【正文】 % from the number of the year before. Argentina and India saw increases of more than 50%.s National Security Language Initiative, which trains soldiers, intelligence officers and diplomats in foreign languages. “What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering there39。 Other figures showed the flow of students in the opposite direction, from foreign countries into American universities. The institute found that international enrollment (入學(xué)) in American higher education remained steady at about 565,000. The figures are of keen interest to universities, which depend on foreign students for teaching and research help, and to policymakers, who consider it important, as future foreign leaders may be familiar with the United States. The year of 2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends the most students and China is . Other countries that show large percentage increases in the number of students sent to the US include Nepal and Vietnam, while Japan, Turkey and Malaysia saw declines. About 58% of international students in the US e from Asia.（1）What does the underlined word “descended” in Paragraph 2 means? A.Declined.C.Increased.（2）Why do more American students study in Asia? A.B.They are afraid that terrorist attacks will happen again.They prefer to explore a different world from their own.（3）Where were most foreign students in America from in 2005? A.India.C.Britain.（4）What can we infer from the passage? A.B.International enrollment in American higher education changed a lot.Asian students account for a large part of foreign students in America.【答案】（1）B（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了不同國家的人國外留學(xué)的情況。根據(jù)第二段中的“But the number of American students studying in Britain and Australia descended a little, even as the number of American students abroad rose by 8%.”這句話的后半句的意思是“盡管美國學(xué)生在國外的人數(shù)增長了8%”，由此推知“但是在英國和澳大利亞學(xué)習(xí)的美國學(xué)生人數(shù)下降了一點(diǎn)，”故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering there39。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The year of 2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends the most students and China is .”可知，在2005年美國多數(shù)的外國學(xué)生都來自印度。（4）考查推理判斷。故選D。4．閱讀理解 That in itself is unusual enough, but the story gets even better! You see, another beach in Achill did a disappearing act once, but took much longer to return. The beach at Doonagh, located only six miles away from Ashleam Bay, was restored earlier in 2016 after waves created by spring storms had swept away all the sand in 1984, leaving just rock pools behind. As you can imagine, everyone on the island of Achill is thrilled to have their sandy beach back, and even though no one knows how long it39。ve got before it disappears again.s not the reason these two beaches in Achill keep disappearing, Dr Kevin Lynch, a geographer at NUT Galway, says that these occurrences are the result of hydrodynamics (流體力學(xué)) and sediment(沉積物) supply, rather than climate changes.s causing them, disappearing and reappearing beaches are just part of what makes nature so fascinating.（1）What is people39。Full of fear.Quite delighted.Very disappointed.Extremely con fused.（2）What can we learn about the beach at Doonagh? A.B.It once disappeared for more than 30 years.It is just made up of rocks and pools.（3）According to the local legend, when should the Ashleam Bay beach have e back? A.In 2012.C.In 2018.（4）What does Dr Kevin Lynch think of the phenomenon? A.s enlargement,It is hard to uncover the mystery of beach39。Climate changes can result in beaches disappearing pletely.Hydrodynamics and sediment supply cause two beaches to disappear.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道，愛爾蘭西北部的一個海灘不易而飛，但過一段時間它又回來了。有些人可能認(rèn)為氣候變化會導(dǎo)致這種現(xiàn)象，但地理學(xué)家凱文而不是氣候變化的原因。根據(jù)第一段中的” off the coast of Ireland, where people are celebrating the return of the beautiful Ashleam Bay beach that was taken from them in 2005.”及第四段中的“As you can imagine, everyone on the island of Achill is thrilled to have their sandy beach back,”。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“The beach at Doonagh, located only six miles away from Ashleam Bay, was restored earlier in 2016 after waves created by spring storms had swept away all the sand in 1984, leaving just rock pools behind,”可知，Doonagh海灘于1984年被春天的風(fēng)暴席卷了所有的沙子只留下巖石池，在2016年初恢復(fù)了。故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“the beautiful Ashleam Bay beach that was taken from them in 2005.”可知，Ashleam Bay是在2005年消失的。說阿什卡姆灣的海灘每七年恢復(fù)一次，然后又消失。(4)考查推理判斷。故選D。5．閱讀理解 When she is on the stage, audiences often go silent. They also laugh, shout and cry. But this doesn39。 “How do I defend myself?” Tahay thought. “I don39。 “Keep going,” her mother would tell her. “At some point, you39。 She spent hours after school and on weekends watching the same DVDs: English without Barriers.s elder brother, Elmer, persuaded her to go to the afterschool poetry club. In the last six years, her English teacher Laurie Kurnick has turned Cleveland Charter High School39。 The first time Tahay read the group39。t even finish it.”t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they would make fun of her.m worth something.”t ever see.”（1）What did Tahay39。Fight with them bravely.B.Ignore them and keep going.Try hard to make friends with them.（2）What are the themes of Tahay and her team39。Their admiration for the great poets.Their appreciation of natural beauty.C.D.s poems? A.B.C.D.She felt more confident about herself.She won many national poetry petitions.C.D.(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。ll learn.” 可知，C項(xiàng)是她媽媽的建議。(2)考查推理判斷。詩描寫了許多東西如一些樂趣和痛苦。故選D。根據(jù)第七段中的“The first time Tahay read the group39。“我希望我也能那樣寫，”。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“But with time, her poems changed her. ‘They gave me pride,’ Tahay said.”可知，寫詩