【正文】 zation, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. Professor Schneekloth and seven friends founded the organization as an allvolunteer nonprofit in 1989, after organizing the first river cleanup that year. Today the group employs 27 fulltime workers and has helped oversee the Buffalo River39。s $100 million restoration. So far, the Buffalo River39。s water quality has restored, but it is still an ongoing issue, as sewage(污水)can overflow into the river after storms. Habitat restoration continues as well。 fish and plantings are still being sampled to measure how well it39。s gone. （1）What did the Buffalo River use to be? A.A waterway on the yearbook.B.A river heavily polluted.C.A great attraction of Buffalo39。s.D.A place worth fighting for.（2）Why was named Mr. Buffalo River? A.Because his fate shifted in the 1 960s.B.Because he spotted dumpers on the River.C.Because he spared no efforts to protect the river.D.Because the river was declared biologically dead.（3）How long did it take for the river to restore? A.More than half a century.B.Just four decades.C.About 30 years.D.Only 27 years.（4）What can be a suitable title for this text? A.The restoration of the Buffalo RiverB.Stanley Spisiak: The RiverC.The future of the Buffalo RiverD.River protection: A long way to go【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了被污染的the Buffalo River的恢復(fù)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的”never gave up on their polluted river—the Buffalo River gradually went from being considered a lost cause to a place worth fighting for.“；第二段中的”By the 1960s，the river was seen as one of the worst sources of pollution pouring into the Great Lakes. The Buffalo River had caught fire many times. The surface had an oily layer，and any fish caught there were not eatable.“可知，the Buffalo River過去是一條被嚴(yán)重污染的河。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的”Stanley Spisiak was a local Polish—American jeweler by day，but by evening he was the kind of guy who39。d chase down dumpers(垃圾車)he spotted on the Buffalo River. By 1966 he found himself winning the National Wildlife Federation39。s Water Conservationist of the Yearaward. And before long he got a nickname: ‘Mr. Buffalo River.’可知，Mr. Spisiak被稱為“ River”是因?yàn)樗贿z余力地保護(hù)這條河。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“It took decades for public perception of the river to shift.”公眾對這條河的看法改變花了幾十年的時(shí)間；第二段中的“By the 1960s，the river was seen as one of the worst sources of pollution pouring into the Great Lakes.”到了20世紀(jì)60年代，這條河被認(rèn)為是五大湖最嚴(yán)重的污染源之一。；以及最后一段中的“So far，the Buffalo River39。s water quality has restored，”到目前為止，布法羅河的水質(zhì)已經(jīng)恢復(fù)”可知，這條河花了多半個(gè)世紀(jì)才恢復(fù)。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。第一段和第二段說明了the Buffalo River嚴(yán)重受污染的情況，第三、四段介紹了為改變污染狀況所做的努力，以及最后一段中的“So far，the Buffalo River39。s water quality has restored，but it is still an ongoing issue，as sewage(污水)can overflow into the river after storms. Habitat restoration continues as well；fish and plantings are still being sampled to measure how well it39。s gone.”是其現(xiàn)狀。綜上可知，本文講述的是被污染的the Buffalo River的恢復(fù)。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 City trees grow faster and die younger than trees in rural forestry, a new study finds. Over their lifetimes, then, urban trees will likely absorb less CO2 from the air than forest trees. As we all know, the earth would be freezing or burning hot without CO2. However, CO2 is a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps energy from the sun as/heat. That makes temperatures near the ground rise. Human activities, especially the widespread burningof fossil(化石)fuels, have been sending extra greenhouse gases into the air. This has led to a rise in average temperatures across the globe. Studies had shown forests readily absorb CO2, but there hadn39。t been much data on whether city trees grow, die and absorb CO2 at the same rate as forest trees do. So some researchers decided to find out. To figure out how quickly trees were growing, researchers tracked their diameters (the width of their trunks) between 2005 and 2014. A tree39。s diameter increases as it grows, just as a person39。s waist size increases as they gain weight. About half the weight of a tree is carbon, research has shown. Most of the rest is water. Over the nine years39。 tracking, the researchers found city trees absorbed four times as much carbon from the air as forest trees. However, they were twice as likely to die. So over the lifetime of each type of tree, forest trees actually absorbed more CO2. City trees grew faster because they had less petition for light from their neighbors. In a forest，trees tend to grow close together，shading their neighbors. Street trees also benefit from higher levels of nitrogen (氮)in rainwater. Nitrogen helps plants grow. Waste gases from gasburning cars also contain nitrogen, thus enriching city air with nitrogen. Later, rainwater may wash much of it to the ground. Some street trees may also have better access to water than trees in the country because the underground water pipes can leak.（1）What can he known about CO2 from paragraph 2? A.It is one of the side effects of greenhouses.B.It greatly accelerates the process of global warming.C.It results from the widespread burning of fossil fuels.D.It prevents the earth from being unsuitable to live on.（2）Why did researchers track the diameters of trees? A.To know about their growth rates.B.To find out how much they weigh.C.To check whether they were healthy.D.To assess the carbon amounts in them.（3）What advantage do city trees have over forest trees? A.They are more likely to access growth promoters.B.They can enjoy more water ing from the air.C.They can enjoy more shade from neighbors.D.They a