湖北黄冈市2016高考英语阅读理解精练（5）及（解析）答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The multi－million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.Set to open in 2013，the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre，with which it will share some equipment.As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea，the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles，the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital，providing 24－hour services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people，more effectively.”The digital library will，he says，be as important as the physical one，allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete，the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的) LoB，designed by Baden，the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB，but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Two other small Birmingham－based digital companies are also working on the LoBprojects.Substrat，a digital design company，is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone，an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots，in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.Gambles says：“Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before”【语篇解读】本文是一则新闻报道。
即将落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)将是伯明翰市接受日常生活数字化的标志。
1．The underlined part“its idea”in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of ________.A．the equipment B．the projectC．the digital media D．the physical library解析 词义猜测题。
第三段中的“the project”指的是文章中出现的“the LoB project”，结合画线部分的上下文语境可知此处讲的是数字媒体对这个项目很重要，所以B项正确。
答案 B2．While visiting the Virtual LoB，the public can ________.A．get a general idea of the LoBB．meet many world－famous expertsC．learn how to put up a library buildingD．understand how the specialists work on the project解析 细节理解题。
根据第六段中的“Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB...”可知，公众访问虚拟LoB可了解LoB的大体情况。
答案 A3．Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?a.It offers better learning tools.b.It reaches users in different ways.c.It provides users with smart phones.d.It allows users to enrich its material.e.It gives non－stop physical and digital services.A．a，b，d B．a，c，e C．b，c，d D．b，d，e解析 推理判断题。
根据第四段内容可知a、b两项正确，e项错误；根据倒数第二段的第二、三句可知c项错误；由倒数第二段的最后一句可知d项正确。
故选A项。
答案 A4．The text is most probably taken from ________.A．a computer book B．a library guideC．a project handbook D．a newspaper report解析 推理判断题。
文章主要介绍了即将落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)的相关情况，最有可能是一则新闻报道。
答案 D。
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“Predicting species’reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology, ” said the researchers of several U. S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1, 634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8. 5 times and leafing by 4 times.“Across all species, the experiments under- predicted the speed of the advance—for both leafing and flowering—that results from temperature increases, ”the study said.The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.Scientists believe the world’s average temperature has risen by about 0. 8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0. 2 ℃ every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet- warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century—a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.1. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?A. Plants’reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’expectation.C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.2. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that . A. plants’flowering is 8. 5 times faster than leafingB. there are 1, 634 plant species on the four continentsC. scientists should improve the design of the experimentsD. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change3. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because . A. they can prove the climate change clearlyB. they are very important in the food chainsC. they play a leading role in reducing global warmingD. they are growing and flowering much faster than before4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?A. It has risen nearly 0. 2℃ since 1979.B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.C. It is 0. 8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1900.D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.【参考答案】1—4、BCBD 2016高考训练题。