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备战2025年中考英语新课标（核心素养）一轮复习之题型特训
【基础题】
A
In the years that followed the day, whenever I saw P. K. Page, a great poet in interviews or documentaries, I always thought to myself, “I know that woman. I’ve seen the inside of her fridge.” I even considered writing to her to thank her for being patient with me that day instead of just sending me away. That meeting encouraged me to keep writing, even teens of years later.
I was about to graduate from college then, strongly hoping to prove myself in the area of journalism (新闻业) . Weeks before, I had chosen P. K. Page to interview as my graduation project. My teacher, after reading my plan, didn’t exactly question my choice, but the message behind his expression was clear: P. K. Page had high standards for interviewing her.
Down in her sitting room, there she was in an armchair, wearing a black sweater, like a strict judge on the stage, which made her seem a bit distant (疏远的) . All about her were perfect, but I remembered feeling a bit lost for the first sight. I didn’t think she smiled.
I had prepared a series of questions, some good but some not. Before I could ask the second, P. K. stopped me and said, “Would you consider asking your questions another way ” I realized that she could hardly stand talking to me any more. During our talk, I could feel that she was doubting if I was professional enough and I was wasting her time.
Later, she asked about my dream. I nervously replied, “To be a writer like you.” She stopped and just watched me quietly. I felt like I was too nervous to know what was going on next. Finally, she said, “I’d like you to come and visit me again. ” My heart beat with joy. But then she added, “But not too soon.” Then she asked me to get some snacks and drinks. I rushed out to the fridge to get the things, and shared the rest private moment with such an icon in a state of relaxation, forgetting about the differences between us.
1．Why did the writer mention P. K. Page’s fridge in the first paragraph
A．To show P. K. Page is patient. B．To show P. K. Page has a fridge.
C．To show P. K. Page loves eating. D．To show she loved P. K. Page’s fridge.
2．What does the writer's teacher’s expression really mean
A．The writer’s graduation project was the best choice.
B．P. K. Page will refuse to be interviewed by the writer.
C．It will be a great help for the writer to improver herself.
D．It will be a difficult task for the writer to interview P. K. Page.
3．Which of the following is the correct order during the writer’s meeting with P.K. Page
a. P.K. Page invited the writer to visit her again.
b. The writer chose P.K. Page for the graduation project.
c. P.K. Page asked the writer for a different way of questioning.
d. The professor reminded the writer would have a challenging meeting.
A． d-c-d-a B． d-b-a-c C． b-d-c-a D． b-d-a-c
4．What is the feeling of the writer towards P.K. Page now
A．Fearful. B．Thankful. C．Nervous. D．Strange.
5．What made PK Page decide to let the writer visit her again
A．The writer wanted to be a writer like her.
B．The writer had high standards of interviewing.
C．The writer was professional enough to interview.
D．She wanted the writer to question in another way.
B
After leaving school for many years, a group of graduates (毕业生) visited their teacher. All of them complained about problems and stress in their work and life.
The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large bottle of coffee and many kinds of cups — china (瓷), plastic and glass. He told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the teacher said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups had been taken, but the simple and cheap ones had been left behind. Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source (根源) of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain (容纳) what we drink.”
What all of them really wanted was coffee, not the cups, but they all went for the best cups. And then they began to watch others’ cups. Life is the coffee; jobs, money and the social position are the cups. The cups we have do not change the quality of our life.
Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail to enjoy the coffee.
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
1．According to the passage, the graduates are not satisfied because of ________.
A．the bad coffee B．what the teacher did
C．the simple and cheap cups D．their problems and stress
2．From the passage we can know that ________.
A．the teacher had the best of everything
B．the teacher went to get the coffee and cups from the kitchen
C．the teacher thought the jobs and money were more important
D．the teacher gave out the cups to the graduates
3．The teacher provided his students with many kinds of cups because ________.
A．he wanted his students to enjoy the coffee
B．he hoped that they could have better cups
C．he tried to tell the students how to understand life
D．he wanted to show his big collection of different kinds of cups
4．What does the passage tell us
A．The cup is just a tool for drinking.
B．The cup can add quality to the coffee.
C．The cup can change the quality of our life.
D．Different kinds of cups should be given to different kinds of people.
5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A．No one chose the simple and cheap cups.
B．It’s normal for everyone to look forward to the best.
C．We should pay more attention to the cups than the coffee.
D．Try your best to make everything in your life best.
C
Gao Juan called out to her students on the basketball court. The children stopped playing basketball and then gathered (集合) around their teacher, as she told each of their names to visitors.
“Some are shy and take a while to open up. But they are very smart and learn very fast, ” says Gao, 30. Gao teaches at the school of Atuleer, a mountain village in Zhaojue county, Sichuan Province.
School conditions are improving with a dining hall for 600 people. Students receive about 2, 250 yuan each in a term. The students clearly enjoy their lessons and look forward to the improved learning conditions.
Sun Qiang, 30, left his hometown in Pingliang, Gansu Province, seven years ago to teach at an elementary school in Bulenggou village about 400 kilometers away.
Sun says he did feel sad when he first took up the “hardship position”. The conditions at the village school were difficult. There was no running water or the Internet. But Sun says other teachers advised him not to give up working because things would soon improve.
They were right. In less than ten years, the poverty alleviation (扶贫) movement helped Bulenggou stay away from being poor, and become a model of development.
In Dulongjiang Township, Yunnan Province, school headmaster Yang Siyang says his students’ grades have also improved because of better living and teaching conditions.
The school, with more than 750 students of up to junior high level, has three-story classroom buildings as well as dining and living areas. There are more than 100 teachers. Most of them are about 30 years old.
“Here on the ground, we must continue to focus on the young and help all of them to thrive (茁壮成长),” Yang says.
1．What did Gao Juan think of her students
A．Shy but smart. B．Shy and serious. C．Outgoing and smart. D．Poor but outgoing.
2．How much does each student receive in a school year
A．600 yuan. B．1, 200 yuan. C．2, 250 yuan. D．4, 500 yuan.
3．Why did Sun Qiang want to give up teaching
A．He wanted to make more money. B．The school was too small.
C．The conditions were too poor. D．He wanted to deal with the poverty.
4．Where does Yang Siyang work
A．In Sichuan Province. B．In Gansu Province.
C．In Yunnan Province. D．In Shanxi Province.
