湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (60)_高考复习指南

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (60)

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　　Read the passage and then choose the best answer to each question.

　　1. Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?

　　A. Advice for Dealing with Heatwaves

　　B. Negative Impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect

　　C. Reasons for the Rising Temperature in Cities

　　D. Climate Change Causes the Rise of Nighttime Temperatures

　　2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

　　A. Cities produce more heat with cars, lighting and machines than rural areas.

　　B. It was the hot, airless nights rather than the daytime that proved deadly.

　　C. The number of very hot nights in London will increase every year.

　　D. Buildings and roads absorb heat during the day and release it at night.

　　3. This passage might be found _______.

　　A. on a cultural website

　　B. in a science magazine

　　C. in a science textbook

　　D. in a work of science fiction

　　Section B

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　　 Mowing1 the grass and looking after the baby are common summer jobs for teenagers. Alexandra Reau, 14, combines a little bit of each. Last year, she asked her dad to dig up a farm for her to take food straight from the soil. Alexandra lives in an agricultural area, but her great-grandparents were the last generation to farm this land. She became interested in gardening after joining in the Monroe County Youth Farm Stand Project, which her mother started two years ago to help the poor youth learn about nutrition. Her mother had been learning about C.S.A. (Community-Supported Agriculture), so Alexandra knew about it, and she liked it because she could pick what she wanted on her own schedule. She said, "Because it was still summer, I wanted to be busy every single minute of the day." When she told her mother she wanted to have her own farm, her mother thought it wasn’t a good idea because of the road they live on, which is narrow and uneven. Alexandra took part in a youth-inventors competition with her idea, and her business plan won $300 in start-up money. And she seems to have quite the green thumb. She’s successfully grown a huge variety of fresh produce, including carrots, watermelon, tomatoes and onions. Since last summer, Alexandra has been running her own C.S.A. program for 14 of her neighbors. They pay up to $175 for a share of vegetables and herbs that Alexandra grows by herself. She credits2 the youth-agriculture organization with improving her public speaking, and the program has helped her with other skills too. "I’m just more talkative now." Farming has also taught her patience. "It’s a continual process, and you can’t just stop," she says.