洛伦佐的兰花保卫战
洛伦佐的兰花保卫战

Cuba (古巴) is a small island country. Lorenzo lives in Cuba. He lives in a poor town. He has a big garden with many kinds of orchids (兰花).Cuba has many problems, but Lorenzo loves his plants.Lorenzo works hard to make new and strong flowers. In 2009, he made a nice new orchid called Bella Lorena.
Now Lorenzo mixes (杂交) flowers from Cuba with plants from other countries. He wants these new flowers to grow well in hot weather. He also wants to stop people from taking rare orchids from the forests. Only a few of these orchids are there now.

1.1.What do we know about Lorenzo?

A He has many orchids.

B He lives in a rich town.

C He has no garden.

D He lives near a forest.

解析:选A。A 细节理解题。文中明确写道“He has a big garden with many kinds of orchids.”,说明洛伦佐有一个大花园,里面有很多种兰花,因此选A“He has many orchids.”。B说“他住在一个富裕的小镇”,与文中“He lives in a poor town.”相反;C说“他没有花园”,与“has a big garden”相反;D说“他住在森林附近”,文中只提到森林里有稀有兰花,并没有说Lorenzo住在森林附近,所以不能选。因此选 A。

2.2. What did Lorenzo do in 2009?

A He visited other countries.

B He grew a new orchid.

C He stopped growing orchids.

D He bought a big garden.

解析:选B。B 细节理解题。文中说“In 2009, he made a nice new orchid called Bella Lorena.”,意思是他在2009年培育出一种美丽的新兰花,因此选B“He grew a new orchid.”。A说“他访问了其他国家”,文中只说现在他用来自其他国家的植物进行杂交,并没有说他去过其他国家;C说“他停止种兰花”,与全文他热爱兰花、努力培育兰花相反;D说“他买了一个大花园”,文中没有提到他买花园,所以不能选。因此选 B。

3.3. What does the underlined word “rare” mean?

A Very big and tall.

B Easy to grow well.

C Not easy to find.

D Red and beautiful.

解析:选C。C 词义猜测题。划线词是 “rare”。根据后文 “Only a few of these orchids are there now.” 可知,这些兰花现在只剩一些了,说明它们数量少、不容易找到,所以“rare”的意思是“Not easy to find.”。A“又大又高”、B “容易长好”、D “又红又美”在文中都没有依据,不能说明“rare”的含义。因此选 C。

4.4. What is the passage mainly about?

A A big town in Cuba.

B How to build a garden.

C Flowers in other countries.

D A man and his orchids.

解析:选D。D 主旨大意题。全文围绕洛伦佐展开:他住在古巴一个贫穷小镇,有一个种满兰花的大花园;他努力培育新的、强壮的兰花,2009年培育出Bella Lorena;现在他还把古巴花卉与其他国家的植物杂交,并想保护森林里的稀有兰花。因此文章主要讲的是“一个人和他的兰花”,选D“A man and his orchids.”。A“古巴的一个大城镇”不是文章主旨,原文小镇也并非 “大镇”,文中说的是poor town,而且不是重点;B“如何建花园”文中没有具体讲;C“其他国家的花”只是杂交时提到的一部分内容,不能概括全文,所以不选。故选D。