高考英语阅读训练题题 历史文化
A.132 years. B.162 years.C.172 years. D.108 years.
答案 A [推理判断题。第一次战争开始于1652年，而最后一次战争结束于1784年，因此得出答案A。]
维A2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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Culture helps human societies survive in changing natural environments.For example，the end of the last Ice Age，beginning about 15,000 years ago，brought an enormous challenge to which humans had to adapt.Before this time，large parts of the northern hemisphere were covered in great sheets of ice that contained much of the earth's water.In North America，large animals that roamed the vast tundra provided people with food and materials for clothing and simple shelters.When the earth became warm，large Ice Age animals disappeared，and many land areas were submerged by rising sea levels from melting ice.But people survived.They developed new technologies and learned how to survive on new plant and animal species.Finally some people settled into permanent villages，durable houses and farms.
Cultural adaptation has made humans one of the most successful species on the planet.Through history，major developments in technology，medicine，and nutrition have allowed people to reproduce and survive in everincreasing numbers.The global population has risen from 8 million during the Ice Age to about 6 billion today.
However，the successes of culture can also create problems in the long run.Over the last 200 years，people have begun to use large quantities of natural resources and energy and to produce a great amount of material and chemical wastes.The global population now consumes some crucial natural resources—such as petroleum，wood，and mineral ores—faster than nature can produce them.Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes，people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.Thus，the adaptive success of the presentday global culture of production and commerce may be temporary.
Notes：
tundra n.冰原;苔原 ②submerge vt.淹没
③crucial adj.关键的 ④ore n.矿
长短句分析：Many scientists believe that in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes，people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways.
句法点睛：这是个主从复合句。Many scientists believe为主句部分，in the process of burning fuels and producing wastes为宾语从句的时间状语，people may be changing the global climate in unpredictable and possibly harmful ways为宾语从句的主干部分。
句意：很多科学家认为，在燃料燃烧和产生垃圾的过程中，人们可能正以无法预测的，甚至是有害的方式改变着全球的'气候。
【语篇解读】 本文为议论文。文章论述了人类在适应自然环境得到了飞速发展的同时，也带来了系列问题：人类的过度发展破环了自然，以至给人类自己带来了灾难。
1.What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A.How the human being survived in the Ice Age.
B.What the situation was during the Ice Age.
C.What caused the Ice Age to come to an end.
D.Why the Ice Age was very important.
答案 A [主旨大意题。虽然冰川融化，人类食物链遭到破坏，但由于人类具有认识和使用新技术的能力而得以存活，并发展状大。]
2.The passage doesn't tell the readers ________.
A.what caused the earth to become warm
B.when the ending of the Ice Age began
C.the population of the Ice Age
D.the problem of cultural adaptation
答案 A [细节理解题。短文没有论及地球变暖的原因。]
3.Which is the problem of cultural adaption?
A.A very developed culture came into being.
B.Too much species have been endangered.
C.The world has become too crowded.
D.Human activities have made damage to the balance of nature.
答案 D [细节理解题。人类过量使用自然资源而破坏了生态平衡。]
4.In face of the greater challenge，human beings should ________.
A.stop developing any longer
B.reduce using too much natural resources
C.find a way out to stop the warming up of the globe
D.save more animals in case they all die out
答案 B [细节理解题。人类过量使用自然资源已经导致了环境的恶化，理智的办法就是减少使用自然资源。]
维B 短文改错(每题1.5分，满分15分)
下面文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Angela works at a university as adviser.Students can come and ask her for many problems if they need help or advices.Most of them are worried about their studies and exams.Some of them have problems connect with renting flats，though the biggest problem was loneliness.Universities are excited places but some students find difficult to make friends.They miss their families but feel lost in the new environment.They're upset.Angela's job is to listen to and try to understand whether they are thinking about.And of course she also gives practical advice when she is needed.