【1】

If the temperature rises by 5 degrees tomorrow, you will probably take off just one coat. But such a change in the average world temperature would be a serious problem. Many animals and plants would not be able to deal with these changes, and would die.

The UNEP(联合国环境规划署) released（发布）the Report 2012 on November 21, 2012. It says that if we don’t take action now, the world temperature will have risen by 3 to 5 degrees by the end of this century.

A large rise in temperatures could be terrible for us and for many other living things on Earth. Sea levels will rise because higher temperatures will cause melting ice flow into the sea.Large coastal (沿海的) cities in countries such as the Netherlands and Bangladesh could be flooded.

Some plants such as corn and sugarcane (甘蔗) will not grow well in higher temperatures. Some countries, such as Brazil and parts of Africa, will not have enough food. The change may cause less rain and even make some places very dry.

On November 26, people from around 200 nations and regions gathered again in Doha (多哈) for the annual UN climate talks.“Climate change is coming to all human beings and effective actions need to be taken to deal with it.”president of the conference said at the opening ceremony. 

【1】What will you probably do if the temperature rises by 5 degrees tomorrow?

【2】When was the Report 2012 released by the UNEP?

【3】Why will sea level rise?

【4】Where did they attend the annual UN climate talks?

【5】As a student, what action will you take to deal with the rising temperatures?（请自拟一句话）

答案

【1】We will probably take off just one coat.

【2】On November , .

【3】Because higher temperatures will cause melting ice flow into the sea.

【4】In Doha.

【5】意对，言之有理即可。

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是气温升高对我们的生活及地球环境带来的一些问题以及人们为了应对这些问题所采取的一些行动。

【1】根据第一段If the temperature rises by 5 degrees tomorrow, you will probably take off just one coat. 描述，可知答：We will probably take off just one coat.

【2】根据第二段The UNEP(联合国环境规划署) released（发布）the Report 2012 on November 21, 2012. 描述，可知答：On November.

【3】根据第三段Sea levels will rise because higher temperatures will cause melting ice flow into the sea.描述，可知答：Because higher temperatures will cause melting ice flow into the sea.

【4】根据最后一段On November 26, people from around 200 nations and regions gathered again in Doha (多哈) for the annual UN climate talks.描述，可知答：In Doha.

【5】这篇短文主要讲述的是气温升高对我们的生活及地球环境带来的一些问题。故有针对性的提出一条措施即可，注意表达规范。意对，言之有理即可。

点评：本题中个别不能直接从文中找到答案，需要自己根据相关内容分析总结。一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。

【2】

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a“sixth sense”really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared(盯着）at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker,“I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

【1】The aim of the two experiments is to ________.

A．explain when people can have a sixth sense

B．study how people act while being watched in the lab

C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D．prove why humans have a sixth sense

【2】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A．value B．result C．performance   D．connection

【3】In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A．could tell when they were stared at

B．could tell where they weren’t stared at

C．couldn’t tell who they were stared at or who they stared at

D．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t

【4】What can be learned from the passage?

A．People are born with a sixth sense.

B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D．People have a sixth sense in all places.

答案

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了两个测试第六感的实验，通过实验告诉我们第六感并不存在。

【1】根据短文第二段描述，可知这两个实验主要是为了验证第六感的存在，故选C。

【2】根据下文of his two experiments,及上文描述，可知此处指的是实验结果，故选B，结果。

【3】根据倒数第二段Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 描述，可知选D。

【4】根据短文描述，可知在两个实验中的受试者没有第六感。故选C。

点评：本文难度较大，个别需要根据相关内容进行推理总结。首先要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，掌握短文大意，然后带着问题再读短文，找出相关段落，分析总结，判断出正确选项。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查和原文的异同。

【3】

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation—and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?”They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. It’s a tradition that Chinese people offer lots of food when they invite others to dinner. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.

Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜) home.

Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China. It’s said that 2 billion tons(吨) of food ends up as waste every year in our country. This is as much as half of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a“Think, Eat, Save” program on January 24 to help reduce food waste.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

【1】The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to __________.

A．do volunteer work  B．work part time in restaurants

C．stop wasting food  D．wash their plates after dinner

【2】What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?

A．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

【3】From the passage , we can know that __________.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China

B．Chinese people waste the most food in January

C．200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day

D．Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests

【4】You can probably read this passage _________.

A．in a science book   B．in a newspaper

C．in a tourist guide    D．in an advertisement

答案

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个由一名高中生发起的光盘行动，号召人们解决食物。这个活动收到了很多人的支持，央视对此进行了报道。

【1】根据第二段The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.描述，可知选C。

【2】根据第四段In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. 描述，可知选B。

【3】根据倒数第二段Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China.描述，可知选A。

【4】这是一篇关于食物浪费问题的短文，故最有可能出自一篇新闻报道。故选B。

点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。

【4】

I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.

One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.

Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.

Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.

【1】On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.

A．find an old man with a saxophone      B．see a river

C．hear the old man’s music     D．imagine the sound

【2】The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.

A．having a saxophone

B．the old man near the river

C．having a cap and a saxophone as the boy

D．playing the saxophone on TV

【3】The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.

A．as soon as he got it

B．after he read the instruction

C．after he tried many times

D．after his father taught him

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The magic day.      B．My birthday present.

C．The old man and the statue. D．My dream of playing saxophone.

答案

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了作者学习吹萨克斯管的经历。

【1】根据第一段I couldn’t hear his music 描述，可知选C。

【2】根据第二段I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.描述，可知选D。

【3】根据第三段I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play.描述，可知选C。

【4】这篇短文主要围绕作者想要吹萨克斯管的梦想进行描述，故选D。

点评：本文浅显易懂，各个都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查和原文的异同。