题目内容
The pine tree is a special kind of tree. _______1_______ This is because many people put pine trees in their homes at Christmas time. They decorate the tree with colored lights, and put Christmas presents under the tree.
Pine trees are different from other trees because most other trees lose their leaves in winter. _____2_____ So pine trees are also called evergreens.
_____3_____ They have hard, thin leaves called needles. Pine trees also have pine cones. Pine cones look like hard berries. If you walk in a forest, you will see many pine cones on the ground. ______4_____ When the seeds fall to the ground, a new tree starts to grow.
______5_____ The wood is used to make furniture and boats. Many kinds of birds build their nests in pine trees. The seeds of pine trees are food for small animals such as squirrels and mice and for bigger animals such as rabbits and black bears. The needles are good food for large animals such as deer and moose when they cannot find anything to eat in the winter.
If you walk in a forest of pine trees, the air has a wonderful smell. In winter, the white snow on the dark green trees looks very beautiful.
A. Inside the pine cones are seeds
B. Pine trees are valuable for many reasons
C. Pine trees are very beautiful all year round
D. Some people call the pine tree a Charismas tree.
E. Pine trees do not have soft leaves like the maple tree.
F. Pine trees stay green all year long, even in winter.
G. The seeds inside the pine cones are the favorite food for some animals.
D
F
E
A
B
【解析】
试题分析:
这个空是在一段文字之后,这句话起承上启下的作用。根据上下文故选D
根据Pine trees are different from other trees because most other trees lose their leaves in winter. 既然松树不同于其他的树,那它就是冬天不落叶子了,故选F
根据They have hard, thin leaves called needles E既然空的后面说的是叶子,那么前面就说的也是树叶的情况。
根据If you walk in a forest, you will see many pine cones on the ground.和When the seeds fall to the ground, a new tree starts to grow.可知这里说的是松树的种子。故选A
根据The wood is used to make furniture and boats. Many kinds of birds build their nests in pine trees. The seeds of pine trees are food for small animals such as squirrels and mice and for bigger animals such as rabbits and black bears. The needles are good food for large animals such as deer and moose when they cannot find anything to eat in the winter.这是例举松树的用途。故选B
考点:这是一篇说明文
点评:本文主要介绍了圣诞树---松树,它为什么会成为圣诞树,介绍了它的叶子、种子及用途等。补全对话是近几年的全国卷的高考题型,主语考查考生的对上下文的理解分析归纳的能力。做此题时,一定要通读全文,注意上下文之间的关系。
When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I would make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have the three-day holiday posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a little snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (饰品) shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the Gates boy to cut it," my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when in great need... such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon."
The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Crystal(水晶) Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little awkwardly(难看) at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It's not like the one you used to find," my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn't know where to look for a better one. But I couldn't be fussy(挑剔的)."
"Don't worry," I told her. "It's perfect."
It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: All Christmas trees are perfect.
【小题1】What did his mother's Christmas tree look like?
【小题2】From the passage we can infer (推断) that______.
A.all the soldiers had the three-day holiday |
B.the writer could not go home for Christmas |
C.the writer spent his first Christmas during the war |
D.not all the soldiers went home for Christmas during the war |
A.his mother didn't like Christmas trees |
B.the writer didn't like the tree cut by someone else |
C.the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees |
D.his mother didn't want to have a Christmas tree during wartime |
A.The Perfect Christmas Tree |
B.How to Choose a Christmas Tree |
C.How Soldiers Spent Their Christmas |
D.A Christmas with an Ugly Christmas Tree |
A.Nothing is as perfect as Christmas. |
B.Once at home, everything is so nice. |
C.During the war, trees are hard to find. |
D.All Christmas trees are the most beautiful. |
Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?
In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?
In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand?
Let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
1. According to the passage ______.
A.sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things |
B.there should be egg in an eggplant |
C.pineapples are the apples on the pine tree |
D.boxing rings should be round |
2.Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?
A.A wise man and a wise guy. |
B.Overlook and oversee. |
C.Quite a lot and quite a few. |
D.Hot as hell and cold as hell. |
3.The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.
A.blow |
B.roll up |
C.get hurt |
D.finish |
4. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.