Question

第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D) 中，選出最佳選項。

                                        A

                          

             When I was little,I'd see tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York.

             By the time I turned 7,I noticed something strange: All the bats in my neighborhood had vanished,and I wondered why. Later I learned what hy happened to my town's bats. A disease called “white nose syndrome(白鼻綜合征) ” had killed 93 percent of New York State's bats (and about 6 million bats across the country)!I was shocked. I asked the bat biologist what I could do to help,and she said, “Tell others what's been happening. Help people understand that bats are important to our environment and need to be protected."

             I thought I must teach people about bats. My first stop? The library,where I eventually checked out every book on bats they had. Next,I started a Facebook page called Buddies for Bats and posted any photos,facts,and videos that I could find. Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program on my local radio station,asking if they'd do a show on bats. (They did!)

             But I still wanted to find a way to educate people face to face. I managed to make a presentation to a school. I also used tools to describe how bats help farmers (and protect our food supply) by eating crop-damaging insects.

             I practiced my presentation until it shone like a polished stone. It went over so well that other teachers started requesting me. Over the past three years,I ve talked in front of everyone from 5-year-olds to senior citizens!The more I present,the more I notice that I am changing minds. I have watched people go from dismissing bats as “disgusting(令人厭惡的)” to truly understanding them and advocating their protection.

             Right now,I'm thinking of becoming a marine biobgist (海洋生物學(xué)家) someday.As long as I'm helping animals,I'11 be happy.

21. When the author was little,bats .

   A. lived mainly in the south of America

   B. were well protected in upstate New York

   C. did great harm to the natural environment

   D. existed in large quantities in upstate New York

22. The underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by .

   A. reproduced   B. disappeared

   C. starved      D. expanded

23. Paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly talk about.

   A. the author's efforts to help protect bats

   B. how the author started Buddies for Bats

   C. why the author did a radio show on bats

   D. the difficulty the author had in educating people

24. What can we infer about the author's presentation?

   A. It was ignored by the audience.

   B. It was far from satisfactory.

   C. It was effective.

   D. It was boring.

Answer 1

21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C

A篇(熱點話題)

本文是記敘文。文章主要講述了作者幫助保護(hù)蝙蝠的故事。

21. D. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的...tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York可知，作者小的時候，晚上能看到成群的蝙蝠，由此可知，那時紐約北部的蝙蝠數(shù)目極多。

22. B. 詞義猜測題。由第二段中A disease called “white nose syndrome” had killed 93 percent of New York State* s bats (and about 6 million bats across the country)可知，一種稱為“白鼻子綜合征”的疾病殺死了紐約州93%的蝙蝠(全美約六百萬只蝙蝠死亡) 。由此推斷，作者看到蝙蝠都消失了。

23. A. 段落大意題。由第三段中的The library ... Next,I started a Facebook page ... Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program …以及第四 段中的 I managed to make a presentation … 可知，這兩段主要講述了作者為幫助人們了解蝙蝠對環(huán)境的重要性所做出的努力。

24. C. 推理判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段中的The more I present,the more I notice that I am changing minds. I have watched people go from dismissing bats as Udisgustingw to truly understanding them and advocating their protection 可知，作者的講演慢慢地改變了人們的想法，人 們不那么討厭蝙蝠了，開始認(rèn)識到蝙蝠的重要性，并且倡導(dǎo)大家保護(hù)蝙蝠。由此可推知，作者的講演很有效。