【正文】 books 解析 從空后的 that helped other businesses find jobs for old people 可以看出， 她提供的是服務(wù) (services)。 答案 A 18． B． met C． forted D． answered 解析 從空后的 by talking with them 可以看出， Anna Douglas 每天都與很多 老年人會(huì)面 (met)，而不是觀察或安慰他們。 答案 B 19． B． followed C． recognized D． demanded 解析 通過(guò)與他們交談，她認(rèn)識(shí)到兩件事情。接下來(lái)的兩句便是她認(rèn)識(shí)到的 事情。 recognize 在這里是 “ 認(rèn)識(shí)到 ” 的意思。 答案 C 20． B． problems C． questions D． characters 解析 然而老年人也有老年人的問(wèn)題 (problems)。根據(jù)下文可知，有一位老年 人不受其孫子女的歡迎，這是他面臨的問(wèn)題。 答案 B 21． B． life C． way D． plan 解析 聯(lián)系上下文 Old people like herself 是報(bào)紙的一個(gè)話(huà)題 (subject)，因此其 他選項(xiàng)不符合題意。 答案 A 22． B． respecting C． employing D． supporting 解析 get old 在這里為系表結(jié)構(gòu)。 答案 A 23． B． refused C． misunderstood D． discouraged 解析 根據(jù)下文作者舉的例子說(shuō)明，很多老年人被其孫子女誤解 (misunderstood)。 答案 C 24． B． working C． reading D． leading 解析 從空后的 see the truth behind a problem可知， Anna Douglas 用的是 thinking ability。 答案 A 25． B． readers C． listeners D． friends 解析 根據(jù)上文可知， Anna Douglas 是靠寫(xiě)文章與老年人交流，故用 readers。 答案 B 26． B． entered C． left D． passed 解析 聯(lián)系上下文可知，這位老年人與其孫子女關(guān)系并不融洽，因此當(dāng)他進(jìn) 來(lái)時(shí)，孩子們就離開(kāi) (left)。 答案 C 27． B． chose C． invented D． imagined 解析 Anna Douglas 向他提出了一些建議 (suggested)，設(shè)法理解他的孫子女。 答案 A (B) There are a lot of situations in life where we need don39。t believe that there are many people who have not been__28__by someone else at some point in their may be__29__through verbal support， or help to overe a__30__that one faces in a personal or professional way. Some years ago， I helped a client of mine， which I think was part of my there is absolutely no intention to form a lasting friendship. How wrong I was！ Because of my work location being near to a former client， I occasionally ran into this was__31__was that this person continued to say how I had helped him gain a level ， the beauty of this confidence spread to his family， colleagues and was very__33__that this confidence isn39。t ， what had As the old saying__35__， what goes around es around. 28． B． assisted C． learned D． persuaded 解析 根據(jù)前文 “There are a lot of situations in life where we need help”可知，許 多人在人生中的某個(gè)時(shí)刻得到過(guò)別人的幫助 ?? 。 答案 B 29． B． always C． hardly D． simply 解析 這種幫助可能僅僅通過(guò)語(yǔ)言。 simply僅僅，只是。 答案 D 30． B． mistake C． difficulty D． habit 解析 或者是從個(gè)人或?qū)I(yè)的角度幫助克服困難。 答案 C 31． B． uncertain C． unpleasant D． unreasonable 解析 根據(jù)上文 “no intention”可知，那個(gè)人說(shuō)我?guī)椭怂?，這是 “ 我 ” 沒(méi)有預(yù) 想到的。 答案 A 32． B． confidence C． honesty D． leadership 解析 根據(jù)后文 “the beauty of this confidence spread...”可知，我?guī)退@得 “ 信 心 ” 。 答案 B 33． B． disappointed C． pleased D． curious 解析 作者為這種信心帶來(lái)的變化感到高興。故選 C。 答案 C 34． B． daily C． long D． hard 解析 這種信心不只是曇花一現(xiàn)，而是貫穿到他們的日常生活中。 daily對(duì)應(yīng) 前面的 。 答案 B 35． B． begins C． goes D． leaves 解析 像俗話(huà)說(shuō)的那樣， go 表達(dá)，傳達(dá)。 答案 C 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共 20小題；每小題 2分，滿(mǎn)分 40分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C和 D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 A An extinct mountain goat that was once mon in the Pyrenees briefly became the first animal to be brought back from extinction, as researchers used frozen DNA to produce a clone. But the newborn kid died within minutes of birth due to breathing difficulties, signaling that the Jurassic Park dream of resurrecting extinct species is still some way off. The Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo, is a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that is believed to have died out pletely in 2021. Before the death of the last known individual (a 13 year old female known as Celia), biologists captured her and took cells from her skin and ears, which were frozen in liquid nitrogen(氮 ). An earlier cloning attempt using the skin cells failed during gestation. But the latest attempt involved the creation of 439 ibex goat hybrid cloned embryos(胚胎 ). Of these cloned embryos,57 were transferred into surrogate mothers and seven resulted in pregnancies, but only one goat gave birth and the newborn clone died after seven minutes as a result of lung desease. Researchers say that other cloned animals, including sheep, have been born with similar lung defects, but they say that overall the experiment was a major step forward in the effort to bring the ibex back to its mountain home. Says lead researcher Jose Folch: “The delivered kid was geically identical to the bucardo. In species such as bucardo, cloning is the only possibility to avoid its plete disappearance”． The failure to produce a viable clone from DNA that was frozen only a decade ago illustrates the difficulty researchers would face in trying to bring back species that have been extinct for decades, centuries, millennia, or epochs. Researchers have floated the idea of bringing back the Tasmanian Tiger, which went extinct in 1936, and others hope that woolly mammoths preserved in permafrost could one day be efforts are still largely hypothetical. There are, however, other serious proposals for cloning endangered animals, such as the giant panda, the African bongo antelope, the Sumatran tiger and the pygmy hippo. The method39。s advocates believe it offers hope of preserving the geic diversity of these animals before they die out. 【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 科學(xué)家通過(guò)凍結(jié)的 DNA 成功地克隆了一只比利牛斯野生山羊。這 種野生山羊在 2021年就已經(jīng)滅絕了。 36． What do we know about the cloned ibex? A． It died of lung disease. B． It was the first cloned animal in the world. C． It lived for thirteen years. D． It was born in 2021. 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 the newborn cloned kid died after seven mi