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【題目】 Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884–1962) was an Austrian-American explorer, botanist, and anthropologist(人類學(xué)家). For more than 25 years, he travelled extensively through Tibet and Yunnan, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces in China before finally leaving in 1949.

In 1924, Harvard sent Joseph Francis Rock on a treasure hunt through China’s southwestern provinces—the Wild West of their day. But gold and silver weren’t his task : Rock, a distinguished botanist, sought only to fill his bags with all the seeds, saplings, and shrubs he could find. During his three-year expedition, he collected 20,000 specimens for the Arnold Arboretum(阿諾德植物園).

Botany, though, was just one of Rock’s strengths. As an ethnologist(民族學(xué)者), he took hundreds of photographs of the Naxi, a tribe in Yunnan province, recording their now-lost way of life for both Harvard and National Geographic, and took notes for an eventual 500-page dictionary of their language. His hand-drawn map of his travels through China’s “Cho-Ni” territory, in the Harvard Map Collection, includes more than a thousand rivers, towns, and mountains indicated in both English and Chinese, and was so well made that the U.S. government used it to plan aerial missions in World War II.

Scientist, linguist, cartographer, photographer, writer—Rock was not a wallflower in any sense. Arrogant and self-possessed, he would walk into a village or warlord’s place “as if he owned the place,” said Lisa Pearson, the Arboretum’s head librarian.

In declaring his successful return under the headline “Seeking Strange Flowers, in the Far Reaches of the World” , the Boston Evening Transcript ran a large photo of the daring explorer wearing in a woolly coat and fox-skin hat. “In discussing his heroism including hair-raising escapes from death either from mountain slides, snow slides and robber armies, he waves the idea away as if it is of no importance.”

The Arboretum and Rock parted ways after 1927, mainly because his trip cost Harvard a fortune—about $900,000 in today’s dollars. Fortunately, many of his specimens, many of his amazing photos, and his great stories remain.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Rock’s service for the U.S government.

B.Rock’s cooperation with Harvard.

C.Rock’s work as a botanist.

D.Rock’s exploration in Southwest China.

【2】What contribution did Rock make to the USA besides collecting new plants and specimens?

A.He traveled through some uncivilized places in China.

B.His hand-drawn map was used in WWII.

C.He showed heroism by escaping difficulties.

D.He made headlines in Boston Evening News.

【3】How did Rock respond when people mentioned his heroic deeds?

A.Excitedly.B.Proudly.

C.CalmlyD.Nervously.

【4】What caused Rock to stop work for The Arboretum?

A.The vast expense.B.The dangerous journey.

C.The challenging tasks.D.The unknown world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。主要講述的是美國探險家Rock對中國西南地區(qū)的探險。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段第二句For more than 25 years, he travelled extensively through Tibet and Yunnan, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces in China before finally leaving in 1949.（在超過25年的時間里，他游歷了中國的西藏、云南、甘肅和四川，最后在1949年離開）以及全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要講的是Rock對中國西南部的探險。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的His hand-drawn map of his travels through China’s “Cho-Ni” territory, in the Harvard Map Collection, includes more than a thousand rivers, towns, and mountains indicated in both English and Chinese, and was so well made that the U.S. government used it to plan aerial missions in World War II.（在哈佛大學(xué)的地圖收藏中，他手繪了一張中國“楚-尼”地區(qū)的旅行地圖，其中有上千條河流、城鎮(zhèn)和山脈，用中英文標(biāo)注。這張地圖制作得非常好，以至于美國政府在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中使用它來計劃空中任務(wù)）可知，除了收集新的植物和標(biāo)本外，Rock對美國的貢獻(xiàn)還有他的手繪的地圖在二戰(zhàn)中被使用。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句中he waves the idea away as if it is of no importance.（他對這個想法不屑一顧，好像它不重要似的）可知，當(dāng)人們提到他的英雄事跡時，Rock的反應(yīng)很平靜。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句mainly because his trip cost Harvard a fortune—about $900,000 in today’s dollars（主要是因為他的旅行讓哈佛損失了一大筆錢——以今天的美元計算大約是90萬美元）可知，巨大的開支致使Rock停止了植物園的工作。故選A。

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息推出答案，即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫。如第3題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句中he waves the idea away as if it is of no importance.（他對這個想法不屑一顧，好像它不重要似的）可知，此處并不是直接說明Rock很平靜，而是從這句話側(cè)面推敲出來的。