Question

    It was winter but people were everywhere in London at the weekend. They were in T-shirts or sandals (凉鞋). Monday was another warm day, without a cloud in the sky, and in the late afternoon the light took on a magical, honey-coloured color. It brought to mind one of those summer evenings you experienced in childhood, when you’d be in the park all day and your parents let you stay out until bedtime, and you felt like you were doing something deliciously naughty just by being there.

It wasn’t early summer: it was February. And the entire developed world has been attacking the global ecosystem (全球生态系统) for many years, and that’s how we go into this pickle.

We should try to hold on to this fact that this is not supposed to be happening. Less than a month ago, there was a video of extreme ( 极 端 的 ) cold weather coming out of Chicago. Water poured from cups immediately froze on its way to the ground. OK, that was on the other side of the world, and its temperature was- 11℃ then.

On Monday, though, the temperature hit 20.3℃ in Ceredigion, West Wales: the highest February temperature ever recorded in Britain and the first time the temperature had reached 20℃ in winter.

This isn’t good, is it? The 10 hottest years on record have all happened within the past 20 years, the five hottest were the last five. Yet the beaches and the beer gardens fill up, while the papers describe the weather as wonderful. There were those who gave in to the heat wave a little too easily. They let themselves forget it was winter and found themselves, when the sun went down and the temperature dropped, suddenly shaking and unprepared for the cold. It feels uncomfortably like a symbol.

1.What does the author want to do in the first paragraph?

A.To introduce a beautiful summer.

B.To encourage kids to play outside.

C.To share his daily activities with us.

D.To describe the scene of a warm winter.

2.What does the underlined word pickle in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Daily activity. B.Unusual place.

C.Difficult situation. D.Quick development.

3.Why is Chicago’s weather mentioned?

A.To compare it with that of London.

B.To attract more people to Chicago.

C.To show it is well-known for an online video.

D.To encourage more people to post videos online.

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The author hoped people stayed indoors.

B.The author worries about global warming.

C.The papers misled the public in weather reports.

D.The papers asked the public to prepare for the cold.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章阐述了生态系统遭到破坏，导致全球变暖，从而出现极端天气。作者认为，这并不是一种好的征兆。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段“It was winter but people were everywhere in London at the weekend. They were in T-shirts or sandals (凉鞋). Monday was another warm day, without a cloud in the sky, and in the late afternoon the light took on a magical, honey-coloured color….”可知，第一段描述了温暖的冬天的情景：周末伦敦到处都是人。他们穿着t恤或凉鞋。星期一又是一个温暖的日子，天空万里无云，傍晚时分，阳光呈现出一种神奇的蜂蜜色…。故作者第一段就是为了描述温暖的冬天的情景。故选D。

2.词义猜测题。第一段描述了温暖的冬天的一个情景。根据第二段中的“And the entire developed world has been attacking the global ecosystem (全球生态系统) for many years, and that’s how we go into this pickle.”可知，整个发达国家多年来一直在攻击全球生态系统，使得生态系统遭到破坏。所以“生态系统遭到破坏”会使得人类陷入“困境”。故划线词的意思是“困境”的意思。A. Daily activity日常活动； B. Unusual place.不同寻常的地方； D. Quick development快速的发展 均不符合语境。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Less than a month ago, there was a video of extreme ( 极 端 的 ) cold weather coming out of Chicago.”可知，芝加哥出现了极度寒冷的天气。这和第一段中描述的伦敦“暖冬”形成鲜明的对比，以此突出生态系统遭到破坏产生的结果。结合选项，A选项（和伦敦的天气作比较）符合以上推测。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The 10 hottest years on record have all happened within the past 20 years, the five hottest were the last five. Yet the beaches and the beer gardens fill up, while the papers describe the weather as wonderful. There were those who gave in to the heat wave a little too easily. They let themselves forget it was winter and found themselves, when the sun went down and the temperature dropped, suddenly shaking and unprepared for the cold. It feels uncomfortably like a symbol.”可知，有记录以来最热的10年都发生在过去20年里，而报纸上却把天气描述得棒极了。有些人忘记了这是冬天，他们对于太阳落山，气温下降带来的寒冷毫无准备。作者认为，这种天气的突然变化给人一种不舒服的感觉，这就像一个象征。通过这一段，作者实际上是在表明全球生态系统遭到破坏，从而导致全球变暖，极端天气出现并不是一件好事，反而是一种不好的象征。从而判断出了作者对此很担心。故选B。