2019年4月自考00015英語二真題及答案含解析

英語（二）年月真題

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1、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.It

wasn'tlongbeforehewashiredasanamateur(業(yè)余的)playdirectoratBrown.Now

washischancetoshine,andtnehedid.Heputeverybitofhimselfintothejob.

Hemetteachersandschooloffcialstakedtoeveryoneabouthisdreamandnever

hesitatedtotellthemwhathewasafter.And,sureenough,attheendofthe

yearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.Wewereallhappy,butforme

thehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearnedanimportantlessonnoonecouldhave

taughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhatIwant,andifIkeeptryingafter

I'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocometrue.ThisisagiftIstillhold

inmyheart.Mybrotherhadmanygoodqualities.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：A

解析：文中提到作者的哥哥很聰明，善良，處理事情和對待朋友都很真誠，堅持自己的夢

想。說明他有很多優(yōu)點。

2、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.It

wasn'tlongbeforehewashiredasanamateur(業(yè)余的)playdirectoratBrown.Now

washischancetoshine,andshinehedid.Heputeverybitofhimselfintothe

job.Hemetteachersandschooloffcials,tatkedtoeveryoneabouthisdreamand

neverhesitatedtotellthemwhathewasafter.And,sureenough,attheendofthe

yearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.Wewereallhappy,butforme

thehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearnedanimportantlesson-alessonnoone

couldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhatIwant,andifIkeep

tryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocometrue.ThisisagiftI

stillholdinmyheart.2\.Onlyoneuniversityacceptedmybrother.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：B

解析：文章第二段提到Hewasacceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,

BrownUniversity除了他想要的布朗大學(xué)，他被所有的學(xué)校錄取了，故該表述錯誤。

3、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlesson-alessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhard

forwhatIwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscan

alsocometrue.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.3\.Mybrother'sfirst

yearatcollegewasterrible.

True

False

A:

B:

NotGiven

答C:案：C

解析：文章并沒有說他在大學(xué)的第一年很糟糕。

4、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlesson-alessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhard

forwhatIwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscan

alsocometrue.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.4\.Mybrotherwould

liketofindajobinRhodeIsland.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：A

解析：文章第二段提到Hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob他

說他要搬到布朗附近的羅德島找份工作，故該表述正確。

5、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlesson-alessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhard

forwhatIwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscan

alsocometrue.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.5\.Myparents

disagreedwithmybrother'splan.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：B

解析：文章第二段提到myparentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.

Buttheytrustedhimandencouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtake

torealizehisdream我的父母同意一年不上大學(xué)。但他們相信他，鼓勵他做任何他認(rèn)為

可以實現(xiàn)他的夢想的事情，故該表述錯誤。

6、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.It

wasn'tlongbeforehewashiredasanamateur(業(yè)余的)playdirectoratBrown.Now

washischancetoshine,andtnehedid.Heputeverybitofhimselfintothejob.

Hemetteachersandschooloffcialstakedtoeveryoneabouthisdreamandnever

hesitatedtotellthemwhathewasafter.And,sureenough,attheendofthe

yearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.Wewereallhappy,butforme

thehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearnedanimportantlesson——alessonno

onecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhatIwant,andifIkeep

tryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocometrue.ThisisagiftI

stillholdinmyheart.6\.Mybrothertookeveryopportunitytopromotehimself.

True

False

A:

B:

NotGiven

答C:案：A

解析：文章提到作者的哥哥利用一切機會提高自己，故該表述正確。

7、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.It

wasn'tlongbeforehewashiredasanamateur(業(yè)余的)playdirectoratBrown.Now

washischancetoshine,andshinehcdid.Heputeverybitofhimselfintothe

job.Hemetteachersandscooofias,talkedtoeveyoneabouthisdreamandnever

hsitdtotellthemwhathewasafter.And,sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhen

hereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.Wewereallhappy,butformethe

happinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearnedanimportantlessonnoonecouldhave

taughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhatIwant,andifIkeeptryingafter

