高中英语阅读理解练习答案及句子精讲（23-24）
答案：（23）1D 2C 3C 4B 5B
（24）1B 2A 3B 4D 5D
句子精讲：（23）
1. The future of Sakumaseika's 100 or so employees remained uncertain, a company representative said.
佐久间制果株式会社公司的一位代表说，公司约100名员工的未来仍不确定。
-- certainty ['s :t nti] n.确定，确定的事
（人教版高中英语 必修5 Unit 1）
-- uncertain [, n's :t n] a.不确定的
（人教版高中英语 必修5 Unit 3）
-- certain ['s :t n] a.确定的；某一的
（人教版高中英语 必修2 Unit 4）
【例句】
1). I'm not certain who was there.
我无法确定谁当时在场。
2). They were uncertain of the total value of the transaction
他们还不确定这笔交易的总价值是多少。
3). I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy...
我已经十分肯定地告诉他们，政策不会变。
2. It is one of the children's few belongings after their home is destroyed.
这是孩子们在家被毁后为数不多的财物之一。
-- belong [bi'l ] vi.属于
-- belong to [bi'l tu] 属于
（人教版高中英语 必修2 Unit 1）
-- belonging [b l ] n. 财产；所有物；行李 (常用复数 belongings)
【例句】
1). I don't feel as if I belong here.
我在这里感觉格格不入。
2). Who does this watch belong to
这块表是谁的？
3). As parents we have a responsibility to give our children a sense of belonging.
作为父母，我们有责任给孩子一种归属感。
4). She packed her few belongings in a bag and left.
她把她的几件东西装进包里便离开了。
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1. The record jackpot is worth $2.04 billion.
创纪录的大奖价值20.4亿美元。
-- jackpot [ d kp t] n.（若干赌博中的）累加奖金;意外的巨额奖金;
【例句】
1). A nurse won the 5 million jackpot.
一个护士赢得了500万英镑的头奖。
2. Lottery officials said the jackpot ticket was sold at a business called Joe's Service Center in Altadena, a community northeast of Los Angeles.
彩票官员说，这张头奖彩票是在洛杉矶东北部阿尔塔迪纳的一家名为乔服务中心的公司出售的。
-- community [k mju n ti] n. 社区;团体;社团;
【例句】
1). There is a strong sense of community in this town.
这个镇上有一种强烈的社区意识。
2). It's great to be a part of this community!
我很荣幸能成为社团中的一员！
3. The latest drawingfor the lottery winnings, known as the jackpot, was held Tuesday morning.
最新的彩票抽奖活动，即头奖，于周二上午举行。
-- draw v. 提取;抽出; n.抽奖，抽签
-- drawing (抽奖活动)
【例句】
1). We are now going to draw the awards.
现在我们马上就要开始抽奖喽。
2). They had to draw lots to decide who would go.
他们只得抽签决定谁去。
4. The jackpot grows larger each time it goes unclaimed.
每次无人认领时，奖金都会变大。
-- exclaim[iks'kleim]v.大声说；叫喊 查看详细
(ex 出 + claim 呼喊，叫喊 → 叫喊；大声说出)
(人教版高中英语 必修3, Unit 4)
claim [kle m] v. 宣称;声称;索取;认领;
unclaimed [ n kle md] adj. 无人认领的;无人索取的
【例句】
1). The situation remains confused as both sides claim success.
由于双方均宣称获胜，形势依然不明朗。
2). A lot of lost property is never claimed.
许多失物从未被认领。
3). Prizes worth a mouth-watering 9.6 million are unclaimed.
价值960万英镑的诱人奖品无人认领。
4). ‘It isn't fair!’, he exclaimed angrily.
“这不公平！”他气愤地喊道。
5. The odds of winning the current jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
目前赢得大奖的几率是2.922亿分之一。
-- odds [ dz] n. 可能性;(事物发生的)概率;几率;
【例句】
1). What are the odds he won't turn up
他不会露面的可能性有多大？
2). Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once
你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
-- current [ k r nt] adj. 现在的;当前的;现时发生的;通用的;流通的;
【例句】
1). What is the current thinking on this question
目前对这个问题的看法是什么？
2). The current situation is very frustrating for us
当前的情形令我们十分灰心。高中英语阅读理解练习（23-24）
（23）
A Japanese company that has produced a beloved candy for 114 years says it will be going out of business in January. Tokyo-based Sakumaseika Company recently announced it would be forced to end operations because of rising production costs, a labor shortage and drops in sales.
The company's main and most popular product is called "Sakuma's Drops." The candy – which comes in eight different fruit flavors – has been beloved in Japan for generations. The drops are famous in Japan and even appeared in a hit anime film. The discontinuation(停产) of the beloved candy caused some people to begin to mourn the treat.
