【正文】 s is the first time that they have arrived at the South pole.D.O39。O39。s sled with food supplies broke down.C.s name on it.D.Brady fell behind Louis Rudd for the first week.（3）What can we infer about Henry Worsley? A. Brady to explore the Antarctic.B.He died while he was attempting to cross the Antarctic alone.D.On foot.By air.By land.By water.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，兩個冒險家在無人幫助的情況下獨自滑雪穿越南極大陸，但是兩個人的目的不同。根據(jù)第一段中的“A thrilling polar petition between two adventurers to cross Antarctica alone, unsupported and unassisted had a happy ending with both explorers achieving the unprecedented feat (功績).”以及“with the aim to bee the first person to ski across the remote continent alone.”可知，兩人的目標都是成為滑雪穿越南極洲的第一人，并且兩人都獲得成功，這是他們的共同之處，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, O39。Brady趕上Louis Rudd是11月10日，可以得出，Louis Rudd領(lǐng)先時間為一周，故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016.”可知，Worsley在2016年獨自穿越南極洲的時候遇難，故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“After spending a few days camping 10 feet away from each other, the two adventurers were picked up by a helicopter to the South Pole scientific research station”可知，最后兩人被直升飛機帶去的南極科考站，故選B。3．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。 The new president of Harvard University is the son of an Eastern European refugee and Auschwitz (奧斯威辛) survivor—Lawrence S. Bacow. His father worked full time while attending a state college in Detroit at night to earn his degree.s journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.t be here if this country had not been open to people like my parents at that time. Nor would I if my father hadn39。 Bacow grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. His father39。 Bacow has spent most of his professional career at MIT, Harvard and Tufts. He was a professor of environmental studies at MIT, and later a principal at the university. He led Tufts from 2001 to 2011. At Tufts, Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston. He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. academic ambitions. He raised more than $20 million for faculty recruitment, attracting upanding professors by offering junior faculty perks (福利), such as long academic leaves that they couldn39。 Under Bacow39。college education is out of reach to many AmericansB.few opportunities were available when his father came into the countryD.The fellow townspeople of Bacow were all killed besides his mother.B.s mother stimulated his interest in science.C.s father was good at working with electronics.D.s father came to the . after World War II broke out.（3）The underlined word shaking up in paragraph 5 probably means ________. A.B.C.D.How to be admitted to Harvard University.B.s family.C.s leadership in Tufts.Bacow39。 （1）考查推理判斷。s journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.”他的家庭經(jīng)歷反映了大學教育改變幾代人的力量，以及美國歷史上一直存在的機遇。 （2）考查推理判斷?？芍?，Bacow的父親擅長電子產(chǎn)品。 （3）考查詞義猜測。可知，Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston.“Bacow因改變了一所沉睡的在波士頓的其他大學面前黯然失色的大學而贏得了聲譽。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Under Bacow39。他還在全國范圍內(nèi)發(fā)表演講，闡述讓低收入學生更容易接受和負擔得起高等教育的必要性。故選D。4．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。 Friends always ask why I, a middleaged woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places—the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky。 some places where the locals are just a few generations past headhunting.d have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner (血液稀釋劑) for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky. My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After we39。 Before the stroke it would39。 In the years since then, I39。s more, saying yes to travel keeps me connected to myself.（1）What does the underlined word perilous in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A.B.C.D.Do proper exercise.B.Keep away from traveling.Spend more time with her family.（3）Why did the author mention her travel to China? A.She recovered her courage through it.C.It was the most dangerous experience in her life.（4）What is the best title for the text? A.B.Why I still travel to the wildHow I overcame the fear of disease【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文。 （1）考查詞義猜測。 places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals?！笨赏浦獎澗€詞的意思是“危險的”。 （2）考查推理判斷。d have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner (血液稀釋劑) for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky.”我的醫(yī)生告訴我，為了防止再次中風，我的余生都必須服用高劑量的危險血液稀釋劑，任何旅行都是有風險的。故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的“The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China.”中風九個月后，我和丈夫杰克一起去中國出差，這是對我旅行勇氣的第一次真正考驗。故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. What39。旅行開闊了我的世界，使我與大自然保持聯(lián)系?！笨芍?，本文講述的是去中國的一次旅行。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(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。 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. When the 61yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mau