Question

【題目】

Wind power is a very clean source of energy. This is how wind power works. Wind makes windmills spin (旋轉). When the windmills spin, they make electricity. Then we can use the electricity. A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that’s not true. For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water. We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make electricity.

Wind power is a very popular source of energy. Most people think that we should use it more and more. First of all, it’s clean. Windmills don’t pollute the environment at all. Second, we can use wind power forever. After all, we will always have wind. Also, wind power is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.

A lot of people don’t understand wind power very well. They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real. For example, some people say that windmills are dangerous for birds. They used to be true, but it isn’t true anymore. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, and they aren’t dangerous for birds.

However, there are real problems with windmills. One problem is that many people think windmills are very ugly. This is a problem for people, because windmills are often in very pretty areas. Also, wind doesn’t blow all the time, so we can’t use wind power all the time. Finally, windmills are noisy.

Wind power is becoming more and more common. Right now, more than 80 countries use wind power. About 2.5 percent of the world’s power comes from the wind. For some countries, that number is a lot higher. Wind power gives Denmark more than 25 percent of its electricity.

【1】Why DON’T new windmills kill birds? Because .

A. birds don’t fly near themB. they spin slowly

C. they are shorter than old windmillsD. new windmills don’t spin

【2】When did people start using wind power?

A. About 25 years ago.B. About 80 years ago.

C. About 500 years ago.D. Over 1,000 years ago.

【3】 , so we CAN’T use wind power all the time.

A. Windmills break all the timeB. We can’t use windmills at night

C. Windmills are too expensive to use all the timeD. Wind doesn’t blow all the time

【4】What does the article say about wind power?

A. Most people don’t like it.B. It’s getting cheaper.

C. Denmark doesn’t use it.D. It’s getting more expensive.

【5】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Expensive WindmillsB. Cheap and Clean Energy

C. Popular and Clean Wind PowerD. Dangerous Birds

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

短文介紹了人類對風能的利用。過去風能主要使用于海上航行和水利灌溉，而現(xiàn)在主要用風力發(fā)電。風能是一種非常清潔的能源。也是一種非常流行的能源。還介紹了風車一些弊端。風力發(fā)電越來越普遍，目前，80多個國家使用風力發(fā)電。世界上約2.5%的電力來自風能。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段中的句子“Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, and they aren’t dangerous for birds.” 舊風車殺死鳥是因為它們旋轉得很快。新的風車旋轉緩慢，對鳥類來說并不危險。故答案為B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中的句子“For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water.”幾千年來，人們借助風帆來航行和通過風車來灌溉。因此借助風力至少有一千多年的歷史，答案是D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據倒數(shù)第二段中的句子“Also, wind doesn’t blow all the time, so we can’t use wind power all the time.”風不會一直吹，所以我們不能一直使用風力。故答案為D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段中的句子“Wind power is a very popular source of energy.”可知，風能是一種非常流行的能源，A選項錯誤；根據第二段中的句子“Also, wind power is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.”可知風能很便宜，而且越來越便宜。B選項正確，D選項錯誤；根據最后一句“Wind power gives Denmark more than 25 percent of its electricity.”風力發(fā)電為丹麥提供了超過25%的電力。C選項錯誤。故答案選B。

【5】標題歸納題。短文介紹了人類對風能的利用。風能是一種非常清潔的能源，也是一種非常流行的能源。故答案為C。

標題歸納題是閱讀理解中常見的一個題型，這類題主要是測試學生對一篇文章或一段文字的深層理解程度及在速讀中準確把握文章主旨大意的能力。一般針對某一語段或某一語篇的主題標題或目的設題。這類題通常圍繞一個中心思想展開，一些文章一開頭便展示出文章的中心思想，第一段常常是內容的梗概，同時又表達了中心思想，也有一些文章的中心思想貫穿全文，并沒有用一句話明確表達出來，這就要求學生學會歸納概括。每個段落往往也由一個主題句或幾個陳述句構成，它們在句中的位置不同，有時在開頭，首先點明本段大意，有時在結尾，總結本段大意。例如第5小題，文章的中心思想貫穿一二段的開頭，風能是一種非常清潔的能源。也是一種非常流行的能源。故答案為C。