I'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocometrue.ThisisagiftIstillhold

inmyheart.Mybrothernevertoldanyonewhathewasafter.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：B

解析：文章第二段提到Whenhecamehomeforsummervacation,hesaidhe'dmove

toRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddowhateverhecouldtobecome

knowninthearea.當(dāng)他回家過暑假時，他說他要搬到布朗附近的羅得島州，找一份工

作，盡其所能在當(dāng)?shù)爻雒?，說明他并不是從未告訴過任何人他要的是什么。所以該表述錯

誤。

8、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhat

Iwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocome

true.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.MybrotherappliedtoBrown

Universitythreetimes.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：B

解析：根據(jù)文章他兩次申請了布朗大學(xué)，故該表述錯誤。

9、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhat

Iwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocome

true.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.Mybrothersetagoodexample

forme.

True

False

A:

B:

NotGiven

答C:案：A

解析：文章最后一段提到Ihadlearnedanimportantlessonnoonecouldhave

taughtmewithwords.我學(xué)到了一個重要的教訓(xùn)，這是任何人都無法用語言教會我的，

說明他給作者樹立了一個好榜樣，該表述正確。

10、【單選題】MyBrotherMybrotherisoffatcollege,andatage14,Imisshim

terribly.Mybrotherisararekindofguy.He'ssmartandkind.Andmyfriends

sayhe'slovely.Butit'showhehandlesthingsandhowhetreatshisfriendsand

hisfamilythatmakemefeelmoreproud.Heappliedto14colleges.Hewas

acceptedbyallbutone,theonehewanted,BrownUniversity.Sohetookhis

secondchoice,andoffhewenttoafirstyear.Whenhecamehomeforsummer

vacation,hesaidhe'dmovetoRhodeIslandnearBrown,findajob,anddo

whateverhecouldtobecomeknowninthearea.He'dworkhisheartoutanddohis

bestateverything.Someone,hewassure,wouldnotice.Thiswasabigdealformy

parentsasitmeantagreeingtoayearwithoutcollege.Buttheytrustedhimand

encouragedhimtodowhateverhethoughtitwouldtaketorealizehisdream.And,

sureenough,attheendoftheyearwhenhereappliedtoBrown,hewasaccepted.

Wewereallhappy,butformethehappinesswentverydeep.Ihadlearned

animportantlessonnoonecouldhavetaughtmewithwords.IfIworkhardforwhat

Iwant,andifIkeeptryingafterI'vebeenturneddown,mydreamscanalsocome

true.ThisisagiftIstillholdinmyheart.Iwantedtogotocollege,too.

True

False

A:

NotGiven

B:

答C:案：C

解析：文章并沒有提到作者也想去上大學(xué)，只是提到如果在失敗后繼續(xù)堅持夢想也能實

現(xiàn)。

11、【單選題】Garlic（大蒜）Garlichasalonghistoryofhumanuseofover

7,000years.ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia.ItfinallymadeitswaytoEurope

andSouthandNorthAmericasinthe16thcentury.Itrapidlyspreadtotheworld

becauseitwaseasytogrowandcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.Garlichas

alsolongbeenusedinmedicine.Egyptiansfedgarlictotheslavestokeepup

theirstrengthandtodefendagainstdiseases.TheRomansbelievedthatgarlic

curedmanydiseasesandhelpedhealwounds.Greeksgavegarlictoathletesduring

theOlympicGamesinordertoincreasetheirstrength.Morerecently,garlichas

beenmentionedasbeingusedasatreatmentforbattlewoundsinbothWorldWars.

Infact,eventodaypeopleeatgarlicforitssupposedbenefits.Forexample,many

peopleeatgarlictohelpfightcoldsandcoughs.Someevenclaimthatgarliccan

helppreventhighbloodpressureandcancer.Adifferentuseforgarlicinthe

pastwastokeepawaybadspirits.Insomecountries,peoplebelievedthatifthey

woregarlicaroundtheirnecks,badthingswouldnotentertheirbodies.Andif

theyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,badthingswouldgoaway.

