【正文】 ove the snow. The cable car operator had quickly stopped it, and the friends kicked off their skis and ran toward the scene. They made a human pyramid to try to reach Richard, but the unconscious man was too far off the ground. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he struggled the 25 feet. After he reached the top, Wilson39。 Oh, Richard! yelled Mueller.6．閱讀理解 HighWire Act根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容為一枚象征著關(guān)愛的硬幣為中心，故選C。ll give that to my friend.可知作者要送給朋友一個錢包作為禮物，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I39。根據(jù)第四段中的“so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins”可知作者的朋友把作者的一百美元放進了一個鉛筆盒里，故選B。根據(jù)第一段中的“This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.”可知作者父親給她母親的一枚硬幣代表了父親對母親的愛和關(guān)心，故選C。沒想到，作者的善意帶來了回報。作者想起了自己一直放在錢包里的皇冠硬幣，它如同護身符一樣讓作者衣食無憂。D.A crown coinB.A hard lifes friend was not touched by her story.D.s friend would receive a wallet as a gift.C.The author became rich all of a sudden.B.D.In the pocket of her raincoat.B.s friend keep the $100 dollarbill? A.D.His pity and protection for her.C.s father mean to her mother? A.d never used and thought I39。t have a wallet so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better. I feel rich and thank you for being a good friend she said and we were both a bit teary. Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless. I then thought about how the crown, a reminder of another39。 When I was married in 1970 my husband who had heard this story obtained a 1937 crown for me and I have always kept it in my wallet and I have always had enough for my needs.5．閱讀理解 本文講述了小貓的出現(xiàn)給了想要自殺的退伍軍人Marino生活的希望，拯救了Marino, C項（士兵與小貓之間的救贖）最能體現(xiàn)本文大意，故選C。故選B。這讓他又活了過來并哭了。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Josh Marino, a veteran of the Iraq war who suffered the effects of PTSD of suicide”可知Marino參加了伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭，戰(zhàn)后患上了PTSD，并因為PTSD的影響想自殺。How can a cat be used to stop suicide 【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記述文，退伍軍人Marino患上了PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷)，在他準(zhǔn)備自殺時一只小貓出現(xiàn)尋求他的撫摸，小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望，改變了他的生活。The man and the cat.C.He suddenly realized that the cat came to help him on purpose.（3）What is the best title for the passage? A.The little cat gave him hope to treasure life.C.He just couldn39。PTSD is a kind of disease which cannot be cured now.D.Taking part in the Iraq war had bad effects on Josh Marino.B. Marino has made a video of his and Scout39。 From this accidental encounter everything changed. Marino found a new purpose in life through the friendly cat, who he named Scout, and who he credits with saving his life. I stopped thinking about all my problems, and started thinking about all his problems, and what I could do to help him, Marino said. The bond between them was instant，but that wasn39。 I didn39。 PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷) is sadly a mon affliction(折磨) for many soldiers who have witnessed conflict, an invisible wound that continues to cause incredible suffering long after the guns have fallen silent. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 （4）考查細節(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.”是對前面句子的補充說明，再由“won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize”可推知，這里的accolade與獲獎有關(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。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. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。第一段中的“I believe in the power of science fiction, not just for its capacity to transform dreams into reality, but also for its power to bond together those who share a mon vision of the future.”點名了主題，說明了m now a science writer.”可知科幻小說促使作者追求自己想要的職業(yè)，并幫助他成為一名科學(xué)作家，故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“第二段舉例說明盡管時過境遷，但作者與父親的關(guān)系依舊非常好，故選D?！笨芍?，作者與父親都喜歡看科幻小說，故選C。but my dad and I bond over Star Trek. We tried a trip to Disney World, but one of my earliest memories wasn