5．What can we learn from the passage
A．The villagers are still poor.
B．The students are working hard.
C．More and more students go to school.
D．The conditions have improved at some schools.
【提升题】
A
Over the past 20 years, Mrs. Xue, a 65-year-old woman has used pyrography (烙画) to create pictures on gourds (葫芦) and help villagers make money.
Xue like most villagers in Wenshui, Shanxi, once made a living by growing grapes. However, that could not bring her enough money to support the family. In 1996, she began to grow gourds in her yard, and since then, she has had great harvests (收获) almost every year.
Xue has loved painting since she was a child. Then she developed an interest in pyrography.
Pyrography is an art of burning designs (图案) on woods or other materials using heated tools. It has been practiced since ancient times in her hometown. Xue worked very hard to learn to create pyrography on her gourds. “At first, it wasn’t very easy for me to make good pictures,” Xue said. “To improve, I traveled to Shandong and Tianjin to learn from skilled folk artists.”
After Xue mastered the skill, she decided to do something for her hometown. In 2002, she and her husband started a gourd factory and processing center in their village. She taught the villagers how to create pyrographic art for free. Gradually, their products aroused (引起) interest in world markets, including those in Japan and Singapore. More young people have returned to the village to learn the traditional skill.
“In the future, I will introduce more scicentific methods to improve the growing of gourds,” Xue said.
“I will also do more research into gourd pyrography and teach people to develop more products that better show the beauty of traditional Chinese folk art.”
1．How did Xue get enough money over 20 years ago
A．By creating pyrography. B．By growing grapes.
C．By growing gourds. D．By growing tea.
2．What did Xue and her husband do for the village
A．They taught the villagers how to grow gourds well.
B．They gave the villagers much money to help them.
C．They introduced different kinds of gourds to the villagers.
D．They set up a gourd factory that helped the villagers make more money.
3．What can we know from the passage
A．Xue was interested in painting grapes when she was a child.
B．Pyrography is a traditional skill with a long history in Xue’s hometown.
C．Xue taught the villagers to create pyrography in order to make some money.
D．Xue will teach the traditional Chinese folk art of pyrography in other places.
4．What dig you think of Xue according to the passage
A．Clever but cold. B．Kind but stupid.
C．Rich and serious. D．Hard-working and helpful.
5．What is the best title for the passage
A．A Gourd Lover B．A Pyrography Master
C．A Traditional Art Protector D．A Great Village Helper
B
What kind of music do you enjoy These days, country music is getting more popular and US country singer Kacey Musgraves is drawing much attention.
The 35-year-old released (发行) her sixth album (专辑), Deeper Well, with 66,000 copies sold in the US as of March 21, achieving her biggest first week on the list.
“I think that Kacey is simply a real person and a truly gifted storyteller,” a musician said.
Kacey writes from her own experiences and touches on topics that country singers don’t often pay attention to. Her album Golden Hour is about love, being a mom and the world. It won her Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2019. Her latest, Deeper Well , is about becoming stronger through therapy (治疗) and self-care.
Kacey made her new album in a surprising way. She said that Deeper Well sounds like “a walk through nature”. You might think she created the songs in the quiet countryside. However, she made them in noisy New York City. She walked through Washington Square Park every day, drawing inspiration (灵感), she said.
Starting singing in a big cowgirl hat at 9, Kacey has been working on country music for over 20 years. But she’s never tired of it. “Country music feels like home to me. There’s always something really timeless to me about it.” she told her fans.
1．How many albums have Kacey released so far
A．One. B．Two. C．Six. D．Seven.
2．What do we know about Deeper Well
A．It is Kacey’s first album. B．It makes Kacey the most famous singer.
C．It is about love and being a mother. D．It sold 66,000 copies in the first week.
3．How is Kacey different from other country singers
A．The sounds in her music are surprising.
B．Her songs are about the real lives of people around her.
C．Her songs tell the stories in the countryside.
D．The topics of her songs are special.
4．Paragraph 5 mainly talks about ________ .
A．why Kacey decided to make the new album B．how the new album was made
C．when and where Kacey made his new album D．who helped him create the new album
5．What does Kacey mean by her words in the last paragraph
A．She never gets tired at work.
B．Country music is popular in her hometown.
C．She has a deep relationship with country music.
D．She is going to turn to other kinds of music.
C
“If I could tell my 11-year-old self something,” says Tiera Fletcher, “I would tell myself not to give up and to focus on the dream at hand.” When she was 11, Fletcher decided that she wanted to become a rocket scientist. Now, years later, she’s part of the team that helped to build NASA’s Space Launch System, which was used to launch the Artemis I mission (任务) .
Fletcher was only six years old when she showed an interest in math. “I always loved to solve problems and find an answer,” she says. Her mom also enjoyed math, and she would encourage Fletcher by giving her activities to do, like adding up the costs of their food shopping.
Fletcher also learnt how to build things and about the importance of problem-solving from her dad, who was a construction (建筑) worker. She soon became interested in science and design as well, but she didn’t know how to put all of her interests together. She says, “I wanted to be a mathematician, a scientist, an inventor, a designer. I wanted to be all of those things at once.”
A turning point for Fletcher was when she took part in an engineering program at the age of 11. She realized that there was a job where people could use math and science to design and build important machines, like planes and space rockets. She no longer felt that she wanted to do four different jobs, because she’d found one that pulled together all of her interests.
When Fletcher watched the Artemis I launch, she felt that it wasn’t just an important achievement for history, but for her on a personal level as well. She says, “I was a part of lifting us off the ground. I can’t really think of many other things cooler than that.”
1．What can we know from the second paragraph
A．Fletcher’s mom got interested in math at the age of six.
B．Fletcher seldom went shopping with her mom as a child.
C．Both Fletcher and her mom could get pleasure from math.
D．Fletcher’s mom didn’t like adding up costs of food shopping.
2．What did Fletcher learn from her dad
①How to build things. ②The importance of problem-solving.
③How to do different jobs more efficiently. ④The importance of putting all interests together.
A．①② B．①③ C．②③ D．②④
3．When did Fletcher decide to enter the space industry
A．When she went to watch the Artemis I launch.
B．When she took part in an engineering program.
C．The minute she fell in love with the subject math.
D．The minute she found science and design exciting.
4．What can we learn from Fletcher
A．Better later than never. B．Take things as they come.
