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1、备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(新高考专用)第二期专题10 阅读理解之新闻报道10篇（2023上云南昆明高三统考期中）Most old, disused airports are usually torn down to make way for shiny new developments, although at huge cost, but not Tegel airport, in Berlin, Germany. The deserted 580 acres will be turned into an eco-friendly living neighborhood lan
2、d, in Tegel Project that officials hope will become the blueprint for future disused airports.After the airport was closed down a number of years ago, following the building of a newer and modern version nearby, developers began dreaming up the ambitious 5 million square meter Tegel Project. Those b
3、ehind the project hope it will address housing shortages, pollution and other ban living problems. It will provide at least 5,000 homes for more than 10,000 people.The entire project is all about being energy-efficient: vertical gardens (垂直花园) on apartment blocks, which is one way to keep buildings
4、cool without costly air conditioning. Every rooftop is also going to be fitted with solar panels which will provide electricity. Sponge City technology, such as rain gardens, will help the city absorb as much water as possible.Although turning an airport into a neighborhood isnt common, its not the
5、first time its happened. When Denvers main airport moved to a new location, developers made the most out of the old airport and converted the space into a residential community with important locations like hospitals, schools, and supermarkets easily reached on foot.Next to the new development in Ge
6、rmanys former Tegel airport will be a commercial zone. The Urban Technology Republic is aimed at tech companies that will be encouraged to open offices in the development, as well as a large city park that will stretch across half of the urban tech space. There will also be a campus for the Berliner
7、 Hochschule fur Technik University. Construction is due to begin in 2023, with the first areas opening by 2027.1Why did developers come up with Tegel Project?ATo make room for city gardens.BTo help solve rural living problems.CTo reuse Tegel airport in a green way.DTo set a good example for future c
8、ities.2What can we infer from the text?ATegel Project has proven costly.BVertical gardens are built on the rooftop.CA city park will be the center of the Tegel airport.DThe practice of using old airport has been tried before.3What does the underlined word “converted” in Paragraph 4 mean?ATransformed
9、.BCarried.CSlid.DDivided.4What is the suitable title for the text?ALess Is MoreBTrash Can Be TreasureCTechnology Makes a DifferenceDHuman and Nature Live in Peace（2023上江苏泰州高三姜堰中学校考期中）It was something rather irregular at an otherwise regular board of appeals meeting in Maine. A resident wanted a perm
10、ission for not observing the no-chicken rule. But this wasnt just any resident. It was C-Jay Martin, 25, who is blind and has epilepsy (癫痫) and autism. Chickens are what brought C-Jay joy despite his challenges. “Having something to share with other people was important to him,” said his mother, Amy
11、 Martin.But Bangor is not OK with chickens. In fact, city rules clearly prohibit residents from keeping “fowl, goats, sheep, cattle or swine of any kind” and the municipal government urges the residents to obey the rules strictly. So, would the staid New England city of 31,000 make an exception for
12、C-Jay and his emotional support hens?It was with high hopes that Martin headed to the otherwise ordinary municipal meeting earlier this month. She told the appeals board she got the chickens in April after researching the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing by landlords or mu
13、nicipalities, and finding it might allow her son an accommodation.She was joined by neighbors and community members who showed up to support C-Jay and his chickens. One noted C-Jay regularly assumes the responsibility of feeding the chickens, despite his disabilities. Another said their cooing and s
14、oft noises are clearly a comfort to C-Jay. Others said Martin and C-Jay keep the chickens area in their yard very clean.But there were some complaints. Some raised concerns about whether the presence of the chickens could attract rodents (齿类动物), and didnt want an exception for C-Jay to open the door
15、 for others to keep banned animals.City officials, seeming to side with C-Jay and his flock, assured attendees that no increased rodent activity would not be tolerated and any livestock permission would only apply to C-Jay Martin at his house.In the end, it reached a consensus: the appeals board rul
16、ed that C-Jay had a need for the chickens. He would be allowed to keep them, although limits on the number were set, and noisy roosters prohibited.Martin said her son is relieved and that his beloved chickens will stay. “When hes sitting outside listening to an audiobook, or just hanging out in the backyard with the sun shining, he always knows where they are because he can hear them,” she said. “He
