三年真题研读03(阅读理解)(解析版)

2021年1月25日发(作者：武装分子)
三年真题研读
03(
阅读理解
)

一、真题解析

2019
A

【语篇简析】浏览三个划线粗体字标题结合文中的第一段就 一句话可知：这是一篇应用文
(Buxton
游乐场
的宣传海报
)
， 主要介绍了三个活动项目。

you want to take an undergounld journey, which place is the best choice?
A. Pole
’
s Caven.
【答案】
A
【解析】细节理解题。由
High energy
标题中的
“...
or
journey beneath the earth at Poole’s Cavern”
可知，在

Poole’s Cavern
，
可以在地下旅行，
也就是乘坐地铁旅行。< br>所以如果你想乘地铁旅行，
Poole’s Cavern
是你最好的选择。故
A
选项正确。

Open House & Pavilion Arts Centre is special because it offers ________.
A. rides in small trains










B. courses in modcm arts
D. basic courses in horse riding

B. Pavilion Gardens.

C. Buxton Museum.
D. Green Man Gallery.
C. artistic and cultural activities
【答案】
C
【解析】
细节理解题。
由
High minded
标题中的
“Buxton is justifiably proud of it’
s cultural life and you will find
much
to
suit
all
tastes
with
art,
music,
opera,
and
the
performing
arts
at
Buxton
Opera
House
&
Pavilion Arts Center and Green Man Gallery”
可知，
Buxton
以其丰富的文化 生活而自豪；
在
Buxton
Opera House & Pavilion Arts Center and Green Man Gallery
，您将发现许多适合各种品味 的艺术、
音乐、歌剧和表演艺术。所以
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Center
特别是因为它提供艺术
和文化活动。故
C
选项正确。

B
In the 1960s, while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone National Park, Bob Christiansen became
puzzled about something that, oddly, had not troubled anyone before: he couldn
’
t find the park
’
s volcano. It had
been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature
—
that
’
s what accounted for all its hot springs
and other steamy features. But Christiansen couldn
’
t find the Yellowstone volcano anywhere.
Most of us, when we talk about volcanoes, think of the classic cone(
圆锥体
)shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro
，
which are created when erupting magma(
岩浆
)piles up. These can form remarkably quickly. In 1943, a Mexican
farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land. In one week he was the confused owner of a
cone five hundred feet high. Within two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than
half a mile across. Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on Earth, all but a few hundred of
them extinct. There is, however, a second les known type of volcano that doesn
’
t involve mountain building. These
are volcanoes so explosive that they burst open in a single big crack, leaving behind a vast hole, the caldera.
Yellowstone obviously was of this second type, but Christiansen couldn
’
t find the caldera anywhere.
Just at this time NASA decided to test some new high-altitude cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone.
A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a
nice blow-up for one of the visitors
’
centers. As soon as Christiansen saw the photos, he realized why he had failed
to spot the caldera; almost the whole park-2.2 million acres
—
was caldera. The explosion had left a hole more than
forty miles across
—
much too huge to be seen from anywhere at ground level. At some time in the past Yellowstone
must have blown up with a violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans.
【语篇简析】
本篇为说明文。
短文第一句
“
在
20
世纪
60
年代，
在研究黄石国家公园的火山历史时，
鲍勃
·
克
里斯蒂安森对一些奇怪的事情感到困惑：他找不到公园的火山
”
提出话题，接着解惑 ：原来，
这儿的火山并不是像我们大部分人想象的那种圆锥体形状的高耸的样子，
而是一个巨大 的洞，
这个洞太大了以至于从地面上的任何地方都看不见。

puzzled Christiansen when he was studying Yellowstone
？

A. Its complicated geographical features.
C. The mysterious history of the park.
【答案】
D
【解析】
细节理解题。
根据第一段最后一句
But Christiansen couldn’t find the Yellowstone volcano anywhere.
可知，他困惑的是到处看不到火山。这里转换表达成他困惑的是火山的恰切位置。故 选
D
。

does the second-paragraph mainly talk about
？

A. The shapes of volcanoes.









B. The impacts of volcanoes.
D. The heights of volcanoes.





B. Its ever-lasting influence on tourism.
D. The exact location of the volcano.
C. The activities of volcanoes.

【答案】
A 【解析】主旨大意题。本段讲述了两种形状的火山，一种是通常人们所理解的由火山岩浆堆积形成的圆
锥体，还有一种极具爆发力的火山，它们会在一个大裂缝中爆裂，留下一个巨大的洞，故选
A
。

does the underlined word
“
blow- up
”
in the last paragraph most probably mean
？

A. Hot-air balloon.

【答案】
C
【解析】词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句
Just
at
this
time
NASA
decided
to
test
some
new
high-altitude
cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone. A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to
the
park
authorities
on
the assumption
that
they
might
make
a
nice
blow-up
for
one
of
the
visitors
’

centers.
可知，美 国国家航空和宇宙航行局为测试一些新的高海拔照相机而拍摄了黄石公园的照
片。一位深思熟虑的官员把 其中的一些照片副本转交给了公园管理部门，认为他们可能会将其
B. Digital camera.