C．Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. D．Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
5．What is the best title for the passage
A．A famous rocket scientist B．Go for our childhood dreams
C．An important space achievement D．Develop problem-solving skills
【拔高题】
A
There was magic in the secret garden in spring. First everything turned green. Then the green changed to colors—blue, purple and red. There were flowers everywhere. The roses—the roses! From small buds they grew into large flowers and filled the air with pleasant smell.
Colin was sick and thought that he would die soon. But he watched all the changes as they happened in spring. Dickon, Colin’s friend, pushed Colin on wheelchair to the garden every morning and Colin spent the day there. Sometimes he sat on the grass watching the insects. He once watched a mouse digging a hole.
One morning Dickon pushed Colin to the secret garden as usual. Mary, Colin’s cousin, and Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener, were there too. Colin said: “I want to tell you something very important.”
“I believe that there is magic in everything,” continued Colin. “Dickon knows some magic. He charms (迷住) animals and people. Mary also knows a bit of magic because she was born in India. There’s magic in the garden, too. I’m going to try and put some in me because I want to be well and strong. Please sing ‘Magic is in me!’ with me.”
“Magic is in me. Magic is in me. Magic is in all of us.” They started singing.
Then Colin tried to walk on his own. His first few step was shaky (摇晃的) and he even fell to the ground. But as he took further steps forward, he soon got used to it and was able to walk steadily. Although he was slow, he did not fall again.
“I can walk! The magic worked!” he cried.
1．What color could NOT be seen in the garden
A．Grey. B．Blue. C．Green. D．Red.
2．How did Colin feel before spring came
A．Joyful. B．Hopeless. C．Curious. D．embarrassed.
3．What can we infer (推断) from Paragraph 4
A．Dickon knew a lot about animals. B．Dickon had more magic than Mary.
C．Colin would like to charm animals. D．Colin wanted to have some magic too.
4．What does the underlined word “steadily” in Paragraph 6 probably mean
A．Cheerfully. B．Nervously. C．Smoothly. D．creatively.
5．What was Colin’s magic
A．Slow walk. B．Beautiful nature.
C．Positive thinking. D．Warm friendship.
B
Brad daydreamed throughout history class and missed an important lesson on the Grand Canal. At night, he found himself stuck when doing his homework on this ancient Chinese project. A moment later, he thought of his Sight Pro, the smart glasses, and put them on.
“Teach me about the Grand Canal.” Before he knew it, this simple instruction took the boy on a journey along the canal. He started in Hangzhou and was now slowly traveling up north toward Yangzhou.
He was taking in the fascinating views on the banks of the canal when Sight Pro suddenly said, “ ★ ”
“Are you giving me a quiz Hmm, bring it on.”
A question appeared before his eyes: “What is the total length of the Grand Canal Is it more than 1,000 kilometers or 2,000 kilometers ”
“I’ll go for 1,000 kilometers.” It took Brad two seconds to decide.
“Wrong answer. The Grand Canal is a system of more than 2,000 kilometers of man-made waterways. It’s the longest in the world.”
Then came the next question: “When did the building of the canal begin ”
“Was it in the 7th century ” Brad responded hesitantly.
“Wrong answer. It started in the 5th century B．C． E. (公元前). After that, different sections were built at different times. In the 7th century, Emperor Yang of Sui expanded (扩大) the canal to its present scale (规模) by linking the sections.”
“How amazing!” Brad continued his journey for a while.
Then came the third question: “Why was the Grand Canal built ”
“To make it easier for people to travel around the country.”
“Wrong answer. Its primary function was to transport food from the rich lands in the south to the capital city in the north. It was also used to transport goods.”
In the end, Brad scored zero on all the questions, but he was pleased that he had learned a lot.
“A big change happened to the Grand Canal during the Yuan Dynasty because the capital was moved to Beijing. Emperors needed new routes,” he wrote in response to one question. “This year is its tenth anniversary as a World Heritage Site (世界文化遗产),” he read out another answer as he wrote it down.
“Mega job, Brad!” Sight Pro’s sweet voice was heard again.
1．Which picture shows the Grand Canal
A． B．
C． D．
2．Which of the following can be put in ★
A．How do you like your journey
B．How beautiful the Grand Canal is!
C．Fun time is over. Here comes the hard part.
D．Enjoy it, right Now it’s time to take me off.
3．Based on which mind-map does Sight Pro raise questions
A． B．
C． D．
4．Why was Brad pleased even if he scored zero
A．Because he learned a lot while having a wonderful time.
B．Because there’s no need for him to finish his homework.
C．Because he got all the answers to the questions in his homework.
D．Because he was very proud of our national heritage.
5．Which might the “one question” be in Para. 16
A．How was the Grand Canal built
B．Why was the capital moved to Beijing
C．How long has the Grand Canal been a World Heritage Site
D．Why was the Grand Canal changed in the Yuan Dynasty
C
Mathilde Wittock, a designer from Belgium, makes resting chairs using old tennis balls. She creates them with no wood or plastic. Instead, each of her chairs is made up of 500 tennis balls. It is both stylish and strong.
Wittock wants to help protect the environment because many tennis balls are thrown away and don’t break down easily. About 300 million tennis balls are produced each year— and almost all of them end up in landfills (垃圾填埋场). It takes them over 400 years to decompose. Big tennis events use a large number of balls, like the U. S. Open with 70,000 and Wimbledon with 55,000. The lifecycle of a ball is not long, which usually lasts for nine games.
Wittock receives all her materials from donations, mostly from tennis clubs. It takes Wittock three to four weeks to make a chair. To meet the customers’ needs, she cuts and colours the tennis balls by hand to match their rooms. It takes her much hard work and patience to change how the balls look.
But creation isn’t the only goal. In fact, what’s more important to Wittock is what happens to the chair when it’s old. At the end of her chair’s life, she takes it apart and recycles the tennis balls. The fuzz (绒毛) is burned off, and the ball is cut into pieces to make bouncy mats(弹性垫) for kids to play on. In this way, nothing goes to waste.
1．What does Mathilde Wittock use to make a resting chair
A．Plastic bottles. B．Used tennis balls.
C．Recycled glasses. D．Old wooden boxes.
2．What does the underlined word “decompose” in paragraph 2 probably mean
A．To become chairs. B．To wash away the landfills.
C．To grow from land. D．To divide into smaller parts.
