Question

    I’m going to be completely honest. I have no idea how I ended up with this opportunity, I have no idea what I’m doing, but I am very happy to be here.

Last summer a friend tagged me in a Facebook post from BBC Earth and encouraged me to apply to the BBC Presenter Search 2018. The assignment was easy and hard, make a video shorter than 60 seconds where you talk about something in science you think is cool. Simple concept, but for me it was challenging as I want to talk about bryophytes(苔藓植物) forever (which is slightly longer than 60 seconds).

So I decided to make an attempt. I was going to make a 60 second video about sphagnum(水苔), commonly known as peat moss and uncommonly known as an unsung climate hero. Sphagnum is the plant genus that holds the most carbon in the world, it slowly builds up its carbon storage over hundreds of thousands of years and if undisturbed, they never let go of the carbon they gathered.

Making a short video on this was hard because I wanted to include everything. And it became even harder as I had no one to hold the camera. I tied my camera to the scrawniest little tree, swinging in the wind as a bird tried to chase me away from the mud. This chaos ended up as the video “Why sphagnum is awesome” on my channel. I submitted the video, but didn’t dare to write in the description section of the video that it was a submission, because I never imagined that I could win!

But I did.

I waited two months before I could tell people that I had won the search, and when the news came out, I received the most attention I’ve had in my entire life.

No matter your background, whether you want to pass the time or pass an exam, I really hope you enjoy the video!

1.What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A.She is uncertain about the result. B.She gets used to telling people lies.

C.She is unable to achieve the goal. D.She knows much about the ending.

2.Which of the following is NOT true about sphagnum?

A.It can form its carbon storage in a very slow way.

B.It is universally recognized as an unknown climate hero.

C.It won’t release the carbon without being disturbed.

D.It contains a large amount of carbon.

3.The underlined word “scrawniest” in Paragraph 4 probably means ___________.

A.weakest B.strongest

C.shortest D.most energetic

4.What can we learn from the author’s story?

A.She shows great interest in filming the video.

B.Her knowledge helps overcome all the difficulties.

C.Her attitude and hard work pay off eventually.

D.She is more than delighted to gain the most attention.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己敢于突破，不畏困难参加短视频大赛，制作关于水苔的短视频，并在充分准备但不期待最好结果的前提下，最终赢得比赛的经历。

1.推理判断题。由第一段I have no idea how I ended up with this opportunity, I have no idea what I’m doing, but I am very happy to be here可知，作者不知道自己在这样的机会下，是怎么做到的，也不知道自己在做什么，但很开心可以出现在这里。从作者的描述中可以看到作者对结果不确定。故选A。

2.细节理解题。由第三段sphagnum(水苔), commonly known as peat moss and uncommonly known as an unsung climate hero可知水苔通常被当成泥煤苔（peat moss），而很少被当成被埋没的气候英雄。B选项意为水苔作为气候英雄被知晓，与文章的表达相反。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。由I tied my camera to the scrawniest little tree, swinging in the wind可知作者把摄像机系到一棵随风摇动的树上，说明这课树并不高大，而是弱小的。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。文中作者知道拍摄30秒的视频很难，但依然认真拍摄且投稿，并最终获奖，说明作者态度和努力工作最终得到了回报。故选C。