【正文】 started. She said, ‘In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.’”可知，是在她高中二年級(jí)時(shí)第二次世界大戰(zhàn)大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)了，而英語(yǔ)因?yàn)槭菙橙说恼Z(yǔ)言被禁止了，故選C。It is never too late to learn.C.Where there is a will, there is a way.s grandchildren love her a lot.C. Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, 39。 The greatgrandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91. She hopes to use the language at next year39。s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo39。It39。 The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。Natsuko is Takamizawa39。The early bird catches the worm. （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （4）考查主旨大意。 In her autobiography (自傳), one of the things Duncan frequently refers to as the basis of her expressive spirit is the fact that she had a childhood where she wasn39。 There is an old quotation if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. And it captures an important truth. At school, Isadora Duncan was a failure. In the dance hall, she gave form to brilliance.（1）What does the underlined phrase treat troubles as fuel mean? used troubles to push her forward towards her dream. was good at burning away everyday troubles. turned Duncan into a confident girl. lit the fire of dancing in Duncan.（2）Which of the following is TRUE about Duncan? experience in New York was the foundation of her career. teaching job when she was little destroyed her confidence. dancing style was not very well received at the beginning. mother set higher expectation on her than she could bear.（3）What does the author try to tell the readers in the last paragraph? is useless climbing a tree to catch fish. is a genius in his own way. e from human stupidity. can impact students greatly.（4）What is this passage mainly about? Duncan39。根據(jù)第二段中的“Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence”即使在那個(gè)年齡，她也有足夠的天賦去掙錢，而且她還有一種罕見(jiàn)的自信；以及“something to elevate the fire that is already burning inside of her ”能讓她心中燃燒的火焰更旺，可推測(cè)出劃線部分的意思應(yīng)為“用困難推動(dòng)她向夢(mèng)想前進(jìn)”。根據(jù)最后一段中的“if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”如果你以爬樹的能力來(lái)判斷一條魚，它終其一生都會(huì)認(rèn)為自己是愚蠢的。鄧肯十歲時(shí)輟學(xué)去教別人跳舞，文章主要介紹了她的經(jīng)歷以及所取得的成功。C.He cried desperately.C.C. （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。They felt sorry that they couldn39。D.All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in HoustonD.故選D。5．閱讀理解 s story. For 2 hours she sat and wept while thousands walked to and fro in the airport. Helga looked at me and said, Houston, not a single person stopped and asked if I was okay that day. It was that day that I realized how much we need each other. It was that day I realized that kindness isn39。Helga had no one to talk to on her flight to Arizona.C.Biggest surprise to others.（3）What can we know about the author? A.Practising Kindness on the Plane【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者乘飛機(jī)時(shí)和女乘客 Helga 坐在了一起，Helga講述了關(guān)于她的父親死亡時(shí)，她在 根據(jù)第五段中的“ （4）考查主旨大意，縱觀全文可知。t answer it, I said to Sam. Our door in the inner city is constantly knocked on。s a bird on the second floor, he said. It39。 Sam asked him to repeat that. Number two, Mervin said. The pigeon has been sitting in his own number two, and now it39。 Why does everyone think you must solve the problems around here? I said to Sam when he returned with his story. It39。She got excited.D.Shelter from rain.Make a nest for the bird.（4）What can we learn about Sam from the text? A.B.C.D.所以它是被自己的糞便困住了。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this bynowfamiliar excuse wouldn39。t the early bird get the worm?he got up lateIt is the early bird.當(dāng)他在9：35分時(shí)走進(jìn)辦公室，他的老板走向了他，突然，布萊恩強(qiáng)顏歡笑，伸出手來(lái)。根據(jù)第四段中的“Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.”可知布萊恩保住了他 的可知這不是Brian第一次上班遲到了，故選C。 To help raise funds and awareness of his job to protect not just the geese but birds worldwide, Moullec often allows paying tourists to join him on the 30minutelong flights aboard his aircraft. In addition to the trained birds flying alongside them, visitors, who e from as far as a 15hour plane flight away, are treated to a variety of crane and geese species as well as breathtaking views of castles and cities.通過(guò)文章可知Birdman不僅指導(dǎo)小白額雁安全遷徙還認(rèn)為農(nóng)藥的使用對(duì)野生鳥類造成傷害，可以看出他是一個(gè)熱愛(ài)自然的人，故選A。9．閱讀理解 根據(jù)第五段He often brings his camera along for the flights, capturing photos not just for their beauty, but for what they describe。 His deed began in 1995 when he noticed their declining population in the wilds of Lapland, Sweden. To prevent their numbers from dropping further, Moullec tried to get the threatened species to follow him along migration routes that would protect them from bird hunters.8．閱讀短文，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)。即可推測(cè)幽默在生活中是很重要的，故選B。我是布萊恩。tried to hold back（4）What can we learn from the text? A.C. （3）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查推理判斷。B.It was learning to fly.t agree. Then he went to the garage and emptied the cardboard box containing our imported camping mats. He returned with the gray pigeon in th