高考英语阅读训练题 海洋资源
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海洋资源
高考曾用材料：2010广东卷C篇
选材相似度：★★★★
设题相似度：★★★
难度系数：★★★
It may not be quite old enough to be the world's oldest living organism—that “honor” goes to the bristlecone pine tree (aged 5,000 years )—but，at 4,000 years of age，Leiopathes glaberrima，a deepwater coral species，does set the record for being the oldest animal living under the sea.
Located on the floor of the Pacific Ocean，off Hawaii，the 3 meters tall，(extremely) longlived “black coral” could have some valuable clues about past incidents of climate change; specifically，it could better scientists' understanding of how oceans draw down carbon dioxide—and of ocean acidification in general.Brendan Roark of Texas A&M University，who led a research expedition in 2006 to study the corals' climate records，presented his findings at the recent AAAS meeting.
How long they can live is anybody's guess，Roark told Science's Erik Stokstad.He and his colleagues used radiocarbon dating to determine the coral's age.What this suggests，he said，is that the harvesting of deepwater coral for jewelry should be completely banned; because the corals grow at such an anemic rate，any level of harvesting would likely wipe out the remaining specimens—those not yet affected by ocean acidification.
Roark believes it could be possible to reconstruct records of subsurface temperature variability and ocean circulation changes，which would provide some insight on climate change incidents and help predict future effects.By comparison，that ocean quahog clam we mentioned a while back—aged 405 years—seems almost sprightly.
Notes：
acidification n.酸性 ②anemic adj.无活力的 ③subsurface adj.地下的 ④quahog clam圆蛤 ⑤sprightly adj.活泼的
长短句分析：What this suggests，he said，is that the harvesting of deepwater coral for jewelry should be completely banned.
句法点睛：本句中，“What this suggests”为主语，“he said”为插入语，that引导表语从句。
句意：他说，他提出的建议是，从深水珊瑚中采集珠宝的活动应该彻底制止。
【语篇解读】 本文是说明文。全文说明了海洋寿星——Leiopathes glaberrima。这一深海珊瑚礁种类在水下已经待了4 000多年。研究它对我们研究海洋意义很大。科学家也提出了保护海洋珊瑚类的建议。
1.What is the best title of the passage?
A.The world's oldest living organism
B.Oldest animal under the sea
C.How to protect the corals grow
D.A great discovery
答案 B [主旨大意题。全文讲述海洋的寿星，因此B项最合适。]
2.What does the underlined word “clues” in the second paragraph mean?
A.Evidence. B.Treasure. C. Worth. D.Usage.
答案 A [词义猜测题。联系第二段可知，Leiopathes glaberrima的发现对研究海洋提供了有力的线索与证据。]
3.What's the value of the finding of the Leiopathes glaberrima?
A.It shows which is the oldest in the ocean.
B.It helps the scientists get more imformation about the ocean.
C.It shows why the weather changes so much.
D.It helps the scientists know how to live longer.
答案 B [推理判断题。第二段讲述了发现Leiopathes glaberrima的意义，因此可以得出答案为B。]
4.Why should the harvesting of deepwater coral for jewelry be completely banned?
A.Because the jewelry has little value.
B.Because the jewelry is hard to harvest.
C.Because harvesting for the jewelry does great harm to deepwater coral.
D.Because it is very dangerous.
答案 C [推理判断题。从第三段中的.“because the corals grow at such an anemicrate，any level of harvesting would likely wipe out the remaining specimens”可知， 珊瑚的生长非常缓慢，稍微的破坏就会导致物种灭绝。]
维A2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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高考曾用材料：2010安徽卷D篇
选材相似度：★★★★
设题相似度：★★★
难度系数：★★★★
Scientists spent the past 10 years studying life in the oceans.This month，they released the results of their work.
People often say that there are plenty of fish in the sea.But until recently，not even scientists knew how many creatures lived in the world's oceans.Ten years ago，a group of scientists decided to find out.