Question

On a rainy day, about 150 volunteers worked for eight hours to clean up Carson Creek that is near a river. About nine tons of trash was taken out from there. 

“We did a good job,” said Alan Specter, the organizer of the event. “We’re planning to come back here one more time, three years from now. Of course, we hope that there won’t be so much trash next time.”

The trash came in all shapes, sizes, and colors: cans, bottles, bicycles, batteries, furniture, clothing, plastic bags, dolls, and even a golf bag with a full set of golf clubs (球棒). 

The dirty and tiring work was done by two volunteering groups — Save the Bay and Watch the Whales. Most of the volunteers came from a local police station and a fire station. And some of them were old people who had already retired (退休). 

That day, it rained a little. All of them wore boots, gloves and raincoats. They did the work along a two-mile river with over 500 big yellow trash bags everywhere. 

No one found anything that cost much. A five-year-old boy found an earring which he thought might be worth a million dollars. He said he’d sell it. Then he’d donate half of the money to Watch the Whales, and use the other half to buy his favorite ice cream every day. 

Many people laughed at the boy’s story. However, it was easily found that the environment there did become better.

1.What did the two volunteering groups do in Carson Creek?

A. They helped homeless animals.    B. They collected a lot of trash.

C. They found something expensive.    D. They helped a small boy achieve his dream.

2.What do you know about the volunteers?

A. They were old and poor.    B. They liked collecting old things.

C. They hated to live near the river.    D. They were interested in volunteering.

3.What does the underlined word “donate” mean in Chinese?

A. 寻找    B. 遗留    C. 偿还    D. 捐赠

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There was more trash when the volunteers left that day.

B. The volunteers planned to come back again after three years.

C. In fact, the earring which the small boy found cost little.

D. A lot of trash was thrown around along the two-mile river.

5.Which may be the BEST title for the passage?

A. Rainy days    B. A boy’s dream

C. Picking up so much trash    D. Doing something funny

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】这篇短文讲述的是在一个雨天，一群志愿者们花费了8个小时的时间，去河边捡拾垃圾。他们对自己的工作感到很骄傲，还愿意以后的时间再来做这样的好事。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头On a rainy day, about 150 volunteers worked for eight hours to clean up Carson Creek that is near a river. About nine tons of trash was taken out from there可知，这些志愿者们是去Carson Creek去捡拾垃圾。由此可知应选B。

2.推理判断题。根据短文第二段中“We did a good job,” said Alan Specter, the organizer of the event. “We’re planning to come back here one more time, three years from now其中一名志愿者说的话可知，他们非常喜欢志愿者的工作，因此应选D。根据短文中Most of the volunteers came from a local police station and a fire station. And some of them were old people who had already retired可知A不对；B和C两个选项短文中没有提到。

3.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子He said he’d sell it. Then he’d donate half of the money to Watch the Whales, and use the other half to buy his favorite ice cream every day可知，这个男孩用卖掉耳环剩下的一半钱他买冰淇淋吃，可知另外一半他没有留下，是捐了出去。donate是捐赠的意思，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据短文第一段中About nine tons of trash was taken out from there可知，志愿者们那天捡拾了9吨的垃圾，那里的垃圾应该是减少了，而不是更多了，故A不对，选A。根据“We’re planning to come back here one more time, three years from now.、A five-year-old boy found an earring which he thought might be worth a million dollars、They did the work along a two-mile river with over 500 big yellow trash bags everywhere.可知其他三个选项都是正确的。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们介绍的是很多志愿者们花费了8个小时的时间，去河边的Carson Creek捡拾垃圾，因此C选项Picking up so much trash最能概括短文的大意，故应选C。

点睛：这篇短文介绍的是志愿者们去捡拾垃圾的事情，短文的第一段就是短文的中心句，我们从这一段可以得出短文的大意。下面的题目设置中涉及的类型比较多，有细节理解、推理判断、词义猜测和主旨大意。这四种题型也是阅读理解考查的主要方面。其中细节理解题较容易，可以从短文中找到相关信息，从而得出正确答案。主旨大意题也相对较容易，我们从第一段已经知道了文章的大意，因此在选择题目的时候就会比较轻松。词义猜测题中的单词大多是学生们不认识的，我们只能从上下文的意思去猜测，根据它所在的句子可知，那个见到耳环的孩子卖掉了耳环，用剩下的一半钱去买他喜欢的冰淇淋，由此我们可以猜测另一半钱他没有留下，应该是捐了出去，故donate是捐赠的意思。