【正文】 y people are asking the question:OK,it39。s legal,lout is rt right?即但很多人都在問(wèn)的問(wèn)題： “好的，這是合法的，或者不是？ ”可知，故選 C。 C 10yearold Mikaila Ulmer from Texas is building a lemonade empire,hoping to save honey bees in the process. It all started when Mikaila was 4 years old and was stung（刺痛） by a bee twice in one caused her to bee very scared whenever bees were near. To help her deal with this new fear,Mikaila39。s parents asked her to do some research on learned that bees are incredibly important for flowers,gardens and trees as pollinators（傳粉者） .She also learned that they are dying the past year,honey bee farmers have reported losing nearly 12% of their believe that this could be due to the overuse of pesticide（殺蟲劑） ,which can have many bad effects upon bees. This is when she decided to create a product to help save planned to sell lemonade and started her own pany,BeeSweet special lemonade recipe came from her greatgrandmother39。s decided to add honey to it,instead of sugar,to call attention to the problems honey bees sells lemonade almost everyday at her lemonade takes every opportunity to tell her customers about the issues facing honey bees. What began as a small operation is starting to is projected to sell almost 140,000 bottles of lemonade this lemonade can be found on the shelves at select Whole Foods Markets as well as many restaurants and other locations near her home in Austin,Texas. Mikaila and her cause have also been featured in many news reports,magazines,blogs and even on Shark Tank,a TV show featuring hopeful entrepreneurs. Does Mikaila have time to just be a kid?Sure!Her parents have said that every weekend,Mikaila does something doesn39。t mind the hard work, says that she is happy watching people enjoy her lemonade,and that makes her want to grow her pany more and more people enjoy,the more they39。re learning about the bees. 8. What caused Mikaila to save honey bees? A. Her fear of bees. B. Her parents39。 advice. C. Her research on bees. D. Her desire to raise them. 9. Why does Mikaila sell lemonade with honey in it? A. To have it sold at a better price. B. To make it taste more delicious. C. To show her special lemonade recipe. D. To get people to care about bees39。 problems. 10. How does Mikaila sell her special lemonade? A. By enlarging its selling scale. B. By advertising it on the media. C. By selling it throughout America. D. By selling it just at her lemonade stand. 11. What can we know about Mikaila from the passage? A. Mikaila enjoys her career. B. Mikaila has changed her dream. C. Nikaila39。s pany has saved bees. D. Mikaila doesn39。t sell her lemonade on weekends. 【答案】 8. C 9. D 10. A 11. A 【解析】 本文講述了一個(gè)主人公因?yàn)楸幻鄯潋匾虼撕ε旅鄯?，從而研究了解蜜蜂，了解到蜜蜂的艱難生存環(huán)境，所以建設(shè)一個(gè)檸檬水的帝國(guó)，希望能在這一過(guò)程中 拯救蜜蜂的故事。 8. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段的第一句 To help her deal with this new fear,Mikaila39。s parents asked her to do some research on bees 即為了幫她處理這個(gè)新的恐懼，Mikaila 的父母要求她做一些研究可 知，故選 C。 9. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第四段的 She decided to add honey to it,instead of sugar,to call attention to the problems honey bees face 即她決定加入蜂蜜，代替糖，呼吁關(guān)注蜜蜂面臨的問(wèn)題可知，故選 D。 10. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第五段的 What began as a small operation is starting to grow 以及 BeeSweet lemonade can be found on the shelves at select Whole Foods Markets as well as many restaurants and other locations near her home in Austin,Texas 即從最小規(guī)模開始，檸檬水可以在整個(gè)食品市場(chǎng)以及她在奧斯丁家附近有很多餐館和其他地方的貨架上發(fā)現(xiàn)可知，故選 A。 11. 推理判斷題。從最后一段的 She says that she is happy watching people enjoy her lemonade,and that makes her want to grow her pany more and more 即她說(shuō)她很高興，看的人享受她的檸檬水，這讓她想讓自己的公司越來(lái)越多可知，故選 A。 D Ever since I was old enough to dream,I have imagined myself flying with the love of flying has shaped the way I live and the person I have years ago that passion rocketed to new heights when I visited Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in a whole week I lived in a college dorm,roomed with a total stranger,and best of all,I flew! My group took part in activities from learning about the history of aviation（航空） to flying in pilot training simulators（模擬器） .At least once a day,I was lost in one of the world39。s best training aircraft,the Cessna received thorough ground instruction,and also got to total,I flew five hours toward receiving my private pilot39。s that joyous week,my passion for aviation grew even ,whenever I see a plane flying overhead, I feel a sense of pride,thinking I39。ve done that. During my time above the Arizona desert,I learned not only about the mechanics and techniques of aviation,tout also about myself and how I see the in that seemingly endless sea of air,I became aware of the variety and the plexity of the humanity the ribbons of roadways,each tiny car carried people wit