题目内容
7.Yellowstone National Park assured (保证) guests and the public on Thursday that a super-volcano under the park was not expected to erupt anytime soon,despite a video that claimed bison (野牛) had been seen fleeing to avoid such a disaster.
Yellowstone officials,who received dozens of calls and emails since the video went online this week following an earthquake in the park,said the video actually shows bison rushing down a paved road that leads deeper into the park.
"It was a spring-like day and theywere crazy.Contrary to online reports,it's a natural happening and not the end of the world,"park spokeswoman Ms.Green said.
Assurances by Yellowstone officials and government geologists that the ancient super-volcano beneath the park is not due to explode have actually done little to reduce fears.
Comments from a self-described survivor suggest the wildlife fleeing may be tied to"a coming eruption here at Yellowstone".
The 4.8magnitude earthquake that struck early Sunday near the Norris Geyser Basin in the northwest of Yellowstone,which extends 3,472square miles of Wyoming,Montana and Idaho,caused no injuries or damages and did not make any noticeable changes to the landscape,geologists said.
Though mild by seismic (地震的) standards,it was the largest to shake Yellowstone since a 4.8quake in February 1980."But neither the quake,the largest among hundreds that have struck the area in the last seven months,nor the uplift suggests an eruption sooner than tens of thousands of years.The chance of that happening in our lifetime is very small."said Mr.Smith,associate director at the U.S.Geological Survey's Volcano Science Center.He said the area of uplift that scientists had been tracking since August was rising at a rate of between 10centimeters and 15centimeters a year.Geologists who tracked uplift in the same area from 1996to 2003also saw rising seismic activity,he said.
32.What does the underlined word"they"in Paragraph 4refer to?A
A.Bison.
B.Officials.
C.Geologists.
D.Guests.
33.We can learn from the passage thatC.
A.there have been only 2earthquakes since 1980
B.there's only one survivor in the Sunday earthquake
C.there're still fears after hearing the official assurances
D.there's an online report that bison fleeing is a natural happening
34.What's Mr.Smith's prediction about the volcanic eruption in Yellowstone National Park?C
A.It will never happen.
B.It may happen anytime.
C.It won't happen in our lifetime
D.It may happen in the next 30years.
35.We can probably read such a passage inA.
A.a national newspaper
B.an entertainment magazine
C.a personal diary
D.an academic report.
分析 本文主要讲述了,一些人以为野生动物的逃离可能与黄石公园的火山将要喷发有关,而官方的保证并没有消除尽所有人的担心,一些地质学家对此事进行了辟谣,并解释到黄石公园火山的喷发至少在我们这一生中是不会发生的.
解答 32.A词义猜测能力为本题主要考查点.根据这句话,It was a spring-like day and they were crazy.Contrary to online reports,it's a natural happening and not the end of the world,"这是一个类似于春天他们疯狂的日子,这和报道的相反,这是正常现象而不是时间末日",可以推断出they代指的肯定是野牛.故答案为A.
33.C细节查找能力为本题主要考查点.根据第五段Assurances by Yellowstone officials and government geologists that the ancient super-volcano beneath the park is not due to explode have actually done little to reduce fears.,可知官方的保证对于减少人们的害怕几乎没有作用,故答案为C.
33.C细节理解能力为本题主要考查点.根据最后一段的The chance of that happening in our lifetime is very small.,可知Smith认为黄石公园的火山爆发在我们这一生中爆发的几率很小,即是C选项的同意替换,故答案为C.
34.A逻辑推理能力为本题主要考查点.通读全文,可知本文主要对一些人认为黄石公园火山爆发,世界末日就要来的错误想法进行辟谣,这样的文章应该是在国家报刊上进行发表的,故答案为A.
点评 在阅读时要抓住文章的主题和细节,分析文章结构,根据上下文内在联系,挖掘文章的深层含义,对于暗含在文章中的人物的行为动机,事件中的因果关系及作者未言明的倾向、意图、态度、观点等要进行合乎逻辑的判断、推理、分析,进一步增强理解能力,抓住材料实质性的东西.
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