A
Most of the time, a project needs many people with different skills to do it together. Here is an example.
Because of bad environment, insects, such as bees and butterflies in England become fewer and fewer. The number of insects has been cut by about 50 percent since 1970. In order to make homes for bees and butterflies, the English decide to build gardens on the tops of bus stops and plant flowers and other plants in the gardens. The soil for the gardens is heavy, especially when it rains. So the bus stops need to be strong enough.
Clear Channel is the company to carry out this project. They bring designers, builders, planters and gardeners, even vets together. These people with different skills will do different jobs. They hope to set up more than 1,000 bus stop gardens in different cities in England. These bus stop gardens will beautify (美化) the cities. They can also help to clean the air and lower the temperature (降低温度).
We can learn a lot from the example. Don’t you think so?

()41. What does the underlined word “insects” refer to?
A. Plants.
B. Gardens.
C. Fish.
D. Little animals.
()42. The number of insects now is about of that in 1970.
A. a quarter
B. a half
C. three quarters
D. two thirds
()43. Why do the English decide to build gardens on the tops of bus stops?
A. To make homes for bees and butterflies.
B. To beautify the cities.
C. To clean the air.
D. To lower the temperature.
()44. How many kinds of people with different job skills work together for the project?
A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.
D. 6.
()45. What can we learn form the text?
①People need to work together.
②We should protect our environment.
③Humans share the world with plants and animals.
④Clear Channel is a company only to protect bees and butterflies.
A. ①②③
B. ②③④
C. ①②④
D. ①③④

41. D 由下文“such as bees and butterflies”可知，insects属于little animals。
42. B 由第二段第二句中“has been cut by about 50 percent since 1970”可知，昆虫数量减少了约50%，现在只剩一半。
43. A 由第二段第三句可知，为蜜蜂和蝴蝶建造家园是他们的目的。
44. C 由第三段第二句可知，共有设计师、建筑工人、种植者、花匠和兽医五种职业的人。
45. A 由第三段可知，Clear Channel是一家建筑公司，排除第④项。

【分析】做这类英语阅读理解题，需先明确题型：词义猜测题、细节理解题、目的题、信息筛选与推理题。解题思路为：1. 词义猜测题，结合划线词后的举例内容推断词义；2. 细节理解题，定位原文对应句子，提取关键信息；3. 目的题，找原文表目的的关键词（如in order to）后的内容；4. 信息筛选题，逐一核对选项与原文表述，排除错误项。
【解析】
41. 词义猜测题：划线词后举例“bees and butterflies”（蜜蜂和蝴蝶）都属于小动物，因此“insects”指小动物，选D。
42. 细节理解题：根据第二段“has been cut by about 50 percent since 1970”，可知昆虫数量减少了约50%，现在是1970年的一半，选B。
43. 目的题：根据第二段“In order to make homes for bees and butterflies, the English decide to build gardens...”，明确建花园的目的是为蜜蜂和蝴蝶建造家园，选A。
44. 细节理解题：根据第三段“They bring designers, builders, planters and gardeners, even vets together”，可知共有设计师、建筑工人、种植者、花匠、兽医5种职业的人，选C。
45. 信息筛选题：④项“Clear Channel is a company only to protect bees and butterflies”与原文“Clear Channel is the company to carry out this project”不符，排除④；①②③均符合原文，选A。
【答案】41.D 42.B 43.A 44.C 45.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解、词义猜测、细节理解
【点评】本文是一篇贴近生活的说明文，通过英国公交站花园项目考查学生对英语阅读中词义、细节信息的理解与筛选能力，题目难度适中，学生可通过定位原文快速解题。
【难度系数】0.7

B
There is a special team of firefighters in the Lake Tyers region（泰尔斯湖地区）, Australia. It's different from other fire teams. The firefighters are all women!
Charmaine is the leader of the team. She and her teammates work hard to keep people
safe from fires. When the fire alarm rings, they jump into action at once. They rush into burning buildings to help people in danger.
A few years ago, a house in Lake Tyers caught fire. It was burned down（烧毁）because there was no fire team nearby. Charmaine and her two friends decided to protect their own hometown by themselves. They started to look for teammates in their hometown. Five other women joined them. With the help of the government（政府）, they trained hard to be strong and brave enough and learned how to use different tools to put out fires.
"When we first set up this team, we wore bright yellow uniforms. So some people called us Banana Women." Charmaine said, "We think the name is so lively!"
Now these Banana Women are very helpful. They not only protect people and houses, but also teach people how to protect themselves from fires.
()46. How many people are in the fire team "Banana Women"?
A. 5. B. 6.
C. 7. D. 8.
()47. Why is the fire team special?
A. The members are all women.
B. The members are all friends.
C. They are called Banana Women.
D. They protect their own hometown.
()48. How did the women become firefighters?
A. They trained themselves.
B. The government helped them.
C. They studied at school to become firefighters.
D. Their family asked them to become firefighters.
()49. What can we learn from the text?
A. The fire team was set up by a great man.
B. The team didn't like the name of Banana Women.
C. These women teach people how to protect themselves from fire.
D. The house was burned down a few years ago because the fire team was not strong enough.
()50. What is the best title for this text?
A. A Lively Name
B. A Special Fire Team
C. A Burned House
D. A Helpful Government
第二节 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。
C

46. D 由第三段第三句和第五句可知，消防队由夏尔曼（Charmaine）和她的两个朋友发起，后来又有5人加入，共8人。
47. A 由第一段可知，这支消防队与众不同是因为成员都是女性。
48. B 由第三段“With the help of the government ...”可知，政府在帮助她们。
49. C 由最后一段最后一句可知，她们也教人们在火灾中如何逃生。
50. B 本文主要讲述一支特殊的消防队的故事。

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解题，包含5道细节理解题和1道主旨大意题，解题思路为：先通读短文把握核心内容，再针对每道题的题干关键词，回到原文定位对应信息，对比选项与原文表述的匹配度，从而选出正确答案。具体来说，46题需查找团队总人数，47题查找团队特殊的原因，48题查找她们成为消防员的方式，49题查找文中可获取的信息，50题需归纳文章主旨。
【解析】46. 根据第三段“Charmaine and her two friends decided to protect their own hometown by themselves. They started to look for teammates in their hometown. Five other women joined them.”可知，发起团队的有3人，后来又有5人加入，总人数为8，故选D。
47. 由第一段“The firefighters are all women! It's different from other fire teams.”可知，这支消防队特殊的原因是成员均为女性，故选A。
48. 根据第三段“With the help of the government, they trained hard to be strong and brave enough and learned how to use different tools to put out fires.”可知，是政府的帮助让她们成为消防员，故选B。
49. 由最后一段“They not only protect people and houses, but also teach people how to protect themselves from fires.”可知，她们会教人们如何在火灾中保护自己，对应选项C，故选C。
50. 全文围绕澳大利亚一支特殊的女子消防队展开，介绍了其组建过程、特点及作用，最佳标题应为“A Special Fire Team”，故选B。
【答案】46.D 47.A 48.B 49.C 50.B
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】本文以记叙文形式介绍了澳大利亚一支特殊的女子消防队，题目以细节查找和主旨归纳为主，难度适中，主要考查学生快速定位原文信息、理解文章主旨的能力。
【难度系数】0.8