2019 高考英语北京四中二轮练习资料：阅读理解 01 含解析<br /> (一)<br />A<br />(2017·重庆卷，B)<br />Mapping Your World<br />Different forms of maps are appearing.They allow independent travelers to get local <br />knowledge of places they are visiting ， from the official to the unusual.Meanwhile ， hitech <br />developments are creating new ways for us to map the world.Here are two of our favorites：<br />Green Maps<br />Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally <br />friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons(图标)，<br />making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it . At present <br />there are over five hundred map projects being developed in 54 countries. Green Maps' advertised <br />idea is “think global，map local”．It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information <br />of a place ，ranging from community gardens to good places of birdwatching.<br />Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may <br />be necessary for some users to communicate with the producers through the Green Maps website.<br />Map Mashups<br />Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups <br />of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows people to add icons of <br />their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it <br />combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as <br />where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre (古怪的)，such as where America's <br />drunkest cities are.With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multilayered (多层的) <br />map can be created.<br />本文讲述了人们最喜欢的地图，一种是 Greens maps，另一种是 Maps Mashups。他们的<br />共同特点是人们可以在网上编辑地图。<br />1．According to the passage，which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?<br />A．Aiming at environmental protection.<br />B．Introducing local attractions with icons.<br />C．Offering advice to independent travelers.<br />D．Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.<br />答案：B。细节理解题。根据第二段一、二句话可知，绿色地图可允许人们分享当地一<br />些环保的地方及吸引人的东西，并且用图标来添加信息，使人们更容易地看地图，由此可知<br />B 项正确。<br /> <br />2．Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?<br />答案：B。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话“It's a wonderful way...to good places of bird <br />watching”可知答案为 B。<br />3．“Map Mashups” is named with the word “mashups”because ________.<br />A．it is produced by users all over the world<br />B．it gathers various kinds of information<br />C．it shares icons with Green Maps<br />D．it is a branch of Google Maps<br />答案：B。由最后一段的第三句话可知，为什么用“mashups”这个名，是因为它把所有<br />的知识都结合起来，从最有用的到最古怪的。由此可知 B 项正确。<br />4．What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?<br />A. They are created by local people.<br />B. They are environmentally friendly.<br />C....
