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6、!($13)【语篇解读】本文是一篇广告类应用文,主要介绍了四种环保的儿童玩具,包括玩具名称、设计特点、材料来源以及价格等。1What is special about Back to the Roots small clay pot?AIt is very pretty.BIt is a recent invention.CIt can improve tomatoes taste.DIt uses technology against drought.D考查推理判断。根据第三段尾句可知,该玩具的特点是使用了非洲沙漠地区的农民已经使用了数千年的技术:当周围的土壤干涸时,微型陶罐才可以放水。据此
7、可推知,这种玩具的特点是使用了抗旱技术,故D项正确。2Which product needs users to be imaginative?ACardboard Tool Kit.BVeggie Sidewalk Chalk.CSelfWatering Tomato Planter.DGlobal Water Quality Experiment Kit.A考查细节理解。根据尾段的内容,尤其是最后一句“Now let your imagination go wild!”可知,Cardboard Tool Kit可以充分发挥人的想象力,故A项正确。3What do the four produ
8、cts have in common?AThey are hard to use.BThey are earthfriendly toys.CThey are good for kids health.DThey are great choices for art lovers.B考查细节理解。根据第一段第四、五句并结合四种玩具的特点介绍可知,这四种玩具的共同点是环保,故B项正确。B (2019唐山市模拟)“Joe?Is that you?”The woman speaking to me at the baseball game looked a little familiar.“Marci
9、?”I asked.“It is you!” she cried out,smiling broadly.“Its good to see you again!”It was good to see Marci,too.Off and on during the past few decades,Ive wondered about her.I almost tried to search for her a few years ago after talking to a friend who had indicated that the 1990s had been pretty roug
10、h for Marci.So meeting her at the baseball game was really a surprise.We spent a few minutes talking about our livesthe good old,bad old days.Then Marci grew quiet for a moment.“You know,Joe,”she said,“Ive always wanted to tell you how.how.sorry I am for the way I treated you.You must have been hurt
11、 both physically and mentally.”I was a little embarrassed.I turned and looked at her.“Its OK,”I said,“No big deal!”“But I was such a jerk,”she continued.Yes you were,I thought.“We were both pretty young,”I smiled.“I know,”she said.“Its just always bothered me,remembering how mean I was to you.And Iv
12、e wanted to tell you that Im sorry.”The expression on her face was warm and sincere.And there was something in her eyesit looked a lot like relief.“OK,”I said.“Apology accepted!”Overcome by the sweetness of the moment,I reached an arm around her and gave her a quick hug.Just then,the crowd erupted w
13、ith a huge cheer,and Marci and I both returned our attention to the game.By the time I looked over to where she had been,she was gone.But the warm,wonderful feeling of our brief exchange was still there,and continues to this day whenever I think about it.It isnt enough to just say“Im sorry”and“Youre
14、 forgiven”But when those words are truly felt and sincerely expressed,they can open the door to miracles of the heart.Forgiveness can bring peace to an injured souleven years after the fact.Even at a baseball game.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。“我”在棒球赛场见到了多年未见的朋友Marci。她见到“我”后为以前那样对待“我”向“我”真诚地道歉,“我”立刻原谅了她。之后我们都感觉到温暖
15、和愉快。4What kind of life did Marci live during the late 20th century according to the passage?AHappy. BBusy. CHard. DSimple.C考查细节理解。根据第二段第三句“I almost tried to search for her a few years ago after talking to a friend who had indicated that the 1990s had been pretty rough for Marci”可知,在20世纪90年代Marci生活得很
16、艰难,故C项正确。5What does the underlined word“jerk”in the third paragraph mean?AA humorous person. BA cruel person.CA careless person.DAn honest person.B考查词义猜测。根据画线词下文中的“Its just always bothered me,remembering how mean I was to you”可知,当时她对“我”很刻薄,这件事一直困扰着她,再结合画线词所在句可知,她认为她是一个刻薄的人;据此可知,画线词与B项含义相近,故B项正确。6Why
17、 did Marci look in relief after talking with the author?ABecause her favorite team won the game.BBecause she learned Joe was living a good life.CBecause she made an apology to the author.DBecause she found she was not mean any longer.根据第三段中的“And Im sorry.The expression on her face was warm and since
18、re.And there was something in her eyesit looked a lot like relief”可知,由于Marci向我真诚地道了歉,所以她的眼里露出了轻松,故C项正确。C (2019合肥市质检)Have you ever heard of agritourism where you can experience the farm life?If not,Dr.Cindy AyersElliott will tell you the real story of Foot Print Farms.The original concept of building