3．What can be learned about tennis balls from paragraph 2
A．They are helpful to the environment.
B．Fewer balls should be used in big matches.
C．Many balls are needed in big tennis events.
D．About 300 million balls are made each month.
4．Where does Wittock get most of the tennis balls for her chairs
A．From landfills. B．From her customers.
C．From tennis clubs. D．From some charities.
5．What’s the last paragraph mainly about
A．How to continuously reduce waste.
B．How to make tennis balls into mats.
C．How to improve the design of chairs.
D．How to take tennis balls apart quickly.阅读理解之记叙文
备战2025年中考英语新课标（核心素养）一轮复习之题型特训
【基础题】
A
In the years that followed the day, whenever I saw P. K. Page, a great poet in interviews or documentaries, I always thought to myself, “I know that woman. I’ve seen the inside of her fridge.” I even considered writing to her to thank her for being patient with me that day instead of just sending me away. That meeting encouraged me to keep writing, even teens of years later.
I was about to graduate from college then, strongly hoping to prove myself in the area of journalism (新闻业) . Weeks before, I had chosen P. K. Page to interview as my graduation project. My teacher, after reading my plan, didn’t exactly question my choice, but the message behind his expression was clear: P. K. Page had high standards for interviewing her.
Down in her sitting room, there she was in an armchair, wearing a black sweater, like a strict judge on the stage, which made her seem a bit distant (疏远的) . All about her were perfect, but I remembered feeling a bit lost for the first sight. I didn’t think she smiled.
I had prepared a series of questions, some good but some not. Before I could ask the second, P. K. stopped me and said, “Would you consider asking your questions another way ” I realized that she could hardly stand talking to me any more. During our talk, I could feel that she was doubting if I was professional enough and I was wasting her time.
Later, she asked about my dream. I nervously replied, “To be a writer like you.” She stopped and just watched me quietly. I felt like I was too nervous to know what was going on next. Finally, she said, “I’d like you to come and visit me again. ” My heart beat with joy. But then she added, “But not too soon.” Then she asked me to get some snacks and drinks. I rushed out to the fridge to get the things, and shared the rest private moment with such an icon in a state of relaxation, forgetting about the differences between us.
1．Why did the writer mention P. K. Page’s fridge in the first paragraph
A．To show P. K. Page is patient. B．To show P. K. Page has a fridge.
C．To show P. K. Page loves eating. D．To show she loved P. K. Page’s fridge.
2．What does the writer's teacher’s expression really mean
A．The writer’s graduation project was the best choice.
B．P. K. Page will refuse to be interviewed by the writer.
C．It will be a great help for the writer to improver herself.
D．It will be a difficult task for the writer to interview P. K. Page.
3．Which of the following is the correct order during the writer’s meeting with P.K. Page
a. P.K. Page invited the writer to visit her again.
b. The writer chose P.K. Page for the graduation project.
c. P.K. Page asked the writer for a different way of questioning.
d. The professor reminded the writer would have a challenging meeting.
A． d-c-d-a B． d-b-a-c C． b-d-c-a D． b-d-a-c
4．What is the feeling of the writer towards P.K. Page now
A．Fearful. B．Thankful. C．Nervous. D．Strange.
5．What made PK Page decide to let the writer visit her again
A．The writer wanted to be a writer like her.
B．The writer had high standards of interviewing.
C．The writer was professional enough to interview.
D．She wanted the writer to question in another way.
【答案】1．A 2．D 3．C 4．B 5．A
【难度】0.85
【知识点】记叙文、叙事忆旧
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在大学即将毕业时选择采访著名诗人P. K. Page作为自己的毕业项目，起初感到紧张和被怀疑专业性，但在P. K. Page的耐心指导和鼓励下，作者逐渐放松并与之有了更深入的交流，这次经历鼓励了作者继续写作。
1．推理判断题。根据第一段“I even considered writing to her to thank her for being patient with me that day instead of just sending me away. That meeting encouraged me to keep writing, even teens of years later.”可知，作者提到P. K. Page的冰箱是为了表明P. K. Page很有耐心。故选A。
2．推理判断题。根据第二段“My teacher, after reading my plan, didn't exactly question my choice, but the message behind his expression was clear: P. K. Page had high standards for interviewing her.”可知，作者老师的表情真正意味着作者采访P. K. Page会是一项艰巨的任务。故选D。
3．细节理解题。根据第三段“I didn't think she smiled.”可知b“她不笑”在前；根据第四段“Before I could ask the second, P. K. stopped me and said, “Would you consider asking your questions another way ”)”可知d“她打断了我”在前，c“她让我换个方式提问”在后；根据最后一段“Finally, she said, “I'd like you to come and visit me again.”可知a“她让我再来拜访她”在最后。所以正确的顺序是b-d-c-a。故选C。
4．推理判断题。根据第一段“I even considered writing to her to thank her for being patient with me that day instead of just sending me away. That meeting encouraged me to keep writing, even teens of years later.”可知，现在作者对P. K. Page是感激的。故选B。
5．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Later, she asked about my dream. I nervously replied, “To be a writer like you. ” She stopped and just watched me quietly.”可知，是因为作者想要成为像她一样的作家，所以P. K. Page决定让作者再来拜访她。故选A。
B
After leaving school for many years, a group of graduates (毕业生) visited their teacher. All of them complained about problems and stress in their work and life.
The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large bottle of coffee and many kinds of cups — china (瓷), plastic and glass. He told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the teacher said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups had been taken, but the simple and cheap ones had been left behind. Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source (根源) of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain (容纳) what we drink.”
What all of them really wanted was coffee, not the cups, but they all went for the best cups. And then they began to watch others’ cups. Life is the coffee; jobs, money and the social position are the cups. The cups we have do not change the quality of our life.
Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail to enjoy the coffee.
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
1．According to the passage, the graduates are not satisfied because of ________.
A．the bad coffee B．what the teacher did
C．the simple and cheap cups D．their problems and stress
2．From the passage we can know that ________.
A．the teacher had the best of everything
B．the teacher went to get the coffee and cups from the kitchen
C．the teacher thought the jobs and money were more important
D．the teacher gave out the cups to the graduates
3．The teacher provided his students with many kinds of cups because ________.
