题目

Passage One Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid got higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea. As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves hit against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being. Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little living things there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider made its web uselessly,because there were no insects( 昆虫) for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the first life on this new island.The word “naked” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the followingA. redB. newC. oldD. bare

Passage One Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid got higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea. As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves hit against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being. Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little living things there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider made its web uselessly,because there were no insects( 昆虫) for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the first life on this new island.The word “naked” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following

A. red

B. new

C. old

D. bare

题目解答

答案

D. bare

解析

本题考查根据上下文猜测词义的能力。解题的关键在于结合文章中对土壤的描述以及相关语境来推断“naked”一词的含义。

  1. 首先，文章提到“As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves hit against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.”，说明土壤是由岩石经过长时间的风化和海浪冲击形成的。
  2. 接着，“Nothing lived on the naked soil.”表明在这种土壤上没有生物生存。
  3. 然后分析各个选项：
    • A选项“red”意为红色的，文章中并没有提及土壤的颜色，所以该选项不符合语境。
    • B选项“new”意为新的，虽然土壤是新形成的，但“new”并不能很好地体现出没有生物生存这一特点，所以该选项不合适。
    • C选项“old”意为旧的，与土壤刚刚形成的情况不符，所以该选项也不正确。
    • D选项“bare”意为光秃秃的、没有覆盖物的，正好可以用来形容没有生物生存的土壤，与“naked”在文中的意思相符。