【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 C.honorD.research（2）According to the passage, Great Auk is ________. A.an endangered birdB.an extinct birdC.a popular birdD.a fierce bird（3）What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4? A.Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B.The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C.Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.It39。s difficult to protect kestrel.（4）Prof Jones39。 idea of taking eggs from the birds39。 nests ________. A.was proved of no useB.was widely acceptedC.was promoted officiallyD.was 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 Carl Jones 通過人工繁殖的方式是瀕臨滅絕的鳥類的數(shù)量逐漸增加，并且因此獲得了2016年的印第安的波利斯獎(jiǎng)。 （1）考查詞義猜測。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.”是對前面句子的補(bǔ)充說明，再由“won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize”可推知，這里的accolade與獲獎(jiǎng)有關(guān)，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。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。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild.”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。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段“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.”；以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“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.”可知 Jones 教授從稀有鳥類的巢穴中取出鳥蛋的行為被一些人批評，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。4．閱讀理解 Wilbur and Orville Wright were the two youngest sons of Bishop Milton Wright, Wilbur was born on a farm near Millville and Orville was born in August in the house the family would e to occupy for more than 40 years in Dayton. Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children, with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country. Orville and Wilbur would build duplicates（復(fù)制品）of these toys and bounce them off the ceiling. They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand. Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。s happiness. Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press（印刷機(jī)）for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。s church. They also tried the newspaper business, and although their two newspapers, the West Side News and The Evening Item were considered to be of high quality, Dayton already had daily newspapers, so the Wrights soon returned to contract printing. Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe（車床）driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. （1）What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood？ A.Their experiences of taking a flight.B.Their wishes to travel by plane.C.The toys their father brought for them.D.Their interest in duplicating toys.（2）What kind of children were the Wright brothers？ A.Enthusiastic and curious.B.Quiet and modes.C.Naughty but clever.D.Stubborn but careful（3）What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school？ A.The toy business.B.The printing business.C.The lathe business.D.The bicycle business.（4）What will possibly be discussed following this text？ A.Who guided them a lot on their way to success.B.What trouble they would meet in their business.C.Why they closed their bicycle shop suddenly.D.How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過程。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children，with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country”奧維爾后來發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時(shí)候開始的，由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的，用橡皮筋為動(dòng)力的直升機(jī)玩具，可知選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因?yàn)樗麄冞€不明白的原因 而對這些事情瘋狂 ；和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was，the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個(gè)男孩都喜歡解決別人覺得困難的問題。問題越難，他們就越覺得這是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn) 可推出選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“ Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. ”把他們的天賦投入工作 中，孩子們高中畢業(yè)后不久就進(jìn)入了印刷業(yè)。 故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車店將提供生計(jì) ，允許他們在飛機(jī)上進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn) ，可知選D。 【點(diǎn)評】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。 5．閱讀理解 On Wednesday, January 13th, I performed on stage for the first time. As someone who takes part in so