【正文】 根據(jù) 最后段中的 ―Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.‖可知，該段主要講儲蓄罐的重要性。根據(jù)第四段中的 ―In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工 ) made these inexpensive containers from an orangecolored clay(黏土 ) called ―pygg,‖ and folks saved coins in pygg jars.‖可知，在現(xiàn)代銀行業(yè)以及信用票據(jù)出現(xiàn)之前，人們使用黏土罐存放零錢，這種黏土罐就是最初的儲蓄罐。所以文中的 Something就是指放入里面的 money。 43. A 【解析】 猜測詞義題。 42. C 【解析】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 41. D 【解析】 推理判斷題。 (2020浙江卷 ) A Wealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy(策略 ). There are lessons in that timehonored coinsaving container. Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. I f you wished to climb a 12,000foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $ a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate aftertax, you will have your trip money. When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year‘s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it. Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工 ) made these inexpensive containers from an orangecolored clay(黏土 ) called ―pygg,‖ and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was ―pigge‖. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the clay, as ―pug‖, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the ―i‖ as in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting children and adults. The piggy bank was born. Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great 飛揚(yáng)英語之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理 解能力 10 trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely. 41. What is the piggy bank strategy? A. Paying 1% ine tax at a time. B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan. C. Aiming high even when doing small things. D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use. 42. Why did the writer‘s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift? A. To delight him with the latest fashion. B. To encourage him to climb mountains. C. To help him form the habit of saving. D. To teach him English pronunciation. 43. What does then underlined word ―something‖(Paragraph 3) most probably refer to? A. Money B. Gifts C. Financial success D. Good luck 44. The piggy ban originally was ______. A. a potter‘s instrument B. a cheap clay container C. an animalshaped dish D. a piglike toy for children 45. The last paragraph talks about ______. A. the seriousness of educating children B. the enjoyment of taking a great trip C. the importance of managing money D. the difficulty of starting a business 【篇章導(dǎo)讀】這是一篇說明文。根據(jù)第三段中的 ―The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.‖可知，大量的旅鴿被捕捉并賣往餐廳，這表明有人捕捉鴿子是為了掙錢 27. B 【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的 ―Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large s over them, taking hundreds at a time.‖可知，旅鴿遭遇了毀滅性的打擊， undoing意為 ―毀滅 ‖。根據(jù)第二段中的 ―It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, they were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons—a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.‖可知，旅鴿在當(dāng)時是美國數(shù)量最多的鳥類。在美國，旅鴿曾是最多的鳥類，但是人們的濫殺讓鴿子數(shù)量迅速減少，最終導(dǎo)致了旅鴿的滅絕。所以文章屬于通知或布告(announcement)。 【解析】推理判斷題。 22. D 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 飛揚(yáng)英語之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理 解能力 8 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 (2020新課標(biāo) 1卷 ) A The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February. Students who enter the Curiosi