"We always had a can at home when I was in grade school," said 53-year-old sweets-shop owner Naoe Watanabe. He remembered how he used to use a 10-yen coin to lift open the container. Sakuma's Drops have been sold in candy shops for 114 years. "It feels like a sign of the times," Watanabe said. "There are so many choices now, compared to when I was a kid."
Sakumaseika said it had not raised the price of the product in years. Many Japanese companies have been unwilling to raise prices even though their material and production costs have been increasing. Many businesses fear that passing along those costs would turn off many buyers.
The future of Sakumaseika's 100 or so employees remained uncertain, a company representative pany officials did not provide comment to reporters from Reuters news agency. Sakumaseika was established in 1908 by candy maker Sojiro Sakuma.
The company produced the candy through air attacks during World War II. The drops appeared in the 1988 anime film Grave of the Fireflies, which is set during the war. In it, an orphaned girl, struggling to survive with her brother, carries with her the red can of Sakuma's Drops. It is one of the children's few belongings after their home is destroyed.
Hiroshi Matsuzawa is a store owner on a popular Tokyo shopping street. He told Reuters that Sakuma's Drops were mostly popular with older people. He noted that a lot of children are now uninterested in the candy because they have so many other products to choose from.
Teruyo Ishiguro runs a small food store that traditionally is visited by many children walking home from school. She said she had stopped carrying Sakuma's Drops last year because most buyers were in their 50s or older. "It's very sad to see something disappear that's been around for so long," said Ishiguro, who had been selling the candy for more than 60 years.
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根据文章内容, 选择最佳答案:
1.The candy company will be going out of business because of the followings except ____.
A. rising production costs B. a labor shortage
C. drops in sales. D. the financial problem
2. The sale of Sakuma's Drops went down in recent years because of ________.
A. the higher and higher price
B. the worse and worse taste
C. the more and more kinds of candy
D. the less and less people who like this candy
3. Which statement is untrue about the Sakuma's Drops
A. It has a history of more than one hundred years.
B. It was popular because of its different tastes.
C. It is packed in a red bag.
D. It is beloved by many old man.
4. What does the underlined phrase turn off mean
A. cause to stop operating with a switch
B. make sb have no interest in it
C. make sb feel more active and want to start doing sth
D. go along a different road or path
5. Most buyers of Sakuma's Drops were in their 50s or older because _____
A. the drops were easy to get in their childhood.
B. from the candy they could look back upon their childhood.
C. Sakuma's Drops are not poplar with young children now.
D. with the drops they could make their children happy.
（24）
Early reports say one winning ticket for the largest lottery prize in United States history has been sold to someone in Southern California. The record jackpot is worth $2.04 billion. Lottery officials said the jackpot ticket was sold at a business called Joe's Service Center in Altadena, a community northeast of Los Angeles.
The latest drawing for the lottery winnings, known as the jackpot, was held Tuesday morning. That drawing had been delayed Monday night because of a sales processing problem. The lottery is called Powerball. It is played by people in 45 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot was estimated to be $1.9 billion on Monday. But the prize was increased to $2.04 billion on Tuesday morning. Tuesday's drawing followed one on Saturday that was the 40th in a row without a winner of the big prize. The jackpot grows larger each time it goes unclaimed. A winning ticket must match all six numbers that are drawn. The numbers in the latest drawing were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and 10.
The current jackpot is more than $400 million larger than past record jackpots. Only four in the past have been larger than $1 billion, but none of those were close to the current prize. The current jackpot started at $20 million on August 6. No one has won the jackpot since August 3.
The $2.04 billion prize is for a winner who chooses to receive yearly payments over 29 years. However, nearly all winners instead choose to be paid in cash, which greatly lowers the amount. Lottery officials did not immediately provide a value for the one-time cash payment, but it was likely to be around $1 billion.
The odds of winning the current jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The previous record for a Powerball jackpot was set in 2016 when three ticket holders from California, Florida andTennessee shared a $1.59 billion top prize.
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根据文章内容，选择最佳答案：
1. The last record jackpot was ______.
A. over $1 billion B. close to $1.6 billion
C. about $1.9 billionD. nearly $2.04 billion
2. The last jackpot with winner happened in __________.
A. this August B. this September C. this October D. this November
3. If the winner chooses to be paid in cash, he will get ________.
A. more than $1 billion B. about $1 billion
C. over $1.9 billion D. around $2.04 billion
4. The winners sharing the 2016 Powerball jackpot were from _____.
A.Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
B. California, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
C. Los Angeles，Washington D.C. and Tennessee
D.California, Florida andTennessee
5. From the report we can infer that __________.
A. The largest lottery prize in United States history was shared by three persons.
B. The latest drawing for the lottery winnings is usually held on Tuesday.
C. Powerball lottery is played by people in many countries around the world.
D. The winner will get the full prize if he chooses yearly payment.

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