2020年高考英语阅读理解科普环保类专练（附答案）
一、阅读理解（共10题；共82分）酸奶苹果
1.阅读理解送义乌韦明府
Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourlves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed everywhere.
There is water in as, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the dert part of the world, there is some water in the air. You can't e or feel it when it is a part of the air. The water in the as, rivers and lakes is a liquid, the water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapor (蒸汽).
Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very small crystals of ice. Ice is fr
ozen water. It is a solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.
Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not e or feel it.龙应台作品
（1）Where can we find water?
A. We can find water when it turns into vapor. B. Water can be found almost everywhere.
C. We can find water in derts here and there. D. Water is found only in as and rivers.
（2）Clouds are made of .
A. as, rivers and lakes 春风十里诗句完整版B. blocks of ice
C. solid, liquid and gas D. very small drops of water or snow crystals
（3）Water has three states(状态) .
A. ice, snow and air B. solid, vapor, snow
C. solid, liquid and gas 外观好看的手机D. drops of water, blocks of ice and crystals of water
（4）We can drink water when it is .
A. a liquid B. a solid C. in the air D. turned into ice
2.阅读理解
Words and the way we u them offer a rare window on social and cultural trends. Kory Stamper and Peter Sokolowski know that better than most.
The Merriam-Webster(韦氏词典) lexicographers(词典编纂者) are part of a team that edits the dictionary. In a recent interview, Sokolowski and Stamper talked about their job and what the way we u words says about us collectively.
So to know more about them, obrvers of the language, maybe we should start with some background.
What is a lexicographer?
Sokolowski: A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits a dictionary. The job of a dictionary editor is to prepare and prent rearch about language. One of our former editors-in- chief said, "Tell the truth about words," and that sums it up for me.
What do you guys do all day?
Stamper: The two main duties of a lexicographer are reading and defining. We read everything: books, journals, blogs, phone books, take-out menus, and so on. What we're looking for are words that catch our eye. We record the context of the words and information about the sources. Tho records are added to a databa, and they are the raw material we u in writing definitions.
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When we are writing or revising a dictionary, most of our time is spent defining. We defi
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ne a word according to how it is ud in the recorded context, deciding whether the usage has been covered by our dictionary. Once this is done, you look at the new words and new ns and draft a definition.
Drafting definitions requires some training, some experience and a lot of concentration. It's very, very quiet on the editorial floor.
How cloly do the most looked-up words on your online dictionary em to be related to the news or trends?
Stamper: When our dictionary went online back in 1996, we could e for the first time which were the most looked-up words in English: Affect, effect and ubiquitous were the top words. It was fascinating to usdictionary editors spend so much time writing definitions but never could have known if anyone ever read them. We could follow what people were thinking about according to what words they were looking up. Thanks to our online dictionary, we had data.
（1）What do lexicographers do?
A. They collect as many words as they can and edit them into a dictionary.
B. They interview as many people as they can to collect new words.
挣多音字组词C. They do rearch about language and edit the truth about words.
D. They make deep studies of social and cultural trends.
