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【題目】Choose the best answer (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當?shù)拇鸢?/span>)

An island with beautiful beaches and clear blue water full of colorful fish... this is Socotra(索科特拉島). It sounds nice，but it doesn’t sound very unusual, doesn’t it? Well, there is a lot more to Socotra than that. You can see things there that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

Socotra is in the Indian Ocean, 250 kilometers east of Africa and 340 kilometers south of Yemen. The island separated (分離) from Africa six million years ago, and over that time it has developed its own special plant life. If you travel away from the beautiful beaches and up into the rocky mountains in the middle of the island, you may feel like you're going back in time.

Perhaps you will see the desert rose with its pretty pink flowers. The desert rose is a “bottle" tree. It stores water in its fat trunk. Like many of Socotra's plants, it has developed to survive in the island' s hot, dry weather.

One of the most unusual plants on Socotra is the "dragons’ blood "tree. It is shaped like an umbrella, with a lot of branches under a green top. The tree gets its name from the red sap(樹液)that comes out when it is cut. This sap has been used for centuries as a medicine and to make red dye and paint.

Socotra isn't an easy place for tourists to visit. To get there, you need to fly from Yemen. There are only a few Hotels in its largest town, Hadibo, and the island doesn't have many good roads. The people there live a very simple life. But more and more visitors are coming to Socotra to see its special natural beauty.

【1】The underlined word “that” in the first paragraph refers to

A.the beautiful white beaches of SocotraB.all the nice things about an island

C.the clear water with colorful fish in itD.the unusual things about Socotra

【2】All the following are mentioned about desert rose EXCEPT

A.its flowering seasonB.its shape

C.its colorD.its growing climate

【3】The desert rose stores water in its fat trunk so that it can

A.be turned into a “bottle” treeB.have pink flowers In autumn

C.keep the area coolD.continue to grow in the desert

【4】Which sentence is TRUE About the"dragon’s blood"tree?

A.Its name can bring good luck to the localsB.Its branches can be made into medicine and paint

C.The liquid from the tree has many uses.D.The red sap comes out naturally every day

【5】People visit Socotra in order to

A.see its special natural beautyB.swim in the ocean

C.stay in the beautiful hotelsD.live a simple life

【6】The main purpose of the passage is to

A.give advice on how to travel around SocotraB.describe the unusual plant life on Socotra

C.Explain Socotra’s history and geographic formationD.attract people to get close to nature

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【解析】

短文主要介紹索科特拉島。詳細介紹了島的地理位置、島上的植被及路況等。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)前文“An island with beautiful beaches and clear blue water full of colorful fish... this is Socotra(索科特拉島). It sounds nice，”可知，that指島上所有的美好事物。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“Perhaps you will see the desert rose with its pretty pink flowers. The desert rose is a“bottle" tree…it has developed to survive in the island' s hot, dry weather.”可知，沙漠玫瑰開著粉紅色花朵，形狀是一棵“瓶子”樹，生存在炎熱干燥的天氣，因此沒提到它的花期。故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Like many of Socotra's plants, it has developed to survive in the island' s hot, dry weather.”可知，沙漠玫瑰把水儲存在樹干里以便能在沙漠里生存下來。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。選項A意思是“它的名字能給當?shù)厝藥�來好運”，文章未提到，故A不正確；根據(jù)“This sap has been used for centuries as a medicine and to make red dye and paint.”可知，這種樹液可以制成藥物和顏料，說明樹上的液體有很多用途，故B不正確，C正確；根據(jù)“The tree gets its name from the red sap(樹液)that comes out when it is cut.”可知，它被砍下時流出的紅色樹液，故D不正確。故選C。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“But more and more visitors are coming to Socotra to see its special natural beauty.”可知，人們來到索科特拉為了觀賞其獨特的自然美景。故選A。

【6】主旨大意題。通讀文章可知，主要介紹索科特島上獨特的植物生活，重點介紹沙漠玫瑰和“龍血”樹。故選B。

先通讀全文，了解大意。找到題干中的關(guān)鍵詞，有針對性找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案。推理判斷要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理分析，才能得出正確的答案。例如小題4，推理判斷題。選項A意思是“它的名字能給當?shù)厝藥�來好運”，文章未提到，故A不正確；根據(jù)“This sap has been used for centuries as a medicine and to make red dye and paint.”可知，這種樹液可以制成藥物和顏料，說明樹上的液體有很多用途，故B不正確，C正確；根據(jù)“The tree gets its name from the red sap(樹液)that comes out when it is cut.”可知，它被砍下時流出的紅色樹液，故D不正確。故選C。