2014高考英语​阅​读​理​解练习：太阳能电力系统

　　阅读理解的测试要点如下：1.理解主旨大意;2.寻读具体信息;3.理解细节;4.根据上下文提供的语境，推测生词词义，进而加深对文段的理解;5.简单的判断和理解;6.理解文段的基本逻辑结构;7.理解作者的意图和态度;8.理解文段的文化信息;9.理解图表信息;10.理解指代关系。更多有关2014高考英语的信息可登录出国留学网英语频道，欢迎收藏本站(CTRL+D即可收藏)!

　　As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating(发电)and transmission(输送)system for the 21stcentury will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community. The same is true of big solar pants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around.

　　The 19th century saw land grants(政府拨地)offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads ,leaving public land in between privately owned land . In much of the west ,some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped ,and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management, with the completion or the interstate highway system ,many of the small towns which sprang up as railway stops and developed well ,have lost their lifeblood and died . Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the west .this is not an argument against building then ,we need alternative energy badly .and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now .

　　So trade-offs will have to be made .some scenic sport will be sacrificed .some species (物种)will be forced to move ,or will be carefully moved to special accommodations ,deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects .

　　The lasting effects of these trade-offs are another matter .the 21st century development of the American west as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money to do a lot of good .but it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroad and the highway.

　　The money set aside in negotiated trade –offs and the institution that control will shape the west far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines .so let’s remember the effects of the railroad and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the west .

　　( ) 1.What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways? A. small towns along the railways became abandoned.

　　B. some railroad stops remained.

　　C. land in the west was hard to manage.

　　D. land grants went into private hands.

　　( ) 2. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs?

　　A. the transmission of power B. the use of money and power

　　D. the selection of an ideal place C. the conservation of solar energy

　　( ) 3.What is the author’s attitude towards building solar plants?

　　A. cautious B. approving C. doubtful D. disapproving

　　( ) 4.Which is the best title for the passage?

　　A. how the railways have affected the west

　　B. how solar energy could reshape the west

　　C. how the effects of power plants can be reduced D. how the problems of the highways have been settled

　　【文章大意】说明文。文章说明的是一种新的太阳能电力系统是如何或好或坏的影响美国西部地区的。

　　1.答案C。细节理解题。由文章第二段in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management ,with the completion or the interstate highway system可知。

　　2.答案B。细节理解题。由文章alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money to do a lot of good和文章最后两段内容可以看出。

　　3. A 态度题，作者由铁路和高速公路在西部建设过程中出现的好的和坏的影响来说明solar plants 在西部建设也会出现同样的问题。他是担心的caution

　　4. B 主旨大意题。文章说明的是一种新的太阳能电力系统是如何或好或坏的影响美国西部地区的。太阳能电力系统会重塑美国西部。