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the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel eback.ve traveled about twentyfive percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out—no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. What39。Unique.Dangerous.Historical.Famous.(2)What did the doctors advise the author to do? A.Enjoy the rest of her life.C.D.It was her last adventure.B.She liked the beautiful scenery in China.D.A business trip to ChinaUnique travel experiencesC.D.作者講述了去中國的一次旅行。根據(jù)第一段中的“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.“例如,泰國或婆羅洲的叢林,那里的水往往不安全,食物也很危險;有傳染病、毒蛇和野生動物的場所;有些地方的本地人剛剛過了獵頭的時代。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, I39?!笨芍?,醫(yī)生建議作者遠離旅行。 (3)考查推理判斷?!笨芍?,作者之所以提到她的中國之行是因為她通過這件事恢復了勇氣。 (4)考查主旨大意。s more, saying yes to travel keeps me connected to myself.”對我來說,冒險旅行是值得冒險的。更重要的是,對旅行說“是”讓我和自己保持聯(lián)系。故選C。5.閱讀理解 As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fadeor so we thought, as she didn39。s Club dolls, a holiday dress and some beautiful story books. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she proudly announced that she really wanted a bike more than anything else. Three hours later, on Christmas morning, we were excited for Rose to open the little heartshaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. Beaming, I said, Yes.d rather keep this than get a real bike.s parents didn39。they had bought many other wonderful things for herB.they didn39。they decided to make one for her(2)Why did Dad make the clay bicycle? A.He didn39。He thought his daughter would like it.D.Rose39。Rose would trade in the clay bike for a real oneC.Rose was a thoughtful and independent girl【答案】 (1)B(2)B(3)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,Rose希望圣誕節(jié)收到一輛自行車。愿望,爸爸決定給她做個粘土的自行車讓她去換個新的,但是Rose決定保留這個粘土自行車,不要新的自行車。根據(jù)第二段中的As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fadeor so we thought, as she didn39。故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的We could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child可推知,作者夫妻因為沒有幫女兒實現(xiàn)圣誕節(jié)的愿望而內(nèi)疚,為了不讓Rose失望,決定做一個黏土自行車模型先送給Rose,之后Rose可以用它來兌換一輛真正的自行車。 (3)考查推理判斷。 故選C。6.閱讀理解 At one point, my husband and I decided to move to a new home in New Jersey. Our neighbor, whose cat had recently had kittens, asked if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sam39。 We picked a little, gray, playful ball of Fur. She raced around chasing imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning. when they ate, it was always next to each other. When I took either one out, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years. One day as I walked into our living room, I happened to see Lightning was lying next to the sculptured replica(復制品)of Sam that we had bought a few years ago, one arm wrapped around the statue39。Shocked.Curious.Worried.Eager.(2)How did Sam get along with Lightning at first? A.They fought with each other fiercely.C.Sam was unfriendly to Lightning.(3)What can we infer from the text? A.Sam means a lot to Lightning.C.Sam came back to stay with Lightning again.(4)What can be the best title of the text? A.The Coming of Sam and LightningC.The Importance of Sam to Us【答案】 (1)C(2)C(3)B(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,講述了一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼,當寵物狗死了之后,貓很傷心,當發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時,很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊。根據(jù)第二段中的“Sam39。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。 (3)考查推理判斷。s neck, contentedly sleeping with her best friend.”可知,作者一天進屋發(fā)現(xiàn)Lightning躺在Sam的復制品的旁邊,一個爪子搭載雕像的脖子上,和她的好朋友心滿意足地入睡了,故可知,Sam對于Lightning來說,很重要,故選B。本文主要講述一只貓和一只寵物狗之間的友誼,當寵物狗死了之后,貓很傷心,當發(fā)現(xiàn)寵物狗地雕像時,很開心地睡在其朋友的身邊,故選A。7.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,介紹了生物學家 (1)考查詞義猜測。 (2)考查推理判斷。 (3)考查推理判斷。”可知紅隼的數(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,故選D。8.閱讀理解 Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traff