has become the latest carrier to narrow down its seats. It announced free wine for economy passengers last September, but at the same time reduced leg room by 8 centimetres.
Economy class on Scheduled Airlines is now often little better than economy on Qatar Airways. Some Qatar Airways even offer the chance to upgrade – at a price – to seats which, at 89-91 centimetres, are roomier than those of most Scheduled Airlines.
64. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Scheduled Airlines produced new comfortable seats for economy class. B. Doctors from Vienna said less space between seats could cause danger C. Spokesman for BA declared that narrow seat space was a threat. D. Qatar Airways offered larger seats with no more charge.
65. What might be the author’s attitude towards reducing the space of
economy seats? A. Neutral. B. Sceptical.
C. Supportive. D. Disapproving.
66. Where does the passagemost probably come from?
A. A biography. C. A magazine. D. A realistic novel.
【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
（二）
B. A book review.
（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
D
According to game maker Hasbro, approximately 750 million people have played the well-known game Monopoly since it was invented in the 1930s. Charles Darrow is typically credited as the inventor of the world’s most famous board game. However, he likely originated his version of Monopoly from one of several other games similarly involving house buying and selling that were already in existence before the 1930s when he got his patent(专利)for the game.
A probable reason that Darrow’s Monopoly became the hugely successful game that still exists today is that he took a great approach to producing it. Other similar games existed, but they had no board or regulation pieces. With the help of his wife and son, who decorated the sets with details, Darrow personally created the pieces and boards that became the first Monopoly game sets. His extra work in creating the entire environment that players needed gave his game something extra that other variations did not have.
Darrow had success in selling his games in various parts of the country. Several Philly area stores were the first to carry his game and sell it in large quantities. However, Darrow had difficulty selling his game to the major game producer of the time, Parker Brothers. He was told that his game was too complex and had fundamental errors in its design that would limit its appeal. Eventually, the continued sales he managed on his own forced Parker Brothers to reassess the worth of his game. In the end, the company agreed to produce the game and shortly afterwards it became the bestselling game in the country.
The success turned Charles Darrow into a millionaire, which is the heavy irony. Darrow initially began work on Monopoly to help support himself and his family following the financial troubles tied to the stock market crash of 1929. Thus, Charles Darrow became a millionaire by producing a game that allows “regular” people to feel like they are buying and selling real homes
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