【正文】 est depth of despair came hope. Meowing out of the bushes next to him came a stray black and white kitten (小貓) which, according to Marino, just walked up and started rubbing up against my leg and let me pet him. I came to life again and I broke down crying. I burst into tears. （3）考查推理判斷。Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.a popular bird （4）考查主旨大意。t Mickey, but a Klingon battle cruiser(巡洋) on the screen.The Wonders of ScienceB. Yes, science fiction has made me into a nerd(書(shū)呆子), and it also has been a source of joy for my family, making me an optimist while enabling me to think critically about the danger of technology. Thank those authors who have shared their visions。s warm at night, we39。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。C.He cried desperately.C.C.A Frightening and Fantastic Experience under SeaD.D.B.從鯨魚(yú)口中死里逃生。根據(jù)最后兩段可知，鯨魚(yú)意識(shí)到自己吞入的不是沙丁魚(yú)后，把Rainer連同幾噸水給吐了出來(lái)，Rainer竟然毫發(fā)無(wú)損地死里逃生，由此可知，Rainer非常幸運(yùn)，故選D。m now a science writer.Their mon interest.It helps him solve the danger of technology.D. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“ When the 61yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds39。172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn39。research（2）According to the passage, Great Auk is ________. A.a fierce bird（3）What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4? A.was proved of no usewas widely acceptedC.第二段中的“for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk.”是對(duì)前面句子的補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明，再由“won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize”可推知，這里的accolade與獲獎(jiǎng)有關(guān)，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。He just couldn39。How can a cat be used to stop suicide 【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記述文，退伍軍人Marino患上了PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷)，在他準(zhǔn)備自殺時(shí)一只小貓出現(xiàn)尋求他的撫摸，小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望，改變了他的生活。故選B。 Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless. I then thought about how the crown, a reminder of another39。s father mean to her mother? A.s friend keep the $100 dollarbill? A.The author became rich all of a sudden.B.B.作者想起了自己一直放在錢(qián)包里的皇冠硬幣，它如同護(hù)身符一樣讓作者衣食無(wú)憂(yōu)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I39。s body was swinging four feet above the snow. The cable car operator had quickly stopped it, and the friends kicked off their skis and ran toward the scene. They made a human pyramid to try to reach Richard, but the unconscious man was too far off the ground. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he struggled the 25 feet. After he reached the top, Wilson39。 When he reached Richard39。He was sick and became unconscious.B.兩個(gè)朋友乘坐索道纜車(chē)上山的過(guò)程中，其中一個(gè)朋友出了事故。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章大意可知，Wilson能在那個(gè)危急時(shí)刻去求Richard表現(xiàn)他的勇敢；在5分鐘內(nèi)能想到可行的方法，說(shuō)明Richard處亂不驚，沉著冷靜。 At first, Michael Surrell didn39。s granddaughter.Rushed into the burning house.（2）What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3? A.By shouting her name desperately.D.根據(jù)第二段中的“Though the fire department had been called, Surrell, then 64, instinctively ran inside.”和第三段中的“Entering the burning house was like‘running into a bucket of black paint,’ Surrell says.”可知，Surrell在火災(zāi)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)沖進(jìn)燃燒的房子。他爬向聲音，感覺(jué)到女孩的跡象。d do it again in a heartbeat. Wouldn39。 One night I received a Facebook message from Laura, a former classmate. Hey Steve, she said, I know you39。B.To celebrate Esther39。A Small Pig Making a Big DifferenceB. （2）考查推理判斷。 （4）考查主旨大意。s arrival changed our lives. A few weeks later, we decided to stop eating bacon. We figured it was our turn to try to change the world for other animals. A few months later, we moved to a farm where we cared for abandoned animals—so far, six rabbits, six goats, two sheep, one horse, three cows and three chickens.”可知，由于Esther的到來(lái)，改變了作者的生活，從此不再吃咸肉，同時(shí)在農(nóng)場(chǎng)又收養(yǎng)了許多被遺棄的小動(dòng)物。s better to make her happy before introducing the new member to her. ”在把新成員介紹給她之前，最好讓她高興。A Little Pig Bringing Happiness to a FamilyD.To show off his cooking skills.（3）What was Alisha39。C. I knew I was wrong, but I hoped I could smooth things over. Soon enough, the lovely pig did the smoothing for me. Never had we felt such joy as she brought to us. We got her a name Esther. But I was not letting that pig go. So I told Laura I39。ve just had a baby and I can39。故選C。他把Tiara拉到他懷里。 （2）考查段落大意。He is unwilling to talk about the rescue again.B.How dangerous the situation was.C.s a small price to pay, Surrell says. I39。 home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house, when they got a call from one of his daughters: The house next door is on fire! He went to investigate. That39。故選C。s chair, Wilson swung a leg over the cable and attempted to drop down onto it. But as he did that, his jacket caught on the movable footrest, which was in the up position. The footrest began to slide down, with Wilson attached. But before that could happen, he managed to free himself and reached Richard.”當(dāng)威爾遜觸到理查德的椅子時(shí)，他把一條腿甩過(guò)纜繩，試圖跳到上面。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。He was too afraid to move forward in the cable car.D. s greatest fear wasn39。ll give that to my friend.可知作者要送給朋友一個(gè)錢(qián)包作為禮物，故選B。沒(méi)想到，作者的善意帶來(lái)了回報(bào)。s friend would receive a wallet as a gift.C.B.t have a wallet so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better. I feel rich and thank you for being a good friend she said and we were both a bit teary. When I was married in 1970 my husband who had heard this story obtained a 1937 crown for me and I have always kept it in my wallet and I have alw