专题15 阅读理解之说明文-备战2024年中考英语真题题源解密（江苏专用）

专题15 阅读理解之说明文 阅读理解综合考查学生对英语语言知识的运用，题型包括词义猜测题、细节理解题、脉络理解题、推理推断题、主旨大意题等。题材广泛，包括故事、日常生活、人物传记、科普知识、社会文化、自然风光等，体裁有记叙文、议论文、说明文和应用文。本专题目的在于帮助学生提高说明文的解题能力，以帮助同学们高效复习。 （2023·江苏盐城）A team of Chinese scientists and climbers reached the top of Qomolangma at about 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23. It’s the second time since last year for the science expedition (考察) team to reach the top. The team was made up of 13 Chinese scientists and climbers. They set off at a height of 8,300 metres for the top at about 3 a.m. After more than 8 hours of hard climbing, they arrived at the 8,830-metre weather station. After fixing steel ropes, changing batteries and putting in wind speed and direction sensors (传感器), they finished improving the world’s highest automated(自动化的) weather station, which was setup by Chinese scientists last year. Besides, they collected ice-snow samples on the top for further research. The weather station records temperatures, wind speeds and other key data for studying climate change. Climate scientists have found that global warming has had a large influence on the glacier number on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原). Over the last fifty years, the temperature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has risen about 0.5℃ every ten years. Studying the ecosystem(生态系统) of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will help scientists have a better understanding of the influence of climate change, and help scientists and the government make proper decisions. Since the mid-20th century, China has sent different research expedition teams to Qomolangma. But because of limited resources and technologies, many key scientific questions are still unanswered, such as whether global warming can melt the ice at the top of Qomolangma, and how ecosystem can change as height increases to extremity. 1．How many times has the Chinese science expedition team reached the top since last year? A．Once. B．Twice. C．Three times. D．Four times. 2．Which paragraph best describes the picture below? A．Paragraph 1. B．Paragrap