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【题目】 The Tokyo Summer Olympics is going green. The 5,000 medals Japan has made are more special than most.

One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable”—to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are easy on the environment. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.

Almost all electronics are made with small amounts of "precious metals", like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals was a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 1 kilogram of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, the organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices. Soon people began to respond to the initiative, turning in smartphones, digital cameras, hand-held games, and laptops. At first, collection went slowly, but soon more and more areas began to take part. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process.

Then came the job of breaking those devices down into smaller pieces. After being taken apart and sorted, the small electronics were smelted (熔炼) to get all the gold, silver, and bronze elements. This is a tricky job, which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.

By the end of March, 2019, the organizers had hit their targets of getting enough metal for the medals. They had collected around3xkilograms of gold, 4,100 kilograms of silver and 2,200 kilograms of bronze. And now all the 5,000 medals are available for the would-be winners.

【1】What can we know about the Tokyo Olympics medals?

A.They are hugely valuable.

B.They are of high quality.

C.They are designed uniquely.

D.They are made from e-waste.

【2】What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A.The difficulty of making the medals.

B.The process of collecting old electronics.

C.The initiative to recycle used smartphones.

D.The classification of the collected devices.

【3】The underlined word “tricky”in Paragraph 5 means“ ”.

A.creativeB.well-paid

C.demandingD.time-consuming

【4】What's the purpose of Tokyo's way of making the medals?

A.To advocate sustainable use of resources.

B.To promote the spirit of Olympic Games.

C.To introduce a new technique to make medals.

D.To call people's attention to environmental damage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了东京夏运会奖牌将采用回收的电子垃圾制作而成，以及该活动的目的意义。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二段As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.(作为这一目标的一部分，组织者决定用旧电子产品回收的金属制成所有的奥运奖牌。)可知，东京奥运会金牌是由电子废料制成的。故选D。

【2】主旨大意题。根据第四段内容可知，从2017年4月开始，组织者在全国各地放置了收集箱，并要求人们上交他们的旧电子设备。很快，人们开始对倡议做出反应，上交智能手机、数码相机、手持游戏和笔记本电脑。起初，收集工作进展缓慢，但很快越来越多的地区开始参与。 到目前为止，已有1621个地方政府提供了帮助。因此推断本段主要讲述了收集旧电子产品的过程。故选B。

【3】词句猜测题。根据划线句后的which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.

可知，这需要细心地关注和良好的技能，这也是危险的，因为一些金属和其他东西对于人们的触摸和呼吸是不安全的。因此推断这是一个要求高的工作。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据第二段One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable”—to avoid using too many natural resources可知东京奥运会的一个新焦点是“可持续发展的”——避免使用太多的自然资源。因此推断 东京制作这种奖牌的目的是倡导资源可持续利用。故选A。.

在阅读中我们经常会考查猜测词义或句意题。事实上，阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。运用逻辑推理猜测词义或句意是使用最广考查最多也最易失分的猜词方式，这要求考生具备整合分散、复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文（各种已知信息）并结合具体的语境推测、判断某些词或短语的词义。例如第3小题，根据划线句后的which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.可知，这需要细心地关注和良好的技能，这也是危险的，因为一些金属和其他东西对于人们的触摸和呼吸是不安全的。因此推断这是一个要求高的工作。故选C。