Mandara seemed to know something big was about to happen. So she let out a yell, caught hold of her 2-year-old daughter Kibibi and climbed up into a tree. She lives at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. And on Tuesday, August 23rd, witnesses say she seemed to sense the big earthquake that shook much of the East Coast before any humans knew what was going on. And she’s not the only one. In the moments before the quake, an orangutan (猩猩) let out a loud call and then climbed to the top of her shelter. “It’s very different from their normal call,” said Brandie Smith, the zookeeper. “The lemurs (monkey-like animals of Madagascar) will sound an alarm call if they see or hear something highly unusual.” But you can’t see or hear an earthquake 15 minutes before it happens, can you? Maybe you can — if you’re an animal. “Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing,” said Brandie Smith. “That’s part of their special abilities. They’re more sensitive to the environment, which is how they survive.” Primates weren’t the only animals that seemed to sense the quake before it happened. One of the elephants made a warning sound. And a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly for cover. The flamingoes (a kind of bird) gathered before the quake and stayed together until the shaking stopped. So what kind of vibrations were the animals picking up in the moments before the quake? Scientist Susan Hough says earthquakes produce two types of waves — a weak “P” wave and then a much stronger “S” wave. The “P” stands for “primary”. And the “S” stands for “secondary”. She said she thinks the “P” wave might be what set the animals off. Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake. For example, Smith says the zoo’s giant pandas didn’t jump up until the shaking actually began. But many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happened. “I’m not surprised at all,” Smith said. 小题1:Why did Mandara act strangely one day?A.Because it sensed something unusual would happen. | B.Because its daughter Kibibi was injured. | C.Because it heard an orangutan let out a loud call. | D.Because an earthquake had happened. | 小题2:According to Brandie Smith, _____.A.many animals’ hearing is sharp | B.earthquakes produce two types of waves | C.primates usually gather together before a quake | D.humans can also develop the ability to sense a quake | 小题3:Which word in the passage has a close meaning to the underlined word “cover”?A.vibration | B.shelter | C.quake | D.range | 小题4:Which animal seems unable to sense a quake?A.A giant panda. | B.A flamingo. | C.A lemur. | D.A lizard. | 小题5:What is the best title for the passage?A.How animals survive a quake. | B.How animals differ from humans. | C.How animals behave before a quake. | D.How animals protect their young in a quake. |
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试题分析:这篇文章主要讲了在地震前动物们的表现,有些动物对地震敏感,而有些动物对地震没有察觉。 小题1:根据Mandara seemed to know something big was about to happen. So she let out a yell, caught hold of her 2-year-old daughter Kibibi and climbed up into a tree. She lives at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.故选A。 小题2:根据Maybe you can — if you’re an animal. “Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing,” said Brandie Smith. “That’s part of their special abilities. They’re more sensitive to the environment, which is how they survive.”故答案应为A。 小题3:根据One of the elephants made a warning sound. And a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly可猜出“cover”意思是居所,故选B。 小题4:根据For example, Smith says the zoo’s giant pandas didn’t jump up until the shaking actually began,故选A。 小题5:通过全文以及Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake. For example, Smith says the zoo’s giant pandas didn’t jump up until the shaking actually began. But many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happened. “I’m not surprised at all,” Smith said. 故选C。 点评:本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上,结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意,对于把握文章主旨,分析全文结构都是至关重要的。纵观历年高考试题,阅读理解试题一般有以下几种题型:一是直接回答who, whom, which, what, where, when, why, how等疑问词引起的细节问题;二是猜测词义题;三是推理判断题;四是综合概括题。在做阅读理解题时,一定要仔细看完,看清楚试题要求再作答,特别要注意NOT,TRUE,EXCEPT等词。有时,要先看题,后阅读文章,带着问题去读短文,可缩短阅读时间,效果也许会更好。 |
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New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. A study, 1 in the latest edition of Ecology and Evolution, reveals the 2 age of some Amazonian tree species -- more than 8 million years -- and 3 shows that they have survived previous periods as warm as many of the global warming imagined periods 4 for the year 2100. The authors write that, having survived warm periods in the past, the trees will 5 survive future warming, provided there are no other major environmental changes. 6 extreme droughts and forest fires will impact Amazonia as temperatures 7 , the trees will stand the direct impact of higher temperatures. The authors 8 that as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the risk of drought and fire, conservation policy should remain 9 on preventing deforestation(采伐森林)for agriculture and mining. The study disagrees with other recent researches which predicted tree species’ extinctions 10 relatively small increases in global average air temperatures. Study co-author Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said the 11 were good news for Amazon tree species, but warned that drought and over-exploitation of the forest remained major 12 to the Amazon’s future. Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. while tree species seem likely to 13 higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forest is being transformed for agriculture and 14 , and what remains is being degraded by logging, and increasingly split up by fields and roads. “Species will not move as freely in today’s Amazon as they did in previous warm periods, when there was no human 15 . Similarly, today’s climate change is extremely fast, making comparisons with slower changes in the past 16 .” “With a clearer 17 of the relative risks to the Amazon forest, we 18 that direct human impacts -- such as forest clearances for agriculture or mining -- should remain a key point of conservation policy. We also need more aggressive 19 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to make minimum the risk of drought and fire impacts and 20 the future of most Amazon tree species.”
