【正文】 st smile and nod, and enjoy the warmth of the occasion. 28. What disappointed the driver? A. The author’s attitude towards him . B. The school that the author is attending. C. The author’s majors in history and literature. D. The author’s interests in African American studies. 29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “squandering” in Paragraph 4? A. wasting B. creating C. valuing D. seizing 30. Why are immigrant kids expected to be doctors or lawyers? A. Their parents want them to move upward in society. B. Their parents are high achieving as well. C. They have more opportunities. D. They are very smart in general. 31. How did the author react to the driver’s questioning? A. Getting upset. B. Feeling satisfied. C. Defending herself. D. Appreciating his concern. 【答案】 28. C 29. A 30. A 31. D 【解析】這是一篇關(guān)于教育方面的短文閱讀。故選 A。 hummingbirds typically aren’t. But however they perceive(感知 ) or process information, they both experience similar information, Dr. Pritchard said. In daytoday searching for food, for example, hummingbirds may rely on more of a bee’s eye view than a bird’s eye view. Like other birds, they rely on landmarks, distances and directions to make maps when travelling long distances, but they don’t use these cues to find flowers. Move a flower just an inch or so away from where a hummingbird thought it was and it will hover over the flower’s original location. Dr. P ritchard is investigating if, like bees, hummingbirds engage in view matching — hovering, scanning snapshots of a place to its memory and using those as references later. 32. What is the center of research on hummingbirds and bees in the 1970s? A. Memory. B. Movement rules. C. Reward calculating. D. Information processing. 33. Which subject’s research methods were adopted to study the learning ability of Hummingbirds? A. Math. B. Biology. C. Ecology. D. Psychology. 34. How do researchers find out that hummingbirds are not like birds? A. By setting them free. B. By moving flowers. C. By matching view. D. By making maps. 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Hummingbirds and Bees B. Hummingbirds in the Lab C. New Trends in Studying Bees D. Thinking of Hummingbirds as Bees 【答案】 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D 【解析】本文是一篇科普類短文閱讀。 34. 推理判斷題。 The UN has recognized the contributions of volunteers on Dec. 5, International Volunteer Day. Here, the four things are offered to consider before taking the leap into overseas volunteering. Choose your anization carefully ___36___ volunteering may be a fundraising mechanism(籌資機(jī)制 ) for a development project. For others, volunteering is fundamental to their programs, and those serving take on professional roles in longerterm development. ___37___ Volunteers want to help and make a difference, but most know this isn’t a purely selfless act. You will learn new skills, broaden your horizons and e to better understand yourself and the world. ___38___ Reflect on your motivations. You want to help reduce global poverty or protect the natural world, but what else? Have you always wanted to travel, but not as a tourist? Work with kids? When you understand your motivations, you’ll be in a better position to choose the option that is right for you. Work alongside the local munity Often times, travelers volunteer in isolation(隔離 ) from the local munity in which they are working in. ___39___ This enables you to ensure you are mitting to a project that promotes long term and sustainable change. A volunteer trip is just the beginning ___40___ Further ignite(點(diǎn)燃 ) the global change maker in you by taking your experience one step further when you return home. Spread the message of your transformative experience to others, helping to spark the change within them. A. And that’s all OK. B. Know why you’re going. C. Don’t assume you know it all. D. Communities always wele volunteers. E. Volunteer travel is a lifechanging experience. F. Some anizations require you to pay your own way, and often include a fee. G. Make sure to travel with anizations that have strong partnerships with local munities. 【答案】 36. F 37. B 38. A 39. G 40. E 【解析】本文是一篇科普類短文閱讀。 39. 根據(jù)小標(biāo)題 Work alongside the local munity 和后句 This enables you to ensure you are mitting to a project that promotes long term and sustainable 知此處是呼應(yīng)小標(biāo)題，引出后一句。 41. 考查副詞辨析。句意：他的困難不是試圖擊中一個(gè)快球。 A. even甚至； B. sometimes 有時(shí)； C. often常常； D. never 從不。故選 B。根據(jù)后句 Sometimes he was bullied(欺侮 ).可知他經(jīng)常被取笑。 49. 考查名詞辨析。故選 C。根據(jù)前句 but he said he was ___11___ with encouraging parents,可知，他能夠在運(yùn)動(dòng)中表達(dá)自己 。根據(jù)后句 But for me, I also developed。 53. 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. blessed 保佑； B. getting along 進(jìn)展； C. provided 提供； D. fed up養(yǎng)肥。根據(jù)前句 If he wanted a dish that he knew would be tough to say可知他用手勢(shì)。故選 C。 A. forbid禁止； B. prefer 喜歡； C. regret遺憾； D. avoid避免。句意： Springer 是一個(gè)在學(xué)校從不舉手的孩子。 43. 考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折。 40. 根據(jù)小標(biāo)題 A volunteer trip is just the beginning 和最后一段可知，志愿旅行是一種改變?nèi)松慕?jīng)歷。 36. 根據(jù)后句 volunteering may be a fundraising mechanism(籌資機(jī)制 ) for a development ，組織需要你自付路費(fèi)，并常常會(huì)要求繳納參加該組織的費(fèi)用。故選 B。 32. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段 Fulfill your role in the narrative(故事 ) of upward mobility so your children can do the ，他們的父母希望他們?cè)谏鐣?huì)上向上發(fā)展。 28. 推理判斷題。 26. 詞義猜測(cè)題。 B Everyone should be so lucky as to have a friend like Francia Raisa. On Thursday, singer and actress Selena Gomez, 25, used Instagram to explain why she was “l(fā)aying low” this summer. She posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed with her friend Francia Raisa holding hands. She said she recently received a kidney transplant from her best friend because of plications(并發(fā)癥 ) from lupus(狼瘡 ), an autoimmune disease, which means it is the result of the immune system attacking normal tissue, including the kidneys, brain, heart and lungs. People