《2025年天星教育28天预习新高一英语》

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(2025·黑龙江哈尔滨检测) As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her wish to help others began when, at the age of nine, together with her father she went to her father's birthplace in the east of Tunisia during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children.
Toumi saw first-hand the bad influence of desertification(沙漠化). "Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert from spreading." The low rainfall has put around 75 percent of Tunisia's farmland under the risk of desertification.
Toumi realized that farming practices needed to be changed. She was confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers plant crops that don't harm the land, use new technologies for water treatment and focus on natural products and fertilizers(肥料).
In 2012, Toumi continued her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her farming idea into action. "I want to show young people in the countryside that they can create chances where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the influence of desertification than somebody who is living with no clean water to use."
By September 2016, more than 130, 000 trees had been planted on 20 farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate(率). Toumi guessed that some 3 million trees were needed to protect Tunisia's farmland. In the next couple of years, Toumi hoped to develop the programme in Algeria and Morocco.
1. How did Toumi's holiday trip to Tunisia influence her?
A. It fired her wish to help others.
B. It made her decide to leave the country.
C. It helped her better understand her father.
D. It destroyed her dream of being a teacher.
2. What is the main cause of the desertification of Tunisia's farmland?
A. Cold weather.
B. Soil pollution.
C. Low rainfall.
D. Forest fires.
3. Why did Toumi set up Acacias for All in Tunisia?
A. To help protect the farmland.
B. To create job chances for young people.
C. To ask the farmers not to use fertilizers.
D. To make the children get a basic education.
4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Saving Water in Africa
B. Holding back the Sahara
C. Fighting Pollution in North Africa
D. Planting Trees in Tunisia

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本文是一篇记叙文。法国小女孩 Sarah Toumi 有一个梦想——成为一个让世界变得更美好的领导人。9 岁时的一次旅行，点燃了她帮助别人的愿望。为对抗沙漠化、保护突尼斯农田，她付出了巨大的努力并取得了可喜的成绩。
1. A 细节理解题。根据题干的关键词"holiday trip to Tunisia"可将答案定位至第一段。根据"Her wish to help others began when, at the age of nine... in the east of Tunisia during holidays"可推知，Toumi 在突尼斯的假期旅行点燃了她帮助别人的愿望。
2. C 细节理解题。根据题干的关键词"main cause of the desertification"可将答案定位至第二段。根据"The low rainfall has put around 75 percent of Tunisia's farmland under the risk of desertification"可知，导致突尼斯农田沙漠化的主因是低降水量。
3. A 推理判断题。根据第四段中的"Toumi continued her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her farming idea into action"和最后一段中的"Toumi guessed that some 3 million trees were needed to protect Tunisia's farmland"可推知，Toumi 建立 Acacias for All 的目的是保护突尼斯的农田。
4. B 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章第一段提到 Toumi 儿时的一次旅行点燃了她帮助别人的愿望。从第二段开始，详细介绍了 Toumi 为阻止撒哈拉沙漠继续扩大、保护突尼斯的农田免受沙漠化威胁所做的努力，包括改变耕种方式、种植树木等。因此，"Holding back the Sahara"最能概括文章的主旨，适合作文章标题。hold back 在此意为"阻挡，拦阻"。