【正文】 only used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the forestry countries like Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in papermaking. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world. When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated（隔熱） with paper. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter itis sometimes 4:0 degrees below zero. The farmer swear paper boots in the snow: Nothing could be warmer.（1）The invention of paper meant . A.more books could be printedB.more people could be educatedC.paper was one of the most important productsD.paper was invented by man（2）Paper was made in southern Europe. A.before 11:00B.after 14:00C.after 11:00D.before 14:00（3） makes the best paper. A.FinlandB.CanadaC.The USD.Sweden（4）What39。s the meaning of the sentence Nothing could be warmer.？ A.Books are warmer.B.Newspapers are warmer.C.Houses are the warmest.D.Paper is the warmest.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了紙的歷史和紙的重要性。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed.紙的發(fā)明意味著更多人能被教育因為更多的書能被印刷，故選B。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100.not...until...，直到……才……，可知在南歐的紙是在1100年后開始制造的，故選C。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Today Finland makes the best paper in the world.可知現(xiàn)在世界上芬蘭制的紙最好，故選A。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù) Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated（隔熱） with paper. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter itis sometimes 4:0 degrees below zero. The farmer swear paper boots in the snow:根據(jù)上面列舉的實例可知 Nothing could be warmer. 意思是紙是最保暖的。故選D。 【點評】此題考查閱讀理解。 推理判斷題需要在理解文章表面意思的基礎(chǔ)上，分析作者的觀點、態(tài)度。在做這類題時，要注意關(guān)聯(lián)詞，轉(zhuǎn)折詞。對作者的觀點做出合理判斷。這類題型相對簡單，一般答案都能在閱讀中找到?？忌梢源蟾磐ㄗx一遍閱讀，然后帶著問題到文中找答案。10．閱讀短文，從下面每小題的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world39。s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forests give us food, wood and medicine. Destruction of the world39。s rain forests is a severe problem. As part of a class project, Myers39。 students bought three acres （英畝） of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 for each acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. Last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us, one of the students said. It was a great journey of exploring nature for all of us, said Myers. Each student close something special about Costa Rica to study involving the plants animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activation. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica39。s active volcano. Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.（1）How much did Myers39。 students pay for the rain forest they bought? A.$ 25B.$ 50C.$ 75D.$ 100（2）The underlined word Destruction39。 in paragraph 2 probably means the process of being ________. A.destroyedB.developedC.describedD.discovered（3）What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of their trip? A.They caught some monkeys.B.They took a boat ride down a river.C.They studied some plants and animals.D.They followed their guide to the rain forest.（4）The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students ________. A.went to the rain forest for fun activitiesB.did something to protect the rain forestC.wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa RicaD.were interested in the culture of Costa Rica【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】主要講了Myers和學生們做一些事情來保護熱帶雨林。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Myers39。 students bought three acres （英畝） of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 for each ，每英畝25美元，所以一共75美元，故選C。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)常識可知熱帶雨林的破壞是一個嚴重的問題，所以destruction意思是被破壞的過程，即destoryed破壞，故選A。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a ，故選B。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了Myers和學生們做一些事情來保護熱帶雨林。故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細尋找答案。11．閱讀理解 Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sports, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the Earth forever. Hundreds of animals are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger. Why should people care? Because we need animals, and because once they are gone, there