C. Big photograph.
D. Bird
’
s view.
放大以供其中一个游客中心展示。故可知，此处意为将照片放大，选
C
。

C
Who cares if people think wrongly that the Internet has had more important influences than the washing
machine? Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes?
It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people
’
s opinions. However, they have real
impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.
The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the
Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so
“
yesterday
”
that they should try
to live on ideas. This belief in
“
post-industrial society
”
has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing
sector(
制造业
)with negative consequences for their economies.
Even more worryingly, the fascination with the Internet by people in rich countries has moved the
international community to worry about the
“
digital divide
”
between the rich countries and the poor countries. This
has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and
Internet facilities. The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the most. Perhaps
giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making
more affordable washing machines would have improved people
’
s lives more than giving every child a laptop
computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more
important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term
costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.
In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the
technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a
“
borderless world
”
.
As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening
today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back.
Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on
cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.
Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the
national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level. However, our
fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all
sorts of wrong directions.
【语篇简析】本文属于议论文。作者一开始提出问题：谁在乎人们错误地认为 互联网比洗衣机有更重要的
影响？为什么人们对最近的变化印象更深刻这一点很重要？作者接着提出自己 的观点：如果
错误的判断仅仅是人们的意见而已，那到没有多大关系。然而，错误的判断会有实际的影响
——
导致稀缺资源的使用不当。然后进行具体的论述，最后得出结论：我们不应该一味盲目地追求最新科技的运用，传统的科技在今天依然占有一席之地。

gments on the influences of new technology can lead to __________.
A. a lack of confidence in technology
C. a conflict of public opinions
【答案】
D
【解析】细节理解题。根据
misjudgments
定位到第二段：
It would not matter if these misjudgments were just
a
matter
of
peo
ple’s
opinions.
However,
they
have
real
impacts,
as
they
result
in
m
isguided
use
of
scarce resources.
可知：如果错误的判断仅仅是人们的意见而已，那到没有多大关系。然而，错误< br>的判断会有实际的影响
——
导致稀缺资源的使用不当。
其中题干中的
l ead to
与原文中的
result in
为同义替换；选项中的
limi ted
与原文中的
scarce
为同义替换。
其他三个选项
(
导致缺乏科技自信
/
缓慢的科技发展进程
/
大众观点的冲突
)都不符合原文意思。故选
D
。

example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should __________.
A. take people
’
s essential needs into account

C. ensure that each child gets financial support
【答案】
A
【解析 】推理判断题。第四段讲的是人们对科技的过度迷恋与观念上的误区使得他们在帮助发展中国家
和贫困地 区时在捐助物品上的选择错误。第四行的转折词
however
后提出捐赠者赠予的电脑与互联网设备并非是发展中国家最需要的，也许实用性强的产品相对于给每个孩子一台电脑更能
帮助提 升人们的生活水平，
由第六行的
more than
比较关系可以排除
D选项；
根据这一段主要讲
的内容
(
捐赠者在捐赠物资上的类型选择，而不 是直接捐款
)
可以排除
C
选项；由段尾句
“many
donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs
and benefits of alternati
ve uses of their money.”

可知捐赠者的捐助要考虑到人们的实际需求，
故推断选项
A
正确。
B
选项
“
使得该项目更为吸引人
”
与题意无关。

63. What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations?
A. Neglecting the impacts of technological advances.
B. Believing that the world has become borderless.
C. Ignoring the power of economic development.


B. make their programmes attractive to people
D. provide more affordable internet facilities







B. a slow progress in technology
D. a waste of limited resources
D. Over-emphasizing the role of international communication.
【答案】
B
【解析】推理判断题。由第五段最后一句
“
Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to
some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor
results.
”
不难看出这道题的重点在于要弄清楚

“Believing in such a world”
到底指的是什么。看本
段第一句可知：对于新兴科技的迷恋已经导致人们相信，最近通信和运输科技方面的变化出现
如此彻底的 变革，
以至于我们现在生活在一个
“
无国界的世界
”
里。
因 此
“such a world”
指的就是
“a
borderless < br>world”
，故选
B
项
(
是对以上这句话的同义替换
)
。其余三个选项
(
忽略了科技进步的影
响
/
忽略了经济 发展的力量
/
过度强调国际交流的角色作用
)
表里不一，没有答在点子上。< br>
can we learn from the passage?
A. People should be encouraged to make more donations.
B. Traditional technology still has a place nowadays.
C. Making right career choices is crucial to personal success.
D. Economic policies should follow technological trends.
【答案】
B
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段
“However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation

of what
has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.”
可知：对

于最新科技的迷恋，加上我们对于最新流行趋势的低估，可能会并且已经做出了很多错

误的决定。言下之意：我们不应该一味盲目地追求最新科技的运用，也就是
B
选项所说
“
传

统的科技在今天依然占有一席之地
”
。此选项也可以由第三 段最后一句：
This belief in

“
post- industrial
society
”

has
led
those
countries
to
neglect
their
manufacturing
sector(
制造业
)with
negative consequences for their economies.(
这些国家忽略了传统的制造业，导致对他们经济产

生了负面 的影响
)
得到验证。根据
62
题的答案可以排除
A
选项：人 们捐钱固然很好，但是仍

然需要理智判断该把钱捐到那些正确的方面上；
C
选项：作出正确的职业选择对于个人的成功

是关键。这是在偷换概念，对原文的曲解。因为原文的意思是：理解科技趋势对于在个体水
< br>平上做出正确的职业决定很重要
(
重要的是理解科技趋势，而不是做出正确的职业选择< br>)
；
D
选

项：经济政策应该跟随科技趋势，与
C
选项错误的原因相一致。

D
The 65-year-old Steve Goodwin was found suffering from early Alzheimer
’
s(
阿尔楚海默症
). He was losing
his memory.
A software engineer by profession, Steve was a keen lover of the piano, and the only musician in his family.
Music was his true passion, though he had never performed outside the family.
Melissa, his daughter, felt it more than worthwhile to save his music, to which she fell asleep catch night when
she was young. She thought about hiring a professional pianist to work with her father.
Naomi, Melissa
’
s best friend and a talented pianist, got to know about this and showed willingness to help.
“Why do this?” Steve wondered.

“Because she cares.” Melissa said.

Steve nodded, tears in eye.
Naomi drove to the Goodwin home. She told Steve she
’
d love to hear him play. Steve moved to the piano and
sat at the bench, hands trembling as he gently placed his fingers on the keys.
Naomi put a small recorder near the piano, Starts and stops and mistakes. Long pauses, heart sinking. But
Steve pressed on, playing for the first time in his life for a stranger.
“It was beautiful.

