【正文】 forests. W： Yes, we are told that every day five kinds of plants disappear from the earth forever because of the pollution. M： Oh, help save our world for the benefit of our children and our children39。s children. Text 9 W： Why don39。t you sit down? Now， there are several questions I must ask if you don39。t mind. M： Not at all. Go ahead. W： What is the purpose of your visit to the States? M： I39。m going to attend a conference on air pollution. W： When and where is this conference on air pollution? M： It39。s being held in the first two weeks of February at the University of Stanford in California. W： Who will pay your expenses? M： The University of California. Here is the official letter of invitation. W： I see. Fine. When do you want to go? M： I39。d like to leave in mid－ January if my passport is ready by then. W： That shouldn39。t be difficult. Why don39。t you phone me about January 10th? I should be able to give you an answer then. M: Thank you. Text 10 Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that dogs, rats, and birds can learn too. Scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes can understand some things more quickly than humans, and one or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make sentences. They cannot think like us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak their own language very well when they are four or five— but no animals learn to speak. How do children do it? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body when we speak? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain. 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C 和 D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 A When you39。re curious_about something, and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The steps below can guide you during the research(研究 )． Step 1 On a notecard or piece of paper, write down the subject that you are interested in. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write: Discover more about dinosaurs. Step 2 Next, stop and think for a moment about what you already know about your subject. List what you already know like the sentences below： (1) Dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared. (2) Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years. (3) Some dinosaurs fed on(吃 ) plants, some on meat. Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions. On your paper, start writing down questions about the dinosaurs as you think of them： (1) What39。s the best weather for dinosaurs to live in? (2) How many kinds of dinosaurs are there? (3) Have dinosaurs really disappeared? Step 4 Armed_with_your_list_of_questions,_you can now go to the nearest library or puter to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you39。ll probably discover some new questions. For example, you might discover that dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago. Why? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely. If you always find something interesting to research, take time to anize (組織 ) your thinking by asking good questions. And remember learning more always brings more questions. 21． The underlined phrase “curious about” means ________. A. worried about B. bored with C. eager to learn about D. ready to do 答案： C 詞義猜測題。由語境 “want to know more about it” 以及 “asking questions” 可推測 curious about 意為 “ 對 ?? 好奇 ” 而 “ 急于去了解 ” 。 22． When you do some research, you should take the following steps ________. a. list what you want to know b. choose a research subject c. list what you already know d. discover new questions A. d, c, b, a B. a, d, c, b C. b, c, a, d D. c, b, d, a 答案： C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。綜合短文的四個步驟，可以看出首先要選擇一個研究課題，只有 C項第一個步驟是此步驟。 23． From the passage, we know ________. A. dinosaurs appeared after human beings B. not all the dinosaurs fed on meat C. dinosaurs lived on the earth for 65 million years D. dinosaurs lived in warm season 答案： B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由 Step 2中的 “Some dinosaurs fed on plants, some on meat.”可知，并不是所有的恐龍都以肉為主食，有些還吃植物。 24． What does “Armed with your list of questi ons” mean? A. Putting your list of questions under your arm B. Discussing your questions with your classmates C. Writing down your list of questions D. Taking your list of questions with you 答案： D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由 Step 4第一句中的 “you can now go to the nearest library or puter to begin your research” 可知，是去圖書館或者上網(wǎng)開始你的研究課題，因此應(yīng)該是帶著你的問題。 B (2021 遼寧卷 ) Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees municate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation? UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more plex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are peting for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the_opposite_is_true:_trees survive through their cooperation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it” ． Nitrogen (氮 ) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi (真菌 )works, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way