Question

【題目】 There are hundreds of grape varieties in Japan, but only one can sell for several hundred dollars per grape. The Ruby Roman was cultivated in Japan’ s Ishikawa Prefecture and is considered one of the world’ s most expensive fruits.

The story of Ruby Roman began in 1995, when Ishikawa grape farmers appealed to the government to create a large red grape variety. 400 experimental vines（葡萄樹）were planted into a test field. Two years later; they started bearing fruit. However, out of the 400 vines, only 4 turned out to be red grapes, and only one of them was considered large enough to meet the farmers’ expectations. Over the next 14 years, researchers constantly improved its size, taste, color and ease of planting, and today Ruby Roman is considered a “treasure of Ishikawa”.

In 2008, soon after making its commercial debut（首秀）, the Ruby Roman grape variety made international headlines after a 700-gram bunch sold for 10,000 yen（$910）, or $26 per grape. Eight years later, a 26-grape bunch sold for 1.1 million yen（$11,000）, or roughly $370 per grape.

While the Ruby Roman name is used to describe a type of grapes, every bunch must meet very strict standards. For example, every grape in the bunch must weigh at least 20 grams and have a sugar content of at least 18 percent. There is also a Premium class of Ruby Roman grapes—each grape must weigh over 30 grams, and the whole bunch must be at least 700 grams heavy.

Most bunches of Ruby Roman grapes are sold through auctions（拍賣）, but Premium Ruby Rose are extremely difficult to find. For example, in 2010, only six bunches of grapes were certified Premium, and in 2011 no bunches qualified for it.

And if you’ re wondering how the Ruby Roman name came to be, it was apparently voted by local residents（居民）out of 639 different names.

【1】The underlined word“cultivated”in the first paragraph can be best replaced by”_________”.

A.discoveredB.preserved

C.developedD.promoted

【2】According to the second paragraph, Ruby Roman _________.

A.is widely planted in JapanB.does not come easily

C.used to be a treasure of IshikawaD.is more productive than expected

【3】What’s the author’s purpose in listing a number of figures in paragraph 3 ?

A.To explain how large Ruby Roman grapes are.

B.To tell how profitable planting Ruby Roman is.

C.To prove how popular Ruby Roman is globally.

D.To show how expensive Ruby Roman grapes are.

【4】What does the text say about the Ruby Roman grape?

A.It’s named after its birthplace.

B.It isn’t available in abundance.

C.It doesn’t refer to only one grape variety.

D.Its price has nothing to do with its color.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是說明文，介紹了日本石川縣出產(chǎn)的一種世界上最昂貴的水果，被稱為“石川珍寶”的羅馬紅寶石葡萄。

【1】

詞句猜測題。文章是關(guān)于日本石川縣出產(chǎn)的一種昂貴的葡萄Ruby Roman。根據(jù)第二段“400 experimental vines（葡萄樹）were planted into a test field.”石川的農(nóng)民種植葡萄樹。由此可以推測，cultivate與句中的“plant”意思相近，意為“培育”。故選C項。

【2】

推理判斷題。文章第二段介紹Ruby Roman葡萄品種的由來。根據(jù)“Two years later, they started bearing fruit. However, out of the 400 vines, only 4 turned out to be red grapes, and only one of them was considered large enough to meet the farmers’ expectations. ” 兩年才開始結(jié)出果實。在400棵葡萄樹中，只有4棵是紅葡萄，其中只有一棵被認(rèn)為可以滿足農(nóng)民的期望。由此可意推斷，Ruby Roman葡萄來之不易。故選B項。

【3】

推理判斷題。第三段中提到Ruby Roman葡萄的售價成了國際頭條新聞，“a 700-gram bunch sold for 10,000 yen（$910）, or $26 per grape. Eight years later, a 26-grape bunch sold for 1.1 million yen（$11,000）, or roughly $370 per grape.” 一串700克的葡萄售價10000日圓(910美元),或者一顆26美元。8年后，一串26粒葡萄以110萬日元(1.1萬美元)的價格售出，約合每顆葡萄370美元。作者列舉這一系列的價格是為了說明Ruby Roman葡萄有多么昂貴。故選D項。

【4】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中“Most bunches of Ruby Roman grapes are sold through auctions（拍賣”可知，大多數(shù)Ruby Roman葡萄通過拍賣出售，不是可以大量買得到的。優(yōu)質(zhì)的Ruby Roman葡萄極難找到。故選B項。