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【題目】 It was winter but people were everywhere in London at the weekend. They were in T-shirts or sandals (涼鞋). Monday was another warm day, without a cloud in the sky, and in the late afternoon the light took on a magical, honey-coloured color. It brought to mind one of those summer evenings you experienced in childhood, when you’d be in the park all day and your parents let you stay out until bedtime, and you felt like you were doing something deliciously naughty just by being there.

It wasn’t early summer: it was February. And the entire developed world has been attacking the global ecosystem (全球生態(tài)系統) for many years, and that’s how we go into this pickle.

We should try to hold on to this fact that this is not supposed to be happening. Less than a month ago, there was a video of extreme ( 極 端 的 ) cold weather coming out of Chicago. Water poured from cups immediately froze on its way to the ground. OK, that was on the other side of the world, and its temperature was- 11℃ then.

On Monday, though, the temperature hit 20.3℃ in Ceredigion, West Wales: the highest February temperature ever recorded in Britain and the first time the temperature had reached 20℃ in winter.

This isn’t good, is it? The 10 hottest years on record have all happened within the past 20 years, the five hottest were the last five. Yet the beaches and the beer gardens fill up, while the papers describe the weather as wonderful. There were those who gave in to the heat wave a little too easily. They let themselves forget it was winter and found themselves, when the sun went down and the temperature dropped, suddenly shaking and unprepared for the cold. It feels uncomfortably like a symbol.

【1】What does the author want to do in the first paragraph?

A.To introduce a beautiful summer.

B.To encourage kids to play outside.

C.To share his daily activities with us.

D.To describe the scene of a warm winter.

【2】What does the underlined word pickle in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Daily activity.B.Unusual place.

C.Difficult situation.D.Quick development.

【3】Why is Chicago’s weather mentioned?

A.To compare it with that of London.

B.To attract more people to Chicago.

C.To show it is well-known for an online video.

D.To encourage more people to post videos online.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The author hoped people stayed indoors.

B.The author worries about global warming.

C.The papers misled the public in weather reports.

D.The papers asked the public to prepare for the cold.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。文章闡述了生態(tài)系統遭到破壞，導致全球變暖，從而出現極端天氣。作者認為，這并不是一種好的征兆。

【1】推理判斷題。根據第一段“It was winter but people were everywhere in London at the weekend. They were in T-shirts or sandals (涼鞋). Monday was another warm day, without a cloud in the sky, and in the late afternoon the light took on a magical, honey-coloured color….”可知，第一段描述了溫暖的冬天的情景：周末倫敦到處都是人。他們穿著t恤或涼鞋。星期一又是一個溫暖的日子，天空萬里無云，傍晚時分，陽光呈現出一種神奇的蜂蜜色…。故作者第一段就是為了描述溫暖的冬天的情景。故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。第一段描述了溫暖的冬天的一個情景。根據第二段中的“And the entire developed world has been attacking the global ecosystem (全球生態(tài)系統) for many years, and that’s how we go into this pickle.”可知，整個發(fā)達國家多年來一直在攻擊全球生態(tài)系統，使得生態(tài)系統遭到破壞。所以“生態(tài)系統遭到破壞”會使得人類陷入“困境”。故劃線詞的意思是“困境”的意思。A. Daily activity日常活動； B. Unusual place.不同尋常的地方； D. Quick development快速的發(fā)展 均不符合語境。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據第三段中的“Less than a month ago, there was a video of extreme ( 極 端 的 ) cold weather coming out of Chicago.”可知，芝加哥出現了極度寒冷的天氣。這和第一段中描述的倫敦“暖冬”形成鮮明的對比，以此突出生態(tài)系統遭到破壞產生的結果。結合選項，A選項（和倫敦的天氣作比較）符合以上推測。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據最后一段中的“The 10 hottest years on record have all happened within the past 20 years, the five hottest were the last five. Yet the beaches and the beer gardens fill up, while the papers describe the weather as wonderful. There were those who gave in to the heat wave a little too easily. They let themselves forget it was winter and found themselves, when the sun went down and the temperature dropped, suddenly shaking and unprepared for the cold. It feels uncomfortably like a symbol.”可知，有記錄以來最熱的10年都發(fā)生在過去20年里，而報紙上卻把天氣描述得棒極了。有些人忘記了這是冬天，他們對于太陽落山，氣溫下降帶來的寒冷毫無準備。作者認為，這種天氣的突然變化給人一種不舒服的感覺，這就像一個象征。通過這一段，作者實際上是在表明全球生態(tài)系統遭到破壞，從而導致全球變暖，極端天氣出現并不是一件好事，反而是一種不好的象征。從而判斷出了作者對此很擔心。故選B。

依據邏輯推理猜測詞義：運用邏輯推理猜測詞義是使用最廣考查最多也最易失分的猜詞方式。要求考生具備整合分散、復雜信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相關的詞匯并結合具體的語境，從形式和內容上把握語言之間的內在聯系，理順語言之間的邏輯關系，進而達到猜詞的目的。例如第1小題，在了解選項意思的情況下，畫線句子所在的上下文語境中提到：整個發(fā)達國家多年來一直在攻擊全球生態(tài)系統，這使得生態(tài)系統遭到破壞。那么，根據邏輯關系，“生態(tài)系統遭到破壞”會使得人類陷入“困境”。由此確定答案。