阅读理解
2019
三、阅读理解（本题20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
12.判断正误
（1）The garden sensor helps the environment and does yard work at the same time. （2）It takes the inflatable chair more than five minutes to fill with air.
（3）The soundbook works indoors or outdoors.
（4）A person needs two monofins, one for each foot.
（5）Soundbook is the most expensive of the four products while the inflatable chair is the cheapest.
【答案】（1）1（2）0（3）1（4）0（5）0
【考点】广告布告类
【解析】【分析】短文大意：这是关于四种商品的广告，介绍了商品的用途和价格。（1）细节理解题。根据 Do you want to help the environment and do yard work at the same time? This machine knows when your grass needs water. It waters your grass, and you don't have to do anything! 可知智能园丁能同时保护环境和做家务活。故答案为：正确。（2）细节理解题。根据 It fills with air in five minutes. 可知充气椅子可知五分钟内完成。故答案为：错误。
（3）细节理解题。根据 Indoors or outdoors, you can have a good time with this small
item on a shelf or in a tree.可知有声书可在室内或室外使用。故答案为：正确。
（4）细节理解题。根据 Put both feet in, get in the water, and feel how it is to flap instead of kick. 可知只需要单鳍，故答案为：错误。
（5）细节理解题。根据garden sensor， Only $ 124.99. ； the inflatable chair； Only
$ 49.50. ； soundbook. Only $ 299.99. ； monofin， Only $ 36. 可知monofin才是最便宜
的产品，故答案为：错误。
【点评】此题考查阅读理解。这是一篇广告，内容简单，容易理解。我们先阅读短文
理解短文大意，然后分析问题，从短文的细节中找出和问题相关的信息，确定问题的
正确答案。
13.阅读理解
Rupert Isaacson was born in Africa, and grew up in London and in the English countryside, where he discovered his love of horses. Because he grew up hearing so many fascinating memories about Africa from his parents, he went there and lived with the people called The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert.
By the year 2000, Rupert was already working as a reporter, writing articles and guidebooks about Africa and India. He met his wife Kristin in India. Today, they live with their son, Rowan, in the US. But Rupert faced the greatest challenge of his life when, at the age of two, Rowan was
diagnosed (诊断) with an illness that influenced his ability to communicate with others.
Rupert discovered that spending time with horses and riding them was helping Rowan. But unluckily, the Bushmen of the Kalahari do not have horses. So the family set out for Mongolia, where horses have been important for long. Rupert has written about this journey to help his son in his book Horse Boy, and he has produced a documentary of the same name. In the film, people have the chances to see the family travelling in Mongolia, riding horses and meeting healers (治疗师) in order to help Rowan.
Because working with horses has helped Rowan, Rupert set up The Horse Boy Foundation on his farm in Texas. It is a school that teaches people how to use horses for healing. Besides writing another book, The Long Ride Home, about travelling with Rowan to Africa, Australia and Arizona in the US, Rupert has also produced the documentary Endangerous, with Rowan as host, about dangerous animals that are endangered. Rupert Isaacson has managed to discover the secret of turning one challenge into many achievements.
（1）Where did Rupert Isaacson discover his love of horses?
A. In the English countryside.
B. In India.
C. In Africa.
D. In Mongolia.
（2）When was Rowan diagnosed with the illness mentioned in the passage?
A. In the year 2000.
B. At the age of two.
C. When he was in Mongolia.
D. When he was in London.
（3）Why did Rupert's family go to Mongolia?
Because there.
