四、(2025·苏州市昆山、太仓期末)阅读理解。
新素材 社会百科 Have you ever heard of upcycling? It is a way of turning old or unnecessary things into something useful and often beautiful.
Is it the same as recycling? Recycling usually takes old things, like paper and glass, and breaks them down to make a new product. When you upcycle an item, you are probably doing something different. You can just refashion it. For example, you might make a bag out of an old T-shirt. Also, the upcycled item is usually of the same, or even better quality.
Upcycling isn't a new idea. Some of the best examples of modern-day upcycling come from the old times. In those days, things were repurposed over and over until they were not useful any more.
Upcycling is a way of life. Things shouldn't be just thrown away when they can be saved and turned into something useful.
It's clear that upcycling is greener. Upcycling only needs your own ideas and work, but recycling needs energy or water to break down things.
Grace, a young woman from the UK, takes used tea bags and turns them into dresses, shoes and even hats. Every day she drinks some tea, then dries out the tea bags with the tea still in them.
When they're dry, she takes the tea out and puts the bags together to make an item of clothing. This can take a long time, but Grace has made lots of artworks.
Making items from old things or buying upcycled products? Both are great for the environment and give you cool and useful things. Give it a try!
1. What does the underlined word “refashion” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Recycling useless things.
B. Reusing things directly.
C. Repairing broken things.
D. Repurposing for a new use.
2. How is upcycling different from recycling?
A. Upcycling is a greener way of life.
B. Upcycling is more useful.
C. Upcycling needs more energy.
D. Upcycling is new to the world.
3. What can we learn from Grace's story about upcycling?
A. Only skilled people can do it.
B. It needs new ideas and takes time.
C. It is simpler than recycling.
D. It needs some special tools.
4. 新考法 写作意图 What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To tell people the past and future of upcycling.
B. To introduce the history of upcycling.
C. To spread the habit of upcycling in the daily life.
D. To make people know the importance of recycling.
新素材 社会百科 Have you ever heard of upcycling? It is a way of turning old or unnecessary things into something useful and often beautiful.
Is it the same as recycling? Recycling usually takes old things, like paper and glass, and breaks them down to make a new product. When you upcycle an item, you are probably doing something different. You can just refashion it. For example, you might make a bag out of an old T-shirt. Also, the upcycled item is usually of the same, or even better quality.
Upcycling isn't a new idea. Some of the best examples of modern-day upcycling come from the old times. In those days, things were repurposed over and over until they were not useful any more.
Upcycling is a way of life. Things shouldn't be just thrown away when they can be saved and turned into something useful.
It's clear that upcycling is greener. Upcycling only needs your own ideas and work, but recycling needs energy or water to break down things.
Grace, a young woman from the UK, takes used tea bags and turns them into dresses, shoes and even hats. Every day she drinks some tea, then dries out the tea bags with the tea still in them.
When they're dry, she takes the tea out and puts the bags together to make an item of clothing. This can take a long time, but Grace has made lots of artworks.
Making items from old things or buying upcycled products? Both are great for the environment and give you cool and useful things. Give it a try!
1. What does the underlined word “refashion” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Recycling useless things.
B. Reusing things directly.
C. Repairing broken things.
D. Repurposing for a new use.
2. How is upcycling different from recycling?
A. Upcycling is a greener way of life.
B. Upcycling is more useful.
C. Upcycling needs more energy.
D. Upcycling is new to the world.
3. What can we learn from Grace's story about upcycling?
A. Only skilled people can do it.
B. It needs new ideas and takes time.
C. It is simpler than recycling.
D. It needs some special tools.
4. 新考法 写作意图 What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To tell people the past and future of upcycling.
