《2026年教材完全解读高中英语选择性必修第三册人教版》

Ⅴ. 阅读理解
(2025·重庆乌江新高考协作体模考)
If you look at the dynamic “Global Temperatures” map on NASA’s website, you can see the historic temperature change over time across the planet as the timeline goes from 1880 to the modern day. By 2019, the entire planet was in red, orange, and yellow colors, indicating temperatures were much higher than the historical average in every country and human inhabitance.
If the timeline went to 2023, the map would look even worse. That’s because the summer of 2023 was the hottest ever, according to ocean monitors. July was the hottest month in recorded history. Next July could be worse. Unless we do something quickly, we face dealing with more and more dangerous and expensive natural disasters in the future.
Forest fires sent smoke from Canada across the North American continent, causing New York City to have the worst air quality in its recorded history. Heavy rainstorms fell on Vermont and the Northeastern United States in just a couple of days in the middle of July, which exceeded the amount that area would usually receive in two months and caused extreme damage to homes and businesses. Around the same time, flash flooding in Bucks County, Pennsylvania—north of Philadelphia—killed nearly a dozen people.
Erich Fischer, a researcher specializing in climate studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is concerned that natural disasters could get much worse in the future—and in ways we cannot predict. He called for a “strike for climate justice”, which actually took place on Sept. 15, 2023. “The strategy needs to be twofold (双重的). We need to decrease carbon emissions as much as realistically possible. That is already happening with people using electric cars and other green technologies. At the same time, we also need to find ways to predict the risk of natural disasters ahead of time,” said Erich Fischer.
1. Why does the writer mention the data on NASA’s website in Paragraph 1?
A. To explain a concept.
B. To introduce a topic.
C. To provide a solution.
D. To make a prediction.
2. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A. The severity of natural disasters.
B. The worst air quality in New York City.
C. The extreme damage by flash flooding.
D. The cause of the forest fires in Canada.
3. What did Erich Fischer suggest to deal with the current situation?
A. He advocated a plan consisting of two parts.
B. He suggested forbidding carbon emissions.
C. He required people to use more electric cars.
D. He emphasized the public awareness of climate changes.
4. What is the best title for the text?
A. The Hottest Month in History
B. Natural Disasters in the World
C. Extreme Weather Could Get Worse
D. Green Technology Would be Needed

答案： 语篇导读 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了全球日益严重的气候变化问题，比如地球气温越来越高，极端天气事件愈加频发，旨在呼吁人们要立刻采取行动保护地球。
1.B 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第一段内容可知，从1880年到现在，地球上的温度随时间不断变化。到2019年，整个地球在温度图上都变成了红色、橙色和黄色，这表明2019年的地球温度远高于历史平均水平，由此引出下文对气候变化问题的介绍。因此，作者在文章开头提到NASA网站上的数据是为了引出话题。
2.A 【解析】段落大意题。根据第三段中的关键词“Forest fires”“the worst air quality”“Heavy rainstorms”以 及“flash flooding”可知，第三段具体介绍了气候变化给北美各地带来的环境问题，如加拿大森林大火导致纽约市的空气质量大大下降，佛蒙特州和美国东北部地区的强降雨对房屋和企业造成了严重破坏等。因此，本段主要讲的是自然灾害的严重性。
3.A 【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段中Erich Fischer所说的话“The strategy needs to be twofold. We need to decrease carbon emissions as much as realistically possible.”和“At the same time, we also need to find ways to predict the risk of natural disasters ahead of time”可知，他提出人们需要尽可能地减少碳排放。与此同时，我们还需要找到提前预测自然灾害风险的方法。由此可知，Erich Fischer提出了一个由两方面的内容组成的计划来解决当前的问题。
4.C 【解析】标题归纳题。通读全文，尤其是前三段内容可知，本文主要介绍了地球气温越来越高，极端天气事件愈加频发，再结合最后一段中的“natural disasters could get much worse in the future”可知，C项“极端天气可能变得更糟”言简意赅，点明主旨，适合作为本文标题。