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【題目】 During Amsterdam’s chaotic rush hour, nine-year-old Lotta Crok cycles to a very busy crossing. “Look,” she says. “There’s traffic coming from everywhere. Four buses from four different directions. For a child on a bike that’s really confusing!”

Lotta is the first junior cycle mayor in the world and her working area is the Dutch capital. You would think this challenge would be superfluous in a city known as the bicycle capital of the world. The number of bicycles in Amsterdam is estimated at 810,000 more than the city’s 750,000 inhabitants and 63% of the population cycle daily.

But children who cycle in Amsterdam face challenges. Lotta says: “The three biggest problems for us are cars, cycling tourists and scooters(小型摩托). The cars take up too much space, the tourists are always swinging side to side and stop when you least expect it, and the scooters simply run you over.”

Lotta became junior cycle mayor in June last year when she won a contest in which school children were asked to come up with plans to make cycling safer and more fun. Her idea was to add children’s bikes to the popular bike share programme.

Since Lotta was appointed junior cycle mayor, she has been busy giving interviews, opening cycling contests in the city and being a jury member during the Amsterdam Light Parade, an event in which Amsterdammers decorate their bikes with lights.

She is now planning a meeting with the city’s mayor to discuss ideas that children have come up with: “One of our proposals is a bicycle park where children can learn how to cycle. Right now, most of us learn it in the street, which can be quite busy. Another idea is to create an app for tourists to teach them the rules of cycling, because most of them really don’t know.”

Following the success of the Amsterdam plan, cycle mayors around the world are now planning to appoint junior colleagues. “They see it works really well,” Boerma, the senior major, says. “I talk to the parents. Lotta talks to the children. And if you look at the city through the eyes of a child, you will also make it accessible for others. A city that’s good for an eight-year-old is also good for an 88-year-old.”

【1】Why is a junior cycle mayor appointed in Amsterdam?

A.To teach children how to ride.

B.To ensure cycling is safer for children.

C.To give suggestions to the city’s mayor on how to run the city.

D.To organize the cycling contests in the city.

【2】Which word can best replace the underlined word “superfluous” in paragraph 2?

A.ImportantB.UnnecessaryC.DifficultD.Valuable

【3】What’s Boerma’s attitude to the junior cycle mayor?

A.FavorableB.CautiousC.AmbiguousD.Disapproving

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

本文是記敘文。一個九歲的小女孩當(dāng)選為阿姆斯特丹的自行車小市長，負(fù)責(zé)所在工作區(qū)域內(nèi)的自行車相關(guān)工作。設(shè)立自行車小市長是為了確保兒童騎自行車更安全。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段There’s traffic coming from everywhere. Four buses from four different directions. For a child on a bike that’s really confusing!可知阿姆斯特丹到處都是車流，四輛公共汽車來自四個不同的方向。對于一個騎自行車的孩子來說，這真的很讓人困惑!第四段Lotta became junior cycle mayor in June last year when she won a contest in which school children were asked to come up with plans to make cycling safer and more fun.可知Lotta被任命為自行車小市長是因?yàn)樗�提出了讓騎自行車更安全、更有趣的計(jì)劃。由此推知阿姆斯特丹任命自行車小市長是為了確保兒童騎自行車更安全。故選B。

【2】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)句中的a city known as the bicycle capital of the world和下句The number of bicycles in Amsterdam is estimated at 810,000 more than the city’s 750,000 inhabitants and 63% of the population cycle daily.可知阿姆斯特丹被稱為世界自行車之都，自行車在這里是主要的，人們熟練使用的交通工具，設(shè)立自行車小市長沒有必要，是多余的。下段But children who cycle in Amsterdam face challenges.與上文形成轉(zhuǎn)折，所以畫線詞語superfluous應(yīng)該是“沒有必要的，多余的”，與unnecessary同義，故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“They see it works really well,” Boerma, the senior major, says. “I talk to the parents. Lotta talks to the children. And if you look at the city through the eyes of a child, you will also make it accessible for others. A city that’s good for an eight-year-old is also good for an 88-year-old.”可知Boerma認(rèn)為任命自行車小市長很有效，可以用孩子的眼光看城市，管理城市。由此判斷出Boerma對這一舉措是贊成的，故選A。

詞義猜測題是高考閱讀理解中常考題型之一，我們可以運(yùn)用：

1.語境猜詞，猜測詞義離不開上下文的語境，通過上下文提供的情景和線索進(jìn)行合理的分析，同時還要關(guān)注其所在的整段及整篇文章。

2.邏輯猜詞可以根據(jù)同義詞、反義詞、因果關(guān)系詞等猜測詞義，例如，similarly, the same as, but, however, while, on the other hand, since ,because等，所猜詞與這些提示詞前/后面部分的含義一樣、相反或是前因后果。

小題2可以運(yùn)用上面的兩種方法，根據(jù)句中的a city known as the bicycle capital of the world和下句The number of bicycles in Amsterdam is estimated at 810,000 more than the city’s 750,000 inhabitants and 63% of the population cycle daily.可知阿姆斯特丹被稱為世界自行車之都，自行車在這里是主要的，人們熟練使用的交通工具，設(shè)立自行車小市長沒有必要，是多余的。下段But children who cycle in Amsterdam face challenges.與上文形成轉(zhuǎn)折，所以畫線詞語superfluous應(yīng)該是“沒有必要的，多余的”，與unnecessary同義。故選B。