Garlicisnowgrowneverywhereintheworld.Chinaisthelargestproducer

ofgarlic,followedbyIndia,SouthKorea,EgyptandRussia.Thepopularity

ofgarlichasincreasedovertheyears.Itisnowwidelyusedinalltypes

ofcooking.Chinesedishesusegarlic.Italiandishesincludealotof

garlic,.Garlicisnowhighlyvaluedforitstastethroughouttheworld.Garlic

wasfirstgrownin____.

NorthAmerica

SouthAmerica

A:

Europe

B:

Asia

C:

答D:案：D

解析：文章第一段提到ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia大蒜原產(chǎn)于亞洲。

12、【單選題】Garlic（大蒜）Garlichasalonghistoryofhumanuseofover

7,000years.ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia.ItfinallymadeitswaytoEurope

andSouthandNorthAmericasinthe16thcentury.Itrapidlyspreadtotheworld

becauseitwaseasytogrowandcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.Garlichas

alsolongbeenusedinmedicine.Egyptiansfedgarlictotheslavestokeepup

theirstrengthandtodefendagainstdiseases.TheRomansbelievedthatgarlic

curedmanydiseasesandhelpedhealwounds.Greeksgavegarlictoathletesduring

theOlympicGamesinordertoincreasetheirstrength.Morerecently,garlichas

beenmentionedasbeingusedasatreatmentforbattlewoundsinbothWorldWars.

Infact,eventodaypeopleeatgarlicforitssupposedbenefits.Forexample,many

peopleeatgarlictohelpfightcoldsandcoughs.Someevenclaimthatgarliccan

helppreventhighbloodpressureandcancer.Adifferentuseforgarlicinthe

pastwastokeepawaybadspirits.Insomecountries,peoplebelievedthatifthey

woregarlicaroundtheirnecks,badthingswouldnotentertheirbodies.Andif

theyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,badthingswouldgoaway.

Garlicisnowgrowneverywhereintheworld.Chinaisthelargestproducer

ofgarlic,followedbyIndia,SouthKorea,EgyptandRussia.Thepopularity

ofgarlichasincreasedovertheyears.Itisnowwidelyusedinalltypes

ofcooking.Chinesedishesusegarlic.Italiandishesincludealotof

garlic,.Garlicisnowhighlyvaluedforitstastethroughouttheworld.Garlic

wasquicklyacceptedbypeopleeverywherebecauseitwas______.

simpletocook

easytogrow

A:

goodforhealth

B:

tastyinmanydishes

C:

答D:案：B

解析：文章第一段提到Itrapidlyspreadtotheworldbecauseitwaseasytogrow

andcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.它迅速傳播到世界各地，因為它很容易生

長，可以在惡劣的條件下生存。

13、【單選題】Garlic（大蒜）Garlichasalonghistoryofhumanuseofover

7,000years.ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia.ItfinallymadeitswaytoEurope

andSouthandNorthAmericasinthe16thcentury.Itrapidlyspreadtotheworld

becauseitwaseasytogrowandcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.Garlichas

alsolongbeenusedinmedicine.Egyptiansfedgarlictotheslavestokeepup

theirstrengthandtodefendagainstdiseases.TheRomansbelievedthatgarlic

curedmanydiseasesandhelpedhealwounds.Greeksgavegarlictoathletesduring

theOlympicGamesinordertoincreasetheirstrength.Morerecently,garlichas

beenmentionedasbeingusedasatreatmentforbattlewoundsinbothWorldWars.

Infact,eventodaypeopleeatgarlicforitssupposedbenefits.Forexample,many

peopleeatgarlictohelpfightcoldsandcoughs.Someevenclaimthatgarliccan

helppreventhighbloodpressureandcancer.Adifferentuseforgarlicinthe

pastwastokeepawaybadspirits.Insomecountries,peoplebelievedthatifthey

woregarlicaroundtheirnecks,badthingswouldnotentertheirbodies.Andif

theyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,badthingswouldgoaway.

