PAGEUnit5WorkingtheLandⅠ.閱讀理解Scientistssayahugepercentageofbirdspeciesareindangerbecausetheirhabitats,orhomelands,aredisappearing.Traditionalmigration(遷徙)pathstakebirdsthroughcountriesthatarenotprotectingtheplacesforbirdstostop,restandfeed.Thescientistsstudiedthemigrationorflightpathsofalmost1,500species.Theydecidedthat91percentofthempassedthroughdangerousareas.Themajordangerformigratorybirdsisdevelopment.Buildingsandpavementshavecoveredtheplaceswherebirdsstopandfeedastheymovefromonepartoftheworldtoanother.Oneofthescientistswhoworkedonthestudysays,“Manyoftheseimportantplaceshavebeenlosttoland_reclamationbecauseofurban,industrialandagriculturallandexpansion.”Theproblem,accordingtoscientists,isthatmanyofthesesmallbirdsdiealongtheirmigrationpathsbecausetheydon'thaveasafeplacetofeedandrest.Thereisnoplacetorestore(復原)theirenergyforthenextpartoftheirjourney.CountriesinNorthAfrica,CentralAsiaandthosealongthecoastsofEastAsiaarehavingthemostdifficulttimeinprotectingland.Thescientistssaythesecountriesdonothaveenoughareasthataresafeforbirds.Onespeciesthatdoesn'texistnowistheEskimocurlew.“Ourworldgetspoorereverytimeweloseaspecies，”oneofthescientistssays.Theresearcherssaycountriesneedtoworktogetherandcomeupwithsafestoppingareasforbirdsthatpassthroughtheirboundaries.Forexample,onecountrymighthavepreservedsafezonesformigratingbirds.Butaneighborcountrymightnot.Abirdmightdie.OnescientistwhoisnotconnectedwiththereporttellsLosAngelesTimesthatwhilesomehabitatsarechanging,moreworkcanbedonetomakeurbanareassafeforbirds.Hesayssmallchanges,likeplantingmorenativeplantsorkeepingcatsoutoftheareasbirdswouldbelikelytouse,couldmakeabigdifference.本文是一篇生態環境類短文。隨著城市化建設和工農業發展，候鳥棲息地遭到嚴峻破壞，這將干脆導致大量鳥類物種的消逝。1．Thedisappearanceofthebirdhabitatsismainlycausedby________.A．development B．thechangeofclimateC．fillingseastogrowgrain D．thelossoflandandwater答案：A解析：細微環節理解題。依據第三段中的Themajordangerformigratorybirdsisdevelopment.Buildingsandpavementshavecoveredtheplaceswherebirdsstopandfeed和Manyoftheseimportantplaceshavebeenlosttoland_reclamationbecauseofurban,industrialandagriculturallandexpansion可知，導致大量鳥類棲息地消逝的主要緣由是發展，詳細表現在城鎮、工業和農業用地的擴張。故選A。2.Whatdotheunderlinedwords“landreclamation”inParagraph3mean?A．Abusingthefarmingland. B．Thedisappearanceofgoodland.C．Causingthelandqualitytogetworse. D．Makinglandsuitableforfarmingorbuilding.答案：D解析：詞義揣測題。依據文章第三段becauseofurban,industrialandagriculturallandexpansion及前后內容可知，由于城市、工業和農業用地的擴張，可以揣測出landreclamation意為“土地開墾”，所以Makinglandsuitableforfarmingorbuilding.的表述符合該詞義。故選D。3．Manybirdsdieonthewayofmigrationmainlybecausethey________.A．areharmedbyhumans B．arekilledbyotheranimalsC．havetotakealongjourney D．havenosafeplacetorestandeat答案：D解析：細微環節理解題。依據第四段中的Theproblem,accordingtoscientists,isthatmanyofthesesmallbirdsdiealongtheirmigrationpathsbecausetheydon'thaveasafeplacetofeedandrest.Thereisnoplacetorestore(復原)theirenergyforthenextpartoftheirjourney.可知，遷徙中死去的鳥主要是因為在遷徙途中沒有可供休息和進食的平安地點。故選D。4．Accordingtotheresearchers,howcanweprotectthemigratingbirds?A．Bykeepingfewercatsordogs.B．Bystoppingtheurbandevelopment.C．Byhelpingchangethebirds'migrationpaths.D．Bypreservingthelocalecologicalenvironments.答案：D解析：推理推斷題。文章最終兩段是說，各國須要合作，為路過的鳥類供應平安的棲息地。各國可以做一些工作，把該國的城鎮區域變成鳥類平安的棲息地。