Tall and tough (P4) Many languages are quickly disappearing (P4) Summer leaves us (P6) Still cool after all these years (P6) for Senior 3 08-09学年第5期Tall and tough (P4)Choose the best answer: 1. Ibrahimovic is called “half gangster” because _. A. he makes full use of his size advantage B. he possesses all-round football skills C. he is quite violent on the pitch D. he combines skill with strength 伊布被称为”half gangster”，原文为第六段Ibrahimovics skills are matched by his wild behavior on the pitch.说明他 在场上很粗野、野蛮，所以C正确。 2. From his words in Paragraph 7, we can see that Ibrahimovic _. A. believes violence is part of being a footballer B. was proud of his being a terror in the childhood C. thought playing on the streets is important practice for footballers D. related his wild behaviors to his earlier practice in playing football D。第七段中伊布说的话是：Playing on the streets is good if you have the talent but sometimes its not enough, you have to raise your voice, use your elbows.说明了他年少 时在街头踢球的经历让他觉得光是才能与 技巧还不够，有时还要用暴力，这种经历 对他目前的情况有很大影响，所以应该选 择D项。他说的是很个人的，所以排除 AC这种很泛泛的对于足球的说法。而这 句也看不出他对此很骄傲，所以排除B。 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Ibrahimovic? A. He could make a great basketball player as well. B. He shows no respect for his coaches. C. He prefers to play on top teams.D. He is a very good defender. 从最后两段可以看出他更愿意在最好的球队踢球，而没 有留在原来被降级的球队中，所以C正确。原文提到他 的个子高，完全可以选择打篮球，但并没有说他会成为 非常好的篮球球员，所以A错。B项在文中他冲撞某个助 理教练的例子不足以推断他对所有的教练都不尊重。 D项文中说道他是striker(前锋), powerful shot(第四段) 等都说明他不是defender（后卫）。 Many languages are quickly disappearing (P4)1. What may be the reasons why many languages are in danger of extinction EXCEPT_? A. They are gradually replaced by another dominant language. B. Its easier to lose the languages that are only passed down orally. C. Researchers do not do enough to help those endangered languages. D. Some languages die out together with the death of their last few speakers.C。此题归纳了很多语言濒临灭绝危险的原 因，文章第2段就提到两个原因，有些语言 随着“the death of the sole surviving speaker” 而消亡，或是被其他优势语种“edged out” （排挤出去）。文章第4段分析了没有书面 语形式的土语更为脆弱，容易“消亡和被人 遗忘”。只有C项说研究者没有尽力的问题 ，在文章中没有提到，所以是正确答案。 2. What does the word “vanish“ in Paragraph 2 mean?A.disappear B. spread C. finish D. survive “vanish”和文中第1&2段中“extinction”， “disappear”， “are lost”，甚至和“are edged out” 有相同语境，意思也大相径庭，就是“消失，灭绝” 的意思。 3. Whats NOT mentioned as efforts made by researchers to rescue the dying languages?A. To teach children to learn the endangered language. B. To clear up the entire language families.C. To interview and make recordings of the remaining speakers.D. To collect and record their vocabulary and develop grammars. B。此为细节题，在文章的倒数第2段可找 到A，C，D项，只有B项，原文说的是 preserving entire language families (也在倒数 第二段)，而不是整理清除，所以应该选择 B项。 4. What can be inferred about these endangered languages? The researchers hard work makes no difference to the languages.B. They can successfully survive with the researchers hard work.C. Some can exist only in the form of written records without living speakers.D. More and more languages are dying out at an even faster speed. C。此为推理判断题，从文章最后一段 “These are probably languages that cannot be brought back, but at least we made records of them,” 我们可以得知，研究者关于土语的未 来并不是十分乐观，研究者的努力也不能避 免一些土语的消亡，但研究者的工作仍然是 有意义，至少他们保留了这些语言的相关记 录，避免他们完全湮灭在历史的记忆中，所 以只有C正确。 5. From the passage we can conclude that _. A. the researchers feel rather optimistic about the result of their rescue work B. the disappearance of an unrecorded language means the loss of a culture C. the indigenous languages can survive as long as they have developed their written forms D. the government should take legal action to protect the indigenous languages B。文章第4段末尾谈到土语保护的重要性， “Their loss leaves no dictionary, no text, or no record of the accumulated knowledge and history of a vanished culture.”很多土语没有 书面语形式，一旦消亡，他们所承载的文化 和知识积淀就会随之消亡。和B项表达的意 思一致。第4段还谈到没有书面形式是土语 容易消亡的原因之一，但不能反过来说，土 语有了书面语就能成功幸存下来，因为并不 是所有消亡的语言都没有书面语，所以排除 C项。D项是全文没有涉及的内容。而A项从 文章最后一段研究者的话看出他们很无奈， 而不是很乐观，所以排除。 Summer leaves us (P6)Choose the best answer: 1. Why do leaves change color in autumn? A. Because the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. B. Because the colors of yellow or red covered up by chlorophyll begin to show. C. Because some other substances in the leaves make most of the bright reds or yellows. D. All of the above. 文章开头提出树叶在秋天变色的问题，在倒数第2、3段就此做了 详细的回答，原因一：叶绿素 “disappears from the leaves”；原 因二：人们开始看见在夏天本来就存在但被叶绿素覆盖的 “yellow and orange”；原因三：“Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color.”等，所以D正确。 2. Which of the following about chlorophyll is NOT true? A. Without it photosynthesis couldnt happen. B. It is the reason why leaves have their green color. C. It turns the leaves red during autumn. D. It is a chemical thats important for trees food making. 此题归纳了叶绿素的作用，作用一：文章第4段提到有助于 光合作用，第2、3段对光合作用的解释就是“turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose”；作用二：光合作用产生的 “glucose”就是树的“food”,其中“A chemical