陶藝丞
We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things. However, most of us usually 1________ some things.
1)Electricity is one thing that we waste 2________. Lights, TVs, 3________ and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them. We should turn them off when we do not need them. It 4________ less than a second to do it. Anyway, not wasting electricity saves money, because we do not have to 5________ the electricity we do not use.
The second thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is 2)precious 6________ it shouldn't be wasted. It is only a simple matter of turning off a 3)tap. I am sure 7________ can do this easily if he wants to.
8________ big waste is food. My mother 9________ cook so much food that much of it was thrown away. I told her we had wasted so 10________ food. She thought I was right and now cooks 11________ what we can eat.
It is not 12________ to waste anything. I find there is a simple 13________ of not wasting things. That is to use only what we 14________. Do not touch what we do not need. 15________ this way we can stop being wasteful.
1. A. use??? B.wash??? C.waste??? D.forget
2. A. little??? B.most? ??C.few??? D.least
3. A. radios??? B.apples??? C.bikes??? D.doors
4. A. brings??? B. costs??? C. keeps??? D. takes
5. A. buy??? B. save??? C. pay for??? D. care for
6. A. though??? B.because??? C.so??? D.but
7. A. nobody??? B.something??? C.everybody??? D.nothing
8. A. Others??? B.Other??? C.Another??? D.The other
9. A. planned to??? B.used to??? C.was able to??? D.was afraid to
10. A. little??? B.much??? C.few??? D.many
11. A. mainly??? B.only??? C.quickly??? D.badly
12. A. right??? B.fine??? C.bad??? D.possible
13. A. way??? B.thing??? C.plan??? D.project
14. A. buy??? B.need??? C.bring??? D.get
15. A. On??? B.In??? C.For??? D.At
1) electricity /??lek?tr?s?ti/n.電力;電流
例句:a waste of electricity浪費電
The electricity is off.停電了。
2) precious /?pre??s/ adj.寶貴的;珍貴的
例句:You're wasting precious time!
你在浪費寶貴的時間!
Clean water is a precious commodity in that part of the world.
在世界的那個地方,潔凈的水是寶貴的東西。
3) tap /t?p/ n.水龍頭;閥門
例句:Is the tap water safe to drink?
這自來水喝了不會生病吧?
Who left the tap running?
誰沒關(guān)水龍頭?
【語篇解讀角】
本文講述了我們很幸運地生活在一個擁有很多資源的國家,但是大部分人都存在浪費的行為。文中主要列舉了電的浪費、水的浪費和食物的浪費,旨在呼吁人們停止浪費。
【答案詳析】
1.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. use使用;B. wash洗;C. waste浪費;D. forget忘記。根據(jù)however和下文可知,本句的意思應是我們中的大部分人還浪費一些東西。故選C。
2.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. little少的;B. most最多,大多數(shù);C. few很少;D. least最少的。根據(jù)下文列舉的事例,可知浪費的不是少,而是多。根據(jù)Lights, TVs, ________ and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them.可知,電器不用的時候開著浪費了電,在四個選項中只有most表示數(shù)量多,其他都表示數(shù)量很少。故選B。
3.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. radios收音機;B. apples蘋果;C. bikes自行車;D. doors門。根據(jù)本段的文意可知,本段講述對電的浪費,在四個選項中只有radios收音機是電器。故選A。
4.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. brings帶來;B. costs花費;C. keeps保持;D. takes花費。本句的句型結(jié)構(gòu)應是“It takes +時間+to do”,做某事花多少時間,本句的意思是“做這件事花不到一秒鐘的時間”。故選D。
5.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. buy買;B. save節(jié)省;C. pay for支付;D. care for關(guān)心。根據(jù)題干,本句的意思是:另外,我們不浪費電就是省錢,因為我們不用為我們沒用的電付錢。四個選項中只有pay for是支付的意思。故選C。
6.考查連詞及語境的理解。A. though盡管;B. because因為;C. so因此;
D. but但是。根據(jù)語境可知,本句的意思是:水是寶貴的,因此它不應該被浪費。前后句存在因果關(guān)系,故用so。故選C。
7.考查不定代詞及語境的理解。A. nobody沒有人;B. something某事;C. everybody每個人;D. nothing沒有事情。根據(jù)語境,本句的意思是:我確信每個人都能做到,如果他想做的話。everybody表示“每個人”。故選C。
8.考查不定代詞和語境的理解。根據(jù)語境,本句的意思是:另一項大的浪費是食物。another表示“另一個”,是泛指;而other表示“其他的”。故選C。
9.考查短語的用法和語境的理解。根據(jù)語境和下文可知本句的意思是:過去我媽媽經(jīng)常做太多的飯,以致許多剩菜剩飯都倒了。A. plan to計劃做;B. used to過去常常;C. be able to能;D. be afraid to害怕做某事。故選B。
10.考查形容詞的用法和語境的理解。A. little少的,修飾不可數(shù)名詞;B. much多的,修飾不可數(shù)名詞;C. few少的,修飾可數(shù)名詞的復數(shù)形式;D. many許多,修飾可數(shù)名詞的復數(shù)形式。本句句意:我告訴她我們浪費了如此多的食物。food是不可數(shù)名詞。故選B。
11.考查副詞的用法和語境的理解。A. mainly主要地;B. only僅僅;C. quickly快地;D. badly惡劣的。根據(jù)語境可知,媽媽知道浪費了許多食物,所以只做愿意吃的食物就不會浪費了。故選B。
12.考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. right正確的;B. fine好的;C. bad壞的;D. possible可能的。根據(jù)上文中She thought I was right and now cooks only what we can eat.可知,不去浪費了,所以認為浪費是不正確的。故選Ao
13.考查名詞的用法和語境的理解。A. way方式;B. thing事情;C. plan計劃;D. project計劃,項目。根據(jù)語境和下文,本句的意思是:我發(fā)現(xiàn)一個簡單且不浪費東西的方式。故選A。
14.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. buy買;B. need需要;C. bring帶來;D. get到達。根據(jù)下文Do not touch what we do not need.可知,不需要的不用去動。故選B。
15.考查介詞及語境的理解。根據(jù)語境可知,句意是:通過這種方式可以避免浪費。in this way表示“用這種方法,通過這種方式”。故選B。