河北省邯郸市丛台区2016高考英语 阅读理解练习(8)

河北省邯郸市丛台区2016高考英语阅读理解练习（8）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A MythIt is true that world population is growing, but this is not the cause of our current and future global problems. Believing this will cause us to ignore the real problem and risk long-term damage to our planet.Let me start by explaining why overpopulation is a myth. For one thing, the UN Population Division regularly predicts population growth but provides a low variant (变量), medium variant, and high variant to factor in various possibilities. In the 2010 revision, their high variant suggests that the world population will be almost 16 billion in 2100, but the low variant predicts it will peak at 8 billion and decrease to just over 6 billion by 2100. In most cases, it is the low variant that has come true in the past, suggesting the same will be true of their future population predictions. In addition to this, the size of families is actually decreasing.For another, if the Earth is overpopulated, there needs to be insufficient (短缺) food, water, and space for humans to live. However, Indian economist Raj Krishna estimates that India alone is able to increase crop produce to the point of providing the entire world’s food supply. The World Food Programme confirms that there is sufficient food grown to feed the world and there is the same amount of fresh water on the planet now as there was 10,000 years ago. So how is it possible that the number of people in the world is affecting our planet?Therefore, it is not an increase in population but an increase in consumption that is a severe threat. Materialism and overconsumption are facts of life for everybody in the western world, as possessions reflect a person’s status in society and people strive to obtain happiness through owning the latest fashionable goods. Not only that, but waste is a common occurrence which has a huge effect on our resources. It is a sad truth that 80% of the world’s resources are currently used by just 20% of the world’s population.Our overconsumption must be addressed now to make our lives more sustainable (可持续的) and avoid continuing the terrible damage to the environment we are causing. The key is education. If we do not work towards this but instead focus on the wrong issue, we may find ourselves living on a planet that can no longer sustain human life.1. According to the author, what causes our current and future global problems?A. The increase in population.B. Shortage of food and water.C. The fast growth of material needs.D. Failure to protect the environment.2. The underlined word “myth” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.A. factB. misconceptionC. possibilityD. uncertainty3. The author stresses that _____.A. people should save food and waterB. economists are making wrong predictionsC. wrong judgment leads to serious consequencesD. measures should be taken to reduce population4. What is mainly discussed in the passage?A. The real cause of global problems.B. The severe effect of overpopulation.C. Reasonable use of natural resources.D. Methods to reduce overconsumption.【参考答案】C B C .A阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

I’ve written 14 movies．My characters smoke in many of them, and they look cool and glamorous（有魅力的） doing it．Smoking was an integral（必需的） part of many of my screenplays because I was a heavy smoker．It was part of a bad-boy image I’d cultivated for a long time—smoking, drinking, partying, rock ’n’ roll．Smoking, I once believed, was every person’s right．The second-hand smoke was non-existent problem invented by professional do-gooders．I put all these views into my plays．Remembering all this, I find it hard to forgive myself．I have been an accomplice (帮凶) to the murders of untold numbers of human beings．I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God．Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did．Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer, the result of a lifetime of smoking．I am alive but disabled．Much of my larynx (喉) is gone．I have some difficulty speaking; others have some difficulty understanding me．I haven’t smoked or drunk for 18 months now, though I still take it day by day and pray for help．I believe in prayer and exercise．I have walked five miles a day for a year, without missing even one day．Quitting smoking and drinking has taught me the hardest lesson I’ve ever learned about my own weakness; it has also given me the greatest affection and empathy(同感) for those still addicted．I don’t think smoking is every person’s right anymore．I think smoking should be as illegal as heroin（海洛因）．I’m no longer such a bad boy．I go to church on Sunday．I’m desperate to see my four boys grow up．I want to do everything I canto undo the damage I have done with my own big-screen words and images．Screen writers know, too, that some movie stars are more likely to play a part if they can smoke —because they are so addicted to smoking that they have difficulty stopping even during the shooting of a scene．My hands are bloody; so are Hollywood’s．My cancer has caused me to attempt to cleanse （彻底清洁） me．I do n’t wish my fate upon anyone in Hollywood, but I beg that Hollywood should stop putting it upon millions of others．1. The main idea of this passage probably is _________．A. the writer is ashamed of the bad effects his screenplays have had on human beingsB. the writer’s smoking experience nearly killed himselfC. the bad effects that Hollywood screenplay have brought to childrenD. the determination of the writer to overcome his illness答案解析：答案为A。