（新课标）2018年高三英语一轮复习 题组层级快练38 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 新人教版选修8.docVIP

题组层级快练38 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions “阅读＋七选五＋完形”组合练 (时间：45分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。 Want to help fight global warming? Take off your tie, says the Italian health ministry. It has urged employers to let their staff dress casually at work in the summer so that the air conditioning can be turned down. “Taking your tie off immediately lowers the body temperature by 2 or 3 degrees centigrade，” the ministry said in a statement. “Allowing a more sensible use of air conditioning brings about electricity savings and protects the environment.” It called on all public and private offices to let employees wear no tie during heat waves like the one that has brought Africa-like temperatures to many parts of Italy this week. The move echoes(回应)a similar action from Italys biggest oil group, ENI, which told its staff earlier this month they need not wear a tie at work. The tie makers, however, were left hot_under_the_collar． “Italy confirms that it is a strange country，”Flavio Cima said angrily in a letter to financial daily IL SOLE 24 ORE under the headline: “I, tie maker, am responsible for global warming.?揥e can now happily continue with our lifestyle, using cars, consuming fuel, heating and cooling our homes at leisure. On one condition: twe should not wear a tie while we do so，” he wrote. “I should have listened to my friends and become an oil producer instead.” Italy is one of the European Unions worst performers on the pollution front and is among the EU countries expected to exceed(超出)their greenhouse gas emission(排放)targets. 1. Whats the purpose of the move of taking off ties? A. To dress casually. B. To fight global warming. C. To keep the body temperature. D. To improve working conditions. 2. Who first encouraged employees to take off ties? A. ENI. B. Flavio Cima. C. A financial daily. D. The Italian health ministry. 3. What does the underlined part 揾ot under the collar?in Paragraph 6 probably mean? A. Angry.Wh　　　　　　 B. Speechless. C. Delighted.