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(1)A.细节理解题。根据第一段内容"At the age of 50,Nina Schoen expects to have a long life ahead of her,but has thought a lot about death—and why people are so reluctant to talk about it: "It's going to happen to all of us," she says, "but it should be a more positive experience than the fear we put into it.""(在50岁的时候,Nina Schoen希望自己能长寿,但她对死亡以及为什么人们如此不愿意谈论死亡思考了很多:"死亡将发生在我们所有人身上,"她说,"但这应该是一种比我们对死亡的恐惧更积极的体验。")可知,第一段内容告诉我们,人们不愿意谈论死亡,由此可知,根据第1段内容,当谈及死亡时,人们不愿意发表评论。故选A项。
(2)B.细节理解题。根据第二段内容"When she first heard about a new end﹣of﹣life process that turns the body into compost (堆肥), "I was really moved by the idea," says Schoen,who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle﹣based company called Recompose,the county's first funeral home to offer human composting."(Schoen说,当她第一次听说一种将尸体变成堆肥的新的生命终结过程时,"我真的被这个想法感动了。"她成为西雅图一家名为Recompose的公司的第一批预订场地的人之一,该公司是该县第一家提供人类堆肥的殡仪馆。)可知,Recompose是一家提供人类堆肥的殡仪馆,它位于西雅图,由此可知,关于Recompose公司,我们知道它位于西雅图。故选B项。
(3)D.词义猜测题。根据划线单词前句"A friend who knew her interest in the topic reminded her that farmers sometimes compost the body of cows"(一位知道她对这个话题感兴趣的朋友提醒她,农民有时会将牛的尸体做成堆肥)可知,是"农民有时会将牛的尸体做成堆肥"这件事激发了Schoen的灵感,所以她才会有后文"If you can compost a cow,you can probably compost a human"(如果你能把一头牛做成堆肥,你很可能就能把一个人做成堆肥)的想法,"Inspired"意为"激励,赋予灵感",A.Changed.改变;B.Compromised.妥协;C.Quitted.放弃;D.Inspired.赋予灵感。故选D项。
(4)B.主旨大意题。结合文章内容和最后一段关键句"But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth.This is a popular thing because when you die,you can give back to the planet."(但是今天很多人都在关注他们对地球的影响。这是一件很受欢迎的事情,因为当你死后,你可以回报这个星球。)可知,本文主要推荐了一种新的处理遗体的方法,那就是将遗体变成堆肥,因为这样在我们死后,也可用这种方式回报这个星球,由此可知,作者在本文中传达的信息是我们人类应该尽我们所能帮助地球。故选B项。