【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文类型模拟试题10篇训练之十四（15页word版）

【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文类型模拟试题10篇训练之十四（15页word版）

‎2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文类型模拟试题10篇训练之十四 ‎[一]‎ Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about ‎4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.‎ In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.‎ Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.‎ During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.‎ ‎61. What is the text mainly about?‎ A. Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.‎ B. Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.‎ C. The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.‎ D. The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.‎ ‎62. Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that .‎ A. they eat a lot like a cow B. they live on river banks C. they look like young cuckoos D. they have claws on the wings ‎63. What can we infer(推断) about primitive birds from the text?‎ A. They could fly long distances. ‎ B. They had claws to help them climb.‎ C. They had four wings like hoatzins. ‎ D. They had a head with long feathers on the top.‎ ‎64. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?‎ A. To produce their young. B. To find more food.‎ C. To protect themselves better. D. To keep themselves warm.‎ 参考答案：61-64．CDBA ‎[二]‎ October 15th is the Global Handwashing Day. Activities are planned in more than 20 countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap. For example, donors（捐赠者）will give 150,000 bars of soap to schools in Ethiopia.‎ Experts say people around the world wash their hands every day, but very few use soap at so-called important moments. These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before touching food.‎ Global Handwashing Day is the idea of the Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap. Partners include the United Nations Children’s Fund, American government agencies, the World Bank and soap makers Unlever and Procter and Gamble. The organizers say all soaps are working well at removing disease-causing germ(细菌). They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap.‎ ‎ Rub（揉搓） it into all areas, including under the fingernails（指甲）. Rub for at least twenty seconds. Then rinse well under running water. Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth or wave them in the air.‎ The Partnership for Handwashing says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend in washing hands. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell. The Partnership for Handwashing also says washing with soap before eating or after using the toilet could save more lives than any vaccine(疫苗)or medicine. Hand washing could also prevent the spread of other diseases. When people get germs on their hands, they can infect（感染）themselves by touching their eyes, noses or mouths. Then they can infect others.‎ ‎53. What’s the best title for this passage?‎ A. Say no to washing hands in the wrong way.‎ B. Find out why washing hands carefully is so important.‎ C. Want to live a longer life?-wash your hands.‎ D. Hand washing: so important----it gets a day of its own.‎ ‎54. The word “rinse” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.‎ A. to dry your hands B. to wash away the soap C. to rub your hands carefully D. to clean your fingers ‎55. The last paragraph mainly tells us ______.‎ A. how to wash your hands correctly ‎ B. why washing hands with soap is so important C. the dangers of washing hands without soap D. when we should especially wash our hands with soap ‎56. In which part of newspaper would you most probably read this passage?‎ A. Sports events B. Public service C. Health report D. Advertisement 参考答案：53-56．DBBC ‎[三]‎ The United States of America is mainly an English-speaking country. The majority of the population speak English as their native language. Besides, education, social activities, etc. are conducted in English. Across but for the most part, Americans speak one common language. This language is sometimes called American English.‎ However, not everyone in the USA is a native speaker of English. Most immigrants(移民) are speakers of other languages. There are hundreds of communities around the USA where English is not the most commonly used languages. Chinese, Italian, German, Greek, Spanish and French are all spoken in various communities in the USA. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English. It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part of the country. For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention. Non-English speakers were expected to pick up the language by meeting with others in public. Recently, this has changed.