The Greenbelt, a wide belt of open land around the cities and towns of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes about 3.75 million of the Bay Area’s 4.5 million acres. The Bay Area Greenbelt is one of the largest areas of open land in any U.S. urban area. Open land is land that has few buildings and lots of natural areas. The Greenbelt’s open land includes parks, forests, beaches, and more than 8,500 farms.

What are the advantages of the Greenbelt?

The Greenbelt has many advantages for people in the Bay Area, which include:

l walking and biking areas close to the cities and towns;

l places for wild plants and animals;

l cleaner air and water;

l income from farms.

Is the Greenbelt in danger?

Five hundred seventy thousand acres of the Greenbelt are in danger. There are builders who want to build suburbs on them. If those acres become suburbs, many things will change:

l the urban and suburban area will almost double;

l many farms will disappear;

l traffic will become worse; 

l the air will become dirtier.

What is Greenbelt Alliance (聯(lián)盟)?

Greenbelt Alliance, an organization that saves land in the San Francisco Bay Area, works alone and with other groups to save the Greenbelt in four ways:

1. Try to persuade people to build new buildings on land that is already urban, not on open land.

2. Make sure that the city and town governments are all making plans to save the Greenbelt.

3. Help Bay Area towns and cities to buy pieces of open land to make into natural areas.

4. Teach people in the Bay Area why the Greenbelt is important and what they can do to help save it.

1.What can we learn about the Greenbelt from the first paragraph?

A.The Greenbelt is the largest open land in the United States.

B.The Greenbelt covers much more than half of the Bay Area.

C.There are few farms on the open land of the Greenbelt.

D.There are more than 8,500 natural areas on the Greenbelt.

2.One of the advantages of the Greenbelt for people in the Bay Area is __________.

A.convenience for exercise                 B.income from sightseeing

C.cleaner city streets                      D.more plants and animals

3.The Greenbelt is in danger because __________.

A.traffic is getting worse

B.some plans to build suburbs on it

C.the suburban area has doubled

D.pollution is becoming serious

4.Which of the following is TRUE about Greenbelt Alliance?

A.It builds new buildings on open land.

B.It buys large open land for the Bay Area.

C.It educates people how to save the Greenbelt.

D.It helps the city governments make plans.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文敘述了在美國的舊金山周圍有一個非常大的綠化帶,文中介紹了它的優(yōu)點人們可以鍛煉身體,呼吸新鮮空氣等,但是五千零七萬畝的綠地正處于危險中,一些人計劃在這里蓋樓,當然會帶來一些問題,這樣綠地聯(lián)盟就開始做工作來阻止這樣的事情發(fā)生。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)includes about 3.75 million of the Bay Area’s 4.5 million acres故選 B。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)walking and biking areas close to the cities and towns;可以去鍛煉,故選A。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There are builders who want to build suburbs on them.一些人想把它建成郊區(qū),故選B。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)works alone and with other groups to save the Greenbelt 和Teach people in the Bay Area why the Greenbelt is important and what they can do to help save it.教育人們如何保護綠化帶,故選C。

考點:環(huán)保類短文閱讀。

點評:細節(jié)理解題可以分為集中型細節(jié)理解題和分散型細節(jié)理解題。集中型:就文章的單個細節(jié)提問,答案在原文中出現(xiàn)的位置一般也位于單句話或幾句話中。因為具體細節(jié)不同,出題形式千變萬化,因題而異。分散型:題目涉及到文章某一段或幾段,甚至貫穿全文的各個位置,需要考生尋找文章中的多個細節(jié)。請注意,分散型細節(jié)理解題并不意味著題目的正確答案出現(xiàn)在文章的不同位置,正確答案往往也是關于文章的某一個句子或細節(jié)。只是說文章的干擾選項是關于不同的細節(jié),需要我們在定位的時候閱讀某一個區(qū)域。

 

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