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【题目】Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem (干、茎). The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like "hands". A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas "fingers". Each bunch (丛) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren't the sunny yellow color o: bananas. Farmers pick them when they’re green. That's how they're shipped to stores. They turn yellow along t he way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you've got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today

Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

【1】The first paragraph mainly talks about ______.

A. why people like bananas

B. how bananas taste

C. what bananas are rich in

D. where bananas are taken

【2】What is the correct order in which these happen?

a. The bananas begin to turn yellow.

b. A banana plant grows to full height.

c. The flowers produce bananas.

c. The bananas are ready to be picked.

A. c-b-a-d

B. b-c-d-a

C. b-c-a-d

D. c-b-d-a

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The banana plant is a kind of tree.

B. Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas.

C. One bunch of bananas may weigh over 100 pounds.

D. The banana plant usually produces fruit once a year.

【4】Which is the second most popular fruit in America according to the bar chart?

A. Apples.

B. Grapes.

C. Bananas.

D. Oranges.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】文章大意：这篇短文主要介绍了香蕉的优点，并对它的生长、生产、采摘、运输、出售等方面进行了详细的介绍。

【1】段意归纳题。根据第一段的内容Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!香蕉是完美的零食。它们不仅香甜可口，而且很容易携带，所以你可以带他们去任何地方。重要的是，香蕉提供了人体需要的不同的东西。可知本段主要是讲人们为什么喜欢香蕉，故答案选A。

【2】理解排序题。根据文中对香蕉生长、生产、采摘的顺序描述首先是The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.植物长到30英尺高，当它们最高时，花从茎上长出来，这些花生产香蕉；然后是After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked.大约三个月后，香蕉就可以采摘了；最后是Farmers pick them when they’re green. That's how they're shipped to stores. They turn yellow along t he way and are ready to be sold.农民在绿色的时候采摘，这是他们被运送到商店的方式，它们一路变黄，准备被卖掉。可知，B选项符合题意，故答案选B。

【3】理解判断题。A. The banana plant is a kind of tree.香蕉是一种树；根据The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem .可知，香蕉不是一种树，故A选项错误。B. Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas.香蕉喜欢生长在炎热和干燥地区；根据Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain.可知，香蕉生长在温暖而且雨水充足的地方，故B选项错误。C. One bunch of bananas may weigh over 100 pounds.一串香蕉可能超过100磅；根据Each bunch of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.可知，C选项是正确的。D. The banana plant usually produces fruit once a year.香蕉植物通常每年结一次果；根据Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit.可知这些植物每年结两三次果，故D选项错误。本题是问哪个选项是正确的，故答案选C。

【4】图示理解题。题干意为：根据柱状图，美国第二受欢迎的水果是什么？由柱状图中可以看出美国最受欢迎的水果是香蕉，其次是苹果，第三是橘子，最后是葡萄；所以美国第二受欢迎的水果是苹果，故答案选A。