四、阅读短文,回答问题
Who do you think are the heroes in our lives? Maybe doctors, policemen, firemen and so on. Besides (除了) them, I think the people who clean up our trash (垃圾) are also great heroes. Thanks to them, our living areas are
▲
.
My name is Thomas Dambo. I'm a "trash artist" and work with these heroes. My job is to create (创造) beauty out of trash. By doing this, I want to show people that trash is not all ugly (丑陋的) or smells bad. We can collect it and use it to make something beautiful and useful.

About two months ago, I started an activity called "The Future Forest". More than 700 students, 100 volunteers and many landfill (垃圾填埋场) workers joined in it. Together we collected three tons of plastic waste. Then, we turned it into a colourful plastic forest in Mexico City.
This 500-square-metre forest is full of thousands of plastic flowers, trees and animals. Children can come to my workshop (工作室) to build new plants and animals for the forest. In this way, the forest will keep growing. "The Future Forest" is now on display (展览). People can visit it for the next few months.
If you keep looking, there's beauty behind the trash. Let's learn to reuse it better and build a brighter future for the world!
每题答案不超过6个单词
1. Fill in the "
▲
" with a word.
Clean/Tidy.
2. What is Thomas Dambo?
He is a "trash artist".
3. How large is Thomas Dambo's colourful plastic forest?
It's 500 square metres in area.
4. What can children do in Thomas Dambo's workshop?
Build new plants and animals.
5. What do you think of Thomas Dambo's activity?
It's great and interesting.
解析:
【分析】
我们可以按照题目顺序逐一解题:第1题,结合前文语境,清洁垃圾的工作者的职责就是让我们的生活区域保持干净整洁,只需要填一个符合语义的形容词即可;第2到第4题都属于细节查找题,只需要回到原文对应段落定位问题相关的语句,提取核心信息,控制答案字数不超过6个单词即可;第5题是开放性问题,结合全文变废为宝的环保主题,给出正向的、符合字数要求的评价就可以。
【解析】
1. 前文点明清理垃圾的工作者是伟大的英雄,他们的劳作让我们的生活环境干净整洁,因此可以填入表示干净/整洁的形容词Clean或者Tidy。
2. 定位原文第二段内容"My name is Thomas Dambo. I'm a 'trash artist' and work with these heroes.",直接提取人物身份信息作答。
3. 定位原文第四段开头"This 500-square-metre forest is full of thousands of plastic flowers, trees and animals.",提取面积相关信息精简作答。
4. 定位原文第四段"Children can come to my workshop to build new plants and animals for the forest.",提取孩子可以做的核心动作作答。
5. 本题为开放性正向评价题,结合活动将垃圾变为艺术的特点,给出符合字数要求的合理评价即可。
【答案】
1. Clean/Tidy.
2. He is a "trash artist".
3. It's 500 square metres in area.
4. Build new plants and animals.
5. It's great and interesting.
【知识点】
阅读细节提取,文意理解,环保主题表达
【点评】
本题属于基础阅读简答题,绝大多数题目都可以直接从原文定位得到答案,难度较低,既考察学生快速查找文本信息的能力,也通过变废为宝的活动内容引导学生树立环保意识,作答时注意严格遵守每题答案不超过6个单词的要求即可。
【难度系数】
0.8