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专题 20 阅读专项---词义猜测题
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三年真题多维细目表词义猜测类题目近三年高考的设问方式如下：
年份 试 篇 体裁 主题 考点
卷 目 主题语境 语境内容 细节 推理 主旨 词义
理解 判断 大意 猜测
题 题 题 题
A 应用文 人与社会 英国剧院 21 22
全
B 说明文 人与自然 生物与人的智力对比 23 24 26 34 27 31
国
C 记叙文 人与自我 难忘的南极之旅 25 29 35 32 28
甲
夹叙夹 30 33
卷 D 人与社会 不同的人文化冲突的见解
议
A 应用文 人与社会 画家亨利·雷伯恩爵士展览 21 22
全 B 书评 人与社会 Dorothy Wickenden的书籍 23 24
25 27
国 “空中之眼”的技术应用于无 26 28
C 说明文 人与自然 30 35 31 29
乙 人机 32 33
卷 征收的糖税来解决青少年儿童 34
D 说明文 人与自我
健康问题
A 应用文 人与社会 文学概论课程评分办法
日常生活中的食物浪费现象以
2022
及华盛顿DC中央厨房的首席
B 说明文 人与社会
执行官科廷为解决食物浪费而 22 25 21 23
新
采取的努力 26 27 24 28
I 34 30
旨在减少孤独，改善老年人的 32 33 29 31
卷 C 说明文 人与社会
健康状况的项目 35
因为饮食的改变导致了现在从
D 说明文 人与社会 世界上一半的语言中发现了新
的语音
A 应用文 人与社会 儿童博物馆团体游
21 22 26 28
新 B 记叙文 人与社会 新型阅读体验
23 25 32 33
II 使用Textalyzer（短信监控 31 24 30
C 说明文 人与社会 27 29 34 35
卷 器）的技术来监控司机在开车
D 说明文 人与社会 锻炼对于心脏的好处
A 应用文 人与社会 摄影领域赛事 23 24
全 21 22
B 说明文 人与自然 人与动物 27 30
国 25 26
C 记叙文 人与社会 家庭生活 31 32 35 29
甲 28 34
2021 33
卷 D 议论文 人与社会 生存与环境
全 A 说明文 人与社会 体育建筑 21 22 26 27
24 31 25
国 B 说明文 人与社会 科学与技术 23 33 28 29
30 32C 说明文 人与自然 环境保护
D 说明文 人与自我 乐于、善于学习
乙
A 应用文 人与社会 罗马的四个旅馆 21 22
新 B 记叙文 人与社会 介绍钢琴翻页的职业 23 24 25 30
I C 说明文 人与社会 湿地破坏，保护环境 26 27 33 34 32 35 29
卷 D 议论文 人与自我 人们对情商概念的误解 28 32
A 应用文 人与社会 今年夏天约克郡的四个活动 21 22
B 记叙文 人与自然 作者保护两个老虎幼崽 23 24
新
C 记叙文 人与社会 英国女教师获得奖金后帮助艺 27 28
II 26 29 31 25
术家进入学校 30 32
卷
D 说明文 人与社会 澳大利亚教授开发机器人来检 33 34
测牧牛的情况 35
全 A 应用文 人与社会 乘坐火车信息 24 25
国 B 说明文 人与自我 认识自我 21 22 27 28
32 35 26
I C 说明文 人与自然 体育健康 23 33 29 30
卷 D 记叙文 人与自我 人与植物 31 34
全 A 说明文 人与社会 旅游交通 21 22
国 B 说明文 人与社会 完善自我 23 24 28 31 27
2020 30 33
II C 说明文 人与自然 人与动物 25 26 32 35
卷 D 说明文 人与自我 终身学习 29 34
全 A 说明文 人与社会 地理概况
21 22 27 28
国 25 31
B 说明文 人与社会 人与动物
23 24 29 30 26
III 35
33 34 32
C 说明文 人与自然 家庭生活
卷
D 说明文 人与自我 生存与环境
词义猜测类题目近三年高考的设问方式如下：序号 来源 题干
1 2022甲卷 28. Which of the following best explains "take the plunge" underlined in paragraph 2?