A．he wanted his students to enjoy the coffee
B．he hoped that they could have better cups
C．he tried to tell the students how to understand life
D．he wanted to show his big collection of different kinds of cups
4．What does the passage tell us
A．The cup is just a tool for drinking.
B．The cup can add quality to the coffee.
C．The cup can change the quality of our life.
D．Different kinds of cups should be given to different kinds of people.
5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A．No one chose the simple and cheap cups.
B．It’s normal for everyone to look forward to the best.
C．We should pay more attention to the cups than the coffee.
D．Try your best to make everything in your life best.
【答案】1．D 2．B 3．C 4．A 5．C
【难度】0.85
【知识点】哲理感悟、教育、记叙文
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了多年后一群毕业生拜访他们的老师，抱怨工作和生活中的问题和压力，老师通过咖啡和杯子的例子，教会他们如何理解生活，享受生活。
1．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“All of them complained about problems and stress in their work and life.”可知，毕业生们对他们的工作和生活中的问题和压力感到不满意。故选D。
2．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large bottle of coffee and many kinds of cups”可知，老师去厨房拿咖啡和杯子了。故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据文章第三段“Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source (根源) of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain (容纳) what we drink.”可知，老师想通过咖啡和杯子的例子，教会他们如何理解生活，享受生活。故选C。
4．主旨大意题。根据“In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain (容纳) what we drink.”以及“ What all of them really wanted was coffee, not the cups...The cups we have do not change the quality of our life.”可知，杯子只是我们喝东西的工具。故选A。
5．细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail to enjoy the coffee.”可知，如果我们只关注杯子，我们就会错过享受咖啡的乐趣。所以我们应该更关注咖啡而不是杯子。C项“我们应该更关注杯子而不是咖啡”说法错误。故选C。
C
Gao Juan called out to her students on the basketball court. The children stopped playing basketball and then gathered (集合) around their teacher, as she told each of their names to visitors.
“Some are shy and take a while to open up. But they are very smart and learn very fast, ” says Gao, 30. Gao teaches at the school of Atuleer, a mountain village in Zhaojue county, Sichuan Province.
School conditions are improving with a dining hall for 600 people. Students receive about 2, 250 yuan each in a term. The students clearly enjoy their lessons and look forward to the improved learning conditions.
Sun Qiang, 30, left his hometown in Pingliang, Gansu Province, seven years ago to teach at an elementary school in Bulenggou village about 400 kilometers away.
Sun says he did feel sad when he first took up the “hardship position”. The conditions at the village school were difficult. There was no running water or the Internet. But Sun says other teachers advised him not to give up working because things would soon improve.
They were right. In less than ten years, the poverty alleviation (扶贫) movement helped Bulenggou stay away from being poor, and become a model of development.
In Dulongjiang Township, Yunnan Province, school headmaster Yang Siyang says his students’ grades have also improved because of better living and teaching conditions.
The school, with more than 750 students of up to junior high level, has three-story classroom buildings as well as dining and living areas. There are more than 100 teachers. Most of them are about 30 years old.
“Here on the ground, we must continue to focus on the young and help all of them to thrive (茁壮成长),” Yang says.
1．What did Gao Juan think of her students
A．Shy but smart. B．Shy and serious. C．Outgoing and smart. D．Poor but outgoing.
2．How much does each student receive in a school year
A．600 yuan. B．1, 200 yuan. C．2, 250 yuan. D．4, 500 yuan.
3．Why did Sun Qiang want to give up teaching
A．He wanted to make more money. B．The school was too small.
C．The conditions were too poor. D．He wanted to deal with the poverty.
4．Where does Yang Siyang work
A．In Sichuan Province. B．In Gansu Province.
C．In Yunnan Province. D．In Shanxi Province.
5．What can we learn from the passage
A．The villagers are still poor.
B．The students are working hard.
C．More and more students go to school.
D．The conditions have improved at some schools.
【答案】1．A 2．D 3．C 4．C 5．D
【难度】0.85
【知识点】教育、记叙文
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了四川阿土列尔村、甘肃布楞沟村以及云南独龙江乡的学校，因扶贫等举措，学校条件得到改善，同时介绍了三位老师高娟、孙强和杨思阳及他们学校学生的相关情况 。
1．细节理解题。根据第二段“Some are shy and take a while to open up. But they are very smart and learn very fast”，说明高娟认为她的学生是害羞但聪明的，故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据第三段“Students receive about 2, 250 yuan each in a term”，一学期是2250元，一学年有两个学期，所以一学年每个学生得到4500元。故选D。
3．细节理解题。根据第五段“The conditions at the village school were difficult. There was no running water or the Internet”，说明是因为条件太差，孙强才想放弃教学，故选C。
4．细节理解题。根据第七段“In Dulongjiang Township, Yunnan Province, school headmaster Yang Siyang”，说明杨思阳在云南省工作，故选C。
5．主旨大意题。文中多处提到学校条件改善，如高娟所在学校有600人食堂，孙强所在学校条件变好，杨思阳所在学校有三层教学楼等，故选D。
【提升题】
A
Over the past 20 years, Mrs. Xue, a 65-year-old woman has used pyrography (烙画) to create pictures on gourds (葫芦) and help villagers make money.
Xue like most villagers in Wenshui, Shanxi, once made a living by growing grapes. However, that could not bring her enough money to support the family. In 1996, she began to grow gourds in her yard, and since then, she has had great harvests (收获) almost every year.
Xue has loved painting since she was a child. Then she developed an interest in pyrography.
Pyrography is an art of burning designs (图案) on woods or other materials using heated tools. It has been practiced since ancient times in her hometown. Xue worked very hard to learn to create pyrography on her gourds. “At first, it wasn’t very easy for me to make good pictures,” Xue said. “To improve, I traveled to Shandong and Tianjin to learn from skilled folk artists.”
After Xue mastered the skill, she decided to do something for her hometown. In 2002, she and her husband started a gourd factory and processing center in their village. She taught the villagers how to create pyrographic art for free. Gradually, their products aroused (引起) interest in world markets, including those in Japan and Singapore. More young people have returned to the village to learn the traditional skill.
“In the future, I will introduce more scicentific methods to improve the growing of gourds,” Xue said.
“I will also do more research into gourd pyrography and teach people to develop more products that better show the beauty of traditional Chinese folk art.”
1．How did Xue get enough money over 20 years ago
A．By creating pyrography. B．By growing grapes.
C．By growing gourds. D．By growing tea.
