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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解训练6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.Anincreaseinsealevelsofjust18to59centimeterswouldmakethe
2、Maldives—anationoftinycoralislandsintheIndianOcean—virtuallyuninhabitableby2100,theUN’sclimatechangepanelhaswarned.PresidentMohamedNasheedhasvowedafightforsurvival,andlastmonthhesignedadealwithaDutchpanytostudyproposalsforafloatingstructurethatcouldsupportaconferencecentre
3、,homesandan18-holegolfcourse.“Itisstillearlystagesandweareawaitingareportonthepracticality,”agovernmentofficialwhodeclinedtobenamedsaid.Thepany,DutchDocklands,iscurrentlybuildingfloatingdevelopmentsintheNetherlandsandDubai.Therewasnoimmediatementfromthefirmbutitswebsitesai
4、ditundertookprojectsthatmake“landfromwaterbyprovidinglarge-scalefloatingconstructionstocreatesimilarconditionsasonland”.TheMaldivesbegantoworkonanartificialislandknownastheHulhumalenearthecrowdedcapitalislandofMalein1997andmorethan30,000peoplehavebeensettledtheretoeasecong
5、estion.Thecity,whichhasapopulationof100,000,isalreadyprotectedfromrisingsealevelsbya30-million-dollarseawall,andthegovernmentisconsideringincreasinglyimaginativewaystobatclimatechange.Nasheed,whostagedtheworld’sfirstunderwatercabinetmeetinginOctobertohighlighthispeople’sse
6、riousanddifficultsituation,hasevenspokenofbuyinglandelsewhereintheworldtoenableMaldivianstorelocateiftheirhomesarepletedcovered.Hehasalsopromisedtoturnhisnationintoamodelfortherestoftheworldbybeing“carbonneutral”by2020.Hisplaninvolvesendingfossilfueluseandpoweringallvehicl
7、esandbuildingsfrom“green”sourcessuchasburningcoconuthusks.1.WhydoyouthinkMohamedNasheedchoseDutchDocklands?A.Becauseithasexperienceinbuildingfloatingstructure.B.Becauseithasagoodfamethroughouttheworld.C.Becauseitchargedmuchlessthanotherpanies.D.Becauseitsupportsbuildingflo
8、atingstructuresintheworld.2.TheHulhumalewasbuiltwiththepurposeof .A.attractingmorevisit
