2014福建省厦门3月质检英语试题答案(3)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出品佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
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  It was a Saturday morning，a day I believed would end in victory．For weeks，I had been
preparing for the match at the county fairgrounds，sponsored(赞助)by our local riding club．My
horse，Tonka, and I could run faster than any kid in the county, and I hoped to bring home a blue ribbon．
  My mother usually drove me to the riding events, but on this day, my father planned to drop us off at the fairgrounds with the horse trailer(马车) ．
  Although we never discussed it, my father’s struggle with alcoholism had become the silent center of our family life．My mother was paralyzed with fear and indecision．Her salary as a
part-time nurse couldn’t possibly support four children．No one talked about alcoholism in those days，and it was my family secret．
  We climbed on the trailer and my father pulled out of our driveway and headed toward the
fairgrounds，picking up speed once we hit the main road．It wasn’t until we felt a big bump that I
realized the trailer was out of control．The dream of my riding winner disappeared．Tonka lay on

the floor, completely still．No words were possible．I knew he was dead．
  Suddenly a man appeared．“Are you all right?”he asked．“Yes．”I answered，although I knew that nothing was all right．“Sit here on the grass，”he said．He bent down to look into the
trailer．Tonka remained still．He touched Tonka and then turned to face me．‘‘He is going to be
OK．He has just been knocked unconscious．” He rubbed Tonka’s cheeks and gently pulling his ears．Tonka rose to his feet．
  Our father was talking to a police officer．He was upset and in pain and took little notice of me．I looked back；the man was gone．
  I never forgot him．He gave me strength and a sense of hope in a dark and frightening moment．
56．The writer went to the fairgrounds because he wanted to ___________．
  A．take part in a horse racing         B．buy Mum a blue ribbon
  C．join the local riding club          D．train his horse there
57．We can learn from the third paragraph that ___________．
  A．the family kept silent at home      B．the family lived a secret life
  C．Father was addicted to alcohol      D．Mum was physically disabled
58．What does “he’’ in the fourth paragraph refer to?
  A．Father                         B．The stranger
  C．The horse                      D．The winner
59．What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?
  A．Once formed，bad habits are difficult to break
  B．Unexpected kindness is a light that shines in the darkness
  C．However mean your life is，meet it and live it
  D．Family is a place of encouragement, a safe harbor in the storms
   
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Seoul
A dangerous new bird flu in South Korea has spread nationwide despite efforts to make on the virus．Authorities have killed 2.8 million household chickens and ducks since the outbreak began，and the flu has also killed dozens of Baikal teal and other migratory birds．As yet，there are no reports of human infections．Scientists are puzzling over where the H5N8 flu，never before seen in a highly pathogenic（病原的）form，originated．

Portland，Oregon           
A tiny chub （鲦鱼)has bounced back from near extinction(灭绝) ．The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)says populations of the Oregon chub are healthy enough to remove the 9-cm-long fish from its list of threatened and endangered wildlife．Last week’s announcement marks the first time an endangered fish has recovered enough to be delisted
After the 1940s, the chub populations dropped sharply from habitat damage by pollution and dams．When the fish was listed by FWS in 1993，only nine remained．Predation(捕食)by large-mouth bass and other non-native fishes was the largest threat to the remaining chub．
  Since then, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and other groups started 20 new
populations of the chub in predator-free ponds Changes to dam management have lowered the threat to remaining habitat．


Mexico City             


The axolotl salamander’s only known home in the wild，the Xochimilco canals of Mexico City，has become increasingly polluted，but recent reports of the salamander’s extinction have been overstated．
Two weeks after announcing that months of searching the canals hadn’t turned up any axolotls，scientists in Mexico City have some good news：two of the unique salamanders were spotted on 4 February “There’s been an alarming reduction in population．”says Luis Zambrano, a biologist at the National University of Mexico，“but I can guarantee that is not yet extinct in the wild．”
60．Which section of a magazine does the passage probably come from?
 A．Around the World         B．Health＆Diet
C．Endangered Species       D．Energy＆Environment
61．which of the following titles would most probably fit the bank box?
A．Oregon Chub Swimming off Endangered Species List
B．Oregon Chub Put on the Endangered Species List
C．Pollution and Dam Management Threatening Oregon Chub
D．Predator-free Ponds Set to Be Built for Oregon Chub
62．we can learn from the passage that_________．