2020-2021学年初三英语知识点归纳及题型专练：D篇阅读一Accordingtoanewscientificresearch,wearerapidlygoingclosetomajorclimatechangeandtheeffectsontheenvironmentcouldbequiteserious.Geographerspredictthatclimatezonescouldcompletelydisappearwithinthenexteightyyears.Wherewillcropsbegrownifthishappens?Whentheclimatechangesalot,polarregionswillgetcolderandtropicalregionswillgetevenhotter.Asaresult,wherewillanimalsbeforcedtomoveontheearth?Climatechangeslikethesecouldleadtothespreadofdiseases.Tropicalstormsandhurricanes(飓风)willnotonlyincreasebutmayalsobecomestronger.Ifthechangescometooquickly,animalsandplantsmaynotbeabletoadapt(适应)rightawayandcoulddisappearfromtheearth.AccordingtoScienceDaily,anewstudypredictsthat,bytheyear2100,manyoftoday’sfamiliarclimateswillbetakenplacebyclimateunknownintoday’sworld.Itisurgentthatwereducetherisksoffar-reachingresultsforthewholeworld.Theplanetitselfhasbeenshowingsignsofchange.In2004,ahugetsunamicreatedbyamajorearthquakekilledthousandsinSumatraandin2008,thousandsmorediedinChinainanotherbigearthquake.Egyptwashitin2009withamajorearthquakeandHaitiwasdestroyedseriouslyandbecameruinsin2010byanotherbigearthquake.Notlongago,scientistsdiscoveredicemelting(融化)inwestAntarctica(南极洲).Thisisveryworryingbecausetemperaturesinthisareahaveremainedratherconstant(不断的)andactuallyevenlowerattime.Meltingoccurswhentemperaturesincreaseandsincetemperatureshaveremained,theiceshouldnotbemelting.However,satellitedata(数据)showsmeltingaroundwestAntarctica.Withinjustthelastfewmonths,newreportsfromaroundtheworldhavebeencominginandmostagreethatourclimatesituationismuchworsethanpreviouslyexpected.Atthispoint,itdoesn’tmatterwhatiscausingit,butrather,whatcanbedoneaboutit.Ontheotherhand,ourworldisgettingmoreandmoreunstable(不稳定)everyyear.Naturaldisasters(灾难)arebecomingmorefrequent(频繁的)andserious.However,otherplanetsareexperiencingglobalwarmingaswellasourownandsomescientistsbelievetheremaybesomeconnectionsbetweenthese.Nooneknowsanythingforsureatthispointbecausethereissimplynotenoughdata.1.What’sthewriter’sattitudetowardtheclimatechanges?A.Weshouldobservethegreatchangesoftheclimatecarefully.B.Wemustconnectwithotherplanetstopreventtheclimatechanges.C.Weshouldtryourbesttodosomethingagainsttheclimatechanges.D.Weneedtodiscoverwhatcausestheclimatechangesfirstofall.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“tropical”mean?A.coldanddryB.coolandwetC.hotandwetD.warmanddry3.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A.Collectingmoredatawillhelpustosolvetheproblem.B.Theclimatewillbemuchbetterthanwehaveexpected.C.Earthquakescanbeavoidedinafewyears’time.D.TheiceinwestAntarcticawillstopmeltinginthefuture.4.What’sthepassagemainlyabout?A.Ittellsushowtoprotecttheenvironmentoftheearth.B.Ittalksaboutthebadeffectsoftheclimatechanges.C.Itshowsushowtopreventdiseasesfromspreading.D.Itdescribeswhatweshoulddowiththeearthquakes.1.【答案】:C【解析】:观点态度题。根据文章所讲的内容,可知主要是讲述了全球变暖将会引起的一系列的气候变化,作者写这篇文章主要是为了引起读者们对此事的关注,故选C2.【答案】:C【解析】:词义猜测题。根据此单词前的一句polarregionswillgetcolder的意思,基地会变得更冷,可知tropical的意思是热带的,应选C3.【答案】:A【解析】:推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的Nooneknowsanythingforsureatthispointbecausethereissimplynotenoughdata,可知推断需要更多的数据,故选A。4.【答案】:B【解析】:纵观全文,由文章的大意,得知文章...
