初升高英语衔接精讲精练:阅读理解精讲精练（8篇）

 

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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。

Looking out of the window of his truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees dying forests and empty farmland. Fitzgerald says the land has been in his family since the 17th century. "I can show you land around here that people grew tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it's gone."

Climate (气候) change is making things worse. As sea levels rise, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the land is becoming too salty for crops to grow on. Hundreds of millions of people will be forced to move inland because of rising waters.

Kate Tully, a researcher in the University of Maryland, wants to keep coastal farmers in business as the seas rise. She has seen the forests filled with pine trees killed by the increasingly salty soil. The United States Department of Agriculture gave Tully and other researchers $1.1 million to study the problem. She and her team hope to give farmers ways to stay on their land.

They are testing different crops on pieces of land around the Eastern Shore. "Sorghum is my new favorite crop because it can grow without rain and it can grow with lots of rain." The grain (谷类) crop may be a good choice to feed the nearly 600 million chickens kept in the area each year. As farmers know, chickens can deal with salt, dry weather conditions and heavy rains. Yet just being able to grow a crop is not enough. The crop has to bring in money.

Some people believe the land should be given back to nature. They say the fields should be turned into wetlands, which are popular with duck hunters (猎人). "There's money in duck hunting," Tully said. "Hunting organizations will pay farmers for hunting on their land. Farmers could make a lot of money from duck hunting."

Tully and her team are just getting started. It will be a few years before they really understand how to save the farms.

1．How does the author introduce the topic?

A．By making a comparison. B．By showing an experience.

C．By making a survey. D．By studying the cause.

2．Why were Tully and other researchers given $1.1 million?

A．To help farmers stay on their land.

B．To study new crops for coastal farmers.

C．To study climate change in recent years.

D．To help farmers start their own business.

3．What does Tully think of turning farms into places for duck hunting?

A．She's worried it goes against nature.

B．She thinks it's popular with farmers.

C．She thinks it can be a good choice.

D．She's concerned it will take time.

4．What can be the best title for the text?

A．Scientists Teaching Farmers to Plant Crops

B．Rising Seas Forcing Changes on Farms

C．Climate Change Making Things Worse

D．Coastal Farmers Saving Their Homeland

【答案】1．B

2．A

3．C

4．B

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，海平面上升让我们的农场产生了不好的变化。很多农民不得不搬离原来用于耕作的农地，因此，他们的生计也受到了影响。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇社会现象类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

1．考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“I can show you land around here that people grew tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it's gone."我可以给你看看这儿周围的土地，在我还是小男孩的时候，曾经人们在上面种西红柿。而现在它不见了。可知，作者通过展示自己的小时候的经历引入本文的话题的。故选B。

2．考查细节理解。根据第三段中的”She and her team hope to give farmers ways to stay on their land.”她和她的团队希望找到方法让农民留在他们的土地上。可知图利和其他研究者捐献了一百一十万美元是为了帮助农民留在他们的土地上，故选A。

3．考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“Hunting organizations will pay farmers for hunting on their land. Farmers could make a lot of money from duck hunting.”打猎组织会付钱给农民以便可以在他们的土地上打猎。农名可以从猎鸭中赚取很多钱。可知，图利认为这是双赢的做法，是一个好的选择。故选C。