"Meow, meow, meow," is what I heard as I walked through the alley（小巷；胡同）. I approached the noise and noticed a tail sticking out from under a piece of wood. Under the wood was a _______ black and white cat. I picked him up and _______ he must be freezing to death. I _______ home with the cat held in my jacket.
My new best friend, who soon became known as Little Bit, received his name because he was almost _______ when I held him in my hands. He stood about five inches tall. Little Bit's small size had a great advantage - he _______ perfectly in the pocket of my jacket, which made _______ him everywhere very easy. Any time I was home, he wouldn't leave my _______. He was always eager to play with me. When I fell asleep at night, he would always _______ up around my head to ensure that I was warm.
Unfortunately, I grew up. My teenage life _______ my relationship with Little Bit. I lived at such a fast pace that I stopped ________ time for him. My free time was spent with my friends instead. I would come in the house on my phone and not ________ him at all. His meows became an annoyance to me, but it wasn't his ________ that he wanted his best friend back.
Time had caused a ________ to Little Bit. His body began ________ down and by the time I realized something was wrong with him, he had already lost his balance. He lay there and looked at me, and ________ this day I still remember the ________ look in his bright green eyes. I took him to the vet (兽医), but there was nothing he could do. The last time I ________ him he wasn't the same tiny cat I had found ten years before. Little Bit filled my arms and he was put to sleep that day.
Little Bit's ________ made me realize how much he meant to me. He was always there for me when I needed him. I ________ our last years together and I feel sorry for not always being there for him. I will always ________ the special memories we made.
1.A. lovely B. tiny C. pretty D. friendly
2.A. agreed B. insisted C. realized D. proved
3.A. left B. stayed C. drove D. hurried
4.A. weightless B. useless C. breathless D. hopeless
5.A. grew B. fitted C. played D. existed
6.A. showing B. keeping C. taking D. guiding
7.A. mind B. heart C. body D. side
8.A. rise B. stand C. wake D. roll
9.A. weakened B. fastened C. deepened D. sharpened
10.A. making B. losing C. wasting D. gaining
11.A. overlook B. interrupt C. acknowledge D. recognize
12.A. desire B. purpose C. fault D. greed
13.A. fear B. loss C. delay D. concern
14.A. dropping B. tearing C. calming D. shutting
15.A. on B. to C. in D. for
16.A. shameful B. hateful C. harmful D. sorrowful
17.A. helped B. protected C. held D. cured
18.A. illness B. death C. sadness D. pressure
19.A. regret B. bother C. confuse D. dream
20.A. treasure B. admire C. evaluate D. explore
高三英语完形填空中等难度题
"Meow, meow, meow," is what I heard as I walked through the alley（小巷；胡同）. I approached the noise and noticed a tail sticking out from under a piece of wood. Under the wood was a _______ black and white cat. I picked him up and _______ he must be freezing to death. I _______ home with the cat held in my jacket.
My new best friend, who soon became known as Little Bit, received his name because he was almost _______ when I held him in my hands. He stood about five inches tall. Little Bit's small size had a great advantage - he _______ perfectly in the pocket of my jacket, which made _______ him everywhere very easy. Any time I was home, he wouldn't leave my _______. He was always eager to play with me. When I fell asleep at night, he would always _______ up around my head to ensure that I was warm.
Unfortunately, I grew up. My teenage life _______ my relationship with Little Bit. I lived at such a fast pace that I stopped ________ time for him. My free time was spent with my friends instead. I would come in the house on my phone and not ________ him at all. His meows became an annoyance to me, but it wasn't his ________ that he wanted his best friend back.
Time had caused a ________ to Little Bit. His body began ________ down and by the time I realized something was wrong with him, he had already lost his balance. He lay there and looked at me, and ________ this day I still remember the ________ look in his bright green eyes. I took him to the vet (兽医), but there was nothing he could do. The last time I ________ him he wasn't the same tiny cat I had found ten years before. Little Bit filled my arms and he was put to sleep that day.
Little Bit's ________ made me realize how much he meant to me. He was always there for me when I needed him. I ________ our last years together and I feel sorry for not always being there for him. I will always ________ the special memories we made.
