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专题二十四　生态环保类阅读+社会文化类阅读+完形填空+书面表达 　高考题型强化练第63页　? Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2018辽宁沈阳质检) Encouraging life to bloom(兴旺) in the middle of a desert is no easy task.But one company in the United Arab Emirates has come up with a plan to provide drinking water for the state’s citizens.The company intends to drag icebergs from Antarctica to the Gulf Coast in order to harvest its freshwater. The company plans to source the massive blocks of ice from Heard Island,around 600 miles off the coast of mainland Antarctica.It will then transport them around 5,500 miles to Fujarirah,one part of the UAE.One iceberg could provide enough water for one million people over five years,according to the company. The company’s director says they have already travelled the transportation route and checked the possibility of the scheme,according to reports in Gulf News.Speaking to the site about what he is calling the UAE Iceberg Project,Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi said,“We have made the technical and financial plan.We started the project at the beginning of 2018.We want it mainly for the water.It could also be good for tourism and the weather.” The UAE is one of the driest countries in the world,due to its extremely arid climate,which receives less than four inches of rainfall per year.Despite that,it consumes more water than double the global national average,putting the country at severe risk of droughts over the next 25 years. An average iceberg contains more than 20 billion gallons of water,according to the company.The iceberg takes a long time to melt as 80 percent of it is underwater,while the white ice above reflects sunlight and deflects(使转向)its heat.Blocks of ice will be placed in giant tanks,before being processed.“This is the purest water in the world.” Mr.Al Shehi added. 【语篇解读】本文是生态环保类阅读。文章主要介绍了UAE 冰川项目,即从南极运送冰川去沙漠地区,解决缺水问题。 1.What can we learn about the UAE project? A.It will help the UAE harvest freshwater. B.It will encourage life to boom in Antarctica. C.It will put the UAE at severe ris