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1、? 北京天梯志鸿教育科技有限责任公司 专题专题 14 阅读理解（押题专练）阅读理解（押题专练）-2017 年高考二轮年高考二轮 复习英语复习英语 一、 What are the chances of a 100- year- old chocolate candy falling in your treat bag this Halloween？Though Goo Goo Clusters may not be as familiar as Kit Kat or Hershey bars，people of all ages have enjoyed this Southern staple
2、(产品)for an entire century. In 1901，a 19- year- old named Howell Campbell opened a candy store in Nashville， Tennessee.He made all kinds of sweets and hard candies with just two copper kettles and about a dozen employees.Then，in 1912，he made the first candy to combine chocolate with other ingredients
3、 such as caramel，marshmallow nougat，and peanuts.Originally，these clusters were hand- wrapped and sold under the counter at a few local stores with a sign reading，“A nourishing lunch for a nickel.” Now，they are known as Goo Goo Clusters.Nearly 20，000 of these chocolate treats are made per hour in a f
4、actory in Nashville. What else makes a Goo Goo so special？“In addition to it being the very firstever combination confection created，its shape also makes it quite unique，” says Beth Sachan，Goo Goo Clusters senior marketing manager.“The Goo Goo Cluster is a big， imperfectly round mound of deliciousne
5、ss！” The 100th anniversary of the Goo Goo Cluster is being celebrated throughout the month of October，the biggest candy- selling month of the year.About 40 restaurants in the Nashville area have created unique desserts inspired by Goo Goo Clusters to serve to their customers. Additionally，a Goo Goos
6、ponsored race called the “Jogn Hog” was held in Nashville on October 13.Adults and children ran three miles to the finish line after eating at least one of six Goo Goo Clusters from a bag they were given at the halfway point.A golden Goo Goo was hidden in one of the bags.The winner received a $100 g
7、ift certificate to the candys website， .After the race，a scavenger hunt was held throughout the city. 【语篇导读】 本文是一篇说明文。 作者介绍了一个世纪以来一直受人们欢迎的巧克力 食品Goo Goo Clusters。文章涉及该产品的起源、发展和特点以及百年纪念活动。 1We can learn from the first paragraph that Goo Goo Clusters_. 2 Aare much better than other candies Blook like K
8、it Kat and Hershey bars Chave been popular to the customers Dwill be sold out by this Halloween 1 C 细节理解题。 根据第一段中的“.people of all ages have enjoyed this Southern staple for an entire century.”可知，一个世纪以来，Goo Goo Clusters 一直受人们的喜爱。 2Whats the purpose of the sign according to this passage? ATo draw more
9、 peoples attention. BTo encourage people to buy the clusters. CTo make a large amount of money. DTo persuade people to eat hard candies. 3The customers would like to enjoy Goo Goo Clusters probably because of_ Aits shape and deliciousness Bits package and design Cits weight and combination Dits fair
10、 price and low cost 3A 细节理解题。第三段中提到 Goo Goo Clusters 的特别之处，由此可知，是它们的 形状和美味让人们喜欢吃的。 4The 100th anniversary of the Goo Goo Cluster is being celebrated by_ Aholding a race in Nashville Bopening a lot of restaurants Cgiving away many gift certificates Doffering specially designed desserts 4D 细节理解题。由第四段最
11、后一句可知，大约 40 家饭馆制作了很特别的点心。 5Where can we find this text? AIn a magazine on diet. 3 BIn a textbook on history. CIn a website on culture. DIn a guidebook on tour. 5A 推理判断题。本文的话题与食品有关，可能会在美食杂志上看到该文章。 高频词汇 confection n. 甜点，精工制作的物品 imperfectly adv. 有缺点地；不完美地 mound n. 堆；小山岗 【长难句分析】 Adults and children ran
12、three miles to the finish line after eating at least one of six Goo Goo Clusters from a bag they were given at the halfway point.在半路上，大人和 孩子们会得到一个装有 6 个 Goo Goo Clusters 的包，他们在吃掉其中的至少一个之后跑三英 里到达终点。 该句为复合句。其中 after 是介词，引出一个介词短语说明时间；“they were given.”是 定语从句，修饰 a bag。 二、 A food chain is a simple way of
13、 explaining how each living thing gets its food.For example， a simple African food chain might consist of three parts：(1)trees and bushes；(2)giraffes; and(3)lions.Each link in a food chain is food for the next link.Food chains always start with plants and end with animals. Plants are at the bottom o
14、f the food chain.Scientists call them producers，because they use light energy from the sun to produce food from carbon dioxide and water through photosynthesis(光合作用)Animals，unlike plants，cant produce their own food.Instead，they must eat plants or other animals.This is why scientists call them consum
15、ers. Consumer animals fall into three categories.Herbivores eat only plants.Carnivores eat only other animals.Omnivores eat both plants and animals.In addition to producers and consumers， there are also decomposers.These organisms，such as bacteria and fungi，feed on decaying matter.They help the food
16、 chain by speeding up the decaying process that releases minerals back into the soil to be absorbed by plants as nutrients. Most food chains have only four or five links in them.As you go up a food chain，the amount 4 of energy at each level diminishes，because some of the energy is lost in the form of waste or is used up by the organism
