Question

In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral Islands”.

A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with tress, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island.

If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers.

If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived . These sea animals make the coral.

They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher.

At last it grew out of the water.

Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island.

The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.

So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?

1.In the sea ________.

A. there are coral islands in all places    B. there are some coral islands

C. the water is always warm    D. we can see many flowers

2.A coral island looks like ________.

A. a round cake    B. trees, grass and flowers

C. a ring of land    D. a round lake

3.There are ________ in the holes in corals.

A. flowers    B. little corals

C. grass    D. sea animals

4.From the story we learn that ________.

A. small workers can’t do big things

B. only big workers can do big things

C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time

D. all small things can do big things

Answer

选项C. a ring of land；关键词looks like a ring of land。

【解析】文章介绍海洋里面有一些小岛屿，是由珊瑚虫一点一点建造的，当珊瑚岛露出水面后，大海给它带来了种子和其他东西，随着时间过去，这些珊瑚岛长满植物，变成美丽的小岛。

1.细节理解题。根据文章开头的介绍“In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them coral(珊瑚) islands.”可知，在海里有一些珊瑚岛，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段内容It looks like a ring of land with tress, grass , and flowers on it.可知，珊瑚岛看起来是一个有树木、绿草和鲜花的环形岛屿。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段内容In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived.可知，这些珊瑚洞里有很小的海洋动物居住，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据文章下半部分内容The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.

So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small（这些小种子生根发芽，几年后整个岛屿便满是植物，再过几年那里便满是树了。所以你看，这些岛屿是一点点被建起来的。而这些工人们是很微小的.）可推断，文章想要告诉我们：如果努力工作很久的话，小工人也能做大事。故选C。

【名师点睛】

文章细节的理解可以细化为：（1）一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合，一一对应，一目了然。属于浅层次的阅读试题，分数比例较少。（2）语言转述型。这是一类间接事实细节题，答案与题目在意义上充分运用了词义之间的转述关系，即正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的另类表达。属于中档难度题，分数比例较大。（3）语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出正确答案。属于较高难度的事实细节题。（4）是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是“三正一误”(三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容)或“三误一正”（三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容)。（5）事实排序型。这是一类运用多项事实进行排序的事实细节题，要求根据动作发生的先后顺序、时间顺序或者句子之间的逻辑关系，找出时间发生，发展的正确顺序。例如：本文的第2小题：

2.C【解题剖析】此题属于细节理解中的（1）一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合。

【答案定位】根据题干A coral island looks like定位至第二段It looks like a ring of land with tress, grass, and flowers on it .

【推理关系】题干A coral island looks like ☞文章内容It looks like a ring of land with tress , grass , and flowers on it . 珊瑚岛看起来是一个有树木、绿草和鲜花的环形岛屿。