【正文】 g out in pain. As ic Lewis Black said, That is not weather. That39。s an emergency condition. When the forecast warned us a few days earlier that Arctic air was looming (陰森地逼近), President Trump issued a sincere and helpful tweet, which ended with: What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please e back fast, we need you! And being the most powerful man on Earth, he was successful in his polite request. On February 4 the Chicago temperature reached 11℃. And the following day the Big Apple was in a sunny 19℃. The Arctic is warming at twice the speed as the global average. This heat might help disrupt (打破) the polar vortex, a gradual wind pattern that usually stays focused on circling the North Pole. A shaky jet stream (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(xì)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(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及了細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題兩種常考題型。細(xì)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(jìn)行合理的推理，不主觀臆斷。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 The World39。s Largest Libraries British Library (United Kingdom, London) The British Library was created by Act of Parliament in 1972。 previously, the library had been part of the British Museum, where the famous circular reading room had acmodated researchers including Karl Marx, who worked on 39。Das Kapital39。 there, as well as Oscar Wide and Mahatma Gandhi. The British Library is now housed in a new building in St. Pancras, London, where its treasures include two Gutenberg bibles, the Lindisfarne Gospels and one of Leonardo da Vmci39。s notebooks. Library of Congress (United States, Washington, D. C.) Founded in 1800 with the private collection of Thomas Jefferson, the Library of Congress is in effect the USA39。s National Library. It receives two copies of everything published in the United States. The Library of Congress wag burned by the British Army in 1812, and severely damaged by fire again in 1851. The collection includes many rare books, drawings and two Stradivarius violins. New York Public Library The New York Public Library developed gradually in the nineteenth century from the merger and acquisition (收購兼并) of a number of public and private collections。 it has many branches in different districts of New York City. It remains a structure which bines public and private finance and governance. Treasures held at the library include a Gutenberg Bible. Russian State Library (Moscow) Founded in 1862 as the Moscow public library and museum, this collection became the State Library in 1925. In consequence it receives copies of all Russian publications, and also holds large collections of maps, journals, music scores and recordings. Its possessions include the Archangel Gospel, a codex in the Slavonic language dating from 1092.（1）Which library met with two big losses in history? A.British Library.B.Library of Congress.C.New York Public Library.D.Russian State Library.（2）What can we find in the Russian State Library? A.Lindisfame Gospels.B.Stradivarius violins.C.A Gutenberg Bible.D.The Archangel Gospel.（3）What do we know from the text? A.Karl Marx and Oscar Wide worked as librarians in the British Library.B.The Library of Congress receives two copies of all publications in Russia.C.The New York Public Library is supported by state and personal donation.D.The Russian State Library possesses a Gutenberg Bible in Slavonic.【答