1.A. lovely B. tiny C. pretty D. friendly
2.A. agreed B. insisted C. realized D. proved
3.A. left B. stayed C. drove D. hurried
4.A. weightless B. useless C. breathless D. hopeless
5.A. grew B. fitted C. played D. existed
6.A. showing B. keeping C. taking D. guiding
7.A. mind B. heart C. body D. side
8.A. rise B. stand C. wake D. roll
9.A. weakened B. fastened C. deepened D. sharpened
10.A. making B. losing C. wasting D. gaining
11.A. overlook B. interrupt C. acknowledge D. recognize
12.A. desire B. purpose C. fault D. greed
13.A. fear B. loss C. delay D. concern
14.A. dropping B. tearing C. calming D. shutting
15.A. on B. to C. in D. for
16.A. shameful B. hateful C. harmful D. sorrowful
17.A. helped B. protected C. held D. cured
18.A. illness B. death C. sadness D. pressure
19.A. regret B. bother C. confuse D. dream
20.A. treasure B. admire C. evaluate D. explore
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Take a walk through Washington and you’ll find plenty of marble memorials(纪念碑). But is that what the future of the memorial-rich city holds? If the winners of a new design competition have their way, probably not.
The Memorials for the Future design competition invited submissions (意见书) from teams throughout the world. Though, the memorials selected won’t actually be built in the city, they were intended to start a discussion about how to think of memorials in a very different future.
Climate Chronograph, the winning project by Team Azimuth Land Craft, greatly departs from memorials as we know them. The project memorializes the harmful effects of climate change by suggesting a memorial at Hains Point, a spot between the Potomac River and Washington Channel. Just 100 years ago, the man-made island was part of the river. It came into existence after the National Park Service decided to turn the confluence(合流点) of the waters into a tidal basin to protect the nearby National Mall from floods.
Those floods are expected to come more and more often as the climate changes. Climate Chronograph will memorialize those changes by planting cherry trees as a kind of tidal gauge(潮位计) that can be used by future visitors to determine just how much water levels have risen.
The other winning projects include a project that frees mechanical parrots that fly over the Jefferson Memorial and collect and retell stories about monuments，a podcast (播客) platform that puts immigrant stories on public transportation, and an interactive memorial that brings national parks to the D. C. Metro. The competition also produced a report that points to ways America can better memorialize the things that matter—strategies that could help cities save money and space.
That’s good news, especially given that D.C.’s iconic Mall has been closed to new construction. The memorials of the future won’t just turn collective memories toward the stories of new phenomena and groups like climate change and immigrants. Rather, it seems that they’ll make use of space in new creative ways—no marble needed.
1.What is the purpose of the design competition?
A.To select the best design team.
B.To find new uses for old memorials.
C.To design new memorials for Washington.
D.To explore new ways of experiencing memorials.
2.What can be used to replace the underlined word “departs” in Paragraph 3?
A.Differs B.Benefits
C.Suffers D.Learns
3.What do we know about Climate Chronograph?
A.It will be located in a park.
B.It will be built after the competition.
C.It clearly shows the effects of climate change.
D.It uses high-tech equipment to measure climate change.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.A memorial to a sad future.
B.Marble memorials are out of date.
C.Climate Chronograph, memorial for our future.
D.What will the memorials of the future look like?
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When I was walking through the forest, I heard someone weeping. I_______the sound of the soft cry until I saw a woman sitting on the snow. Her eyes were filled with tears for her heavy_______due to hard life. I sat on the cold snow with her and_______her my shoulder and my ears.
“What is your name?”, she asked. I smiled at her. _____, my name is Jane, but to comfort her, I said, “My first name is _____, my middle name is Hope and my last name is Compassion(同情) .” I saw a ______smile come upon her face as I asked her “what is your name?” “My name is Ann _____I had given up hope.” I read her a poem through which I_______the message of self-worth to her. Others will______us when we love ourselves. ______, it was important for one to have self- worth. After I shared the poem, we talked a while and then I picked a wild rose that was in the snow. It was _____that there was a wild rose in such weather. I placed the rose in her hand and a big ______appeared on her face. Then I felt kind of______at her change and handed her a piece of paper with my ____on it. I walked away. She called me cheerfully the next day and expressed her _____to me. She told me I truly ____my name. Obviously, she had found her faith, her hope and her compassion.