2 2022乙卷 9. What does “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
3 2022新I卷 30. What do the underlined words "embark on" mean in paragraph 7?
4 2022新II卷 4. What do the underlined words “hit home for me” mean in paragraph 2?
5 2022新II卷 10. What does the underlined word "something" in the last paragraph refer to?
6 2021甲卷 29.What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean?
7 2021乙卷 25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean?
8 2021新I卷 29. What does the underlined word "decimate" mean in the first paragraph?
9 2021新II卷 5.What do the underlined words “get up to mischief” mean in paragraph 3?
10 2020全国I卷 26. What does the underlined word “currency” in paragraph 4 refer to?
11 2020全国II卷 30. What does the underlined word “collapsed” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
12 2020全国II卷 33. What does the underlined phrase “an added meaning” in paragraph 3 refer to?
13 2020全国III卷 26. What does the underlined phrase "keeping tabs on" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
高考词义猜测题的考查方式
解题方法 特征
根据上下文猜测词义 因果关系、同位关系、对比关系、转折关系
根据定义、解释或同位关系猜测词 to be defined as/to be called/to mean/to refer to/that is (to say)/in other
义 words/namely
but/yet/however/nevertheless/while/whereas/otherwise/or
根据反义词或对比关系猜测词义
else/unlike/instead/rather than/by contrast/compared to/on the contrary
根据构词法猜测词义 合成、派生、转化
经典真题呈现
（2022·全国甲卷·阅读C）
As Ginni Bazlinton reached Antarctica, she found herself greeted by a group of little Gentoo penguins (企鹅) longing
to say hello. These gentle, lovely gatekeepers welcomed her and kick-started what was to be a trip Ginni would never
forget.
Ever since her childhood, Ginni, now 71, has had a deep love for travel. Throughout her career (职业) as a professional
dancer, she toured in the UK, but always longed to explore further. When she retired from dancing and her sons eventually
flew the nest, she decided it was time to take the plunge.
After taking a degree at Chichester University in Related Arts, Ginni began to travel the world, eventually getting workteaching English in Japan and Chile. And it was in Chile she discovered she could get last-minute cheap deals on ships
going to Antarctica from the islands off Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of the South American mainland. “I just
decided I wanted to go,” she says. “I had no idea about what I’d find there and I wasn’t nervous, I just wanted to do it. And I
wanted to do it alone as I always prefer it that way.”
In March 2008, Ginni boarded a ship with 48 passengers she’d never met before, to begin the journey towards
Antarctica. “From seeing the wildlife to witnessing sunrises, the whole experience was amazing. Antarctica left an
impression on me that no other place has,” Ginni says. “I remember the first time I saw a humpback whale; it just rose out
of the water like some prehistoric creature and I thought it was smiling at us. You could still hear the operatic sounds it was
making underwater.”
The realization that this is a precious land, to be respected by humans, was one of the biggest things that hit home to
Ginni.
1．Which of the following best explains “take the plunge” underlined in paragraph 2?
A．Try challenging things. B．Take a degree.
C．Bring back lost memories. D．Stick to a promise.
2．What made Ginni decide on the trip to Antarctica?
A．Lovely penguins. B．Beautiful scenery.
C．A discount fare. D．A friend’s invitation.
3．What does Ginni think about Antarctica after the journey?
A．It could be a home for her. B．It should be easily accessible.
C．It should be well preserved. D．It needs to be fully introduced.
4．What is the text mainly about?
A．A childhood dream. B．An unforgettable experience.
C．Sailing around the world. D．Meeting animals in Antarctica.
（2022·全国乙卷·阅读C）
Can a small group of drones (无人机) guarantee the safety and reliability of railways and, at the same time, help
railway operators save billions of euros each year? That is the very likely future of applying today’s “eyes in the sky”
technology to making sure that the millions of kilometres of rail tracks and infrastructure (基础设施) worldwide are safe for
trains on a 24/7 basis.