Her responsibility, her privilege, would be to rescue it. The music was sill in Steve Goodwin. It was bidden in
rooms with doors about to be locked.
Naomi and Steve met every other week and spent hours together. He
’
d move his fingers clumsily on the piano,
and then she
’
d take his place. He struggled to explain what he heard in his head. He stood by the piano, eyes closed,
listening for the first time to his own work being played by someone else.
Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new
key. Steve heard it. All of it. He just couldn
’
t play it.
Working with Naomi did wonders for Steve. It had excited within him the belief he could write one last song.
One day, Naomi received an email. Attached was a recording, a recording of loss and love, of the fight. Steve called
it “Melancholy Flower”.

Naomi heard multiple stops and starts, Steve struggling, searching while his
wife Joni called him “honey” and
encouraged him. The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting. Joni praised him, telling
her husband this could be his signature piece.
Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steve
’
s favorite, and most personal songs. With Naomi
’
s help, the
Goodwin family found a sound engineer to record Naomi playing Steve
’
s songs. Joni thought that would be the end.
But it wasn
’
t.
In the months leading up to the 2016 Oregon Repertory Singers Christmas concert, Naomi told the director she
had a special one in mind: “Melancholy Flower”

She told the director about her project with Steve. The director agreed to add it to the playing list. But Naomi
would have to ask Steve
’
s permission. He considered it an honor.
After the concert, Naomi told the family that Steve
’
s music was beautiful and professional. It needed to be
shared in public.
The family rented a former church in downtown Portland and scheduled a concert. By the day of the show,
more than 300 people had said they would attend.
By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names of some of his friends. He knew the path his
life was now taking. He told his family he was at peace.
Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surrounded by his family. The house lights faded. Naomi took the stage.
Her fingers. His heart.
【语篇简析】
本文属于记叙文。
短文由首句
“65
岁的古德云被发现 患有早期阿尔茨海默氏症，
他失去了记忆
”
展开了故事的叙述：短文介绍了
S teve
在患阿兹海默症之际，通过女儿的朋友
Naomi
的帮助，
最终留下 属于自己乐章并在镇子里的教堂进行演出的故事，

did Melissa want to save her father
’
s music?
A. His music could stop his disease from worsening.
B. She wanted to please her dying old father.
C. His music deserved to be preserved in the family.
D. She wanted to make her father a professional.
【答案】
C
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段可知，
Steve
的专业是学的软件工程，还是一个钢琴的热爱者，是家里
唯一的音乐家，音 乐是他真正热爱的东西，尽管没有在家以外的地方弹奏过钢琴。根据第三段
Melissa, his daughter, felt it more than worthwhile to save his music.
可知他的女儿
Melissa
觉得保存
他的音乐很有价值，故选
C
。本题容易误选
B
项
(Melissa
想取悦她快要死去 的老父亲
)
，其实根
本目的还是为了帮助父亲保持住音乐方面的才华来对抗遗忘。
hearing Steve
’
s playing, Naomi ________.
A. refused to make a comment on it





B. was deeply impressed by his music
D. regretted offering help to her friend
C. decided to free Steve from suffering

【答案】
B
【解析】推理判断题。根据第十段

“it was beautiful,” Naomi said after listening to the recording. “ the music
was
worth
saving.”
可知，听了录音之后< br>Naomi
说很美，值得保存，故可以得出
Naomi
对
Steve< br>的音乐印象深刻，故选
B
。

can the process of Steve
’
s recording be described?
A. It was slow but productive.

C. It was tiresome for Naomi.

【答案】
A
【解析】
推理判断题。
根据第十二段
He’d move his fingers clumsily on the piano, and then she’d take his place.
He struggled to explain what he heard in his head.
以及第十三段
Steve and Naomi spoke in musical
code: lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key. Steve heard it. All of it,
he just couldn’t play it.
可知，
Steve
会笨拙地把手指放在钢琴上，
然后
Naomi
把手指放在他放的地
方，并且
Steve
努 力解释脑海里的内容，所有的这些，都是
Naomi
在弹奏，而
Steve
在 听，故可
知这个录制过程很慢。根据第十六段
Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steve’s favorite, and most
personal
songs.
可知作品很多。故选
A
。
BD
选项是无中生有，文章根本没有提及；
C
选项中的
“tiresome”
明显有误。

Steve finished “Melancholy Flower,

A. thought the music talent of Steve was exhausted
B. didn
’
t expect the damage the disease brought about








B. It was beneficial to his health.
D. It was vital for Naomi
’
s career.
C. didn
’
t fully realize the value of her husband
’
s music
D. brought her husband
’
s music career to perfection
【答案】
C
【解析】
推理判断题。
根据第十六段
Joni thought that would be the end. But it wasn’t.
以及后文
Steve< br>取得的
成就可知在完成
Melancholy Flower
之前，他的妻子还 没完全意识到丈夫的音乐的真正价值，故
选
C
。
本题也可以用排除法解题：< br>根据第
15
段中
(Joni
在
Steve
创作过程中 的支持和鼓励
)
可以排
除
A
选项
(
认为
S teve
的音乐天赋已然耗尽
)
；
B
选项
(
没有预 料到疾病会带来的糟糕后果
)
是无中
生有；
D
选项
(
使丈夫的音乐生涯走向完美
)
是张冠李戴。

did Steve feel at the concert held in downtown Portland
？

A. He felt concerned about his illness.
C. He regained his faith in music.

【答案】
D
【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段
He knew the path his life was now taking. He told his family he was at
p eace.
可知，他知道自己一生要选择的路，告诉家人他很平静，故可知，家乡的音乐会让他重新坚定了对音乐的信念，
故选
D
。
A
选项
(
他很 担心自己的疾病
)
无中生有；
B
选项
(
他感受到了对音





B. He sensed a responsibility for music.
D. He got into a state of quiet.
乐有一份责任感
)
是过度推断；
D
选项
(
他重拾了对音乐的信念
)
是在文章第
14
段有所提 及，而不
是在最后的
Portland
音乐会上，所以是张冠李戴。

can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. The Kindness of Friends









