2014年中考英语复习阅读理解训练（97） 2页

初中英语：阅读理解 (97)‎ Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the 1 of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its 2 is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are 3 . Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There 4 more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is 5 . Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is 6 than the world's tallest building. What __7 Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice 8 Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(泉).They give out hot water and steam(水蒸汽).The climate(气候) is not as 9__ as Greenland. And there are a lot 10 people who live in Iceland.‎ ‎1. A. east B. west C. north D. south ‎2. A. village B. name C. farm D. town ‎3 .A. wrong B. clever C. right D. bright ‎4. A. must be B. are C. is D. be ‎5. A. yellow B. brown C. blue D. white ‎6. A. more higher B. high C. highest D. higher ‎7. A. of B. in C. about D. on ‎8. A. as B. like C. than D. then ‎9. A. warm B. cold C. not D. cool ‎10. A. many B. much C. more D. most ‎ ‎ 名师点评 这篇短文介绍了格陵兰岛和冰岛的地理环境和气候特征。‎ 答案简析 ‎1．C。格陵兰岛位于欧洲北部。这需要有一定的地理常识，下文并无提示。‎ ‎2．B。‎ ‎3．A。如果你只从字面上看，认为Greenland是绿色的，而 Iceland被许多冰所覆盖，那么你就想错了。根据下文可知它们的地理特征并不像它们的名字所描述的那样。‎ ‎4．B。There must be more people…表示肯定猜测，而如果直接用There are more people则太绝对化了。‎ ‎5．D。根据下文得知格陵兰岛大部分地区被冰所覆盖，所以是白色的。‎ ‎6．D。格陵兰岛的冰比世界最高的楼高。故选high的比较级 higher。‎ ‎7．C。What about Iceland? 意为“冰岛(的地理环境和气候)又怎样呢?”。‎ ‎8．A。not so…as…表示“不如……”。‎ ‎9．B。因为冰岛拥有很多的温泉，冰也没有格陵兰岛的多，所以气温就没有格陵兰岛低。‎ ‎10．C。a lot more people相当于much more people。意思是“冰岛的人口比格陵兰岛的多得多”。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