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：
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四、（2025·苏州市昆山、太仓期末）阅读理解。
新素材 社会百科 你听说过升级再造吗？它是一种把旧的或不需要的东西变成有用且通常很美观的东西的方法。
它和回收利用一样吗？回收利用通常会把像纸和玻璃这样的旧东西分解，然后制成新产品。当你对一件物品进行升级再造时，你做的事情可能会有所不同。你可以直接对它进行“改造”。例如，你可以用一件旧T恤做一个包。而且，升级再造后的物品质量通常和原来一样，甚至更好。
升级再造并不是一个新想法。一些现代升级再造的最佳例子可以追溯到过去。在那个时候，物品会被反复重新利用，直到它们不再有用。
升级再造是一种生活方式。当东西可以被保留并变成有用的东西时，不应该就这么扔掉。
很明显，升级再造更环保。升级再造只需要你自己的想法和行动，但回收利用需要能源或水来分解东西。
格蕾丝，一位来自英国的年轻女性，会把用过的茶包变成连衣裙、鞋子甚至帽子。她每天都会喝一些茶，然后把里面还有茶叶的茶包晾干。
等茶包干了以后，她会把茶叶倒出来，然后把茶包缝在一起做成一件衣服。这可能需要很长时间，但格蕾丝已经做了很多艺术品。
用旧东西做物品或者购买升级再造的产品？这两种方式对环境都很好，还能给你带来又酷又实用的东西。试试看吧！
1. 第二段中划线单词“refashion”是什么意思？
A. 回收无用的东西。
B. 直接重复使用东西。
C. 修理损坏的东西。
D. 重新利用以作新用途。
2. 升级再造和回收利用有什么不同？
A. 升级再造是一种更环保的生活方式。
B. 升级再造更有用。
C. 升级再造需要更多能源。
D. 升级再造对世界来说是新的。
3. 从格蕾丝关于升级再造的故事中我们能学到什么？
A. 只有熟练的人才能做这件事。
B. 它需要新的想法并且很耗时。
C. 它比回收利用更简单。
D. 它需要一些特殊工具。
4. 新考法 写作意图 这篇文章的主要目的是什么？
A. 告诉人们升级再造的过去和未来。
B. 介绍升级再造的历史。
C. 在日常生活中传播升级再造的习惯。
D. 让人们知道回收利用的重要性。
四、（2025·苏州市昆山、太仓期末）阅读理解。
新素材 社会百科 你听说过升级再造吗？它是一种把旧的或不需要的东西变成有用且通常很美观的东西的方法。
它和回收利用一样吗？回收利用通常会把像纸和玻璃这样的旧东西分解，然后制成新产品。当你对一件物品进行升级再造时，你做的事情可能会有所不同。你可以直接对它进行“改造”。例如，你可以用一件旧T恤做一个包。而且，升级再造后的物品质量通常和原来一样，甚至更好。
升级再造并不是一个新想法。一些现代升级再造的最佳例子可以追溯到过去。在那个时候，物品会被反复重新利用，直到它们不再有用。
升级再造是一种生活方式。当东西可以被保留并变成有用的东西时，不应该就这么扔掉。
很明显，升级再造更环保。升级再造只需要你自己的想法和行动，但回收利用需要能源或水来分解东西。
格蕾丝，一位来自英国的年轻女性，会把用过的茶包变成连衣裙、鞋子甚至帽子。她每天都会喝一些茶，然后把里面还有茶叶的茶包晾干。
等茶包干了以后，她会把茶叶倒出来，然后把茶包缝在一起做成一件衣服。这可能需要很长时间，但格蕾丝已经做了很多艺术品。
用旧东西做物品或者购买升级再造的产品？这两种方式对环境都很好，还能给你带来又酷又实用的东西。试试看吧！
1. 第二段中划线单词“refashion”是什么意思？
A. 回收无用的东西。
B. 直接重复使用东西。
C. 修理损坏的东西。
D. 重新利用以作新用途。
2. 升级再造和回收利用有什么不同？
A. 升级再造是一种更环保的生活方式。
B. 升级再造更有用。
C. 升级再造需要更多能源。
D. 升级再造对世界来说是新的。
3. 从格蕾丝关于升级再造的故事中我们能学到什么？
A. 只有熟练的人才能做这件事。
B. 它需要新的想法并且很耗时。
C. 它比回收利用更简单。
D. 它需要一些特殊工具。
4. 新考法 写作意图 这篇文章的主要目的是什么？
A. 告诉人们升级再造的过去和未来。
B. 介绍升级再造的历史。
C. 在日常生活中传播升级再造的习惯。
D. 让人们知道回收利用的重要性。