We all need someone in life to say I believe in you. _____is as rare as a rose in the snow. When you ____ it, don’t let it ever die. Life is too _____to thank all the people who have encouraged us. We should receive and give encouragement rather than let unimportant things stand _______our way.
1.A. heard B. followed C. reflected D. enjoyed
2.A. heart B. head C. body D. waist
3.A. shared B. brought C. fetched D. offered
4.A. Eventually B. Deliberately C. Actually D. Specially
5.A. Career B. Inspiration C. Motivation D. Faith
6.A. puzzled B. forced C. tired D. worried
7.A. but B. so C. because D. or
8.A. transformed B. left C. conveyed D. took
9.A. tolerate B. serve C. hate D. treasure
10.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Moreover
11.A. usual B. rare C. frightful D. admirable
12.A. worry B. satisfaction C. smile D. shock
13.A. interest B. security C. disappointment D. relief
14.A. name B. number C. address D. photo
15.A. regret B. apology C. gratitude D. concern
16.A. lived up to B. looked up to C. came up to D. made up for
17.A. Pleasure B. Friendship C. Passion D. Encouragement
18.A. pas B. receive C. choose D. create
19.A. good B. slow C. short D. happy
20.A. in B. on C. by D. under
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was walking through the forest, I heard someone weeping. I _____ the sound of the soft cry until I saw a woman sitting on the snow. Her eyes were filled with tears for her heavy _____ from life. I sat on the cold snow with her and _____ her my shoulder and my ears.
“What is your name?”, she asked. I smiled at her. _____, my name is Jane, but to comfort her, I said, “My first name is _____, my middle name is Hope and my last name is Compassion(同情) .” I saw a _____smile come upon her face as I asked her “what is your name?” “My name is Ann _____I had given up hope.” I read her a poem through which I _____the
message of self-worth to her. Others will _____us when we love ourselves. _____, it was important for one to have self- worth. After I shared the poem, we talked a while and then I picked a wild rose that was in the snow. It was_____that there was a wild rose in such weather. I placed the rose in her hand and a big_____appeared on her face. Then I felt kind of _____at her change and handed her a piece of paper with my_____on it. I walked away. She called me cheerfully the next day and expressed her _____to me. She told me I truly _____ my name. Obviously, she had found her faith, her hope and her compassion.
We all need someone in life to say I believe in you. _____is as rare as a rose in the snow. When you _____ it, don’t let it ever die. Life is too _____to thank all the people who have encouraged us. We should receive and give encouragement rather than let unimportant things stand_____ our way.
1.A. heard B. followed C. waited D. enjoyed
2.A. heart B. head C. body D. waist
3.A. shared B. brought C. fetched D. offered
4.A. Eventually B. Deliberately C. Actually D. Specially
5.A. Career B. Inspiration C. Motivation D. Faith
6.A. puzzled B. forced C. tired D. worried
7.A. but B. so C. because D. or
8.A. transformed B. left C. conveyed D. took
9.A. tolerate B. serve C. hate D. treasure
10.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Moreover
11.A. usual B. rare C. dreadful D. admirable
12.A. worry B. satisfaction C. smile D. shock
13. A. interest B. security C. disappointment D. relief
14.A. name B. number C. address D. photo
15.A. regret B. apology C. gratitude D. concern
16.A. lived up to B. looked up to C. came up to D. made up for
17.A. Pleasure B. Friendship C. Passion D. Encouragement
18.A. pass B. receive C. choose D. create
19.A. good B. slow C. short D. happy
20.A. in B. on C. by D. under
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When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.
White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.
Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.
Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”
The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”
Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.
