Question

    The date palm(海枣) is a wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the leaves and wood （木）to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make baskets from the leaves. They burn the other parts of the trees to cook food.

The date palm came from the Middle East. Seven thousand years ago, people in Syria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of date palms on their stone buildings. Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern Europe, and other warm parts of the world.

There are more than 2700 kinds of palm trees, most of which can't grow in the Middle East because it is too dry. But the date palm grows well there.

Hundreds of years ago, people in southern Europe and some Arab countries made pictures of palm trees and palm flowers on some of their buildings. Today we can see these pictures in art museums. People think that the palm tree is beautiful. People thought the same thing a long time ago.

1.People make boats from the _______ of palm trees.

A.leaves B.wood C.leaves and wood D.other parts of the trees

2.The date palm came from __________ .

A.California B.southern Europe C.Africa D.the Middle East

3.Today date palms grow _______.

A.in the land of the polar B.where kiwis live

C.in hot or warm places D.in cool places

4.People use _______ palm tree.

A.the whole of the B.parts of the

C.the leaves and wood of the D.the fruit and leaves of the

5.What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A.The date palm grows in the Middle East. B.The date palm is beautiful, and people use all of it.

C.People made pictures of the date palm. D.There are different kinds of palm trees.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

这篇文章向读者介绍了海枣树的基本情况，介绍了人们用海枣树来做什么，海枣树生长在那里，种类有多少等。

1.考查细节理解。原文“They use the wood to build boats.”（他们用木头造船）说明人们用海枣树的木头制造船，而非叶子或树木的其他部分，故选B。

2.考查细节理解。原文“The date palm came from the Middle East.”（海枣树来自中东）说明枣椰树的产地是中东，而非加利福尼亚、南欧、非洲，故选D。

3.考查细节理解。原文“Today date palms grow in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern Europe, and other warm parts of the world.”（今天，海枣树生长在中东，亚洲和非洲的部分地区，南欧以及世界其他温暖地区）说明这种树长在炎热或温暖的地方，而非极地、几维鸟居住的地方或是凉爽的地方，故选C。

4.考查细节理解。原文第一段“The date palm(海枣) is a wonderful tree. People eat dates. They feed them to their animals. They use the leaves and wood （木）to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make baskets from the leaves. They burn the other parts of the trees to cook food.”（海枣是一棵奇妙的树。人们吃枣。他们用枣喂食动物。他们用树叶和木头建造房屋。他们用木头造船。他们用树叶做篮子。他们烧树的其他部分做饭。）说明人们使用整个棕榈树，并不是只用部分，故选A。

5.考查主旨大意。这篇文章向读者介绍了海枣树的基本情况，介绍了人们用海枣树来做什么，海枣树生长在那里，种类有多少，因此这段文章的主要思想是枣椰树很漂亮，人们都利用它，选项ACD过于片面，故选B。