题目内容
9.NEW YORK-Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes,or a couple of hours if they head for the woods.Dave Murbach needs 11months.Almost every day of every year,Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.
Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattan's Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.
"I'm always looking for a tree,"the center's chief gardener says."I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer.It's like a homework assignment hanging over your head."
And if he gets it wrong,there's nothing hiding it.
"Every day it's up,400,000people go by,and 2.5million people watch the lighting celebration on television,"he says.
This year's tree,a 74-foot Nomy spruce (云杉) from Richfield,Ohio,flown to New York on the world's largest cargo plane,was lighted on December 2.
The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York-a tradition dating back to 1931,when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments (装饰品).
The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.
Murbach has three standards:The tree must be at least 65feet high,at least 35feet across and leaves dense (密集的) enough not to see through.
That's not as simple as it sounds.Though forests are full of evergreens,few get enough sunlight or space to fill out.And branches in snow regions often break under the weight,making trees unbalanced.
Back at the office,he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees,many addressed simply to"Mr.Christmas Tree Man."
Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night,Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people:"It's for bringing people together,attempting to bring together people you love.That's what I hope it sets off."But Murbach says he's always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.
41.Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?D
a.Murbach's thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.
b.2.5million people watch the Christmas tree.
c.The tree is flown to New York.
d.It was lighted on December 2.
e.The tree is chopped up.
f.Murbach searches for the tree.
A.a,b,c,d,e,f B.c,d,b,f,e,a
C.c,d,e,b,a,f D.a,f,c,d,b,e
42.Murbach spends a lot of timeB that are exhibited in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.
A.taking care of Christmas trees
B.deciding on the perfect evergreens
C.sorting the letters from people
D.deciding the TV programs
43.Why does Murbach take his job seriously?A
A.Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.
B.Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.
C.Because he enjoys showing off.
D.Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.
44.According to Murbach's standard of trees,the best tree mustD.
A.be evergreen
B.have lots of space between their branches
C.be tall enough not to see through
D.be equally balanced
45.What kind of person do you think Murbach is?C
A.A person always ignoring his family.
B.A person full of love.
C.A person devoted to his work.
D.A person with great anxiety.
分析 本文叙述了Murbach对于工作的认真的态度,他为了曼哈顿的洛克菲勒中心展览的常青树,他花费了11个月的时间来寻找.他想要每一个人都对他的选择满意.
解答 41-45 DBADC
41.答案D.排序题.根据第二段Almost every day of every year,Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.可知a为最先,故排除BC;根据第三段Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree他去寻找树,可知f为最后,应该排除A,故选D.
42.答案B.细节理解题.根据Dave Murbach needs 11 months.Murbach花费了很长的时间挑选常青树,故选B.
43.答案A.细节理解题.根据Murbach's thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone's breath away.他希望每个人都满意他的选择,故选A.
44.答案D.细节理解题.根据And branches in snow regions often break under the weight,making trees unbalanced.最好的树就是均衡发展的树,故选D.
45.答案C.细节理解题.根据短文的内容可知Murbach 对工作很忠诚的,故选C.
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