2．What did Xue and her husband do for the village
A．They taught the villagers how to grow gourds well.
B．They gave the villagers much money to help them.
C．They introduced different kinds of gourds to the villagers.
D．They set up a gourd factory that helped the villagers make more money.
3．What can we know from the passage
A．Xue was interested in painting grapes when she was a child.
B．Pyrography is a traditional skill with a long history in Xue’s hometown.
C．Xue taught the villagers to create pyrography in order to make some money.
D．Xue will teach the traditional Chinese folk art of pyrography in other places.
4．What dig you think of Xue according to the passage
A．Clever but cold. B．Kind but stupid.
C．Rich and serious. D．Hard-working and helpful.
5．What is the best title for the passage
A．A Gourd Lover B．A Pyrography Master
C．A Traditional Art Protector D．A Great Village Helper
【答案】1．C 2．D 3．B 4．D 5．D
【难度】0.65
【知识点】记叙文、个人经历、传统工艺
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了薛女士通过烙画艺术在葫芦上创作图案，并帮助村民致富的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“In 1996, she began to grow gourds in her yard, and since then, she has had great harvests (收获) almost every year.”可知，1996年，她开始在自家院子里种植葫芦，从那时起，她几乎每年都有好收成。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“In 2002, she and her husband started a gourd factory and processing center in their village. She taught the villagers how to create pyrographic art for free.”可知，2002年，她和丈夫在村里创办了一个葫芦加工厂和加工中心，她免费教村民们如何创作烙画艺术。故选D。
3．细节理解题。根据“Pyrography is an art of burning designs (图案) on woods or other materials using heated tools. It has been practiced since ancient times in her hometown.”可知，烙画是一种用加热工具在木头或其他材料上烫制图案的艺术，在她的家乡，这种技艺自古以来就有。故选B。
4．观点态度题。根据“Xue worked very hard to learn to create pyrography on her gourds…After Xue mastered the skill, she decided to do something for her hometown.”可知，薛女士自己努力学习烙画艺术在葫芦上创作图案，并帮助村民致富，故薛女士是一位努力且乐于助人的人。故选D。
5．最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲述了薛女士通过烙画艺术在葫芦上创作图案，并帮助村民致富的故事，她不仅自己掌握了这门传统技艺，还免费教授村民，并创办了葫芦加工中心，吸引了年轻人回乡学习，推动了村庄的发展，选项D准确地概括了薛女士对村庄的贡献。故选D。
B
What kind of music do you enjoy These days, country music is getting more popular and US country singer Kacey Musgraves is drawing much attention.
The 35-year-old released (发行) her sixth album (专辑), Deeper Well, with 66,000 copies sold in the US as of March 21, achieving her biggest first week on the list.
“I think that Kacey is simply a real person and a truly gifted storyteller,” a musician said.
Kacey writes from her own experiences and touches on topics that country singers don’t often pay attention to. Her album Golden Hour is about love, being a mom and the world. It won her Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2019. Her latest, Deeper Well , is about becoming stronger through therapy (治疗) and self-care.
Kacey made her new album in a surprising way. She said that Deeper Well sounds like “a walk through nature”. You might think she created the songs in the quiet countryside. However, she made them in noisy New York City. She walked through Washington Square Park every day, drawing inspiration (灵感), she said.
Starting singing in a big cowgirl hat at 9, Kacey has been working on country music for over 20 years. But she’s never tired of it. “Country music feels like home to me. There’s always something really timeless to me about it.” she told her fans.
1．How many albums have Kacey released so far
A．One. B．Two. C．Six. D．Seven.
2．What do we know about Deeper Well
A．It is Kacey’s first album. B．It makes Kacey the most famous singer.
C．It is about love and being a mother. D．It sold 66,000 copies in the first week.
3．How is Kacey different from other country singers
A．The sounds in her music are surprising.
B．Her songs are about the real lives of people around her.
C．Her songs tell the stories in the countryside.
D．The topics of her songs are special.
4．Paragraph 5 mainly talks about ________ .
A．why Kacey decided to make the new album B．how the new album was made
C．when and where Kacey made his new album D．who helped him create the new album
5．What does Kacey mean by her words in the last paragraph
A．She never gets tired at work.
B．Country music is popular in her hometown.
C．She has a deep relationship with country music.
D．She is going to turn to other kinds of music.
【答案】1．C 2．D 3．D 4．B 5．C
【难度】0.65
【知识点】音乐与舞蹈、记叙文
【导语】本文介绍了美国乡村歌手Kacey Musgraves的音乐生涯和最新专辑《Deeper Well》。
1．细节理解题。根据文中“The 35-year-old released her sixth album”可以知道，Kacey Musgraves已经发行了六张专辑。故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据文中“Her latest, Deeper Well... and self-care”可以推测，“Deeper Well”是关于治疗和自我关怀的专辑。故选D。
3．推理判断题。根据文中“Kacey writes from her own experiences and touches on topics that country singers don’t often pay attention to”可以推测，Kacey的歌曲触及了一些其他乡村歌手不常关注的特殊话题。故选D。
4．主旨大意题。根据第五段中的描述“she made them in noisy New York City...drawing inspiration”可以知道这一段主要讲述了她如何制作新专辑的过程。故选B。
5．推理判断题。根据“Country music feels like home to me”可以推测，Kacey与乡村音乐有着深厚的情感联系。故选C。
C
“If I could tell my 11-year-old self something,” says Tiera Fletcher, “I would tell myself not to give up and to focus on the dream at hand.” When she was 11, Fletcher decided that she wanted to become a rocket scientist. Now, years later, she’s part of the team that helped to build NASA’s Space Launch System, which was used to launch the Artemis I mission (任务) .
Fletcher was only six years old when she showed an interest in math. “I always loved to solve problems and find an answer,” she says. Her mom also enjoyed math, and she would encourage Fletcher by giving her activities to do, like adding up the costs of their food shopping.
Fletcher also learnt how to build things and about the importance of problem-solving from her dad, who was a construction (建筑) worker. She soon became interested in science and design as well, but she didn’t know how to put all of her interests together. She says, “I wanted to be a mathematician, a scientist, an inventor, a designer. I wanted to be all of those things at once.”
A turning point for Fletcher was when she took part in an engineering program at the age of 11. She realized that there was a job where people could use math and science to design and build important machines, like planes and space rockets. She no longer felt that she wanted to do four different jobs, because she’d found one that pulled together all of her interests.