‎ Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL(English as a Second Language) programs; American English teachers feel that English students should learn the language the way they will use it. Therefore, ESL programs offer different English lessons to different students. Some programs teach students to communicate in English in public. Other programs teach the kind of English people who will need for their jobs. American ESL instructional methods do not lay emphasis on grammar or translation, but on the importance of communication. The goal is to get the English learners to learn by using the language.‎ ‎25. is the most widely used language in most parts of the USA.‎ A. Chinese B. English C. Spanish D.‎ ‎ French ‎26. In old days, the non-English immigrants .‎ A. paid little attention to learning English B. didn’t have much chance to learn English C. also spoke English as their native language D. never thought learning English was important ‎27. The underlined phrase “pick up” in Para.2 means .‎ A. to lift up B. to recover C. to collect D. to learn ‎28. What do American ESL programs think is the most important in learning English?‎ A. Learning difficult grammar.‎ B. Doing much translation.‎ C. Finding a good job.‎ D. Using the language.‎ 参考答案：25-28 BBDD ‎ ‎[四]‎ In Asia, there are special competitions where kites have complex designs and are fitted with instruments that make musical sounds as the wind blows through them. Although all kites have a similar structure , they are widely different in size and shape. Kite-fighting competitions are also held, in which competitors use their kites to attack and bring down their opponents’(对手) kites or cut their strings.‎ For more than 15 years, the Big Wind Kite Factory has been giving kite-making and kite-flying classes for the children on an island in Hawaii.In its kite-making lessons, students can make kites in as little as 20 minutes! Children as young as four years old can learn how to fly ‎ a kite. Jonathan Socher and his wife Daphne started the kite factory in 1980. Their kites are made of nylon.Their designs are Hawaiian themes created by Daphne. The designs are cut out of the nylon with a hot knife that seals the edges and then tied directly onto the kite.‎ The kite that is used to give lessons is a regular diamond kite with a rainbow pattern. The difference between this kite and the ones they make during the lessons is that it is a two-string controllable kite. Big Wind employees fly the kite and for a few minutes show students how pulling on one line and then on the other controls the direction the kite goes in. Then the controls are given to the students.‎ Jonathan insists that it is not necessary to make a huge impressive kite to have fun making and flying kites. Even the simplest structure can work, and can give hours of fun. Go on, give it a try!‎ ‎28. Which of the following is true according to the text?‎ A.A hot knife is used to iron the nylon.‎ B.Children never fly kites on their own in flying lessons.[来源:学科网ZXXK]‎ C.Kite strings must not be cut in kite-fighting competitions.‎ D.Daphne designs kites for the Big Wind Kite Factory.‎ ‎29. What is different about the kite used for flying lessons?‎ A. It has two strings. B.It is simple in design.‎ C.It has a rainbow pattern. D.It is shaped like a diamond.‎ ‎30. According to Jonathan, what do you need to have fun with kites?‎ A. A large kite. B. Any type of kite.‎ C. A complex structure. D. A kite that impresses others.‎ ‎31. What is mainly described in the text?‎ A. A kite factory. B. Kite-flying lessons.‎ C. Special competitions. D. The kite-making process.‎ 参考答案：28- 31.DABA ‎[五]‎ Today we’ll talk about reading. When we read a text, our eyes move across a page in short, quick movements. We recognize words usually when our eyes still fixate (注视).Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span (跨度) or the visual (视觉) span. The length of time for which the eyes stop varies from person to person. It also varies within any person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. In addition, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.‎ Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, many exercises have been designed to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation .For example, in some exercises, words are flashed onto a screen for a tenth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often formed in the shape of pyramids, so the reader takes in more and more words at each continuous fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated (孤立的) words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text. ‎ ‎21．