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重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（18）（附解析）
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2013·西安市标准化考练，C)
On a visit to Japan, Wangari Maathai learned the story of the hummingbird (蜂鸟) and the forest fire. While the other animals run in fear, the hummingbird flies above the fire time and again, leaving a few drops of water from its beak.
“Why do you bother？” the other animals shout at the hummingbird. “I'm doing the best that I can，” the hummingbird replies.
“It's such a beautiful story，” Ms. Maathai says, thinking of the world's environmental problems. “There's always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.”
In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement (GBM), which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment. Since then, she's realized that people's values are what inspire them. If the values are good ones, good actions will follow.
“If you don't have good values, you'll develop vices (恶劣行径)，” says Maathai. “And if we give in to the vice, we destroy ourselves. We destroy the environment.” That's the message of her new book.
In 1971, Maathai received a doctor's degree from the University of Nairobi, the largest university in Kenya. She's now back in her homeland beginning work on the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI) at the University of Nairobi. “They want to call it after me，” she says.
WMI will pay more attention to “learning by doing” and use knowledge to deal with real problems. “What Africa needs is people who are willing to get their fingers dirty and work with the people，” says Maathai.
Planting trees is one way people connect with the natural world. She continues to inspire others. “There is no lasting peace until we have peace with the earth itself，” she says.
文章大意：本文是一篇报道。保护环境人人有责，文章主要讲述了诺贝尔和平奖获得者Maathai保护环境的一些具体活动以及她关于保护环境的一些看法。
1．Why does Wangari Maathai think highly of the hummingbird? A．It can create water from its beak.
B．It helps the other animals run away. C．It tries its best to put out the fire. D．It finds out a way to save the forest.
答案：C 细节理解题。根据第二段中“I'm doing the best that I can”和第三段“... thinking of the world's environmental problems. ‘There's always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.’”可知，Maathai对蜂鸟评价很高的原因是蜂鸟会尽自己的全力去扑灭大火。故C项正确。
2．Those who work for GBM are mainly ________. A．environmental experts B．women villagers
C．people who had good values D．people who love birds
答案：B 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“... which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment.”可知，B项正确。
3．Which of the following is TRUE about Wangari Maathai? A．She is from Japan. B．She received a Nobel Prize. C．She is a university teacher.
D．She has always raised the hummingbird.
答案：B 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中“In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement (GBM)”可知，B项正确。
4．According to Wangari Maathai, ________. A．good actions lead to good values B．people's values influence their actions C．everybody has a possibility to develop vices D．people who have bad values may have good actions
答案：B 细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句和第五段内容可知，Maathai认为，如果你没有好的价值观，就会有不良行为；如果我们屈从于错误的价值观的话，就会伤害自己，破坏环境。故B项正确。
阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2014·江西八校联考)
The forces that make Japan one of the world’s most earthquake-prone (有地震倾向的) countries could become part of its long-term energy solution.
Water from deep below the ground at Japan’s tens of thousands of hot springs could be used to produce electricity.
Although Japanese high-tech companies are leaders in geothermal (地热的) technology and export it，its use is limited in the nation.
“Japan should no doubt make use of its resources of geothermal energy，” said Yoshiyasu Takefuji，a leading researcher of thermal-electric power production.
The disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11,2011 caused a reaction against atomic power，which previously made up 30 percent of Japan’s energy needs，and increased interest in alternative energies，which accounted for only 8 percent.
Artist Yoko Ono has called on Japan to explore its natural energy，following the example of Iceland which uses renewable energy for more than 80 percent of its needs.
For now，geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the energy needs in Japan，which has for decades relied heavily on fossil fuels and atomic power.
The biggest problem to geothermal energy is the high initial cost of the exploration and constructing the factories.Another problem is that Japan’s potentially best sites are already being developed for tourism or are located within national parks where construction is forbidden.
“We can’t even dig 10 cm inside national parks.” said Shigeto Yamada of Fuji Electric，adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to grow.
Researcher Hideaki Matsui said，“Producing electricity using hot springs is a decades-long project.We also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decline in the short term.”
The Earth Policy Institute in Washington，US，believed Japan could produce 80 000 megawatts (兆瓦) and meet more than half its electricity needs with geothermal technology.
Japanese giants such as Toshiba are already global leaders in geothermal technology，with a 70 percent market share.In 2010，Fuji Electric built the world’s largest geothermal factory in New Zealand.
1．What would be the best title for the text? A．Alternative energies in Japan B．World’s largest geothermal plant
C．Japan takes the lead in geothermal technology
D．Japan thinks of geothermal energy
2．What percentage of Japan’s energy needs is geothermal energy? A．About 8%. C．Around 30%.
B．Below 1%. D．Over 80%.
3．According to Shigeto Yamada，the growth of geothermal power in Japan needs________. A．a change of rules C．local people’s help
B．financial support D．high technology
4．Geothermal energy is considered as a long-term program by________. A．Yoshiyasu Takefuji C．Shigeto Yamada
B．Hideaki Matsui D．Yoko Ono
5．It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that________. A．the world’s biggest geothermal plant was built by America B．Japan will not export its geothermal technology C．the potential of Japan’s geothermal energy is great D．it is hard to find geothermal energy in Japan
语篇解读 本文为一篇科普说明文。让日本经常地震的一些自然力有可能会被转化成日本长期可持续利用的清洁能源，即：地热。本文对其进行了详细介绍。
1．解析： 标题概括题。根据文章第三段的导入和倒数第三段最后一句“We also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decline in the short term”，以及对全文的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的“日本正在考虑如何使用地热”的问题，所以D项最适合做文章的标题。
答案： D
2．解析： 细节理解题。根据文章第七段“For now，geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the energy needs in Japan...”可知，答案B符合文意。
答案： B
3．解析： 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第四段中的“adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to grow”可推知，答案A符合文意。
答案： A
4．解析： 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段“Researcher Hideaki Matsui said，Producing electricity using hot springs is a decades-long project...”可知，答案B符合文意。
答案： B