【创新设计】（浙江专用）2017届高考英语二轮复习 冲刺演练 第12练 阅读理解＋写作.docVIP

第12练　阅读理解＋写作 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Doha，the capital of Qatar，is a city of contrasts (对照)．In a few decades it has been transformed from a small port to an international city.Today，its skyline is shaped by rising skyscrapers，but Old Doha—though fast disappearing—can still be found. Time seems to stand still in the old quarter of the city.On the dusty streets，Indian and Pakistani men sit cross－legged outside tea shops and restaurants.At one end of the road，men queue by the doorways of crowded supermarkets to buy necessities：boxes of teabags，milk，sugar，bread and soap.The shops are dark and poorly stocked.However，only five miles away，on the other side of the city，Doha shows a completely different image.It shines brilliantly with skyscrapers，five－star hotels and noble apartment buildings.The area looks like any other modern district in the world. Qatar，a tiny gulf (海湾) nation，is a country of vast local and international ambitions.At home，it has owned several international universities.Abroad，it tries to speak louder on gulf affairs.These ambitions are urged by the country’s unbelievably rich reserves of fossil fuels.In December 2012，Doha was the site of Cop18 UN Climate Change Conference and in 2022 Qatar will host the World Cup. Mohammed Salim，55，runs a hair salon in the old part of the city where he works as a hair dresser.When he came to Doha 22 years ago from Pakistan，he recalls，Doha was a quiet town with few modern buildings.“At that time，Doha seemed rather small.There were no big roads or malls at all.” He has noticed a drop in customers to his salon in recent years.“People now tend to go to more fashionable hair salons in shopping malls.Some day this old area will be gone，and my business will probably be gone，too.I’ll be sad.I love here，but things are changing.We can’t ignore it.” 【语篇解读】　文章讲述了海湾国家卡塔尔的首都多哈正在经历的城市变迁。目前的多哈老城和新城并立，对比强烈。 1．What do we know about the shops in the old quarter of Doha? A．They don’t have many goods or customers. B．They provide a great variety of luxury g