A. The government will give support to the green project. B. The couple may continue their project in the future. C. Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas. D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign. 4. What can we infer from the last paragraph? B
推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知，作者一家为有机会能用自身行动去力行环保而感到十分荣幸，并表明我们是有能力去改变一些东西，帮助我们的星球的，由此可推断这对夫妇将来还会继续去推动他们的环保项目。 over the course of 在……的过程中
consume less meat 吃少一点肉 give away 赠送
vinegar and lemon juice 醋和柠檬汁 chemical cleaner 化学清洁剂
be grateful for 对……心存感激 ［复记强化］ ［难句理解］ In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished. 结构分析：整个句子的主干是anyone might be punished；In our home office是个地点状语；caught doing something是过去分词短语作后置定语。catch sb. doing sth.意为“碰巧抓到某人在做某事”。
汉语句意：在我们家，任何被碰巧抓到不做环保的事情的人都会被惩罚。 A. Plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem. B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’
expectation. C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns. D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather. 1. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1? B
细节理解题。根据第一段可知, 由于气候的变化,植物开花的速度比科学家预测的要快。
(四十四) A. plants’ flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change 2. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ____. C
细节理解题。根据倒数第四段中的The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change可知。
3. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because ___.
A. they can prove the climate change clearly B. they are very important in the food chains C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before B
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段, 植物对地球上的生命是必要的, 它们是食物链的基础。 4. The underlined word “drought” in the last paragraph means a long period of ___. A. dry weather
B. windy weather
C. rainy weather
D. snowy weather
A
词义猜测题。本文主要讲述的是全球升温, 再根据该词后面的flood可推出。
5. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature? A. It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979. B. Its change will lead to weather extremes. C. It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1990. D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century. D
推理判断题。根据最后两段，地球温度在持续上升，到目前为止，对减少温室效应方面的努力还不够，因此本世纪要努力控制地球的温度上升。
［复记强化］ findings
n. 调查结果
advance
n. 进展 in reaction to 对……做出反应
have a great effect on 对……有很大影响 flower and leaf 开花和长叶子
result from 由……造成 weather extreme 极端天气
the key object of study 关键的研究对象 1. What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways? A. Small towns along the railways became abandoned. B. Some railroad stops remained underused. C. Land in the West was hard to manage. D. Land grants went into private hands. C
推理判断题。 根据第二段第一、二句中的leaving public land in between privately owned land…..in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management可推出。 (四十五) 2.What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs? A. The transmission of power.
B. The use of money and power. C. The conservation of solar energy. D. The selection of an ideal place. B
细节理解题。根据文章最后两段尤其是倒数第二段最后两句There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind可知。 3. The underlined word “it” in Para.3 refers to _____.
A. the American East
B. the American West C. the argument D. the alternative energy D
词义猜测题。由该词前面的We need alternative energy badly，and to really take advantage of 可知。
4. What is the author’s attitude towards building solar plants?
A. Cautious.
B. Approving.
C. Doubtful.
D. Disapproving.
A
推理判断题。 根据第五段第三句There are chances for…But it is just as likely that及本文最后一句可推出作者的态度是谨慎的。 A. How the Railways Have Affected the West.
B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West.
C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced.
D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled. 5. Which is the best title for the passage? B主旨大意题。本文主要讲述美国西部兴建新型太阳能发电站、输电系统的利弊。 ［复记强化］ lifeblood
n. 命脉
the same is true of… ……也一样 solar plant 太阳能装置/发电站
power line 电线 lay down 铺设
transcontinental railroads 贯穿大陆铁路 spring up 涌现
take advantage of 利用 We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now. [难句理解] 结构分析：这是一个由and连接的并列句, 前后两个句子的结构均为主谓宾。后一个并列句中带了一个由than引导的比较状语从句。 汉语大意：我们急需要可替代能源, 为了真正地利用好它, 我们需要把电力比现在更稳固地输送出去。 * * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉 * 林辉
环保低碳
(四十一) A. the social movement
B. recycling techniques C. environmental problems
D. the importance of Earth Day 1. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ____. C
细节理解题。根据第一段的We didn’t know at that time that there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it… “那时候我们甚至不知道环境的存在, 更别提环境问题了……”可知, 当时美国人对环境问题没有足够的认识, 因此应选择C项。
A. The grass-roots level.
B. The business circle. C. Government officials.
D. University professors. 2. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?
A
推理判断题。根据第二段第二句Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “商人、政治领导人、大学教授, 尤其是数百万的基层美国民众正在参与这项运动”可知, 这里强调了这个运动的支持者应该是那些普通的美国民众, 因此答案应是A项。 A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest. B. They have settled their environmental problems. C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities. D. They have reduced pollution through effective
measures. 3. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?
