资源描述：
《吉林柳河县高考英语二轮阅读理解选练1及答案》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、吉林柳河县2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解选练（1）及答案2016高考训练题■…阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。DearMissManners,Whenanicecubemelts,itcreatesapuddle（水坑）.Whenanicesheet（冰盖）melts,itraisessealevels.Itsoundssimple，butscientistshavedebatedfordecadeswhetherboththeAntarcticandGreenlandicesheetsactuallywe
2、reshrinking,andhowmuchthatmeltingcontributedtorisingsealevels.Now,anewstudyhasprovidedthebestevidenceofhowthepolaricesheetsarerespondingtoourwarmingworld.Inthestudy,Aninternationalteamofscientistslookedat20yearsofdataintheiccsheetscollectedby10satellitemissions.Theteam'sconclusion
3、:TheGreenlandandAntarcticiccsheetsbotharelosingiceoverall.Theresearchersalsofoundthatbetween1992and2011,meltwaterfromthoseshrinkingicesheetscausedsealevelstorisebyabout11millimeters.Overthe19yearsstudied,theGreenlandicesheetlost2.7trillionmetrictonsofice.TheAntarcticicesheetalsosh
4、rankbyabout1.3trillionmetrictons・Previously,somescientistsdisagreedwhethertheAntarcticsheet,thelargestmassoficcintheworld,wasshrinkingorgrowingorneither.WhiletheEarthiswanningoverall,theeffectofclimatechangevariesfromregiontoregion.Overthelast15years,forexample,scientistshavesomet
5、hingdisagreedoverhowclimatechangehasaffectedthepolaricesheets.Manystudiesfoundthatthesheetslostalotoficeandthatnotenoughsnowfellonthesheetstocompensatefdirtheloss.Butotherstudiesfoundthatthelossoficewasbalancedbythegaininsnowfall・RichardAlley,aglacierscientistatPennStateUniversity
6、,saidthatmanyofthosestudieslookedatdifferentareas,andoverdifferenttimeperiods.Inaddition,thestudiesdidn'tallusethesatellitedatainthesameway.Thosedifferencesmadeitdifficulttocomparetheresults.Thedatainthenewstudymatchedtimeperiodsandareas・Thestudyalsocombinedmeasurementsfromkindsof
7、satellites.12.Whydoestheauthoruseacommon-sensephenomenonasthebeginning?A.Topresentthereasonforicesheetmelting・B.Toshowustheresultofascientificexperiment.A.Togiveasimpleexampletointroducethetopic.B.Topresentacommondailyfindingobvioustothereaders.12.Theresearchersreachedtheirconclus
8、ionby・A.analyzingthefindingsoffor
