阅读理解 2019 四 阅读理解 共 15 小题 每小题2 分 满分30 分 阅读下面三篇材料 从每题所给的A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A 56 The material above is mainly about A The New YorkTimes B 36 Hours guides C an introduction to Explorer D prices of the new book s 57 The two books cover subjects A 2 B 4 C 6 D 8 58 TASCHEN in the material refers to A the name of a writer B the sign of dream trips C a store that sells books online D a company that produces books 59 What can we learn about the books from the material A They are very expensive B They are well designed and made C They are sold by a team of writers D One of them is about Beaches Islands and Deserts 60 What the book series describes has something to do with A journeys B readers C lifestyles D advertisements B You don t have to be a scientist to solve big environmental problems One Dutch designer is finding creative ways to make a change and he s inviting bikers to join him Daan Roosgaarde 38 is a designer from Holland He uses creative ideas to improve city life For his Smog 雾霾 Free Project he designed a special tower that cleans air in Chinese parks In Holland he designed a shining bicycle path Now Daan and his team are working with engineers at Chinese bike sharing company Ofo to create a new product for public use It s an air cleaning machine connected to a bicycle and is part of the Smog Free Project In smoggy weather the machine would breathe in the air in front of the bike and blow out a stream of clean air toward the biker s face It s no secret that air pollution is a big problem for China In winter it s common for thick clouds of haze 霾 caused largely by factory production burning of coal and car emissions 排放 物 to cover areas of China In 2016 only one fourth of Chin ese cities met the country s air quality standards according to a survey of 338 cities nationwide from the Ministry of Environmental Protection Of course one tower and a few bikes won t solve China s air pollution problem Daan said But smog free bikes are an exciting idea that will hopefully inspire communities to create greener cities 61 According to the writer A air pollution is not a big problem in China B creative ideas may help improve city life C only scientists can solve big environmental problems D the survey of 338 cities nationwide was not necessary 62 The air cleaning machine offers clean air to the hiker by A blowing out dirty air B running fast with the bike C cleaning the air around the biker D breathing in dirty air and cleaning it 63 From the passage we know that A people who have creative ideas can get free bikes B only smog free bikes can go on the shining bicycle path C Daan and his family spent all their time improving China s air quality D China s haze in winter happens because of more than three causes 64 Daan is inviting bikers to join him in order to A raise money for the tower B test his new machine C help solve the air pollution problem D make more Chinese friends 63 What is the best title for the passage A Breathing In and Out B Biking for Fresh Air C Survey from the Government D China s Air Pollution Problem C Don t Judge a Book by Its Cover Ever since I was a little girl I ve loved reading crime and detective 侦探 novels so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older However my family is very big on having a traditional career 职业 and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing my parents told me that I couldn t They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career and not something as risky as writing I suppose I could have studied joumalism 新闻 but I didn t want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work not for pleasure I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise 妥协 especially because of the long holidays It was a good choice by the time I was twenty five I d already finished two novels and had an agent To be honest I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything and my friends have always known One of the reasons most people don t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance 浪漫 novelist for older women She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought Well if you think it ll make me successful okay I d totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel I asked her some questions about it and it was so clear that she had no idea that I d written it she even offered to lend it to me after she d finished Of course sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies but I think my parents probably did me a favor my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world 66 Hazel is probably A an agent B a journalist C a teacher and artist D a teacher and writer 67 The underlined words is very big on in the passage most probably mean A to give no advice B to like something very much