When Fletcher watched the Artemis I launch, she felt that it wasn’t just an important achievement for history, but for her on a personal level as well. She says, “I was a part of lifting us off the ground. I can’t really think of many other things cooler than that.”
1．What can we know from the second paragraph
A．Fletcher’s mom got interested in math at the age of six.
B．Fletcher seldom went shopping with her mom as a child.
C．Both Fletcher and her mom could get pleasure from math.
D．Fletcher’s mom didn’t like adding up costs of food shopping.
2．What did Fletcher learn from her dad
①How to build things. ②The importance of problem-solving.
③How to do different jobs more efficiently. ④The importance of putting all interests together.
A．①② B．①③ C．②③ D．②④
3．When did Fletcher decide to enter the space industry
A．When she went to watch the Artemis I launch.
B．When she took part in an engineering program.
C．The minute she fell in love with the subject math.
D．The minute she found science and design exciting.
4．What can we learn from Fletcher
A．Better later than never. B．Take things as they come.
C．Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. D．Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
5．What is the best title for the passage
A．A famous rocket scientist B．Go for our childhood dreams
C．An important space achievement D．Develop problem-solving skills
【答案】1．C 2．A 3．B 4．D 5．A
【难度】0.65
【知识点】其他著名人物、记叙文
【导语】本文主要讲述了火箭科学家Tiera Fletcher的成长之路。
1．细节理解题。根据“Fletcher was only six years old when she showed an interest in math…the costs of their food shopping.”可知，Fletcher和她妈妈都能从数学中获得乐趣，故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Fletcher also learnt how to build things and about the importance of problem-solving from her dad, who was a construction worker.” 可知，Fletcher从父亲那里学到了如何建造东西以及解决问题的重要性，①②正确，故选A。
3．细节理解题。根据“A turning point for Fletcher was when she took part in an engineering program at the age of 11…one that pulled together all of her interests.” 可知，当她参加一个工程项目时，她决定进入航天行业，故选B。
4．推理判断题。Fletcher从小有梦想，并且为了梦想不断努力，最终参与到重要的航天项目中，体现了有志者事竟成。故选D。
5．最佳标题题。文章主要讲述了火箭科学家Fletcher的故事，故选A。
【拔高题】
A
There was magic in the secret garden in spring. First everything turned green. Then the green changed to colors—blue, purple and red. There were flowers everywhere. The roses—the roses! From small buds they grew into large flowers and filled the air with pleasant smell.
Colin was sick and thought that he would die soon. But he watched all the changes as they happened in spring. Dickon, Colin’s friend, pushed Colin on wheelchair to the garden every morning and Colin spent the day there. Sometimes he sat on the grass watching the insects. He once watched a mouse digging a hole.
One morning Dickon pushed Colin to the secret garden as usual. Mary, Colin’s cousin, and Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener, were there too. Colin said: “I want to tell you something very important.”
“I believe that there is magic in everything,” continued Colin. “Dickon knows some magic. He charms (迷住) animals and people. Mary also knows a bit of magic because she was born in India. There’s magic in the garden, too. I’m going to try and put some in me because I want to be well and strong. Please sing ‘Magic is in me!’ with me.”
“Magic is in me. Magic is in me. Magic is in all of us.” They started singing.
Then Colin tried to walk on his own. His first few step was shaky (摇晃的) and he even fell to the ground. But as he took further steps forward, he soon got used to it and was able to walk steadily. Although he was slow, he did not fall again.
“I can walk! The magic worked!” he cried.
1．What color could NOT be seen in the garden
A．Grey. B．Blue. C．Green. D．Red.
2．How did Colin feel before spring came
A．Joyful. B．Hopeless. C．Curious. D．embarrassed.
3．What can we infer (推断) from Paragraph 4
A．Dickon knew a lot about animals. B．Dickon had more magic than Mary.
C．Colin would like to charm animals. D．Colin wanted to have some magic too.
4．What does the underlined word “steadily” in Paragraph 6 probably mean
A．Cheerfully. B．Nervously. C．Smoothly. D．creatively.
5．What was Colin’s magic
A．Slow walk. B．Beautiful nature.
C．Positive thinking. D．Warm friendship.
【答案】1．A 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．C
【难度】0.4
【知识点】记叙文、文学名著
【导语】本文主要叙述了Colin在秘密花园里获得“魔法”终于能走路的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“First everything turned green. Then the green changed to colors—blue, purple and red.”可知文中没有灰色。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据“Colin was sick and thought that he would die soon.”可知在春天来临之前，Colin认为自己快要死了，感到很绝望。故选B。
3．推理判断题。根据“Dickon knows some magic. He charms (迷住) animals and people.”可知Dickon十分了解动物。故选A。
4．词义猜测题。根据“Although he was slow, he did not fall again.”可知Colin走路不再摔倒，能平缓地走了。smoothly“平缓地”符合语境，故选C。
5．推理判断题。根据“I believe that there is magic in everything”和“I can walk! The magic worked!” 可知Colin的魔法是积极的心态。故选C。
B
Brad daydreamed throughout history class and missed an important lesson on the Grand Canal. At night, he found himself stuck when doing his homework on this ancient Chinese project. A moment later, he thought of his Sight Pro, the smart glasses, and put them on.
“Teach me about the Grand Canal.” Before he knew it, this simple instruction took the boy on a journey along the canal. He started in Hangzhou and was now slowly traveling up north toward Yangzhou.
He was taking in the fascinating views on the banks of the canal when Sight Pro suddenly said, “ ★ ”
“Are you giving me a quiz Hmm, bring it on.”
A question appeared before his eyes: “What is the total length of the Grand Canal Is it more than 1,000 kilometers or 2,000 kilometers ”
“I’ll go for 1,000 kilometers.” It took Brad two seconds to decide.
“Wrong answer. The Grand Canal is a system of more than 2,000 kilometers of man-made waterways. It’s the longest in the world.”
Then came the next question: “When did the building of the canal begin ”
“Was it in the 7th century ” Brad responded hesitantly.
“Wrong answer. It started in the 5th century B．C． E. (公元前). After that, different sections were built at different times. In the 7th century, Emperor Yang of Sui expanded (扩大) the canal to its present scale (规模) by linking the sections.”
