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1、江西省瑞金市2014高考英语阅读理解和完形填空训练（4）（含答案）A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adj
2、ust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world.Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.In the past hundred years, humans ha
3、ve begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources (资源): land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example，a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People ob
4、viously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly, cutting large sections of rainforests may pro
5、vide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world s wood supply.Rainforests are often called the worlds drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for th
6、eir medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the worlds shrinking rainforests.语篇解读文章论述了热带雨林的重要作用以及对环境的影响。1Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they_.A. reflect more heat into the atmosphereB. bring about high rainfall throughout the
7、worldC. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16D. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth解析因果判断题。由文章第一段内容可以得出答案。答案D2What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?A. We will lose much more than we can gain.B. Humans have begun destroying rainforests.C. Pe
8、ople have a strong desire for resources.D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests.解析由上下文内容可知，A项正确。答案A3It can be inferred from the text that_.A. we can get enough resources without rainforestsB. there is great medicine potential in rainforestsC. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the ga
9、ined landD. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns解析推测判断题。由文章最后一段内容即可得出答案。答案B4What might be the best title for the text?A. How to Save RainforestsB. How to Protect NatureC. Rainforests and the EnvironmentD. Rainforests and Medical Development解析主旨大意题。整篇文章主要论述了热带雨林的重要作用以及砍伐热带雨林对环境所造成的影响。答案
10、C*结束第*套完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 The HealingJim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old sonJoshua, whose life was taken by SIDSsudden infant death syndrome. Thirty hours ago Jim drove to the baby-sitters home
11、to _21_ Joshua. It was a _22_ trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be _23_ from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurses.but 12 hours later, at childrens Hospital, _24_ the doc
12、tors had exhausted all _25_, little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted _26_ of Joshuas usable organs to be donated. That was not a _27_ decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and _28_ couple. The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans. _29_ one point
13、Jim realized he needed a _30_.When Jim settled into the chair _31_ the barbers, he began to _32_ the past hours, trying to _33_ some sense of it all. _34_ had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon.he had _35_ begun his life.The question kept coming, and
14、the pain in Jims heart just _36_ him. While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch: “They are transplanting one of his heart valves(瓣膜) right now.” The _37_ stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “Youre not going to belie
15、ve this.but about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry _38_ she could get to Childrens Hospital. She _39_ here so full of joy.her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a _40_ needed transplanta heart valve.” Jims healing began.21. A. pick outB. pick upC. set out D. set up22. A. routineB. annualC. averageD. random23. A. conveyedB. transplantedC. awakenedD. convinced24. A. though B. si
