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1、人物介绍+科普知识+环境保护+时文报道A(2017第一次全国大联考)Alan Simpson formed，with Ray Galton，one of the great television scriptwriting partnerships.Their early work with Tony Hancock pioneered what became known as situation comedy.Alan Simpson was born in Brixton，London on 27 November 1929.After leaving school，he obtained
2、 a job as a shipping clerk before contracting tuberculosis.He became so ill that he was not expected to live and was given the last rites.However，he survived.And he met his future partner，another teenage TB sufferer named Ray Galton.They discovered a shared love of American humorists such as Damon R
3、unyon and had both listened to radio comedy programmes Take It from Here and The Goon Shows.Their first work together was for hospital radio.Have You Ever Wondered was based on their experiences，which was played out in 1949.When Simpson left hospital he was asked by a local church concert party to w
4、rite a show and he roped in Ray Galton to help.The pair also linked up with several other promising new comedy writers and performers of the time，notably Eric Sykes，Peter Sellers，Frankie Howerd and Tony Hancock.They were quickly tired of the format of radio comedy shows of the time which included mu
5、sic，sketches and one-liners，and longed for something with more depth.They came up with the idea of comedy where all the humour came from the situations in which characters find themselves.Tony Hancock liked the idea and Hancocks Half Hour was born.It is often credited as the first true radio sitcom，
6、although two other shows of the time，A Life of Bliss and Life with the Lyons，were already using the format in 1954 when Hancock first aired.In 1956 the series transferred to TV and ran until 1961.Another original four series ran between 1962 and 1965 and the show was revived between 1970 and 1974，du
7、ring which time two feature film versions were also released.It proved to be the high point.Simpson quit writing in 1978 to pursue his other business interests although he and Galton remained close friends.In 1996 they reunited to update some of their best-known scripts for the comedian Paul Merton.
8、Simpson blamed their later lack of popularity on the fact that shows were commissioned by armies of managers rather than producers.Alan Simpson passed away today,8 February,2017.语篇解读本文主要介绍了情景喜剧先驱者之一Alan Simpson与其搭档Ray Galton一起创作并出演了很多令人印象深刻的作品。他的作品遍及二十世纪四十年代至七十年代。现在他离开了我们，但他的作品却让我们铭记。1Which of the f
9、ollowing can best replace the underlined word “roped in” in Paragraph 4?APersuaded. BCheated.CFollowed. DOrdered.答案A解析词义猜测题。根据第四段画线部分后面的to help可知此处意为“说服”，故A项符合题意。2What can we know from Paragraph 4?AHancocks Half Hour was the fourth true radio sitcom.BAlan Simpson was one of the pioneers of situation
10、 comedy.CEric Sykes，Peter Sellers，Frankie Howerd and Tony Hancock were promising performers of the time.DBetween 1970 and 1974 two feature film versions released made Alans career come to the high point.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“The pair also linked up with several other promising new comedy writers and p
11、erformers of the time，notably Eric Sykes，Peter Sellers，Frankie Howerd and Tony Hancock.”可知选C。3Why were they fed up with the format of radio comedy shows of the time?ABecause Simpson was not satisfied with their later lack of popularity.BBecause Alan Simpson and his partners desired something with mo
12、re depth.CBecause Alan Simpson was tired of writing and wanted to pursue his other business interests.DBecause Alan Simpson thought shows were commissioned by armies of managers rather than producers.答案B解析细节理解题。根据第四段第三句“They were quickly tired of the format of radio comedy shows of the time which in
13、cluded music，sketches and one-liners，and longed for something with more depth.”可知选B。4Whats the best title of the passage?AObituary(讣告)：Alan SimpsonBThe Achievements of Alan SimpsonCAlan Simpson and His PartnersDA Talented Man答案A解析标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了情景喜剧先驱者之一Alan Simpson一生所创作的作品以及所产生的影响，他的作品遍及二十世纪四十年代至七十年代
14、。最后提到了他的逝世。所以本文应该是一个讣告。B(2017河北衡水中学五调)Jeremy Kerr，a researcher at the University of Ottawa in Canada，and his colleagues analyzed more than 400,000 observations of bumblebee species collected in North America and Europe from 1975 to 2010.When the researchers recorded the locations of these bee popula
15、tions，they found that many of the 67 species analyzed were moving northward from their southern limits while the northern edges of the bees ranges are staying in place.What it results in is obvious.Bees have been paid more attention to in recent years，with populations of honeybees and bumblebees obv
16、iously declining in some parts of Europe.Previously，attention on the decline of bee populations has focused on causes including habitat loss，pesticide use and the spread of bee parasites(寄生虫)But the work by Kerrs team found something different.“For every species，there is one or two species declining and others that are not moving at all，” says Kerr.This shift has al
