2021届高考英语阅读理解题型精准练——观点态度题

2021届高考英语阅读理解题型精准练——观点态度题

It would not be an overstatement to say that salt is one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind. Just imagine how tasteless our food would have been had salt not been discovered. Apart, from adding flavor to our food, it is also an essential ingredient for the health of both man as well as animals, provided it is taken in the right quantities. Salt is also used by the food processing and meat packing industries as a seasoning or preservative ingredient.

Salt has always been helpful in the building of communities and societies, as man normally built his settlements around the sources of salt. At one point of time, salt was also used as a currency. Today, there are many countries around the world that are working hard to extract (提炼)salt so that we can enjoy our food to the fullest. Some of these are producing enough salt to satisfy the requirement of the entire world, while others are producing just enough to support their own people.

According to the British Geological Survey, China is the top salt producer in the world. The United States of America occupies the second position, and India, finishing a distant third. Other countries that, made it among the top ten salt producing nations' list were Canada, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Chile, France and the Netherlands.

Countries that produced more than 1 million tons of salt in 2017 included Peru, Bangladesh, Thailand, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Romania, Egypt, Poland, and the United Kingdom, to name a few. Ranked at the bottom of the list were the African nations of Mauritania and Djibouti.So, the next time you take your meal and add a pinch of salt to make it more delicious, do share a thought for the numerous salt workers around the world due to whom our food tastes so perfect.

4.What is the author's attitude toward those who produce salt?
A.Regretful. B.Grateful. C.Doubtful. D.Faithful.

Amazon wants to be able to answer the troublesome question: Did I leave the stove on? The latest home security tool by Ring,a home security company owned by Amazon, is the Always Home Cam, a flying drone that can help homeowners check their apartments whenever they7re not in.

The Always Home Cam is a lightweight, self-docking, flying indoor camera that can take a predetermined path set by its user.When used with Ring's proprietary home alarms systems like the Ring Alarm, the Always Home Cam will take flight and check the house for any potential disturbances The drone unit can also be controlled remotely and manually. After a Flight, the Always Home Cam automatically returns to its station itself for charging. It only records while in flight, too.

You can ask it to fly to check the stove while you're out. or to see if you left the windows open. If s also great for checking on naughty pets. The drone has obstacle avoidance technology built-in, and hidden propellers(螺旋奖) to mitigate any damage to household furnishing in the event of a collision. Amazon says the drone will automatically take flight if there's movement in the house to show you what’s going on.

The device was one of several that Amazon unveiled Thursday as part of its annual appliance event. Due to the pandemic, this year's version was held online instead of at Amazon's Seattle headquarters.

The indoor flying camera, called the Ring Always Home Cam, still needs approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, but Amazon said it expects to sell it next year at $250. It will also launch a camera and alarm system for cars next year under its Ring brand.

Critics have raised privacy concerns about Ring, which is best known for its doorbell cameras, citing the company^ close relationship with police departments. Amazon said the drone only records when it is in the air, and that it makes a sound when it flies so any people in the house knows its recording.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the Always Home Cam?
A.favorable B.critical C.doubtful D.objective

The eastern Siberian landscape is not normally like hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow:in summer, its forests are lush(苍翠繁茂的). This year, however, the region is on fire, as are large parts of the Arctic Circle.

The fires began in June, caused by an extremely hot and dry early summer. It was the hottest June on record globally. In the regions that are burning, temperatures peaked at 8-10℃ warmer than the average from 1981 to 2010. This has dried out the landscape, producing tinder(易燃物)for natural forest fires.

So far, hundreds of above-ground fires have been recorded by satellites in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. It is estimated that fires within the Arctic Circle have produced more than 100m tonnes of carbon dioxide in a year. That is a lot. But burnt vegetation can regrow within a decade, and in doing so reabsorbs much of the released carbon dioxide. It is what is happening below ground that most worries ecologists and climate scientists.

Global warming will melt Arctic permafrost(永久冻土), releasing large amounts of stored greenhouse gases. But if fires in the region become more common, that could have even bigger consequences. Wildfires will release much faster and bigger amounts of carbon, rather than melting permafrost. The fires also produce black carbon which, if dropped on the Arctic sea ice by favourable winds, will darken its surface, making it more likely to absorb sunlight and melt. This decreases the reflectivity of the region and further increases Arctic warming.

Smog from the fires is blanketing much of Siberia. "What is scary about the Arctic fires is that they are driven by climate change, and there's very little you can do," says Thomas Smith. Few natural fires this big have ever been successfully managed. The only way to deal with the spread of these fires is to slow the rate of global warming. Don't hold your breath.

