15.【2018年浙江省衢州市】Do you use a calendar to help you organize your life? By listing what you need to do on any special day, you can make sure to keep all for your appointments and not worry whether you've forgotten something. Calendars are also useful for reminding(提醒) people what day a certain holiday is on and what days you might have off from work. Besides, they are used for planning fun things like vacations and outings.
A calendar is usually divided into twelve parts, and each one stands for a month with all the days laid out in a grid-like (网格状的) form. A block of space usually is for a day, and there is enough space for you to write down what you need to do on that certain day. You probably use all different kinds of calendars. A calendar on your cell phone screen is easy to use, and so is a large paper calendar that hangs on your wall.
Here is one page of Mary's calendar and it shows her plans in May.

23. People use calendars to _______.
①make plans for vacations and outings
②buy birthday presents on the cell phones
③help remember their appointments
④remind themselves of the holidays and the days off
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④
24. From Paragraph 2 we can know ________.
A. what a calendar looks like
B. what a calendar is used for
C. how we draw a calendar on the wall
D. how we organize our life with a calendar
25. When is Greg's birthday?
A. Friday May 11.
B. Sunday May 13.
C. Friday May 18.
D. Sunday May 20.
26. How many full days will Mary spend in London?
A. Two days.
B. Three days
C. Four days.
D. Five days.
【答案】23. C    24. A    25. D    26. D
【解析】本文向我们介绍了日历的作用、日历的外形以及展示了Mary五月的日历及其安排。
23. 句意：人们使用日历是为了为假期和外出制定计划、帮助记住他们的约定、提醒他们假期和休息的日子。原文“keep all for your appointments”（把所有的约定记录下来），“reminding(提醒) people what day a certain holiday is on and what days you might have off from work.”（提醒人们什么时候开始假期，哪些天是可以不用上班的），“planning fun things like vacations and outings.”（为假期和外出计划有趣的事情），以上三点都是使用日历的作用，故选C
24. 句意：从第二段来看，我们知道了日历是什么样子的。A.日历是什么样子的B.日历是用来做什么的C.我们如何在墙上绘制日历D.我们如何使用日历来组织我们的生活。原文“A calendar is usually divided into twelve parts, and each one stands for a month with all the days laid out in a grid-like (网格状的) form.”（日历通常被划分成12个部分，每一个部分代表一个月，每个月里都会以网格状的形式把所有的日子罗列出来），这一段是在描述日历的样子，故选A
25. 句意：Greg的生日是什么时候？五月二十日星期天。从原图中可以看出Greg的生日在五月二十日星期天，他还会在一家法国餐厅晚上七点半开派对，故选D
26. 句意：Mary会在伦敦度过多少个全天？A.两天B.三天C.四天D.五天，根据日历可以得出五月四日下午她会坐火车到达伦敦，五月10日她会在早上坐火车回家，所以她在伦敦待了完整的五天，故选D