2019高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练(解析)-低碳生活与全球变暖(2)

2019高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（解析）-低碳生活与全球变
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Britain'slargestcompaniesarepromisingtooffergreenerproductsandinvestinresearcha ndtechnologyaspartofawiderpushtoreducecarbonemissions.
EighteenofBritain'stopcompanies,includingcarmakers,airlines,retailersandbanks,a republishingareportonMonday,inwhichtheypromisetodevelopnewproductsandservicesth atallowcustomerstocuttheircarbonemissions.Thereportisalsointendedtosendamessage tocompaniesaroundtheworldtomakefightingclimatechangeahigherpriority. “Thisrequiresurgentaction,andthesoonerwedoit,thebetterandthecheaperitwillbe,”saidBenVerwaayen,chiefexecutiveofBTandchairmanofthetaskforcegroupthatproducedth ereport.It’smembersemploytwomillionpeopleworldwideandhavemorethan ￡1trillioninincome.
ThereportisaresultofBritishbusinesses’addressingissuesraisedbytheSternReview,astudycommissionedbytheBritishgovernment andpublishedlastyearontheeconomicimpactofglobalwarming.Thereview,ledbythegovern ment'stopeconomist,NicholasStern,concludedthatspendingaboutonepercentofglobalgr ossproductinreducingemissionstodaywouldavoidhavingtospendaboutfivetotwentyperce nt-inthefuture.
Monday'sreportsaysthattheresponsibilitytocutemissionslieswithconsumers,whothrou ghtheirpurchasescontributetosixtypercentofBritain'semissions,withcompanies,whic hcancutemissionsbyofferinggreenerproducts,andwiththegovernment,whichshoulduseta xcutsasagreatencouragementforconsumerstocutemissions.
1.Theunderlinedword“urgent”inthethirdparagraphcanbereplacedby“______”.
A.extreme
B.important
C.immediate
D.unbelievable
2.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthat_________.
A.Britain'slargestcompanieswanttopreventglobalwarming
B.reducingcarbonemissionshasnothingtodowithconsumers
C.carmakersdon'twanttoreducecarbonemissions
D.BenVerwaayenthinksitunnecessarytoreducecarbonemissions
3.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutNicholasStemisTRUE?
A.HeisoneofthebesteconomistsintheBritishGovernment.
B.HeistheauthorofthefamousbookStern,Review.
C.Hesuggestsspendingtenpercentofglobalgrossproductsinreducingemissions.
D.heisthefirstpersoninBritaintocallonpeopletoreduceemissions.
4.Whereisthispassagemostprobablytakenfrom?A.NovelB.InstructionC.NewspaperD.Adve rtisement
5.Whatshouldbethebesttitleofthispassage?
A.Thesooner,thecheaper.
B.Britishfirmsurgeactiononclimatechange.
C.Areportonglobalwarming.
D.Howtoreducecarbonemissions.
B
Chinahasapopulationofmorethan1.3billionpeople,comparedwitharound300million intheUnitedStates.“China’semissionofgreenhousegasesislarge.ThisisbecauseChinahasthelargestpopulationinth eworld,butChina’spercapitaemissionlevelisverylow,”Yangsaid.HealsorepeatedChina’slong-heldopinionthatdevelopedcountriesaremainlyresponsiblefortheclimatechangep roblem.
“Climatechangeismainlyduetothelong-termemissionsbydevelopedcountriesinthepasta ndtheircurrenthighpercapitalevelofemissions,”Yangsaid.
YangalsopointedoutthatalargepartofChina’semissionswastheresultofproductsthatfinallyareboughtbyconsumersinWesterncountri es,leadingtowhathenamed“transferemission”.“Ihopewhenpeopleusehigh-qualityandinexpensiveChineseproducts,theywillalsoremem berthatChinaisunderincreasingpressureoftransferemission,”hesaid.
1.WhatisYangJiechi’sopinionaboutgreenhousegasemissions?
A.Chinashouldbethefirsttoreducegreenhousegasemissions.
C
Environmentministersfrom180countrieswillstarttryingtorescuetheKyototrea tyongloba lwarmingshortly.Theyjointheirofficialswhohavebeenmeetingalltheweekint heGermancityofBonn.
The1997Kyotoagreementcommitsindustrializedcountriestoreducegreenhousegasemissio ns.Theprotocol(议定书)wasunderminedinamajorwayinMarchwhenUSPresidentGeorgeW.BushsaiditwouldweakenA merica'seconomy.
It'sBeethoVenwhooverlooksthetownsquarehereandit'sunlikelythathe'llhavetogiveuph isplacetoanmonumentcelebratingaconference,whichwillstopglobalwarming.Ministersf romover180countrieshavealreadyagreedtoglobalcutsinemissionsofgreenhousegassesfi vepercentbelowthe1990levels.Butheretheymustdecidehowthiswillbeachieved,SinceGeo rgeBushpulledout ofthedeal,theargumentisbetweenJapanandEurope.TheJapaneseWantfl exiblerolesallowingthemtoplantmoretreesinplaceofsteepcutsinpollutionandweakerpe naltiesformissingtargets.Europedoesn'tlikeit,butreallywantsadeal.
JanPronk,ConferenceChairman,Said,
“WhenIcametoBonn,Iwasabitpessimis tic,givenmanypoliticalstatements,whichwerem adeduringthelastcoupleofweeks,thatperhapsitwouldnotbepossibletoreachanagreement .However,Ihavetheimpressionthatitispossibletoreacharesult.”
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Ifallthecountriesgatheringherefailtoreachan agreementinthenextfewdays,it won'tbe theendofKyoto,butitwillbeafailure,afailuretoputnationaldifferencesasidetoresolv eaproblem,whichthewholeworld,eventheAmericansagree,isagrowingthethreattoourplan et.
1.Themainpurposeofthetextistotellus________
A.thewholeworldisconcernedaboutwarmingglobal
B.anargumentbetweenJapanandEuropeabouttheissueofpollution
C.theraceisontosaveKyotoclimatetreaty
D.countrieshavedifferentattitudestowardsKyototreaty
2.Fromthefirsttwoparagraphs,weknowthat_______.
A.theofficialsfrom180countrieshavestayedinBonnforseveralweeks
B.Americanbroketheagreementbypollutingtheoceans
C.the1997Kyototreatyaskedallthecountriestoreducegreenhousegasemissions
D.theenvironmentministersfrom180countrieswillmeetinBonntorescuetheK yototreatyo nglobal warming
3.Fromthetext,wecaninferthattheUS_________.
A.supportstheKyototreatyactively
B.movedawayfromthedeal
C.believesthatgoodenvironmentcanstrengthenitseconomy
D.advocatesthesteepcutsinpollution
4.Whichofthefollowingcanbestexplaintheunderlinedword“flexible”inParagraph3?
A.Determinedordecided.
B.Difficulttomove.
C.Abletochangetosuitnewconditionsorsituations.
D.Existentwithoutanyplanoraim.
5.Whatconclusioncanwe drawfromthetext?
A.JanPronkisoptimisticbecauseofsomepoliticalstatements.
B.Itisnothardtoachievethegoaltostoptheglobalwarming.
C.Japanpollutestheenvironmentmostseriouslyamongthe180countries.
D.Iftheconferenceisasuccess,amonumentwillbesetuptocelebrate.
1.B。

