【正文】 helped oversee the Buffalo River39。So far, the Buffalo River39。 fish and plantings are still being sampled to measure how well it39。A waterway on the yearbook.A river heavily polluted.C.s.A place worth fighting for.（2）Why was named Mr. Buffalo River? A.Because he spotted dumpers on the River.C.Because the river was declared biologically dead.（3）How long did it take for the river to restore? A.Just four decades.C.Only 27 years.（4）What can be a suitable title for this text? A.B.The future of the Buffalo RiverRiver protection: A long way to go【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了被污染的the Buffalo River的恢復(fù)。根據(jù)第一段中的”never gave up on their polluted river—the Buffalo River gradually went from being considered a lost cause to a place worth fighting for.“；第二段中的”By the 1960s，the river was seen as one of the worst sources of pollution pouring into the Great Lakes. The Buffalo River had caught fire many times. The surface had an oily layer，and any fish caught there were not eatable.“可知，the Buffalo River過去是一條被嚴(yán)重污染的河。 （2）考查推理判斷。d chase down dumpers(垃圾車)he spotted on the Buffalo River. By 1966 he found himself winning the National Wildlife Federation39。故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“It took decades for public perception of the river to shift.”公眾對這條河的看法改變花了幾十年的時間；第二段中的“By the 1960s，the river was seen as one of the worst sources of pollution pouring into the Great Lakes.”到了20世紀(jì)60年代，這條河被認(rèn)為是五大湖最嚴(yán)重的污染源之一。s water quality has restored，”到目前為止，布法羅河的水質(zhì)已經(jīng)恢復(fù)”可知，這條河花了多半個世紀(jì)才恢復(fù)。 （4）考查主旨大意。s water quality has restored，but it is still an ongoing issue，as sewage(污水)can overflow into the river after storms. Habitat restoration continues as well；fish and plantings are still being sampled to measure how well it39。綜上可知，本文講述的是被污染的the Buffalo River的恢復(fù)。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 ESports, short for electronic sports, is one of the growing industries in the world, with prizes totaling around $25 million up for grabs in some tournaments. ESports are professional multiplayer video game petitions. Any video game with a strong petitive element is considered eSports. The petition models itself after traditional professional sports in several ways: it uses corresponding tournament formats, involves player contracts, and is governed by regulations. The athletes who pete in eSports petitions are gamers． Today, eSports are growing at a rapid pace thanks to advance in technology and the arrival of streaming services like Twitch which have exposed video game petitions to a new audience due to their extensive reach.s acquisition of Twitch in 2014 and its effort to make the petition a spectator sport.（1）What do we know about eSports? A.They spread worldwide overnight.C.D.The origin of eSports.The variety of eSports.C.D.s future? A.B.C.D.To introduce Newzoo.B.To show the influence of Twitch.To arouse the audience39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查段落大意。 （3）考查推理判斷。 （4）考查推理判斷。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和段落大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科普類閱讀，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。 On December 26, 2004, hundreds of tourists relaxed on Sri Lanka39。s beaches. But at midmorning the park39。 What the keepers did not know was that a 30foot wall of water was headed straight toward them. This tsunami(海嘯) had been caused by an earthquake more than 1, 000 miles away in the Indian Ocean. When the huge wave hit the coast, it caused severe damage. Many people died. The elephants, however, were not swept away by the water. They stood safely on the hill. It39。s socalled sixth sense es from some magical power to see into the future. Experts believe that animals may be more sensitive than humans to changes in temperature and other environmental conditions that take place before a natural disaster. The elephants in Sri Lanka, for example, may have picked up vibrations from within the Earth, a sign that earthquake was ing. Because vibrations in the ground travel much faster than an ocean wave, the elephants may have felt the earthquake that caused the tsunami well before the tsunami itself came to the coast.s pets, hoping that these reports can serve as a warning system that a natural disaster is about to happen. But Marina Haynes, an animal behavior scientist at the Philadelphia Zoo, says, It would be an unreliable way to predict disasters. It can be difficult to know what an animal is doing. Is the animal nervous because an earthquake is about to happen or is it frightened because there is an enemy nearby?（1）What happened to the elephants in Yala National Park on December 26, 2004? A.B.They moved from the hill to the seaside.D.giving examplesmaking parisonsC.D.changes in temperatureB.continuous shaking movementD. attitude towards the warning system in the last paragraph? A.B.C.D. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s elephants began crying wildly and running away from the ocean and up a nearby hill.”但在上午10點(diǎn)左右，公園里的大象開始狂呼亂叫，從海里跑開，爬上附近的一座小山。 （2）考查推理判斷。在2004年的海嘯之后，人們說他們看到老虎、猴子和水牛在洪水涌入之前逃到地勢較高的地方?？赏茢喑鲎髡咴诘谌沃饕ㄟ^舉例來支持自己的觀點(diǎn)，故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“Because vibrations in the ground travel much faster than an ocean wave, the elephants may have felt the earthquake that caused the tsunami well before the tsunami itself came to the coast.”由于地面的震動比海浪的傳播速度快得多，大象可能早在海嘯到達(dá)海岸之前就已經(jīng)感受到引發(fā)海嘯的地震。 （4）考查推理判斷。很難知道動物在做什么。故選B。8．閱讀理解 The MerriamWebster(韋氏詞典) lexicographers(詞典編纂者) are part of a team that edits the dictionary. In a recent interview, Sokolowski and Stamper talked about their job and what the way we use words says about us collectively. What is a lexicographer? What do you guys do all day?re looking for are words that catch our eye. We record the context of these words