2018届高考英语二轮复习浙江专用冲刺演练 第12练 含答案

第12练 阅读理解＋写作

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

Doha，the capital of Qatar，is a city of contrasts (对照)．In a few decades it has been transformed from a small port to an international city.Today，its skyline is shaped by rising skyscrapers，but Old Doha—though fast disappearing—can still be found.

Time seems to stand still in the old quarter of the city.On the dusty streets，Indian and Pakistani men sit cross－legged outside tea shops and restaurants.At one end of the road，men queue by the doorways of crowded supermarkets to buy necessities：boxes of teabags，milk，sugar，bread and soap.The shops are dark and poorly stocked.However，only five miles away，on the other side of the city，Doha shows a completely different image.It shines brilliantly with skyscrapers，five－star hotels and noble apartment buildings.The area looks like any other modern district in the world.

Qatar，a tiny gulf (海湾) nation，is a country of vast local and international ambitions.At home，it has owned several international universities.Abroad，it tries to speak louder on gulf affairs.These ambitions are urged by the country’s unbelievably rich reserves of fossil fuels.In December 2012，Doha was the site of Cop18 UN Climate Change Conference and in 2022 Qatar will host the World Cup.

Mohammed Salim，55，runs a hair salon in the old part of the city where he works as a hair dresser.When he came to Doha 22 years ago from Pakistan，he recalls，Doha was a quiet town with few modern buildings.“At that time，Doha seemed rather small.There were no big roads or malls at all.” He has noticed a drop in customers to his salon in recent years.“People now tend to go to more fashionable hair salons in shopping malls.Some day this old area will be gone，and my business will probably be gone，too.I’ll be sad.I love here，but things are changing.We can’t ignore it.” 【语篇解读】 文章讲述了海湾国家卡塔尔的首都多哈正在经历的城市变迁。目前的多哈老城和新城并立，对比强烈。

1．What do we know about the shops in the old quarter of Doha?

A．They don’t have many goods or customers. B．They provide a great variety of luxury goods. C．They are bright big shops crowded with people. D．They look poor and offer fewer choices of goods.

答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段中的The shops are dark and poorly stocked.可知老城区的商店虽然拥挤，但货物种类不多，给人一种破败的印象，故选D项。]

2．Qatar tries to speak louder on gulf affairs because __________.

A．it has international cities such as Doha B．it is going to host the World Cup in 2022 C．it has made progress in building universities D．it is known for its large reserves of fossil fuels

答案 D [细节理解题。根据第三段中的These ambitions are urged by the country’s unbelievably rich reserves of fossil fuels.可知卡塔尔丰富的化石燃料储备使它在海湾事务中更有发言权。故选D项。]

3．The author takes the hair salon as an example to show that ________．

A．people in Doha are fashionable B．the economy in Doha becomes bad C．changes are happening to Old Doha D．Doha used to be an undeveloped town

答案 C [推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，萨利姆所在的理发店正经历着与老城区同样的命运，城市的迅速发展使得老城区的经济面临被淘汰的风险。故选C项。]

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Old Doha is characterized by rising skyscrapers. B．Doha seemed small in the past，as is recalled by Salim. C．Doha will host Cop18 UN Climate Change Conference in 2022. D．The western side of Doha looks more modern than the eastern side.

答案 B [细节理解题。从最后一段萨利姆说的话At that time，Doha seemed rather small.There were no big roads or malls at all.可知B项正确。其他三项均与文意不符。]

B

Red is a lucky color in Chinese culture，but not when it comes to river water.The

red water was discovered last month in Wenzhou.Some people there also reported a strong，sharp chemical smell in the air.

The local environmental protection agency investigated the incident.Officials said they found no sign of pollutants released from the factories that line the river.Wu Yixiu follows water pollution issues for the environmental group Greenpeace.She says this red river incident shows how environmental problems are increasingly affecting people in cities.“I think the water pollution problem is no longer a remote problem，only in the countryside.It’s affecting everyone，even people in the cities.”

The Wenzhou River turning red is the latest of several environmental incidents in China.In 2012，the Yangtze River also turned red because of illegal pollution from a factory.Last year，more than 2，000 dead pigs were found floating through a river in Shanghai.In addition，China’s government has identified several hundred of what have been called “cancer villages”．These are areas where the rates of cancer are unusually high because of industrial pollution.

There are more than 1，700 water pollution incidents in China every year.Many of China’s rivers，lakes and even aquifers (蓄水层) are polluted.

China is facing a serious water pollution challenge.Much of our rivers，lakes and even our aquifers have been polluted especially in the densely populated regions.This has posed a serious risk.Up to 300 million residents don’t have access to safe drinking water.

Earlier this year Chinese Premier Li Keqiang threatened to launch a war on pollution.Residents of Wenzhou would most likely welcome such an offensive.Eighty percent of the water off Wenzhou’s coast is considered polluted.

【语篇解读】 本文是一篇新闻报道，通过近期的一次河流污染事件指出中国的

环境污染的严重性。

5．It can be concluded from the first two paragraphs that ________．

A. the red water discovered last month in Wenzhou wasn’t harmful B．the local government paid no attention to the incident C．there are plenty of factories close to the river

D．Wu Yixiu was surprised to find the environmental problems

答案 C [推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的Officials said they found no sign of pollutants released from the factories that line the river.可知在这条河附近有一些工厂，再根据当时污染的程度可知工厂的数量应该有很多。其他三项均与文意不符。]

6．The underlined word “posed” in Paragraph 5 probably means ________．

A．caused

B．reduced

C．killed

D．picked

答案 A [词义猜测题。画线词前面简述了污染的程度，后面提出了目前很多居民无法喝到安全的饮用水，由此可知此处是说“污染引发了严重的风险”，故可推断pose在此处意为“造成，导致”。故选A项。]

7．The majority of the water off Wenzhou’s coast is ________．

A．fresh

B．unclean

C．salty

D．clean

答案 B [细节理解题。根据最后一段中的Eighty percent of the water off Wenzhou’s coast is considered polluted.可知，温州沿岸的多数水源已被污染，也可以说不干净。故选B项。]

8．What’s the author’s attitude to pollution in China?

A．Indifferent. C．Critical.

B．Desperate. D．Doubtful.

答案 C [推理判断题。根据本文内容，尤其是最后三段可知，作者对于中国的环境污染现状持批评态度，但没有信息表明他对此问题持绝望、怀疑和漠不关心的态度，故选C项。]

Ⅱ.写作 (一)应用文写作

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