1、第一节 细节理解题A(2020永州三模)Modern architecture has brought many amazing buildings to the world.Here are some of the strangest buildings in the world.Habitat 67，Montreal，CanadaHabitat 67 is a very interesting arrangement of cubes，which looks like the building blocks that children play with.It is pretty inte
2、resting how it was designed.In its material sense，the cube is a symbol of stability.It looks so original and at the same time comfortable for living.It was created as a main attraction for Expo 67，one of the worlds largest universal expositions(博览会)，where housing was one of the main themes.The Baske
3、t Building，Ohio，United StatesThe Longaberger Basket Company building in Newark，Ohio might just be a strangest office building in the world.The 180，000squarefoot building，a copy of the companys famous market basket，cost $30 million and took two years to complete.Many experts tried to persuade Dave Lo
4、ngaberger to change his plans，but he wanted an exact copy of the real thing.The Crooked House，Sopot，PolandFinished in 2003，the Crooked House has an extraordinary and amazing structure.Its design was based on the pictures of Polish artist Jan Marcin Szancer and Swedish painter Per Dahlberg.It looks a
5、s if it had been taken from a cartoon: The building lines are not straight，but they are balanced，so the house is not ugly at all，just strange！The interesting part is how builders managed to create this genius idea，but the house is a fact and everyone admires their creativity.La Pedrera，SpainIt is si
6、tuated in the Eixample district of Barcelona，Catalonia，Spain.The story of the house is pretty interesting.The house was designed by Antoni Gaudi and built for a married couple.It is an extraordinary but stylish building considered to be highly unconventionalthere is not even one straight line!语篇解读这是
7、一篇应用文，介绍了四个令人惊奇的现代建筑。1Which of the buildings above is associated with a toy?AHabitat 67.BThe Basket Building.CThe Crooked House.DLa Pedrera.解析：细节理解题。根据Habitat 67，Montreal，Canada中第一句“.which looks like the building blocks that children play with.”可知答案。答案：A2What can we learn about the Basket Building?A
8、It was built for exhibition.BIt was designed following the pictures.CIt was constructed according to its original design.DIt might be the strangest office building in the world.解析：细节理解题。根据The Basket Building，Ohio，United States中“Many experts tried to persuade Dave Longaberger to change his plans，but
9、he wanted an exact copy of the real thing.”可知这个建筑物是根据最初的设计建造的。答案：C3What do the Crooked House and La Pedrera have in common?AThey both look very ugly.BThey are built by Antoni Gaudi.CTheir design patterns are common.DTheir construction lines are bent.解析：细节理解题。根据The Crooked House，Sopot，Poland中的“The bu
10、ilding lines are not straight”和La Pedrera，Spain中的“there is not even one straight line”可知这两个建筑物都没有用直线设计。答案：DBReducing，reusing，and recycling is a way of life in Sweden.Recycling is required by law and garbage is sorted at home before it goes to a recycling center.Recyclables are sorted into seven cate
11、gories and recycling stations are within just 300 meters of all residential areas.“Recycling almost everything is a must in Sweden now.It actually feels very uncomfortable when you visit another country and cant find easy ways to recycle，” said Owen Gaffney，an expert at Stockholm Resilience Centre a
12、nd Future Earth.But not all of its garbage is recycled.Sweden uses alternatives that include incinerating garbage to make electricity instead of using fossil fuels(化石燃料)to heat 1.2 million homes.About half of household garbage is sent to one of the 33 wastetoheat plants.Sweden is importing garbage f
13、rom other countries to keep these plants running.Sweden is also a world leader in turning food waste into ecofriendly biogas.It has made food waste collection compulsory beginning in 2021.There is a food waste biogas plant，which allows biogas to be used to run public buses and to heat apartment buil
14、dings.Sweden now wants to deal with those remaining items that cannot be recycled by using a circular(循环论证的)economy approach.It means that products can be reused and only recycled when absolutely necessary.The Swedish government formed an advisory group to find a way of making this part of its envir
15、onmental policy.This will not work effectively unless people are taught to change their behavior.Now the government is reforming its tax code so that people could get cheaper repairs or buy used things.The large Swedish clothing retailer(零售商)H&M operates a recycling program that gives customers disc
16、ounts when they bring back old clothing.Sweden is fighting climate change by doing all the right stuff.Waste recycling and the plans to switch to a circular economy will go a long way in reducing its carbon footprint and will help stop global warming.语篇解读本文讲述了在瑞典，减少、再利用和回收是一种生活方式。瑞典政府鼓励人们回收和使用二手商品，废
17、品先分类，再回收。4What do we know about Sweden?ASweden imports household garbage for biogas.BIt is convenient to recycle things in Sweden.CHalf of garbage in Sweden is used to produce heat.DEverything is recycled after being used in Sweden.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Recyclables are sorted into seven categories and re
18、cycling stations are within just 300 meters of all residential areas.”可知，在瑞典回收物品是很方便的。答案：B5What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?ABurning.BTreating.CThrowing. DReusing.解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句可知，瑞典通过焚烧化石燃料的替代品垃圾来发电，为120万个家庭供热。画线词incinerating的意思是“焚烧”，与burning同义。答案：A6What does the advisory group
19、do?ATeach people how to save fossil fuels.BConduct a survey about the local economy.COffer advice on environmental policy.DMake sure the citizens recycle wisely.解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The Swedish government formed an advisory group to find a way of making this part of its environmental policy.”可知，瑞典政府成立了一
20、个咨询小组，目的是找到一个方法使通过循环经济法处理不能被回收利用的产品的做法成为政府环境政策的一部分，即咨询小组的职责就是为环境政策提供建议。答案：C7How does the government encourage its citizens to reuse?AIt provides various recycling programs.BIt cuts down taxes on new products.CIt gives discounts to regular buyers.DIt offers lower prices for repairs.解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Now the government is reforming its tax code so that people could get cheaper repairs or buy used things.”可知，政府正在改革其免税代码，以便使维修更便宜，并鼓励人们购买二手商品。答案：D熟词生义：Para.2：plant 常用义：n.植物v.种植文章义：n.发电厂，工厂a nuclear reprocessing plant核物质再处理厂a chemical plant化工厂