Drones are already being used to examine high-tension electrical lines. They could do precisely the same thing to
inspect railway lines and other vital aspects of rail infrastructure such as the correct position of railway tracks and switching
points. The more regularly they can be inspected, the more railway safety, reliability and on-time performance will be
improved. Costs would be cut and operations would be more efficient (高效) across the board.That includes huge savings in maintenance costs and better protection of railway personnel safety. It is calculated that
European railways alone spend approximately 20 billion euros a year on maintenance, including sending maintenance staff,
often at night, to inspect and repair the rail infrastructure. That can be dangerous work that could be avoided with drones
assisting the crews’ efforts.
By using the latest technologies, drones could also start providing higher-value services for railways, detecting faults in
the rail or switches, before they can cause any safety problems. To perform these tasks, drones for rail don’t need to be
flying overhead. Engineers are now working on a new concept: the rail drones of the future. They will be moving on the
track ahead of the train, and programmed to run autonomously. Very small drones with advanced sensors and AI and
travelling ahead of the train could guide it like a co-pilot. With their ability to see ahead, they could signal any problem, so
that fast-moving trains would be able to react in time.
5．What makes the application of drones to rail lines possible?
A．The use of drones in checking on power lines. B．Drones’ ability to work at high altitudes.
C．The reduction of cost in designing drones. D．Drones’ reliable performance in remote areas.
6．What does “maintenance” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Personnel safety. B．Assistance from drones.
C．Inspection and repair. D．Construction of infrastructure.
7．What function is expected of the rail drones?
A．To provide early warning. B．To make trains run automatically.
C．To earn profits for the crews. D．To accelerate transportation.
8．Which is the most suitable title for the text?
A．What Faults Can Be Detected with Drones
B．How Production of Drones Can Be Expanded
C．What Difficulty Drone Development Will Face
D．How Drones Will Change the Future of Railways
（2022·全国I卷·阅读C）
The elderly residents (居民) in care homes in London are being given hens to look after to stop them feeling lonely.
The project was dreamed up by a local charity (慈善组织) to reduce loneliness and improve elderly people’s
wellbeing, It is also being used to help patients suffering dementia, a serious illness of the mind. Staff in care homes have
reported a reduction in the use of medicine where hens are in use.
Among those taking part in the project is 80-year-old Ruth Xavier. She said: “I used to keep hens when I was younger
and had to prepare their breakfast each morning before I went to school. ”
“I like the project a lot. I am down there in my wheelchair in the morning letting the hens out and down there again atnight to see they’ve gone to bed.”
“It’s good to have a different focus. People have been bringing their children in to see the hens and residents come and
sit outside to watch them. I’m enjoying the creative activities, and it feels great to have done something useful.”
There are now 700 elderly people looking after hens in 20 care homes in the North East, and the charity has been given
financial support to roll it out countrywide.
Wendy Wilson, extra care manager at 60 Penfold Street, one of the first to embark on the project, said: “Residents
really welcome the idea of the project and the creative sessions. We are looking forward to the benefits and fun the project
can bring to people here.”
Lynn Lewis, director of Notting Hill Pathways, said: “We are happy to be taking part in the project. It will really help
connect our residents through a shared interest and creative activities.”
9．What is the purpose of the project?
A．To ensure harmony in care homes. B．To provide part-time jobs for the aged.
C．To raise money for medical research. D．To promote the elderly people’s welfare.
10．How has the project affected Ruth Xavier?
A．She has learned new life skills. B．She has gained a sense of achievement.
C．She has recovered her memory. D．She has developed a strong personality.
11．What do the underlined words “embark on” mean in paragraph 7?
A．Improve. B．Oppose. C．Begin. D．Evaluate.
12．What can we learn about the project from the last two paragraphs?
A．It is well received. B．It needs to be more creative.
C．It is highly profitable. D．It takes ages to see the results.
（2022·全国II卷·阅读B）
We journalists live in a new age of storytelling, with many new multimedia tools. Many young people don’t even
realize it’s new. For them, it’s just normal.
This hit home for me as I was sitting with my 2-year-old grandson on a sofa over the Spring Festival holiday. I had
brought a children’s book to read. It had simple words and colorful pictures — a perfect match for his age.
Picture this: my grandson sitting on my lap as I hold the book in front so he can see the pictures. As I read, he reaches
out and pokes (戳) the page with his finger.
