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1、精编优选练(十八)阅读理解-主旨大意题2(限时：25分钟)AWhile still a young child, Morales Casanova saw neighborhood children harm local trees and even their own pets. So she formed a group called Humanity United to Nature in Harmony for Beauty, Welfare, and Goodness to address the problem. Through small group meetings, she
2、taught friends to grow plants and care for pets, inspiring a new respect for nature. A few years later, at age 13, she sent the president a proposal (提议) for creating a protected area to train children about environmental issues. He awarded her the National Youth Award for Environmental Protection.
3、That backing helped her group to expand its grassroots youth conservation projects through her home state. In 2007 the state capital donated land that let her realize a longheld dream of opening an environmental education park. Opened in 2013, Ceiba Pentandra Park provides a free, interactive (互动的)
4、learning experience for children and teachers on topics ranging from climate change to wildlife protection and the effects of pollution. The parks unusual aspect is its teachers：other children. “I think children have great potential to be leaders，”Morales Casanova says.Park students who show leaders
5、hip ability are trained to be educators. They learn to speak in front of groups, plan activities, and do fundraising for projects that they design and manage themselves.“When kids see other kids making a real difference, it gives them confidence that they can do it，too，” Morales Casanova says.The ch
6、ildren we work with are growing up with new values. They are already taking action to change not only their own lifestyles, but also the minds of families and teachers.”语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了Morales Casanova在推动环保事业方面所做出的贡献。她认为对孩子们进行环保教育是解决环境问题的一个非常有效的方法，她曾就此给总统提议，并得到了认可。1Which can best replace the und
7、erlined word “backing”in Paragraph 3?AApproval.BProtection.CRequest. DOpportunity. 解析：词义猜测题。第二段中提到Morales Casanova向总统提议建一个保护区对孩子们进行环保教育，总统授予了她一个奖项。画线词后面的内容是说她之前创立的组织得到了扩展，并在她所在州的帮助下实现了自己成立环保教育公园的梦想，由此可以推测，此处的backing指的是总统对她所从事的事业的认可。答案：A2What is special about Ceiba Pentandra Park?AIt has children edu
8、cators.BIt trains teachers for schools.CIt focuses on reducing pollution.DIt involves local government leaders.解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的Ceiba Pentandra Park，我们可以找到文章中对应的信息是第四、五段内容，通过快速阅读这两段内容，我们可以找到与special对应的信息“The parks unusual aspect is its teachers：other children.”，再结合“Park students who show leadership ab
9、ility are trained to be educators.”可知，Morales Casanova认为孩子们有当领导者的潜力，所以她们选择有这方面潜力的孩子们，并将他们培养成公园的老师。这正是这个公园与众不同的地方，故选A项。B项的错误在于他们培养的老师是为公园服务的，并不是从事学校工作的；C项的污染问题只是他们关注的一个方面，并非其特色；D项文章中并未提及。答案：A3What does Morales Casanova stress in solving environment problems?AEducation. BDonation.CExperience. DConfide
10、nce.解析：推理判断题。通读文章，根据第一段中的“taught friends to.”，第二段中的“train children.”，第三段中的“an environmental education park”和第四段中的“its teachers”等不难看出，Morales Casanova认为对孩子们进行环保教育是解决环境问题的一个非常有效的方法。答案：A4What is the best title for the text? ARespect for NatureBNew Values in LifeCBuilding Leadership Skills in StudentsDS
11、aving Environment through Children解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了Morales Casanova在推动环保事业方面所做出的贡献，她主要是通过对孩子们进行环保教育来提高他们的环保意识，然后通过他们的改变来影响周围的人，从而使人们从身边的点点滴滴做起，为环保事业尽自己的一份力。故D项作标题最恰当。答案：DBBoom said at the Paris Air Show Tuesday that passengers could fly between London and New York aboard a supersonic (超音速的) co
12、mmercial airplane in about 2.5 hours within the next six years. The company also aims to shuttle passengers from San Francisco to Tokyo in 5.5 hours, vs the current 11hour travel time. Flights from Los Angeles to Sydney would take just under 7 hours, compared with the current 15 hours. “Airlines are
13、 eager to find something new and different to offer their passengersand were thrilled that major world airlines share our idea of a future of faster, more accessible supersonic travel，” Blake Scholl, Booms founder, said at the show. Five airlines have already placed more than 70 orders for Booms fas
14、terthansound passenger airliners, the company announced.Some experts, however, are skeptical that Boom can make its idea a reality and offer a product that makes financial sense. The European aircraft Concorde, which ended its transatlantic supersonic flight in 2003, was never commercially workable,
15、 and with an airfare of $20,000, appealed to only a very narrow slice of travelers, said Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. Fuel economy, unproven technology，and regulations against supersonic commercial flight are key difficulties Boom faces，Mann said.There are also some travel limitations. T
16、he United States and many other countries do not allow supersonic commercial flights over land，because of the loud shock wave that can be annoying to communities below. But a Boom spokesman said that its passenger airliner is being designed to minimize the noise it makes and that Boom will work to change those regulations. The
