【正文】 The happy ending of the story attracted him.（3）What can be inferred from the last paragraph。He identified with the story in the book.C.s stories very much（2）Why could the author manage to read the book through? A.he found its title easy to understandD.it contained pretty pictures of animalsB. I never told my mother about my miraculous (奇跡般的) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.（1）The book caught the author39。 My mother39。s cover was a beagle which looked identical (相同的)to my dog. Iran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.s Room. I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal panion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle. One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem—inability to read.8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。由此可以判斷作者認(rèn)為自己選擇一個(gè)人去旅行是一個(gè)很好的決定，故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone.可知作者覺得自己選擇一個(gè)人旅游讓自己看到了更大的世界，以及最后一段中的Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。根據(jù)第三段中的It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes.可知這些背包客邀請(qǐng)作者一起旅游時(shí)，她的本能也就是第六感說了好，也就是說她的第六感讓她相信她能和這些背包客相處的很好，才會(huì)答應(yīng)他們的邀請(qǐng)，故選A。t you travel with us?’ one of the backpackers offered可知這些背包客邀請(qǐng)作者一起旅游，說明他們很熱心；根據(jù) They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could可知這些背包客旅游經(jīng)驗(yàn)很豐富，所以是值得信任的，綜合選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的My plan was to travel with a friend of a friend, I explained, but when I called her that morning, she didn39。途中她遇見了五個(gè)背包客，這些背包客邀請(qǐng)她一起去旅游，她和這些人一起經(jīng)歷了美好的幾天，并和他們成了好朋友。The woman missed the phone call with the purpose of traveling alone.D.s lifelong friends.B.it could add excitement to get a free ride（4）What can be inferred from the passage? A.it might cause trouble to have a swimC.s sixth sense told her that ______. A.D.Jobless and poorly educated.C.sorry about the impractical plan（2）Which of the following best describes the backpackers the author met? A.upset about the sudden changeB.sick of riding on a bumpy bus On my third day wandering in Israel with my new friends, I bumped into the woman I was supposed to meet. Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。s swimming pool, I led the way. The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone. I joined plete strangers, who bee close friends. Years later, one couple from the backpacking group even flew from Sydney to Phoenix to be in my wedding. The trip was such a special experience that it gave me confidence in all areas of my life. Since then, I39。t you travel with us? one of the backpackers offered. They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could. Their current plan was to explore the Middle East and Europe in three months while working in London.t pick up and I had no other way to reach her. My stomach was in knots, but I decided to head out anyway, thinking I might run into her if I traveled to Tiberius, where we had planned to go together. The bus screamed to a stop in Nazareth, Israel. Five Australian backpackers boarded and struck up a conversation with me. They asked typical travelers39。 【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。 （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)滅絕的鳥類，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)。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 k