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【題目】Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem (干、莖). The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like "hands". A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas "fingers". Each bunch (叢) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren't the sunny yellow color o: bananas. Farmers pick them when they’re green. That's how they're shipped to stores. They turn yellow along t he way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you've got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today

Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

【1】The first paragraph mainly talks about ______.

A. why people like bananas

B. how bananas taste

C. what bananas are rich in

D. where bananas are taken

【2】What is the correct order in which these happen?

a. The bananas begin to turn yellow.

b. A banana plant grows to full height.

c. The flowers produce bananas.

c. The bananas are ready to be picked.

A. c-b-a-d

B. b-c-d-a

C. b-c-a-d

D. c-b-d-a

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The banana plant is a kind of tree.

B. Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas.

C. One bunch of bananas may weigh over 100 pounds.

D. The banana plant usually produces fruit once a year.

【4】Which is the second most popular fruit in America according to the bar chart?

A. Apples.

B. Grapes.

C. Bananas.

D. Oranges.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】文章大意：這篇短文主要介紹了香蕉的優(yōu)點，并對它的生長、生產(chǎn)、采摘、運輸、出售等方面進行了詳細的介紹。

【1】段意歸納題。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!香蕉是完美的零食。它們不僅香甜可口，而且很容易攜帶，所以你可以帶他們?nèi)ト魏蔚胤�。重要的是，香蕉提供了人體需要的不同的東西�？芍�本段主要是講人們?yōu)槭裁聪矚g香蕉，故答案選A。

【2】理解排序題。根據(jù)文中對香蕉生長、生產(chǎn)、采摘的順序描述首先是The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.植物長到30英尺高，當它們最高時，花從莖上長出來，這些花生產(chǎn)香蕉；然后是After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked.大約三個月后，香蕉就可以采摘了；最后是Farmers pick them when they’re green. That's how they're shipped to stores. They turn yellow along t he way and are ready to be sold.農(nóng)民在綠色的時候采摘，這是他們被運送到商店的方式，它們一路變黃，準備被賣掉�？芍�，B選項符合題意，故答案選B。

【3】理解判斷題。A. The banana plant is a kind of tree.香蕉是一種樹；根據(jù)The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem .可知，香蕉不是一種樹，故A選項錯誤。B. Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas.香蕉喜歡生長在炎熱和干燥地區(qū)；根據(jù)Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain.可知，香蕉生長在溫暖而且雨水充足的地方，故B選項錯誤。C. One bunch of bananas may weigh over 100 pounds.一串香蕉可能超過100磅；根據(jù)Each bunch of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.可知，C選項是正確的。D. The banana plant usually produces fruit once a year.香蕉植物通常每年結(jié)一次果；根據(jù)Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit.可知這些植物每年結(jié)兩三次果，故D選項錯誤。本題是問哪個選項是正確的，故答案選C。

【4】圖示理解題。題干意為：根據(jù)柱狀圖，美國第二受歡迎的水果是什么？由柱狀圖中可以看出美國最受歡迎的水果是香蕉，其次是蘋果，第三是橘子，最后是葡萄；所以美國第二受歡迎的水果是蘋果，故答案選A。