【正文】 than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo39。 But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.It39。 . Natsuko is Takamizawa39。s phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. Wele to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you? Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. I can clearly see her English is getting better. It39。 The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。Because English was useless.Because she was too young to learn English.C.Because she was unwilling to learn English.（2）What can we know from the third paragraph? A.Takamizawa39。Natsuko is Takamizawa39。Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.（3）What does the underlined phrase This situation in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C.Japanese people bee open to the rest of the world.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.B.The early bird catches the worm.D. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s not too late. We will teach you one word a day39。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.” 在英語不是第一語言的國家中，日本排名第49位。 （4）考查主旨大意。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Rescue workers had collected 820 birds from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the majority of them already dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts stretch across the summer, it39。 Is it worth the effort? Some scientists aren39。 Clean bird feathers repel water (防水) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones don39。 most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity.t look like they39。And so far, while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or longterm survival, especially for the moredifficulttosave species. There still aren39。 rescue remain a controversial problem? birds39。 suffering while seeing them die is cruel.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，在石油泄露事件中，有很多鳥兒在石油中被粘住，遭受苦難。但是科學(xué)家們質(zhì)疑救援工作是否值得。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。因此，科學(xué)家們懷疑自己在救鳥兒時(shí)作的努力可能是白費(fèi)了，故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild。根據(jù)這些數(shù)據(jù)可知，被浸在石油中的鳥兒即使獲救，他們的存活率也很低。 （3）考查推理判斷。t look like they39。工人們對獲救的鳥兒做血液測試，那些身上滿是石油或看起來不會活下來的鳥兒立刻被放棄了。故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or longterm survival和rescue efforts will continue in large part because the public demands that Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who have built their lives around saving animals ”可知，一方面雖然釋放率在提高，但是幾乎沒有證據(jù)表明被釋放的鳥兒生存狀況更好；另一方面，救援工作仍將繼續(xù)，因?yàn)榘矘匪朗且患щy的事情，特別是對于那些從事拯救動物的工作的人來說。援救那些鳥兒，對于鳥兒來說也要遭受痛苦，而看到它們的死去也是很殘忍的。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。Buck did not know that there was trouble ahead, Trouble for every dog with strong muscles and warm long hair, from Seattle to southern California. Some men had found a yellow metal in the Arctic darkness, and thousands of other men were rushing there. These men wanted dogs that were heavy, with strong muscles for working hard and furry coats to protect them from the cold. s land was his. Buck was king—king over all the crawling, flying things of Judge Miller39。His father, Elmo, had been the Judge39。s place. He was not so large—he weighed only sixty kilogram—for his mother, Shep, had been a Scottish sheepdog. Hunting and other outdoor activities had hardened his muscle, and swimming had made him healthy. After two days ho was cried off the train in Seattle into a small, highwalled yard. There a fat man in a red sweater broke open the cage with a small axe (斧頭)，while holding a club (棍棒) in the other hand. When there was a big enough opening, Buck jumped out like a redeyed devil, straight at the fat man. But in midair, just as his teeth were going to close on the man, he received a shock that he had never felt before. It turned him over and onto the ground. He had never been struck by a club in his life, and he did not understand. He was smashed down a dozen times. In the end a small man called Perrault paid three hundred dollars for him, and he was led away with Curly, a goodnatured Newfoundland dog.（1）What kind of dogs did the goldseekers want? house dogs with yellow hair. longhaired dogs. dogs with yellow hair kennel dogs.（2）Buck was proud of himself for the following reasons, EXCEPT that ______. was king over all living things of Judge Miller39。s inseparable panion after his father39。s introduction into the word of primitive law was obeying the fat man.（4）What can be the suitable title for the excerpt? into Trouble against a Man from Trouble in a Man【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一只名為巴克的狗的遭遇。根據(jù)第一段中的“Trouble for every dog with strong muscles and warm long hair, from Seattle to souther