【正文】 om the launch site. The student scientists are currently finishing up their final year of high school and applying for colleges. They are also looking into more doityourself space projects. I guess the sky is not really the limit anymore, Mathew told reporters. We never knew we39。d get this far. It39。s been a lesson for us that hard work pays off.（1）By saying took the world by storm in the first paragraph, the writer meant the experiment______________. A.destroyed the worldB.flooded the worldC.fascinated the worldD.managed the world（2）Which of the following about the students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is right? were examples for Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad. helped Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad to achieve dream. launched weather balloon together with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad. studied with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad in the same school.（3）How did Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad keep their costs down? sewing the weather balloon themselves. borrowing spacecraft from the MIT students. making their spacecraft by hand. using secondhand equipment.（4）What problems did Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad have on launch day? ran out of helium. wind was too strong. balloon suddenly broke. spacecraft was blown away.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述兩個(gè)來自加拿大的高三學(xué)生利用氣象氣球把他們的玩具樂高人送到太空的過程和結(jié)果，并從中學(xué)到了努力終會(huì)有回報(bào)。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)畫線部分后面的Two teens from Toronto, in Canada, sent a Lego man rising above the Earth and captured their tiny astronaut39。s trip on ，并且把航空之行的過程拍下來了。這是一件很了不起的事情，故推測(cè)這件事吸引了全世界的目光，即畫線部分的意思是吸引了全世界，故選C項(xiàng)。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段的The two teens were inspired by a similar project performed by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).可知這兩個(gè)孩子是受到了兩個(gè)麻省理工學(xué)生相似實(shí)驗(yàn)的啟發(fā)，然后做了他們自己的實(shí)驗(yàn)，即他們是這兩個(gè)孩子的榜樣，故選A項(xiàng)。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段的They bought much of their equipment used and even sewed the Lego man39。s parachute by hand. In total, the project cost only$，甚至自己縫制樂高人的降落傘，所以他們的總費(fèi)用才花了400美元，故選D項(xiàng)。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段的We had a lot of anxiety on launch day because there were high winds when we were going up,Mathew told ，在進(jìn)行發(fā)射的那天風(fēng)速很快，這讓他們很擔(dān)心，故選B項(xiàng)。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意從文中尋找答案；推理判斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。7．閱讀理解 Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband39。s ine. So this year she did something more than a hobby. She planted vegetables in her yard. For her first garden, Ms. Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family39。s old farm house has bee a chicken house, its residents arriving next month. Last year, Ms. Rita Gartin kept a small garden. This year she has made it much larger because, she said, The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds too。 so it39。s a winwin situation all around. They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy, have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Others have increased the size of their existing gardens. Seed panies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. Now many gardens across the country have been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex, some of the gardens have a threeyear waiting list. George C Ball Jr. owner of a pany, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%, over last year, double the average growth of last five years. Mr. Ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years. The big one is striking rise in the cost on food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables. Food prices have increase of higher oil price. People are driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there is more time to garden. （1）What does the word residents in Paragraph 1 probably refer to? A.chickensB.tomatoesC.gardensD.people（2）Why is vegetable gardening being increasingly popular? A.More Americans are doing it for fun.B.The price of oil is lower than before.C.There39。s a growing need for fruits.D.The cost of living is on the rise.（3）Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A.Family Food PlanningB.Banking on GardeningC.A Belttightening MoveD.Gardening as a Hobby【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，越來越多的美國(guó)人在自家花園里種菜，分析出現(xiàn)這一現(xiàn)象的原因是由于生活成本的上升和經(jīng)濟(jì)的下降，人們不得不自己種菜以降低生活成本。 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段中的“The family39。s old farm house has bee a chicken house, its residents arriving next month. ”可知，Cassandra Feeley的舊房子成為了養(yǎng)雞的地方，下個(gè)月新的居民就要來了。這里的新居民就是指他們所養(yǎng)的雞。故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy, have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time.” 可知，菜園的出現(xiàn)是由于生活成本的上升以及經(jīng)濟(jì)的下降導(dǎo)致的。故選D。 （3）考查主旨大意。縱觀全文可知，本文講述了越來越多的美國(guó)人在自家花園里種菜，分析出現(xiàn)這一現(xiàn)象的原因是由于生活成本的上升和經(jīng)濟(jì)的下降。文章并沒有涉及家庭食物計(jì)劃和緊縮活動(dòng)，更不是把園藝當(dāng)成愛好。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Imagine your body is like the house you live in. Every day, your family creates rubbish. The rubbish builds up until it is put out for the weekly garbage collection. Now, say you put three bags of garbage out, but because one of the collectors was away sick, only two bags are collected. You take the leftover bag inside to be put out again next week. The following week you put out another three bags, plus the leftover bag from last week.