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The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games'medals were showed．The special design uses gold and jade（玉）．This is the first time that jade has been used for Olympic medals．	World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5th．It is a Unite Nations'（UN） holiday that celebrates the earth and our environment．This year's theme（主题）for World Environment Day is s"Melting（融化）Ice-A Hot Topic"．
In England，an activity called"I Can"encouraged people to write down their favorite words．One word was for one brick．All of the bricks would then form the"wall of words"．The three favorite words were love，serendipity（意外发现珍奇事物的本领） and family．	On March 11th，most Americans set their clocks ahead（向前）one hour．They began daylight saving time earlier this year．Each spring，most people in the United States move their clocks ahead one hour because of what is called daylight saving time．

41．Jade hasBbeen used for Olympic medals before．
A．always           
B．never
C．just　　　　          
D．already
42．World Environment Day is a holiday ofC．
A．the US            
B．the PRC
C．the UN        
D．the UK
43．Love，serendipity andBwere the three favorite words for the English．
A．brick             
B．family
C．wall         
D.1uck
44．The Americans set their clocks ahead one hour in order to make good use ofC．
A．night             
B．morning
C．daytime         
D．afternoon
45．From the news above，we can learn some information about the environment
the Olympic Games andA．
A．education       
B．history 
C．entertainment     
D．activities．

Answer 1

分析 本文是四则新闻，介绍了关于奥运奖牌，环境，英国的一个活动和夏令时．

解答 41．B细节理解题．根据This is the first time that jade has been used for Olympic medals．可知玉这是第一次被用于奥运奖牌，故选B，以前没用过．
42．C细节理解题．根据World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5th．It is a Unite Nations'（UN） holiday that celebrates the earth and our environment可知世界环境日是每年的6月5日，它是一个联合国庆祝地球和我们的环境的节日，故选C．
43．B细节理解题．根据The three favorite words were love，serendipity（意外发现珍奇事物的本领） and family．可知三个最喜欢的词是爱，意外发现珍奇事物的本领和家庭．故选B．
44．C细节理解题．根据Each spring，most people in the United States move their clocks ahead one hour because of what is called daylight saving time．可知美国人把钟表提前一小时是因为要充分利用白天的时间，故选C．
45．D细节理解题．根据文章内容第一则新闻是和奥运会有关，第二则和环境有关，第三则an activity called"I Can"encouraged people to write down their favorite words．是一个活动，故选D．

点评 做题时要在理解好文意的基础上，与题目有机的结合，从文章中找到相关细节性的句子与选项细细比对，进行选择或推理判断，选出符合文章内容的正确选项．做题注意灵活，有时可采用排除法或直选法确定出最终答案．