2019-2020年高考英语维“升”素11 海洋资源（阅读理解）

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1、2019-2020年高考英语维“升”素11海洋资源（阅读理解）维A1阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材网站：http：//treehugger/files高考曾用材料：xx广东卷C篇选材相似度：★★★★设题相似度：★★★难度系数：★★★Itmaynotbequiteoldenoughtobetheworld'soldestlivingorganism—that“honor”goestothebristleconepinetree(aged5,000years)—but，at4,000yearsofage，Leiopathesglaberrima，adeepwatercorals

2、pecies，doessettherecordforbeingtheoldestanimallivingunderthesea.LocatedonthefloorofthePacificOcean，offHawaii，the3meterstall，(extremely)longlived“blackcoral”couldhavesomevaluablecluesaboutpastincidentsofclimatechange;specifically，itcouldbetterscientists'understandingofhowoceansdrawdowncarbond

3、ioxide—andofoceanacidificationingeneral.BrendanRoarkofTexasA&MUniversity，wholedaresearchexpeditioninxxtostudythecorals'climaterecords，presentedhisfindingsattherecentAAASmeeting.Howlongtheycanliveisanybody'sguess，RoarktoldScience'sErikStokstad.Heandhiscolleaguesusedradiocarbondatingtodetermin

4、ethecoral'sage.Whatthissuggests，hesaid，isthattheharvestingofdeepwatercoralforjewelryshouldbepletelybanned;becausethecoralsgrowatsuchananemicrate，anylevelofharvestingwouldlikelywipeouttheremainingspecimens—thosenotyetaffectedbyoceanacidification.Roarkbelievesitcouldbepossibletoreconstructreco

5、rdsofsubsurfacetemperaturevariabilityandoceancirculationchanges，whichwouldprovidesomeinsightonclimatechangeincidentsandhelppredictfutureeffects.Byparison，thatoceanquahogclamwementionedawhileback—aged405years—seemsalmostsprightly.Notes：①acidificationn．酸性　②anemicadj.无活力的　③subsurfaceadj.地下的　④qu

6、ahogclam圆蛤　⑤sprightlyadj.活泼的长短句分析：Whatthissuggests，hesaid，isthattheharvestingofdeepwatercoralforjewelryshouldbepletelybanned.句法点睛：本句中，“Whatthissuggests”为主语，“hesaid”为插入语，that引导表语从句。句意：他说，他提出的建议是，从深水珊瑚中采集珠宝的活动应该彻底制止。【语篇解读】本文是说明文。全文说明了海洋寿星——Leiopathesglaberrima。这一深海珊瑚礁种类在水下已经待了4000多年。研究它对我们研究海洋

7、意义很大。科学家也提出了保护海洋珊瑚类的建议。1．Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A．Theworld'soldestlivingorganismB．OldestanimalundertheseaC．HowtoprotectthecoralsgrowD．Agreatdiscovery答案　B　[主旨大意题。全文讲述海洋的寿星，因此B项最合适。]2．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“clues”inthesecondparagraphmean?A