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　　Passage 1

　　16.What kind of ability do analytical skills refer to in the passage?

　　答案参考句：Analytical skills are our ability to understand and solve problems using information we have available.

　　解析：本题答案在开头第一句，分析技能指的就是我们使用我们可用的技能理解和解决问题的能力

　　17.What does the passage say is an entertaining way of enhancing one's analytical skills?

　　答案参考句：An entertaining way of enhancing your analytical skills is to engage them by playing brain games.

　　解析：本题答案出现在第二段第一句，参与大脑活动，能够提高分析技能

　　18.What else does the speaker advice people to do to improve their analytical skills?

　　答案参考句：Joining a debate or reading club or group is also a good idea.

　　解析：本题答案出现在第三段开头，加入一个研讨或者阅读俱乐部同样可以提高分析技能

　　Passage 2

　　19.What does the passage say we don't know much about?

　　答案参考句：but were rather ignorant about the nature of the relationships that form between dogs.

　　解析：本题答案出现在第一段转折，我们可能会忽略狗和狗之间的关系

　　20.What does Dr. Mark Beckhoff say about dogs?

　　答案参考句：He went on to say that if love is defined as a long term commitment meaning dogs seek one another out when they’re apart, they're happy when they're reunited, they protect one another, they feed one another, they raise their children together.Then, of course, dogs love each other.

　　解析：本题考查引用处，Mark教授的言论，他认为如果爱是长期的承诺的话，那么狗当然是爱彼此的。

　　21.What does the speaker say about most dogs?

　　答案参考句：In fact, evidence shows almost dogs stay with one partner their whole lives. In actuality, love between dogs can be even more intimate than human relationships.

　　解析：本题答案出现在转折词in fact处，证据表明几乎所有狗都会一生和一个伴侣在一起

　　Passage 3

　　22.What did the boy Jude Sparks think he had discovered?

　　答案参考句：when he tripped over what he thought was a cow bone.

　　解析：本文主题为一个男孩发现了化石，他以为是一个牛骨

　　23.What are the researchers at New Mexico State University doing with the boy's discovery?

　　答案参考句：Now, researchers at New Mexico State University preserving this discovery, which was identified as an ancient elephant-like animal.

　　解析：本题问新墨西哥州大学的研究者，如何处理男孩的发现?答案为preserving this discovery，保留此发现。

　　24.What did professor Peter Houde say when interviewed by ABC News?

　　答案参考句：Houde told ABC News that he was quite excited about the find. It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen;

　　解析：本题问peter被ABC采访时说了什么，Peter告诉ABC他很兴奋，这很幸运，因为发现的人没有深挖化石，这会破坏样本。

　　25.What do the researchers plan to do?

　　答案参考句：They hope to return to the site with geologists for an additional search as there could before fossils near the site.

　　解析：问题为研究者计划如何做，文章最后说，希望和地质学家带回去，做进一步研究。

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