【正文】 chased $1,000 worth of Walgreens stock seven decades ago whose value has grown recently.” 格雷梅爾之所以能夠做出這一驚人的捐贈(zèng)，是因?yàn)樗?0年前購(gòu)買了價(jià)值1000美元的沃爾格林股票，而這些股票的價(jià)值最近一直在增長(zhǎng)。故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Winnie was introduced not only to Gremel but also some of his friends and neighbors. One had brought over a lot of fresh strawberries。d be there to help out in any way needed. ”溫妮不僅被介紹給格雷梅爾，還被介紹給他的一些朋友和鄰居。所有人都說他們會(huì)在那里以任何需要的方式提供幫助。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?！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。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(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)的過程。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。奧維爾后來發(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 problem was，the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個(gè)男孩都喜歡解決別人覺得困難的問題。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車店將提供生計(jì) ，允許他們?cè)陲w機(jī)上進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn) ，可知選D。 It can be a real struggle trying to learn a new language. I had always enjoyed learning languages in school, but only recently did I start learning German. I found that I could understand and learn individual words easily, but when it came to literature, I really struggled. That was when my tutor at university suggested reading some children39。 At first, I felt a bit silly going on a hunt for a book designed for someone half my age, lout then I realised that everyone has to start somewhere. As children, we are given these basic texts to familiarise our brains with certain vocabulary and writing structures, and from there, we can learn and develop. I started with books which are taught to us as children in the UK. I managed to find Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.s book and at the end of that chapter, highlight the words you do not know and then look up the definitions. If you can wait a bit before you use a dictionary, you may be surprised what you can get merely from the context of the sentence in the story. Additionally, a lot of children39。s books? A.Because she was slow to learn language.C.s literature.D.t remember any words.（2）What can kids get from children39。Vocabulary and listening skills.Learning methods.C.Designing skills.（3）What causes the author feel surprised while reading children39。Grasping the context from the pictures.B.Getting familiar with the plots of the st