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1、 Section Warming Up & Reading.阅读理解AWhat do Tom Sawyer and Jumping Frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Twain was four years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was fasci
2、nated with (使入迷) life along the riverthe steamboats, the giant lumber (木头) rafts, and the people who worked on them.The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twains best loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celeb
3、rated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days, which originated in the late 1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter their frogs in the jumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. Theres also a fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this conte
4、st comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. Its a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he makes them believe that its fun to paint, and they join in the “fun”. By the end of the da
5、y, the fence has three coats of paint!Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction (虚构的事), its based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, youll see the white fence, which still stands at Twains boyhood home.【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了马克吐温的两部作品及汤姆索亚日期间的一些活动。1Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is TRUE?
6、AHe was born in Hannibal.BHe enjoyed his life in Hannibal.CHe spent most of his childhood on the Mississippi.DHe often went rafting (坐船漂流) on the Mississippi with his parents.解析：选B细节理解题。从第一段第四句“Twain grew up there and was fascinated with (使入迷) life along the river .”可知B正确。2Tom Sawyer Days were creat
7、ed .Aabout forty years agoBin memory of a great writerCshortly after Twains deathDto improve kids interest in reading解析：选B推理判断题。第二段说全国汤姆索亚日期间会举办不同的活动，旨在颂扬这两部作品，由此推理是为了纪念这两部作品的作者马克吐温。3Who will win the fence painting contest?ABob, painting the longest.BJulia, painting most carefully.CJim, painting in
8、the newest way.DJohn, painting in the shortest time.解析：选D推理判断题。由第二段第四句“Theres also a fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest.”可推知，能在最短的时间内漆完篱笆的将获胜，故选D。4From the white fence at Twains boyhood home, we know that .Athe story of Tom Sawyer is based partly on Twains experiencesBthe story
9、of Tom Sawyer is based totally on Twains imaginationCTwains old house is painted by the fence painting competitorsDTwains old house is visited by people from all over the country解析：选A推理判断题。至今仍伫立在吐温孩童时期的家外的那片白色篱笆是用来说明句首结论的“Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction (虚构的事), its based on facts.”，因为从
10、上一段可知汤姆索亚历险记中有与此相关的情节。B“The noise made by boats of whale watching tourists may be causing communication problems for the animals，” British researchers said last week.Whale watching is a popular tourist activity in places where groups of killer whales (虎鲸) live. Every day, dozens of boats filled with
11、 tourists go to watch the beautiful animals. Unfortunately, the engines of the boats make a lot of noise, and that may be causing problems for the whales, according to a report in the US science magazine Nature.The whales travel in groups, and communicate with each other through sonic calls that som
12、e scientists refer to as singing. The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales to be able to hear each other.The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between 15 and 25 years ago, before whale watching became popular. These were compared to
13、 more recent recordings.They found that the animals have started to sing for longer than they used to, like a person shouting to a friend across a noisy room.It is believed that the whales are trying to communicate hunting or breeding information. Scientists said that, if this is prevented, the futu
14、re of the worlds whale population could be in danger.“Animals become slow in mind and repeat themselves in noisy areas，” said Volker Deecke, a Canadian biologist.“They have to say things twice or three times in order to be understood.”The killer whales studied were living off the coast of northweste
15、rn America. The number of killer whales in this area has been falling for several years, but scientists are not sure why.【语篇解读】本文为说明文，首先介绍了观鲸船产生的噪音对虎鲸之间的交流造成了困难，然后又介绍了观鲸旅游的盛行和对虎鲸之间交流方式的影响。5The passage mainly tells us .Athe problems of whale watchingBhow killer whales communicate with each otherCthe reduced population of killer whales caused by whale watchingDhearing problems of the killer whales caused by whale watching解析：选D主旨大意题。概括文章第一段可得出答案，观鲸船的噪音给虎鲸的信息交流造成了困难。6Now in a noisy background, the killer whales have to .Asing in a louder voiceBsing longerCtravel in smaller groupsDget
