阅读04 2024年中考英语经典阅读强化练—人与自然（二）-2024年中考英语重难考点提升训练（全国通用）

阅读04 2024年中考英语经典阅读强化练—人与自然（二） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 人与自然的关系是人类社会最基本的关系,所以也是中考命题的热点话题。人与自然是生命共同体，人类必须尊重自然、顺应自然、保护自然，要坚持人与自然和谐共生。然而过度开发和污染环境等问题，都给我们的自然环境带来了沉重的负担。值得庆幸的是，人类也逐渐意识到了这些问题的严重性，开始采取积极的措施进行补救。通过推广环保理念、开展环保行动等措施，我们努力维护着自然生态的平衡。 本专题精选2023年中考相关话题，分六大类精练： 一、人与自然之天气类。 1 二、航空航天类—人类的飞天梦想。 8 三、宇宙探秘，科技之光。 14 四、人与动物的和谐相处。 18 五、科普阅读：植物类。 22 六、濒危动物的保护——爱的主题。 27 实战训练 一、人与自然之天气类。 Passage 1 In modern times, we get our weather report scientifically. The meteorologists(气象学家) use information from satellites (卫星) to tell us what the weather will be like. They make predictions about the weather for today, tomorrow and even for the whole season. Will it rain? Will it snow? Will it be hot or will it be a long and cold winter? But what did people do before modern technology? Well, not so long ago, people lived much closer to nature. Using the power of observation (观察), humans made predictions about the weather according to what was happening in the insect world. Sometimes their predictions were correct, and sometimes they weren’t. My grandfather spent his whole life as a farmer in Canada. He is long gone now. But I still remember his stories about how to predict the weather. For example, in summer, he would often stop to observe the anthills — those little sandy mounds (沙堆) at the entrance (入口) to the ants’ nest. “Look closely at the anthills in July,” Grandpa used to say. “If the anthills are high in July, expect a snowy winter.” Of course, as a kid, I believed my grandfather. But you know what? The anthills are often correct. Not always, but often enough to make me a believer. In September, Grandpa would often point out a woolly caterpillar (毛毛虫) in a sunny location, “Observe the orange circle around its belly (腹部). If it’s wide and full, we’re sure to have a warm and easy winter. If it’s thin, be careful! The winter will be severe.” I am older now. I get my weather mostly from the television or radio. Scientists hardly get it wrong. After a