单选题 My family and I recently returned from a trip to Alaska, a place that combines supernatural beauty with a breathtaking amount of bear risks. I' ll start with some facts at a glance : WHERE ALASKA IS :Way the hell far from you. Beyond Mars. HOW YOU GET THERE:You sit in a variety of airplanes for most of your adult life.WHAT THEY HAVE THERE THAT WILL TRY TO KILL YOU:Bears. I am quite serious about this. Although Alaska is now an official state in the United States withmodem conveniences such as rental cars and frozen yogurt, it also allows a large number of admit-ted bears to stride freely, and nobody seems to be the least bit alarmed about this. In fact, the Alas-kans seem to be proud of it. You walk into a hotel or department store, and the first thing you seeis a glass case containing a stuffed bear the size of a real one. Our hotel had two of these. It waswhat we travel writers call "a two-bear hotel". Both bears were standing on their hind legs and striking a pose that said: "Welcome to Alaska! I'm going to tear your arms off!" This struck me as an odd concept, greeting visitors with a showcase containing a major localhazard. It's as if an anti-drug organization went around setting up glass display cases containingstuffed drug smugglers(走私者), with little plaques (胸章)stating how much they weighed andwhere they were taken. Anyway, we decided the best way to deal with our fear of bears was to become well informedabout them, so we bought a book, Alaska Bear Tales. Here are some of the chapter titles, which Iam not making up: "They' ll Attack Without Warning""They' ll Really Attack You" "They Will Kill" "Come Quick! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear!""They Can Be Funny" Ha-ha ! 1 bet they can. I bet Mr. and Mrs. Bear will fight playfully over the remaining portionof a former tourist plumped up by airline food. But just the same, I' m glad that the only actualbears that we saw were in the zoo.
单选题 What is the tone of the story?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题考查对综合归纳的能力。整篇文章特别是从最后一段可以看出,作者写这篇文章的语气是轻松的、高兴的,如“Ha-ha!”。文章的基调要从整体上把握,同时要注意传递情感信息的词。
单选题 Which of the following is the author in favour of?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】A项和B项很明显是作者反感的。D项由文章最后一句话证明。
单选题 Why does the author mention stuffed drug smugglers?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题考查对文意的理解。在第六段,作者举了一个玩具熊的例子,并拿它和毒品走私犯作了比较,觉得此举非常奇怪。作者举的例子往往是围绕主题句的,并反映其要表达的含义。
单选题 What's the author's impression of Alaska?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题考查对文意的理解。从作者举的各种例子可以看出他不太喜欢阿拉斯加,那里有太多的熊,这很不可思议且它们会危及生命,让人听来心惊胆战。
单选题 What can we learn from the passage about Alaskans?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题考查对文章整体的理解。整篇文章都在讲熊的事,阿拉斯加人拿熊来欢迎客人等例子说明他们酷爱熊。