【正文】 C.Worried.D.Eager.（2）How did Sam get along with Lightning at first? A.Lightning followed Sam everywhere it went.B.They fought with each other fiercely.C.They kept a certain distance from each other.D.Sam was unfriendly to Lightning.（3）What can we infer from the text? A.Lightning knew Sam had died.B.Sam means a lot to Lightning.C.We took Lightning home to acpany Sam.D.Sam came back to stay with Lightning again.（4）What can be the best title of the text? A.The Friendship between Sam and LightningB.The Coming of Sam and LightningC.The Death of Sam to LightningD.The Importance of Sam to Us【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼，當(dāng)寵物狗死了之后，貓很傷心，當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時(shí)，很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊。 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“Sam39。s jealousy and how he would handle his turf（地盤）being invaded, but we decided to risk it.”可知，害怕Sam嫉妒，以及怎么處理被入侵的領(lǐng)地，但是依然決定冒險(xiǎn)，故可知，作者害怕領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一只貓會(huì)對(duì)寵物狗造成不好的影響，故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“At first, Sam and Lightning were very cautious with each other and kept their distance.”可知，起初Sam 和Lightning都對(duì)對(duì)方很謹(jǐn)慎，保持一定距離，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段“One day as I walked into our living room, I happened to see Lightning was lying next to the sculptured replica（復(fù)制品）of Sam that we had bought a few years ago, one arm wrapped around the statue39。s neck, contentedly sleeping with her best friend.”可知，作者一天進(jìn)屋發(fā)現(xiàn)Lightning躺在Sam的復(fù)制品的旁邊，一個(gè)爪子搭載雕像的脖子上，和她的好朋友心滿意足地入睡了，故可知，Sam對(duì)于Lightning來(lái)說(shuō)，很重要，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。本文主要講述一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼，當(dāng)寵物狗死了之后，貓很傷心，當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時(shí)，很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(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。7．閱讀理解 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. Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk. When the 61yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds39。 nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild. A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler. Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (163。172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn39。t enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received, reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a dead loss at the time. 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. Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only being a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right.（1）What does the underlined word accolade mean in Paragraph 2? A.returnB.levelC.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(cè)。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(duì)前面句子的補(bǔ)充說(shuō)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(píng)，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)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。8．閱讀理解 Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor. Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traf