1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 Under the sea 阅读理解组块专练 练速度 (限时： 35 分钟 ) . 阅读理解 A Inside the Rain Room The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking notice. Is it worth the wait? Yes, I assure you it is. Once inside, visitors find a long, dark room with a high ceiling. A single bright light shines t
2、hrough heavy rain falling around visitors. The mist. The damp air. The noise. It feels like a mighty storm is pouring down. But the storm is inside. And visitors aren t getting wet. Instead, visitors wander in awe, admiring the rain and the artists who created it. The Rain Room was created to highli
3、ght the connection between humans, nature and technology. With a tracking system that senses movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it does just that. Light and sound produce an experience that feels both natural and foreign. The exhibit is moving on to Atlanta next month. I urge you to
4、 visit before then. It s time to experience the Rain Room for yourself! Welcome to the Rain Room The Rain Room features falling water. Please be aware you may get slightly wet. However, visitors wearing raincoats will be turned away. This exhibit features advanced technology. To ensure its effective
5、ness, please avoid wearing dark or reflective clothing. Visitors are welcome to take photographs of the exhibit. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For the convenience of all guests, visits are limited to 10 minutes. 语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章通过介绍 the Rain Room 的景象、设计理念、特色以及参观时的注意事项来吸引游客去参观这一艺术展。 1 Wha
6、t s the purpose of the text? A To attract visitors to a new art exhibit. B To explain how an exhibit has been created. C To describe the technology used in the exhibit. D To promote the artists taking part in an exhibit. 解析：选 A 写作意图题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了 the Rain Room 的景象、设【 精品教育资源文库 】 计理念、特色以及参观时的注意事项。因
7、此本文的目的是吸引游客去参观这个艺术展。故选A。 2 What s the function of the exhibit s tracking system? A To keep visitors from getting wet. B To protect the exhibit from water damage. C To time how long visitors are in the room. D To count the number of visitors in the room. 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第二段第二句 “Wit h a tracking system
8、 that senses movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it does just that.” 可推知，这个追踪系统能够保证游客不被雨水淋湿。故选 A。 3 What must you do when visiting the Rain Room? A Wear a raincoat. B Wear dark clothing. C Leave your camera outside. D Pass through within 10 minutes. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据表格中的最后一句 “For the c
9、onvenience of all guests, visits are limited to 10 minutes.” 可知，游客必须在 10 分钟之内参观完。故选 D。 B The amount of fish caught worldwide is much larger than has been reported. And that could mean serious problems for the environment and nations that depend on fisheries (渔业 ). A new estimate shows that it is 32
10、million tons higher than countries have been reporting yearly. The same report notes that the world s fish catch has been declining since the late 1990s. Countries report their industrial catches to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. But they do not report other kinds of fishing.
11、This includes the catches of small commercial fisheries, which are called artisanal fisheries, and fishing for recreation and individual food. Daniel Pauly at the University of British Columbia in Canada led the study. He noted that a huge amount of some catches is thrown away. “For example, shrimp
12、trawlers (拖网渔船 ) keep only the shrimp and the fish that they catch often eight to ten times as much as the shrimp gets thrown away.” Pauly told VOA that better estimates of the actual global catch will help ensure there will be enough fish in the future. “But our figures suggest that since 1996 【 精
13、品教育资源文库 】 a rapid decrease is happening. And if you project this forward you end up in a few decades having much less catch, literally no catch. So that is potentially dangerous.” Researchers also found ways the world s fisheries are changing. They found that fishing fleets of larger nations are cat
14、ching fish in the waters of developing countries more and more. Pauly said he was surprised by the amount of fishing done by foreign fleets in competition with local fishers. “In West Africa, the figure that was most astonishing is the enormous role of foreign fishing of European and Asian vessels f
15、ishing legally or illegally and competing against local fishermen. On the other hand for the US, Australia and some developing countries, such as the Bahamas, what was apparent is the enormous contribution of recreational fisheries, which also never get reported to the FAO.” Researchers say inaccura
16、te data also harms the development and supervision (监管 ) of effective policy and management measures. 语篇解读：世界范围内捕鱼的数量比报告中的数量要多很多，而这些虚假报告对经济和环境都造成了不好的影响。 4 What s the main idea of the passage? A False amount of fish caught worldwide harms economy environment. B The world s fish catch has been declini
17、ng. C The global fishing competition is serious. D The management of global fishing needs improving. 解析：选 A 主旨大意题。根据文 章第一段第一、二句 “The amount of fish caught worldwide is much larger than has been reported. And that could mean serious problems for the environment and nations that depend on fisheries(渔业
18、 ) ” 可知，本文主要阐述了关于捕鱼数量的虚假报告对环境造成了不好的影响。故选 A 项。 5 What does the underlined word “ it” (in Para.1) refer to? A The amount of foreign fishing. B The amount of local fishing. C The amount of recreational fishing. D The amount of all fish caught worldwide. 解析：选 D 代词指代题。 it 为代词，指代前文，又根据 32 million 这个数字可推断出
19、 it 指代第一句中的 “The amount of fish caught world wide” ，由此可知选 D 项。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 6 Which kind of fishing has been reported to the FAO? A Industrial fish catches. B Commercial fishing. C Fishing for entertainment. D Fishing for individual food. 解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段二、三句 “Countries report their industrial ca
20、tches to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. But they do not report other kinds of fishing.” 可知，各国向联合国粮食及农业组织报告了他们的工业捕鱼量，但没有报告其他形式的捕鱼数量。故选 A 项。 7 Which part is this article possibly chosen from on the Internet? A Health report. B Science in the news. C Explorations. D Technology re
21、port. 解析：选 B 文章出处题。根据文章第四段第一句 “Pauly told VOA that better estimates of the actual global catch will help ensure there will be enough fish in the future.” 可知，保利在接受 “ 美国之音 ” 的采访时说了些话，由此可推断出这是一则新闻，故选 B 项。 C (2018 合肥高三质检 )“The noise made by boats of whale watching tourists may be causing communication p
22、roblems for the animals， ” British researchers said last week. Whale watching is a popular tourist activity in places where groups of killer whales (虎鲸 ) live.Every day, dozens of boats filled with tourists go to watch the beautiful animals.Unfortunately, the engines of the boats make a lot of noise
23、, and that may be causing problems for the whales, according to a report in the US science magazine Nature. The whales travel in groups, and communicate with each other through sonic calls that some scientists refer to as singing.The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales to be able to hear each other. The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between 15 and 25 years ago, before whale watching became popular.These were compared to more recent recordings. 【 www.163w
