【正文】 m (高速氣流) then runs right into a brick wall of that Arctic air, which continues to be fairly cold by human standards, and both wind up lots of miles farther south than they usually belong. And for a few days we in the Deep South—by which I mean Chicago or New York pared with the Arctic—freeze our butts off. But less than a week later, thanks to some warm air ing up from the real South, I was walking outside without a coat on a date when the temperature in Chicago reached 11℃ on February 4. Like so much else we are currently living through, this experience is not normal. Or it didn39。t used to be, anyway. After all, scientists have been warming—sorry, warning—that warming can have these very results. Climate change deniers may sneer (冷笑), So when it39。s warmer than usual, that39。s because of global warming. And when it39。s colder, that39。s also because of global warming? Well, yes. And anybody who just can39。t accept these kinds of seemingly paradoxical conditions needs to reflect on the expression freezer burn.（1）By mentioning Lewis Black39。s words in Paragraph 1, the author intends to . A.indicate how unusual the winter39。s weather wasB.suggest the north isn39。t a suitable place to liveC.remind people never to forget the past winterD.urge people to take action against the emergency（2）What led to the sudden increase in the Chicago temperature on February 4? A.The cold Arctic air.B.Trump39。s sincere tweet.C.Warm air from the real South.D.Disruption of polar vortex.（3）Why does the author use the expression freezer burn? A.To show readers his concerns about the extreme weather.B.To prove global warming to be the cause of the extreme weather.C.To cast doubt about scientists39。 study on the paradoxical conditions.D.To express his disapproval of the result of the paradoxical conditions.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文主要報道了在北半球這個時候像紐約、芝加哥等城市冬天不僅沒走,反而出現(xiàn)了極不尋常的寒冷天氣。文中分析了其原因。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段Lewis Black的話的意思是：那不是天氣。這是緊急情況。然后根據(jù)上文的描述the low temperature dropped to 17176。C. In Chicago, it was also 17176。C—but that was the high. The low jumped to 29176。C. And the wind chill within the Windy City was 44℃ or 46℃可知天氣情況極其惡劣。因此這句話是突出了天氣的極其異常。故答案為A。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段But less than a week later, thanks to some warm air ing up from real south, I was walking outside without a coat on a date when the temperature in Chicago因此真正的原因是南方傳來的暖氣。文中And being the most powerful man on Earth, he was successful in his polite request.只是玩笑,不能作為真正的答案。故答案為C。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段原文，文中這個詞出現(xiàn)在Well, yes. And anybody who just can39。t accept these kinds of seemingly paradoxical conditions needs to reflect on the expression freezer burn.因此這個詞的目的是反擊那些Climate change deniers所以作者是支持global warming的，是為了證明全球變暖是極端天氣的原因。故答案為B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及了細節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題兩種常考題型。細節(jié)理解題查找原文關(guān)鍵詞，推理判斷題根據(jù)上下文的理解進行合理的推理，不主觀臆斷。9．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。 HONG KONGCrossborder buses operated by Hong Kong panies on Friday started trial runs on the Hong KongZhuhaiMacao Bridge (HZMB) in preparation for the bridge39。s uping opening. The trial runs, arranged by the governments of the Chinese mainland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Macao SAR, would last for three days and aimed at testing the readiness of boundary crossing facilities (設(shè)施) of the three places, the Hong Kong SAR government39。s Transport and Housing Bureau told Xinhua. Two major crossboundary coach trade associations in Hong Kong were invited to send buses and members to participate in the trial runs. Freeman Cheung, secretary of Hong Kong Guangdong Boundary Crossing Bus Association, said his association would run one bus with about 10 passengers on Friday and Saturday respectively as part of the trial runs. Our bus started at noon from the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities and ran all the way to Zhuhai in about 40 minutes, he said, adding that the journey was smooth. Alan Chan, secretary of another trade association who participated in the trial runs as a passenger, said the clearance procedures at boundary crossing facilities of the three places all went on well and smoothly. The boundary crossing facilities of Zhuhai and Macao, in particular, are operated in a collaborative (合作的) way, which helps remarkably shorten the time needed for the clearance procedures, he said. The HZMB, situated at the waters of Lingdingyang of Pearl River Estuary, is a megasize sea crossing linking the Hong Kong SAR, Zhuhai city of Guangdong Province and the Macao SAR. The 55km bridge is the longest bridgeandtunnel (隧道) sea crossing in the world. The bridge is meant to meet the demand of passenger and freight land transport among Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and Macao, and to establish a new land transport link between the east and west banks of the Pearl River.（1）We learn from the passage that ________. A.Alan Chan participated in the trial runs as a driverB.two coach trade associations in Zhuhai took part in the trial runsC.the HZMB is located at the waters of Lingdingyang of Pearl River EstuaryD.the 55km bridge is the second longest bridgeandtunnel sea crossing in the world（2）What is the main idea of the second paragraph? A.The route of the trial runs.B.The effect of the trial runs.C.The purpose of the trial runs.D.The evaluation of the trial runs.（3）What does the underlined word freight in the last paragraph mean? A.Goods that are transported by trucks, trains, ships, or planes.B.Lines of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea.C.Parts of the sea where fish are caught in large numbers.D.The regular rising and falling of the level of the sea.（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the news report? A.HZMB Is to Establish New Land Transport LinkB.Crossborder Buses Start Trial Runs on Hong KongZhuhaiMacao BridgeC.Megasize Sea Crossing Linking Hong Kong SAR, Zhuhai and Macao SARD.Boundary Crossing Facilities of Zhuhai and Macao Operated Collaboratively【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）A（