高考英语专项训练阅读提能练(一).docx

阅读提能练(一) 一、阅读理解 A London Heathrow Airport London Heathrow Airport is a major international airport in London, the United Kingdom. Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic.Heathrow is also the sixth busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic.In 2017，it handled a record of 78 million passengers，a 3.1 percent increase from 2016. Location Heathrow is 14 miles west of central London. The airport is surrounded by the built- up areas of Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and Cranford to the north and by Hounslow and Hatton to the east. To the south lie Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. History Heathrow Airport started in 1929 as a small airfield on land south-east of the hamlet of Heathrow from which the airport takes its name. At that time there were farms, market gardens and orchards there. Development of the whole Heathrow area as a very much larger airport started in 1944：it was stated to be for long- distance military aircraft bound for the Far East. But by the time the airfield was nearing completion，World WarⅡ had ended.The government continued to develop the airport as a civil airport；it opened as London Airport in 1946 and was renamed Heathrow Airport in 1966. Facilities Heathrow Airport is used by over 80 airlines flying to 185 destinations in 84 countries.The airport is the primary hub of British Airways and is a base for Virgin Atlantic.Of Heathrow's 73.4 million passengers in 2014,93% were international travellers ；the remaining 7% were bound for places in the UK.The busiest single destination in passenger numbers is New York, with over 3 million passengers flying between Heathrow and JFK Airport in 2013. 【解题导语】 本文为说明文，介绍了位于英国伦敦的希思罗机场 (London Heathrow Airport)的地理位置、发展历史和设施。 1．We can know from the text that Heathrow Airport is named after a(n) ________. A．person C．place B．animal D．plant 解析：选 C。细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“Heathrow Airport started in 1929 as a small