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n chains, lakes and plains D) rivers, lakes and plains 60. From the passage we know that________. A) New Zealand has a very short coastline B) earthquakes have greatly influenced North Island39。 s shape C) volcanic activities have greatly influenced North Island39。 s shape D) the country lies across the mobile belt of the earth39。 s crust which circles the Atlantic Ocean 61. The country39。 s thermal region________. A) runs from the center of the North Island northwest B) runs from the North to the South C) runs from the West to the East D) runs from the centre of the North Island to northeast 试题解析 57. C)。 由题干可知本题问的是新西兰的地理位置。 文章第一段提到： New Zealand is one of the world39。 s major island groups, stretching 1,700 km across the South Pacific Ocean, midway between the Equator and the South Pole（新西兰是世界主要的群岛国之一，往南太平洋延伸 1700 公里，处于赤道和南极之间），故选 C)。 58. A)。 本题是关于新西兰的气候。 从第二段第二句可知： New Zealand is temperate， oceanic land（新西兰属于海洋性气候，气候温和），与 A)相符。 因此可以排除 B)和 C)； D)虽然有 oceanic（海洋性的）但又提到 dry（干旱的），与文中不符。 59. B)。 由题干中的 landforms 可定位到第三段。 第三段提到 The country lies across the mobile belt of the earth39。 s crust which circles the Pacific Ocean（新西兰位于环太 平洋的地壳活动带上），This is revealed in the shape of the land by features all mon to the New Zealand landscape volcanoes, hot springs, mountain chains and active fault lines，因此反映在新西兰的地貌上具有以下特点：火山、温泉、山脉群及活动带，与 B)相符。 60. C)。 由第三段第二句： Much of the North Island39。 s shape has been dictated by volcanic activity（新西兰北岛的大部分地区曾受火山活动的影响）可知答案为 C)，同时排除 B）。 文章开始就提到新西兰是个岛国，因此其海岸线应该不短，所以 A)不可选； D)认为新西兰位于环大西洋的地层活动带上，而原文提到的是环太平洋，故 D)也不正确。 61. D)。 由题干中的 therm[FS:PAGE]al region 可以定位到第四段第二句， New Zealand39。 s famous thermal region runs northeast from here（新西兰的著名的温泉地区从此地一直往东北），句中的here 即为前一句中的 the centre of North Island 新西兰北岛的中心，因此选 D)。 四级预测阅读理解范例四 New When one looks back upon the 1500 years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant change — at times a slow, almost unnoticeable change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing anism, it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the mon, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty. As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the AngloSaxons(盎格鲁撒克逊人 ) there has been an almost plete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. AngloSaxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections e into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such matters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The 18th century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and reevaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write. 62. In the past 1500 years of development, the English language________. A) has been changing violently all the time B) has been static all the time C) has been changing slightly sometimes D) has been static sometimes 63. According to Paragraph 2, the English language be[FS:PAGE]longs to________. A) only the mons B) only the upper class C) those who have shown respect to it D) many classes or groups 64. The word inflection(Line 3, Para. 4) may probably means ________. A) changes in the forms of words B) changes in sentence structures C) changes in spelling rules D) words that have similar meanings 65. Unlike the earlier linguists, modern linguists tend to________. A) attempt to continue the standardization of the language B) evaluate language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patterns C) be more concerned about the improvement of the language than its analysis or history D) be more aware of the rules of the language usage 66. The author of the passage is probably a________. A) historian B) philosopher C) novelist D) linguist 试题解析 62. C)。 根据题干可知本题是关于英语语言的发展特点的，根据关键信息 1500 years 可迅速定位到文章的第一段。 从第一段的第二句可知，英语语言发展过程中伴随着持续的变化 constant change，有时缓慢细微一些，有时候剧烈一些，由此可判断 C)有时变化缓慢 正确。 本题的四个选项貌似相同，差别比较微妙，解题的关键就是要准确地理解文章第一段第二句和第三句关于英语语言发展的特点：持续变化，有时明显、有时微小，但总是在变化中，没有停顿的时候，由此排除 A)、 B)和 D)。 63. D)。 根据 题干中 Paragraph 2 知道是关于第二段的内容，第一句话即表明语言在任何时候都不仅仅属于某个阶级或群体，而是属于多个阶级或群体，于是可判定 D)正确。 本题其他三个选项 A)、 B)、 C)都局限于某个阶级或群体，均以偏概全，予以排除。 64. A)。 要根据上下文的信息判断单词的意思。 文章在第四段中间首次提到 inflection，之后 和 Modern English 进行了比较，指出现在我们必须大量地依靠单词顺序和功能词来传达 the older l。