【正文】 B.It needs reservation.C.It calls for admission charges.D.It offers the most interesting stories.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了幾個(gè)戶外城市探險(xiǎn)書展。在七月的一個(gè)星期里，謝菲爾德中央圖書館成為戶外城市的冒險(xiǎn)中心。這些事件，大部分都是免費(fèi)的，但建議大家要提前預(yù)訂。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)July 10部分中 的”Bee Quest A Hunt for the World39。s Most Elusive (難以捕捉的) Bees Central library Carpenter Room“,可知，Bee Quest中可尋找世界上最難以捉摸的蜜蜂，如果你對(duì)蜜蜂感興趣，可以到Bee Quest，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)July 11 部分中的”Central library Carpenter Room,... This is the story of their important role in gaining us the access we all enjoy today可知，在7月11日的Clarion Call是分享謝菲爾德故事的最佳時(shí)機(jī)。故選B。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)July 13部分中的個(gè)Craft (制作) Your Own Adventure JournalA Workshop Central Library Reading Room, 2:003:00pm, ￡5.可知，在這個(gè)活動(dòng)中，要收取費(fèi)用5英鎊。而上文其他的活動(dòng)中都不收取費(fèi)用，這是這個(gè)活動(dòng)與其他不同之處，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 With all the recent concern about the environment, people want to see their money used to better the planet. Here are four wellknown environmental organizations. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) The World Wildlife Fund is perhaps one of the bestknown organizations for the protection of endangered species and their habitats around the world. They39。ve been around for over 45 years. You can donate through their website , join their organization as a member, or adopt an animal through their online adoption center. National Geographic Society (NGS) National Geographic Society is wellknown for their magazine and their specials on TV. The organization itself is one of the longestrunning in the world—they39。ve been around since 1888, focus on exploration and conservation of forests, oceans, habitats, species and societies. You chopse to donate through the website ，buy something at their online store, or order a magazine subscription. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Founded officially in 1937, the National Wildlife Federation tries to protect wildlife at all costs. In fact, they believe that having the public educated is the best way to help the environment—the more you know, the more you can protect the world we live in. Donations to the NWF can be made through their website nwf. org or through other options, like matching gifts, workplace giving, or memorial donations. Ecology Fund, Set up in 1976，Ecology Fund, is run on user clicks. Advertisers buy ad space on the site every time someone clicks. The money goes to buy endangered wilderness land to protect it from panies that would destroy it. So far, Ecology Fund, has bought land in many areas. The best thing about this site is that you needn39。t donate any money—all you have to do is click.（1）Which environmental organization has the longest history? A.Ecology .B.World Wildlife Fund.C.National Geographic Society.D.National Wildlife Federation.（2）What does NWF think is the most important in environmental protection? A.Knowledge.B.Management.C.Money.D.Patience.（3）In what way does differ from the other three organizations? A.The size of networks.B.The way of operation.C.The strength of influence.D.The degree of popularity.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了四個(gè)著名的環(huán)保組織。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?？v觀全文可知，WWF有45年以上的歷史；NGS從1888年就開始存在，迄今已有超過100年的歷史；NWF成立于1937年；，因此NGS時(shí)間最長(zhǎng)。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)National Wildlife Federation (NWF)部分中的“In fact, they believe that having the public educated is the best way to help the environment—the more you know, the more you can protect the world we live in.”可知，NWF認(rèn)為，讓公眾 受教育是幫助環(huán)境的最佳方式——你知道得越多，就越能保護(hù)我們所生活的這個(gè)世界?？芍?，NWF 認(rèn)為知識(shí)在環(huán)保中是最重要的。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)Ecology Fund, 部分中的“The best thing about this site is that you needn39。t donate any money—all you have to do is click.”可知， 運(yùn)營(yíng)的，用戶無需捐錢，他們只需要點(diǎn)擊即可，而其它三個(gè)環(huán)保組織都接受包括捐款在內(nèi)的多種方式的支持?？芍?。故選B。 【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，是一篇介紹類閱讀，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。9．閱讀理解 A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year39。s Eve and happy music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn39。t feeling happy. In midDecember, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less than a year left, the doctors said. In the years since that painful season, I have e to look back upon New Year39。s Eve as an ending and a beginning. New Year39。s Eve brings a halt to the endless mitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect. New Year39。s Eve is full of possibility and anticipation. What will be the surprising experiences and delightful successes in the ing year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the next twelve months? In many ways, New Year39。s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition(過渡) that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It39。s about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar. Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead. Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness(沉靜) and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table b