Question

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框中的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

Natural resources are pretty important to us today. We should learn more about our earth. There is a place on our earth 1._____. It is on a large island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is North Island in New Zealand.

The earth on which we live is a ball of very hot rock. 2.____. If it were not, no one could live on the earth. The earth’s shell has cracks(裂缝) in it in some places. In New Zealand this shell seems to have more cracks than in other places on the earth. 3.____. In some places, hot water shoots into the air from time to time. In other places, you can see steam coming up from pools of hot water. 4._____. Some of them cook in the hot pools. They put food into basketball and then put it into the water. Washing clothes is done in much the same way. 5.______. They do this by putting a pipe a hundred feet or more into the ground. In this way they get hot water and steam for cooking and washing, and for heating their homes.

A. People love doing sports on the shell. B. The weather is usually terrible all the year round. C. Many people bring the hot water into their homes. D. It is a good thing for us that the outside shell is cold. E. Hot water and steam come up under the ground there. F. The people there make use of the heat from inside the earth. G. There are places where ground is so hot that it burns your shoes.

Answer

1.E

2.D

3.G

4.F

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：我们生活的地球有一个地方，蒸汽和热水自地下涌出。它是位於太平洋的一个大岛屿。该岛就是位於新西兰的北岛。我们生活的星球是一个非常热的岩石球。还好的是，这个星球的外壳很冷。否则的话，没有人可以住在这里。人们已经利用了来自地球内部发出的这些热量，通过一条长管道可以取得热水和蒸汽作烹饪和洗涤之用，以及为家中提供暖气。

1.E句意：热水和蒸汽从地下冒出来。依据上句“There is a place on our earth” 我们的地球有一个地方。此句应该为这一地方做一介绍。故答案为E。

2.D句意：这对我们来说是一件好事,外壳是冷的。依据上下句The earth on which we live is a ball of very hot rock.及If it were not, no one could live on the earth. “我们生活的星球是一个非常热的岩石球。”“否则的话，没有人可以住在这里。”可知，星球的外壳很冷。故答案为D。

3.G句意：有些地方地面很热，烧坏你的鞋子。依据下面的句子In some places, hot water shoots into the air from time to time. In other places, you can see steam coming up from pools of hot water.可知，有些地方的地面热度之高，足以燃烧你的脚。故答案为G。

4.F句意：那里的人们利用了来自地球内部发出的热量。依据下面的句子“Some of them cook in the hot pools . They put food into basketball and then put it into the water.” 有些人在炎热的池上煮食。他们把食物放入篮内，然后将篮子放入水中。可知，人们已经利用了来自地球内部发出的这些热量。故答案为F。

5.C句意：许多人把热水带到他们的家里。依据下面的句子“They do this by putting a pipe a hundred feet or more into the ground. In this way they get hot water and steam for cooking and washing, and for heating their homes.” 方法是把一条长管插入地面。这样，他们可以取得热水和蒸汽作烹饪和洗涤之用，以及为家中提供暖气。可知他们把从地下冒出的热水利用起来，引到家中。故答案为C。

考点：考查七选五。