【正文】 . It is power guaranteed. 35. What can be inferred about the solarpowered train from the last paragraph? A. It may be popularized in the future. B. More scientific research should be done about it. C. It could be of little use in solving energy problems. D. Financial support from the government is badly needed. 【答案】 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. A 【解析】 本文介紹了世界上首輛全太陽能火車在澳大利亞海邊小鎮(zhèn) Byron Bay 運行，并可以在其它地方得以推廣。故選 D。 31. 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第四段中 They found “dramatic differences between the areas covered in orange peels and those that were not. The area fertilized by orange waste had richer soil, greater treespecies richness and greater forest ， Treuer發(fā)現(xiàn)果皮的廢物豐富了土地的土壤。）由此可知劃線詞的意思是 “未能實現(xiàn) ”，故選 B。 29. 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段中 20 years ago, a couple of ecologists, Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, convinced Del Oro, a large orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park in exchange for the right to dump (傾倒 ) massive amounts of orange peels on a 3hectare piece of land within the national park, at no cost. 這些生態(tài)學(xué)家之所以對 Del Oro提出了這個建議是因為它將有助于免費處理橙皮廢料。 C 20 years ago, a couple of ecologists, Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, convinced Del Oro, a large orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park in exchange for the right to dump (傾倒 ) massive amounts of orange peels on a 3hectare piece of land within the national park, at no cost. Dealing with tons of waste peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them dumped at a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive. A year after the contract was signed, Del Oro dumped around 12,000 tons of sticky orange waste in the land. However, another juice pany and rival of Del Oro challenged the deal in court, arguing that their petitor was “polluting the national park”. They ended up winning, and the deal between Del Oro and the national park fell through. The 3hectare piece of land virtually covered with fruit waste was pletely fotten. Then, in 2021, Timothy Treuer, a scientist at Princeton University visited that piece of land 15 years earlier. What he found shocked him. “It was pletely overgrown with trees and vines,” Timothy Treuer recently said, “the difference between fertilized and unfertilized areas was visually surprised us a lot! We needed to e up with some really good standards to evaluate exactly what was happening there.” To confirm that the fruit waste was responsible for the revival of plant life, Treuer and his team spent months picking up samples, analyzing and paring them. They found “dramatic differences between the areas covered in orange peels and those that were not. The area fertilized by orange waste had richer soil, greater treespecies richness and greater forest coverage. In a sense, it?s not just a winwin between the pany and the local park—it?s a win for everyone.” The effect the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar with posting (堆肥 ), but what is shocking is that a judge actually called this particular example polluting the national park and stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuer?s study has received worldwide attention, this type of polluting is being seriously considered as a way of bringing tropical forests back to life. 28. Why was the deal proposed by the ecologists attractive to Del Oro? A. It would make farmers produce more oranges. B. It would help deal with the orange peel waste for free. C. It would increase the production of orange juice. D. It would save much space for the orange juice producer. 29. What does the underlined phrase ??fell through” in the second paragraph? A. became unbelievable B. failed to happen C. made something possible D. changed the course of an event 30. What did Treuer find when he visited the land covered with orange waste? A. The peel waste was hard to break down there. B. Del Oro continued dumping peel waste there. C. The peel waste enriched the soil of the land. D. The whole national park was polluted. 31. What?s the best title of the passage? A. Orange peel waste found its way to reshape the national park. B. A couple of ecologists devoted themselves to restoring the forest. C. A casual attempt led to a series of expected magic results. D. Orange peel waste brought a forest back to life. 【答案】 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. D 【解析】 本文講述的是果皮的廢物豐富了土地的土壤，并使森林恢復(fù)了生機。 27. 推理判斷題 。 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中 For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death away... It?s ，對我來說，克隆是可以理解的，克隆可以嘗試避免死亡。故選 C。 C 項意為：寵物的死亡。 A項意為：人們養(yǎng)寵物所必須要處理的麻煩。 25. 詞義猜測題 。 根據(jù)第二段最后的 Of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would lone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion 可知， 228 個受訪者人當(dāng)中， 108人表示贊成克隆， 111 人表示反對克隆。問卷顯示：雖然人們對寵物 有 一樣的愛心，但是否愿意克隆寵物，受訪者表達(dá)了不同的觀點看法。 B Every pet owner loves his pet. There is no argument here. But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals, the responses were split almost down the middle. Of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would lone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion. Clearly, from readers? response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to people?s widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure. Most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original。文章主要報道了美國 圣誕節(jié)這一天壞的天氣情況，并非重點講壞天氣的影響。根據(jù)文章可知，壞天氣已經(jīng)造成了 Heavy snow, biting wind and chills（大雪，刺骨的寒風(fēng)和寒冷），故選 D。故選 B。 21. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 A It?s a white Christmas in the Unit