What’s up with that? He just likes the pictures, I thought. Then I turned the page and continued. He poked the page
even harder. I nearly dropped the book. I was confused: Is there something wrong with this kid?
Then I realized what was happening. He was actually a stranger to books. His father frequently amused the boy with a
tablet computer which was loaded with colorful pictures that come alive when you poke them. He thought my storybookwas like that.
Sorry, kid. This book is not part of your high-tech world. It’s an outdated, lifeless thing. An antique, like your
grandfather. Well, I may be old, but I’m not hopelessly challenged, digitally speaking. I edit video and produce audio. I use
mobile payment. I’ve even built websites.
There’s one notable gap in my new-media experience, however: I’ve spent little time in front of a camera, since I have
a face made for radio. But that didn’t stop China Daily from asking me last week to share a personal story for a video
project about the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.
Anyway, grandpa is now an internet star — two minutes of fame! I promise not to let it go to my head. But I will make
sure my 2-year-old grandson sees it on his tablet.
13．What do the underlined words “hit home for me” mean in paragraph 2?
A．Provided shelter for me. B．Became very clear to me.
C．Took the pressure off me. D．Worked quite well on me.
14．Why did the kid poke the storybook?
A．He took it for a tablet computer. B．He disliked the colorful pictures.
C．He was angry with his grandpa. D．He wanted to read it by himself.
15．What does the author think of himself?
A．Socially ambitious. B．Physically attractive.
C．Financially independent. D．Digitally competent.
16．What can we learn about the author as a journalist?
A．He lacks experience in his job. B．He seldom appears on television.
C．He manages a video department. D．He often interviews internet stars.
（2022·全国II卷·阅读C）
Over the last seven years, most states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have tried a wide
range of methods to persuade people to put down their phones when they are behind the wheel.
Yet the problem, by just about any measure, appears to be getting worse. Americans are still texting while driving, as
well as using social networks and taking photos. Road accidents, which had fallen for years, are now rising sharply.
That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, said distracted（分心）driving was "only increasing, unfortunately."
"Big change requires big ideas." he said in a speech last month, referring broadly to the need to improve road safety. So
to try to change a distinctly modern behavior, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back to an old approach:
They want to treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea from lawmakers in New York is to give police officers a new device called the Textalyzer. It would work likethis: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of the drivers and use the Textalyzer to check in the
operating system for recent activity. The technology could determine whether a driver had just texted, emailed or done
anything else that is not allowed under New York's hands-free driving laws.
"We need something on the books that can change people's behavior,” said Félix W. Ortiz, who pushed for the state's
2001 ban on hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becomes law, he said, "people are going to be more afraid to
put their hands on the cell phone."
17．Which of the following best describes the ban on drivers' texting in the US?
A．Ineffective. B．Unnecessary.
C．Inconsistent. D．Unfair.
18．What can the Textalyzer help a police officer find out?
A．Where a driver came from. B．Whether a driver used their phone.
C．How fast a driver was going. D．When a driver arrived at the scene.
19．What does the underlined word "something" in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Advice. B．Data. C．Tests. D．Laws.
20．What is a suitable title for the text?
A．To Drive or Not to Drive? Think Before You Start
B．Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer
C．New York Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers.
D．The Next Generation Cell Phone: The Textalyzer-
（2021·全国甲卷·阅读C）
When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning.
Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I
felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.
Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of
skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And
my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don't worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the
beam（横杆）, I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe.
A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that's
what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.
When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming.
Within a couple of years, I'd given it up.
When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I've traveledback several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to
watch the skaters. Weaving（穿梭）among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a
rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded（滑）up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice
the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he
began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”
“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”
21．What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London?
A．He felt disappointed. B．He gave up his hobby.
C．He liked the weather there. D．He had disagreements with his family.
22．What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean?
A．Be careful! B．Well done! C．No way! D．Don't worry!
23．Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London?
A．To join the skateboarding. B．To make new friends.
C．To learn more tricks. D．To relive his childhood days
24．What message does the author seem to convey in the text?
A．Children should learn a second language.
B．Sport is necessary for children's health.
