2014高考英語真題全國卷2 閱讀理解 試題及答案詳解：環(huán)境問題

1、2014高考英語真題全國卷2 閱讀理解 試題及答案詳解：環(huán)境問題 Since the first Earth Day in 1970, American have gotten a lot greener toward the environment. We didnt know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it, says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA. But what began as noth

2、ing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. The understanding has increased many, many times, says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor fr

3、om Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day. According to US government reports, emissions(排放) from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 million tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems stil

4、l remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of Green thinking has become part of practices. Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs

5、 have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution. Twenty-five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, its hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. Until we do that, nothing else will chan

6、ge! say Bruce Anderson. (249 words)1. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about .A.the social movementB.recycling techniquesC.environmental problemsD.the importance of Earth Day2. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A.The grass-roots level.B

7、.The business circle.C.Government officials.D.University professors.3. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?A.They have cut car emissions to the lowest.B.They have settled their environmental problems.C.They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D.They have reduced polluti

8、on through effective measures.4. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?A.Education.B.Planning.C.Green living.D.CO reduction.答案與解析：1. C.分析題干，找到題干關鍵詞Anderson,可以迅速定位到文章的第一段，“We didnt know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that ther

9、e was a problem with it”，由此可知，C選項最合適。2. A.分析題干，關鍵詞是support；文章的第二段，“Business peopleare taking part in the movement”，意思是“商人尤其是普通百姓都參與了這一運動”，根據(jù)這句話前面內容可知，movement指的就是環(huán)境保護；大家都參與環(huán)境保護，就是對環(huán)境保護的支持，與題干中的support是一致的；而題目問的是保護環(huán)境支持者“主要(mainly)來自于”根據(jù)“especially millions of grass-roots Americans”可知，環(huán)境保護支持者主要來自于普通老百

10、姓，所以本題答案選A。3. D.分析題干，找到關鍵詞achieved，可以定位到文章的第4段，“Great improvement has been achieved”；后面講的是采取了一系列的措施來減少環(huán)境污染，由此可知答案選D。A選項中提到了car emission，可以定位到文中的第三段第一句話，對比可知，選項與文章內容不符；B選項意思是“美國人已經(jīng)解決了環(huán)境問題”，根據(jù)文章第三段中“Although serious problems still remain”，由此可知，環(huán)境問題依然存在；C選項中提到了CO，可以定位到文章的第三段，“The number of cities produ

11、cing CO has been reduced from 40 to 9”，意思是“一氧化碳排放超標的城市由原來的40個減少到了9個”，與選項中的“美國在40個城市較少了一氧化碳排放量”不符。4. A.分析題干，可迅速定位到文章最后一段，分析文章可知，這一段主要講的是“education programs for environment”，由此可知，本題答案選A。重點單詞：基礎詞匯especially尤其former前任的emission排放beyond超出standard標準reduce減少remain殘存achieve取得advanced先進的therefore因此prevent防止提高

12、詞匯practice慣例重點短語：let alone更不必說take part in參加think up想出deal with處理長難句分析：1. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9.解析：本句話的主干是“The number of cities has been reduced from 40 to 9”；“producing CO beyond the standard”是現(xiàn)在分詞結構作定語，修飾前面的cities。翻譯：一氧化碳排放超標的城市已經(jīng)由40個減少到了9個。拓展：reduce to意思是減少到；reduce by意思是減少了類似的用法還有increase to/by(增加到/了)；beyond是高考?？冀樵~，意思是“超出”，需要多加注意。2. Today, its hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program.解析：本句話的主干是“its hard to find a public school, university,