【題目】You have probably heard of homing pigeons, which usually appeared in wars. From 3000 B. C. to the present, homing pigeons have 【1】 as postmen. They have been especially useful for carrying messages 【2】 wars. The telegraph is not 【3】 to carry about. Sometimes only the little pigeon can take a message where it ought to go.

In 1870，when the Prussians surrounded the city of Paris, the city was cut off from all the 【4】 means of communication. The people 【5】 many different ways of sending news. One way was to let go small balloons carrying mail. 【6】 of course, they only drifted (漂） 【7】 the wind carried them. Often they landed inside the enemy's lines. Even balloons large enough to carry a pilot could hardly be 【8】 controlled.

It was pigeons that in the end solved the 【9】 . Homing pigeons were brought into the city. Soon they were carrying letters far and wide. The enemy brought 【10】 to catch pigeons, but the little postmen could fly faster than their 【11】 Strangely enough, pigeons played an important 【12】 during the war.

During the First World War every army unit had a group of pigeons 【13】 . Many of them were 【14】 . Among them was an American pigeon with a French name Cher A mi, which meant " dear friend". A group of US soldiers were surrounded by the enemy. They had no food and no bullets. They nearly died of 【15】 . There was little hope for them. Cher Ami made his way 【16】 the bullets and succeeded. At once planes 【17】 to drop food and ammunition(軍火）to them. With their strength 【18】，the soldiers fought back to their own army and eot saved.

【19】 can pigeons carry the message? There were various methods. Usually the message is put into a little glass tube. The tube is tied to the leg or hidden under 【20】 or hung around the neck.

A. considered B. served C. regarded D. made

A. in favour of B. in need of C. during D. in time of

A. easy B. difficult C. necessary D. important

A. present B. past C. usual D. ordinary

A. used B. did C. tried D. managed

A. And B. Though C. Since D. But

A. which B. that C. to which D. where

A. well B. rather C. only D. just

A. questions B. situation C. problem D. thing

A. dogs B. soldiers C. planes D. hawks

A. enemies B. postmen C. balloons D. bullets

A. action B. part C. ball D. game

A. trained B. taught C. bought D. fed

A. killed B. sold C. honoured D. sent

A. the enemy B. hunger C. anger D. war

A. for B. to C. in D. through

A. landed B. found out C. set out D. set about

A. recovered B. arrived C. lost D. missing

A. Why B. How C. When D. Where

A. the head B. the body C. the foot D. a wing

【答案】【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】D

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】A

【12】B

【13】A

【14】C

【15】B

【16】D

【17】C

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】 [語篇解讀]本文介紹了信鴻產(chǎn)生的歷史。

【1】考查動(dòng)詞辨析；難點(diǎn)是正確理解信鴻的作用，掌握各選項(xiàng)動(dòng)詞的用法。易錯(cuò)選A, C項(xiàng)。如果是被動(dòng)語態(tài)A或C項(xiàng)也對，這里是主動(dòng)語態(tài)，故排除A、C項(xiàng)。通信鴻在部隊(duì)里使用，應(yīng)視為“服役”，故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】考查介詞短語，難點(diǎn)是理解句意，掌握各選項(xiàng)短語的含義。易錯(cuò)選C項(xiàng)。根據(jù)句意排除A, B項(xiàng)；表示“在戰(zhàn)爭期間”用 during the war 或 in time of war，故選 D 項(xiàng)。

【3】考查語句理解，難點(diǎn)是聯(lián)系上下文作出判斷。易錯(cuò)選B項(xiàng)。在戰(zhàn)爭期間用電報(bào)方式聯(lián)絡(luò)時(shí)，將其四處攜帶是不容易的，故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】考查形容詞詞義辨析，難點(diǎn)是聯(lián)系上下文正確理解句意。易錯(cuò)選B、D項(xiàng)。present意為“目前的”；past意為“過去的” ；usual意為“往常的”；ordinary意為“普通的”。根據(jù)句意可以看出，由于被包圍，所以“往常”的通訊方式已被切斷，故選C項(xiàng)。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞辨析，難點(diǎn)是依據(jù)上下文合理分析。易錯(cuò)選A項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)表示的意思是“使用”很多不同的方法，不合題意。既然慣用的方式不奏效，就只能“試著”用其他方式了，故選C項(xiàng)。