The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following factors EXCEPT _______.‎ A. lighting and tiredness B. the length of a group of words C. one’s purpose in reading D. one’s familiarity with the text 答案:B解析:细节理解题。第一段最后两句说明:每个人识别单词的跨度根据其阅读的目的、对材料的熟悉度而不同,另外还会受到照明、疲劳度等因素的影响,因此可排除A、C、D三项,而选B项。‎ ‎22．The author may believe that reading ________‎ A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation B. requires a reader to see words more quickly C. demands a deeply-participating mind D. demands more eyes than mind 答案:C解析:推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知,阅读需要理解单词间关系的能力,所以推知作者认为阅读需要大脑去理解,故选C项。‎ ‎23．What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the second ‎ paragraph?‎ A. The ability to see words is not needed for efficient reading.‎ B. The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading.‎ C. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve efficient reading.‎ D. The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far.‎ 答案:C解析:推理判断题。画线部分意为:但是提高一个人看单词的能力是一回事,提高他有效阅读材料的能力是另一回事。由此判断,作者认为这样的训练无助于有效阅读能力的提高,故选C项。‎ ‎24．The tune of the author in writing this text is ______.‎ A. critical B. neutral C. supportive D. optimistic 答案:A解析:主旨大意题。A项意为“批评的”;B项意为“中立的”;C项意为“支持的”;D项意为“乐观的”。通读全文可知,作者对现在阅读能力的培训持否定态度。‎ ‎[六]‎ Poetry Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful poetry reviews.$100 prize for the winner of this writing contest.‎ Deadline:Sept.4th Summertime Poetry For our Summertime Poetry Contest we are looking for the poems that praise the season.$100 prize for the winner of this contest.‎ Deadline:Sept.10th Your Favourite Poet Write out your favourite modern poet. Give the list to us.‎ Deadline:Sept.10th Use These Words in a Poem The challenge of this contest is to write a poem using the words provided in the contest announcement.‎ Deadline:Sept.16th Poem of the Month Each month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All poems posted during the month are automatically considered. The winner of this contest will take away a $100 prize.‎ Deadline:Sept.16th Quatrain Poetry(四行诗)‎ Write a quatrain poem—see details, click here.‎ Deadline:Sept.19th Faith Poetry The theme for this poetry contest is “faith”. We are looking for poems that in some way match this theme. It doesn’t matter if it’s spiritual, ‎ political, intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly represented. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize.‎ Deadline:Sept.25th The Words Are the Same Write a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement.$100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest.‎ Deadline:Sept.29th Poetic Art This poetry contest challenges people in our city to write a poem that describes the artwork provided. Your poem can become part of this artwork. View the announcement to see the image.$100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest.‎ Deadline:Oct.3rd ‎25Besides writing poems, this passage also asks you to 　　　. ‎ A. write a poetry review or an interesting story B. write a poetry review and list your favourite poet C. vote to determine the most famous poet in history D. list your favourite poems and the most famous poet 答案:B解析:写作意图题。根据Poetry Reviewing Contest可知,这场比赛寻求能写出最详细、最有帮助的诗歌评论的评论员;又根据Your Favourite Poet可知,这则广告希望读者写出自己最喜欢的现代诗人。故B项正确。‎ ‎26If you want to write a quatrain poem, you must hand it in by 　　　. ‎ A. September 10th B. September 20th C. September 19th D. October 15th 答案:C 解析:细节理解题。根据Quatrain Poetry下面的内容“Deadline:Sept.19th”可知,参与者需要在9月19日之前上交作品。‎ ‎27What is the theme for the poetry contest in late September?‎ A. Faith. B. Success. C. Courage. D. Feelings.‎ 答案:A解析:细节理解题。根据Faith Poetry下面第一句可知,这个诗歌比赛的主题是faith“信念”。‎ ‎28.For whom is the advertisement written?‎ A. Professional poets. B. School students.‎ C. Poem amateurs. D. The public.‎ 答案:D 解析:推理判断题。根据Poem of the Month下面第二句中的“A public vote”以及其他内容可知,这篇文章的目标读者是公众,而不是“专业诗人”、“学校学生”或“诗歌爱好者”。故选择D项。‎ ‎[七]‎ No artist has affected modern art more than Pablo Picasso. The thousands of masterpieces he had created changed the way people thought about art. ‎ Picasso was perhaps the most talented and successful artist who ever lived.‎ Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in 1881 in a small town on the southern coast of Spain. His father was a painter who taught art. Picasso showed exceptional talent at an early age and, by the time he was in his teens, painted better than his father or any of the local art teachers. At sixteen, Picasso was sent to the Royal Academy of Madrid, where students drew from plaster casts and copied works of the old masters. Picasso felt these assignments were pointless and began to work on his own. Picasso’s father soon became angry with his son’s rebellious behaviour, long hair, and strange clothes. He believed that Picasso was wasting his talent and scolded him, “Why don’t you cut your hair and paint sensibly?”