绝密★启用前 A. The beautiful weather． B. The recorded message． 2025—2026 学年度第一学期高一英语期末测试卷 C. The train from Penrith． D. The unexpected appreciation． 题号 得分 一 二 三 四 五 总分 4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text？ _____ A. An Intelligent Guard． B. A Boring Train Story． D. A Lovely Morning in Sydney． C. A Different Train Announcement． 第 I 卷（选择题） B 一、阅读理解：本大题共 15 小题，共 37.5 分。 Fruit farmers in Okayama，Japan，have managed to make peeling（去皮）a banana optional by developing a special variety with eatable skin． The peel of their "Mongee bananas" isn't particularly tasty， but it's much thinner and far less bitter than that of regular bananas， making it A Quietly sitting there reading， I found myself suddenly listening to the train guard's 1 00% eatable． Scientists at D&T Farm in the country's Okayama Prefecture released the social media-ready announcements． Train travelers will surely agree that when the guard makes an announcement， whether it's the recorded message or the guard's message，few people listen to it，because it's often quite dull or hard to understand． This one was different． I noticed that other passengers appeared to be listening， too． Not only that， everyone was smiling! news following months of experimenting with a freezing-and-thawing（解冻）method，which keeps the banana tree at extremely cold temperatures followed by a dramatic heat increase． The result is soft and thin skin that hasn't fully developed． They froze young banana trees to -60 degrees Celsius， planting them again as they began to thaw． This apparently activated an ancient part of their DNA， which not only allows the plant to grow in Japan's cool climate， but also speeds up its development． While tropical varieties of bananas require two years to grow large enough for consumption（消费）， the Mongee banana needs just four months． Why was so much attention being paid to this message？ As best I can recall， the guard said something along these lines， "Good Morning Ladies， Gentlemen and Children， this is the 7：35 a．m．from Penrith to Central and you'll be pleased to know that we are right on time．And what a lovely morning it is in Sydney today．The sun is shining，birds are singing，and all's right with the world． I trust you have a great day wherever you're going． Thanks for catching my train this morning and I hope to see you again soon．" The first bunch of Mongee bananas hit department stores' shelves in the November of last year， but getting your hand on one of these incredible fruits remains a huge challenge． D&T Farm only produces 10 bananas per week， and they only deliver them to the Fruit Corner of Tenmanya Okayama，a local department store．But even if you happen to find one available，you'd probably be a bit put off by the price - 648 yen （﹩5.70）per fruit． Quite a few people （obviously previous strangers） started talking to one another about the ... ...
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