B. To introduce the history of upcycling.
C. To spread the habit of upcycling in the daily life.
D. To make people know the importance of recycling.
答案：1. D【解析】根据画线词后的“For example, you might make a bag out of an old T - shirt.”可知，此处指将旧物品制作成新的东西重新利用，由此可推知，“refashion”意为“改造；重新设计”，与D项意思相近。
2. A
3. B【解析】根据第六段内容和第七段中“This can take a long time”可知，升级改造需要创意并且花费时间。
4. C
2. A
3. B【解析】根据第六段内容和第七段中“This can take a long time”可知，升级改造需要创意并且花费时间。
4. C
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇介绍“升级回收（upcycling）”环保理念的阅读理解题，解题时首先通读全文梳理核心逻辑：明确升级回收和普通回收的差异、升级回收的特点、相关实践案例，之后逐题将题干定位到原文对应段落，结合上下文信息逐一比对选项，排除不符合原文表述的错误选项，最终选出正确答案。遇到词义猜测题要结合前后文的举例和逻辑推导词义，遇到写作意图题要关注首尾段的作者表态，判断作者的核心呼吁方向。
【解析】
1. 词义猜测题：定位到文章第二段，前文说明普通回收是将旧物分解后制作全新产品，而升级回收的操作完全不同，后文给出例子“你可以用旧T恤做成一个包”，说明refashion指的是将旧物品改造后赋予全新的使用用途。A选项“回收无用物品”是普通回收的属性，B选项“直接重复使用物品”不符合改造后产出新物品的描述，C选项“修补破损物品”在原文没有相关表述，只有D选项符合词义推导结果。
2. 细节理解题：定位到文章第五段，原文明确提到“很明显升级回收更环保，升级回收只需要你自己的创意和劳动，而普通回收需要消耗能源或者水来分解物品”。B选项“升级回收更有用”原文没有相关对比表述，C选项“升级回收需要更多能源”与原文表述完全相反，D选项“升级回收对世界来说是新事物”和第三段“升级回收不是新理念”的内容矛盾，因此只有A选项表述正确。
3. 细节理解题：定位到介绍Grace的第六、第七段，原文提到升级回收只需要个人的创意，同时Grace用旧茶包制作服饰的过程“会耗费很长时间”，说明升级回收需要新的创意，同时也会花费不少时间。A选项“只有熟练的人才能做”原文没有提及，C选项“它比回收更简单”原文没有难度对比的相关内容，D选项“它需要特殊工具”完全没有对应信息，因此B选项正确。
4. 写作意图题：全文从概念、和普通回收的差异、环保优势、实践案例多个角度介绍升级回收，最后一段直接呼吁读者“试一试”，核心目的是向大众推广在日常生活中践行升级回收的环保习惯。A选项“介绍升级回收的过去和未来”原文没有涉及未来相关内容，B选项“介绍升级回收的历史”只覆盖了文章部分内容，过于片面，D选项“让人们了解回收的重要性”偏离了全文核心介绍对象升级回收，因此C选项正确。
【答案】
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C
【知识点】
词义猜测，细节理解，主旨大意
【点评】
本题选用环保主题的新素材，贴合当下绿色生活的导向，题型覆盖了阅读理解常考的词义推断、细节定位、写作意图类题型，既考察学生快速从文本中提取有效信息的能力，也引导学生建立旧物改造的环保意识，整体出题梯度合理。
【难度系数】
0.7
这是一篇介绍“升级回收（upcycling）”环保理念的阅读理解题，解题时首先通读全文梳理核心逻辑：明确升级回收和普通回收的差异、升级回收的特点、相关实践案例，之后逐题将题干定位到原文对应段落，结合上下文信息逐一比对选项，排除不符合原文表述的错误选项，最终选出正确答案。遇到词义猜测题要结合前后文的举例和逻辑推导词义，遇到写作意图题要关注首尾段的作者表态，判断作者的核心呼吁方向。
【解析】
1. 词义猜测题：定位到文章第二段，前文说明普通回收是将旧物分解后制作全新产品，而升级回收的操作完全不同，后文给出例子“你可以用旧T恤做成一个包”，说明refashion指的是将旧物品改造后赋予全新的使用用途。A选项“回收无用物品”是普通回收的属性，B选项“直接重复使用物品”不符合改造后产出新物品的描述，C选项“修补破损物品”在原文没有相关表述，只有D选项符合词义推导结果。
2. 细节理解题：定位到文章第五段，原文明确提到“很明显升级回收更环保，升级回收只需要你自己的创意和劳动，而普通回收需要消耗能源或者水来分解物品”。B选项“升级回收更有用”原文没有相关对比表述，C选项“升级回收需要更多能源”与原文表述完全相反，D选项“升级回收对世界来说是新事物”和第三段“升级回收不是新理念”的内容矛盾，因此只有A选项表述正确。
3. 细节理解题：定位到介绍Grace的第六、第七段，原文提到升级回收只需要个人的创意，同时Grace用旧茶包制作服饰的过程“会耗费很长时间”，说明升级回收需要新的创意，同时也会花费不少时间。A选项“只有熟练的人才能做”原文没有提及，C选项“它比回收更简单”原文没有难度对比的相关内容，D选项“它需要特殊工具”完全没有对应信息，因此B选项正确。
4. 写作意图题：全文从概念、和普通回收的差异、环保优势、实践案例多个角度介绍升级回收，最后一段直接呼吁读者“试一试”，核心目的是向大众推广在日常生活中践行升级回收的环保习惯。A选项“介绍升级回收的过去和未来”原文没有涉及未来相关内容，B选项“介绍升级回收的历史”只覆盖了文章部分内容，过于片面，D选项“让人们了解回收的重要性”偏离了全文核心介绍对象升级回收，因此C选项正确。
【答案】
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C
【知识点】
词义猜测，细节理解，主旨大意
【点评】
本题选用环保主题的新素材，贴合当下绿色生活的导向，题型覆盖了阅读理解常考的词义推断、细节定位、写作意图类题型，既考察学生快速从文本中提取有效信息的能力，也引导学生建立旧物改造的环保意识，整体出题梯度合理。
【难度系数】
0.7