【正文】 lorer in anyone who visits. From hiking and whitewater rafting to skiing and snowboarding, Banff offers travelers an abundance of yearround outdoor activities. The Lake Louise Ski Resort is one of the largest in North America and the striking photo opportunities of the Canadian Rockies from Moraine Lake can39。 Machu Picchu Great Barrier Reefs easy to see why the Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World – it stretches nearly 1,500 miles along the eastern coastline of Australia and features about 3,000 reefs, 900 islands and more than 1,500 species of fish. Travelers can see these amazing natural structures from the air or underwater. However, large amounts of coral bleaching (褪色) caused by rising ocean temperatures put this place39。Hiking.B.Diving.D.St. Lucia.Banff. Alberta.Machu Picchu.Great Barrier Reef（3）What do we know about the Great Barrier Reef? A.s on the western coast of Australia.It39。People must take a plane to enjoy its beauty.It may disappear if temperature keeps on rising.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了四處假期極好的去處及各自特色。根據(jù)St. Lucia部分中的“plan to hike the Piton Mountains or dive in the waters of Anse Chastanet.”和Banff. Alberta部分中的“From hiking and whitewater rafting to skiing and snowboarding, Banff offers travelers an abundance of yearround outdoor activities.”可知在St. Lucia和 Banff人們都可以徒步旅行，故選A。根據(jù)Machu Picchu部分中的“a visit to this Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage (遺產(chǎn)) site is a onceinalifetime a few days accustoming yourself to the altitude in the neighboring city of Cusco, where you can experience a mix of Incan and Spanish cultures.”可知?dú)v史學(xué)家們可以在這里參觀聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織世界遺產(chǎn)遺址，體驗(yàn)印加文化和西班牙文化的融合。（3）考查推理判斷。s continued existence at risk, so plan your visit soon to see this awesome sight up close.”可知海洋溫度升高造成大量珊瑚褪色，對(duì)大堡礁的存在造成了威脅。故選D。3．閱讀理解 s cold out, could have bigger mood benefits than you might realize. For the study, a psychologist, a physicist and a statistician from BYU teamed up to pare daily environmental data from the university39。Exposure to sunlight is a significant factor in seasonal affective disorder. Research has shown that the brain produces more of the feelgood neurotransmitter serotonin on sunny days than it does on darker days. What39。If you39。We were surprised that many of the weather and pollution variables we included in the study were not significantly correlated with clients39。s lead author, told The Huffington Post. People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that.（1）What does the author suggest we do in Paragraph 1? the benefits of sunshine. hibernating in springtime. up in a blanket in cold weather. sunshine even in cold weather.（2）The underlined word soar in Paragraph 5 most probably means 換句話說：陽(yáng)光越多，幸福越多。根據(jù)第一段中的“But making time to get outside in the sun, even when it39?？芍髡呓ㄗh我們曬太陽(yáng)，哪怕天氣很冷。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。re getting enough sun, your emotions should remain relatively stable, the researchers found. But as the amount of sunlight in the day is reduced, levels of emotional pain can soar.”如果你獲得足夠的陽(yáng)光，你的情緒應(yīng)該會(huì)保持相對(duì)地穩(wěn)定。故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“It finds that sunlight exposure is by far the greatest weatherrelated factor determining mental health outes. In other words: more sunshine, more happiness.”研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，陽(yáng)光照射是影響心理健康結(jié)果最重要的天氣因素。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“People tend to associate rainy days, pollution, and other meteorological phenomena with sadness or depression, but we did not find that”人們傾向于將雨天、污染和其他氣象現(xiàn)象與悲傷或抑郁聯(lián)系起來，但我們的研究沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點(diǎn)。故選B。4．閱讀理解 In order to restore this delicate ecosystem, scientists from the UK and Australia conducted a study that involved using loudspeakers underwater near damaged coral reefs to make them sound healthy and attract fish, potentially kickstarting the natural recovery process of coral reefs and their dependent life forms. The location for this experiment was the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea, found alongside the east coast of Queensland, Australia. The site is noted to have the largest coral reef system in the world. re looking for a place to settle, said Steve Simpson, study coauthor and a professor at the University of Exeter, UK. re seeing on many coral reefs around the world, said lead author, Tim Gordon.（1）What causes the phenomenon of coral bleaching? species. pollution. industry. temperatures.（2）What approach is introduced to recover the coral reefs? damaged coral reefs. loudspeakers to keep fish away. new homes for sea species. certain sounds to appeal to fish.（3）Why are Steve Simpson39。作者解釋了采用這一方法的原因以及這一新方法獲得了初步成功。根據(jù)第一段中的“However, the rise in average water temperatures due to climate change has resulted in more frequent and longtime u coral bleaching events that damage their health, causing fish and other sea species to abandon them.”然而，由于氣候變化導(dǎo)致的平均水溫上升導(dǎo)致了更頻繁、更長(zhǎng)期的珊瑚白化事件，損害了它們的健康，導(dǎo)致魚類和其他海洋物種拋棄它們，可知，氣溫攀升是導(dǎo)致珊瑚白化現(xiàn)象的原因。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Healthy coral reefs are remarkably noisy placesthe crackle of snapping shrimp and the whoops and grunts of fish.”健康的珊瑚礁是非常吵雜的地方——蝦的噼啪聲和魚的呼嚕呼嚕聲，可知，引用Steve Simpson的話是為了解釋采用這一新方法的原因。 （4）考查推理判斷。故選C。5．閱讀理解 And so it came to pass. Away for Christmas, we got a call from kind friends at home, our neighbour39。t spread to our house but the smoke very much did.s weeks of either throwing out, or sending away for specialist cleaning, every single thing into which smoke could have permeated(滲透)because the particles(微粒) are an ongoing health risk and washing isn39。s teddy bears, clothes—is suspected. We will be seeing in the New Year in a decidedly minimalist fashion.t expect to feel, however, is this lucky. Friends and neighbours have e together with incredible generosity. We will never again underestimate the closeness of the village munity in which we live, or the innate kindness that is most p