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1、中学学科网（WWW.ZXXK.COM）- 全国最大的教育资源门户网站。联系地址：北京市房山区燕化星城北里 1 号楼 4-502 邮政编码：102413 联系电话：010-58425255 58425256 58425257 传真：010-89313898 联系邮箱： 第 1 页2017 高考英高考英语阅读语阅读理解解析版理解解析版汇编汇编（ （49） ）2016 高考英语训练-阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremesDeath Valley
2、 can be dangerously cold during the winter months Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the ValleyThe air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as h
3、igh as seventy -four degrees Celsius.Death Valley contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide In many areas of Death Valley it i
4、s easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations Some are red Others are dark brown, gray, yellow or blackThe area was named by a woman in 1849 Thousands of people from other parts of the country
5、 traveled Lo the gold mining areas in California They Were in a hurry to get there before other people didOne group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail By December they had reached Death ValleyThey did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, hut th
6、ere was still an extreme lack of waterThere were few plants for their work animals to eatThe people could not find a pass through the call mountains to the west of the Valley, Slowly, they began co suffer from a lack of foodTo survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of
7、 the Valley As they left, one Woman looked back and said, “Good -bye, death valley ” The name has never been changedAlmost everyone who visits Death Valley visits a huge house called Scotty s CastleThe 中学学科网（WWW.ZXXK.COM）- 全国最大的教育资源门户网站。联系地址：北京市房山区燕化星城北里 1 号楼 4-502 邮政编码：102413 联系电话：010-58425255 5842
8、5256 58425257 传真：010-89313898 联系邮箱： 第 2 页building design is Spanish, with high thick walls to provide protection from the fierce heatThe castle is named for Walter Scott , called Scotty by his friends He was a gold minerHe told everyone that he built the house with money he made from his gold mine,
9、Many people believed himBut it was not really the truth1The first two paragraphs discuss Death Valley s A geography B climate C location D Size2The woman who named Death Valley intended to Aexplore the mystery of the valley Bfind an area with plants for animalsCexperience the terrible heat of summer
10、 Dlook for gold in California3If the passage continues, it will be about . Athe truth about Scottys Castle Bwhy Spanish built the castleCwhen the castle was built Dwhere the castle lies in1.B 段落大意题。根据前两个段主要介绍了死亡谷的温度，暴风和洪水等情况，总之介绍了它的气候。2.D 细节理解题。根据 The area was named by a woman in 1849Thousands of pe
11、ople from other parts of the country traveled Lo the gold mining areas in CaliforniaAs they left, one Woman looked back and said, “Good -bye, death valley ” The name has never been changed她也去加利福尼亚寻找金子，故选 D。3.A 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知下面将些关于 Scottys Castle 的真实情况。【科普知识型-阅读理解】Housed in Milan, one of Europes dirt
12、iest cities, Leonardo da Vincis masterpiece The Last Supper still faces a threat from air pollution, researchers say, despite preventative measures that have significantly decreased pollutants in the church where the famous painting is on display.In 2009, Italian authorities installed a heating, ven
13、tilation (通风) and airconditioning system to protect the painting from Milans polluted air. To see whether the system could improve air quality, 中学学科网（WWW.ZXXK.COM）- 全国最大的教育资源门户网站。联系地址：北京市房山区燕化星城北里 1 号楼 4-502 邮政编码：102413 联系电话：010-58425255 58425256 58425257 传真：010-89313898 联系邮箱： 第 3 页a team of researc
14、hers led by Constantinos Sioutas, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California, placed two airquality monitors inside the church for a year to collect samples from around painting. Results showed the levels of fine and coarse particulates were reduced n
15、ear the painting by 88 percent and 94 percent, respectively, compared with the corresponding outdoor levels. “Its a spectacular reduction， ” Sioutas said in a statement. “It is, frankly, very impressive.”Although the researchers applauded the successful decrease in particulates around da Vincis pain
16、ting, they warned that indoor sources of pollution may still pose a threat to the priceless painting. Fatty lipids (油脂) from the skin of customers in the church appeared in significant quantities around the painting, despite the fact that visitors getting access to the artwork are strictly regulated.O
