高考英语二轮阅读理解统练及答案_6

重庆市合川二中2016高考英语二轮阅读理解统练（1）及答案

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a

little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or

more—doing the Earth a favor while also helping our wallets.

Not long ago, my wife, PJ, and I tried a new diet—not to lose a little weight but to answer an

annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is heating

up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could be severe if

we don’t keep reducing emissions(排放) of carbon dioxide(CO2) and other greenhouse gases that

are trapping heat in our atmosphere.

We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. We

wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a strict diet. The average US

household(家庭) produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like

turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. That’s more than twice the European average and almost

five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses. But

how much should we try to reduce?

For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is

Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to

make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping

points, such as the melting(融化) of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. “To stay below

that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent, “ he said.

Good advice, I thought. I’d opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. We’d gotten so used to

keeping our air-conditioning going around the clock. I’d almost forgotten the windows even opened.

We should not let this happen again. It’s time for us to change our habits if necessary.

1. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet?

A. To take special kinds of food. B. To respond to climate change.

C. To lose weight. D. To improve their health. 2. The underlined words “tipping points” most probably refer to “ ”.

A. freezing points B. burning points

C. melting points D. boiling points

3. It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time

B. it seems possible for every household to cut emissions of CO2

C. the average US household produces about 3, 000 pounds of CO2 a month

D. the average European household produces about 1, 000 pounds of CO2 a month

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

A. Saving Energy Starts at Home

B. Changing Our Habits Begins at Work

C. Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable

D. Reducing Emissions of CO2 Proves Difficult

【参考答案】1-4 BCBA

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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You've probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career

counselors, psychiatrists(精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with

daily life.

But there's a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is

called a “ life coach ”. People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give

certain employees a career boost, are turning to them for help.

The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and

Influence People” came along soon thereafter.

But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their

own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法)to help others

make critical life decisions.

They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working

yourself happy”.

Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road

map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s

career and life outside work.

Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are

anything but successful---including battered women and struggling single mothers.

But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement.

They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick(华而不实的) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.