题目内容
18.Creative conservationist (环保者) Asher Jay is a designer,artist,writer,and activist who is trying to save the world's most threatened wildlife with an unusual weapon:Art."Today we need everyone's involvement,not just core conservationists,"says Jay."People with no previous interest in conservation tune in to my messages because they engage with my work aesthetically.It starts as an interest in art for art's sake and ends with making lifestyle changes."
The New York-based artist has become a visual voice for a range of environmental causes.In Africa,screen savers glow with Jay's graphics of a Poachedrhino horn dripping with blood.Jay's cartoons of elephants killed for their tusks have been shown in New York's Times Square,wild other works have spread worldwide on social media.
"The right image can overcome language and cultural barriers,connecting with people on a non-verbal,emotional level,"she says."It all starts with making an emotional impression on one person.Only then will someone change habits,speak out,or donate."
In recent years,much of Jay's best known work has focused on the illegal ivory trade.
In 2012,she created a silk screen print,showing a stark image of an elephant's head silhouetted in black,dripping with red blood,and accented by a tusk decorated with images of elephants'families."Every tusk costs a life,"said accompanying text."Stop poaching."
"I wanted to visualize the scale and brutality of the crisis and use art to tell the blood ivory story,"she says."Every year,35,000 elephants are slaughtered; that's one every 15minutes."
"Two-thirds of Africa's elephants have been killed for tusks in the last 35years.If this continues,experts predict elephants in the wild will be extinct in less than ten years."
Much of Jay's work around poaching aims simply to correct a widespread misunderstanding."Many people think an elephant's tusk or a rhino's horn simply falls off,like losing a tooth.My goal,"she says,"is to make them understand that elephants die painful deaths,because they are alive and conscious as poachers cut out their tusks."
63.What does the underlined word,"poached",in the third paragraph probably mean?C
A.Broken optionally B.Incidentally decayed
C.Taken illegally D.Repaired carelessly
64.What can we learn from the last paragraph?D
A.More and more people care about wild animals now.
B.Wild animals will be extinct in less than ten years.
C.Jay wants people to stop buying ivory products.
D.Jay's works show the pain of elephants that are poached.
65.What is this passage mainly about?A
A.An artist's animal work aims to stop animal slaughter.
B.The risk of extinction for wild animals in Jay's works.
C.A new way to stop illegal trade designed by an artist.
D.How people hunt and abuse wild animals.
66.What does Jay say about the effect of art?D
A.It is a visual voice for animal protection.
B.It needs words to illustrate its meaning.
C.It can help more money to be donated to people in need.
D.It makes an emotional impression on people.
分析 本文讲述了具有创造精神的环保主义者Asher Jay努力用艺术的形式呼吁人们保护野生动物,避免杀戮的事情.
解答 63-66CDAD
63.C 词义猜测题 根据In Africa,screen savers glow with Jay's graphics of a Poached rhino horn dripping with blood.Jay's cartoons of elephants killed for their tusks have been shown in New York's Times Square,wild other works have spread worldwide on social media.可以得知此处Poach是非法偷猎的意思,故答案为C
64.D 推理判断题 根据My goal,"she says,"is to make them understand that elephants die painful deaths,because they are alive and conscious as poachers cut out their tusks."可知,Jay的作品是想告诉人们大象的象牙被割掉时是非常痛苦的,故答案为D
65.A 主旨大意题 根据文章第一句Creative conservationist (环保者) Asher Jay is a designer,artist,writer,and activist who is trying to save the world's most threatened wildlife with an unusual weapon:Art.可知,具有创造精神的环保主义者Asher Jay努力用艺术的形式呼吁人们保护野生动物,避免杀戮,故答案为A
66.D 细节理解题 根据The right image can overcome language and cultural barriers,connecting with people on a non-verbal,emotional level,"she says."It all starts with making an emotional impression on one person.可知,Jay认为艺术的形式可以从情感上给人们留下印象,故答案为D
点评 做阅读时经常犯错的主要原因是,仅凭读过文章后残留在脑海中的一丝印象来勾选答案,这样便很容易掉入出题人故意设布下的题目陷阱.所谓阅读理解,对于题目的理解一定要忠实于原文,因此,每一道题都应该与原文作全面的对比与核查,再得出答案.也就是说,阅读理解的每一道题目,在原文都应该有明确的出处,我们把这一出处叫做原文相关句,(1)排除与原文相关句主题不一致的选项(2)排除与原文相关句态度相反的选项 (3)排除用于过于极端或负面的选项(4)注意结合文章主旨和主题去排除.
So this is my take on the elusive (难以捉摸的) concept:
Years ago,leadership had (55)C to do with a specific ability."Leader"was the(56)C given to the emperor of the organization.The person was the commander,the (57)A with complete control.But (58)D there is another way to establish yourself as a leader.
Here is my definition:Leadership is the ability to get others to do what you want,need,or expect them to do,and feel good about doing it.It is the(59)B part (feeling good about doing it) that is so elusive.
If I am in charge,I can certainly demand you do what I expect you to do and insist you get it done.I can give orders.(60)B,I am the boss,and everyone knows what that means.It is a sure way to destroy the atmosphere of the(61)D.
Today,I believe that approach is on the way(62)D,although it will always be with us.When people hate the boss,sure,the boss is called"leader"-but not a good one,because the followers are an unhappy bunch.If they had another,(63)C job to go to,they would be gone in a minute.
Here is a list of the qualities I believe it(64)B to be a good leader:1.Likable; 2.Trustworthy; 3.Competent and experienced; 4.Part of the team; 5.Able and willing to participate; 6.Ready to(65)C; 7.Adaptable to change; 8.Eager to share credit.
51.A.activity | B.regularity | C.reality | D.sensitivity |
52.A.wrong | B.unnecessary | C.objective | D.subjective |
53.A.system | B.style | C.sample | D.speech |
54.A.define | B.understand | C.analyze | D.summarize |
55.A.a lot | B.something | C.nothing | D.everything |
56.A.rank | B.type | C.title | D.honor |
57.A.authority | B.candidate | C.specialist | D.assistant |
58.A.reasonably | B.hopefully | C.sadly | D.fortunately |
59.A.first | B.second | C.former | D.whole |
60.A.Above all | B.After all | C.For instance | D.On the contrary |
61.A.friendship | B.school | C.company | D.workplace |
62.A.over | B.in | C.along | D.out |
63.A.money-saving | B.highly-demanding | C.decent-paying | D.far-reaching |
64.A.endures | B.takes | C.minds | D.describes |
65.A.please | B.change | C.listen | D.follow. |