結合最終所列舉的兩項舉措我們可推知，要愛護好遷徙的鳥類，我們就要愛護好地方生態環境。故選D。Ⅱ.七選五Smalltalkisagoodwaytomakefriends.Ifyoutraveltoothercountriesorhavefriendsfromabroad,doyouknowhowtousesmalltalktomakeconversation?InBritain,thebesttopicistheweather.Britishweatherischangingallthetime.__1__Besidesweather,it'sgoodtotalkaboutgardenswithEnglishpeople.Youcouldsay“Thoseroseslookreallybeautiful,don'tthey？”__2__Soit'salsonicetostartwith“Whatalovelydog!Whatisitsname？”InAmerica,peopleliketotalkaboutsportsnews,suchasAmericanfootballandbasketball.__3__Soyoumightsay“It'saniceshirt!Wheredidyougetit？”Weatherisasafetopicthere,too.__4__Don'taskpeople“Howoldareyou？”Neverask:“Howmuchmoneydoyoumake？”Itmakespeopleuncomfortable.Don'taskstrangerswhethertheyaremarried.__5__Thereareothersinourdailylife.A．Englishpeoplelovetheirpets.B．Americansalsotalkaboutclothes.C．Politicsorreligionisnotagoodtopic.D．Onlyafewtopicsarenotusedforsmalltalk.E．Therearealsoalotoftopicstoavoidduringsmalltalk.F．Youcanstartchattingbysaying“It'salovelydaytoday,isn'tit？”G．Friendsareimportanttousall,buthowtomakefriendsisaproblem.本文是一篇說明文，介紹了怎樣和外國人開啟一個閑聊的話題。1．F解析：依據本空前的“InBritain,thebesttopicistheweather.”可知，在英國，天氣是最好的話題，故F項(你可以這樣起先閑聊：“今日天氣真好，不是嗎？”)符合語境。2．A解析：依據本空后的“Soit'salsonicetostartwith‘Whatalovelydog!Whatisitsname？’”可知，以“多么可愛的狗狗啊！它叫什么？”開啟一段對話也很好，故A項(英國人喜愛他們的寵物)符合語境。3．B解析：依據本空后的“Soyoumightsay‘It'saniceshirt!Wheredidyougetit？’”可知，你也可以說“襯衫很不錯！你在哪里買的？”，故B項(美國人也談論服飾)符合語境。4．E解析：依據本空后的“Don'taskpeople‘Howoldareyou？’Neverask:‘Howmuchmoneydoyoumake？’”可知，不要問別人的年齡和薪水，故E項(在閑聊中也有許多話題要避開)符合語境。5．C解析：依據本空前的內容可知，本段舉例說明閑聊時要避開的話題，故C項(政治和宗教不是一個好的話題)符合語境。Ⅲ.讀后續寫閱讀下面材料，依據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。續寫的詞數應為150左右。SaraSavickremembersonespecialEasterwhenshewasnineyearsold.Herparentsgaveherababyducklinginayellowbasket.“Momsaidlaterthatsheboughtthelittleduckbecauseshefeltsorryforit，”recalledSara.ThepeopleatthepetstorecoloredthefeatherspinkforEaster.SaranamedtheduckPinky.Sara'smotherreallydidn'tthinkthebabyduckwouldsurviveverylong.Buttohersurprise,Pinkygrewandgotstrongerandstronger.Soon,thelittleducklingwasahealthy,hungryduckwithwhitefeathers.“WefedPinkyoatmeal,cookedanduncooked,andsmallpiecesofvegetables，”saidSara.PinkylivedinsidethehousewithSaraandherfamily.ShespeciallyfanciedtakingbathswithSara.EveryonetreatedPinkyasafamilymember.Butjustwheneverythingappearedtobeperfect,thenightofthe“talk”came.Sara'smomanddadsatherdown,explainingthatthebestthingforPinkywastoliveanormalducklife,withotherducks.Itwasnotnaturalforduckstoliveindoorswithafamily,herfathertoldher.HeaddedPinkyneededtoswiminpondsanddoallthesamethingsthatducksinthewilddo.Sarastartedtocry,knowingwhatwasgoingtohappen.Sara'sparentsdecidedtotakePinkytoapark,whichwastwomilesaway.Therewasapondwithalotofotherducks.PinkywouldhavethechancetoliveanaturallifeandSaracouldstillvisither.Thebigdaycame,SaraandherparentsputPinkyinaboxanddrovetothepark.SarasaidthatPinkydidnotlookhappy;maybePinkywasconvincedthatshewasahuman,notaduck.答案Paragraph1：EveryonewassadwhentheyleftPinkyatthepond,evenSara'sfather.ButhetriedtoconvinceSarathatPinkywasfine.Walkingtowardsthecar,SaralookedoverhershoulderandsawPinkystandingalone.Theotherduckswereswimmingaroundincircles,lookingatPinky.ToSara,itseemed