“How amazing!” Brad continued his journey for a while.
Then came the third question: “Why was the Grand Canal built ”
“To make it easier for people to travel around the country.”
“Wrong answer. Its primary function was to transport food from the rich lands in the south to the capital city in the north. It was also used to transport goods.”
In the end, Brad scored zero on all the questions, but he was pleased that he had learned a lot.
“A big change happened to the Grand Canal during the Yuan Dynasty because the capital was moved to Beijing. Emperors needed new routes,” he wrote in response to one question. “This year is its tenth anniversary as a World Heritage Site (世界文化遗产),” he read out another answer as he wrote it down.
“Mega job, Brad!” Sight Pro’s sweet voice was heard again.
1．Which picture shows the Grand Canal
A． B．
C． D．
2．Which of the following can be put in ★
A．How do you like your journey
B．How beautiful the Grand Canal is!
C．Fun time is over. Here comes the hard part.
D．Enjoy it, right Now it’s time to take me off.
3．Based on which mind-map does Sight Pro raise questions
A． B．
C． D．
4．Why was Brad pleased even if he scored zero
A．Because he learned a lot while having a wonderful time.
B．Because there’s no need for him to finish his homework.
C．Because he got all the answers to the questions in his homework.
D．Because he was very proud of our national heritage.
5．Which might the “one question” be in Para. 16
A．How was the Grand Canal built
B．Why was the capital moved to Beijing
C．How long has the Grand Canal been a World Heritage Site
D．Why was the Grand Canal changed in the Yuan Dynasty
【答案】1．B 2．C 3．B 4．A 5．D
【难度】0.4
【知识点】信息技术、发明与创造、记叙文、景点/建筑
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Brad在历史课上走神，晚上借助智能眼镜Sight Pro学习大运河知识的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据第二段“He started in Hangzhou and was now slowly traveling up north toward Yangzhou.”和常识可知，他从杭州出发，慢慢北上扬州，据此可知，大运河是中国南北走向的人工运河系统；选项B图片内容符合题意。故选B。
2．推理判断题。根据上文“He was taking in the fascinating views on the banks of the canal when Sight Pro suddenly said,”可知，Brad借助Sight Pro在大运河上虚拟旅行欣赏风景，后文开始出现关于大运河的问题测试；选项C“欢乐时光结束，困难部分来了。”自然地从欣赏风景过渡到知识测试，符合语境。故选C。
3．推理判断题。问题围绕大运河的基本信息展开，如长度 (What is the total length of the Grand Canal )、建造时间 (When did the building of the canal begin )以及建造目的 (Why was the Grand Canal built ) 等；选项B思维导图符合题意。故选B。
4．细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“but he was pleased that he had learned a lot”可知，Brad虽答题得零分，但在借助Sight Pro旅行过程中学习到很多知识，享受了这个过程。故选A。
5．细节理解题。根据第十六段“‘A big change happened to the Grand Canal during the Yuan Dynasty because the capital was moved to Beijing. Emperors needed new routes,’ he wrote in response to one question.”可知，这个问题是关于大运河在元朝发生变化的原因；选项D“为什么大运河在元朝发生变化？”符合语境。故选D。
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Mathilde Wittock, a designer from Belgium, makes resting chairs using old tennis balls. She creates them with no wood or plastic. Instead, each of her chairs is made up of 500 tennis balls. It is both stylish and strong.
Wittock wants to help protect the environment because many tennis balls are thrown away and don’t break down easily. About 300 million tennis balls are produced each year— and almost all of them end up in landfills (垃圾填埋场). It takes them over 400 years to decompose. Big tennis events use a large number of balls, like the U. S. Open with 70,000 and Wimbledon with 55,000. The lifecycle of a ball is not long, which usually lasts for nine games.
Wittock receives all her materials from donations, mostly from tennis clubs. It takes Wittock three to four weeks to make a chair. To meet the customers’ needs, she cuts and colours the tennis balls by hand to match their rooms. It takes her much hard work and patience to change how the balls look.
But creation isn’t the only goal. In fact, what’s more important to Wittock is what happens to the chair when it’s old. At the end of her chair’s life, she takes it apart and recycles the tennis balls. The fuzz (绒毛) is burned off, and the ball is cut into pieces to make bouncy mats(弹性垫) for kids to play on. In this way, nothing goes to waste.
1．What does Mathilde Wittock use to make a resting chair
A．Plastic bottles. B．Used tennis balls.
C．Recycled glasses. D．Old wooden boxes.
2．What does the underlined word “decompose” in paragraph 2 probably mean
A．To become chairs. B．To wash away the landfills.
C．To grow from land. D．To divide into smaller parts.
3．What can be learned about tennis balls from paragraph 2
A．They are helpful to the environment.
B．Fewer balls should be used in big matches.
C．Many balls are needed in big tennis events.
D．About 300 million balls are made each month.
4．Where does Wittock get most of the tennis balls for her chairs
A．From landfills. B．From her customers.
C．From tennis clubs. D．From some charities.
5．What’s the last paragraph mainly about
A．How to continuously reduce waste.
B．How to make tennis balls into mats.
C．How to improve the design of chairs.
D．How to take tennis balls apart quickly.
【答案】1．B 2．D 3．C 4．C 5．A
【难度】0.4
【知识点】记叙文、环境保护
【导语】本文主要讲述了来自比利时的设计师Mathilde Wittock用旧网球制作了休息椅的故事。
1．细节理解题。根据“Mathilde Wittock, a designer from Belgium, makes resting chairs using old tennis balls.”可知，Mathilde Wittock使用旧网球来制作休息椅。故选B。
2．词义猜测题。根据“and almost all of them end up in landfills (垃圾填埋场). It takes them over 400 years to decompose”可知，在垃圾填埋场的网球要花费400多年才能分解，“decompose”在文中指分解成较小部分，故选D。
3．推理判断题。根据“Big tennis events use a large number of balls, like the U. S. Open with 70,000 and Wimbledon with 55,000.”可知，大网球赛事如U.S. Open和Wimbledon需要大量的网球，故选C。
4．细节理解题。根据“Wittock receives all her materials from donations, mostly from tennis clubs. ”可知，她主要从网球俱乐部获取材料。故选C。
5．主旨大意题。最后一段提到椅子老化后如何处理网球，强调如何持续减少浪费，选项A符合。故选A。
