【正文】 tensions about the prospects of achieving different dimensions of independence, which in a few extreme cases came close to conflict”可知對于實現(xiàn)不同層面獨立前景的日常緊張情緒，是大多數(shù)家長和略多于一半畢業(yè)生經(jīng)歷的特征。由此推斷出，孩子們很難找到一份滿意的工作，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。 financial and emotional support.”參與這項研究的年輕人對于搬回家“比預期的更積極”——他們的羞愧感減少了，因為他們的許多朋友都處于同樣的處境，而且他們承認父母在經(jīng)濟和情感上的支持是有好處的。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。即可推理劃線部分單詞trigger意為“導致，致使”，與cause意義一致。根據(jù)第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39。可知，以往的研究顯示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會導致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感比之前更差，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39。父母和孩子對于獨立的緊張情緒會導致父母和子女之間偶爾的爭吵。There are occasional quarrels between parents and children.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，“回巢族”子女在大學畢業(yè)后回到父母身邊生活對家庭是有好處的，他們會與父母建立更親密、更具支持性的關(guān)系，并增進兩代人之間的聯(lián)系。Neither parents nor children want to do the chores at home.C.There is more house work needed to be done by the children.（5）What is the side effect of the boomerang children phenomenon? A.The parents are willing to provide support to their children.C.They are proud to be independent from the family.（4）What can be inferred as the reason for the boomerang children phenomenon? A.They are glad that they could e back.C.allow（3）What is the attitude of the college graduates towards returning home? A.C.defeatBoomerang children never did any housework.（2）The underlined word trigger in Paragraph 2 may be best replaced by ________. A.The parents39。The parents were looking forward to their children39。 Areas of disagreement included chores, money and social life. While parents were keen to help, they also wanted different relationships from those they had with their own parents, and continuing to support their adult children allowed them to remain close.（1）What is the finding of the previous research? A. The families featured in the study were middleclass and tended to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a family project. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out and get on the housing ladder. financial and emotional support. Daughters were happier than sons, often slipping back easily into teenage patterns of behaviour, the study found. quality of life and wellbeing. Boomerang children who return to live with their parents after university can be good for families, leading to closer, more supportive relationships and increased contact between the generations, a study has found.4．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。故選C。眼睛，并在攻擊者身上留下可怕的氣味。根據(jù)Millipedes (千足蟲)部分中的“Their major defense is to curl up into a ball. They, though, also release a harm eyes, and leave a horrible smell on their attackers.”可知，千足蟲主要防守是蜷成一團。故選B。Opossum (負鼠)部分中的“In order to bee ‘dead’, they don39。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。Sea Hare (海兔)部分中的“The sea hare gives out a slimy, purple ink, the substance which makes food less palatable to predators.”可知，海兔身上散發(fā)出黏糊糊的紫色墨水，這種物質(zhì)使得捕食者對食物不那么感興趣，從而保護自己免受捕食者的傷害。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.C.B.The gas released by millipede was basically harmless.（3）The species that enjoys more than one defense mechanism is ________. A.The opossum fakes its death to avoid being targeted by predators.C.giving off smelly gas to try to drive predators away（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A.giving out purple ink to make itself invisible to predatorsC.t know how appealing it is.（1）The sea hare defends itself from predators by ________. A.s not the most popular dish in the seafood chain. Nonetheless this type of sea creature has a pretty creative smellrelated defense that is almost the opposite of its smelly panions on this list. The sea hare gives out a slimy, purple ink, the substance which makes food less palatable to predators. Sea Hare (海兔) Millipedes (千足蟲) Hold your nose and meet the hoatzin, a bird of distinctions, not the least of which is that it smells like fresh cow shit. The animal mostly eats leaves and it39。t move any more than a human statue until the threat has passed. In some ways opossums have it easy. In order to bee dead, they don39。s eyes and face. Vulture (禿鴛)3．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. s oceans will be, on average, at least 60cm higher by the end of the century.”按目前的速度，世界的海洋到本世紀末平均至少升高60厘米，選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“The calving of A68 provides us with a unique opportunity to study marine life...”可知A68冰山的形成為科學家提供了研究海洋生物的獨一無二的機會，所以Professor David Vaughan認為科學家要果敢地抓住這次機會，故this one指的是A68冰山和它下面的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。故選B。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。By 2100, the sea level will have risen to a much higher level than now.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，南極地區(qū)的拉森C冰架崩解形成了一座巨大的冰山A68 iceberg。The ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a steady rate.C.It has uncovered an unknown ecosystem in Antarctica.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.It is part of an ice shelf in the Arctic.C.The condition of animal species in Antarctica.（3）What can we learn about the A68 iceberg from the text? A.Climate change in Antarctica.C.To explore the geography of the Larsen C ice shelf.（2）What do the underlined words this one in the fourth paragraph refer to? A.To study a newly discovered ecosystem.C.s ocean will be, on average, at least 60cm higher by the end of th