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(2020年山东新高考模拟)
My school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden in what was once only a vacant lot. It was a lot of work but it was all worth it. I got blisters(水泡)from digging, and we all got insect bites, too.
I learned a lot about gardening and collaboration(合作), and then I learned about the media. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and informed them of what we had accomplished. She spoke with the producer. The producer checked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what was special about our particular garden, since many schools plant them.
The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie(大草原), we had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it. We decided to let nature water it with rain, since that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news station. In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood taller than the fourth grade students.
As a result, the producer sent a reporter to our school, He interviewed the headmaster and asked him many questions about the garden. After that, they interviewed us, and we explained to them what we had learned through this project.
That night, we watched the news, and there we were. The news reporter told our story. It was only two minutes long, but it was us. We were famous. All that work, all those blisters, it was worth it. We knew that when we saw the garden every day, but now we knew that the whole city thought so, too.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了经过努力将学校的空地变为草坪的故事。
1. What seemed to be the TV directors’ initial reaction to the garden?
A. They were excited.
B. They were surprised.
C. They were worried.
D. They were uninterested.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“The producer checked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. ”可知, 制片人与导演们协商, 但是认为有太多的故事与我们的相似, 所以并不是很感兴趣。故选D。
2. What is special about the garden?
A. Weeds were allowed to spread naturally.
B. The grass grew faster than common grass.
C. The seeds came from the plants of a prairie.
D. Underground water was used for the plants.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“They wanted to know what was special. . . ”和第三段中的“The teacher explained . . . we had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them”可知, 这个花园的特别之处在于: 播种从大草原获得的种子而建造的大草原花园。故选C。
3. What does the underlined word “that” refer to in the last paragraph?
A. We got blisters on our hands.
B. Our hard work was worthwhile.
C. The garden would be famous.
D. The project would be finished.
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段内容可知, that 指代前句中的“All that work, all those blisters, it was worth it. ”, 即所有的努力、水泡都是值得的。故选B。
4. How did the author feel about the project?
A. Annoyed. B. Curious.
C. Proud. D. Regretful.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“It was only two minutes long, but it was us. We were famous. ”可知, 作者感到很自豪。故选C。
