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D. permitted ks5u【答案】C. ks5u【解析】考查動詞。根據(jù)上文所述,這種方法是帶有強制性的,即強迫學生們讀評。應選擇forced。trusted信任,invited邀請,permitted允許。 ks5u50. A. did B. could C. had D. would ks5u【答案】A. ks5u【解析】考查助動詞。此處考查動詞do/did/does代替另一動詞的用法。根據(jù)上文I could improve myself可知應使用did代替improved,即“我的確發(fā)展了自我”,不能選擇could,因此處強調的是動詞improve本身而并非是“能”。 ks5u第三部分:閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分,滿分40分) ks5u閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 ks5uA ks5uMy grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States. The rest of his family remained in Europe. When World War I broke out, he seemed to have bee another man, downhearted. Such obvious change was not born out of concern for his welfare, but out of fear: if his only son, my uncle, had to go to war, it would be cousin fighting against cousin. ks5uOne day in 1918, my Uncle Milton received his draft notice. My grandparents were very upset. But my mother, at the age of 10, felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war. Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends, my uncle bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted. ks5uThe moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers, without any training but all in uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. Although no one noticed. I’m sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son. The train slowly pulled out, but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused. Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station. There was a dead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out. Someone shouted, “The war is over!” For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers. The men lined up in two lines, walked down the steps, and with the band playing, marched down the street, as returning heroes, to be weled home. My mother said it was a great day, but she was just a little disappointed that it didn’t last a tiny bit longer. ks5u51. What the grandfather was most worried about was ______. ks5uA. the spread of the world war B. the safety of his two cousins ks5uC. a drop in his living standards D. his relatives killing each other ks5u【答案】D. ks5u【解析】細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第1段…a if his only son, my uncle, had to go to war, it would be cousin fighting against cousin可推知孫子一旦參軍可能導致親人間相互斗爭,因此擔憂。D選項符合本意。 ks5u52. The underlined phrase “draft notice” means “______”. ks5uA. order for army service B. train ticket for Europe ks5uC. letter of rejection D. note of warning ks5u【答案】A. ks5u【解析】詞義判斷題。根據(jù)下文…h(huán)er soldier brother going off to war可知draft notice的含義應該是征兵令,故選擇A。B“去歐洲的火車票”,C“被拒收的信”, D“警告令”。都不合上下文。 ks5u53. What did the “service pins” (in Para. 2) stand for in the eyes of the little girls? ks5uA. Strength. B. Courage. C. Victory. D. Honor. ks5u【答案】D. ks5u【解析】詞義判斷題。根據(jù)下文which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted可知這是令人感到自豪的東西,故service pins 代指honour。 ks5u54. Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story? ks5uA. Disappointing. B. Unexpected. C. Uncertain. D. Inspiring. ks5u【答案】B. ks5u【解析】推理判斷題。開始人們依依不舍地送自己親友去參軍,但火車剛開出去就接到戰(zhàn)爭已結束的命令,所以這令人感到非常意外,使用Unexpected最能表達這層意思。 ks5uB ks5uThree years ago, five parrots were set free in a wild place of Arizona, thousands of miles from the Channel Islands in Jersey where they had been looked after by zookeepers. No evolutionary strategies informed them how to behave in this new landscape of mountainous pine forest unoccupied by their kind for 50 years. To the researchers’ surprise, they failed to make contact with a group of wild parrots imported from Mexico and set free at the same time. Within 24 hours the reintroducing ended in failure, and the poor birds were back in cages, on their way to the safety of the Arizona reintroduction programme. ks5uEver since then, the programme has enjoyed great success, mainly because the birds now being set free are Mexican birds illegally caught in the wild, confiscated (沒收) on arrival north of the border, and raised by their parents in the safety of the programme. The experience shows how little we know about the behaviour and psychology (心理) of parrots, as Peter Bennett, a bird researcher, points out: “Reintroducing species of high intelligence like parrots is a lot more difficult. People like parrots, always treating them as nothing more than pets or valuable ‘collectables’.” ks5uNow that many species of parrot are in immediate danger of dying out, biologists are working together to study the natural history and the behaviour of this family of birds. Last year was an important turning point: conservationists founded the World Parrot Trust, based at Hayle in Cornwall, to support research into both wild and caged birds. ks5uResearch on parrots is vital for two reasons. First, as the Arizona programme showed, when reintroducing parrots to the wild, we need to be aware of what the birds must know if they are to survive in their natural home. We also need to learn more about the needs of parrots kept as pets, particularly as the Trust’s campaign does not attempt to discourage the practice, but rather urges people who buy parrots as pets to choose birds raised by humans. ks5u55. What do we know about the area where the five parrots were reintroduced? ks5uA. Its landscape is new to parrots of their kind. ks5uB. It used to be home to parrots of their kind. ks5uC. It is close to where they had been kept. ks5uD. Pine trees were planted to attract birds. ks5u【答案】B. ks5u【解析】細節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第1段where they had been looked after by zookeepers及…unoccupied by their kind for 50 years可知放生地是原先這些鸚鵡曾生活的但已有50年沒有同類鸚鵡生存的地方,應選擇B。 ks5u56. The reintroducing experience three years ago shows that manraised parrots ks5uA. can find their way back home