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【題目】 Silk. The word itself is beautiful. The story of silk starts in China over 4,000 years ago. It is said that a cocoon（繭）fell into a woman’s tea cup. It then opened into a single thread（線）. This was an important discovery. The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons of silkworms（蠶）to make clothes, both beautiful to look at and soft to touch.

Making silk was a secret in China for many years. In other countries, silk was hardly seen and valuable. Often it was worth more than gold. By the year 1 A.D., silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all along the Silk Road. It connected China with places in the Middle East and Europe. Thanks to the Silk Road, the communication between China and West was greatly improved. Centuries later, in 1522, the Spanish brought silkworms to Mexico.

Now people around the world still make many beautiful things from silk. But silk isn’t only beautiful. It looks delicate, but it’s very strong. For example, it has been used to make bicycle tires（輪胎）. Silk is also light and warm. This makes it great for clothes like winter jackets.

All of this comes from a little silkworm. That is the wonder of silk.

【1】What was the important discovery about a silkworm’s cocoon?

A.It could become a thread.B.It could be made into tea cups.

C.It was beautiful to look at.D.It was very soft to touch.

【2】What can we learn about silk from Paragraph 2?

A.It was carried to Mexico by Chinese businessman.

B.It was commonly seen in many other countries.

C.It was sold to Rome through the Silk Road.

D.It was used as money along the Silk Road.

【3】The underlined word “delicate” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A.漂亮的B.脆弱的C.牢固的D.平靜的

【4】The passage is mainly about ______.

A.a single threadB.the secret of the Silk Road

C.a beautiful tea cupD.the wonder of silk

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本篇講述了蠶繭變成絲綢的傳說，介紹了古代中國的絲綢之路，在公元一世紀就遠達羅馬；現(xiàn)在人們根據(jù)絲綢輕、柔、暖、堅固的特性制作很多東西。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“It then opened into a single thread. This was an important discovery.”可知繭變成了一條線是一個重要的發(fā)現(xiàn)。故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“By the year 1 A.D., silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all along the Silk Road.”可知絲綢是通過絲綢之路賣到羅馬的，故選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段“It looks delicate, but it’s very strong”根據(jù)but的句意轉(zhuǎn)折推斷畫線詞與strong的詞義相反，strong意為強壯的，推斷delicate意為脆弱的；故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。本篇講述了蠶繭變成絲綢的傳說，介紹了古代中國的絲綢之路，在公元前抵達羅馬；現(xiàn)在人們根據(jù)絲綢輕、柔、暖、堅固的特性制作很多東西，文章圍繞絲綢的奇跡展開，故選D。

本篇是閱讀單選，考查細節(jié)理解、詞義猜測和綜合歸納能力。解答前要先快速閱讀全文，理解大意；再閱讀題干，正確理解題干的要求；然后回歸原文，尋找有用信息作答；題1、2是細節(jié)理解題，解答時要在原文中找出題干包含的信息部分作答；題3要根據(jù)but的句意轉(zhuǎn)折，判斷劃線詞和strong的詞義相反，由此推斷詞義。