Garlicisnowgrowneverywhereintheworld.Chinaisthelargestproducer

ofgarlic,followedbyIndia,SouthKorea,EgyptandRussia.Thepopularity

ofgarlichasincreasedovertheyears.Itisnowwidelyusedinalltypes

ofcooking.Chinesedishesusegarlic.Italiandishesincludealotof

garlic,.Garlicisnowhighlyvaluedforitstastethroughouttheworld.Ancient

Greeksbelievedthatgarliccanhelp_____.

curemanydiseases

healbattlewounds

A:

increasebodystrength

B:

keeppeoplehealthy

C:

答D:案：C

解析：文章第二段提到GreeksgavegarlictoathletesduringtheOlympicGames

inordertoincreasetheirstrength希臘人在奧運會期間給運動員提供大蒜，以增強他

們的力量。

14、【單選題】Garlic（大蒜）Garlichasalonghistoryofhumanuseofover

7,000years.ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia.ItfinallymadeitswaytoEurope

andSouthandNorthAmericasinthe16thcentury.Itrapidlyspreadtotheworld

becauseitwaseasytogrowandcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.Garlichas

alsolongbeenusedinmedicine.Egyptiansfedgarlictotheslavestokeepup

theirstrengthandtodefendagainstdiseases.TheRomansbelievedthatgarlic

curedmanydiseasesandhelpedhealwounds.Greeksgavegarlictoathletesduring

theOlympicGamesinordertoincreasetheirstrength.Morerecently,garlichas

beenmentionedasbeingusedasatreatmentforbattlewoundsinbothWorldWars.

Infact,eventodaypeopleeatgarlicforitssupposedbenefits.Forexample,many

peopleeatgarlictohelpfightcoldsandcoughs.Someevenclaimthatgarliccan

helppreventhighbloodpressureandcancer.Adifferentuseforgarlicinthe

pastwastokeepawaybadspirits.Insomecountries,peoplebelievedthatifthey

woregarlicaroundtheirnecks,badthingswouldnotentertheirbodies.Andif

theyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,badthingswouldgoaway.

Garlicisnowgrowneverywhereintheworld.Chinaisthelargestproducer

ofgarlic,followedbyIndia,SouthKorea,EgyptandRussia.Thepopularity

ofgarlichasincreasedovertheyears.Itisnowwidelyusedinalltypes

ofcooking.Chinesedishesusegarlic.Italiandishesincludealotof

garlic,.Garlicisnowhighlyvaluedforitstastethroughouttheworld.Some

ancientpeoplehunggarlicoutsidetheirdoorsto_____.

frightenbadspirits

decoratetheirhouses

A:

keepawayinsects

B:

showtheirwishes

C:

答D:案：A

解析：文章第四段提到Andiftheyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,

badthingswouldgoaway.如果他們把大蒜掛在家門口，壞事情就會消失，說明人們把大

蒜掛在門外以嚇走惡鬼。

15、【單選題】Garlic（大蒜）Garlichasalonghistoryofhumanuseofover

7,000years.ItwasoriginallygrowninAsia.ItfinallymadeitswaytoEurope

andSouthandNorthAmericasinthe16thcentury.Itrapidlyspreadtotheworld

becauseitwaseasytogrowandcouldstayaliveinpoorconditions.Garlichas

alsolongbeenusedinmedicine.Egyptiansfedgarlictotheslavestokeepup

theirstrengthandtodefendagainstdiseases.TheRomansbelievedthatgarlic

curedmanydiseasesandhelpedhealwounds.Greeksgavegarlictoathletesduring

theOlympicGamesinordertoincreasetheirstrength.Morerecently,garlichas

beenmentionedasbeingusedasatreatmentforbattlewoundsinbothWorldWars.

