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key Wilson had been on the mountain only a few seconds when he heard the scream. Wilson, 28 years old, had just gotten off the cable car (索道纜車) at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Keystone, Colorado, along with his friends Billy Simmons and Hans Mueller. Their friend Richard had been on the cable car ahead of them, but when the men reached the top of the lift, he had disappeared. The men walked toward the source of the scream and found skiers stopped on the slope, pointing to the cable car. And then the friends screamed too. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和觀點態(tài)度兩個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進行推理,歸納,從而選出正確答案。 (4)考查細節(jié)理解。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。根據(jù)第三段中的“Five years later, I39。根據(jù)第二段中的“It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year.可知,新事業(yè)對作者很有意義是因為它每年可以幫助減少數(shù)十億磅的一次性塑料包裝的浪費,也就是對環(huán)境有好處,故選A。t pletely unexpected.及第二段中的“Retirement was not a choice for me.可知,9年前的那個會議是64歲的作者的離職面談,由此可知,9年前作者從原來的公司退休了,故選A。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。To meet more people from different backgrounds.D.To do something else about environment.B.D.Ambiguous.B.Cautious.It brought in quite a lot of money.(3)What is the author39。It provided jobs for lots of people.B.He changed his job to a better one.(2)Why was the new business meaningful to the author? A.He failed an interview.C.t bee entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.(1)What happened to the author nine years ago? A. And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other firsttime entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)who are my age. I want to connect with them.ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。 Five years later, I39。t pletely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the pany.5.閱讀理解 根據(jù)第一段“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.”;以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.”可知 Jones 教授從稀有鳥類的巢穴中取出鳥蛋的行為被一些人批評,故選D?!笨芍t隼的數(shù)量已經(jīng)開始增加了,所以推斷出人工繁殖的方法很有效,故選A。 (3)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查推理判斷。 (1)考查詞義猜測。was criticized by some people【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)A(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,介紹了生物學(xué)家 was promoted officiallyB. nests ________. A.s difficult to protect kestrel.(4)Prof Jones39。Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B.D.a popular birdB.an endangered birdD.honorB.returnt enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received, reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a dead loss at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild. Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (163。 nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild. Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk.4.閱讀理解 本文主要講述一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼,當(dāng)寵物狗死了之后,貓很傷心,當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時,很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊,故選A。s neck, contentedly sleeping with her best friend.”可知,作者一天進屋發(fā)現(xiàn)Lightning躺在Sam的復(fù)制品的旁邊,一個爪子搭載雕像的脖子上,和她的好朋友心滿意足地入睡了,故可知,Sam對于Lightning來說,很重要,故選B。 (3)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Sam39。The Importance of Sam to Us【答案】 (1)C(2)C(3)B(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,講述了一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼,當(dāng)寵物狗死了之后,貓很傷心,當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時,很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊。The Coming of Sam and LightningC.Sam came back to stay with Lightning again.(4)What can be the best title of the text? A.Sam means a lot to Lightning.C.Sam was unfriendly to Lightning.(3)What can we infer from the text? A.They fought with each other fiercely.C.Eager.(2)How did Sam get along with Lightning at first? A.Worried.Curious.Shocked. 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。 when they ate, it was always next to each other. When I took either one out, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years. We picked a little, gray, playful ball of Fur. She raced around chasing imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning. At one point, my husband and I decided to move to a new home in New Jersey. Our neighbor, whose cat had recently had kittens, asked if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sam39。3.閱讀理解 m the type of person who goes for something she wants.可知,作者沒有被邀請參加派對,但她是那種追求她想要的東西的人,由此可見作者很堅定,再根據(jù)I crashed the party and found my way to the president. I kindly introduced myself and then asked if they had a legal internship program.可知,作者闖進派對,直接找到董事長進行自我介紹并問是否有實習(xí)項目,由此可見作者很大膽,綜合以上兩方面可知作者是堅定和大膽的,故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的I wasn39。根據(jù)最后一段中的By leaving Texas, I learned that it is so much more rewarding to try the unfamiliar than to stay in the fortable.可知,作者認(rèn)識到嘗試不熟悉的東西比呆在舒適區(qū)更有意義,也就是說作者從這個經(jīng)歷中學(xué)到的最大的教訓(xùn)是跳出舒適區(qū)是有意義的,故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的I overheard that StubHub, a big pany from a great city, San Francisco, was throwing a party next door to my hotel. I thought if l could get an internship,可知,作者無意中聽到來自舊金山的一家大公司在自己所住酒店的隔壁開派對,她在想自己能否在那家公司得到一個實習(xí)的機會,因此,2011年作者去達拉斯是為了尋找一個實習(xí)機會,故選D。Determined and adventurous.【答案】 (1)D(2)B(3)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者去達拉斯尋