第 1 页2019届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练38
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Next Halloween, a small vegetable that looks like a pumpkin may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called “Lil'Pumpkin”. It's very special because it has orange, pumpkin-like fruit.
You might think that all vegetables are grown to provide food to eat. But some vegetables are grown mainly for the lively color
and holiday spirit that they bring to gardens. These are called “ornamentals (观赏性植物)”
. Just like lights decorate a Christmas tree, they decorate a garden. The peppers were bred (培育) by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists John Stommel and Robert Griesbach. Another pepper the scientists developed is called “Pepper Jack”. Because Pepper Jack has orange and black cone-shaped (锥形的) fruit, it might remind you of the popular Halloween treat “candy corn”. Stommel says that vegetable crops such as peppers were first widely grown in Europe in the 15th century. At that time, people liked these crops more because they looked pretty than because they provided food.
Back then, when a gardener grew plants for decoration and plants for food, the garden was called a “potager”. An example of this is the large gardens on the lawns (草坪) of castles and very large homes where kings and queens lived. One of those large royal homes was the French king's palace at Versailles during the 1600s. The palace is still there today, and people from all over the world still go there to visit and see the gardens.
Today, Stommel says using vegetables as decorations in gardens has become popular again.
So you might be wondering, if these peppers are for decoration, can people eat them? Yes, but the fruit from both of these peppers has a sharp taste (kind of like onions).
These peppers are scheduled to become available in mid-2019. These pretty
第 2 页peppers can be grown in containers and also in garden beds. They grow
best with plenty of light and warm temperatures, Stommel says. 9. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Different kinds of peppers. B. The history of peppers.
C. Peppers with the Halloween spirit.
D. Food for the Halloween festival.
10. What do we know about “Lil'Pumpkin” and “Pepper Jack”? A. They are used to decorate Christmas trees. B. They are grown mainly to provide food to eat.
C. Their fruits have different shapes.
D. Their fruits are of the same color.
11. The underlined word “they”in Paragraph 2 refers to “_______”. A. these vegetables B. these holidays C. these lights
D. these scientists
12. According to the passage, a potager was _______. A. the place where kings and queens lived B. the garden in the French king's palace
C. a place providing vegetables for the royal homes
D. a garden with plants for decoration and for food
（B）
Before Nicolas Sarkozy became French president, he was asked if he thought about “Not just when I'm presidency when he looked in the mirror while shaving (刮
胡子), ” he answered.
When Francois Hollande, now president-elect (总统当选人) of France, was asked the same question, he replied: “Do I see myself as president? No, I am a presidential candidate. A candidate must
not think himself president; he must give hope that he becomes president. ”Hollande has promised to be a “normal president”—something Sarkozy certainly was not. Sarkozy celebrated his election in 2019 at a world-class Parisian
restaurant.
第 3 页He took holidays on the yachts (游艇) of wealthy business people.
Hollande, by contrast, was still going around Paris on his three-wheeled motorbike at the start of this year. One member of his party said he looked “more like a pizza delivery man” than the next president.
“That is the key to Hollande's success because the election is turning into a sort of referendum (公民投票) for or against Nicolas Sarkozy, ” Eric Dupin, a journalist and political observer (观察员) told Global Post. “Francois Hollande is the one who appears not only as his main opponent politically, but also as his complete opposite psychologically (心理上地). ”
When he was the Socialist party leader, Hollande was nicknamed“the marshmallow (软糖)” because he hated fights. Sarkozy, by contrast, is known to be loud and aggressive.
When faced with Sarkozy's verbal attacks, Hollande stayed calm. “I wish he would just let go and savage (用暴力对付) Sarkozy, ” one Hollande voter said to the Guardian.
But Hollande still knows how to fight. Stéphane Le Foll, a Socialist MEP who has been one of Hollande's closest advisors for 17 years and is co-directing his
campaign, said Hollande had quietly planned his presidential bid for 10 years. “I think we all underestimated this guy, ” Alain Minc, one of Sarkozy's closest friends and advisors, told Reuters.
Hollande was born in 1954 in a middle-class family. He lived through the 1968 protests (抗议) that nearly overthrew (推翻) the French government. “They shocked him, but also politicized him, he said in a recent interview, making him understand that change was possible, ” reported the New York Times. When Hollande was 15, he told friends he expected to become president.
“I didn't come to the first rank either by chance or by obsession, ” Hollande said in an interview with Reuters. “I got there because I put myself in this situation, and because I deserved it. ”
9. By citing Hollande and Sarkozy's replies to the same question, the author intends to show _______.
第 4 页 A. Sarkozy is more confident than Hollande B. Hollande is more modest
than Sarkozy C. Hollande is less ambitious than Sarkozy D. Sarkozy is more humorous than Hollande
10. What is the key to Hollande's success in the presidential election according to Eric Dupin?
A. His dislike of fights.
B. His careful plan for the presidential bid.
C. How different he is from Sarkozy.
D. The gentle way in which he ran his campaign.
11. How did Hollande react to Sarkozy's verbal attacks according to the article?
A. He fought back violently.
B. He got annoyed on the spot.
C. He didn't say anything.
D. He dealt with them calmly.
12. What is the purpose of the article? A. To show what kind of a person Hollande is.
B. To compare the differences between Hollande and Sarkozy.
C. To show what French people think of Hollande.
D. To explain why Sarkozy lost the election. A
【文章大意】你见过长得像南瓜的胡椒吗？本文就介绍了这种刚培育成功的新植物——
橘黄色、样子像南瓜的胡椒。
9.【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知，本文主要介绍了一种橘黄色的、
看起来像南瓜的胡椒，或许在万圣节出现在花园里。
10.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段that looks like a pumpkin may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called “Lil' Pumpkin. . . 可知Lil' Pumpkin形状像南瓜。根据第三段has orange and black
cone-shaped fruit. . .
第 5 页可知“Lil' Pumpkin”和“Pepper Jack”形状不一样。
11.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。文章第二段提到了some vegetables可知此处they指代的是vegetables。
12.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第五段Back then, when a gardener grew plants for decoration and plants for food, the garden was called a “potager”. 可知D为正确选项。
C
【文章大意】文章介绍了法国新任总统Francois Hollande的鲜明个性与为人处事风格。
9.【解析】选B。推理判断题。作者通过描述对这同一个问题，两人截然不同的回答来展示他们个性的不同，分析他们的答复并结合第三段所列举的事例可见，他们的答复与他们平时为人处事的方式一致， Hollande为人相比Sarkozy要低调、谦逊得多，所以答案为B。C选项有点干扰，但从倒数第二段最后一句话“When Hollande was 15, he told friends he expected to become president. ”可知，Hollande也是一个雄心勃勃的人，所以C项不对。
10.【解析】选C。推理判断题。第四段第一句提到了“That is the key to Hollande's success. . . ”，该处的that指代的是上文提到的Hollande与Sarkozy截然不同的个性与为人处事的方式，所以C项为正确答案。
11.【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第六段第一句话“When faced with Sarkozy's verbal attacks, Hollande stayed calm. ”可知D项正确。
12.【解析】选A。写作意图题。本文作者通过描写Hollande与Sarkozy的不同，展现了法国新任总统Francois Hollande的鲜明个性与为人处事风格，所以A项为正确答案。