【正文】 業(yè)工作、家庭以及最終生活的一些決定。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。并且在第六段最后一句話(huà)中，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)了這次偶遇智者給作者說(shuō)的話(huà)對(duì)他接下來(lái)幾天要做的決定提供了清晰的思路和暗示的提醒。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!” 每次奇跡出現(xiàn)， 他們變得不那樣細(xì)微，直到我們不能忽視它們給我們生活帶來(lái)的信息。故選B。根據(jù)第六段中的“In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that39。話(huà)對(duì)他接下來(lái)幾天要做的決定提供了清晰的思路和暗示的提醒。 （5）考查主旨大意。我們的工作不是質(zhì)疑這些離奇的事情，更多的是接受生活帶給我們的這些禮物。 （6）考查推理判斷。t know what you have lost until you39。故選D。2．閱讀理解 Horses are picky eaterst sense. This might explain why they refuse dirty water and carefully move around meadows, eating only the tastiest grasses, experts say. In 2011, a whale expert spotted a humpback whale trapped in a fishing net and spent an hour freeing it. Afterward, in an hourlong display of thanks, the whale swam near their boat and leaped into the air about 40 times. Is there anything more lovely than a baby panda, except maybe a human baby? In fact, baby pandas sometimes behave like human babies. They sleep in the same positions and value their thumbs. Pandas are shy by nature for its shy behaviors such as covering its face with a paw of ducking its head when confronted by a stranger. Paper towels, and a plastic cup are just a few of the gifts that Toldo, a devoted threeyearold grayandwhite cat, has placed on his former owner Iozzelli Renzo39。Feel them.Taste them.Smell them.Observe them.（2）What do the whale and the cat have in mon according to the passage? A.They have a grateful heart.C.They have a good sense of smell.（3）Which of the following acts like a human baby according to the passage? A.The cat.C.The panda.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了4個(gè)令人難以置信的動(dòng)物與人類(lèi)行為類(lèi)似的故事。根據(jù)Horses are picky eaters部分介紹的內(nèi)容可知，馬的嗅覺(jué)比人類(lèi)還要強(qiáng)。因此它們能夠拒絕臟水，只吃最美味的草。故選C。根據(jù)Whale says thanks可知，這條鯨魚(yú)通過(guò)跳躍表達(dá)對(duì)拯救它的救命恩人的感激。由此可知，兩者共同之處在于都有一顆感恩之心。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。3．閱讀理解 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. nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild. Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (163。t 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.returnB.honorD.an endangered birdB.a popular birdD.Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B.Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.s difficult to protect kestrel.（4）Prof Jones39。 nests ________. A.B.was promoted officiallywas 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 （1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查推理判斷。”可知紅隼的數(shù)量已經(jīng)開(kāi)始增加了，所以推斷出人工繁殖的方法很有效，故選A。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(niǎo)類(lèi)的巢穴中取出鳥(niǎo)蛋的行為被一些人批評(píng)，故選D。4．閱讀理解 Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。 Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。 Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press（印刷機(jī)）for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。 Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe（車(chē)床）driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. （1）What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood？ A.Their wishes to travel by plane.C.Their interest in duplicating toys.（2）What kind of children were the Wright brothers？ A.Quiet and modes.C.Stubborn but careful（3）What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school？ A.The printing business.C.The bicycle business.（4）What will possibly be discussed following this text？ A.What trouble they would meet in their business.C.How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過(guò)程。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。奧維爾后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對(duì)飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時(shí)候開(kāi)始的，由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的，用橡皮筋為動(dòng)力的直升機(jī)玩具，可知選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因?yàn)樗麄冞€不明白的原因 而對(duì)這些事情瘋狂 ；和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the probl