题文
Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed form the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure (基础设施) that must be maintained.Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.
Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The Park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.
Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.
Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.
Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.
A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.
小题1:According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are
appreciated from ______. A．the bottom of the valleysB．the top of the mountainsC．the side of the mountainsD．the edge of the valleys小题2:National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of
visitors because ______.A．their transport management needs improvingB．they spend too much on their service systemsC．their service systems frequently go out of orderD．they need help from environmental organizations小题3:The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its ______.A．rundown water pipesB．overcrowdednessC．lack of moneyD．narrow roads小题4:According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______.A．an environmental groupB．an information centerC．a travel serviceD．a law firm 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
小题1:本题考查理解细节信息的能力。根据第一段中的“These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor”可知，从谷底能欣赏到这些大山的美丽景色。故正确答案为A。floor 意为“（海洋、洞穴、峡谷等的）底”。
小题2:本题考查根据文章细节进行推理判断的能力。根据第二段“Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down”判断出Yosemite National Park 的服务设施出现问题。故正确答案为C。break down 意为“发生故障、毁坏等”。
小题3:本题考查根据文章细节进行推理判断的能力。根据倒数第二段的第一话“Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs”排除选项C；再根据第三段中的后两句话“Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is to many visitors for the park to deal with”可得出，Yosemite National Park 的主要问题不是因为缺乏维修资金，而是因游客数量过多。
小题4:本题考
查根据文章细节进行推理判断的能力。根据倒数第二段的最后一句话“The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park”可得出这是一个环保组织。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Millions of people v.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