C．Children need a sense of belonging
D．Seeing the world is a must for children.
（2021·全国乙卷·阅读B）
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline（座
机）?
These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In
fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their
smartphones according to a survey （调查）. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it’s not
really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket — 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent
keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor（因
素）— only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers
who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of
your household.Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than
providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone
are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone
（using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）.
How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk
deliveries?
25．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?
A．Their target users. B．Their wide popularity.
C．Their major functions. D．Their complex design.
26．What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Admit. B．Argue.
C．Remember. D．Remark.
27．What can we say about Baby Boomers?
A．They like smartphone games. B．They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C．They keep using landline phones. D．They are attached to their family.
28．What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?
A．It remains a family necessity.
B．It will fall out of use some day.
C．It may increase daily expenses.
D．It is as important as the gas light.
（2021·全国II卷·阅读B）
I have worked as a keeper at the National Zoo, Paris for 11 years. Spot and Stripe are the first tiger cubs that have ever
been born here. Globally, a third of Sumatran cubs in zoos don't make it to adulthood, so I decided to give them round-the-
clock care at home.
I've got two children—the younger one, Kynan, was extremely happy about the tigers arriving - but all of us really
looked forward to being part of their lives and watching them grow. I wasn't worried about bringing them into my home
with my wife and kids. These were cubs. They weighed about 2.5 kg and were so small that there was absolutely no risk.
As they grew more mobile, we let them move freely around the house during the day, but when we were asleep we had
to contain them in a large room, otherwise they'd get up to mischief. We'd come down in the morning to find they'd turned
the room upside down, and left it looking like a zoo.
Things quickly got very intense due to the huge amount of energy required to look after them. There were some tough
times and I just felt extremely tired. I was grateful that my family was there to help. We had to have a bit of a productionline going, making up “tiger milk”, washing baby bottles, and cleaning the floors.
When Spot and Stripe were four months old, they were learning how to open doors and jump fences, and we knew it
really was time for them to go. It was hard for us to finally part with them. For the first few days, Kynan was always a bit
disappointed that the cubs weren't there.
I'm not sad about it. I'm hands-on with them every day at the zoo, and I do look back very fondly on the time that we
had them.
29．Why did the author bring the tiger cubs home?
A．To ensure their survival. B．To observe their differences.
C．To teach them life skills. D．To let them play with his kids.
30．What do the underlined words “get up to mischief” mean in paragraph 3?
A．Behave badly. B．Lose their way. C．Sleep soundly. D．Miss their mom.
31．What did the author think of raising the tiger cubs at home?
A．Boring. B．Tiring. C．Costly. D．Risky.
32．Why did the author decide to send Spot and Stripe back to the zoo?
A．They frightened the children. B．They became difficult to contain.
C．They annoyed the neighbours. D．They started fighting each other.
（2020·全国I卷·阅读B）
Returning to a book you’ve read many times can feel like drinks with an old friend. There’s a welcome familiarity - but
also sometimes a slight suspicion that time has changed you both, and thus the relationship. But books don’t change, people
do. And that’s what makes the act of rereading so rich and transformative.
The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is based on our present mental register. It’s true,
the older I get, the more I feel time has wings. But with reading, it’s all about the present. It’s about the now and what one
contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and reader. Each has to pull their own weight.
There are three books I reread annually .The first, which I take to reading every spring is Emest Hemningway’s A
Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating (令人陶醉
的)，an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic
1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems,
because poetry. And because Cortazar.
While I tend to buy a lot of books, these three were given to me as gifs, which might add to the meaning I attach to
them. But I imagine that, while money is indeed wonderful and necessary, rereading an author’s work is the highest
currency a reader can pay them. The best books are the ones that open further as time passes. But remember, it’s you that
has to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.33．Why does the author like rereading?
A．It evaluates the writer-reader relationship.
B．It’s a window to a whole new world.
C．It’s a substitute for drinking with a friend.
D．It extends the understanding of oneself.
34．What do we know about the book A Moveable Feast?
A．It’s a brief account of a trip.
B．It’s about Hemingway’s life as a young man.
C．It’s a record of a historic event.
D．It’s about Hemingway’s friends in Paris.