B. The Power of Music
D. The Value of Determination
C. The Making of a Musician

【答案】
B
【解析】主旨 大意题。本文主要讲述一个钢琴师帮助一个患老年痴呆症的人录制音乐的故事，其录制过
程比较艰苦，但 是录制的音乐很成功，也让老人对音乐充满了信心。一句话：音乐是
Steve
和家
人 对抗疾病的力量之源。故
B
项
“
音乐的力量
”
概括了全文内 容，是最佳标题。其余三个选项
(
朋
友的善良
/
一个音乐家的诞生< br>/
决心的价值
)
都过于片面，不能很好地概况本文主旨大意

2018
A

【语篇简析】浏览一下就可以判断本篇体裁为应用文
(
广告或旅游指南
)
。文章主要介绍了
The Metropolitan
Museum of Art
以及分馆
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
的相关情况。所测两题都是细节理
解题，只要根据相关信息进行解题。

56. How much may they pay if an 11-year-old girl and her working parents visit the museum?
A. $$12.




【答案】
C

【解析】细节理解题。根据
admission
部分
“$$25 recommended for adults, $$12 recommended for students, free


B. $$37.




C. $$ 50.






D. $$ 62.
for children under 12 with an adult(12
岁以下的孩子在一名成人陪伴下免费
)”
可知
11< br>岁的女孩和她
父母去参观博物馆只需付两个成人的票价即
25×
2=50
，故答案为
C
。

57. The attraction of the Cloisters museum and gardens lies in the fact that _______.
A. it opens all the year round







B. its collections date from the Middle Ages
D. it sells excellent European glass collections
C. it has a modern European-style garden

【答案】
B
【解析】细节理解题。本题可以用排除法轻松搞定答案。
A选项问题出在
“all
the
year
round
全年< br>(
最后一
行说感恩节、圣诞节和元旦节不开放
)”(
正误参半
)
；
C
选项错在并不是一个公园，也不是现代欧
洲风格的
(
颠倒是非
)
；
D
选项错在不卖藏品
(
无中生有
)< br>。
根据
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
部
分
“the extensive c
ollection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects
from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.
广泛的收藏品包 括雕塑、彩色玻璃和珍贵
物品的杰作，
这些艺术品来自欧洲，
可追溯到
9世纪至
15
世纪
”
可以得知，
The Cloisters Museum
and Gardens
的吸引人的地方在于它的中古时期的收藏品，故选
B
。

B
In the 1760s, Mathurin Roze opened a series of shops that boasted(
享有
)a special meat soup called consommé
.
Although the main attraction was the soup, Roze
’
s chain shops also set a new standard for dining out, which helped
to establish Roze as the inventor of the modern restaurant.
Today, scholars have generated large amounts of instructive research about restaurants. Take visual hints that
influence what we eat: diners served themselves about 20 percent more pasta(
意大利面食
)when their plates
matched their food. When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers
recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.
Lighting matters, too. When Berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldn
’
t tell how much they
’
d
had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, none the wiser
—
they didn
’
t feel fuller, and they
were just as ready for dessert.
Time is money, but that principle means different things for different types of restaurants. Unlike fast-food
places, fine dining shops prefer customers to stay longer and spend. One way to encourage customers to stay and
order that extra round: put on some Mozart(
莫扎特
).When classical, rather than pop, music was playing, diners
spent more. Fast music hurried diners out.
Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender(
薰衣草
)stayed longer and spent
more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.
Meanwhile, things that you might expect to discourage spending
—“bad” tables, crowding, high prices —

don
’
t necessarily. Diners at bad tables
—
next to the kitchen door, say
—
spent nearly as much as others but soon
fled. It can be concluded that restaurant keepers need not “be overly concerned about ‘
bad
’

tables,” given that
they
’
re profitable. As for crowds, a Hong Kong study found that they increased a restaurant
’
s reputation, suggesting
great food at fair prices. And doubling a buffet
’
s price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.
【语篇简析】浏览第一段可知本篇体裁为说明文。从第二段地研究
“Today,
scholars
have
generated
large
amounts of instructive research about restaura nts.
今天，学者们展开了对餐厅的大量指导性研究
”
可知文章介绍了这些一系列研 究及其得出的结论和解决方案。

58. The underlined phrase “none the wiser” in paragraph 3 most probably implies that the c
ustomers were _______.
A. not aware of eating more than usual

C. not conscious of the food quality
【答案】
A
【解析】词义猜测题。前面铺垫的背景是在黑暗的环境下，顾客不知道自 己已经吃了多少，给他们上额
外的量他们也会继续吃，而破折号后面的内容告诉我们：顾客即使吃的多了 也不会觉得自己更
饱而且还能继续吃，结合选项应该是：顾客意识不到自己吃得比平时多。本题不难在于
BCD
三
个选项：
“
不愿意与他人分享食物、
没有意识到食 物的种质量、
不喜欢提供的食物
”
明显与破折号
前后内容不匹配。

59. How could a fine dining shop make more profit?
A. Playing classical music.









B. Introducing lemon scent.
D. Using plates of larger size.





B. not willing to share food with others
D. not fond of the food provided
C. Making the light brighter.

【答案】
A
【解析】
细节理解题。
根据
“a fine dining shop”
定位到第四段中的
“One way to encourage customers to stay and
order
that
extra
round:
put
on
some
Mozart
一 个鼓励顾客留下来多点菜的方法就是放莫扎特的音
乐
”
可知选
A
。< br>B
选项与文中的叙述
“
如果食客闻到了薰衣草香，
就会比那些闻到柠檬 香或者没有
闻到香味的食客呆的时间更长，花的钱更多
”
相矛盾
(
颠 倒是非
)
；
C
选项与第三段的叙述也是相
矛盾的
(
颠倒是非
)
；
而
D
选项文章没有提及
(
无中生有< br>)
，
所以用排除方法也可以搞定答案
(
不过时
间耗不起
)
。

