【正文】 ng time with family and shopping are popular Boxing Day activities now． 61． If Christmas Day is on a Saturday， Boxing Day will be celebrated on C ． A． December 25thB． December 26thC． December 27thD． December 28th 62． Sailors dropped money into the Christmas Box in order to D A． save the poor B． pay for the priest C． discover new land D． pray for sailing safely 63． What does the underlined phrase“sealed up“mean？ A A．密封 B．懸掛 C．歸還 D．傳遞 64． The following activities can show the traditional spirit of Boxing Day EXCEPT C ． A． offering gifts to the poor B． supporting families in need C． spending time with family D． giving money to aid Food Banks 65． The purpose of the passage is B ． A． to praise the kindness of priests B． to introduce the origins of Boxing Day C． to call on people to help the poor D． to pare Boxing Day with Christmas Day． 【考點(diǎn)】 社會(huì)文化類閱讀；判斷推理；內(nèi)容歸納． . 【分析】 在英國(guó)，節(jié)禮日通常為圣誕節(jié)后的第二天， 12 月 26 日．然而，嚴(yán)格來說，節(jié)禮日為圣誕節(jié)后的第一個(gè)工作日．像圣誕節(jié)一樣，節(jié)禮日會(huì)放一天假．這意味著，在這一天整個(gè)英國(guó)沒有一個(gè)人工作．當(dāng)節(jié)禮日趕到星期六或者星期天的時(shí)候，下個(gè)星期一則為假期． 假期的準(zhǔn)確起源不清楚了．一種說法是 ，在中世紀(jì)，當(dāng)大船準(zhǔn)備出發(fā)去一個(gè)新的地方，神父會(huì)在每艘船上放一個(gè)圣誕箱．那些想平安歸來的船員就會(huì)往里面放錢．箱子會(huì)被封起來放在船上直到船平安歸來．然后這箱子被交給神父作為感謝平安歸來的謝禮．神父直到圣誕節(jié)才會(huì)打開它與窮人分享． 另一種說法是關(guān)于圣誕節(jié)放在每個(gè)教堂的 “捐款箱 ”．做禮拜的人會(huì)往里面給窮人捐款．那些箱子總是在圣誕節(jié)后打開，這是為什么那天被叫做 “節(jié)禮日 ”． 現(xiàn)在，很多商家，組織，家庭試著通過捐贈(zèng)他們的時(shí)間、服務(wù)和金錢去援助食物銀行，送禮物給窮人，或者幫助需要幫助的家庭來傳承節(jié)禮日的傳統(tǒng)精神．此外，與 家人共度和購(gòu)物也是現(xiàn)在很流行的節(jié)禮日活動(dòng)． 【解答】 61： C 推理判斷題 根據(jù) “Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas． ”節(jié)禮日是圣誕節(jié)后的第一個(gè)工作日，如果圣誕節(jié)在星期六，那么節(jié)禮日就在兩天后的星期一，故為 12 月 27 日，故選 C 62： D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù) “Those sailors who wanted to ensure a safe return would drop money into the box． ”可知 船員往里放錢是為了祈禱平安 歸來，故選 D 63： A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)下文 “The priest wouldn’t open it to share the contents with the poor until Christmas．神父直到圣誕節(jié)才會(huì)打開箱子與窮人分享． ”可知箱子被封住了，故答案選 A 64： C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù) “keep the traditional spirit of Boxing Day alive by donating（捐贈(zèng)）their time， services and money to aid Food Banks， providing gifts for the poor， or helping families in need． ”可知， C spending time with family 不在此列，故選 C 65： B 推理判斷題 根據(jù)全文大意可知，這篇短文主要講述了節(jié)禮日的奇緣和節(jié)禮日的活動(dòng)．故這篇短文的目的是 B 介紹節(jié)禮日的起源 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】 這篇短文主要是關(guān)于節(jié)禮日的起源以及節(jié)禮日的活動(dòng)，題目涉及了細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題．做這篇短文時(shí)要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，找出關(guān)鍵句子，并結(jié)合選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行分析，找出正確 的答案． 66．（ 10 分） . Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year． Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood﹣powered of coal﹣ powered stoves． One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun． Crosby Menzies， a solar power expert in a South African pany， described his latest solar cooker called the“”， ”It is four square meters of mirrors， six to eight meters in length． It is quite a large cooler． ” The“”works by reflecting （反射） light from the sun off large mirrors． The mirrors direct （把 …對(duì)準(zhǔn)） the light at a cooking pan． Then the light heats the pan with solar energy． Within two minutes， the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions． In just four minutes， water can be boiled． That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity． The cooker is also much“friendlier”than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it． And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal． Suchindividualswould be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke． At present， the cooker only works when the sun is shining． But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight． Each cooker costs about $2022， which is a large amount of money for most Africans． To solve that problem， Crosby Menzies has crated a non﹣ governmental anization called solar Cookers for Africa． It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment． 66． This passage is mainly about A ． A． solar cookers B． smoke pollution C． solar power experts D． breathing illnesses 67． The“Sol﹣ 4”is mainly used to D ． A． shorten the time of cooking B． reduce the cost of making cookers C． raise money through donations to help African people D． reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke． 68． The underlined word“individuals“most probably means“ C ” A． cookers B． mirrors C． people D． experts 69． Which of the following about the“Sol﹣ 4”is TRUE？ D A． It is six to eight square meters of mirrors． B． It can work in any weather condition now C． It can also heat the pan by lighting firewood D． It is more environment﹣ friendly than other cookers． 70． From the passage， we can infer that B ． A． the“Sol﹣ 4”will be designed in a smaller size B． more African can use the solar cookers in the future C． the“Sol﹣ 4”is the first product of the south African pany D． the African government will provide poor people with solar cookers． 【考點(diǎn)】 健康環(huán)保類閱讀；判斷推理；文中細(xì)節(jié)． . 【分析】 房屋和其他建筑物的污染每年造成超過 400 萬人死亡，許多人因吸 入煙或用煤作動(dòng)力的爐子做飯而死亡． 減少死亡人數(shù)的一個(gè)方法是通過太陽能烹飪?cè)O(shè)備，一個(gè)南非公司的太陽能專家 Crosby Menzies 描述了他最新的太陽能炊具，稱為 “”， “它是四平方米的鏡子，長(zhǎng)度六到八米，相當(dāng)于一個(gè)大的灶具． ” “”由大鏡子反射的太陽光運(yùn)作的．鏡子直接把光對(duì)準(zhǔn)炒菜的鍋，然后光用太陽能加熱鍋．兩分鐘后，鍋熱得能夠烤香腸和洋蔥．在短短的四分鐘，水可以煮沸，和用天然氣或電做飯一樣快． 鍋也比其他灶具更 “友好 ”，因?yàn)槿藗儾槐卣驹谔栂率褂盟?，人們可以不必收集柴火或花錢買煤做飯．這 樣的人們不太可能有來自于有害煙霧引起的呼吸?。? 目前，炊具只是在陽光燦爛的時(shí)候工作，但工程師們正在努力工作，使它在沒有陽光的情況下也能工作． 每個(gè)鍋的成本約為 2022 美元，這是大多數(shù)非洲人一大筆錢．為了解決這個(gè)問題， Crosby Menzies 已建立一個(gè)叫做非洲太陽能炊具的非政府組織．它計(jì)劃籌集捐贈(zèng)的資金去提供太陽能烹飪?cè)O(shè)備給窮人． 【解答】 66．答案： A．主旨大意題．根據(jù) One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun． Crosby Menzies， a solar power expert in a South African pany， described his latest solar cooker called the“”， ”聯(lián)系全文內(nèi)容可知本文是介紹一種新型的太陽能灶具，能夠減少污染對(duì)身體的傷害，故答案是 A． 67．答案： D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù) Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood﹣ powered of coal﹣ powered stoves． One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun． Crosby Menzies， a solar power expert in a South African pany， described his latest solar cooker called