2020屆高考英語閱讀理解之主旨大意題復習
the multi-branched torch aloe here is impressive. the african plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
get to the display house to see dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the venus flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
the garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. look for grass snakes in the lake. a snake called ‘hissing sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
byron’s pool
many stories surround lord byron’s time as a student of cambridge university. arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”. however, it seems as though byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. i’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. he spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
it is also said that on occasion byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as byron’s pool. a couple of miles past grantchester in the south cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. the cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. if you don’t trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from virginia woolf – over a century after byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
65. what is the passage mainly about?
a. some places for weekend break.
b. a way to become creative in art.
c. the colourful life in the countryside.
d. unknown stories of cambridge university.
4. 【全國新課標 d】
grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. a man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. he can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. he can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. a mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of cinderella or goldilocks and the three bears.