4.Which word best describes the author's attitude toward the Arctic fires?
A.Objective. B.Indifferent. C.Optimistic. D.Worried.

If you’ve ever passed the cockpit(驾驶舱)while boarding a flight and tried to pick up bits from your pilots’ conversation, you probably didn’t understand much of them. Do they want to keep something in the dark? For terms like "niner" to "Zulu", pilot-speak may sound like all Greek to you. But in this way, what happens to pilots can be expressed clearly and briefly. That’s why it is well-recognized in this industry.

Pan-pan. Airline passengers likely won’t ever hear their pilot use this term, which is reserved for communication with air traffic controllers. When pilots notice something unusual with their aircraft that stops short of an immediate emergency, they use "pan-pan". For example, if one of a multi-engine aircraft’s engine has failed, pilots might say "pan-pan" to get controllers’ attention and request an emergency landing.

George is flying the plane now. There is a "George" on nearly every commercial aircraft. Pilots often allocate George to command the plane when it reaches cruising(巡航)altitude or when they've flown for more than 10 hours, when they’re required to rest according to rules for two-pilot planes.

We’re flying through an air pocket. "Air pocket" is a more acceptable expression for the word "turbulence", a sudden and violent changes in the direction that air is moving in. This term might ease the sudden and strong impact on ears and causes less panic among passengers in an emergency.

There are 155 souls on board. The number of "souls" on an aircraft refers to the total living bodies on the plane, including every passenger, pilot, flight attendant and crew member. Pilots report the number of "souls" only when declaring an emergency to avoid confusion between the number of passengers and the number of the crew.

"A lot of the ways we say things to be meaningful to other pilots is kind of monkey-see, monkey-do," says Ferdi Mack, senior manager at the Pilot Information Center. "But the most important part of the challenge is that a smooth flight can be thus ensured."
4.How does Ferdi feel about pilot-speak?
A.Doubtful. B.Ridiculous. C.Objective. D.Favorable.

I didn’t understand the irony(讽刺) immediately. Only on the way home. The book I had just returned to our local library was called “Unquiet Landscape,” by Christopher Neve. He widened my view.

But the ironic word for me in his book’s title, I realized, was “unquiet”. It applied not to the landscape but to our local library. I have thus visited it again since then,and my conclusion is much the same:This is no longer a quiet place.

On both of my visits the library was packed with small children and they were doing rather alot of small-children things, such as dancing in circles, singing, jumping up and down, and so on. Various adults sitting around were clearly not discouraging them rather the opposite.

I wasn't exactly shocked. But I have to say that my understanding of library behavior and purpose changed somewhat. All my upbringing(教养)about libraries was that they were sanctums(圣地),places of escape in a noisy world. If one so much as cleared one’ s throat in a library,one was likely to be stared at by the librarians——not to mention tolerating the disapproval of fellow library users enjoying their post—lunch nap(午睡).The first school I attended had a library that was entirely conventional in function. In it, we boys did (or were expected to do) one thing only read. The second school I attended allowed one to write as well as read in the library.

Since those days,my attitude,I hope,has changed a little. I've come across some very pleasant librarians eager to help with my projects. Some of them are surprisingly generous with providing access to their books,which are as dear to them as their own children. And the silence rule has,over the years,become much less strict. Even quite loud laughter,I find,is not always frowned upon.
4.What's the author's attitude to librarians nowadays?
A.Positive. B.Disappointed. C.Unconcerned. D.Worried.

Over the years, the small Vermilion Heritage Museum in Alberta, Canada, tried everything in its power to unlock an old safe (保险箱) in its basement. The museum hired blacksmiths, called the manufacturer, contacted former employees and challenged visitors to play around with the safe — but nobody had any success.

Until last month, when a visitor to Vermilion cracked the code (密码) on his first try, much to the astonishment of everyone present.

Stephen Mills, from Fort McMurray, Alberta, was on a family camping trip with his wife and his two children. After giving the Mills' family a tour of the whole building, the museum volunteer showed them the objects in the basement, including the mysterious safe.

It originally had belonged to the town's Brunswick Hotel which opened in the early 1900s. When the hotel shut down in the late 1970s, the safe was locked — and so it had remained.

"It was like a time capsule, nobody had any idea of what was in there," said Mills.

Like other visitors, Mills was offered the chance to take a crack at opening it.

