2020年高考英语阅读理解自然地理类专练（附答案）
1.阅读理解
    In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral Islands”.
    A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with tress, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island.
    If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers.
    If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived . These sea animals make the coral.
    They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher.
    At last it grew out of the water.
    Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island.
    The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
    So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?
（1）In the sea ________.
A. there are coral islands in all places                 B. there are some coral islands
C. the water is always warm                                 D. we can see many flowers
（2）A coral island looks like ________.
A. a round cake           B. trees, grass and flowers           C. a ring of land           D. a round lake
（3）There are ________ in the holes in corals.
A. flowers                           B. little corals                           C. grass                           D. sea animals
spring怎么读音发音英语怎么读（4）From the story we learn that ________.
A. small workers can't do big things
B. only big workers can do big things
C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time
D. all small things can do big things
2.阅读理解
    The world maps will soon be altered to reflect an eighth continent! Dubbed "Zealandia" the landmass that lies east of Australia covers 4.9 million km. Over 94 percent of it is submerged (淹没的) in the southwest Pacific Ocean, with just the islands of New Zealand and New C aledonia visible above sea level.
    To be clear, the underwater land is not a recent find. Researchers have known about its existence since 1995 when Bruce Luyendyk discovered and proposed an eighth continent that he called Zealandia. At the time, the area was dismissed as a collection of islands and land fragments (碎片), or at the most, classified as a micro continent—a landmass of continental crust that is not geologically connected to the nearest continent, in this case, Australia.
    However, after observing the areas features on an underwater topography map, New Zealand geologist Nick became convinced that Zealandia is a continent. Mortimer says that while Zealandia is much smaller than our seven continents, at over half the size of Australia, it is unfair to classify it as a microcontinent. The geologist argues, “If you could pull the plug on the world's oceans, then Zealandia would probably long ago have been recognized as a continent.”
    Geologist Christopher Scotese argues that too much of the landmass is underwater, asserting it's "almost a continent the way Pluto is almost a planet." Richard Ernst, a geologi
st, proposes coining a new term minicontinent—for Zealandia. He thinks this is perfect given that it is too large to be called a microcontinent and too small to be classified as a full-sized continent. Given that there is no international panel to decide the fate of Zealandia, its future as a continent is uncertain. Mortimer hopes that if supporters start using the term Zealandia, it may eventually catch on. Whether that happens remains to be seen, but for now, we will have to be satisfied with just seven continents!
（1）According to the text, Zealandia ________.           
A. was found and named by Bruce Luyendyk    B. is made of a lot of visible islands
C. is connected to Australia geologically           D. covers 94% of the southwest Pacific Ocean
（2）What does the phrase "pull the plug on" mean?           
A. Enter                                  B. Uncover                                  C. Sail                                  D. Fold
（3）Why does Christopher NOT consider Zealandia to be a continent?           
A. It is too small to be a full-sized continent.
B. Some sections of it is just 7 miles thick.
C. Most of it lies under water.
D. It was once just part of the continent Australia.
（4）What might be the best title for the text?           
A. Is Minicontinent a New Name for Zealandia?
B. Is a Continent Appearing in the Pacific Ocean?
C. Is the World Map Going to Be changed?
D. Is "Zealandia" an Eighth Continent?

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