【正文】 （1）What do we know about Dave Merry? A.He kept his tools well.C.A visit to the Merrys39。s share of the profit from the library.（4）What ca。Dave39。s founders drove over to the Merrys39。s workshop was obviously a minor consideration given Annette39。8．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。根據(jù)第四段中的“They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support.”然后他們會(huì)定期給病人打電話，只要他們需要，檢查他們的情況以及是否需要額外的支持?？芍P(guān)于用餐同伴，我們能了解到他們的工作環(huán)境很嘈雜。They often make patients more nervous.D. Violette Childe, 67, is a dining panion who helps serve patients lunches. The role was introduced ten years ago by a dietitian concerning that some patients were not eating their meals. （4）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查句義猜測。she ought to stay away from the backpackersD.D.t picked up the phone.（1）By My stomach was in knots (in paragraph 1), the author most likely means that she was ______. A. （3）考查推理判斷。Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.a popular bird （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys, …ran before her progress, turning their heads continually to ….”可知，人們充滿了好奇并且急不可待。The prison was really far from the marketplace.B.s experience, however, it might be considered to be a rather long journey。s name! cried he. Open a text。 （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。s story ran in a local paper.”可知，McClure是在十一月十號(hào)建立募捐網(wǎng)頁的，他們?cè)酒谕麕椭鶥obbitt募集一萬美元，他的故事還上了當(dāng)?shù)氐膱?bào)紙，截至十一月十五號(hào)，一萬多名當(dāng)?shù)厝送ㄟ^該網(wǎng)頁進(jìn)行了捐款，募集到的捐款超過了三十萬美元。 （1）考查詞義猜測。the GoFundMe page collected over $400,000 for BobbittD.C.After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D39。 縱觀全文可知，作者講述了從自己小時(shí)候到成家生子再到工作教書這一路上圖書館所發(fā)生的變化，由此可知，作者寫這篇文章是為了解釋圖書館的變化，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“Today，I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Cold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children39。To explain how libraries change.Visiting a library with a family member.D.She can meet friends at the library.She has bee her mother39。t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships.When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn39。s a munity.t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them.（1）Why does the author consider herself lucky today? A.She has access to a reliable car now.C.Reading books in a library.C.To express her deep love for libraries.C. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （4）考查推理判斷。 s story ran in a local paper. By November 15，more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than $300,000 had been raised.Bobbitt became worldfamous overnightC.他們?cè)酒谕麕椭技蝗f美元，意想不到的是，五天內(nèi)募集到的捐款就超過了三十萬美元。根據(jù)第五段中的“Bobbitt39。3．閱讀理解 Over the years, nearly every setting and situation has bee far away for my dad and me. When it39。s joy.（4）What may be the best title for the text? A.but my dad and I bond over Star Trek. We tried a trip to Disney World, but one of my earliest memories wasn39。m now a science writer.”可知科幻小說促使作者追求自己想要的職業(yè)，并幫助他成為一名科學(xué)作家，故選A。 Make way, good people, make way, in the King39。 It was no great distance, in those days, from the prisondoor to the marketplace. Measured by the prisoner39。Gathered.Happened.Pretended.Regretted.（3）What can we know from paragraph 3? A. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“In our nature, however, there is a condition that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present suffering, but chiefly by the pain that rankles (使痛心)after it.”可知，人們對(duì)痛苦的感知往往后知后覺，故選D。 A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the Nobel Prize of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction.C.The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C.根據(jù)第二段中的“where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk”可知，他保護(hù)了瀕臨滅絕的紅隼，使他免于遭受Great Auk的情況，因此可知Great Auk是一種已經(jīng)滅絕的鳥類，選B。t you travel with us? one of the backpackers offered. They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could. Their current plan was to explore the Middle East and Europe in three months while working in London. On my third day wandering in Israel with my new friends, I bumped into the woman I was supposed to meet. Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。it might cause trouble to have a swimC.途中她遇見了五個(gè)背包客，這些背包客邀請(qǐng)她一起去旅游，她和這些人一起經(jīng)歷了美好的幾天，并和他們成了好朋友。根據(jù)第三段中的It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes.可知這些背包客邀請(qǐng)作者一起旅游時(shí)，她的本能也就是第六感說了好，也就是說她的第六感讓她相信她能和這些背包客相處的很好，才會(huì)答應(yīng)他們的邀請(qǐng)，故選A。 Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. It makes me feel a bit more plete, she says simply. Helping with the meals frees up the nurses to get on with other things. I believe in being a part of the munity and this hospital is part of my munity.They are great assistants for doctors.C.他們會(huì)幫助病人，鼓勵(lì)他們吃東西。 （3）考查推理判斷。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 But then Annette experienced a stroke (中風(fēng)) that left her relying on a walker to get around, and the Merrys decided to move into assisted living. Dave39。 The library39。He had few DIY tools.He owned a tool library. house.C.16