60. What does the last paragraph talk about?
A. Tips to attract more customers.






B. Problems restaurants are faced with.
D. Common misunderstandings about restaurants.
C. Ways to improve restaurants
’
reputation.
【答案】
D
【解析】
(
段落
)
主旨大意题。文章 最后一段澄清了几个误解：所谓的
“
桌子不太好，人太多，价格太高
”
都不是影响人们消费的因素。然后依次举例进行了说明。所以本段主要讲的是人们对于饭店的几
个通常 的误解，
故选
D
。
A
选项
“
吸引更多顾客的建议< br>”
，
本段并未提到吸引更多顾客的建议。
(
无
中生有，生搬硬 套
)
；
B
选项
“
餐馆面临的问题
”
本段 虽提到了餐馆存在的几个问题，但并不是主
要谈及此内容，选项概括得内容范围过大
(
过于笼统
)
；
C
选项
“
提高饭店声誉的途径
”本段提到了
一项研究发现指出拥挤提高了一个餐馆的声誉，
但这只是本段的一项内容
(
以偏概全，
主次不分
)
。

C
If you want to disturb the car industry, you
’
d better have a few billion dollars: Mom-and-pop carmakers are
unlikely to beat the biggest car companies. But in agriculture, small farmers can get the best of the major players.
By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the
ecosystems(
生态系统
), small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys. As the co-founder of the National
Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC,
美国青年农会
) and a family farmer myself, I have a front-row seat to the
innovations among small farmers that are transforming the industry.
For example, take the Quick Cut Greens Harvester, a tool developed just a couple of years ago by a young
farmer, Jonathan Dysinger, in Tennessee, with a small loan from a local Slow Money group. It enables small- scale
farmers to harvest 175 pounds of green vegetables per hour
—
a huge improvement over harvesting just a few dozen
pounds by hand
—
suddenly making it possible for the little guys to compete with large farms of California. Before
the tool came out, small farmers couldn
’
t touch the price per pound offered by California farms. But now, with the
combination of a better price point and a generally fresher product, they can stay in business.
The sustainable success of small farmers, though, won
’
t happen without fundamental changes to the industry.
One crucial factor is secure access to land. Competition from investors, developers, and established large farmers
makes owning one
’
s own land unattainable for many new farmers.
From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.
Another challenge for more than a million of the most qualified farm workers and managers is a non-existent
path to citizenship
—
the greatest barrier to building a farm of their own. With farmers over the age of 65
outnumbering(
多于
)farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nation
’
s farmland in need of
a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nation
’
s food.
There are solutions that could light a path toward a more sustainable and fair farm economy, but farmers can
’
t
clumsily put them together before us. We at the NYFC need broad support as we urge Congress to increase
farmland conservation, as we push for immigration reform, and as we seek policies that will ensure the success of a
diverse and ambitious next generation of farms from all backgrounds. With a new farm bill to be debated in
Congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.
【语篇简析】浏览文章首段可以判断本篇体裁为议论文。阅读第一句话
“
如果你想扰乱汽车业，你最好要有
几十亿美元：家庭式的汽车制造商不大可能打败那 些最大的汽车公司
”
，我们似乎觉得文章要
谈的是
“
汽车业
”
的问题。不过再看第二句
“
但在农业，小农场主能对主要的农场经营者占有优
势
”
我们可知文章转到谈论
“
农业
”
的话题上。再连系到 下文我们知道作者的身份：美国青年农
会的共同创始人、家庭农场主。从以下各段首句，我们可以知道： 作者主要分析了美国的小
农场主的优势，同时也分析了目前美国农业所面临的问题以及解决问题的办法。

61. The author mentions car industry at the beginning of the passage to introduce _______.
A. the progress made in car industry






B. a special feature of agriculture
D. the importance of investing in car industry
C. a trend of development in agriculture

【答案】
B
【解析】
推理判断题。
本题根据题干定位到文章第一句话
If you want to disturb the car industry, you
’
d better
have a few billion dollars: Mom-and-pop carmakers are unlikely to beat the biggest car companies.
可
知一般人不可能影响到汽车工业，而根据第二句话的
but
可知农业和工业是不同的，接下来就
介绍了农业不同于工业的地方，故
B
正确 。

本题也可以这样来考虑解题：浏览备选项可知：
AD
选项说的是
“
汽车业
”
；
BC
说的是
“
农业
”
。
根据首段第一句和第二句，不难看出这里讲的是农业，故排除
AD
选项
“
汽车业所取得的进步、
汽车行业投资的重要性
”
；
C
选项< br>“
农业的发展趋势
”
过于笼统；而
B
选项
“
农业的一个特别之处
”
重点突出了
“special”
跟第一段的叙述相吻合 ，故选
B
。

62. What does the author want to illustrate with the example in paragraph 2 ?
A. Loans to small local farmers are necessary.
B. Technology is vital for agricultural development.
C. Competition between small and big farms is fierce
D. Small farmers may gain some advantages over big ones.
【答案】
D

【解析】
推理判断题。
根据题干所问看文章 第二段。
根据该段第二句
“It enables small
-scale farmers to harvest
175
pounds
of
green
vegetables
per
hour
—
a
huge
improvement
over
harvesting
just
a
few
dozen
pounds
by
hand
—
suddenly
making
it
possible
for
the
little
guys
to
compete
with
large
farms
of
California.”
可以推知：新农具使小农场收获绿色蔬菜的效率提高 ，降低了收获成本，再根据最后
一句
“But now, with the combination of a better pr
ice point and a generally fresher product, they can
stay
in
business.”
小农场价格与大农场价格接近和小农场产品更新鲜的特点 ，这使得小农场相对
于大农场有了一些相对的优势，故选
D
。

本题 也可以这样来考虑解题：浏览备选项我们看出：
AD
选项同时提到
“
规模小和 规模大的农场
主
”
，而
BC
选项
“
技术对农业发展 至关重要、小公司和大公司之前的竞争很激烈
”
没有提到这个
问题。抓住第二段的例子 ，尤其是
“But
now,
with
the
combi
nation
of
a
better
price
point
and
a
generally fresher product, they can stay in business.”
可以 锁定答案
D(
小农场主可能比大农场主有一
些优势
)
。

