1、阅读理解AI work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.I got a rescue call from a woman in
2、Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2to 3weekold owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to cons
3、truct a nest and anchor it in a tree.The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I
4、gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.A nervous night
5、to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of allLUNCH! The parents had
6、done their duty and would probably continue to do so.这是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者作为一个野生动物救助者和教育机构的志愿者，成功救助一只猫头鹰雏鸟的经历。1What is unavoidable in the authors rescue work according to Paragraph 1?AEfforts made in vain.BGetting injured in his work.CFeeling uncertain about his future.DCreatures forced out of their homes.答
7、案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的“Trying to help injured，displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking；survival is never certain”可知，救助野生动物有时会让人感到心碎，因为即使努力挽救它们，也不能保证它们都会活下来。因此答案为A。2Why was the author called to Muttontown?ATo rescue a woman.BTo take care of a woman.CTo look at a baby owl.DTo cure a young owl.答案：C
8、解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的“I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown.She had found a young owl(猫头鹰)on the ground”可知，这位女士给作者打电话是为了让他来看一看一只猫头鹰雏鸟。3What made the chick calm down?AA new nest.BSome food.CA recording. DIts parents.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的“I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest saf
9、e and comfortable.it quickly calmed down”可知，作者做的鸟巢非常舒服，所以把这只猫头鹰雏鸟放进去后，它很快安静下来了。4How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?AIts unexpected. BIts beautiful.CIts humorous. DIts discouraging.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，通过播放猫头鹰雏鸟饥饿时发出的叫声的录音，这只猫头鹰雏鸟最终与它的父母团聚，而且它的父母开始给它喂食，再结合第一段最后一句“However，when i
10、t works，it is simply beautiful”可判断，作者付出的努力没有白费，因而结果是美好的。BThe elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.That didnt stop the elephant. It destroyed a doz
11、en houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.Parbati Baruas father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the danger
12、ous art of the elephant rounduphow to catch wild elephants.Parbati hasnt always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. “Life in th
13、e city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase，” she says.But Parbati doesnt catch elephants just for fun. “My work，” she says, “is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man.” And this is exactly what Parbati h
14、as been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide
15、 the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. “Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal
16、 than humans，” she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!本文介绍了驯象师Parbati，她主要是为了保障大象与人之间的安全而驯象的。驯象师的工作还包括爱和奉献。5For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to _.Aget long lasting excitementBkeep both man and elephants safeCsend them
17、back to the jungleDmake the angry elephants tame答案：B解析：细节理解题。由文中的“My work， she says, is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man.”可知，Parbati主要是为了保障大象与人之间的安全而驯象的。故B项正确。6. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because_.Athey are caught and se
18、nt for heavy workBillegal hunters capture them and kill themCthey are attacked and their land gets limitedDdogs often bark at them and chase them答案：C解析：细节理解题。由文中的“the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land.”可知，C项正确。7. The underlined word “captured” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Afound BcaughtCattacked Dchased答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词下文“Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them.They are also more loyal than humans”可推测前文是说，一个好的驯象师每天会花好几个小时唱情歌给新捕获来的大象。由此可知B项为正确答案。