小题1: | A.advertised | B.described | C.published | D.presented |
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小题2: | A.frightening | B.surprising | C.exciting | D.interesting |
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小题3: | A.still | B.nevertheless | C.however | D.therefore |
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小题4: | A.assess | B.confirm | C.forecast | D.promise |
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小题5: | A.particularly | B.probably | C.merely | D.possibly |
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小题6: | A.Since | B.Although | C.When | D.If |
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小题7: | A.rise | B.change | C.drop | D.end |
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小题8: | A.consider | B.decide | C.guarantee | D.recommend |
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小题9: | A.based | B.built | C.focused | D.made |
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小题10: | A.in relation to | B.in response to | C.in reply to | D.in reference to |
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小题11: | A.findings | B.thoughts | C.inventions | D.writings |
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小题12: | A.threats | B.disadvantages | C.embarrassments | D.instructions |
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小题13: | A.accept | B.tolerate | C.permit | D.Require |
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小题14: | A.farming | B.planting | C.catering | D.mining |
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小题15: | A.power | B.influence | C.desire | D.violence |
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小题16: | A.difficult | B.clear | C.easy | D.important |
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小题17: | A.belief | B.direction | C.understanding | D.suggestion |
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小题18: | A.doubt | B.conclude | C.calculate | D.prefer |
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小题19: | A.thought | B.guidance | C.protection | D.action |
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小题20: | A.secure | B.advance | C.sacrifice | D.evaluate |
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Family Vs Technology Modern technology certainly changes family behavior, but does it really damage family life as many people fear? Not necessarily, says Dr. Silva, a professor in Sociology(社会学) at the Open University, she also argues it is wrong to assume technology erodes(腐蚀,侵蚀) the quality of family life. “There is the idea that technology has an influence on the family and the family suffers. My take is quite different,” she explains. “Technological change happens because people’s lives change. And it is people’s choices of how to live that creates processes of innovation(革新) as well. The family has a role like the economy or like technology itself in changing the world. The imagination is important in driving the things technologists want to find for our daily lives. People desire to see nature as it is, so color television comes about,” she says. In another case, the increase in working mothers helped create a market for labor-saving kitchen equipment. “The time that women have to shop every day for food is no longer available so there is a need to have a refrigerator for food storage,” says Dr. Silva. “The need to cook that food more easily and quickly, means you have developments in cooking technology like the microwave oven(微波炉). The microwave oven already existed because it was developed for the navy during World War Two but it wasn’t used in ordinary families until the early 1980s. “Technologies for housework were as important as those for work itself,” she says, “So washing machines, refrigerators and microwave ovens are terribly important. We couldn’t imagine what life would be like if we didn’t have them.” Technological changes in the kitchen have played an important role in the changes of family behavior, creating a new social focus in the home. “With advanced technology, you can feed the family in an easier manner. People can do housework with less difficulty. But that doesn’t mean that family practices are not important — it’s just a different way of doing things.” 小题1:What is Dr. Silva’s attitude towards the effect that technology has on family life? A.Worried. | B.Optimistic(乐观的). | C.Puzzled. | D.Uncertain. | 小题2:What causes advances in technology according to Dr. Silva? A.People’s love for nature. | B.Great changes in people’s way of life. | C.People’s desire to change the world. | D.The wonderful imagination in inventing things. | 小题3:What can we learn from the passage? A.The microwave oven was first used by working mothers. | B.People cook less because of modern kitchen equipment. | C.Technology has little effect on the changes of family behavior. | D.People need less skill to do housework due to advanced technology. |
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It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway.I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box.But Nora did.She wasn’t even four, but she 36 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold, Daddy, 37 we take him home?” I don’t remember my reply.But I do remember a sudden 38 feeling inside me.I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 39 , whether it was 40 in flight or children playing.But now she was noticing 41 and beggary. A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 42 it to an elderly person.It was quick and easy.I 43 us up.Nora was 44 about it.She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was.When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package.On the way to the school, I fought an urge to turn 47 .The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home.Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed.She 49 us right over. The building was in a bad state.Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress.She took the package and asked us to come in.Nora ran inside.I unwillingly followed. 50 inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor.Our hostess showed us some photos.Nora played and when it came time to say good-bye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears. Professionals call such a(n) 51 a “volunteer opportunity”.They are opportunities, and I’ve come to see.Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 52 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 53 clothes for the homeless.Yet, as I’ve 54 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder ------ which of us has 55 more?
