专题05 阅读理解 一、2019年高考真题
1、【2019 北京卷】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Want to explore new cultures, meet new people and do something worthwhile at the same time? You can do all the three with Global Development
Association(GDA).Whatever stage of life you're at,wherever you go and whatever project you do in GDA,you'll create positive changes in a poor and remote community(社区).
We work with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24. Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75.They are extremely important in the safe and effective running of our programmes. We have such roles as project managers,mountain leaders,and communication officers.
Depending on which role you choose,you could help to increase a community's access to safe drinking water,or help to protect valuable local cultures. You might also design an adventure challenge to train young volunteers.
Not only will you help our young volunteers to develop personally,you'll also learn new skills and increase your cultural awareness. You may have chances to meet new people who'll become your lifelong friends.
This summer we have both 4-week and 7-week programmes:
Schedule Country 4-week programmes Algeria Egypt Kenya South Africa 5 Jul.- 1Aug. 24 Jul-20 Aug. 20 Jul.-16Aug. 2Aug.-29 Aug. 7-week programmes 20Jun. -7Aug. 19Jun.-6 Aug. 18 Jun.-5 Aug. 15 Jun.-2Aug. GDA ensures that volunteers work with community members and local project partners where our help is needed. All our projects aim to promote the development
of poor and remote communities.
There is no other chance like a GDA programme. Join us as a volunteer manager to develop your own skills while bringing benefits to the communities.
Find out more about joining a GDA programme: Website:wwwglodeve.org Email:humanresources@glodeve.org 1. What is the main responsibility of volunteer managers? A. To seek local partners C. To carry out programmes
B. To take in young volunteers D. To foster cultural awareness
2. The programme beginning in August will operate in ____. A. Egypt B. Algeria C. Kenya D. South Afria 3. The shared goal of GDA’s projects to ____ . A. explore new cultures C. gain corporate benefit
2、【2019 江苏卷】In the 1960s,while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone National Park,Bob Christiansen became puzzled about something that,oddly,had not troubled anyone before:he couldn't find the park's volcano. It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature — that's what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features. But Christiansen couldn't find the Yellowstone volcano anywhere.
Most of us,when we talk about volcanoes,think of the classic cone(圆锥体)shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro,which are created when erupting magma(岩浆)piles up. These can form remarkably quickly. In 1943,a Mexican farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land. In one week he was the confused owner of a cone five hundred feet high. Within two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than half a mile across. Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on Earth,all but a few hundred of them extinct. There is,however,a second less known type of volcano that doesn't involve mountain building. These are volcanoes so explosive that they burst open in a single big
B. protect the environment D. help communities in need
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