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【題目】 The Tokyo Summer Olympics is going green. The 5,000 medals Japan has made are more special than most.

One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable”—to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are easy on the environment. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.

Almost all electronics are made with small amounts of "precious metals", like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals was a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 1 kilogram of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, the organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices. Soon people began to respond to the initiative, turning in smartphones, digital cameras, hand-held games, and laptops. At first, collection went slowly, but soon more and more areas began to take part. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process.

Then came the job of breaking those devices down into smaller pieces. After being taken apart and sorted, the small electronics were smelted (熔煉) to get all the gold, silver, and bronze elements. This is a tricky job, which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.

By the end of March, 2019, the organizers had hit their targets of getting enough metal for the medals. They had collected around3xkilograms of gold, 4,100 kilograms of silver and 2,200 kilograms of bronze. And now all the 5,000 medals are available for the would-be winners.

【1】What can we know about the Tokyo Olympics medals?

A.They are hugely valuable.

B.They are of high quality.

C.They are designed uniquely.

D.They are made from e-waste.

【2】What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A.The difficulty of making the medals.

B.The process of collecting old electronics.

C.The initiative to recycle used smartphones.

D.The classification of the collected devices.

【3】The underlined word “tricky”in Paragraph 5 means“ ”.

A.creativeB.well-paid

C.demandingD.time-consuming

【4】What's the purpose of Tokyo's way of making the medals?

A.To advocate sustainable use of resources.

B.To promote the spirit of Olympic Games.

C.To introduce a new technique to make medals.

D.To call people's attention to environmental damage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了東京夏運會獎牌將采用回收的電子垃圾制作而成，以及該活動的目的意義。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.(作為這一目標(biāo)的一部分，組織者決定用舊電子產(chǎn)品回收的金屬制成所有的奧運獎牌。)可知，東京奧運會金牌是由電子廢料制成的。故選D。

【2】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知，從2017年4月開始，組織者在全國各地放置了收集箱，并要求人們上交他們的舊電子設(shè)備。很快，人們開始對倡議做出反應(yīng)，上交智能手機(jī)、數(shù)碼相機(jī)、手持游戲和筆記本電腦。起初，收集工作進(jìn)展緩慢，但很快越來越多的地區(qū)開始參與。 到目前為止，已有1621個地方政府提供了幫助。因此推斷本段主要講述了收集舊電子產(chǎn)品的過程。故選B。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)劃線句后的which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.

可知，這需要細(xì)心地關(guān)注和良好的技能，這也是危險的，因為一些金屬和其他東西對于人們的觸摸和呼吸是不安全的。因此推斷這是一個要求高的工作。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be“sustainable”—to avoid using too many natural resources可知東京奧運會的一個新焦點是“可持續(xù)發(fā)展的”——避免使用太多的自然資源。因此推斷 東京制作這種獎牌的目的是倡導(dǎo)資源可持續(xù)利用。故選A。.

在閱讀中我們經(jīng)常會考查猜測詞義或句意題。事實上，閱讀材料中的每個詞與它前后的詞語或句子甚至段落都有聯(lián)系。運用邏輯推理猜測詞義或句意是使用最廣考查最多也最易失分的猜詞方式，這要求考生具備整合分散、復(fù)雜信息的能力，充分利用上下文（各種已知信息）并結(jié)合具體的語境推測、判斷某些詞或短語的詞義。例如第3小題，根據(jù)劃線句后的which calls for careful attention and good skill. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren't safe for people to touch or breathe.可知，這需要細(xì)心地關(guān)注和良好的技能，這也是危險的，因為一些金屬和其他東西對于人們的觸摸和呼吸是不安全的。因此推斷這是一個要求高的工作。故選C。