小题1: | A.pulled | B.glanced | C.pointed | D.aimed |
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小题3: | A.general | B.heavy | C.funny | D.simple |
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小题4: | A.area | B.part | C.eyesight | D.world |
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小题5: | A.insects | B.animals | C.plants | D.birds |
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小题6: | A.coldness | B.suffering | C.illness | D.ignorance |
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小题7: | A.delivered | B.returned | C.devoted | D.posted |
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小题8: | A.held | B.hurried | C.lined | D.signed |
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小题9: | A.casual | B.sorry | C.astonished | D.excited |
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小题10: | A.valuable | B.creative | C.shocking | D.simple |
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小题11: | A.push | B.stop | C.allow | D.warn |
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小题13: | A.Therefore | B.Obviously | C.Still | D.Also |
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小题14: | A.called | B.promised | C.invited | D.helped |
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小题15: | A.Although | B.Though | C.Because | D.Once |
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小题16: | A.visit | B.stay | C.adventure | D.challenge |
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小题17: | A.fair | B.famous | C.difficult | D.enjoyable |
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小题18: | A.wear | B.make | C.order | D.collect |
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小题19: | A.let | B.watched | C.made | D.noticed |
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小题20: | A.increased | B.tried | C.benefited | D.seized |
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Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the ‘wash up’. An application is calling on the next government to bring it back. At school the children are taught to add up and subtract(减法) but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world. Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month — the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum. As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft(透支) as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents" generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.” The UK has been in the worst financial recession(衰退)for generations. It does seem odd that — unless parents step in — young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents. 小题1:The passage is mainly about _____________.A.how to manage school lessons | B. teaching young people about money | C.how to deal with the financial crisis | D.teaching students how to study effectively | 小题2:It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.A.laws on financial education have been effectively carried out | B.pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract | C.students have been taught to manage their finances | D.the author complains about the school education | 小题3:The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.A.instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money | B.promote the connection of schools and families | C.ask the government to dismiss the parliament | D.appeal for the curriculum of financial education | 小题4:A poll is mentioned to ___________.A.show the seriousness of the financial recession | B.stress the necessity of the curriculum reform | C.make the readers aware of burden of the parents | D.illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal |
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The art of reading fiction is largely a matter of inferring meanings. To infer means to understand facts which are not directly stated---only suggested. Inference is one of the commonest ways of knowing things: a child holds his knee and cries; this action implies his feeling; an observer infers that the child is hurt. To infer accurately in everyday life requires caution in observing; to infer skillfully in fiction requires caution in reading; both require disciplined imagination. The short-story reader can expect to find certain basic elements in any story. For example, all stories involve a person or persons, in a particular setting, faced with a demand for a response. The response called for may be a physical action, such as defeating an adversary(对手) or escaping from a danger; or it may be a mental action, such as adjusting to others or within oneself. In either case, the short story is a description in two ways: first, it shows the motives for a given human action; second, it makes a point about the general human situation. Such descriptions, however, rather than being stated directly, usually are implied by the elements of the story. When the reader of a story understands all the facts and their interrelationships, he is ready to infer the significance of the story as a whole---its comment on the human situation. This comment, or theme, is the seed from which the story grew. It is also the idea by which all the separate elements of the story are governed, while these in turn further shape and modify the theme. In addition to action, character, and setting, these elements include structure, mood, tone, and point of view. Fiction reading requires an awareness of all the ways in which a story communicates. It also requires attention to detail. What the author provides is a network of points which serve as clues to his meaning. He invites the reader to develop the meaning by inference, actually to create much of the story himself and so make it part of his own experience. 小题1:According to the author, "infer" means ________ . A.knowingfactsbeyondthestatement | B.lookingformoreevidencesforthestatement | C.findingoutadifferentmeaningfromthestatement | D.addingsomefactstothestatement | 小题2:What is inferring in fiction based on?A.Readers’guessing. | B.Thebasicelementsofthestory. | C.Thesettingofthestory. | D.Theinterrelationshipsbetweenpeopleinthestory. | 小题3:What is the implied meaning of the last sentence?A.Inferringcanreallyhelpthereaderdevelopimaginationandenrichhimself. | B.Inferringcanhelpthereaderwriteastoryofhisown. | C.Thereadershouldlookforanexperiencedescribedinthestoryhereads. | D.Theexperiencedescribedinthestorywillleaveagreatimpactonitsreader. | 小题4:What is the main idea of this passage? A.Inferringisanartofwriting. | B.Inferringisaneedinfictionwriting | C.Inferringisthebasicskillinreadingfiction. | D.Inferringiscommoninreading. |
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