第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所

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第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Ever since she was a baby, Heather, aged 5, has watched her parents regularly turn off lights

that aren’t needed and put the day’s newspapers cans, bottles, jars, and other recyclables into a big, yellow bin — that is, if they can't find a second life for the discarded items in their own home first. Plastic packaging, pieces of cardboard, scraps of colored paper, bits of yarn, and small pieces of broken toys are typically dropped into a basket that the whole family rummages through whenever they need supplies for an art project. Recently, after spying a bit of shiny paper on the floor, Heather picked it up and said, "This is pretty. I'll put it in the art basket." Already, like parents, like daughter.

Heather's effort to recycle a scrap of paper rather than throw it away is a tiny gesture with a big message. It shows that even young children can learn about conserving materials and resources, and by extension, protecting the planet, in age-appropriate ways. It also shows that your child is so tuned in to your ways that it is easy to become an environmental role model. But because children are more apt to want to care for something they have a personal stake in, it's as important to expose your child to the natural world as it is to teach her ways to protect it.

This doesn't require week-long camping trips into the wilderness — although those can be fun, enlightening experiences for the whole family. Children can explore, appreciate, and learn about nature literally in their own backyard, in a park, in a community garden, and on trips to the beach or mountains. There's more good news: Giving your child opportunities to connect with nature can also help her develop crucial literacy, language, math, science, social studies, art, problem-solving, and research skills.

41．The underlined word “discarded” (Paragraph 1) probably means “___________.”

A．waste

B．important

C．small

D．dirty

42．Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A．The family is quite poor.

B．The family members don’t waste any money.

C．The parents are proud of saving materials.

D．The parents set an example to the daughter.

43．The text mainly suggests that children___________.

A．love recycling things

B．are curious about things

C．can learn to protect nature

D．should act the way as their parents

44．What’s the author’s suggestion about introducing a child to the natural world?

A．Going on a camping trip.

B．Traveling to the wilderness.

C．Learning from their parents.

D．Playing in such places as a park.

最佳答案：

41---44 ADCD

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。