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阅读主旨题专练 【例1】The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added__a communications blackout caused by solar storms. After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a fresh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London. Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and Internet links sending live Olympic broadcast from London. 揟he Suns activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites,攕aid Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford shire. 75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled 【分析】 D. 标题选择题。根据第一段可知本文的话题是Solar Storms，那么该话题的控制性概念是什么呢？A项是“无形的杀手”；B项是“地球环境处于危险中”；C项是“威胁着人类”；D项是“人类活动受到干扰”。文章的主要内容是太阳风暴会影响2012年奥运的通行系统和网络连接，这应属于“人类活动”概念，故D项是最佳标题。 Arthur Miller(1915-2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller` s father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary, drawn like so many others by the“Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s. Millers’ s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system，with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into