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【题目】 Have you ever heard of ＂a ball of energy＂? People often use it to describe very active children. But today we tell about an invention called the soccket, that is a real soccer ball of energy. Julia Silverman explains that in fact the soccket is a portable generator(便携式发电机).

Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews developed the soccket as part of a group project for an engineering class at Harvard University.

There are mechanisms(装置) in a soccket. When you kick, hit or throw it, energy is then kept in it by these mechanisms instead of disappearing into the environment.

Then the user can put something directly into the ball, like a lamp, or a mobile phone charger so that they can get energy from it.

For every fifteen minutes of the game play, the soccket can provide enough electricity(电) for an LED lamp for three hours, and the ball can store(储藏) up to 24 hours’ electricity.

The International Energy Association reported last year that nearly one and a half billion people in the world had no electricity to use, and most of them live in sub-Saharan Africa and in India and other countries in Asia.

Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews both had experiences in developing countries before they began the project. They knew that power shortages are a serious problem in really areas.

There’s an energy crisis in the world. One out of every five people in the world don’t have any electricity. And besides that, there are a lot of health problems because what people use instead of the electricity are harmful choices like kerosene(煤油) lamps, which produce a lot of smoke.

Julia Silverman says the soccket ball is one small solution(解决方法) to a big problem.

Jessica Matthews and Julia Silverman hope their soccket ball will shine more light on the problem of power shortages. It offers people a chance to put their energy into the world’s most popular sport and get some energy in return.

【1】From the passage, we know the soccket is ________.

A. an active childB. an inventionC. a lampD. a mobile phone

【2】If you play the soccket for half an hour, it can provide an LED lamp with electricity for ________.

A. fifteen minutesB. half an hourC. six hoursD. three hours

【3】The underlined word ＂crisis＂ in the passage means ________.

A. a time of safetyB. a time of difficultyC. a time of successD. a time of pride

【4】We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

A. Julia Silverman has never been to developing countries before

B. Active children like to play soccket

C. kicking a soccket can let the energy disappear into the environment

D. people are expected to get some energy by playing soccket

【5】The best title for the passage should be ＂________＂.

A. The only way to produce electricityB. The best way to solve energy crisis

C. A soccer ball that gives energyD. An invention changing the world

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文介绍了一种被叫做soccket的用来提供能量的发明．这是一个真正的充满能量的足球，实际上soccket是一个便携式发动机，是由JuliaSilverman和JessicaMatthews两人研制的，Jessica Matthews和Julia Silverman希望soccket球将为解决世界电力短缺这一难题带来希望和光明．

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“But today we tell about an invention called the soccket”可知这种被叫做soccket的是一个发明。故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第五段“For every fifteen minutes of the game play, the soccket can provide enough electricity(电) for an LED lamp for three hours在每玩15分钟的游戏中，SOCCKET就可以为一盏LED灯提供足够的电力供三个小时使用。”那么结合题意，玩半小时，也就是两个15分钟，推出正好是三个小时的2倍即六个小时。故选C。

【3】词义猜测题。根据后句 One out of every five people in the world don't have any electricity 世界上每五个人中就有一个没有电，推出前句应是说不好的事情，即世界存在着能源危机，结合选项只有 B a time of difficulty "困难时期"与之意义相似。故选：B。

【4】推理判断题。根据第七段 Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews both had experiences in developing countries before they began the project ．可知 Julia Silverman 和Jessica Matthews两人以前都去过发展中国家，故 A 错 B 选项"活跃的孩子喜欢 soccket "，从文中找不到相关依据，故排除；根据第三段 When you kick， hit or throw it，energy is then kept in it by these mechanisms instead of disappearing into the environment.可知当你踢,打或扔它,能源就被这些装置保存在里面,而不是消失到环境中.C的说法正好与此相反,故错误；根据第八段 There' s an energy crisis in the world世界存在着能源危机,结合最后两段的内容Julia Silverman says the socket ball is one small solation(解决方法) to a big problem. Jessica Matthews and Julia Silverman hope their socket ball will shine more light on the problem of power shortages, Julia Silverman说soccket球是个解决这个大难题的方案. Jessica Matthews和 Julia Silverman希望soccket球将为解决电力短缺的问题带来希望和光明,可推出人们期望通过玩 soccket获得一些能量,故D的说法正确,故选D。

【5】主旨大意题。根据第一段 But today we tell about an invention called the soccket ， that is a real soccer ball of energy ，联系全文内容可知本文就是介绍了一种叫做 soccket 的能够提供能量的足球的情况。故 C ： A soccer ball that gives energy "一个提供能量的足球"作为题目最合适。故选C

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2.分清文章的主要思想及次要思想。

3.寻找文章的逻辑思路。

4.核对问题中各项选择与文章中有关词句的联系。

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