【英语】英语阅读理解(科普环保)练习题及答案及解析.pdf

【英语】英语阅读理解(科普环保)练习题及答案及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解科普环保类
1．犇犇阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Ateamofinternationalscientistsisduetosetofffortheworld'sbiggesticeberginamission
aimingtoanswerfundamentalquestionsabouttheimpactofclimatechangeinthepolarregions.
Thescientists,ledbytheBritishAntarcticSurvey(BAS),aretryingtoreachanewlyrevealed
ecosystemthathadbeenhiddenfor120,000yearsbelowtheLarsenCiceshelf.
Lastyear,partoftheLarsenCiceshelfcalved崩解()away,formingahugeiceberg-A68—which
isfourtimesbiggerthanLondon,andrevealinglifebeneathforthefirsttime.Nowscientistssay
itisaraceagainsttimetoexplorethesenewecosystemsbeforetheyaretransformedtothelight.
MarinebiologistDrKatrinLinsefromtheBASisleadingthemission.

ahugeenvironmentshesaid.isimportantthatwegettherequicklybeforethe

大胆的)on
thisone.LarsenCisalongwaysouthandthere'slotsofseaiceinthearea,butthisisimportant
science,sowewilltryourbesttogettheteamwheretheyneedtobe.Hesaidclimatechange
hadalreadyaffectedtheseaaroundAntarcticaandiswarmingsomecoastalwaters.
warmingmaymakesomehabitatswarm.Wherethesehabitatssupportuniquespeciesthatare

ThereisgrowingconcernaboutthepossibleimpactofclimatechangeintheAntarctic.Earlier
thismonth,areportrevealedthatmeltingicesheetsinGreenlandandAntarcticaarespeedingup
thealreadyfastpaceofthesealevelrise.Theresearch,publishedbytheNationalAcademiesof
Science,EngineeringandMedicine,said,thecurrentrate,theworld'soceanwillbe,on

accelerating,andmorethanthreequartersoftheaccelerationsince1993isduetomeltingice
sheetsinGreenlandandAntarctica,thestudyshows.
（1）Whyarethescientistseagertogototheiceberg?
A.Tostudyhowtheicebergwasformed.
B.Tostudyanewlydiscoveredecosystem.
C.Toexploreanewwaytopreventclimatechange.
D.ToexplorethegeographyoftheLarsenCiceshelf.
（2）
A.TheLarsenCiceshelf.
B.ClimatechangeinAntarctica.
C.TheA68icebergwiththeecosystembeneathit.
D.TheconditionofanimalspeciesinAntarctica.
（3）WhatcanwelearnabouttheA68icebergfromthetext?
A.ItisasbigasLondon.
B.ItispartofaniceshelfintheArctic.
C.Itwilldisappearinaveryshort