Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. Death Valley can be dangerously cold during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley.

The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsius. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as seventy -four degrees Celsius.

Death Valley contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions. Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater. The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide. In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth. This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations. Some are red. Others are dark brown, gray, yellow or black.

The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the ountry traveled to the gold mining areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley.  They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, but there was still an extreme lack of water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat.

The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the Valley, Slowly, they began co suffer from a lack of food. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley. As they left, one woman looked back and said, "Good -bye, death valley. ” The name has never been changed.

Almost everyone who visits Death Valley visits a huge house called Scotty' s Castle. The building design is Spanish, with high thick walls to provide protection from the fierce heat.

The castle is named for Walter Scott , called Scotty. by his friends. He was a gold miner. He told everyone that he built the house with money he made from his gold mine. Many people believed him. But it was not really the truth.

1. The first two paragraphs discuss Death Valley' s ________.

A．geography

B．climate

C．location

D．size

2.The volcanoes mentioned in the third paragraph proved ________.

A．a(chǎn) valley that is formed by explosions

B．a(chǎn) place where volcanoes are still active

C．a(chǎn) good example of the violence of nature

D．a(chǎn) symbol of rock formations in history

3.The woman who named Death Valley intended to ________.

A．explore the mystery of the valley

B．find an area with plants for animals

C．experience the terrible heat of summer

D．look for gold in California

4.If the passage continues, it will be about ________.

A．the truth about Scotty's Castle

B．why Spanish built the castle

C．when the castle was built

D．where the castle lies in

5.The main idea of the passage is about ________.

A．the interesting place in Death Valley

B．the facts about Death Valley

C．the origin of Death Valley

D．the route to visit Death Valley

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：

1.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)The air temperature during the summer has been as high as fifty- seven degrees Celsi 故B符合題意

2.C 推斷題。根據(jù)This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations故C符合題意

3.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the ountry traveled to the gold mining areas in California。故D符合題意

4.A 猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)Many people believed him. But it was not really the truth. 根據(jù)關(guān)聯(lián)性原則，會(huì)接著寫(xiě)出有關(guān)Scotty's Castle的真相

5.B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章的文體，用客觀的語(yǔ)氣還原事實(shí)的真相。故B符合題意

考點(diǎn)：考察說(shuō)明性文章

點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章主要向讀者介紹了死亡山谷的地理，氣候和位置等以及一系列與死亡山谷相關(guān)聯(lián)的故事和傳說(shuō)。

說(shuō)明文是對(duì)事物的特征、本質(zhì)、性能、狀態(tài)，或事物的發(fā)生、發(fā)展、結(jié)果、用途、原理等進(jìn)行介紹、解釋、說(shuō)明的一種文體。它所說(shuō)明的對(duì)象可以是實(shí)體的事物，如儀器儀表、自然環(huán)境等，也可以是抽象的事理、如概念、原理、定律、規(guī)章等。它包括說(shuō)明書(shū)、解說(shuō)詞、文獻(xiàn)資料、圖表等形式。盡管說(shuō)明文中可能會(huì)摻有一些記述、描寫(xiě)或議論的成分，但說(shuō)明文的最主要表達(dá)方式還是說(shuō)明。必須說(shuō)明的是與漢語(yǔ)說(shuō)明文相比，英語(yǔ)說(shuō)明文所涉及的范圍似乎更大，在英語(yǔ)中，天文地理、人情世故、客觀事物、主觀意識(shí)等宇宙間的一切都可以通過(guò)說(shuō)明文加以闡述說(shuō)明，象the importance of being on tie（準(zhǔn)時(shí)的重要性）和the happiness of reading books（讀書(shū)之樂(lè)）之類的話題.

 

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