【正文】 to produce reasonably priced candy. He was right. After the failure of his Philadelphia store, Milton headed for Denver, where he learned the art of making caramels(焦糖). Then in Denver, Milton once again attempted to open his own candymaking businesses, in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City. Finally, in 1886, he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he raised the money necessary to try again. This pany— the Lancaster Caramel Company—established Milton39。 Milton Hershey was born near the small village of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He only attended school through the fourth grade。 【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，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，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，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)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Much the same for the other story when I learned that my friend39。d like to share a little story with you about something that happened when I was four．I remember it clearly，”可知作者對這件事情的印象很深刻，故選C。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。Learn to put yourself in others39。Look before you leap.C.s advice to us? A.t forgive the author.（3）What39。He was bothered by an unexpected visit.D.He was illtempered.B.It made the author dislike dogs.（2）Why did the author39。It has puzzled the author ever since.C.It hurt his father39。 If you meet someone either behaving out of character or acting in a way that doesn39。 We are all beings of our environments, our opinions and feelings. And all of those things can cause you to say and do things that can39。 Both stories taught me something the next day. You see, when I got up in the morning and was told my dog had died, it became clear to me that he must have been in great pain. For him to have bitten a family member, he could not have been himself. Much the same for the other story when I learned that my friend39。 I hadn39。t understand it. I didn39。 I39。 【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，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)第一段中的a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly可知她是勇敢的,再通過下文講述她臥底去調查女性事件,說明她是實事求是的人。故選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。A. Praising表揚；B. ；C. ；D. （譴責）。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的Her first big opportunity as a reporter came in 1885 after she wrote an angry letter denouncing the Pittsburgh Dispatch for an article it had run criticizing women forced to work outside the home. The interested and excited editor hired Bly for her spirit,可知,Bly寫信譴責Pittsburgh dispatch的文章,卻因為她的勇氣被主編雇傭了。她不顧自己的工作甚至安危的態(tài)度,讓她成了美國歷史上著名的女記者。Calm and enthusiastic.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Bly是一名美國女記者,在那個記者都熱衷于相互競爭而報道不實新聞特殊年代,她選擇為女性說話。Critical and dependent.B.By caring about women from different classes.（4）Which of the following best describes Nellie Bly? A.By writing stories through investigation.B.By criticizing Jules Verne.D.C.B.to experience life of chorus girls（2）What does the underlined word denouncing in Para. 2 probably mean? A.to interview mental patientsB.. A.s first newspaper job was their amusements, their motivations, their fears and ambitions. She produced an article totally different from what other reporters of the time were writing: personal, thoughtful, meaningful.s abnormal curiosity. But journalism a century ago was just as notorious (臭名昭著). Publishers at that time routinely peted with each other for wild stories that could draw in the most readers. Meanwhile, it was an ideal atmosphere for a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly to spring into fame. Many people criticize today39。 【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，要求考生準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