Question

阅读短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案回答问题或完成句子。

Clothes are traditionally made of natural materials, such as cotton, leather and wool. They are all from plants or animals, but that doesn’t mean they’re friendly to the earth. For example, farmers have to use a lot of chemicals to grow cotton plants.

Scientists are now looking for new ways to make clothing materials. They hope the new materials are both comfortable and good for the earth. Scientists have worked out how to make materials out of corn husks(棉籽), chicken feathers and rice straws.

“They used to be useless things. We always have a problem of how to deal with them,” Yang, a scientist says, “Now, we can turn them into beautiful materials. Chicken feathers are better than other things. They have small air pockets like honeycombs. That means it will be very warm if you use them to make a jacket or sweater, and I think more and more people will like to buy these kinds of clothes.”

1.Clothes are traditionally made of______

A. natural materials.    B. chicken feather.    C. rice straws.

2.What are the new clothing materials?

A. corn husks and rice straws.    B. cotton and wool.    C. leather and wool.

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

A. 鸟巢    B. 蜂窝    C. 渔网

4.Why are chicken feathers better than other materials?

A. They are from plants.

B. They are traditional clothing materials.

C. They have small air pockets like honeycombs.

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. New clothing materials.    B. New clothes    C. Natural materials.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

我们穿的衣服的材料，如棉、羊毛等，往往对土壤不利，因此现在科学家们正在寻找新的材料来做衣服，如用棉籽、鸡的羽毛、稻秆等。

1.细节理解题。根据短文的开头第一句话Clothes are traditionally made of natural materials, such as cotton, leather and wool.可知，传统上衣服都是用天然的材料制成的，如棉花、皮革和羊毛等。由此可知应选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Scientists have worked out how to make materials out of corn husks(棉籽), chicken feathers and rice straws.可知，现在科学家们研究的新材料有棉籽、小鸡的羽毛以及稻秆等。由此可知应选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子They have small air pockets like honeycombs.可知，这句话用来描述的是鸡的羽毛，他们有气囊，在所给的几个选项中，也有气囊的是蜂窝。由此可猜测honeycombs是蜂窝的意思，故应选B。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第三段中Chicken feathers are better than other things. They have small air pockets like honeycombs. That means it will be very warm if you use them to make a jacket or sweater可知，科学家们认为鸡的羽毛是最好的，他们有像蜂窝一样的气囊，用他们做成夹克衫或者是毛衣的话，可以非常温暖。由此可知应选C。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文从传统的衣服材料入手，引出了文章的话题—新的衣服材料，如棉籽、鸡的羽毛以及稻秆，并对其中的一种材料进行了详细的解释。由此可知A选项“新的衣服材料”恰恰是文章的关键词，故用它做题目是最好的，应选A。