【實(shí)例1】A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic included settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and who would make some money and then go home. Between 1908 and 1915, about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio” birds of passage.
26. “birds of passage” refers to those whoA. stay in a foreign country temporarilyB. leave their home countries for goodC. immigrate across the AtlanticD. find permanent jobs overseas
26. “birds of passage”指的是哪些人A. 在外國(guó)待很短的時(shí)間B. 永遠(yuǎn)地離開(kāi)他們的祖國(guó)C. 橫穿大西洋移民D. 在國(guó)外找永久的工作
方法一：實(shí)力型選手做題
先閱讀題干，題干意思為：“birds of passage”指的是哪些人?；貧w到原文，可以根據(jù)最后一句話了解，birds of passage 指的是前面的they, they對(duì)應(yīng)的文章理解就可以知道是答案是A。
【實(shí)例2】Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewable, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.
26. The word “plummeting”(line 3，para 2) is closest in meaning to.A. changingB. stabilizingC. risingD. falling
本題通過(guò)plummeting之后的單詞price找到解題線索，描述可再生能源價(jià)格方面的詞，從后文中The cost of solar panels has drop by 80 percent...“太陽(yáng)能板的價(jià)格下降了80%”，得知可再生能源等的價(jià)格是下降的，drop是plummet的同義替換，所以選D。
【實(shí)例3】Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red paper clip. Starting a year ago, MacDonald bartered the clip for increasingly valuable stuff, including a camp stove and free rent in a Phoenix flat. Having announced his aim(the house) in advance, MacDonald likely got a boost from techies eager to see the Internet pass this daring test of its networking power.“My whole motto（座右銘）was 'Start small, think big, and have fun',” says MacDonald, 26, “I really kept my effort on the creative side rather than the business side.”
41. The word “techies” probably refers to those who are.A. afraid of technologyB. skilled in technologyC. ignorant of technologyD. incompetent in technology
