【正文】 根據(jù)第二段中的“Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job.”可知Brian上班遲到是因?yàn)橛龅搅私煌ㄗ枞?。早起的鳥(niǎo)兒有蟲(chóng)吃嗎?于是辦公室都爆發(fā)出了笑聲，他通過(guò)一點(diǎn)幽默化解了這次危機(jī)。我是布萊恩。當(dāng)他在9：35分時(shí)走進(jìn)辦公室，他的老板走向了他，突然，布萊恩強(qiáng)顏歡笑，伸出手來(lái)。t the first time that Brian came late for work.D.Brian was supposed to arrive at his office at 8: 30.C.tried to hold back（4）What can we learn from the text? A.C.tried to setIt can solve racial discriminations.（3）What does the underlined phrase clamped off in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.It is important in our lives.C.It is the early bird.D.he was seriously illC.he got up late Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying no, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it39。t the early bird get the worm?m Brian. I39。 Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian39。s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this bynowfamiliar excuse wouldn39。 Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor.【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人物類(lèi)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?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國(guó)傳奇詩(shī)人艾米莉可知選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Without doubt, Dickinson39?！彼行以谒莻€(gè)時(shí)代最杰出的女子學(xué)校里受教育,專(zhuān)心閱讀各種各樣的書(shū)，可知選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“可知選C。H （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)，根據(jù)第一段中的“but it was Thomas H. Johnson39。A Brief Introduction to Emily Dickinson and Her Works【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物傳記，介紹了美國(guó)傳奇詩(shī)人艾米莉Reasons for Emily Dickinson39。Features of Emily Dickinson39。Causes of Emily Dickinson39。They inspire modern naturalists to study nature.D.They are easy for readers to understand.B.She practiced writing with the help of her friends.（3）What do we know about Dickinson39。She passed her poems to magazines.C.Reference.（2）What did Dickinson do during her childhood? A.Approval.Enthusiasm.Apology. Without doubt, Dickinson39。 Dickinson was very concerned with the subject of nature. Her writings are plex, and for many years scholars have searched for romantic inspiration, but have not yet understood her works. What is clear, however, is that her works can39。 Emily Dickinson led a reclusive life, but her childhood was a happy one. She had the privilege of being educated at some of the most outstanding women schools in her time and devoted herself to reading all kinds of books.s release of her plete body of poetry that made her works receive real acclaim. He published 1,775 of her poems in 1955 in a volume entitled The Poems of Emily Dickinson. It was only after her death from Bright39。 【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(lèi)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。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。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.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(niǎo)類(lèi)，選B。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。Carl Jones 通過(guò)人工繁殖的方式是瀕臨滅絕的鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)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)。D.was widely acceptedC.was proved of no use idea of taking eggs from the birds39。It39。The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C.a fierce bird（3）What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4? A.C.an extinct birdresearch（2）According to the passage, Great Auk is ________. A.C.level 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.172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn39。 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. 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。 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. 【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(lèi)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。 （4）考查主旨大意。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。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。s jealousy and how he would handle his turf（地盤(pán)）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。 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。The Death of Sam to LightningD.The Friendship between Sam and LightningB.We took Lightning home to acpany Sam.D.Lightning knew Sam had died.B.They kept a certain distance from each oth