高考英语阅读理解真题 2018 19全国卷3B篇详解.docxVIP

高考英语阅读理解真题（2018—19全国卷3B篇）详解 2018 Cities?usually?have?a?good?reason?for?being?where?they?are,?like?a?nearby?port?or?river.?People?settle?in?these?places?because?they?are?easy?to?get?to?and?naturally?suited?to?communications?and?trade.?New?York?City,?for?example,?is?near?a?large?harbour?at?the?mouth?of?the?Hudson?River.?Over?300?years?its?population?grew?gradually?from?800?people?to?8?million.?But?not?all?cities?develop?slowly?over?a?long?period?of?time.?Boom?towns?grow?from?nothing?almost?overnight.?In?1896,?Dawson,?Canada,?was?unmapped?wilderness(荒野).?But?gold?was?discovered?there?in?1897,?and?two?years?later,?it?was?one?of?the?largest?cities?in?the?West,?with?a?population?of?30,000. Dawson?did?not?have?any?of?the?natural?conveniences?of?cities?like?London?or?Paris.?People?went?there?for?gold.?They?travelled?over?snow-covered?mountains?are?sailed?hundreds?of?miles?up?icy?rivers.?The?path?to?Dawson?was?covered?with?thirty?feet?of?wet?snow?that?could?fall?without?warning.?An?avalanche(雪崩)?once?closed?the?path,?killing?63?people.?For?many?who?made?it?to?Dawson,?however,?the?rewards?were?worth?the?difficult?trip.?Of?the?first20000?people?who?dug?for?gold,?4,000?got?rich.?About?100?of?these?stayed?rich?men?for?the?rest?of?their?lives. But?no?matter?how?rich?they?were,?Dawson?was?never?comfortable.?Necessities?like?food?and?wood?were?very?expensive.?But?soon,?the?gold?that?Dawson?depended?on?had?all?been?found.?The?city?was?crowded?with?disappointed?people?with?no?interest?in?setting?down,?and?when?they?heard?there?were?new?gold?discoveries?in?Alaska,?they?left?Dawson?City?as?quickly?as?they?had?come.?Today,?people?still?come?and?go?to?see?where?the?Canadian?gold?rush?happened.?Tourism?is?now?the?chief?industry?of?Dawson?City-its?present?population?is?762. 24.?What?attracted?the?early?settlers?to?New?York?City? A.?Its?business?culture. B.?Its?small?population. C.?Its?geographical?position. D.?Its?favourable?climate 25.?What?do?we?know?about?those?who?first?dug?for?gold?in