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1、2017 高考英语阅读理解解析版汇编（27 ）【2016 高考训练】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。Digging a Hole in Chinas Black Gold.Chinas love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship.For the last few years, investors in Chinas coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层
2、). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%, supporting strong growth in profitability (利润)and enviable degree at mining majors like China Shenhua Energy.But as any miner will tell you, the longer you work a seam, the more difficult it is to get value.
3、 Chinas coal prices have fallen nearly 10% in the last three months. A seasonal fall from the winter peak, and a cyclical（周期性的）slowdown brought about by Chinas slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture. Those effects will fade, but coal miners will still have to battle a
4、gainst structural pressure for lower prices.In 2008, Chinas 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences from a section with 9,000-plus firms accounted for just over half of civil production. Since then, the big have gotten bigger and the small are disappearing. Michael Parker, coal mining analyst at
5、 Sanford Bernstein, estimates in 2012 the top 60 miners will account for 80% of output.The assumption has always been that its the very low-cost little mining operations that will go to the wall, pushing prices up. In fact, Mr. Parker argues that its small industrial operations working difficult sea
6、ms, and with poor access to convey that will be the first to go. The exit of these high-cost means that spot prices will increasingly be set by bigger more efficient producers and that means pressure for prices to stay low. With structural forces against a return to rising coal prices, investors in
7、Chinas black gold should dig a huge stone hit their foot into a hole. 1. Which is the general idea of this passage?A.Why it is difficult for Chinas coal price to increase.B. Chinas 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences.C. the romance has come out of the relationship.D. the low-cost little oper
8、ations that will fail.2. What is the investors attitude to Chinas coal?A. angry. B. disappointed. C. not excited. D. very excited.3.Which is a reason for the last few years Chinese investors feeling glad?A. poor access to transport that will be the first to go.B. investors in Chinas black gold got m
9、uch money.C. spot prices will be set by bigger producers.D. coal price rose 81%.4.The cause that led to a cyclical slowdown of coal price was_.A. strong growth in profitability. B. Chinas money tightening and slowing construction.C. Chinas 60 biggest miners. D. the small are disappearing.5. The word
10、 “convey” in the fifth paragraph may mean _.A.transport. B. change.C. reduce. D. increase.本文为说明文，主要介绍中国的煤炭价格为何难以上涨，并具体分析其原因。1.A。主旨大意题。因为本文主要讲中国的煤炭价格为何难以上涨，并具体分析其原因。2.C。推理判断题。据第一段信息句 Chinas love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship. 中国与煤炭的“恋情
11、”将继续下去，但对投资者来说，这段关系已经不能再让人怦然心动了。以此得知其态度是不很兴奋。3. D。细节理解题。从第二段信息句 For the last few years, investors in Chinas coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%理解得知煤价上升 80%是投资者高兴的一个原因。4. B。细节理解题。从第三段信息句 A seasonal fal
12、l from the winter peak, and a cyclical（周期性的）slowdown brought about by Chinas slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture.理解到电煤需求较冬季取暖高峰期出现季节性的下滑，是由中国不断放缓的建筑施工和货币紧缩措施造成的。5. A。词义猜测题。联系前后文理解到本句意为：实际上，帕克说，行业内的小型企业（开采的煤层难度较大、交通不便）将是首先被淘汰出局的。故这里是“运输”的意思。【阅读理解】 Peanuts to ThisPro
13、udly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing eve
14、ryone to act this way？”Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in
15、my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared
16、 at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip(掷)a coin. Headsthe commander, and tailsthe peanuts guy. Ah! Tails，my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my d
