【参考答案】1—5、D

　　A

　　C

　　D

　　C

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Feeling blue about the world ? “Cheer up，” says science writer Matt Ridley.“The world has never been a better place to live in，and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”

　　Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational，because he's carefully weighed the evidence optimistic，because that

　　evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he's set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that，on the whole，has done little but progress for 100, 000 years.He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.

　　Here's how he explains his views.

　　1)Shopping fuels invention

　　It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone.Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty，our own generation has access to more nutritious food，more convenient transport，bigger houses，better cars，and of course，more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us .This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things.The more we specialize and exchange，the better off we'll be.

【2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（90）】相关文章：

★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练：必修1 unit4《Earthquakes》

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（37）附答案

★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（精品）训练题（22）附答案

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(五)必修1Module 5《A Lesson in a Lab》（外研版）

★ 安徽省淮南市2014高考英语一轮单项选择及文章训练（2）及答案

★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练：选修6 unit1《Art》

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（15）及答案

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习书面表达专题训练：Ⅱ卷强化增分练 训练2（含解析）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习必修1参考答案（外研版）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第2组（含解析）