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1,Howdidthistremendousdevelopmenttakeplace,andwhydidithappenintheTeotihuacánValley?AmongthemainfactorsareTeotihuacán’sgeographiclocationonanaturaltraderoutetothesouthandeastoftheValleyofMexico,theobsidianresourcesintheTeotihuacánValleyitself,andthevalley’spotentialforextensiveirrigation灌溉冲洗.Theexactroleofotherfactorsismuchmoredifficulttopinpoint―forinstance,Teotihuacán’sreligioussignificanceasashrine圣地,thehistoricalsituationinandaroundtheValleyofMexicotowardtheendofthefirstmillenniumB.C.,theingenuityandforesightednessofTeotihuacán’selite,and,finally,theimpactofnaturaldisasters,suchasthevolcaniceruptions火山喷发ofthelatefirstmillenniumB.C.如此惊人的发展是如何产生的，它为什么发生在Teotihuacán山谷？主要因素有：Teotihuacán地理位置处于到墨西哥谷东南部的天然商路上；Teotihuacán谷本身的黑曜石资源；山谷的大量灌溉的潜力。要想说清楚其他因素所扮演的角色就难的多了——比如，Teotihuacán作为圣地的宗教意义；墨西哥谷及周边直到公元前第一个千年的历史情况；Teotihuacán精英阶层的3远见；最后还有自然灾害的影响，诸如公元前一千年的火山喷发。Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromparagraphs2and3abouttheVolcaniceruptionsofthelatefirstmillenniumB.C.?以volcaniceruptionsofthelatefirsrmillenniumB.C.○Theyweremorefrequentthanhistoriansoncethought.○TheymayhavedonemoredamagetoTeotihuacánthantoneighboringcenters.○TheymayhaveplayedamajorroleintheriseofTeotihuacán.○TheyincreasedtheneedforextensiveirrigationintheTeotihuacánValley做关键词定位至第二段最后一句，这个是诸多factor当中的一个，而这些factor都是促进T城发展的，所以答案是C。也可以排除法，A无相关信息；第三段第三句说火山对T影响很大，没跟其他的比较，B错；第二段第二句说到了irrigation，但与问题无关，错ThislastfactorisatleastcircumstantiallyimplicatedinTeotihuacán’srise.Priorto200B.C.,anumberofrelativelysmallcenterscoexistedinandneartheValleyofMexico.Aroundthistime,thelargestofthesecenters,Cuicuilco,wasseriouslyaffectedbyavolcaniceruption,withmuchofitsagriculturallandcoveredbylava.WithCuicuilcoeliminatedasapotentialrival,anyoneofanumberofrelativelymodesttownsmighthaveemergedasaleadingeconomicandpoliticalpowerinCentralMexico.Thearchaeologicalevidenceclearlyindicates,though,thatTeotiluacanwasthecenterthatdidariseasthepredominantforceintheareabythefirstcenturyA.D.最后一个因素至少从环境上与Teotihuacán古城的崛起有牵连。在公元前200年之前，有很多相对的小的中心共存于墨西哥谷及附近。大约在此时，这些中心中的最大者，Cuicuilco，受到了一次火山喷发的严重影响，它的大部分耕地被火山熔岩所覆盖。伴随着Cuicuilco作为一个潜在对手的消失，任何一个相对较小的城镇都有可能在中央墨西哥形成领导性的经济政治力量。尽管考古学证据清晰地表明Teotiluacan确实在公元1世纪成长为这一地区的主要力量。【TPO-8(1)6#7#】Whatcanbeinferredfromparagraph3aboutCuicuilcopriorto200B.C.?○Itwasafairlysmallcityuntilthatdate.○ItwaslocatedoutsidetheValleyofMexico.○Itemergedrapidlyasaneconomicalandpoliticalcenter.○Itseconomyreliedheavilyonagriculture.以Cuicuilco做关键词定位至第三段第二句，说Cui这个地方受火山活动影响，农田被lava覆盖，接着一句就说Cui消除了，所以没有农田就没有Cui，答案是D。A与原文说反，应该是大的，不是小的；B的outside和原文中的in说反，错；C中的rapidly没说，错2,Sporeslightenoughtofloatonthebreezeswerecarriedthousandsofmilesfrommoreancientlandsanddepositedatrandomacrossthebaremountainflanks.Afewofthesesporesfoundatoeholdonthedark,forbiddingrocksandgrewandbegantoworktheirtransformationupontheland.Lichenswereprobablythefirstsuccessfulflora.Thesearenotsingleindividualplants;eachoneisasymbioticcombinationofanalgaandafungus.ThealgaecapturetheSun'senergybyphotosynthesisandstoreitinorganicmolecules.Thefungiabsorbmoistureandmineralsaltsfromtherocks,passingtheseoninwasteproductsthatnourishalgae.Itissignificantthattheearliestlivingthingsthatbuiltcommunitiesontheseislandsareexamplesofsymbiosis,aphenomenonthatdependsupontheclosecooperationoftwoormoreformsoflifeandaprinciplethatisveryimportantinislandcommunities.【TPO-9(3)2#】Itcanbeinferredfromparagraph2thatthefungi真菌inlichens地衣类benefitfromtheirsymbioticrelationship共生关系withalgae藻类inwhatway?○Thealgaehelpthefungimeetsomeoftheirenergyneeds.○ThealgaeprotectthefungifromtheSun'sradiation.○Thealgaeprovidethefungiwithgreaterspaceforabsorbingwater.○Thefungiproducelesswasteinthepresenceofalgae.以lichen,fungus和algae做关键词定位至第三句以后，说algae捕获太阳能并储存，而fungi从土壤中吸收矿物质，滋养algae。问的是fungi如何受益，所以前半句是答案，A正确。B虽然提到sun，但不是保护，注意不要错选；C和D都没说3,JustaspainteddesignsonGreekpotsmayseemtodaytobepurelydecorative,whereas然而infacttheywerecarefullyandpreciselyworkedoutsothatatthetime,theirmeaningwasclear,soitiswithChinesepots.Totwentieth-centuryeyes,Chinesepotterymayappearmerelydecorative,yettotheChinesetheformofeachobjectanditsadornment装饰品hadmeaningandsignificance.Thedragonrepresentedtheemperor,andthephoenix,theempress女皇;thepomegranate石榴indicatedfertility,生育，多产andapairoffish,happiness;mandarinducks鸳鸯stoodforweddedbliss天赐良缘;thepinetree松树,peach,andcrane鹤areemblems象征oflonglife;andfishleapingfromwavesindicatedsuccessinthecivilserviceexaminations公务员考试.OnlywhenEuropeandecorativethemeswereintroduceddidthesemeaningsbecomeobscuredorevenlost.【TPO-10(1)11#】Paragraph5suggestswhichofthefollowingaboutthedecorationsonChinesepottery陶器?○Theyhadmoreimportanceforaristocrats贵族thanforordinarycitizens.○TheirsignificancemayhaveremainedclearhadtheChinesenotcomeunderforeigninfluence.○TheycontainsomeofthesameimagesthatappearonGreekpots罐子○TheirsignificanceisnowascleartotwentiethcenturyobserversasitwastotheearlyChinese.问题中关键词不明显，排除法。A的ordinarycitizens和aristocrat原文没说；B的foreigninfluence做关键词定位至最后一句的European，说直到引入欧洲theme之后中国原有的装饰的意思才被obscure，对应B，没有foreigninfluence那些意思不会改变，正确；C没说；D反了，应该是ancient更熟悉4,ToSouthAmericans,robins