7."Are the volcanoes in Yellowstone National Park going to erupt anytime soon?Will the world end if it does?"People across the world have been keeping a close watch on the famous national park.
Yellowstone National Park assured (保證) 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(chǎn) national newspaper                
B.a(chǎn)n entertainment magazine
C.a(chǎn) personal diary                    
D.a(chǎn)n academic report.

分析 本文主要講述了,一些人以為野生動物的逃離可能與黃石公園的火山將要噴發(fā)有關(guān),而官方的保證并沒有消除盡所有人的擔(dān)心,一些地質(zhì)學(xué)家對此事進(jìn)行了辟謠,并解釋到黃石公園火山的噴發(fā)至少在我們這一生中是不會發(fā)生的.

解答 32.A詞義猜測能力為本題主要考查點(diǎn).根據(jù)這句話,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,"這是一個類似于春天他們瘋狂的日子,這和報(bào)道的相反,這是正常現(xiàn)象而不是時間末日",可以推斷出they代指的肯定是野牛.故答案為A.
33.C細(xì)節(jié)查找能力為本題主要考查點(diǎn).根據(jù)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.,可知官方的保證對于減少人們的害怕幾乎沒有作用,故答案為C.
33.C細(xì)節(jié)理解能力為本題主要考查點(diǎn).根據(jù)最后一段的The chance of that happening in our lifetime is very small.,可知Smith認(rèn)為黃石公園的火山爆發(fā)在我們這一生中爆發(fā)的幾率很小,即是C選項(xiàng)的同意替換,故答案為C.
34.A邏輯推理能力為本題主要考查點(diǎn).通讀全文,可知本文主要對一些人認(rèn)為黃石公園火山爆發(fā),世界末日就要來的錯誤想法進(jìn)行辟謠,這樣的文章應(yīng)該是在國家報(bào)刊上進(jìn)行發(fā)表的,故答案為A.

點(diǎn)評 在閱讀時要抓住文章的主題和細(xì)節(jié),分析文章結(jié)構(gòu),根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)在聯(lián)系,挖掘文章的深層含義,對于暗含在文章中的人物的行為動機(jī),事件中的因果關(guān)系及作者未言明的傾向、意圖、態(tài)度、觀點(diǎn)等要進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的判斷、推理、分析,進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)理解能力,抓住材料實(shí)質(zhì)性的東西.

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