浙江地区中考英语真题分类汇编-阅读理解（一）（含解析）.doc

浙江地区中考英语真题分类汇编-阅读理解

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一、阅读理解

（2023·浙江湖州·统考中考真题）ScientistsbelievetheEarthis4.6billionyearsold.However,themountains,valleys(山谷),hills,rivers,desertsandforestsweseetodayaremuchyoungerthanthat.Forexample,MountQomolangmaisabout60millionyearsoldandtheAmazonrainforestisonly10millionyearsold.TheyoungestseaintheworldistheBalticSea,atabout15000yearsold.

TheEarthisalwayschangingbecauseofvolcanoes(火山),earthquakesandofcourse,windandrain.Someofthesechangesareveryslowandothersarequick.Waterandicecanmakeverygreatchangestotheplanet.Forexample,glaciersriversoficecancutthroughmountainsandmakelakesanddeepvalleys.Manyvolcanoesareundertheoceansandsometimestheybecomenewislands.ThisishappeningintheSouthPacific,nearTonga.

It’snormalforourplanettochange,butatthemoment,scientiststhinkit’schangingfasterthanusual.Somedesertsaregrowingandmanyforestsaregettingsmaller.Theweatherisgettingwetterinsomeplacesanddrierinothers,andtherearemorebigstorms.Accordingtotheresearch,thesealevelwillcontinuetoriseinthenexthundredyears.Asaresult,manycitieswillpossiblybecoveredbywaterandmuchofthemostproductivefarmingareaswillbelost.Someislandcountriesarelikelytodisappearonthemapoftheworld.

Thesechangeswillbringgreatharmtotheplanet.However,theycanbebeneficialtosomepeople.Forexample,astheArcticisgettingwarmer,somepeopleinGreenlandnowownbusinessesandsellvegetablestheygrowontheirland.Thatwasn’tpossibleinthefarnorth50yearsago.FarmersinGreenlandlikethewarmweatherandhopeitwillcontinue.

1．HowdoesthewriterdescribethechangesoftheEarthinParagraph2?

A．Byusingsayings. B．Bygivingexamples.

C．Bytellingstories. D．Bylistingnumbers.

2．FromParagraph3,wecanmainlylearna