2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（31）_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（31）

　　答案　A

　　3．The underlined word “contaminants” most probably means________.

　　A．pollutants

　　B．microorganisms

　　C．chemicals D．minerals

　　解析　词义猜测题。由“the chemical pollution and other”可知画线词与pollutants同义。

　　答案　A

　　4．Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

　　A．How Bottled Water Originated

　　B．“Taking the Waters” Has Been Practiced for Long

　　C．What’s the Safe Alternative to Tap Water

　　D．Why Bottled Water Sales Increase

　　解析　主旨大意题。文章第一段的最后一句“What accounts for this surprising increase in demand？”是一个承上启下的句子，下面两段都在讲瓶装水销量上涨的原因。

　　答案　D

　　阅读理解For anyone who is determined to be a fashion designer，it is not enough to have succeeded in college.The real test is whether they can survive，and become established during their early 20s，making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can be as important as talent and creativity.

　　Fashion is a hard business.There is a continuous amount of stress because work is at a constant and extremely fast speed to prepare for the next season’s collections.It is extremely competitive and there is the constant need to make attractive advertisements of the latest fashion in newspapers and magazines.It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is hard to satisfy.“We try to warn people before they come to us about how tough it is.” says Lydia Kemeny，Head of Fashion at St.Martin’s School of Art in London.“And we point out that drive and determination are absolutely necessary.”