2023届重庆市高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案解析.pdf

2023届重庆市高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案解析--第1页 2023届高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案 1．In2012， JamesCameron， creatorofAvatarandTitanic， becamethefirstpersontoreac theChallengerDeep．WhenhearrivedatthedeepestspotonEart at7milesbelowsealevel， hespenthoursmappingtheregionandtakingphotosandsamples． Ashumanbeings， weredrawntoabsolutes﹣thedeepest， thehighest， thecoldest， thefarthest，hesays． Andasastorytellerandcuriousmonkey，Ijust wantedtoseewhat wasthere．Theanswerisobvious﹣plasticandmore． Ourso﹣calledcivilizationisusing theoceanasitstoilet，Cameronsays．Unlessthischanges，oceanecosystemsaregoingto continuetheirrapidcollapse． Despite decades of environmental studies， the impact of plastic and other forms of pollution on oceans are not entirely understood ． Initial studies appear to indicate that ingesting （摄取）them ﹣eitherdirectlyorindirectly ﹣couldcausedisease．Plasticscanalso release poisonous substances into the water ， whic could potentially impact animal populations． But plastic is just one of the problems facing oceans that have yet to be fully understood．Plasticwasteintheoceanishorrifyingbutisonlythemostobviousofourmany deadly waste streams， whic include carbon thats heating the atmosphere and making the oceanacidic， andtherun ﹣offnutrients fromalltheworldsagriculture， whic iscausing anoxic （缺氧的）deadzonesthesizeofcountries，Cameronsays． Oceans， liketherestoftheworld， areimpactedbytheburning offossilfuelsandthe releaseofgreenhousegaseslikecarbondioxide ﹣about30percentofwhic isabsorbedbythe sea．Thisabsorptioncausesoceanacidification，wherethepHlevelisalteredtobecomemore acidic． Asaresult， itsharderforsomecreaturestoformshellsandskeletonsandcountle