【正文】 t was important to spend time in the garden, and over 50% of these described gardening as the most enjoyable thing they ever did. Only one in ten houses in Britain do not have a garden. People who live in houses without gardens often rent（租用） land from the government. At first, only very rich people had gardens. You can still see the gardens around houses with a long history, such as Chatsworth House or Castle Howard. In the early twentieth century, however, gardening became a hobby. People bought different kinds of seeds and plants for their gardens. Although roses, sunflowers and tomatoes are often grown in British gardens, they originally（起初） grew wild in other countries. Every year, there are petitions for the largest vegetables, but don39。t expect to win：Britain39。s biggest carrot is almost six metres long.（1）In summer, British gardens are often . A.covered with grey leaves and plantsB.colorful with different plantsC.too hot for people to work thereD.full of people digging there（2）A recent survey showed that of the British felt it important to do some gardening. A.around 70%B.over 50%C.only 20%D.about 10%（3）We can infer from Paragraph 4 that . A.seeds were provided for freeB.roses were first grown in BritainC.gardening is a hobby in the worldD.the owner of Chatsworth House was rich（4）What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence? A.It is mon to grow carrots.B.It is hard to win the petition.C.The carrot is much easier to grow.D.The carrot is their favorite vegetable.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是講述了英國人喜歡種花園的事情。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)By summer, their gardens will be full of bright ，故選B。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Around 70% of the people felt it was important to spend time in the garden，可知大概70%人們覺得花時間在花園里很重要 ，故選A。 （3）推理題。根據(jù)At first, only very rich people had gardens. You can still see the gardens around houses with a long history, such as Chatsworth House，可知Chatsworth House得主人是富有的，故選D。 （4）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Every year, there are petitions for the largest vegetables, but don39。t expect to win: Britain39。s biggest carrot is almost six metres long. 可知想要超過6米長的胡蘿卜很難，所以贏比賽很難，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題，詞義猜測題，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，詞義猜測題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意。11．閱讀理解 A zerowaste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zerowaste store is about providing a kind of everyday and pleasantlooking zerowaste products to help people start on a zerowaste life journey. Zero waste or danshari was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish。 use different kinds of ways to save the environment such as stopping the use of oneoff objects。 giving unwanted things to others or giving them away to organizations like the Red Cross. Yu Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to buy things without thinking about them carefully until she saw a video about zero waste, in which a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar （罐）. After watching the video, Yu wanted to experience this zerowaste lifestyle with her boyfriend. A zerowaste life follows the 6R ruleRefuse Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot. Over AugustOctober when Yu followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish. Now, the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic ones and cloth bags printed with environmentally friendly logos（環(huán)保標志）. Most products sold in the store can be reused. The store also has secondhand books and CDs/DVDs with, ideas to make the best of the used things. Those who once experienced the nonwaste lifestyle have slowly changed their ideas, says Ya, The zerowaste lifestyle is not for ascetics （苦行僧）. It is just around us at our fingertips. Yu expects some of her friends to join her on the road to zero waste.（1）Bea Johnson suggests that people should ________. A.try to produce no rubbish in lifeB.share objects with othersC.help their friends live fortablyD.work hard for the Red Cross（2）We can see from the passage that Yu Yuan ________. A.offers plastic bags in her storeB.is influenced （影響） by the 6R ruleC.often buys things she doesn39。t needD.likes listening to CDs very much（3）What Yu Yuan says in the last paragraph probably means that ________. A.lots of people doubt the zerowaste lifestyleB.she feels it hard to continue her lifestyleC.her friends have followed her lifestyleD.the zerowaste lifestyle is not difficult to live（4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A.Opening up a secondhand storeB.Recycling （回收） wasteC.Saving the environmentD.Joining the couple【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文主要是倡導零浪費生活方式。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù) Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish ，可知他建議人們應(yīng)該盡量不要在生活中制造垃圾，故選A。 （2）推理題。根據(jù) Over AugustOctober when Yu followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish 當余遵循零浪費6R規(guī)則時，她和男友喬哈維只生產(chǎn)了兩罐垃圾，可知從這篇文章中我們可以看出她受6r規(guī)則影響，故選B。 （3）推理題。根據(jù) Those who once experienced the nonwaste lifestyle have slowly changed their ideas,那些曾經(jīng)體驗過非浪費生活方式的人已經(jīng)慢慢改變了他們的想法，可知能改變說明完全可以這樣生活，故余源在最后一段所說的可能意味著零浪費的生活方式并不難過，故選D。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)本文主要是倡導零浪費生活方式，倡導環(huán)保，可知 Saving the environment適合做標題，故選C。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題，和主旨題，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。12．閱讀理解 The unknown world39。s mystery The sea is the biggest unknown part of our world. It covers about seventyone percent of the earth. There is still much to be discovered about this huge part of water. If the waters of the ocean could be removed, the sea floor with its wide v