gap-year message. In a study that followed 11,000 members of the high school class of 1992 for eight years after graduation, Stefanie Deluca, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University, found that, all things being equal – those who delayed college by a year were 64% less likely to complete a bachelor’s degree than those who didn’t. Deluca did not say whether these students voluntarily started college late, but at the very least, her work indicates that taking a gap year doesn’t guarantee success. “I’m not going to say that time off does not have benefit.” says Deluca. “But I think we should not be so enthusiastic.”
67. The student take gap years mainly because __________.
A. they want to be more unusual B. they want to refresh themselves C. some experts advise them to do so D. their parents think it good for them
68. According to Lutz, the gap year has made her more ________.
A. energetic C. practical
69. Stefanie Deluca probably agrees that __________.
A. students should think twice before taking gap years B. taking gap years enables students to achieve success. C. schools should encourage their students to take gap years D. taking gap years increases students’ chances of getting a good job
70. What’s the author’s attitude towards gap years?
A. Sceptical.
B. Positive. D. Objective.
B. relaxed
D. enthusiastic
C. Disapproving.
（二）
【词汇扫描】
die out （指物种、家族、习惯、观念等）绝迹，消失；绝种；绝灭；淘汰
tough adj.坚强的，坚韧的，；艰苦的，困难的；牢固的，强壮的；粗暴的
n.粗暴的人；暴徒，恶棍
（三）
【长难句分析】
One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat（栖息地） for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.
解析：who引导定语从句
endangered非谓语做定语 翻译：有一天，他遇到了Mattoni教授，Mattoni教授正在努力为一种叫“ El Segundo blue”濒临灭绝的蝴蝶的重建栖息地。
（四）
【重点段落大意归纳】
Paragragh1：____________________________ Paragragh2: _____________________________ Paragragh3: _____________________________ Paragragh4: _____________________________ Paragragh5: _____________________________ Paragragh6: _____________________________ Paragragh7: _____________________________ Paragragh8: _____________________________
（五）
【选项分析】
41．When he was young, Arthur Bonner _______.
A．broke the law and ended up in prison B．was fond of shooting and hurt his mom C．often laughed at people on the streeets
D．often caught butterflies and took them home 【标准答案】A
【试题分析】从第二段As a boy, he used to be “ a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man. 可以推出。
【高考考点】细节题
【错误选项】B. 偷换概念（文章只说：因为shooting而坐狱，没说他喜欢shooting） C. 无中生有（选错的原因很可能是不理解tough这个单词） D. 定位错位：小时候，没有提到他和蝴蝶的关系
READING DC C
Small seating in the economy-class(经济舱) sections of airplanes is not just uncomfortable but potentially life-threatening. Space has become so tight that passengers cannot protect themselves in the event of a crash.
A report on a long distance flight from the doctors of Vienna stated that only 10% in economy class could adopt the recommended brace position on the plane’s safety tips in case of emergency, and they were the smallest of the group. And 30% of their fellow passengers traveling in first class could adopt the position, which is internationally recognized as improving the chances of survival in the event of a crash. The authors of the report are now calling for greater space between seat rows to increase safety.
A spokesman for British Airways(BA), which is responsible for safety on all British planes, opposed the idea that small seating was a threat(威胁) to passengers. “We don’t think it is a safety matter,” he said,“We have high safety standards and all UK aircraft meet them.” In the past month, both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic introduced sleeper seats, stressing the outstanding comfort in the front of the planes. But that space gained is space lost in economy.
Until recently, economy class was at least “bearable” – with an 86-centimeter seat. Scheduled Airlines such as BA and KLM gave passengers enough leg room and comfortable seats.But
the
arrival
of
new,
weight-saving seats caused economy
class to take a turn for the worse. Extra rows have been put into the plane, with the result that the average seat now is 79 centimetres. Singapore Airlines
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