【正文】 cientists are calling for a system to track reports of strange behavior in people39。s pets, hoping that these reports can serve as a warning system that a natural disaster is about to happen. But Marina Haynes, an animal behavior scientist at the Philadelphia Zoo, says, It would be an unreliable way to predict disasters. It can be difficult to know what an animal is doing. Is the animal nervous because an earthquake is about to happen or is it frightened because there is an enemy nearby?（1）What happened to the elephants in Yala National Park on December 26, 2004? A.They died in the natural disaster.B.They were disturbed by the tourists.C.They moved from the hill to the seaside.D.They behaved strangely before the tsunami.（2）The author supports his point of view in paragraph 3 mainly by . A.giving examplesB.making parisonsC.telling interesting storiesD.showing research findings（3）The underlined word vibrations in paragraph 4 means . A.changes in temperatureB.a kind of chemical powerC.continuous shaking movementD.serious environmental pollution（4）What may be Marina Haynes39。 attitude towards the warning system in the last paragraph? A.Positive.B.Doubtful.C.Hopeful.D.Supportive.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，長(zhǎng)期以來，科學(xué)家們一直懷疑動(dòng)物比人類更能感知自然災(zāi)害。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“But at midmorning the park39。s elephants began crying wildly and running away from the ocean and up a nearby hill.”但在上午10點(diǎn)左右，公園里的大象開始狂呼亂叫，從海里跑開，爬上附近的一座小山。由此可知，2004年12月26日，亞拉國(guó)家公園的大象在海嘯前表現(xiàn)得很奇怪，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“People have told stories of dogs refusing to go outside and sharks swimming to deeper waters before a hurricane. After the 2004 tsunami, people said they saw tigers, monkeys, and water buffalo escaping to higher ground before the waters rushed in. Even in the hardesthit areas of southern Asia, there were few animal deaths.”人們講過這樣的故事:狗不愿出門，鯊魚在颶風(fēng)前游到較深的水域。在2004年的海嘯之后，人們說他們看到老虎、猴子和水牛在洪水涌入之前逃到地勢(shì)較高的地方。即使在受災(zāi)最嚴(yán)重的南亞地區(qū)，也很少有動(dòng)物死亡?？赏茢喑鲎髡咴诘谌沃饕ㄟ^舉例來支持自己的觀點(diǎn)，故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第四段中的“Because vibrations in the ground travel much faster than an ocean wave, the elephants may have felt the earthquake that caused the tsunami well before the tsunami itself came to the coast.”由于地面的震動(dòng)比海浪的傳播速度快得多，大象可能早在海嘯到達(dá)海岸之前就已經(jīng)感受到引發(fā)海嘯的地震。由此可以推斷出vibrations意思是連續(xù)晃動(dòng)，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But Marina Haynes, an animal behavior scientist at the Philadelphia Zoo, says,‘It would be an unreliable way to predict disasters. It can be difficult to know what an animal is doing. Is the animal nervous because an earthquake is about to happen or is it frightened because there is an enemy nearby?’但是費(fèi)城動(dòng)物園的動(dòng)物行為科學(xué)家Marina Haynes說:這是一種不可靠的預(yù)測(cè)災(zāi)難的方法。很難知道動(dòng)物在做什么。是因?yàn)榈卣鸺磳l(fā)生而感到緊張，還是因?yàn)楦浇袛橙硕械胶ε?由此推斷出，Marina Haynes在最后一段對(duì)這種預(yù)警系統(tǒng)持懷疑態(tài)度。故選B。 【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，是一篇科研類閱讀，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。7．閱讀理解 Words and the way we use them offer a rare window on social and cultural trends. Kory Stamper and Peter Sokolowski know that better than most. The MerriamWebster(韋氏詞典) lexicographers(詞典編纂者) are part of a team that edits the dictionary. In a recent interview, Sokolowski and Stamper talked about their job and what the way we use words says about us collectively. So to know more about them, observers of the language, maybe we should start with some background. What is a lexicographer? Sokolowski: A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits a dictionary. The job of a dictionary editor is to prepare and present research about language. One of our former editorsin chief said, Tell the truth about words, and that sums it up for me. What do you guys do all day? Stamper: The two main duties of a lexicographer are reading and defining. We read everything: books, journals, blogs, phone books, takeout menus, and so on. What we39。re looking for are words that catch our eye. We record the context of these words and information about the sources. Those records are added to a database, and they are the raw material we use in writing definitions. When we are writing or revising a dictionary, most of our time is spent defining. We define a word according to how it is used in the recorded context, deciding whether the usage has been covered by our dictionary. Once this is done, you look at the new words and new senses and draft a definition. Drafting definitions requires some training, some experience and a lot of concentration. It39。s very, very quiet on the editorial floor. How closely do the most lookedup words on your online dictionary seem to be related to the news or trends? Stamper: When our dictionary went online back in 1996, we could see for the first time which were the most lookedup words in English: Affect, effect and ubiquitous were the top words. It was fascinating to us173。dictionary editors spend so much time writing definitions but never could have known if anyone ever read them. We could follow what people were thinking about according to what words they were looking up. Thanks to our online dictionary, we had data.（1）What do lexicographers do? A.They collect as many words as they can and edit them into a dictionary.B.They interview as many people as they can to collect new words.C.They do research about language and edit the truth about words.D.They make deep studies of social and cultural trends.（2）What39。s the function of lexicographers39。 records during their reading? A.160