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高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day224
高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 224
Passage 1
On a farm in England, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they grow into chairs.
The couple have a furniture(家具) farm in Derbyshire where they are growing 250 chairs, 100 lamps and 50 tables. It is their answer to what they e as the inefficient(无效率) process of cutting down mature trees to create furniture.
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“Instead of force-growing a tree for 50 years and then cutting it down and making it into smaller and smaller bits. .. the idea is to grow the tree into the shape that you want directly. It’s like a kind of 3D printing,” said Gavin.
Part of the inspiration for the idea came when Gavin was a young boy. He spotted an overgrown bonsai tree (盆栽) which looked like a chair.
The 44-year-old began experimenting in 2003. In 2012, Gavin and Alice t up the company Full Grown. Within veral years, the couple developed the most effective way to shape a tree without limiting its growth. They guide shoots (嫩枝) already heading in the right direction, rather than force them the wrong way against their natural growth.
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The average chair takes six to nine years to grow - and another year to dry out. The labor and time involved in producing the organic pieces means they do not come cheap. Chairs ll for￡10,000 each, lamps for ￡900 to ￡2,300 and tables for ￡2,500 to ￡12,500.
1. What is special about the farm?
A. It us 3D printing.
B. It grows bonsai trees.
C. It was t up by a couple.
D. It grows trees into furniture.
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2. How do the couple shape a tree?
A. By limiting its growth.
B. By following its natural growth.
C. By forcing it against its natural growth.
D. By guiding its shoots in the right direction.
3. How long does it take to make an average chair for the company?
A. Over 50 years.
B. About 6 to 9 years.
C. At most 6 years.
D. About 7 to 10 years.
4. Which can best describe the furniture?
A. Big and eco-friendly.
B. Natural but expensive.
C. Hand-made and creative.
D. Traditional but organic.
5. What does the writer's opinion on the farm?
A. It’s brought in huge money.
B. It grows trees inefficiently.
C. It’s a good try of sustainability.
D. It will gain popularity soon.
Passage 2
Annie sometimes found it hard to understand her parents' relationship. They never emed to show much love for each other. Annie believed that people who were in love would show it. They would hold hands, speak sweet words to each other and give each other nice gifts. Annie's parents did none of the things. So, she doubted whether they
really loved each other.
Annie's dad was always in a good mood when he was near his sports car, so she decided to ask him the question that had been bothering her. "Dad, do you and Mom really love each other? "
"Of cour, " her father replied. "Why do you ask? "
"Well, you never em to show it. "
Annie's father was silent for a while, he spoke again. "Look at the engine of this car. " he said. "It is oily and messy, and the car looks much better when the hood(引擎罩)is down. Don't you agree? " Without waiting for a reply, he went on. "If I took out the engine and pu
用力插t the hood back down, the car would look just as beautiful, right? But it wouldn't be a car anymore. The engine is its beating heart. You don't usually e it, but it has to be there. It's the same with your Mom and me. Our love for each other is the beating heart of this family. Don't worry just becau it isn't on show all the time. "
About six months later, Annie's father lost his job. The family had to cut back on many things to make ends meet. And he had to ll his beloved sports car. But Annie noticed another change. Becau he had more free time, her father spent more of it with her mother. They emed to grow clor together, and showed their love more often. Their love, which Annie had been afraid did not exist, was plain to e. Annie was sad that the sports car had gone, but at least she understood what her father had told her that day.
1. How did Annie feel about her parents' relationship at first? ________
A. Proud
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B. Satisfied
C. Angry
D. Confud
2. Annie believed that people in love would________
A. get married eventually
B. make their love clear to each other
C. prai each other
D. hold hands all the time客舍青青
3. What did Annie's father compare his love to? ________
A. A car
B. A job
C. An engine
D. A gift
4. What happened to the love between Annie's parents after her father lost his job? ________
A. It became easier to e.
B. It grew weaker.
C. It changed completely.
D. It no longer existed.
Passage 3
天津简介The Three-body Problem covers multiple decades and characters, but it focus in on Ye Wenjie and Wang Miao, two scientists in the very near future. Wenjie is an astrophysicist, while Miao is a nanotech engineer, and he's been attracted to a virtual-reality, online video game called Three Body.
