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1、2014高考英语阅读理解限时训练极品题（7）及答案阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）来源:阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn Singapore, most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days. Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm. Ho
2、wever, we know that if it rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable to traffic. People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget
3、that other countries suffer much worse effects. Elsewhere, heavy tropical（热带的）storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia. This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them. If
4、 there is a typhoon or tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. Scientists believe that global warm
5、ing and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level. It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to sho
6、w her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging（伐木）or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.56.From Paragraph 1, we can see that most Singaporeans love_.A. making complaintsB. going out for picn
7、icsC. doing window-shoppingD. traveling along the coast【答案】C【解析】根据第一段第一句可知。57.What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?A. Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.B. The price of rice and vegetables will go up.C. Many people will write in to the newspaper.D. Mo
8、re rice and vegetables will be imported.【答案】B【解析】根据第一段倒数三，四句可知。热带风暴导致的洪水会毁掉庄稼，新加坡的蔬菜和大米是从这些国家进口的，所以会导致蔬菜，大米的价格上升。58.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 2 refers to_.A. the arrival of heavy tropical stormsB. the import of rice and vegetablesC. the rising price of rice and vegetablesD. the loss of li
9、ves in natural disasters【答案】D【解析】上句提到台风和海啸会导致成千上万的人死亡。这在2004年在印度尼西亚和泰国的普吉岛发生过。自然灾害到这人死亡这件事用来提醒我们大自然可以带来巨大损害。59.Which of the following shows how the low-lying areas are flooded?a. global warming b. the rise in ocean levelc. harmful human activitiesd. the flooding of low-lying arease. the melting of t
10、he polar ice-capA. caebdB. acebdC. cabedD. dacbe【答案】A【解析】根据最后一段可知。60.What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?A. Clear more land for farming.B. Reduce harmful human activities.C. Bring down the price of food.D. Improve the quality of weather.【答案】B【解析】根据最后一段It is believed that human
11、 activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,“人们认为是人类的活动导致了大自然极端愤怒， 因此，现在我们真的应该团结合作减少有害活动。”社会生活类-2“Everyone is entitled（有权） to their opinion is a remark commonly heard in our society. We value f
12、ree speech and the rights of the individual. The private preferences we keep, as long as they do not bother with the rights and freedoms of others, are ours to do with as we wish.Children learn this central principle early on and soon become expert at using it effectively to suit their own purposes.
13、 The phrase well, its just my opinion can act as a get-out clause which avoids further questioning or the need to give an explanation. A student may well prefer to put up a brick wall and so avoid the difficult task of providing a justification（正当的理由） for their view.They know the holy position freed
14、om of speech holds for all of us and they know the taboo（禁忌）around challenging the opinions of others when they do not produce unfavorable effects on anyone else.This can make things hard for the teacher. We want to promote tolerance and respect in our classrooms and give young people a sense: this
15、is how one ought to behave. Yet, we are also seeking to develop reasoning and critical thinking. To some extent, there is an idea that peoples views carry equal weight because all individuals ought to be treated equally. Treating peopleequally is different from treating what they say with equal weig
16、ht, though. We need to make clear to students that the right to ones opinions does not ignore the need to support them with argument when called to do so.Justification is the signal difference between opinion and argument. Opinions are stated;arguments are advanced. Opinions are given; arguments are proposed.
