chse better chemical cleaners.
D. They sld their hme-made fd.
63. What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A. The gvernment will give supprt t the green peple.
B. The cuple may cntinue their prject in the future.
C. Sme peple disagree with the cuple’s green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becming a natinal campaign.
6. Phil White has just returned frm an 18,000-mile, arund-the-wrld bicycle trip. White had tw reasns fr making this epic jurney. First f all, he wanted t use the trip t raise mney fr charity which he did. He raised $70,000 fr the British charity, Oxfam. White's secnd reasn fr making the trip was t break the wrld recrd and becme the fastest persn t cycle arund the wrld. He is still waiting t find ut if he has brken the recrd r nt.
White set ff frm Trafalgar Square, in Lndn, n 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent mre than l,300 hurs in the saddle（车座）and destryed fur sets f tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure f his life crssing Eurpe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all f this with abslutely n supprt team. N jeep carrying fd, water and medicine. N dctr. Nthing! Just a bike and a very, very lng rad.
The jurney was lnely and desperate at times. He als had t fight his way acrss deserts, thrugh jungles and ver muntains. He cycled thrugh heavy rains and temperatures f up t 45 degrees, all t help peple in need. There were ther dangers alng the rad. In Iran, he was chased by armed rbbers and was lucky t escape with his life and the little mney he had. The wrst thing that happened t him was having t cycle int a headwind n a rad that crsses the suth f Australia. Fr 1,000 kilmetres he battled against the wind that was cnstantly pushing him. This part f the trip was slw, hard wrk and depressing, but he made it in the end. Nw Mr. White is back and intends t write a bk abut his adventures.
56 When Phil White returned frm his trip, he________.
A. cllected sme mney fr Oxfam B. brke the wrld recrd related
C. ruined several bikes D. travelled arund 1,300 hurs
57. What des the wrd "epic" underlined in Paragraph l mst prbably mean________.
A. slw but exciting B. lnely but exciting
C. interesting but tiring D. difficult but admiring
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