Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the beat by climbing to the summit(山頂) of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.
Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won’t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.
But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above steaming. Hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you are near the active summit; the McKenney Cone(火山錐).
Many tours are timed so when you arrive at the cone of the volcano there is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down .
小題1:What is the main purpose of this passage?
A．To attract tourists to Pacaya.
B．To describe the beauty of Pacaya.
C．To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.
D．To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.
小題2:Antigua is a city      .
A．where people can have a close-up view of the volcano
B．where the daring Pacaya tour starts
C．that lies on the summit of Pacaya
D．that is famous for its tour companies
小題3:Climbing to the McKenney Cone, people will    .
A．walk down to the active summit
B．hear the continuous loud screams from above
C．make greater efforts than to other summits
D．see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions
小題4:Many tours are timed for people to      .
A．get down the mountain in time when night falls
B．a(chǎn)void the smell from the upwind direction of the cone
C．enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky
D．a(chǎn)ppreciate the scenery of the 2560-metre-high mountain
小題5:The short passage probably comes from___________.
A．a(chǎn) travel journalB．a(chǎn) popular science magazine
C．A novelD．a(chǎn)n advertisement

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：本文描寫了Pacaya帕卡亞火山的壯美景色，及其旅行的一些相關(guān)事宜。
小題1:推斷題。通過第一段可知，這篇文章寫作的目的是吸引很多的旅行者去參觀Pacaya帕卡亞火山，故選 A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第二段Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua,可知大膽的Pacaya 之旅應(yīng)該從這個(gè)城市開始。故選B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。從Hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you are near the active summit 可知，當(dāng)你接近頂峰時(shí)，你會看到熔巖順著之前噴發(fā)的路徑而流淌，故選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題。從第四段Many tours are timed so when you arrive at the cone of the volcano there is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky.許多的旅游線路都安排好了時(shí)間是為了讓你能夠欣賞到熔巖噴向暗黑的天空的壯美景象，故選C
小題5:推斷題。從全文來看，這是一篇介紹Pacaya帕卡亞火山的文章，所以本文很有可能出自旅行日志，故選A
點(diǎn)評：文章文脈清晰，生單詞不多。對于此類比較短的文章，所給的信息量比較精煉，要求學(xué)生仔細(xì)認(rèn)真的讀懂文章，不能走馬觀花的看，要根據(jù)題目中的內(nèi)容對比文章的上下，綜合作答，尤其對于推斷題，要準(zhǔn)確理會作者的寫作情感，事情發(fā)展的邏輯關(guān)系都需要特別注意。
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B．Everything new can be patented.
C．Your invention is protected after you have applied for a patent.
D．Some patents are on the things that we use every day.
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