【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 dy dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts stretch across the summer, it39。s clear that more oiled birds will be found, stuck and suffering in the black stick liquid. And as they do with every oil spill, rescue workers will go to great lengths to capture and clean the survivors hoping to restore them to their natural habitat. Is it worth the effort? Some scientists aren39。t so sure. Because the stress of being captured and bathed is as significant as the horror of being immersed in oil, and because research suggests that many rescued birds die shortly after being released, some experts say euthanasia (安樂(lè)死) is a more humane option. Clean bird feathers repel water (防水) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones don39。t. Oil in particular makes feathers heavier and decreases their ability to trap air, which in turn makes birds weak and bee easier to drowning, overheating and organ damage. Of course, being captured and cleaned is no piic either. Some birds wind up returning to their destroyed habitats only to fall victim to the oil again. And those who manage to avoid a second oil bath suffer dramatically shortened life spans (跨度) and lower reproductive success. Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild。 most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity. However, bird rescuers say they have learned a lot about how to best help oilsoaked birds, and that therefore, survival rates stand to increase this time around. In the past, birds were cleaned right away, and volunteers often worked through the night bathing rescued birds. But now, captured birds are left to rest for a day or two before being cleaned, and only washed during the day, so as not to disrupt their circadian (生理的) rhythms. But part of that increase may be due to greater selectivity on the part of rescuers. The workers do blood tests right in the field now and birds that are loaded with hydrocarbons (碳?xì)浠衔? or don39。t look like they39。re going to make it are put down right away, rather than subjected to the stress of captivity and cleaning. And so far, while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or longterm survival, especially for the moredifficulttosave species. There still aren39。t good protocols (協(xié)議) for repairing the internal organ damage. Anyway, rescue efforts will continue in large part because the public demands that. Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who have built their lives around saving animals.（1）Why do some scientists doubt the effort to rescue oiled birds? it has cost too much time and money. human may be infected with the bird virus. it is torture followed by death to birds. migrant birds may broaden the pollution.（2）The case of Spain coast spill is mentioned to indicate ________. of birds were polluted by oil survival rate of oiled birds was very low efforts to rescue oiled birds were ineffective is an impractical method to rescue binds（3）Why do the survival rates of oiled birds increase? birds are kept in warm water for one or two days second cleaning of the oiled birds in daytime is not permitted rescuers often select the birds that are likely to survive are removed to rescue the oiled birds（4）Why does oiled birds39。 rescue remain a controversial problem? birds39。 internal organ damage is permanent. is a difficult and heartaching operation. moredifficulttosave species will die by cleaning. rescue is oiled birds39。 suffering while seeing them die is cruel.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，在石油泄露事件中，有很多鳥(niǎo)兒在石油中被粘住，遭受苦難。救援人員盡最大努力援救它們。但是科學(xué)家們質(zhì)疑救援工作是否值得。一方面，獲救的鳥(niǎo)兒經(jīng)歷了被捕獲、被清理的痛苦之后還是會(huì)死去，存活率很低；另一方面，對(duì)鳥(niǎo)兒進(jìn)行安樂(lè)死也是很多人不能接受的。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的because research suggests that many rescued birds die shortly after being released因?yàn)檠芯勘砻髟S多獲救的鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)在被釋放后不久就死亡了。因此，科學(xué)家們懷疑自己在救鳥(niǎo)兒時(shí)作的努力可能是白費(fèi)了，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild。 most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity”在2002年從西班牙海岸的Prestige石油泄漏事故中獲救的數(shù)千只鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)中，只有600只被放生到野外；其余大部分在被關(guān)在籠中短短幾天后死亡。根據(jù)這些數(shù)據(jù)可知，被浸在石油中的鳥(niǎo)兒即使獲救，他們的存活率也很低。故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“part of that increase may be due to greater selectivity on the part of rescuers. The workers do blood tests right in the field now and birds that are loaded with hydrocarbons (碳?xì)浠衔? or don39。t look like they39。re going to make it are put down right away”可知，獲救的鳥(niǎo)兒存活率將會(huì)上升的部分原因可能是由于救援人員方面的做出了更大選擇。工人們對(duì)獲救的鳥(niǎo)兒做血液測(cè)試，那些身上滿(mǎn)是石油或看起來(lái)不會(huì)活下來(lái)的鳥(niǎo)兒立刻被放棄了。工人們選擇性地?fù)尵饶切┯写婊羁赡艿镍B(niǎo)兒。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or longterm survival和rescue efforts will continue in large part because the public demands that Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who have built their lives around saving animals ”可知，一方面雖然釋放率在提高，但是幾乎沒(méi)有證據(jù)表明被釋放的鳥(niǎo)兒生存狀況更好；另一方面，救援工作仍將繼續(xù)，因?yàn)榘矘?lè)死是一件困難的事情，特別是對(duì)于那些從事拯救動(dòng)物的工作的人來(lái)說(shuō)。所以是否救這些被油浸過(guò)的鳥(niǎo)兒還是一個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題。援救那些鳥(niǎo)兒，對(duì)于鳥(niǎo)兒來(lái)說(shuō)也要遭受痛苦，而看到它們的死去也是很殘忍的。故選D。 【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，是一篇環(huán)保類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(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 A call came into Jimmy Gilleece39。s bar. A newly married woman, who had spent the afternoon at his bar, couldn39。t find her wallet. She didn39。t care about her ID, credit cards, or 150 in cashbut her wedding ring was inside. Gilleece, 42, didn39。t like the idea that a theft could have occurred at his place. So he determined to find the wallet. He spent hours on videos from surveillance (監(jiān)控) cameras, watching the woman39。s every step in the bar. Within minutes, a young man approached the bar, put something in his pocket, and walked off. Gilleece posted a clip (視頻片段) on the bar39。s Facebook page to find out who the young man was. Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17yearold Rivers Prather, who said he39。d done it because he hadn39。t eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet into the ocean. Then he bought a sandwich. Gilleece told the teen to meet him at the docks (碼頭). There they talked a lot and Gilleece knew that Prather was from a poor family. Seeing the teenager39。s small build, Gilleece thought he was more of a kid than a criminal. However, because of the missing ring, Prather could be put into prison. Gilleece dec