D
细节理解题。第三段列举的这些数字证明了美国人采取了有效措施, 减少了环境污染, 因此答案选D项。 A. Education.
B. Planning.
C. Green living.
D. CO reduction. 4. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph? A
推理判断题。结合最后一段提到的“25年以前, 在美国几乎没有关于环境的教育项目, 而如今, 很难找到没有类似项目的公立学校、大学或者法学院了”, 再结合布鲁斯所说的“没有教育, 就无法改变环境问题”, 我们可以推断出教育的重要性。
A. How the first Earth Day came into being.
B. America has made great progress in protecting
the environment.
C. A kind of “green thinking” has become part of
practices in America.
D. Protecting the environment has grown into a
social movement in America.
5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
B
主旨大意题。主要介绍了美国人在环保问题认识上的变化以及他们采取了一些有效措施积极应对环境问题等。故选Ｂ。
movement
n.运动
university
n. 大学 especially
adv. 尤其是
governor
n. 州长；统治者 improvement
n. 改善
program
n. 节目；项目 environment
n. 环境
pollution
n.污染 ［复记强化］ ［难句理解］
Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. 结构分析：本句含有一个that引导的定语从句，其先行词是public school，university, law school中的任何一个，因此从句动词是单数。
汉语大意：如今，很难找到一所没有这样的课程的公立学校、大学或者法学院。 (四十二) A. zero-carbon homes
B. the behaviour of building users C. sustainable building design
D. the reduction of carbon emissions 1. As to energy use, the new research from UKERC stresses the importance of _____. B
细节理解题。由第一段中“The behaviour of a building’s users may be at least as important as…可知，选B。文中“at least as important as(至少是一样重要)”跟题干中“stresses the importance强调重要性”为同义转换。 A. the ways
B. their homes
C. developments
D. existing efforts 2. The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 2 refers to “_____.” D
推理判断题。本题是要求考生理解引导定语从句的关系代词which指代什么内容，即先行词是哪个词。划线词前面的内容是一个很长的复合句，我们不妨先把它的主干部分提取出来“the ways have been ignored by existing efforts(现有的努力忽视了这些方式)”；再根据下划线后面的内容“which instead focus on architectural and technological developments(而是集中在了建筑和科技的发展上)”,很明显，which指代的是现有的努力。 3. What are Katy Janda’s words mainly about?
A. The importance of changing building users’
habits. B. The necessity of making a careful building
design. C. The variety of consumption patterns of
building users. D. The role of technology in improving energy
efficiency.
A
细节理解题。根据题干“Katy Janda’s words”可知是对第三段中引号里面的内容进行概括，考生大多会觉得引号里面的内容很难理解，但其后的“In other words”告诉我们可以直接去理解“In other words，old habits die hard, even in the best-designed eco-home(旧的习惯很难消除，甚至在设计得很好的生态房屋里面)”，这跟选项A “The importance of changing building users’ habits(改变房屋使用者习惯是重要的)”为同义转换。 A. can be bridged by feedback facilities B. affects the study on energy monitors C. brings about problems for smart meters D. will be caused by building users’ old habits 4. The information gap in energy use ____.
A
细节理解题。根据题干“The information
gap in energy use”可知应该在倒数第三段中“information gap”的附近寻找答案，就在前 面有“Feedback (反馈) facilities, like smart
meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap”可知答案为A。文章中的主动语态转化为了选项中的被动语态。 5. What does the dimension added by social science research suggest?
A. The social science research is to be furthered. B. The education programme is under discussion. C. The behaviour of building users is
unpredictable. D. The behaviour preference of building users is
similar. C
细节理解题。根据题干中的“the dimension added by social science research suggest”可知应该在最后一段“Social science research has added…”附近寻找答案，紧接着后面就出现了“individuals’ behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted”可知选C。文中的 “can’t be predicted(不能被预测)”跟选项中的“unpredictable”为同义转换。 A. the city’s lights affected the meteor watching B. the meteors flew past before being noticed C. the city light show attracted many people D. the meteor watching ended up a social outing 1. It happened last night that _____.