1.A. almost B. mostly C. merely D. particularly
2.A. social B. local C. positive D. new
3.A. danger B. treasure C. gift D. neighbor
4.A. better B. close C. perfect D. superior
5.A. fear B. interest C. honor D. despair
6.A. run B. walk C. pass D. move
7.A. known B. developed C. raised D. located
8.A. honestly B. constantly C. hopefully D. freely
9.A. changed B. formed C. strengthened D. increased
10.A. kill B. rob C. damage D. steal
11.A. actions B. deeds C. signs D. words
12.A. writing B. printing C. telling D. saying
13.A. fearful B. doubtful C. pitiful D. impressive
14.A. strongly B. actively C. disappointedly D. casually
15.A. sincere B. mature C. welcome D. gentle
高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I’d rather be doing. “Almost anything”, I sighed dejectedly. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a gift for it. It didn’t come to me naturally. I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. But Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.
The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music.
“Hello,” I heard a voice behind me say softly. I turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. But before I could make any response, Mrs. Windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced,“Jennifer, this is my niece, Pasha. Pasha, this is Jennifer. Pasha will be giving you your lesson today. I’m up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.
Pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.
“What piece do you like best?”she asked.
“What do you mean?” I asked. “They’re all the same to me. I don’t know.
“You mean you don’t have a favorite?”
“No, not really.”
Pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I have to admit I was a rather mechanical pianist.
After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn’t know what she meant.
“Like a story. What story is being playing out within the music?”
“I guess I’ve never thought about it before. I don’t know.”
“Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?”
Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys.“Now the princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s edge.”A carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers. “Oh, but she slips!”The music changed. “And our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. Quickly, the princess’s horse sees her plight (困境),” Pasha continued, and races to the river’s edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. They make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down. She will only wear jeans and T-shirt from now on.” Pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.
“Aren’t you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.
“I guess. I do tell a lot of stories.”
“Oh, yes! All the kids talk about them. I’ve heard about you. Well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. That’s all there is to it.”
“I’ve never thought it that way.”
“Let’s try another one, shall we?”Pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.
1.The underlined word “dejectedly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. nervously B. desperately
C. impatiently D. unhappily
2.Jennifer got lost in thought when she ________
A. played the piano with Pasha for the first time
B. listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess
C. remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out
D. discovered that Mrs. Windsor’s niece would be giving the piano lesson
3.By describing herself as a mechanical pianist, the author showed ______
A. she could remember the notes in a short time
B. she was playing the piano without thinking
C. Pasha was showing off her skills
D. it had been a long time since she played last time
4. Which of the following can best describe Pasha?
A. Creative B. Naughty
C. Humorous D. Brave
5.Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Never Give up B. A Piano Lesson
C. Why I Hated Playing the Piano D. A Friend for Ever
6.This text would be probably found in ______
A. a collection of stories about friendship and learning
B. a book of daily records about famous young musicians
C. a magazine series about the challenges of overcoming fears
D. a series of newspaper articles about musical instruments
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I’d rather be doing. “Almost anything”, I sighed dejectedly. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a gift for it. It didn’t come to me naturally. I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. But Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.
The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music.
“Hello,” I heard a voice behind me say softly. I turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. But before I could make any response, Mrs. Windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced,“Jennifer, this is my niece, Pasha. Pasha, this is Jennifer. Pasha will be giving you your lesson today. I’m up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.
Pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.
“What piece do you like best?”she asked.
“What do you mean?” I asked. “They’re all the same to me. I don’t know.
“You mean you don’t have a favorite?”
“No, not really.”
Pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I have to admit I was a rather mechanical pianist.
After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn’t know what she meant.
“Like a story. What story is being playing out within the music?”
“I guess I’ve never thought about it before. I don’t know.”
“Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?”
Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys.“Now the princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s edge.”A carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers. “Oh, but she slips!”The music changed. “And our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. Quickly, the princess’s horse sees her plight (困境),” Pasha continued, and races to the river’s edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. They make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down. She will only wear jeans and T-shirt from now on.” Pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.
“Aren’t you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.
“I guess. I do tell a lot of stories.”
“Oh, yes! All the kids talk about them. I’ve heard about you. Well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. That’s all there is to it.”
“I’ve never thought it that way.”
“Let’s try another one, shall we?”Pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.