细节理解题。

根据第一段Thedevelopedworldshouldtakeresponsibilityforclimatechange…可知，答案为B。

2.A。

词意猜测题，根据后面出现的islessthanonethirdtheaverageofdevel opedcountries
我们可以推断这里指的是中国人均排放量。

故答案为A。

4、C从第三段的“allowingthemtoplantmoreplantmoretreesinplaceofsteepcutsinpollution”可以推出词义。

5、D从第三段的“it'sunlikelythathe'llhavetogiveuphisplacetoanmonumentcelebratingaconference,w hichwillstopglobalwarming”可以得出答案。

·黄金表达
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Two-thirdsofthepeoplelivingthereareformerlyhomelesspeople,whoserentispaidbytheg overnment.住在那儿的三分之二是以前无家可归的人们，他们的房租由政府支付。

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Withalittleeffort,andnotmuchmoney,mostofuscouldreduceourenergydietsby25percento rmore—doingtheEarthafavorwhilealsohelpingourwallets.付出一些努力，也不是太多的钱，我们大多数都能把我们的消费能力减低25％或者更多－在节约了资金的同时也保护了地球。

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Britain'slargestcompaniesarepromisingtooffergreenerproductsandinvestinresearcha ndtechnologyaspartofawiderpushtoreducecarbonemissions.英国的大公司们正在许诺要提供绿色产品和投资科技研究来作为减低二氧化碳排放量的一个全面推动。

④Thedevelopedworldshouldtakeresponsibilityforclimatechangeratherthanonlypointout thatChina’sgreenhousegasemissionsarerising,ChineseForeignMinisterYangJiechisaidatapressco nference.中国外交部长杨洁篪在一次记者招待会上说：在应对全球气候变暖这个问题上，发达国家应该承担主要责任，而不不是仅仅职责中国的二氧化碳排放量在增加。

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Ifallthecountriesgatheringherefailtoreachanagreementinthenextfewdays,itwon'tbet heendofKyoto,butitwillbeafailure,afailuretoputnationaldifferencesasidetoresolve aproblem,whichthewholeworld,eventheAmericansagree,isagrowingthethreattoourplane
t.如果聚集在这儿的国家在未来几天达不成一个协议，尽管它不是京都议定书的末日，但它将会是一个失败，一个要把国家的不同利益放到一边来解决这个问题的失败，它对整个世界，对我们的星球，即使美国同意了，也是一个不断日益增长的威胁。

·单词百宝箱
formerlyadv.从前,以前,原来
Formerlyheworkedonafarm,butnowhe'sateacher.以前他在农场工作,但现在当教师。

householdn. 同住在一所房子里的人,一家人,户
Igrewupaspartofalargehousehold.我生长在一个大家庭。

priorityU 优先权,重点；C 优先考虑的事
Ifyouknockedtheballwithyourhandinfootball,youwillsufferapenalty.如果在踢足球时你用手碰到球,你将受到处罚。

pessimistic adj.悲观的；悲观主义的Thereisnoreasontobepessimisticaboutthefuture.没有理由对未来悲观。