A
细节理解题。由第一段的最后两句people gathered in the suburbs of the city, carrying heavy telescopes, expecting to watch…What they found instead was…passing overhead可知,
本来人们是兴致勃勃地想观看流星的，却因夜空被城市明亮的灯光所点缀，而影响了观星。 (四十三) A. Meteor showers occur less often than before. B. Their observation equipment is in poor repair. C. Light pollution has remained unsolved for years. D. Their eyesight is failing due to artificial lighting 2. What do the astronomers complain about? C
推理判断题。由第三段的第一、二两句Astronomers—scientists … planets—have been complaining about this problem for decades. They say that …in the past可知，天文学家们几十年来一直在抱怨灯光污染使得他们不能像以前一样很清晰地观察到天上的物体了，由此可推断出灯光污染这个问题几十年来都没得到解决。 A. Birds may take other migration paths. B. Animals’ living habits may change suddenly. C. Varieties of animals will become sharply reduced. D. Animals’ survival is threatened by outdoor lighting. 3. What is the author concerned about according to Paragraph 4? D
推理判断题。第四段开头就明确指出灯光污染给鸟类，蝙蝠,
青蛙,
蛇等动物带来不良影响, 接下来再以每年统计的约有一亿鸟类受灯光污染而死亡的数字为例，说明灯光污染已经威胁到了动物的生存。
A. lessen the chance of getting cancer
B. create an ideal observation condition C. ensure citizens a good sleep at night
D. enable all creatures to live in harmony 4. Lighting regulations in Flagstaff, Arizona are put into effect to ____ . B
细节理解题。由最后一段的第二句For years, Flagstaff, Arizona….in order to assist astronomers at the Lowell Observatory可知，推行此规定就是为了给天文学家创造更好的观测条件。
A. Saving wildlife is saving ourselves. B. Great efforts should be made to save energy. C. Human activities should be environmentally friendly. D. New equipment should be introduced for space study. 5. What message does the author most want to give us? C
主旨大意题。由文章最后一句Similar efforts have been made worldwide,…and …remind us to turn off the lights when we are not using them, so that other creatures can share the night可知造成灯光污染的直接对象就是人类，人类应该避免在夜间过度使用灯光，让其他生物也能够享受夜晚。因此，作者写这篇文章就是要告诉我们要与自然和谐相处。其他选项在文中均没有提及，无中生有。 town resident 城市居民
turn out to be 结果是 complain about 抱怨 severely affect 严重影响 exposure to light 暴露于灯光 take measures to 采取措施 artificial lighting 人工照明
be underway 正在进行中
the negative effects 消极的影响 enforce lighting regulation 加强灯光控制 in the suburbs of the city 在城市的郊区 ［复记强化］ ［难句理解］ There is yet a population besides professional and amateur star observers that suffers even more from light pollution. 结构分析：besides在此作介词，意为“除了……之外, 还有……”, 因此besides professional and amateur star observers是个介词短语。that suffers even more from light pollution是个定语从句，修饰先行词population，而不是observers。
汉语大意：除了专业和业余的星体观察者之外，还有一个群体遭受到更多的灯光污染。 A. Going Green
B. Protecting the Planet C. Keeping Open—Minded
D. Celebrating Our Green Year 1. What might be the best title for the passage? (四十四) A
主旨大意题。文章从开篇就指出going green（力行环保；推动绿化）不但是一种时尚而且还是一种生活方式，接下来又描述一家人为go green所做的努力，最后作者又表明了能有机会用自身行动去go green and educate others感动荣幸,故选项A正确；选项B (保护我们的星球) 和选项D (庆祝我们的环保年)都只是文章细节的一部分,故排除；选项C（保持开放的思想）在文中没有提及，是无中生有,
也排除。 A. they were expected to follow the green fad B. they didn’t know how to educate other people C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks 2. It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because ____. D
细节理解题。由第二段最后一句…we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task可知，作者一家一年里必须完成一件不容易的任务：想出365种不同的环保事情去做。可见，既是不容易也是不同寻常的。 A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits. B. They ignored others’ ungreen behavior. C. They chose better chemical cleaners. D. They sold their home-made food. 3. What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year? A
细节理解题。由第四段最后一句In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.可知，作者一家在这一年里无论是谁，只要做出不环保的事就可能会受到惩罚,可知他们是要试图摆脱掉平日里不环保的习惯。