‎ In 1900,Picasso left for Paris—then the center of the art world. He lived in a cold, run-down building, painting constantly, sometimes surviving for days on only a piece of bread. During these years, his art reflected his dismal(凄凉的)surroundings. Homeless outcasts were the subject of many of his fairly realistic early paintings. After seeing African masks and sculptures, his works became more simplified and angular(有角的)leading up to the revolutionary new style known as Cubism(立体主义).‎ Picasso didn’t sell many of his works during these early years. On May 8,1995,Picasso’s Angel Fernanadezde Soto was sold at auction for $29 million. The next day Blue Period, one of his later works, sold for $5 million. But he worked continuously, always experimenting with different styles of painting. Though Picasso lived to be ninety-two and became the most famous artist in the world, he spoke of his youthful days in Paris as “the happiest time of my life”.‎ ‎21This passage mainly discusses _________.‎ A. Picasso’s Cubism as a revolutionary style in art B. Picasso as a rebel and his art C. Picasso’s life and painting in Paris D. Picasso’s influences on the development of modern art 答案:B解析:主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要讲述了有逆反心理的毕加索的生平事迹及其绘画艺术,故选B项。‎ ‎22Pablo Picasso showed unusual talent for painting _________.‎ A.in his early childhood B.in his early teens C.at the age of sixteen D. when he painted better than local art teachers 答案:A解析:细节理解题。由第二段第三句可知,毕加索早在很小的时候就展现出了他的绘画天赋。‎ ‎23．Pablo Picasso started to reveal his rebellious spirit __________.‎ A. when he was a child B.in his early teens C. when he was studying in the Royal Academy D. after he moved to Paris 答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第二段第四、五、六句可知,毕加索是在皇家学院学习时开始表现出叛逆的一面的。‎ ‎24．What marks something of a turning point in his career as an artist?‎ A. Those miserable but fruitful youthful days in Paris.‎ B. Those realistic paintings reflecting dismal social surroundings.‎ C. The influence of masks and sculptures created by native African artists.‎ D. Experimenting with new different styles of painting.‎ 答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第三段末句可知,毕加索在事业上的转折点是受到了非洲土著人创作的面具和雕塑的影响。‎ ‎[八]‎ She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But,at nearly 500 years of age,time is catching up with the MonaLisa. ‎ The health of the famous picture,painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505,is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum where it is housed.‎ ‎“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current (现在的) chemical state.‎ Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up details, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”‎ However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to the king of France, Francis Ⅰ,in 1519.‎ In 1911,the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later. During World War Ⅱ,French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.‎ Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.‎ ‎25The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa________.‎ A.is losing its value B.is being damaged after so many years C.is getting more valuable with years passing D. will rot away 答案:B解析:句意理解题。由第三段中的“The thin, wooden panel...has changed shape...”可知这句话的意思是《蒙娜丽莎》这幅画经历这么多年后有所损伤。‎ ‎26Which of the following is TRUE about the Mona Lisa?‎ A. It was once taken away and hidden up by German forces.‎ B. Its painter himself loved it greatly and always kept it in the shade.‎ C. Mona Lisa stops smiling when you look at her wanting to see her smile.‎ D. King Francis Ⅰ bought it and then returned it to Italy.‎ 答案: C解析:细节理解题。由第四段第二句“It is very interesting that...,and then you look at her and she stops...”可知。‎ ‎27Choose the right order about the happenings onto the Mona Lisa.‎ a. It was stolen from the Louvre.‎ b. Its painter sold it to King Francis Ⅰ.‎ c. Its state of health was checked.‎ d. It was returned to France and housed in the Louvre Museum.‎ e. It was hidden and protected against German forces.‎ A. b-a-d-e-c B. d-e-c-b-a C. d-a-e-c-b D. b-c-a-d-e 答案:A解析:细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知,a发生于1911年,d发生于1913年,e发生于二战期间;由倒数第三段末句可知,b发生于1519年;由第三段首句可知,c发生于近几年。‎ ‎28What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingstone?‎ A. The materials the Italian artist used.‎ B. The way she smiles.