63. What is the difficulty for those new famers?
A. To gain more financial aid.

C. To have farms of their own.

【答案】
C
【解析】细节理解题。根据题干所问定位到文章第三段。根据文章第三段 最后一句话
“Competition
from
investors,
developers,
and
established
large
farmers
makes
owning
one
’
s
own
land
unattainable
for
many
new
farmers.”
可知，投资者、开发商和资深的大农场主之间的竞争使得 新的农场主拥有自
己的农场是不可能实现的事情。
makes owning one
’
s own land unattainable
意思就是
“the difficulty
for those new farmers is to have farms of their own”
。
其余

“
获得更多经济援助、
雇用好的农场经理 、
赢得农民的支持
”
等三个选项比较容易排除。

64. What should farmers do for a more sustainable and fair farm economy?
A. Seek support beyond NYFC.
C. Become members of NYFC.

【答案】
A

【解析】
推理判断题。
根据题干所问看文章最后一段。
根据文章最 后一段第二句
“We at the NYFC need broad
support as we urge Congress to increase farmland conservation, as we push for immigration reform,
and as we seek policies that will ensure the success of a diverse and ambitious next generation of farms
from all backgrounds.”
这个句子很长，所以需要 简化才能很清楚地理解其含义。认真分析该句，
会发现这是一个复合句，
主句是
“We at the NYFC need broad support”
，
其后是三个由
as
引导的时
间状语从句。把这三个状语从句省略，会很清楚地看到这个句子的意思是
“
我们作为
NYFC
成员
需要广泛的支持
”
，
所以 说农场主要想实现可持续发展必须寻求
NYFC
以外的帮助。
故选
A(
寻求








B. Expand farmland conservation.
D. Invest more to improve technology.








B. To hire good farm managers.
D. To win old farmers
’
support.
美国 青年农会以外的支持
)
。其余三个选项
“
扩大农田保护、
成为美国青 年农会的成员、为改善技
术多投资
”
，比较容易排除。

D
Children as young as ten are becoming dependent on social media for their sense of self- worth, a major study
warned.
It found many youngsters(
少年
)now measure their status by how much public approval they get online, often
through “likes”. Some change their behaviour in real life to improve their image on
the web.
The report into youngsters aged from 8 to 12 was carried out by Children
’
s Commissioner(
专员
)Anne
Longfield. She said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters
starting secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.
Some social apps were popular among the children even though they supposedly require users to be at least
13. The youngsters admitted planning trips around potential photo- opportunities and then messaging friends
—
and
friends of friends
—

to demand “likes” for their online p
osts.
The report found that youngsters felt their friendships could be at risk if they did not respond to social media
posts quickly, and around the clock.
Children aged 8 to 10 were “starting to feel happy” when others liked their posts. However, those in
the 10 to
12 age group were “concerned with how many people like their posts”, suggesting a “need” for social recognition
that gets stronger the older they become.
Miss Longfield warne
d that a generation of children risked growing up “worried about their
appearance and
image as a result of the unrealistic lifestyles they follow on platforms, and increasingly anxious about switching off
due to the constant demands of social media.
She sa
id: “Children are using social media with family and friends and to pla
y games when they are in
primary school. But what starts as fun usage of apps turns into tremendous pressure in real social media interaction
at secondary school.”

As their world expanded, she said, children compared themselves to others online in a way th
at was “hugely
damaging in terms of their self-identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop
themselves”.

Miss Longfield added: “Then there is th
is push to connect
—
if you go offline, will you miss something, will
you miss out, will you show that you don
’
t care about those people you are following, all of those come together

in a huge way at once.”

“For children it is very, very difficult to cope with emotionally.” The Children’
s Commissioner for England
’
s
study
—
life in Likes
—
found that children as young as 8 were using social media platforms largely for play.
However, the research
—
involving eight groups of 32 children aged 8 to 12
—
suggested that as they headed
toward their teens, they became increasingly anxious online.
By the time they started secondary school
—
at age 11
—
children were already far more aware of their image
online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular, the report found.

However, they still did not know how to cope with mean-spirited jokes, or the sense of incompetence they
might feel if they compared themselves to celebrities(
名人
)or more brilliant friends online. The report said they
also faced pressure to respond to messages at all hours of the day
—
especially at secondary school when more
youngsters have mobile phones.
The Children
’
s Commissioner said schools and parents must now do more to prepare children for the
emotional minefield(
雷区
)they faced online. And
she said social media companies must also “take more
responsibility”.
They should either monitor their websites better so that children do not sign up too early, or they
should adjust their websites to the needs of younger users.
Javed Khan, of children
’
s charity Bamardo
’s, said: “It’
s vital that new compulsory age- appropriate
relationship and sex education lessons in England should help equip children to deal with the growing demands of
social media.
“It’
s also hugely important for parents to know which
apps their children are using.”

【语篇简析】浏览文章的前三段可知本篇为说明文。文章主要介绍了儿童事务专员安妮
·
浪菲尔德进行的英
国教育专员负责的
“
点赞中的人生
”
的项目研究 成果。
然后快速浏览六道题的题干可以获得更多
的信息：这项研究分析了社交媒体和中学生面临 的压力二者之间的关系，以及社交媒体对孩
子们带来的多重影响。

并分析了原因，提出了建议。

65. Why did some secondary school students feel too much pressure?
A. They were not provided with adequate equipment.
C. They were required to give quick responses.
【答案】
B

【解析】
细节理解题。
根据题干中的
“secondary school students”
定位到文章第三段。
根据该段第二句话
“She

said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters starting

secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.
她说，社交媒体

公司将儿童暴露在重大的情感风险之中，有些孩子从中学开始就无法应对他们在网上面临的巨大


B. They were not well prepared for emotional risks.
D. They were prevented from using mobile phones.
压力
”
可知，一些社交媒体公司正将孩子们暴露于大的情绪风险下，他们还没有能力应付他们在
网上面临的巨大压力。说明
B
选项正确
“(
为什么有些中学生觉得压力太 大？
)
是因为他们没有做