"Just like you see in the movies," he said, "I looked at the dial and I saw the numbers were running from 0 to 60. So I thought in my head 20-40-60. I did a particular combination which is three on the right, two on the left, and one on the right, tried the handle ... and it opened!"

"It was a 100 guess," he said. "I was fully amazed. I stepped back a little bit and thought, 'I'm buying a lottery ticket tonight!'"

The contents of the safe proved a little disappointing.

"Unfortunately, there wasn't what we thought was there," Mills said. "Some papers, old checks, a waitress' notebook, and a receipt from the hotel. That's it."

Nonetheless, Mills said everyone was excited about the lucky guess. "My children kept screaming 'We beat the code! We beat the code!'" he said.

3.What did Mills think of the contents of the safe?

A.Exciting. B.Unexpected. C.Impressive. D.Valuable.

I wanted a change of pace, a break from routine. The past few years found me working long hours at my marketing job while my husband, Steven, put in equally full days as a physics tutor. We were both burned out from the constant boredom.

Vacation experiences at first glance seem a little difficult for us. How do you find comfort in an ever-changing environment? And I, someone who enjoys more planned fun, had to adapt.

But I was surprised at how easily I was able to adapt to a new mode of operation, a more relaxed version of myself who wasn't worried where we'd park and sleep each night. The fact that we both became so accustomed to sleeping in the back of a cargo van is another surprise we experienced on this journey. The van was our main transportation and, with a full-size bed in the back, it also provided us with a bit of comfort that made us continue. At first, every sound outside was foreign, and we both took longer to fall-and stay-asleep. But, after a couple of weeks into van life, we let the sounds fade into soft background music.

Over the course of our seven-month trip, one of our big goals was to come away from each park with one spectacular image. That shared goal placed us on the same team: It brought us together, even more than before, gave us more to talk about, and encouraged us to motivate each other along the way.

By this point, you're probably wondering how we paid for all of this, or maybe you're assuming we come from wealthy backgrounds. The truth is, we actually managed this entire adventure on a middle-class budget. Steven did part-time remote work about 10 hours per week for his employer from the road. I ended up finding some temporary jobs through the trip. We also continued our photography business, setting up an online shop to sell our landscapes.

We only visited some parks in the 48 states. And the experience would still be worth every penny. It is really a chance to lose and find ourselves in our nation's park lands.

2.What did the author think of the vacation before the journey?

A.exciting B.helpful C.doubtful D.boring

答案以及解析

答案： 4.B
解析：
4.观点态度题。根据最后一段内容"So, the next time you take your meal and ... due to whom our food tastes so perfect. "可知,作者对盐工充满感激之情。故选B。

答案： 4.D
解析： 4.推理判断题。作者是用客观的态度对产品进行了报道,选D。

答案： 4.D
解析： 4.观点态度题。由最后一段最后三句“Few natural fires this big have ever been successfully managed. The only way to deal with the spread of these fires is to slow the rate of global warming. Don't hold your breath.”可知,很少有这么大型的自然野火能够成功地被控制住,解决它的唯一办法就是减缓全球变暖的速度,而这恐怕不能抱什么希望。由此可推知,作者对北极地区发生的自然野火的情况持担心态度。故选D项。词汇积累:landscape n. 风景,景色normally adv. 正常地,通常地 blanket v. 覆盖,掩盖 estimate v. 估计,估量 consequence n. 后果,结果

答案： 4.D
解析： 4.观点态度题。根据最后1句 Ferdi的话 But the most important part of the challenge is that a smooth flightcan be thus ensured可知。

答案： 4.A
解析： 4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 I’ve come across some very pleasant librarians ... as dear to them as their own children可知,作者对如今的图书管理员持赞赏的态度。

答案： 3.B
解析：
3.观点态度题.根据倒数第二段以及倒数第三段"The contents of the safe proved a little disappointing. "Unfortunately, there wasn't what we thought was there," Mills said. "Some papers, old checks, a waitress' notebook, and a receipt from the hotel. That's it."保险箱里的东西有点令人失望.米尔斯说:"不幸的是,那里没有我们想象的那样,一些文件、旧支票、女服务员的笔记本和酒店的收据.就这样."可知做这对于保险箱里的东西感到很意外,再结合四个选项:A. Exciting令人激动的.B. Unexpected出乎意料的.C. Impressive印象深刻的.D. Valuable有价值的.故选B.

答案： 2.C
解析：
2.观点态度题。根据文章第二段Vacation experiences at first glance seem a little difficult for us. How do you find comfort in an ever-changing environment?  可知作者对于这次旅行的安抚作用存在疑问。