1.The underlined word “dejectedly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. nervously B. desperately
C. impatiently D. unhappily
2.Jennifer got lost in thought when she ________
A. played the piano with Pasha for the first time
B. listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess
C. remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out
D. discovered that Mrs. Windsor’s niece would be giving the piano lesson
3.By describing herself as a mechanical pianist, the author showed ______
A. she could remember the notes in a short time
B. she was playing the piano without thinking
C. Pasha was showing off her skills
D. it had been a long time since she played last time
4.58. Which of the following can best describe Pasha?
A. Creative B. Naughty
C. Humorous D. Brave
5.Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Never Give up B. A Piano Lesson
C. Why I Hated Playing the Piano D. A Friend for Ever
6.This text would be probably found in ______
A. a collection of stories about friendship and learning
B. a book of daily records about famous young musicians
C. a magazine series about the challenges of overcoming fears
D. a series of newspaper articles about musical instruments
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Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier, will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2 ?
Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past. Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake mud. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀物）which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes. Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）.So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1.What does the underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Giving up. B. Giving out.
C. Wiping out. D. Taking in.
2.How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2 .
B. There is no exact answer up to present.
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick.
3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Studies of the Rainforests
B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Ice Age
D. Changes of the Rainforests
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Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy ,warm ,damp and thick .But if you had been around 15,000 years ago, during the last ice age ,would it have been the same ?For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted（反应）to the cold ,dry climates of the ice ages ,but until now ,no one has reached a satisfying answer.
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming . Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year; equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier ,will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2 ?Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.
Unfortunately ,getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult .To study past climate ,scientists need to look at fossilized pollen ,kept in lake mud .Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments （沉淀物）,which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery .There are very few roads and paths ,or places to land helicopters and aeroplanes .Rivers tend to be the easiest way to enter the forest ,but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled（未取样）.So far ,only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1.The underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph means________.
A. cleaning up B. taking in C. wiping out D. giving out
2.How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2 .
B. It’ll remain steamy ,warm ,damp and thick .
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past climate.
4.The best title for this passage may probably be ________.
A. Studies of the Amazon B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests D. Changes of the Rainforests
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Walk through the Amazon rainforest today and you will find it is steamy, warm, damp and thick. But if you had been around 15, 000 years ago, during the last ice age, would it have been the same? For more than 30 years, scientists have been arguing about how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted (反应) to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer.
Rainforests like the Amazon are important for mopping up CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to slow global warming. Currently the trees in the Amazon take in around 500 million tons of CO2 each year: equal to the total amount of CO2 giving off in the UK each year. But how will the Amazon react to future climate change? If it gets drier, will it still survive and continue to draw down CO2? Scientists hope that they will be able to learn in advance how the rainforest will manage in the future by understanding how rainforests reacted to climate change in the past.
Unfortunately, getting into the Amazon rainforest and collecting information are very difficult. To study past climate, scientists need to look at fossilized pollen, kept in lake muds. Going back to the last ice age means drilling deep down into lake sediments (沉淀物) which requires specialized equipment and heavy machinery. There are very few roads and paths, or places to land helicopters and aero-planes. Rivers tend to the easiest way to enter the forest, but this still leaves vast areas between the rivers completely unsampled (未取样). So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.
1.The underlined phrase “mopping up” in the second paragraph means ____.
A. cleaning up B. taking in
C. wiping out D. giving out
2.How will the Amazon rainforest react to future climate change?
A. It’ll get drier and continue to remove CO2.
B. It’ll remain steamy, warm, damp and thick.
C. It’ll get warmer and then colder and drier.
D. There is no exact answer up to present.
3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. It’s important to drill deep down into lake sediments to collect information.
B. It’s impossible to prove how climate changes in the Amazon rainforest.
C. It’s hard to collect information for studies of the past climate in the Amazon
rainforest.
D. It’s necessary to have specialized equipment and machinery to study the past
climate.
4.The best title for this passage may probably be _____.
A. Studies of the Amazon
B. Climates of the Amazon
C. Secrets of the Rainforests
D. Changes of the Rainforests
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析