【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ow a few easy steps. You will need: ●one piece of heavy colored paper ●five ribbons ●strong tape ●a string ●a pencil What to do: Step 1: Draw pictures on the paper. You can write your name on it. Do anything that will make it special to you. Step 2: Make the paper into the shape of a tube. Hold one of the shorter edges(邊緣 ) over the other. Then make them together with the tape at each end and in the middle. Step 3: Use a pencil to make a hole into both sides of the tube. The holes should be only on one end of the tube. Pull the string through both holes. Then tie the ends of the string together. Step 4: Now make five holes around the top of the other end of the tube. Put a ribbon through each of the holes. Tie a knot in the ends. Make sure the knots are bigger than the holes. Now your windsock is ready to use, but how does it work? The shape of the tube plays an important part. Wind blows through the tube and makes it fly and dance around. Hold the windsock up in the air by its string and run around. It will fly behind you. You can also hang it outside and watch it dance around on its own! 51. You draw pictures on the paper to make the windsock ________. A. fun B. heavy C. strong D. special 52. Which of these things do you need for Step 2? A. Tape. B. Ribbons. C. A pencil. D. A string. 53. What do you do after you put ribbons through the holes in the tube? A. Make holes in the tube. B. Tape the tube together. C. Tie knots in the ribbons. D. Put a string through the hole. 第 7 頁（共 13 頁） 54. What is probably the most important to make a windsock work? A. Its shape. B. Its size. C. The color of the paper. D. The number of the holes. 55. What is the main purpose of this article? A. To tell an interesting story. B. To explain how to do something. C. To teach an important lesson. D. To show what a windsock is like. 答案 5155 DACAD 解析 本文是一篇講解如何制作風筒的說明文。語言簡練，步驟詳盡，圖文并茂，使得制作講解過程興趣盎然，簡單易學。一張彩紙，五根絲帶，一卷膠帶，一根繩，一支鉛筆足以讓人盡享風的樂趣。 51 D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) step 1 中最后一句可知。 52A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) step 2 最后一句可知，用膠帶把彩紙的兩頭中間都黏上。 53Ｃ 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)ｓｔｅｐ４ 最后３句可知。 5４Ａ 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) 最后一段第二句 The shape of the tube plays an important 知。 5５Ｄ 主旨大意題?？疾槲恼履康摹８鶕?jù)第一段可知本文是教授怎樣制作風筒。但答案選項并沒有直接答案，而是以同義句型的形式出現(xiàn)的。Ｄ和制作風筒意思接近，所以選Ｄ．本題最容易誤選Ｂ，Ｂ的意思是解釋怎樣制作某物，不具體，范圍太大，所以不選Ｂ。 3 議論文類 C Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶 ). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹 ). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly es out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(掙扎；奮斗 ) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly. When people are young, meeting and overing challenges will make them strong and 第 8 頁（共 13 頁） ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives. Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might anize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rockclimbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overe challenges. The young people of today will bee the leaders of