题目内容
20.Used in a highly competitive sport,the curling stones are made to exact standards.First,stones are sliced and then into round"cheeses".Finally,the cheeses are shaped and polished into curling stones in a series of precise steps.
Each stone must weigh 44pounds.Each must have a maximum diameter (直径) of 36inches.Polishing is done by hand on a wheel using water,diamond-talcum power,and felt.Finishing the stone's"running edge"is done entirely by hand with a special kind of paper and a digital measure and magnifying glass (放大镜).Lastly,a handle is fitted into holes on the top of the stone.Stones are computer-matched into pairs.Sixteen stones-8pairs-are needed for a game,and since curling game field usually have 6lanes,each game field needs 96matched stones!
Kays is a small firm,employing than ten skilled workers.Master craftsman and co-owner James Wyllie is skilled at all phases of curling stone making and is also an enthusiastic curler,as well as active member of Mauchline's Burns Club,which meets regularly to honor well-known Mauchline residents.
59.What IS true about Kays?A
A.It is a family business.
B.It's a brand of curling stones.
C.It's a place in Scotland.
D.It's the name of a curling stone dealer.
60.How many curling stones are needed for two games happening at the same time?C
A.8. B.16.
C.32. D.96.
61.Which of the following shows the right process of making a curling stone?D
A.Slicing-shaping-polishing.
B.Weighing-measuring-polishing.
C.Cutting-running-edging-computer-matching
D.Cutting-measuring--shaping--polishing.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了中国在苏格兰唯一的冰壶石制造商,冰壶石的制造十分麻烦,从切割到测量到打磨抛光都需要十分精细,因此用的都是熟练的老工人.
解答 59.A.细节理解题.根据文章第一段""Kays of Scotland has been making curling stones since 1851,when William Kay and his sons Andrew and Thomas set up a workshop in Mauchline"可知Kays是由William Kay一家建立的,因此这是一个家族企业;故选A.
60.C.细节理解题.根据文章第三段"Sixteen stones-8pairs-are needed for a game"可知一个游戏需要16个 stones-8pairs,因此两个游戏需要32个;故选C.
61.D.细节理解题.根据文章第二段"the curling stones are made to exact standards.First,stones are sliced and then into round"cheeses".Finally,the cheeses are shaped and polished into curling stones in a series of precise steps"可知curling stone的制作过程是Cutting-measuring--shaping--polishing;故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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