2019年高考英语一轮复习练习：练案30 含解析 精品

练案[30]选修六Unit 5The power of nature

Ⅰ．阅读理解

A

(2017·广东省深圳市一调)导学号 17692929 Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air, especially when it reaches critical pollution levels, but one local entrepreneur decided that canning and selling this poor quality air as a souvenir would be a great idea.Believe it or not, he was right.

After seeing a number of companies achieve commercial success by canning fresh air from countries like France, Canada or Australia and selling it in China, Dominic Johnson－Hill, a British－born citizen of Beijing and owner of the Plastered 8 souvenir shop, decided to turn the idea on its head and sell canned Beijing air throughout China and abroad.

“I'd seen people going crazy to buy canned air from Canada and Australia, so I thought it was time to push business the other way，”the entrepreneur said.“They're perfect gifts! What else are you going to take home when you go home from Beijing? A roast duck? A Plastered T－shirt? These cans are light, portable, you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas.”

The few mouth－fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a snarky description of the contents：“a unique blend of nitrogen, oxygen and some other stuff”．The tongue－in－cheek souvenirs cost 28 RMB (US$4) and are available at the Plastered 8 shop, as well as on its online shop.But if you're actually considering buying some, you'd better ask shop, as they are virtually flying off the shelves.Johnson－Hill told Ruptly that his shop is selling hundreds of Beijing air cans every day.

Personally, the well－sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions.Yet one thing that's not particularly clear is if the air is really collected from Beijing, as the cans are labeled as“Made in Shenzhen”．There's a big chance that's just Plastered 8 humor, as they also list“Choking Hazard”and“May have come into contact with nuts”as warnings.

Anyway, it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.

文章大意：罐装北京空气大受欢迎。

1．What are many people in Beijing likely to do with the smoggy air？__D__

A．Try to get used to it.B．Can it as a souvenir.

C．Sell it all over the world.D．Try their best to avoid it.

解析：推理判断题。由第一段第一句话“Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air, especially when it reaches critical pollution levels...”可知，北京居

民努力避免吸入雾霾。

2．How may one feel when receiving canned Beijing air for Christmas？__B__

A．Satisfied.B．Surprised.

C．Frightened.D．Refreshed.

解析：推理判断题。由第三段最后一句话“These cans are light, portable, you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas.”可推知。

3．Which of the following can replace the underlined w ord“stuff”in Paragraph 4？__B__ A．liquids B．objects

C．minerals D．risks

解析：猜测词义题。氢气、氧气和其他物质的混合体。

4．What can we infer from the passage？__C__

A．There are unidentified objects in the canned Beijing air.

B．The Plastered 8 souvenir shop is famous for its humour.

C．The writer may expect us to care more about the environment.

D．Dominic Johnson－Hill is a British man who lives in Beijing.

解析：推理判断题。由第五段第一句话和最后一段可知，作者期望我们关注环境。

B

(2018·惠州市高三第二次调研)导学号 17692930 Are you content with the shape of your nose? If not, the climate may be to blame, not your parents.

This is according to a recent study carried out by scientists from Pennsylvania State University, US.They found that climate played a key role in shaping our noses.The findings were based on an examination of the size and shape of noses of 476 people from four regions—West Africa, East Asia, South Asia and Northern Europe, using 3－D facial imaging technology.

“People have thought for a long time the difference in nose shape among humans across the world may have arisen as a result of natural selection because of climate，”Arslan Zaidi, one of the lead authors of the study, told The Guardian.But while previous studies were based on measurements from human skulls, Zaidi and his team looked at nose shape itself.

The result showed that wider noses are more common in warm and humid climates, while narrower noses are more common in cold and dry climates.That, Zaidi said, could be because narrower nasal passages help to increase the moisture(潮湿) content of air and warm it，which is easier on our lungs.This, in turn, led to a gradual decrease in nose width in populations living far away from the equator.

More study is still needed to test the link between climate and nose shape, but Zaidi believes the current findings are valuable in understanding potential health issue.“As we become more of