2017届高三英语一轮复习 Unit 4 Global warming练习 新人教版选修6.doc

Unit 4　Global warming 阅读理解·组块专练——练速度 (限时：35分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Want to help fight global warming? Take off your tie, says the Italian health ministry. It has urged employers to let their staff dress casually at work in the summer so that the air conditioning can be turned down. “Taking your tie off immediately lowers the body temperature by 2 or 3 degrees centigrade，” the ministry said in a statement. “Allowing a more sensible use of air conditioning brings about electricity savings and protects the environment.” It called on all public and private offices to let employees wear no tie during heat waves like the one that has brought Africa-like temperatures to many parts of Italy this week. The move echoes (回应) a similar action from Italys biggest oil group, ENI, which told its staff earlier this month they need not wear a tie at work. The tie makers, however, were left hot_under_the_collar. “Italy confirms that it is a strange country，” Flavio Cima said angrily in a letter to financial daily Il Sole 24 ORE under the headline: “I, tie maker, am responsible for global warming.” “We can now happily continue with our lifestyle, using cars, consuming fuel, heating and cooling our homes at leisure. On one condition: we should not wear a tie while we do so，” he wrote. “I should have listened to my friends and become an oil producer instead.” Italy is one of the European Unions worst performers on the pollution front and is among the EU countries expected to exceed (超出) their greenhouse gas emission (排放) targets. 语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。解掉领带可以让体温下降2或3度，所以许多公司鼓励员工不戴领带上班，以抵制全球气候变暖；但是，这种主张遭到了领带制造商的反对。1．Whats the purpose of the move of taking off ties? A．To dress casually. B．To fight global warming. C．To keep the body temperature. D．To improve working conditions. 解析：选B　主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Want to help fight global warming? Take off your tie”可知，解掉领带是为了抵制全球变暖，故B项正确。 2．Who first encouraged employees to take off ties? A．ENI. B．Flavio Cima. C．A financial daily. D．The Italian health ministry. 解析：选A