【正文】 and I am a graduate of the University of Texas. However, around my second year in law school, I wanted to make a great change, which was almost unheard of for Texans: I wanted to leave!year internship(實(shí)習(xí)期) I knew I wanted something different and my chance came during the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas. A snowstorm blanketed the entire city in snow and thousands of people were gathered. I overheard that StubHub, a big pany from a great city, San Francisco, was throwing a party next door to my hotel. I thought if l could get an internship, I could leave for the summer and at least see what it was like. Yes, it was a huge leap. I told myself I was ready.t invited to the StubHub party. But you know I39。 Although the legal department didn39。flee San FranciscoD.Accepting who you are makes you realize your strengths.D.Intelligent and humorous.D.（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t invited to the StubHub party. But you know I39。t want to own it.s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose.s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize. she says. If you work with traditional publishing, it39。was a parttime writer when she was youngB.was interested in running her mother39。B.D.B.s said? A.She enjoys the way of selfpublishing.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，蘇安妮s Digest)自出版圖書獎(jiǎng)上大出風(fēng)頭。她在阿爾弗雷德大學(xué)主修舞蹈和戲劇，并在她母親的舞蹈工作室任教多年。根據(jù)第三段中的“Yet Laqueur39。 （3）考查推理判斷。 （4）考查推理判斷。分析選項(xiàng)可知D項(xiàng)符合題意，故選D。 At one point, my husband and I decided to move to a new home in New Jersey. Our neighbor, whose cat had recently had kittens, asked if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sam39。 We picked a little, gray, playful ball of Fur. She raced around chasing imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning. when they ate, it was always next to each other. When I took either one out, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years.Shocked.Worried.They fought with each other fiercely.C.Sam means a lot to Lightning.C.The Coming of Sam and LightningC.根據(jù)第二段中的“Sam39。 （3）考查推理判斷。本文主要講述一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼，當(dāng)寵物狗死了之后，貓很傷心，當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時(shí)，很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊，故選A。 Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk. nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild.t enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received, reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a dead loss at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.returnB.an endangered birdB.Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B.s difficult to protect kestrel.（4）Prof Jones39。was promoted officiallywas criticized by some people【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了生物學(xué)家 （2）考查推理判斷。”可知紅隼的數(shù)量已經(jīng)開始增加了，所以推斷出人工繁殖的方法很有效，故選A。7．閱讀理解 s disease on May 15, 1886 that Emily Dickinson enjoyed recognition for her poetic acplishment. A limited volume of her works appeared in1890, but it was Thomas H. Johnson39。 Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA in 1830. The Dickinson family was well known in the munity for their contribution to politics and education. Dickinson lived most of her life with her grandfather who was famous for having founded the Amherst Academy in1814 and later Amherst College in 1821.She studied in good schools.B.s poems? A.They rhyme well and include many parisons.（4）What can be the best title for the text? A.s PoemsC.狄金森以及她的作品，她的詩絕大多數(shù)是在她死后才出版，并被世人所知，名氣極大。約翰遜發(fā)表了她完整的詩作，使她的作品獲得了真正的好評(píng)。She had the privilege of being educated at some of the most outstanding women schools in her time and devoted herself to reading all kinds of books.s works have greatly influenced and continue to influence modern poetry. ”無疑，狄金森的作品對(duì)現(xiàn)代詩歌產(chǎn)生了很大的影響，并在繼續(xù)影響。狄金森以及她的作品，故選D。 Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian39。m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn39。 The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that edians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.（1）Brian was late for his job because ________. A.B.he was busy applying for a new job（2）What can we infer about humor? A.Brian often saved his job with humor.D.B.gave upMany people lack in a sense of humor.B.Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，上班族Brian因?yàn)橛龅搅私煌ㄗ枞习噙t到，而在此之前他已經(jīng)收到了遲到的最后通牒，因此這次很可能被辭退。我正在申請(qǐng)一份工作，據(jù)我所知，這份工作在35分鐘前才開始招聘