好应对情绪风险的准备
”
。其余 三项
“
没有向他们提供足够的装备、他们被要求迅速作出反应、

他们被禁止使用手机
”
都不是题干所提问题的原因。

66. Some social app companies were to blame because _______.
A. they didn
’
t adequately check their users
’
registration

B. they organized photo trips to attract more youngsters
C. they encouraged youngsters to post more photos
D. they didn
’
t stop youngsters from staying up late
【答案】
A

【解析】
推理判断题。
根据题干中
“social app companies”
定位到文章第四段。
根据该段第一句话
“Some social
apps were popular among the children even though they supposedly require use
rs to be at least 13.”
可
知一些
apps
很受孩子们欢迎，尽 管它们要求使用者不低于
13
岁。言外之意，他们没有对孩子
的年龄进行监管，故选< br>A(
他们没有充分检查用户的注册信息
)
。这些公司并没有
“
组织摄影旅行
以吸引更多的年轻人
”
的活动；
也没有
“
鼓励 年轻人多发些照片
”
；
更没有
“
没有阻止年轻人熬夜
”，
故排除
BCD
选项。

67. Children
’
s comparing themselves to others online may lead to _______.
A. less friendliness to each other
C. an increase in online cheating
【答案】
B

【解析】推理判断题。根据题干中的
“comparing themselves to others online”
定位到文章第九段。该段说：
她说，随着他们的世界不断扩大， 孩子们将自己与网上的其他人进行比较，这种方式对他们的
自我认同、自信心和自我发展能力都造成了极 大的损害。换句话说：孩子在网上与其他人比较
损害他们的自尊心，自信心以及自我发展的能力，故B
正确
(
孩子们在网上与他人比较可能会导
致自我认同感和自信心的下降
)
。
其余三个选项
“
彼此不那么友好、网上作弊的增加、
保 持在线的
强烈愿望
”
应该排除。

68. According to
Life in Likes
, as children grew, they became more anxious to _______.
A. circulate their posts quickly
C. use mobile phones for play

【答案】
D









B. know the qualities of their posts
D. get more public approval








B. lower self-identity and confidence
D. a stronger desire to stay online
【解析】推理判断题。根据题干中
“
Life
in
Likes< br>”
定位到第
11
段，再根据文章第
12
段
“Howe ver,
the
research
—
involving eight groups of 32 children aged 8 to 12
—
suggested that as they headed toward
their
teens,
they
became
increasingly
anxious
online.”
可知随着孩 子年龄的增长，他们开始渴望上
网，然后再根据
13
段
“By the time they started secondary school—
at age 11
—
children were already
far more aware of their image online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular,
the
report
found.”
可以推断出他们的压力源于他们渴望 自己的发帖能受欢迎、被认可，由此可见
他们渴望得到公众的认可。故选
D(
获得更多 公众的认可
)
。其余三个学选项
“
迅速分发他们的帖
子、了解他们帖 子的质量、使用手机玩游戏
”
可以排除。

69. What should parents do to solve the problem?
A. Communicate more with secondary schools.
C. Keep track of children
’
s use of social media.
【答案】
C

【解析】
推理判断题。
根据 题干中的
“parents”
定位到文章最后一段。
根据该段
“It’
s also hugely important for
parents to know which apps their children are using.
对父母而言，知道自己 的孩子在用什么
apps
也
十分重要
”
可以推断出父母需要了解孩子 在使用什么
apps
，所以应该时刻跟踪了解孩子对于社交
apps
的使用。
故选
C
。
其余三个选项
“
更多地与中学交流、
敦促 媒体公司创建更安全的应用程序、
禁止孩子访问网络
”
可以排除。

70. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The influence of social media on children.


B. The importance of social media to children.
D. The measure to reduce risks from social media.


B. Urge media companies to create safer apps.
D. Forbid their children from visiting the web.
C. The problem in building a healthy relationship.

【答案】
A

【解析】主旨大意题。抓住文章中两个关键词
“孩子
”
和
“
社交网络
”(
第一段
Childr en as young as ten
are becoming dependent on social media for their sense of self-worth, a major study warned)
就可以轻

松搞定答案
A(
社交网络对孩子的影响
)
。故
A
正确。
B
选项
“
社交媒体对孩子的重要性
”
，文中

提及了社交媒体与孩子，
但并未提及社交媒体对孩子的重要性
(
无中生有，
生搬硬套
)
。< br>C
选项
“
建

立健康关系的问题
”
，这种说 法过于宽泛。
D
选项
“
降低社交媒体风险的措施
”
，

文章末尾提到

了一些解决措施，但这不能概括全文内容
(
以偏 概全，主次不分
)
。

2017
A

【语篇简析】根据副标题
“The Unbelievable Years that Defined History”
及下文中的
“CHRONOLOGICA is an
informative and entertaining tour into history,…”
和
“This complete but brief historical collection is
certain
to entertain readers young and old”
可知本文体裁为应用文。文章介 绍了一本关于历史的
书籍，这本书记录了不同时代、世界各地的历史事件和史实。作者提到了很多书里面 的内容
来向读者推荐本书。

is CHRONOLOGICA according to the next?
A. A biography.




【答案】
C
【解析】
细节理解题。
第四段
”th
is book also gives an account of the lives of lesser-
known individuals”
告诉我们
是一本书。再根据
”CHRONOLOGICA is an informative and entertaining tour into history, ...”
可知，
CHRONOLOGICA
是一本有关历史的书籍 。其余三项
“
传记、旅游指南、科幻小说
”
比较容易排除。

does the writer recommend CHRONOLOGICA to readers?
A. By giving details of its collection.



