Question

Do you want to know how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.

Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖), a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing.

A chemical called “chlorophyll” in the leaves gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.

During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves.

The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples, sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red colour. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn.

1.Which should be in the box?

A. air B. sugar C. water D. wind

2.The underlined word “chlorophyll” means __________.

A.叶绿素 B. 脂肪 C.蛋白质 D.淀粉

3.The leaves turn yellow because they are short of(缺少) __________.

A. water and CO2

B. glucose and energy

C. sunlight and water

D. sunlight and CO2

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. When autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter.

B. During winter trees live on the food they store in summer.

C. During winter some of yellow and orange colors are still in the leaves.

D. Trees begin to stop making food in summer.

5.This passage tells us_____________.

A. the plants can grow well only with the sunlight

B. there are all kinds of plants on the earth

C. not all the colors of the leaves are from chlorophyll

D. maple leaves change the color as other trees

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

1.考查细节推断题。由短文第二段第三行...turn water and CO2 into glucose.把水和二氧化碳变成葡萄糖，可知答案是C.

2.词义推测题。由短文第三段第一行... gives plants their green colour给植物绿的颜色，可知此题答案是A.

3.细节推断题。由短文第四段第一行 During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water.在冬季期间，没有足够的阳光和水；和最后一行...we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. 我们开始看到黄色和橙色的叶子，可知答案是C.

4.综合推断题。综合全文可知D是错误的。

5.主旨推断题。综合全文可推断出主旨是不是所有的叶子的颜色都来自叶绿素。

考点：说明类短文