‎ C. The way da Vinci painted the smile.‎ D. It plays a trick upon the human eye.‎ 答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第四段最后两句可知。‎ ‎[九]‎ Salvador Dali (1904—1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’ Enigmesans Fin from 1938,works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.‎ The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.‎ The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities(无限).“From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and ‎ expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,”explains the Pompidou Centre.‎ The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration(合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.‎ ‎29Which of the following best describes Dali according to Paragraph 1?‎ A. Optimistic. B. Productive.‎ C. Generous. D. Traditional.‎ 答案:B解析:推理判断题。根据第一段第二句中的“over200paintings,sculptures,drawingsandmore”可以推断出,达利是一位多产的艺术家。‎ ‎30What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?‎ A. One of his masterworks.‎ B. A successful screen adaptation.‎ C. An artistic creation for the stage.‎ D. One of the best TV programmes.‎ 答案:A解析:细节理解题。根据第一段第三句内容可知,《记忆的永恒》是达利的杰出作品之一。‎ ‎31How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?‎ A. By popularity.‎ B. By importance.‎ C. By size and shape.‎ D. By time and subject.‎ 答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据第二段第二句内容可知,“达利的世界”中的展品是以时间和主题为顺序排列起来的。‎ ‎32What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?‎ A. Artworks. B. Projects.‎ C. Donations. D. Documents.‎ 答案:A解析:推理判断题。根据语境可知,此处介绍的是部分展出作品的来源,由此可以推断出,contributions在此处指的是一些艺术作品。‎ ‎[十]‎ The United Nations reports global warming is reducing rainfall and increasing temperatures in most of the world's deserts.A report suggests the changes are hurting many who farm on desert edges.‎ In West Africa, the effects are serious and making the food produced there not enough.Those living in farming regions along the Sahel desert have found their arable(适于耕种的) land is decreasing as desert sands ‎ cover more areas.The town of Podor once was a place where grains grew and cattle ate grass.But now, the people who live there say food is becoming harder and harder to get.The reason is the advancing desert.‎ Oumar Samba Kane is one of the leaders of his village.He carries a bag of grains from a neighbouring village to add to his village's nearly empty storeroom.“In the past years, we had enough food to last a year and we would sell the surplus(剩余) to make money，” Kane said.“Now we do not even have enough for ourselves.” Rivers once used for fishing and watering cattle are drying up.Pieces of green land are few and far between.Cows are basic food in the area, but now herders(牧人) must drive their cattle for days to look for grass.Crops have also suffered.And for the most part it is only older farmers, like Moussa Aliou Sow, who stay behind to try to do farm work.“I'm 67 years old，” Sow said, “All I know is agriculture.There is nothing else I can do.” He says his hands are tired of growing crops on the land, which is producing less and less.There used to be rice in these fields just a few years ago.‎ Scientists blame not only global warming, but also farming practices such as clearing trees and over planting crops for the desert's advance.But farmers say they can't survive without farming.‎ ‎32．From the passage we know that global warming __C__.‎ A．has reduced rainfall worldwide B．has increased temperatures everywhere C．has made the lives of many farmers on desert edges harder D．has caused many deaths in West Africa 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段可知由全球变暖而导致的降水量减少和温度升高使生活在沙漠边缘的农民生活更加艰难了，因此选C。‎ ‎33．There isn't enough food in the town of Podor mainly because __B__.‎ A．there are not enough farmers there B．a lot of farming land has become desert C．farmers are tired of growing crops on the land D．a lot of farmland has been used to plant grass 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“The reason is the advancing desert.”可知原因是沙漠在推进，即许多农田已经变成了沙漠。‎ ‎34．What were things like in Oumar Samba Kane's village in the past？__A__‎ A．The villagers had more than enough food to eat and could sell the rest for money.‎ B．The villagers had to borrow food from a neighbouring village.‎ C．Cattle couldn't get enough water because all rivers were dry.‎ D．Herders drove their cattle for days to find green land.‎ 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知过去村民不但食物充足，而且还会把剩余的卖掉换钱。‎ ‎35．The passage mainly talks about __A__.‎ A．villagers' life in West Africa B．climate changes in the world C．the development of farming D．the effect of the advancing desert 解析：主旨大意题。文章主要谈论了全球变暖后西非沙漠地区村民的生活状况，故而选A。‎