Ⅲ. 阅读理解
The Flaming Mountain is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinjiang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, it's the right place to go!
On hot summer days, it can get hotter than $80°\mathrm{C}$. Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!
Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why? For most of the time, the rain drops dry in the hot air before they get to the ground. The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot.
There aren't any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame.
That's where its name comes from.
()1. How soon will the eggs be ready if you cook them in the sand on the Flaming Mountain?
A. In several hours.
B. In several minutes.
C. In some seconds.
D. In a day.
()2. How many years is the Flaming Mountain there?
A. Thousands of years.
B. 100,000 years.
C. Hundreds of years.
D. Millions of years.
()3.【主旨归纳题】What does the text mainly tell us?
A. Where the Flaming Mountain is.
B. How the Flaming Mountain came into being.
C. Some facts about the Flaming Mountain.
D. The history of the Flaming Mountain.

1. B 2. D 3. C

【分析】
1. 第1题是细节理解题，需定位原文关于“在沙子里煮鸡蛋的时间”的内容，匹配对应选项；2. 第2题是细节理解题，需定位原文关于火焰山形成时间的表述；3. 第3题是主旨归纳题，需通读全文概括核心内容，排除片面选项。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第二段“Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!”，可知煮鸡蛋几分钟就能好，对应选项B；2. 定位原文第三段最后一句“The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot.”，可知火焰山存在数百万年，对应选项D；3. 全文介绍了火焰山的位置、温度、降雨情况、形成时间、外观等多方面事实，A仅涉及位置，B仅涉及形成原因，D仅涉及历史，均片面，C概括全面，故选C。
【答案】
1. B 2. D 3. C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本文是介绍新疆火焰山的英语说明文，题目设置以基础细节查找和主旨归纳为主，难度适中，学生只要准确提取原文关键信息、把握文章整体内容即可正确作答。
【难度系数】
0.7