【6】考查連詞。易錯(cuò)選A項(xiàng)。根據(jù)前后兩句來判斷，后句有轉(zhuǎn)折的意思，故選D。

【7】考查狀語從句的種類，易錯(cuò)選B項(xiàng)b句意為“但小氣球只能飄到風(fēng)把它們帶到的地方”。根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)是一個(gè)地點(diǎn)狀語從句，故選D項(xiàng)。

【8】考查副詞辨析。易錯(cuò)選C項(xiàng)。句意為“甚至大得能載飛行員的氣球也不能很好地被控制”。根據(jù)題意只能選A(well表程度）。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。易錯(cuò)選A項(xiàng)。英語中question通常是“有疑問，需要答案的問題”，而problem是“難以處理，等待答復(fù)或解決的問題”，故選C。

【10】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是依據(jù)常識作出判斷。這里用hawks(麼）來對付鴻子才是妙法。

【11】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是根據(jù)上下文正確推斷。易錯(cuò)選C項(xiàng)。句意為“但小通信員（鶴子）能比他們的敵人(魔）飛得更快些”。這里的廣應(yīng)視為鴿子的敵人，故選A項(xiàng)。

【12】考查動(dòng)詞短語，難點(diǎn)是理解句意。易錯(cuò)選A項(xiàng)。句意為“非常奇怪的是鴻子在戰(zhàn)爭中起重要作用”。這里play a(n)…part in sth. 意為“在……中起……的作用”，是一個(gè)固定短語，故選B項(xiàng)。

【13】考查動(dòng)詞辨析，易錯(cuò)選B, D項(xiàng)。句意為“第一次世界大戰(zhàn)中每個(gè)部隊(duì)都有一組被訓(xùn)練過的鶴子”。據(jù)常識可知，對動(dòng)物的“教，授”稱之為“訓(xùn)練”，部隊(duì)不是出于喂養(yǎng)目的才帶著鶴子的，故選A項(xiàng)。

【14】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是聯(lián)系上下文，合理推斷。易錯(cuò)選 A項(xiàng)。從下文的舉例中可知，鶴子勇敢地救了不少戰(zhàn)士，因此應(yīng)是“立功受獎(jiǎng)的”，故選C項(xiàng)。下文并沒有提到鴻子之死。

【15】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是聯(lián)系上下文正確理解句意。易錯(cuò)選D項(xiàng)。句意為“他們差點(diǎn)死于饑餓”，而不是死于戰(zhàn)爭，因?yàn)榍懊嬉烟岬?/span>no food，故選B項(xiàng)。

【16】考查介詞，難點(diǎn)是理解句意，掌握選項(xiàng)介詞用法。易錯(cuò)選 B 項(xiàng)。make one's way to some place 意為“向某地走去”，不合句意；make one's way through bullets表示“從槍林彈雨中穿過”，故選D項(xiàng)。

【17】考查動(dòng)詞短語辨析，難點(diǎn)是正確理解句意。易錯(cuò)選A, D項(xiàng)。planes landed表示“飛機(jī)著陸”，不合句意;set about后接動(dòng)名詞，不接不定式；set out to do sth. 表示“開始做某事”。

【18】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是結(jié)合上下文猜詞義。易錯(cuò)選C, D項(xiàng)。句意為“由于身體恢復(fù)了，士兵們掙扎著回到部隊(duì)，生命得救”。此題可以通過上下文語境排除B, C和D項(xiàng)。recover意為“恢復(fù)”，故選A項(xiàng)。

【19】考查疑問詞的用法，難點(diǎn)是聯(lián)系上下文理解句意。易錯(cuò)選A項(xiàng)。下文談到通信鴻攜帶信息的方式，不是原因、時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)，故選B項(xiàng)。

【20】考查文意理解，難點(diǎn)是運(yùn)用常識進(jìn)行分析。易錯(cuò)選B項(xiàng)。通過句子中的kg和neck排除A, C項(xiàng)。因其安全的地方應(yīng)是翅膀下面，故選D項(xiàng)。

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