高中英语新高考-阅读理解指导与解读：手把手教你挑战阅读难题(C、D篇)

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这套卷实在是难得的好卷，笔者下决心宁愿熬夜也要挑选最难的部分来分析一下。因为精力实在有限，这里只挑两篇，后面争取分析剩下的。此时，我仿佛看到高智商命题者在笑而不语。

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阅读B篇

The spread of no-maintenance artificial lawns is threatening wildlife and rare plants, conservationists and gardening experts are warning. Gardens are an increasingly impor¬tant shelter for wildlife which was forced into withdrawing from the countryside by loss of the natural homes and intensive farming. But the growth in the popularity of artificial lawns, which look like the real thing but require no cutting, watering or fertilizing, means there’s no shelter in an increasing number of Britain’s back gardens.

Tim Rumball, editor of Amateur Gar¬dening magazine, said: “Artificial grass these days looks great and these days you can buy rolls of it whereas before it was a very specialist thing. It can take people a few min¬utes to realize they are on an artificial lawn rather than a real one.”

Besides the impact on wildlife, a damaging impact has also been had on the wider environment because of replacing real grass. Mr Rumball said: “Lawns matter a lot. Plants change carbon dioxide into oxy¬gen and if all the lawns are taken away in Britain you will significantly affect the carbon levels in the atmosphere. When grass

grows longer, it attracts insects. If you have an artificial lawn then these insects will be reduced and the whole of the food chain will be affected, especially birds that rely on insects for their diet.”

Joy Wallis of Dorset Wildlife Trust is also concerned about the trend for artificial grass. “These days, gardens are a shelter for wildlife.”she said. “Creatures can’t survive in the countryside because it is so full of chemicals. Birds get absolutely nothing from artificial grass, and they can’t dig for worms or anything like that. It seems a shame that people feel they haven’t got the time or the tendency to look after a lawn.”

Robert Redcliffe of Namgrass, which currently sells 10,000 square meters of artificial grass per week, says business is booming, adding, “We started five years ago in the UK and it can transform the way you use the garden. There’s the obvious advantage of no cutting or watering, but also there’s no mud for children or pets to walk through the house.”He disagrees that artificial grass is harmful to the environment and added, “There are ecological benefits. In the long run the effect of artificial grass is outweighed by not having to use a lawnmower, run¬ning water or fertilizers.”

究竟怎样的阅读才能符合高考标准？我认为首先是选材的水准，其次才是命题的技术。而选材应该从四个方面来评价：生词率；语篇结构；信息沟；话题意义。

本篇生词率控制得好，有6个：maintenance，intensive，lawn，outweigh，lawnmower，fertilizer