B. By introducing some of its contents.
B. A travel guide.


C. A history book.
D. A science fiction.
C. By telling stories at the beginning.
【答案】
B



D. By comparing it with other books.
【解析】推理判断
(写作手法
)
题。题干意思是
“
作者是如何将
CHRONOLOG ICA
推荐给读者的？
”
，即作者
是如何安排行文结构和内容的。文章开篇通 过提问的形式将三个重要的历史事件呈现给读者，但
是并没有讲具体的事件，故排除
C
选项；接着讲述这本书所涉及内容的时间跨度：从古罗马的建
立到网络的产生，包括许多国王，女王的故 事等。再接着提到通过本书的旅程可以了解为什么古
罗马帝王并不像听起来的那么好等历史问题，但是没 有细节说明到底是为什么；再接着提到这本
书既介绍了托马斯
·
爱迪生和亚历山大一世 等名人轶事，也涉及到一些不那么知名的人物的事件；
最后介绍这本书的受众，老少皆宜，并能启发历史 爱好者新的东西。故通篇主要介绍了这本书的
大体内容，并没有给出具体的细节，所以排除
A< br>选项。文章没有提及除
“CHRONOLOGICA”
之外
的其它书籍，因此使 用的不是对比手法。排除
D
选项，正确答案为
B
。

B
Before birth, babies can tell the difference between loud sounds and voices. They can even distinguish their
mother
’
s voice from that of a female stranger. But when it comes to embryonic learning(
胎教
), birds could rule the
roost. As recently reported in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, some mother birds may teach their young to sing
even before they hatch(
孵化
). New-born chicks can then imitate their mom
’
s call within a few days of entering the
world.




This educational method was first observed in 2012 by Sonia Kieindorfer, a biologist at Flinders University in
South Australia, and her colleagues. Female Australian superb fairy wrens were found to repeat one sound over and
over
again
while
hatching
their
errs,
when
the
errs
were
hatched,
the
baby
birds
made
the
similar
chirp
to
their
mothers
—around that served as their regular “feed me!” call.

To find out if the special quality was more widespread in birds, the researchers sought the red-backed fairy
wren,
another
species
of
Australian
songbird.
First
they
collected
sound
data
from
67
nests
in
four
sites
in
Queensland
before
and
after
hatching. Then
they
identified
begging
calls
by
analyzing
the
order
and
number
of
notes. A computer analysis blindly compared calls produced by mothers and chicks, ranking them by similarity.




It turns out that baby red-backed fairy wrens also emerge chirping like their moms. And the more frequently
mothers
had
called
to
their
errs,
the
more
similar
were
the
babies
’

begging
calls.
In
addition,
the
team
set
up
a
separate experiment that suggested that the baby birds that most closely imitated their mom
’
s voice were rewarded
with the most food.
This
observation
hints
that
effective
embryonic
learning
could
signal
neurological(
神经系统的
)strengths
of
children to
parents. An evolutionary inference can then be drawn. “As a parent, do you invest in quality children, or
do
you
invest
in
children
that
are
in
need?”
Kleindorfer
asks.” Our
results
suggest that
they
might
be
going
f
or
quality.”

【语篇简析】根据文章首段一二两句
“
婴儿出生前就能辨别响亮的声音和嗓音。甚至能够区分 妈妈的声音和
其他女人的声音
”
可知本文体裁为说明文
(
科普
)
。浏览全文，我们知道：文章介绍了鸟类在
“
胎
教
”
方 面超凡的本领。通过实验发现鸟儿在孵化时不停地鸣叫是为了教会以后出生的雏鸟鸣叫
的本领，从而挑选 出能够适应环境的雏鸟。

underlined phrase in Paragraph 1 means “_______”.



A. be the worst








B. be the best


【答案】
B 【解析】词义猜测题。文章开头就说：婴儿出生前就能辨别响亮的声音和嗓音，甚至能够区分妈妈的声音和其他女人的声音。
But
一词来了个转折，
转而谈到胎教，
鸟儿能”rule the roost”
；
根据第二段
”when
the errs were hatched, the baby birds made the similar chirp to their mothers”
可知，鸟儿在孵化小鸟时
候的鸣叫对未出生 的小鸟有很大影响，
它们被孵化后也能发出类似的声音，
说明鸟儿很擅长胎教。
说明鸟 儿
(
而非人
)
在胎教方面的能力是最好的。根据对
“rule
the
roost(
统治鸟窝
)”
的字面理解，也
可以悟出是
be the best
的意思。

are Kleindorfer
’
s findings based on?
A. Similarities between the calls of moms and chicks.


C. The data collected from Queensland
’
s locals.



【答案】
A
【解析】细节理解题。根据题干
Kleindorfer
’
s findings based on
可知，本题所问的是这项研究成果建立的基
础，
由此把答案定位在节选段第二段。
该段说，
为了了解这种特点是不是更多的鸟儿都具备
(if the
special
quality
was
more
widespread
in
birds)
，研究人员选定了澳大利亚另外一种会唱歌的鸟
(another species of Australian songbird)
——
鹪鹩

(fairy wren)
，从位于昆士兰四个地点的
67
个鸟巢
里 收集鸟叫的声音资料
(collected sound data from 67 nests in four sites in Queensland)
，然后再来分
辨这些鸟叫声
(identified begging calls)
，根据鸟妈妈与幼鸟声音的相似度来进行排列
(ranking them
by similarity)
。
节选段第三段首句
(It turns out that ...)
显示：
鹪鹩幼鸟的叫声与鸟妈妈的声音也很相
似。由此判断，他的发现基于
A
选项
(
鸟妈妈与幼鸟叫声的相似之处
)
。
B
选项颠倒是非，文章说
Kleindorfer
收集鸟儿的 声音资料
(collected sound data)
，而不是
“
观察< br>”(observation)
鸟儿，文章说收
集的范围是昆士兰的
4
个地点
(four sites in Queensland)
，而不是
“
整个澳大利亚
”(across Australia)
；
B. The observation of fairy wrens across Australia.
D. Controlled experiments on wrens and other birds.


C. be the as bad






D. be just as good