湖北省2014届高三英语二轮复习专题训练 专题十五　史地自然型阅读理解.pptVIP

* 专题十五　史地自然型阅读 理解 专 题 导 读 真 题 典 例 新 题 预 测 返回目录 专题十五　史地自然型阅读理解 历史地理类文章一般涉及某个国家、地区、河流、山脉、海洋、城镇等的地理位置以及与之相关的社会生活、社会风情、政治经济、人文历史、自然资源、文化习俗、文化遗产等方面的情况，相当一部分文章还附有图表供理解。文章选材来源于英语国家的主要名胜或历史事件； 命题以细节题为主，有一定的主观推断题，涉及一定的地理知识或历史知识。阅读史地类文章时，要重点弄清楚各个地名、人名之间的相互关系和各个国家、地区或城镇之间的地理方位。如果文章或试题有附图或附表，一定要把附图或附表看懂、看明白。附图或附表帮助我们更好地读懂和理解文章，辅助我们做好有 返回目录 专 题 导 读 专题十五　史地自然型阅读理解 关试题。自然与环保的话题是高考备受关注的一个热点问题，各地的阅读试题中几乎都有一篇这方面的文章。有的关于环境问题的讨论，有的关于人类对环境的影 响，有的关于探讨自然环境的发展规律等。在命题上多以判断题、综合分析题和推理判断题为主。 返回目录 专 题 导 读 返回目录 　 [2013·重庆卷] Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an S-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets. Storm at Sea, a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankinds earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic. 真 题 典 例 专题十五　史地自然型阅读理解 返回目录 　 　　 When the wind is from the west All the waves that cannot rest To the east must thunder on Where the bright tree of the sun Is rooted in the oceans breast. As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull.It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noise—it is forever thundering，boiling, crashing，and whistling. 真 题 典 例 专题十五　史地自然型阅读理解 返回目录 　 It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath—perhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean，but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach.It mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.It is filled with symbiotic existences，too; unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of sub-ocean vitality.And it ha