【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 r. Schools in Cleveland, Ohio used to start the school year on the day after the first Monday in September, but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years, the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms, extreme cold. In the 19781979 school year, the Ohio Department of Education moved the start of the year to late August, one week before the first Monday in September. This went into effect in the 19801981 school year. In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts between August 25 and August 30, and goes until the last week of May or the first week in June next year. In American high schools, the freshmen class usually goes back one or two days before the rest of the school body for an orientation(迎新)period. An orientation period helps the freshmen get familiar with their new school, its rules, and surroundings. In some schools, the freshmen classes have their photographs taken for identification purposes. Some high schools have tried to make the first week of school fun for ining freshmen.（1）According to the passage, which schools start their school year the earliest? A.Schools in Denver.B.Schools in Cleveland.C.Schools in New York City.D.Schools in Boston.（2）Why did the Ohio Department of Education change the start of the school year? A.Because of some political events.B.Because of the entrance examinations.C.Because of the increasing number of students.D.Because of the extreme weather.（3）How many months does the school year last in schools in Utah? A.About seven months.B.About eight months.C.About nine months.D.About ten months.（4）The article is probably taken from ________. A.a book about one39。s life storyB.an official website of educationC.an advertisement in a newspaperD.a sports magazine【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國(guó)開學(xué)第一天的日期沒有明文規(guī)定，因地區(qū)而異。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, …Monday in September.“ 可知，丹佛的學(xué)校在八月中旬開學(xué),克里夫蘭的學(xué)校通常在9月的第一個(gè)星期一之前開始。波士頓，芝加哥，紐約和圣地亞哥的學(xué)校在9月的第一個(gè)星期一之后的周二或周三開始。綜上所述，丹佛的學(xué)校開學(xué)最早。故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years，the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms，extreme cold可知俄亥俄州的學(xué)校受到暴風(fēng)雪的影響，因而開學(xué)日發(fā)生了變化。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段 中的”In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts …next year.“可知猶太州學(xué)年從8月25日到8月30日開始，一直持續(xù)到5月的最后一周或明年6月的第一周，持續(xù)時(shí)間為九個(gè)月左右，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國(guó)學(xué)校開學(xué)第一天的日期的內(nèi)容，應(yīng)屬教育類，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 As Shanghai prepared to introduce mandatory(強(qiáng)制的) garbage sorting on July 1, games and toys that examined fun ways to spread information about the garbage sorting were to encourage younger people to take action. A 15second video of a game went on Chinese social media. In the video, players wearing VR(虛擬) headsets saw four different types of trash can in front of them, and had to throw different types of garbage into the right buckets(桶) to get points. Although it was not the only VR game in the place, visitors lined up around the booth to explore it because of the garbagesorting theme. As a Shanghai, I am in great need of this game. Maybe I won39。t need to check how to categorize(分類) each piece of garbage on my phone while going through all my garbage every day if I play this game more often, said ZhouZhou, a young Shanghai. But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage. Wu Xia, founder and CEO of VitrellaCore, the pany that created the game, said the idea was to provide an interesting way of learning about garbage sorting. It39。s simple and easy to understand. People can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash, and it is a more effective method than using paper materials when training volunteers, Wu said.（1）What is the purpose of the VR game? A.Just for fun.B.Teach students to sort garbage.C.Do exercise.D.Keep fit.（2）What do some people plain about? is too hard to sort garbage. are too many people lining up. VR game should be more interesting. are more ways to use paper materials.（3）What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last Paragraph? （4）What is the main idea of the text? people like VR games more. performs mandatory garbage sorting. were used to help young people sort garbage. by playing VR games is practical for the young.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，上海執(zhí)行嚴(yán)格的垃圾分類，而與此相關(guān)的游戲也變得火爆起來。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，發(fā)明這款游戲的公司創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官吳霞說，發(fā)明這個(gè)游戲是為了提供一種有趣的學(xué)習(xí)垃圾分類的方法，人們可以練習(xí)分類垃圾，而不必實(shí)際地翻垃圾。所以該款游戲的發(fā)明是為了教育大家正確進(jìn)行垃圾分類。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage.”可知，垃圾分類對(duì)于有些用戶而言太難了，所以人們才抱怨的。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。s simple and easy to understand. people can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash.”這很簡(jiǎn)單，也很容易理解。人們可以練習(xí)分類垃圾，而不必真正地翻垃圾。可知，不必真正翻垃圾就可以反復(fù)練習(xí)，所以該方法是比發(fā)紙質(zhì)材料培訓(xùn)志愿者更有效，更成功，故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段可知該文章主要介紹的是游戲公司利用有趣的虛擬游戲來幫助青少年為垃圾分類做好準(zhǔn)備。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