【精选】2013版高考英语 专题强化测评(二十四)阅读表达、写作(四).docVIP

2013版英语高考专题辅导与训练精练精析（SDZY）：专题强化测评（二十四）阅读表达、写作（四） (限时45分钟/每组) （1） Ⅰ．阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的词数要求） ［1］The table is set. Roses are spread out on it. Barry White is playing. Romantic, perhaps(some would say ordinary)—but that candlelit dinner may also be releasing cancerous chemicals into the air, scientists have warned. ［2］In a blow to romantic gestures, researchers told the American Chemical Society’s yearly meeting in Washington that burning paraffin wax candles(石蜡)—the most common kind—is an unrecognized source of “indoor pollution” that allows carcinogens(致癌物质)such as toluene and benzene to build up in rooms where air is. ［3］People who frequently used candles, to help them relax in the bath, for example, were most at risk. Candle emissions can also irritate the lungs and cause asthma attacks. Burning candles does not produce high enough temperatures to combust(燃烧)the heavy molecules contained in paraffin wax completely, the researchers said. ［4］This led to the formation and release of harmful molecules. “An occasional paraffin candle and its release will not likely affect you, ”said Dr Amid Hamidi, from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, who directed the study. “But lighting many paraffin candles every day for years or lighting them frequently in an close bathroom around a tub, for example, may cause problems. ”His team burned candles in a laboratory, separated the individual elements and identified their atoms by weight. ［5］The scientists suggested changing to candles made from beeswax or soy, which produced no detectable levels of harmful chemicals but on the other hand provided the warmth, atmosphere and smell suitable for courtship(求婚). 1. What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 10 words) ____________________________________________________________________ 2. Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence? (no more than 5 words _________________________________________