Question

Researchers recently made a survey about how people know trees in UK.They showed them pictures of 10 of Britain’s most popular types of trees.They  asked them to name each.Many British people cannot give the right answers.

One in 20 people questioned could not name any of the Britain’s common  trees.Horse chestnut and oak are very common in Britain.Britons can see  them everywhere from parks and gardens to the countryside and forests.But  five per cent of Britons could not name the two trees.

While older people are more likely than younger adults to name Britain’s  local trees，the knowledge is not being passed down.

Over 70% parents say they have never taught their children the names of  trees nor asked them about what they may have learnt at school or elsewhere.

“It is very disappointing to learn that people know very little about British  trees，” said one of the researchers.

1．What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Many Britons cannot name trees.

B．A scientific survey.

C．Parents should teach their children.

D．People know very little about Britain.

2．How many people could not name any of the common trees if 200 people were surveyed?

A．140                                                  B．20

C．100                                                   D．10

3．It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．the 10 types of Britain’s most popular trees can be seen everywhere

B．horse chestnut and oak are two kinds of animals seen everywhere in Britain

C．older people in Britain may know more about the local trees than the younger ones

D．70% of the people questioned can not name the 10 types of Britain’s most popular trees

4．The underlined word “common” in the second paragraph probably means________.

A．seldom seen                                       B．often seen

C．formal                                              D．local

5．This passage may be taken from________.

A．a(chǎn) newspaper                                      B．a(chǎn) dictionary

C．a(chǎn) science report                                  D．a(chǎn) textbook

Answer 1

解析：　 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的第一段和最后一段可知全文主要講述了很多英國人不認(rèn)識自己國家的常見樹木。

答案：　A

解析：　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句話“One in 20 people questioned could not name any of the Britain’s common trees.”被調(diào)查的人中有1/20的人叫不上任意一種英國常見樹木的名字，由此可知，如果被調(diào)查的是200人的話，那么200×1/20＝10。

答案：　D

解析：　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段可知，盡管年長的人比年輕一些的更有可能認(rèn)識英國本地的樹木，但是這方面的知識并沒有傳承下來，故C項表述正確。根據(jù)第二段第二、三句話“Horse chestnut and oak are very common in Britain.Britons can see them everywhere from parks and gardens to the countryside and forests.”可知A、B項表述錯誤；而D項中的數(shù)字并不是不認(rèn)識樹木的人的比例。

答案：　C

解析：　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文的描述可知，horse chestnut(七葉樹)和oak(橡樹)在英國非常常見，從公園、花園，到鄉(xiāng)村、森林，處處可以見到它們的身影。由此可推斷common意為“常見的”。

答案：　B

解析：　推理判斷題。這篇文章是有關(guān)一個社會調(diào)查的，可能會出現(xiàn)在報紙上。

答案：　A