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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解学生选练8阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。TheMaldivesfacesthethreatofextinctionfromrisingsealevels,butthegovernmentsaidonThursdayitwaslookingtothefuturewithplanstobuildhomesandagolfcoursethatfloat.Anincreaseinsealevelsofjust18to59centimeterswouldmaketheMaldives—anationoft
2、inycoralislandsintheIndianOcean—virtuallyuninhabitableby2100,theUN’sclimatechangepanelhaswarned.PresidentMohamedNasheedhasvowedafightforsurvival,andlastmonthhesignedadealwithaDutchpanytostudyproposalsforafloatingstructurethatcouldsupportaconferencecentre,homesandan18-holegolfcourse.“Itisstille
3、arlystagesandweareawaitingareportonthepracticality,”agovernmentofficialwhodeclinedtobenamedsaid.Thepany,DutchDocklands,iscurrentlybuildingfloatingdevelopmentsintheNetherlandsandDubai.Therewasnoimmediatementfromthefirmbutitswebsitesaiditundertookprojectsthatmake“landfromwaterbyprovidinglarge-sc
4、alefloatingconstructionstocreatesimilarconditionsasonland”.TheMaldivesbegantoworkonanartificialislandknownastheHulhumalenearthecrowdedcapitalislandofMalein1997andmorethan30,000peoplehavebeensettledtheretoeasecongestion.Thecity,whichhasapopulationof100,000,isalreadyprotectedfromrisingsealevelsb
5、ya30-million-dollarseawall,andthegovernmentisconsideringincreasinglyimaginativewaystobatclimatechange.Nasheed,whostagedtheworld’sfirstunderwatercabinetmeetinginOctobertohighlighthispeople’sseriousanddifficultsituation,hasevenspokenofbuyinglandelsewhereintheworldtoenableMaldivianstorelocateifth
6、eirhomesarepletedcovered.Hehasalsopromisedtoturnhisnationintoamodelfortherestoftheworldbybeing“carbonneutral”by2020.Hisplaninvolvesendingfossilfueluseandpoweringallvehiclesandbuildingsfrom“green”sourcessuchasburningcoconuthusks.1.WhydoyouthinkMohamedNasheedchoseDutchDocklands?A.Becauseithasexp
7、erienceinbuildingfloatingstructure.B.Becauseithasagoodfamethroughouttheworld.C.Becauseitchargedmuchlessthanotherpanies.D.Becauseitsupportsbuildingfloatingstructuresintheworld.2.TheHulhumalewasbuiltwiththepurposeof .A.attractingmorevis
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