【正文】 locals of the Southeast Asian country of Laos call the creature a khanyou (ganyou). The khanyou have long body hair, short legs, and a hairy tail less thick than a squirrel39。s. They39。re vegetarians living in the rocky hills of Laos, and they e out at night, but for more information, you39。ll have to ask the Lao people. It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables. I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before, said Robert Timmins, a researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Timmins was working in Laos to stop people from selling endangered animals when he spotted the species. Criminals who trade illegal wildlife can make a lot of money, but they also push the animals closer to disappearing from the planet. The khanyou live in karsts, or rough rock. Mark Robinson, a scientist with the World Wildlife Foundation, set out with Lao villagers to find a few more of the rodents for study. They climbed onto a karst, trapped with rice, and caught several. To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary, said Timmins. For all we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered. It39。s a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though khanyous look like rats, they39。re really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand. Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos—he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999. Scientists call the khanyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means mysterious mouse that lives among the stones. But if that39。s too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them rock rats. 9. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?A. Karsts. B. Khanyou. C. rock rats. D. Laonastes aenigmamus.10. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent?A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos. B. They live on meat of other animals.C. They look like rats but are of different kind.D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.11. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent?A. A new kind of bats. B. Great apes. C. A new kind of squirrel. D. A new kind of rabbit.12. It implies in the passage that ______.A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easyB. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rareC. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discoveredD. animals that look like the same are of the same family參考答案及詳解(A)這是一篇人物類短文。本文介紹了登山之王Viesturs的登山成就。他是唯一已經(jīng)成功地征服了14座世界最高峰的美國人。1. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第二句話“But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the world’s 14 highest mountains.”可知：Viesturs已經(jīng)成功地征服了14座世界最高峰的美國人。2. C 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文介紹的Viesturs的登山成就推測，hooked意為“感興趣的”。如果是“被嚇倒、泄氣或不安”，就不可能取得那么輝煌的成就，顯然，這幾項不符文意。3. B 段落主旨題。此段首句“The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect.”就是本段的主題，下文Viesturs所說的話是用來說明這一主題的。4. C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段最后一句“But for a man who’s climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure”可得答案。(B)這是一篇自然類短文。颶風(fēng)的發(fā)生一般是有季節(jié)性的，但今年颶風(fēng)比以往來得更早，這與海洋溫度的升高有密切關(guān)系。5. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的第二句話“El Salvador… was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday.”可知6. D. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。受hurricane侵襲的國家在文中提到的只有三個：El Salvador, the ., and Honduras. Florida是美國的一個州名，其余Charley, Frances, Ivan Jeanne等指的是颶風(fēng)的名稱而非國名。7. C 推斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的第二句話“Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which can then turn into hurricane ”可知。8. A 推斷題。根據(jù)第一段的第一句話“Although hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1, a Pacific storm already struck.”可知：今年的颶風(fēng)比以往來得更早些。(C)這是一篇科普類短文。本文介紹了有關(guān)動物種類發(fā)現(xiàn)的最新動態(tài)，一種貌似老鼠，卻與老鼠不同的全新的哺乳動物。9. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的第一句話“The Khanyou live in Karsts, or rough rock.”可知Karsts表示地方，并不是名稱。10. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句“They’re vegetarians living in the rocky hills of Laos”可知：rodent是蔬食者而非肉食者。11. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句“he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999”可得答案。12. B 推斷題。根據(jù)第五段及全文意義推斷可知：在現(xiàn)代，由于某種原因（如：環(huán)境污染，人們捕殺），要發(fā)現(xiàn)一種新的動物種類是罕見。1. 若不給自己設(shè)限，則人生中就沒有限制你發(fā)揮的藩籬。2. 若不是心寬似海，哪有人生風(fēng)平浪靜。在紛雜的塵世里，為自己留下一片純靜的心靈空間，不管是潮起潮落，也不管是陰晴圓缺，你都可以免去浮躁，義無反顧，勇往直前，輕松自如地走好人生路上的每一步3. 花一些時間，總會看清一些事。用一些事情，總會看清一些人。有時候覺得自己像個神經(jīng)病。既糾結(jié)了自己，又打擾了別人。努力過后，才知道許多事情，堅持堅持，就過來了。4. 歲月是無情的，假如你丟給它的是一片空白，它還給你的也是一片空白。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻(xiàn)給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻(xiàn)給你的也是一些色彩。你必須努力，當(dāng)有一天驀然回首時，你的回憶里才會多一些色彩斑斕，少一些蒼白無力。只有你自己才能把歲月描畫成一幅難以忘懷的人生畫卷。