四、任务型阅读。
A natural resource is anything people can use which comes from nature. People cannot make natural resources, but get them from the earth. Examples of natural resources are air, water, copper, wood, oil, wind energy, hydro-electric energy, iron and coal. Refined(精炼的) oil is not a natural resource because people make it.
We often say that we can divide natural resources into two different groups: renewable resources and non-renewable resources.
A renewable resource can grow again and come back again after we use it. For example, soil, sunlight, water and wood are renewable resources.
A non-renewable resource is a resource that cannot grow or come back, or a resource that will take a very long time to come back. For example, coal is a non-renewable resource. When we use more coal, there will be less coal afterward. One day, there will be no coal to make goods. The non-renewable resource can be used up directly, or we can find a renewable resource to replace it. It is important to save non-renewable resources, because if we use them too quickly, there will not be enough in the future.
Most natural resources are limited. This means that they will run out. But a perpetual(长久的;无尽的) resource won't. Some examples of perpetual resources include solar energy, tidal(潮汐的) energy and wind energy. Other examples are salt, stone and diamonds.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。(回答不超过6个词)
1. Where can we get natural resources like air, water and oil?

2. What isn't included in natural resources according to Paragraph 1?

3. How many groups can natural resources be divided into?

4. Why do we say most natural resources are limited?

5. What do you think is the best title for the passage?

1. From nature./From the earth. 2. Refined oil. 3. Two. 4. Because they
will run out. 5. Natural resources./Two types/kinds of natural resources./
Natural resources of two types/kinds.

【分析】
这是限制词数要求的任务型阅读简答题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，把握文章核心主题是自然资源的相关介绍；2. 逐个抓取每个题干的关键词，回到原文精准定位对应段落的语句；3. 从定位句中直接提取符合题意的核心信息，严格遵守"回答不超过6个词"的要求，剔除冗余内容，得到对应答案。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段内容，明确自然资源无法人为制造，是从自然界/地球获取的，提炼核心表述即可。
2. 定位第一段最后一句，明确精炼油是人工制造的，不属于自然资源范畴，直接提取对应内容即可。
3. 定位第二段，原文明确说明自然资源可以分为可再生、不可再生两类，直接给出对应结果即可。
4. 定位最后一段前两句，原文直接点明大部分自然资源有限的含义就是它们会耗尽，提取对应内容即可。
5. 全文围绕自然资源的定义、分类展开，提炼符合词数要求的主旨类标题即可。
【答案】
1. From nature./From the earth.
2. Refined oil.
3. Two.
4. Because they will run out.
5. Natural resources./Two types/kinds of natural resources./Natural resources of two types/kinds.
【知识点】
任务型阅读简答
原文信息定位
主旨大意归纳
【点评】
本题难度较低，所有题目的答案几乎都可以在原文中直接定位提取，设置的6词以内的答题限制，提醒同学们做这类题型时要注意筛选核心信息，不要添加无关冗余内容，贴合题干设问精准作答即可。
【难度系数】
0.8