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【題目】 Smooth balls of ice rolled ashore on a beach in Finland and piled up like a huge bunch of turtles' eggs. But where did these “ice eggs” come from?

Amateur photographer Risto Mattila stumbled upon the strange sight while walking with his wife on Hailuoto Island. The temperature remained around minus 1degree Celsius that day, he said, and the wind blew quickly across the beach. “There we found this amazing phenomenon. There was snow and ice eggs along the beach near the water line”.

The “ice eggs” littered an area the length of about one-quarter of a football field and ranged in size from that of an average chicken egg to that of a powerful soccer ball. Mattila took a photo, noting that he had “never seen anything like this during 25 years around here.” Others came upon the ice eggs, too. “I've never seen this before. The whole beach was almost full of these ice balls,” said Tarja Terentjeff, who lives in the nearby town of Oulu. Another local, Sirpa Tero, told CNN she’d seen snowballs line the shoreline before, but not over such a large area.

“Although it happens once in a blue moon, these ice eggs form similarly to sea glass or rounded stones that wash up on the beach.” said BBC Weather expert George Goodfellow. Chunks(塊) of ice break off from larger ice sheets in the sea and either slide to shore on the incoming tide or get pushed in by strong spells of wind at the water' s surface, he explained. Waves buffet(沖擊) the ice chunks as they travel, slowly eroding their rough edges into smooth curves. Seawater sticks and freezes to the forming eggs, causing them to grow like snowballs do as they roll across the ground, leaving behind nothing but smooth and shiny “eggs” for curious tourists to happen upon.

【1】The underlined phrase “stumbled upon” in Paragraph 2 can be best replaced by_ _

A.pulled throughB.survived from

C.ran acrossD.took notes of

【2】What can we know from Paragraph 3?

A.It was a very unusual phenomenon.B.Ice eggs gathered in a football field.

C.Only a quarter of the area was stricken.D.The beach was completely ice-covered.

【3】According to Goodfellow, how did the “ice eggs” come into being?

A.By means of sea water buffeting the wood chunks.

B.On the basis of the strong force of the cold wind.

C.By way of the special location and cold weather.

D.Through a rare combination of weather and waves.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A.An extraordinary trip of “ice eggs”.B.The power of wind and seawater.

C.A strange weather-based occurrence.D.How snowball affected the shoreline.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。主要報(bào)道了光滑的冰球滾到芬蘭的海灘上，像一大堆海龜?shù)耙粯佣逊e起來，業(yè)余攝影師Risto Mattila和妻子在Hailuoto島散步時(shí)偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了“冰蛋”這一不同尋常的現(xiàn)象，文章還說明了“冰蛋”形成的原因。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后文the strange sight while walking with his wife on Hailuoto Island.可知業(yè)余攝影師Risto Mattila是在和妻子在Hailuoto島散步時(shí)偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了這一奇怪的景象。故劃線短語意思為“偶然遇到”。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中I've never seen this before.(我以前從未見過這種情況)以及Another local, Sirpa Tero, told CNN she’d seen snowballs line the shoreline before, but not over such a large area.可知另一位當(dāng)?shù)厝?/span>Sirpa Tero告訴CNN，她以前看到過雪團(tuán)在海岸線上排列，但沒有看到過這么大的區(qū)域。由此可推知，這是一個(gè)非常不尋常的現(xiàn)象。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中Chunks of ice break off from larger ice sheets in the sea and either slide to shore on the incoming tide or get pushed in by strong spells of wind at the water' s surface, he explained. Waves buffet the ice chunks as they travel, slowly eroding their rough edges into smooth curves. Seawater sticks and freezes to the forming eggs, causing them to grow like snowballs do as they roll across the ground…可知他解釋說，大塊的冰塊從海上更大的冰原上脫落，要么隨著潮汐滑向岸邊，要么受到海面強(qiáng)風(fēng)的推擠。海浪沖擊著它們移動(dòng)的冰塊，慢慢地將它們粗糙的邊緣侵蝕成光滑的曲線。海水會(huì)粘在正在形成的卵上并凍結(jié)，導(dǎo)致它們像雪球一樣在地面上滾動(dòng)……由此可推知，根據(jù)Goodfellow的說法，“冰蛋”是在特殊的天氣和海水的共同作用下形成的。故選D。

【4】主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段Smooth balls of ice rolled ashore on a beach in Finland and piled up like a huge bunch of turtles' eggs. But where did these “ice eggs” come from?可知光滑的冰球滾到芬蘭的海灘上，像一大堆海龜?shù)耙粯佣逊e起來。但是這些“冰蛋”是從哪里來的呢？業(yè)余攝影師Risto Mattila和妻子在Hailuoto島散步時(shí)偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了“冰蛋”這一不同尋常的天氣現(xiàn)象，文章還說明了“冰蛋”形成的原因。所以短文主要是關(guān)于奇怪的天氣現(xiàn)象。故選C。

詞義猜測題是高考閱讀理解中�？碱}型之一，可以大致分為

① 定義猜詞，可以根據(jù)定義信息和舉例猜測詞義。如文中常用refer to, be called或that's to say, such as等。

② 邏輯猜詞可以根據(jù)同義詞、反義詞、因果關(guān)系詞等猜測詞義，例如，similarly, the same as, but, however, while, on the other hand, since ,because等，所猜詞與這些提示詞前/后面部分的含義一樣、相反或是前因后果。

③ 語法猜詞，可以根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法，再結(jié)合上下文進(jìn)行猜詞。

④ 語境猜詞，猜測詞義離不開上下文的語境，通過上下文提供的情景和線索進(jìn)行合理的分析，同時(shí)還要關(guān)注其所在的整段及整篇文章。

⑤ 指代猜詞即找出人稱代詞、指示代詞、關(guān)系代詞或關(guān)系副詞等所指代的內(nèi)容，做題時(shí)要注意指代詞的位置，以便于判斷，然后用所找的指代內(nèi)容替換劃線代詞，核實(shí)其邏輯、意義、位置等是否一致，最后比較所找部分與選項(xiàng)，確定意思最接近的選項(xiàng)。

如第一小題，根據(jù)后文the strange sight while walking with his wife on Hailuoto Island.可知業(yè)余攝影師Risto Mattila是在和妻子在Hailuoto島散步時(shí)偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了這一奇怪的景象。故劃線短語意思為“偶然遇到”。故選C。