2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：49（含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：49（含解析）

　　C．experience the terrible heat of summer

　　D．look for gold in California

　　．If the passage continues, it will be about

　　A．the truth about Scotty's Castle

　　B．why Spanish built the castle

　　C．when the castle was built

　　D．where the castle lies in

　　1.B段落大意题。根据前两个段主要介绍了死亡谷的温度，暴风和洪水等情况，总之介绍了它的气候。

　　.D细节理解题。根据The area was named by a woman in 1849．Thousands of people from other parts of the country traveled Lo the gold mining areas in California．As they left, one Woman looked back and said, "Good -bye, death valley． ” The name has never been changed．她也去加利福尼亚寻找金子，故选D。

　　.A推理判断题。根据最后一段可知下面将些关于Scotty's Castle的真实情况。Housed in Milan, one of Europe's dirtiest cities, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper still faces a threat from air pollution, researchers say, despite preventative measures that have significantly decreased pollutants in the church where the famous painting is on display.

　　In 2009, Italian authorities installed a heating, ventilation (通风) and airconditioning system to protect the painting from Milan's polluted air. To see whether the system could improve air quality, a team of researchers led by Constantinos Sioutas, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California, placed two airquality monitors inside the church for a year to collect samples from around painting. Results showed the levels of fine and coarse particulates were reduced near the painting by 88 percent and 94 percent, respectively, compared with the corresponding outdoor levels. ?It's a spectacular reduction，” Sioutas said in a statement. “It is, frankly, very impressive.”