【正文】 ike lotteries because they don?t have to pay extra taxes. C. The profits from lotteries are usually used for the public. D. Some critics don?t like lotteries because many poor people waste money on them. 【 解析 】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章的第五段 “Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to e from new taxes.”可知 B 項(xiàng)不正確。 【 答案 】 B 26． In just one hour in the last few days, the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling_______. A. $ million B． $ million C． $ million D． $ 87 million 【 解析 】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文中的第一段的 “The tickets cost only $ each”和第二段 “In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.”可知 *500*60*60*24=38, 880, 000。 【 答案 】 B 27. The underlined word in the last paragraph refers to__________. A. something profitable B. something challenging C. something immoral D. something easy 【 解析 】 詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)連詞 but和下文的 “under the name of social progress”可知，批評(píng)家對(duì)此并不認(rèn)可。 【 答案 】 C 28. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce the lotteries in Pennsylvania. B. To persuade people not to buy lotteries. C. To show the drawbacks of buying lotteries. D. To tell us the different opinions on lotteries. 【 解析 】 推理判斷題。文中介紹了賓夕法尼亞州的彩票，作者客觀地介紹了人們對(duì)此所持的 不同觀點(diǎn)，所以選擇 D。 【 答案 】 D C （ 2017 江西臨川二中高三一次聯(lián)考） You know that squeak(吱吱聲 ) you hear from your pet mouse or the pest mouse? It turns out that it is not really a squeak, but a sweet song by male mice to attract females. This is the conclusion reached by biologist Dustin Penn and his team at the Veterinary University of Vienna. The scientists who have been conducting a series of studies on house mice for a number of years, began by recording the highpitched(聲調(diào)高的 ) sounds male mice made the moment they sensed a female mouse around. What they discovered when they played them back to females was that the ladies could tell between those made by their brothers and the ones made by unrelated males. Just like human, they tended to ignore the ones made by their brothers. The researchers then took the experiment one step further and analyzed the squeaks. To their surprise they discovered that while the squeaks sounded similar, they each had a different “tune”. The biggest surprise of all was that the mice could even learn tunes from each other. However, not all scientists agree with this finding. Some like Kurt Hammer, a scientist at the German Primate Center believe that the test sample was too small to make such a conclusion. The researcher?s next plan to test if the females care about the quality of the “song”. In some bird species, males that can sing the most plex tunes seem to get the most attention. So why do we care whether mice can sing or not? Clearly, since they are being used as laboratory testers, it will help us make advances in human speech disorders like the ones found in people suffering from autism(自閉癥 ). 29. According to Dustin Pen, the squeak made by a male mouse is _______. A. a hungry signal B. a sad cry C. a terrible noise D. a pleasant sound 【 解析 】 細(xì)節(jié)理解 題 。根據(jù)第一段中的 but a sweet song sung by male mice to attract females 可知 ， 雄鼠發(fā) 出的是愉悅的聲音。 【 答案 】 D 30. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _______. A. the male mice B. the female mice C. the squeaks made by the male mice D. the squeaks made by the female mice 【 解析 】 詞義猜測(cè) 題 。 根據(jù)第二段中的 recording the highpitched sounds male mice made 可以推知，該詞指代上文提到的雄鼠發(fā)出的聲音。 【 答案 】 C 31. What might be Kurt Hammer?s idea? A. More studies should be made. B. Mice are intelligent animals. C. the conclusion is reasonable. D. Mice shouldn?t be studied. 【 解析 】 細(xì)節(jié)理 解 題 。根據(jù)第四段中的 the test sample was too small to make such a conclusion 可知， Kurt hammer 認(rèn)為得出這個(gè)結(jié)論的依據(jù)并不充分，人們需要進(jìn)行更多的研究。 【 答案 】 A 32. One benefit of the study on mice squeaks is that it can________. A. find ways to kill mice B. inspire musicians with their work C. help treat human speech disorders D. find ways to select intelligent mice 【 解析 】 推理判斷 題 。根據(jù)最后一段中的可以推知，這項(xiàng)研究可以用來(lái)幫助人們治療人類的語(yǔ)言紊亂的問(wèn)題。 【 答案 】 C D （廣東順德一中 2017 高三二次聯(lián)考） As the saying goes, “Change is not always for the better”. Take social interaction, for example! We now live in an era in which many teenagers spend hours locked away in their bedrooms shooting virtual soldiers and hitting zombies over the head with digital baseball bats, while others sit home alone, chatting with friends, not in person, but through social works. Teachers, politicians and parents have genuine reasons to argue that young people like this are in danger of losing the ability to connect with one another, to develop genuine relationships and to separate the fictional world of the Xbox or the Play Station from the real world. Others worry about the increasing breakdown of the family unit within the UK and link that to the increase of youth crime and antisocial behavior, or the problems that some young people have with drugs or alcohol. These issues are particularly mon in areas of poverty and, in the light of the economic crisis, are unlikely to improve. Indeed, the gap between rich and poor in the UK could well increase, as unemployment figures rise and the cost of higher education increases. But being a teenager in the 21st century is not all doom and gloom, Young people in the UK today can enjoy living in a far more multicultural, integrated society in which opportunities are more equal and which is increasingly environmentally aware. They benefit from