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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习Module3TheViolenceofNature考点规范练15（含解析）外研版必修3Ⅰ.阅读理解IceismeltingsofastintheArcticthattheNorthPolewillbeintheopenseain30years,accordingtoscientists.Shipswillbeabletosailoverthetopoftheworldandtouristswillbeabletovisitwhatwas,untilclimate
2、change,oneoftheplanet’smostinaccessible(难以到达的)landscapes.Someicewouldstillbefoundoncoastlines(海岸线),especiallyGreenlandandEllesmereIsland,buttherestoftheArcticOcean,includingthepole,wouldbeopenwater.Someleadingclimatologists(气候学家)saidthattheicemeltingis
3、likelytoremainfairlyconstantuntil2024whentherewillbeasuddenspeedingupoftheprocess.In30to50years,theyconcluded,summerseaicewillhavedisappearedaroundtheentireArcticregion.Theirforecastmay,however,alreadybeoutofdateandover-optimistic,saidProfessorChrisRap
4、ley,headoftheBritishAntarcticSurvey.HesaidarecentstudybytheGlobalCarbonProjectsuggestedthatemissions(排放物)wererisingmorethantwiceasfastasinxx,whichwaslikelytospeedupice-lossevenfurther.Hedescribedwhathesaidas“worrying”butsaiditinosculatedrecentfindingsb
5、asedonsatelliteobservationsofthespeedatwhichicewasmelting.Overthepast25years,Arcticicehasbeenreducedby25percent,whichisfasterthanbefore.Anddisappearingiceisalreadycausingproblemsforthepolarbear.Otherwildlife,includingseals(海豹),arealsolikelytosuffer.“We
6、havealreadywitnessedmajorlossesinseaice,butourresearchsuggeststhatthedecreaseoverthenextfewdecadescouldbefarmoreterrible,”saidProfessorChrisRapley.1.Accordingtothetext,theiceismeltingsofastthatin30years . A.noicecouldbefoundoncoastlinesB.theArcticOce
7、anwillbeopenwaterpletelyC.theNorthPolewillbeethemostpopulartouristholidayzoneD.morepeoplewillprobablyvisittheNorthPole2.Someleadingclimatologistsforecastedthattheprocessoftheicemelting . A.maystopspeedingupin2024B.willalwayskeepconstantC.willsufferan
8、unexpectedchangesomedayD.maychangeallthetime3.WecanlearnfromParagraph3that . A.whattheclimatologistssaidwasnotscience-basedB.increasingemissionsmayspeedupice-lossC.theicemeltingwilltakealongertimethanpredictedD.peopleshouldbepositivet