Infact,eventodaypeopleeatgarlicforitssupposedbenefits.Forexample,many

peopleeatgarlictohelpfightcoldsandcoughs.Someevenclaimthatgarliccan

helppreventhighbloodpressureandcancer.Adifferentuseforgarlicinthe

pastwastokeepawaybadspirits.Insomecountries,peoplebelievedthatifthey

woregarlicaroundtheirnecks,badthingswouldnotentertheirbodies.Andif

theyhunggarlicoutsidethedoorsoftheirhomes,badthingswouldgoaway.

Garlicisnowgrowneverywhereintheworld.Chinaisthelargestproducer

ofgarlic,followedbyIndia,SouthKorea,EgyptandRussia.Thepopularity

ofgarlichasincreasedovertheyears.Itisnowwidelyusedinalltypes

ofcooking.Chinesedishesusegarlic.Italiandishesincludealotof

garlic,.Garlicisnowhighlyvaluedforitstastethroughouttheworld.The

largestgarlicgrowerintheworldnowis_____.

Egypt

Korea

A:

China

B:

Russia

C:

答D:案：C

解析：文章最后一段提到Chinaisthelargestproducerofgarlic中國是最大的大蒜

生產(chǎn)國。

16、【問答題】EasyWaystoGreenupYourLife①Eatingmeatproduces

greenhousegasemissions.Ifyoucan'tgiveupmeatcompletely,youcanreduce

yourconsumptionorgiveupbeef.Don'teatout-of-seasonfarmproducts.Theyare

growningreenhouses.Alotofenergygoesintoheatingthegreenhouses.And

shippingsuchout-of-seasonfarmproductsbyairfromremoteplacesconsumeshuge

amountofenergy,too.Justlookforlocalandin-seasonfoods.②Spendless

timebehindthewheel,cycleandwalkmore,andusepublictransportmore.Ifyou

havetodrive,thefirstthingistochooseacarthatusescomparativelyless

fuel.Besides,sticktothespeedlimit,keepyourtiresproperlyfilledwithair,

emptyyourtrunkofheavyitems,andaccelerateandbrakegently.③Wanttotake

avacationtripbyplaneDon'thurry.Thinkagain.Airtravelhasabigimpacton

theenvironmentcomparedwithmostotherformsoftravel.Youhavebetterchoices.

Considerhavingavacationwithindrivingdistance.Ofcourse,takingthetrainis

thebestchoice.④Thinkabouthowmuch"stuff"youown.Abigpartof

emissionsarelinkedtoourconsumption.Toreduceitweneedachangein

consumptionculture.Dowereallyneedallthethingswebuy?Anddowealways

needthenewestone?Gettingfewerthingsandmakingtheonesyouownlastlonger

willreduceenergyuse.⑤Yourchoicesaboutheatingandcoolingyourhomeare

someofthemostimportantthingsyoucandointermsofcuttingyourgreenhouse

gasemissions.Keepingthetemperaturealittlelowerinthewinterandhigherin

thesummercanmakeabigdifference.A.ChangeyourshoppinghabitB.Drive

lessifpossibleC.TakefewerairtripsD.Useair-conditioningmoderatelyE.

TakefewervacationsF.Eatlessmeatandmorein-seasonfoodsParagraph①:

_____

答案：F

解析：文章第一段提到Eatingmeatproducesgreenhousegasemissions.Ifyou

can'tgiveupmeatcompletely,youcanreduceyourconsumptionorgiveupbeef.

Don'teatout-of-seasonfarmproducts.吃肉會產(chǎn)生溫室氣體排放。如果你不能完全放

棄肉類，你可以減少你的消費或放棄牛肉。不要吃過季的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品，所以只有選項F符合。

17、【問答題】EasyWaystoGreenupYourLife①Eatingmeatproduces

greenhousegasemissions.Ifyoucan'tgiveupmeatcompletely,youcanreduce

yourconsumptionorgiveupbeef.Don'teatout-of-seasonfarmproducts.Theyare

growningreenhouses.Alotofenergygoesintoheatingthegreenhouses.And

shippingsuchout-of-s