问题 选择题

We Nanjingers should try our best to make       to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

A.differences

B.contributions

C.advances

D.records

答案

答案:B

题目分析:考察名词词义辨析。A差异;B贡献;C进步;D记录;固定搭配make contributions to…对…做出贡献。句意:我们南京人应该努力给2014年南京青年奥运会做出贡献。根据句意说明B正确。

点评:名词的词义辨析要放在上下文的语境中进行,要注意上下文的语义的串联以及逻辑关系的推理,特别要注意一些名词的固定搭配以及名词的深层次的含义的区别。

阅读理解

阅读理解。

     In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the ground work of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.

     Don't be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters,  then if you can,

ask some others to go through what you have written and tell you where there is a mistake. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.

     Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English. If you are slow in speaking, don't worry. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose

something interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you.

When you are reading in this way, don't stop to look up the words if you call guess their meanings when

they have nothing important to do with the sentence. You can do that some other time.

1. For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A. more important than reading and writing

B. not so important as reading and writing

C. as important as reading and writing  

D. not so useful in learning English

2. When you are speaking, ______.

A. you should nlllk6 any mistakes    

B. you must speak slowly

C. it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes

D. you’d better take a dictionary with you

3. One of the good ways to find out your mistakes in your speaking is to______.

A. speak as much as possible    

B. write notes or letters

C. ask some Americans to talk with you  

D. read more English books

4. If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something ______.

A. difficult to read aloud                

B. necessary to read to yourself

C. interesting to read aloud or to yourself    

D. important to read aloud

5. In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better______.

A. stop to look it up    

B. go on reading

C. stop reading at once  

D. not stop to look it up    

阅读理解

The largest campaign of killing rats in history is set to poison millions of rats on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists say the campaign planned for 2013 and 2014 will restore beautiful South Georgia to the position it once held as the world’s most important nesting sites for seabirds.

It was sailors in the late 18th century who unintentionally introduced rats to what had been a fresh environment. “If we can destroy the rats, at least 100 million birds will return to their home on South Georgia,” says Tony Martin, a biology professor at the University of Dundee who was invited to lead the project.

South Georgia is by far the largest island to get rid of animals that destroy native wildlife after being introduced deliberately or accidentally by people. Though rats and mice have done the most damage, cats, foxes, goats, deer, rabbits and other species have been targeted in the campaigns around the world.

South Georgia is seven times the size of New Zealand’s Campbell Island, currently the largest area ever killing rats. The successful war against Campbell Island rats was carried our in 2001 with 132 tons of poison dropped from five helicopters.

“New Zealand pioneered the techniques for ridding islands of rats and in fact our operation on South Georgia is based on New Zealand’s technology.” Says Martin. “Some New Zealanders will be helping our campaign, including our chief pilot, Peter Garden, who was also chief pilot for the projects at Campbell Island and Rat Island, in the Aleutian chain of the north Pacific.”

The second and third stages in 2013 and 2014 will involve dropping as much as 300 tons of poison from the air onto every part of the island where rats might live. It is a huge operation, carried out during the stormy southern autumn when the rats are hungry and the risks of poisoning native wildlife are less than in the spring and summer months. “Ideally we’d do in winter but the weather makes that too risky,” Martin says.

The ecological payback will be priceless. But Martin says, “The full benefits will take decades to arrive, because some of these birds are slow to hatch.”

小题1:According to the passage, how did the rats appear on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia ?

A.They were attracted there by wildlife.

B.They escaped there from Campbell Island.

C.They were introduced there by sailors accidently.

D.They were brought in by people deliberately.小题2:Which of the following is True about Peter Garden ?

A.He is in charge of the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island.

B.He will be the only pilot for the project on the sub-Antarctic island.

C.He will benefit a lot from the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island.

D.He made great contributions to the project at Campbell Island and Rat Island.小题3:The operation of ridding South Georgia of rats is to carried out in autumn because _________.

A.the war against Campbell Island rats failed in all seasons except autumn.

B.only then do the New Zealanders to help the operation have the spare time.

C.rats then need more food and the operation does less harm to native wildlife.

D.the poison kills rats more effectively than it does in any other season.小题4:What can we infer from the passage?.

A.The campaign of killing rats will benefit the native wildlife in a short time.

B.Rats aren’t the only species to be blamed for the disappearance of wildlife.

C.The first stage of killing rats on the sub-Antarctic island didn’t make great achievements.

D.The campaign in South Georgia will fully follow in the footsteps of that on Campbell Island.