专题分类英语（二）B卷 -【备考一本】2024年高考一轮复习核心考点专题分类AB卷英语（新教材专版）

核心考点专题分类AB卷 英语（二）·B卷 考生注意： 1.满分分值40分，建议用时40分钟。 2.本卷范围：阅读理解。 A Seventy-year-old Tububatu and his wife live in a village on the edge of Badain Jaran, China's third-largest desert.Since their retirement,they've been spending every day fighting the advancement of the desert with the help of plant-life.Others had tried fighting the desert and failed,but they just wanted to know if they could make a difference. Relying only on their pensions,the retired couple have been slowly and steadily growing their little desert forest.They started out by planting just 50 trees,but kept doubling their efforts to the point where they now plant thousands of trees a year.Even though they mostly plant drought-resistant()species,they still water them at least once a day to make sure they grow better.Their small desert forest now covers over 266 hectares()and numbers tens of thousands of trees. The couple stay behind in their village,nearly 100 kilometers away from the nearest town,despite their children's efforts to get them to move with them to a more comfortable home.They've been ridiculed by members of their own community()who believed their efforts to fight the desert were sure to fail,but they haven't let that prevent them making their efforts.They may very well fail,but at least they've given it their all. Over the last 19 years,the couple have planted over 266 hectares of desert and have no plan of stopping anytime soon.China Daily reports that Tububatu and his wife have so far planted over 70,000 trees and spent more than 1 million yuan of their savings in the process. The bad conditions have caused a lot of damage to their health,they look older than their age, and they both have been battling serious health conditions,but they refuse to abandon their battle against the desert. 1.What did Tububatu and his wife do after they retired? A.They moved to the town. B.They planted trees in the desert. C.They donated their pensions. D.They worked for China Daily. 2.What have Tububatu and