Question

【題目】

flower verges

Plantlife, a plant protection organization, is predicting a boost for wild flowers because some councils (地方議會) have stopped mowing (割) wild flower verges or parks in Britain during the COVID- 19 crisis.

Over the years, Plantlife has been urging councils to cut grass less often. It also wants them to put off cutting until flowers have had chance to seed.

The charity says it has seen a change in attitudes in recent years. Now Plantlife's research suggests that mowing has been among the first activities to be cut under the COVID-19 crisis. That's partly because staff are sick or self-isolating (自我隔離), and there is a need to save money as budgets are squeezed (財政預(yù)算緊張). Mr. Dines from Plantlife said that an increase in public support for wild flower verges had already persuaded some councils to limit cutting, which was a fairly welcome change.

In Stockton-on-Tees Borough, grass cutting will be limited to the least levels with the exception of areas where it is needed to ensure public safety. For example, to maintain lines of sight at road junctions (路口). In Newcastle, grass cutting will stop for the time being. In Wigan, the maintenance of non-essential grass cutting will also be stopped for the foreseeable future. Its council has acted quickly to rearrange staff to frontline services, such as trash bin collections.

Meanwhile, the reduction of traffic during the COVID-19 crisis will produce another benefit for wild flowers. Typically, roadside verges are filled with nitrogen emissions (含氮排放氣體). This fertilizes (使肥沃) the tougher species which can use the nitrogen to grow and out-compete more delicate wild flowers. Mr. Dines said: "There has been a great change in the quality of air-we can see so much more clearly into the distance. The lack of pollutants is going to help wildflowers on verges."

【1】Planlife may probably agrees that__________.

A.councils should mow verges or parks more often

B.councils should put off cutting until flowers seed

C.councils should call on the public to support mowing

D.councils should cut its budget to save money in the crisis

【2】The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to__________.

A.give examples of where the grass cutting will not be allowed

B.present how councils have acted to deal with COVID-19 crisis

C.explain the reasons why some councils stop grass cutting for now

D.show the changes in grassing cutting in Britain due to COVID-19 crisis

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Grass cutting will be completely stopped in Stockton-on-Tees Borough.

B.Mowing has been cut under COVID-19 crisis partly due to a lack of staff.

C.Staff in Wigan were rearranged from trash bin collections to grass cutting.

D.Wild flowers can use the nitrogen to grow and out-compete tougher species.

【4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A.Covid-19 crisis could help wildflower grow.

B.The reduction of traffic could help wildflowers.

C.Cutting grass less often could help wildflowers.

D.A change in public attitude could help wildflowers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要講述了英國停止割草活動對野花生長的好處的原因舉例分析。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2大段“Plantlife has been urging councils to cut grass less often. It also wants them to put off cutting until flowers have had chance to seed.” Plantlife一直敦促議會減少除草。還希望他們在花有機會播種之前推遲收割�？芍�，故選B。

【2】段落大意題。根據(jù)第4大段“In Stockton-on-Tees Borough,grass cutting will be limited to the least levels with the exception of areas where it is needed to ensure public safety.”在Stockton-on-Tees Borough，除需要確保公共安全的地區(qū)外，除草將被限制在最低水平；再根據(jù)第4大段“In Wigan, the maintenance of non-essential grass cutting will also be stopped for the foreseeable future.”在維岡，非必要的割草也將停止�？芍�，第4大段主要舉例哪些地區(qū)暫停除草活動。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4大段“In Stockton-on-Tees Borough,grass cutting will be limited to the least levels with the exception of areas where it is needed to ensure public safety.”在Stockton-on-Tees Borough，除需要確保公共安全的地區(qū)外，除草將被限制在最低水平。可知，不是徹底停止，故A錯誤；根據(jù)第3大段“That's partly because staff are sick or self-isolating (自我隔離), and there is a need to save money as budgets are squeezed”那可能因為職員生病或者自我隔離，也因為財政預(yù)算緊張省錢的需要�？芍�，并不是人員減少決定了除草活動，故B錯誤；根據(jù)第4大段“Its council has acted quickly to rearrange staff to frontline services, such as trash bin collections.”委員會迅速采取行動，將工作人員重新安排到第一線服務(wù)部門，比如垃圾桶收集部門�？芍�，人員是從除草安排到垃圾桶收集部門，而不是從垃圾收集部門到除草，故C錯誤；根據(jù)第5大段“This fertilizes (使肥沃) the tougher species which can use the nitrogen to grow and out-compete more delicate wild flowers.”�？芍�，含氮排放氣體可使更強物種發(fā)育壯大，并擠壓嬌嫩野花的生存空間，如今疫情來臨，交通工具廢氣排放減少，對嬌嫩野花的生存是個利好，故D正確。故選D。

【4】最佳標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)第1大段“Plantlife, a plant protection organization, is predicting a boost for wild flowers because some councils (地方議會) have stopped mowing (割) wild flower verges or parks in Britain during the COVID- 19 crisis” Plantlife，一個植物保護組織，預(yù)測一種活動能促進野花生長，因為一些地方議會已停止割草。可知，本文主要講述了停止割草活動對野花的好處。故選C。

閱讀理解題中判斷句子的正誤屬于推理判斷題，是英語試題中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的題型，也是難題之一。4個選項要根據(jù)題干意思一一從原文中查找，有些是關(guān)鍵單詞出錯，有些是句子意思表達有誤。此類判斷題考查學(xué)生對文章句子的深層次理解能力。如第3題，A是程度詞出錯；B是原因出錯；C是細節(jié)理解出錯。所以句子正誤題可以優(yōu)先注意題干中的關(guān)鍵信息，如數(shù)字，地點，程度詞等。