19、 Foot Print Farms was simple.When AyersElliott returned to her hometown after graduation,she didnt have to look any further than her states alarming health statistics to find a mission.Everywhere she turned,there were reports of high blood pressure,diabetes,obesity and heart disease.“The problem was
20、 already identified,”explains AyersElliott.“Too many Mississippians were seriously unhealthy and it didnt take research to see that.And many of the states greatest health challenges could directly result from poor diet.”These days,Foot Print Farms,which started with a few raised beds of herbs and ve
21、getables,is making resh,naturally grown food.“When speaking of the key to my success,the coop model works because we share the work and rewards,”notes AyersElliott.“A perfect example is the Wingfield High School football team.To earn the money for equipment and other items,players committed to worki
22、ng five hours a week on the farm,and by the end of the summer they produced 1,000 melons and the profits from their sales helped to buy weights,Tshirts,sweat suits and pregame meals.But the lessons they learned about the rewards of hard work and working together to accomplish something were even mor
23、e valuable products of their efforts.”“Its a model that can easily be learned in other places and Im looking forward to seeing some of our current partners do just thatto take what they have learned here and spin it off in other communities.”AyersElliott remarks.She is now looking forward to develop
24、ing an agritourism area to the farm,where visitors can experience the farm life,learn new skills and take with them seeds of inspiration they can sow in their own communities when they return home.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了一个农业旅游基地Foot Print Farms建立的原因及其发展情况。7What made AyersElliott set up Foot Print Farms
25、?AThe problems faced by local farmers.BHer further research into heart disease.CThe failure of her career after graduation.DThe health state of people in her hometown.D考查细节理解。文章第二段提到AyersElliott毕业后回到家乡,看到到处有高血压、糖尿病、肥胖症和心脏病的报道,而且很多人身体严重不健康,却没有人对此进行研究,并且这里人们的很多健康挑战都来源于不良饮食,因此她决定建立Foot Print Farms。8Why
26、 does the author take the football team as an example?ATo advocate the concept of independence.BTo stress the importance of teamwork.CTo support the idea of coop model.DTo explore the key to success.C考查推理判断。文章第三段第二句AyersElliott谈到了其成功的关键在于合作社模式,他们共同工作,共享回报;紧接着举Wingfield High school football team的例子正是
27、为了支持这一观点,故选C。9What is AyersElliotts attitude towards the future of Foot Print Farms?AOptimistic. BSkeptical.CCautious. DAmbiguous.A考查推理判断。文章最后一段中的“Im looking forward to.and spin it off in other communities”和“She is now looking forward to.they can sow in their own communities when they return home”可知
28、,AyersElliott对Food Print Farms的发展充满期待。由此可推知,她对Foot Print Farms的未来持乐观的态度。10What is the main idea of the text?ANaturally grown food benefits peoples health.BFood Print Farms is making a difference in Mississippi.CAyersElliott encourages people to experience the farm life.DAgritourism is becoming incre
29、asingly popular in America.B考查主旨大意。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了Foot Print Farms的情况生产新鲜、自然生长的食物,采用合作社模式,这对改善AyersElliott家乡当地人的饮食有很大作用,故选B。第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2019河南省五校联考)For most students,writing more clearly and persuasively presents a great challenge. 11 Few of them,though,focus on filling their essays with necessary information and details,let alone organizing the information.In order to make an essay convincing,students should know how to select the necessary information and details. 12 Information that can help students clarify and better conv
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