35．What does the underlined word ＂currency＂ in paragraph 4 refer to?
A．Debt
B．Reward.
C．Allowance.
D．Face value.
36．What can we infer about the author from the text?
A．He loves poetry.
B．He’s an editor.
C．He’s very ambitious.
D．He teaches reading.
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When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn’t cross
your mind. But some ecologists and fashion (时装)enthusiasts are trying to bring back the market for fur made from
nutria(海狸鼠).
Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have showcased nutria fur made into clothes in different styles.
“It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur-unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year”,
says Cree McCree, project director of Righteous Fur.
Scientists in Louisiana were so concerned that they decided to pay hunters $5 a tail. Some of the fur ends up in the
fashion shows like the one in Brooklyn last month.
Nutria were brought there from Argentina by fur farmers and let go into the wild. “The ecosystem down there can’t
handle this non-native species(物种).It’s destroying the environment. It’s them or us.” says Michael Massimi, an expert in
this field.The fur trade kept nutria in check for decades，but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s，the cat-
sized animals multiplied like crazy.
Biologist Edmond Mouton runs the nutria control program for Louisiana. He says it’s not easy to convince people that
nutria fur is green, but he has no doubt about it. Hunters bring in more than 300,000 nutria tails a year, so part of Mouton’s
job these days is trying to promote fur.
Then there’s Righteous Fur and its unusual fashion. Model Paige Morgan says，”To give people a guilt-free option
that they can wear without someone throwing paint on them-1 think that’s going to be a massive thing, at least here in New
York.” Designer Jennifer Anderson admits it took her a while to come around to the opinion that using nutria fur for her
creations is morally acceptable. She trying to come up with a label to attach to nutria fashions to show it is eco-friendly.
37．What is the purpose of the fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn?
A．To promote guilt-free fur.
B．To expand the fashion market.
C．To introduce a new brand.
D．To celebrate a winter holiday.
38．Why are scientists concerned about nutria?
A．Nutria damage the ecosystem seriously.
B．Nutria are an endangered species.
C．Nutria hurt local cat-sized animals.
D．Nutria are illegally hunted.
39．What does the underlined word “collapsed” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Boomed. B．Became mature. C．Remained stable. D．Crashed.
40．What can we infer about wearing fur in New York according to Morgan?
A．It’s formal. B．It’s risky. C．It’s harmful. D．It’s traditional.
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I have a special place in my heart for libraries. I have for as long as I can remember. I was always an enthusiastic
reader, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or
went to parties, I lived out adventures through the books I checked out from the library.
My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old .It was a dream job and I did everything from
shelving books to reading to the children for story time.
As I grew older and became a mother, the library took on a new place and an added meaning in my life. I had several
children and books were our main source(来源) of entertainment. It was a big deal for us to load up and go to the local
library, where my kids could pick out books to read or books they wanted me to read to them.I always read ,using different voices ,as though I were acting out the stories with my voice and they loved it !It was a
special time to bond with my children and it filled them with the wonderment of books .
Now, I see my children taking their children to the library and I love that the excitement of going to the library lives on
form generation to generation.
As a novelist, I’ve found a new relationship with libraries. I encourage readers to go to their local library when they
can’t afford to purchase a book. I see libraries as a safe haven(避风港) for readers and writers, a bridge that helps put
together a reader with a book. Libraries, in their own way, help fight book piracy(盗版行为) and 1 think all writers should
support libraries in a significant way when they can. Encourage readers to use the library. Share library announcements on
your social media. Frequent them and talk about them when you can.
41．Which word best describes the author’s relationship with books as a child?
A．Cooperative. B．Uneasy. C．Inseparable. D．Casual.
42．What does the underlined phrase “an added meaning” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Pleasure from working in the library.
B．Joy of reading passed on in the family.
C．Wonderment from acting out the stories.
D．A closer bond developed with the readers.
43．What does the author call on other writers to do?
A．Sponsor book fairs. B．Write for social media.
C．Support libraries. D．Purchase her novels.
44．Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Reading: A Source of Knowledge
B．My Idea about writing
C．Library: A Haven for the Young
D．My Love of the Library
