哈喽，宝子们，期待已久的CD篇阅读满分技巧来咯！
记住，词汇量不达标阅读理解可以拿满分都是骗人的！词汇量不达标阅读理解可以拿满分是骗人的！（重要的事情说两遍！！！）
高中英语阅读理解C、D篇丢分率是比较高的，正如前面几篇文章所说，词汇是学习英语的基础。词汇达标以后，阅读量也要在平日的学习中跟上哦，因为C、D篇通常是科学类说明文，一定会有不少生词。自然、科学类文章的阅读，对解答这两篇阅读理解一定是有帮助的。
话不多说，我们来点干货，十拿十稳找答案。这里要重点强调一下，不管是英语还是语文阅读，忠实于原文一定是做对题的前提。
C
After years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and transported to the park. By last year, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves.
Gray wolves once were here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.
The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpectedresults. Deer and elk populations – major food sources (来源) for the wolf – grew rapidly. These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation (植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park. In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a large percentage of the park’s red foxes, and completely drove away the park’s beavers.
As early as 1966, biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park. They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems. Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.
The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone. Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone. Elk, deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red foxes have made a comeback. The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.
老规矩，定位关键词。对于C、D篇阅读，一定要记住关键词是有优先级的：名词第一，动词第二，形容词、副词第三。再记住第二句话：找到“某人做某事。”
8. What is the text mainly about?（文章主旨题：留到最后再来做）
A. Wildlife research in the United States.
B. Plant diversity in the Yellowstone area.
C. The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.
D. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.
（做完后面的所有题目，能够得出文章介绍了“引进灰狼对恢复生态系统的帮助”）
9. What does the underlined word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?（词义猜测题，阅读划线词所在句子得不出答案，往前读两句，往后读两句。）
根据第二段最后一句：灰狼去到了北方可知：人类活动迫使灰狼离开原本的栖息地。
A. Tested. B.Separated.
C. Forced out. D. Tracked down.
10. What did the disappearance of gray wolves（第一关键词）bring about?（第二关键词，原文中没有的时候要自己翻译理解）
定位：原文第三段第一句话出现第一关键词，result是第二关键词 bring about 的同义替换词。
A. Damage to local ecology.
B. A decline in the park’s income
C. Preservation of vegetation.
D. An increase in the variety of animals.
11. What is the author’s attitude（第一关键词） towards theYellowstone wolf project?（第二关键词）
定位：第五段最后一句出现第二关键词，可得出答案。
A. Doubtful. B.Positive. C. Disapproving. D. Uncaring.
表示观点态度的词汇平时一定要多加积累。（观点态度题是必考题）
D
What is the most powerful word in the English language? “The”，It’s everywhere. We use it in English without always noticing or appreciating it. It’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive, emotive or inspiring. Technically, it’s meaningless. And yet this dull and harmless-seeming word could be one of the most powerful words in the English language.
“The” tops the lists of most frequently used words in English. accounting for 5% of every 100 words used. But why is this? The answer is two-fold. The principle of least effort plays a major part. So people use it a lot. At the same time. “the” lies at the heart of English grammar, having a function rather than a meaning. Words are split into two categories: expressions with a semantic（语义的）meaning and functional words like “the”, “to”, “for”, with a job to do.
Although“the” has no meaning in itself, “it seems to be able to do things in subtle and miraculous ways,” says Michael Rosen, poet and author. Consider the difference between “he scored a goal” and “he scored the goal”. The inclusion of “the” immediately signals something important about that goal. Perhaps it was the only one of the match? Or maybe it helped a team win the championship? Context very often determines sense.
This simplest of words can be used for dramatic effect. At the start of Hamlet, a guard’s utterance of “Long live the King” is soon followed by the ghost: “Looks it not like the King?” Who, the audience may wonder, does “the” refer to? The living King or a dead King? This kind of confusion is the kind of “trick” that writers use to make us surprised and amused, a bit uneasy even. “‘The’ is doing a lot of work here,” says Rosen.
12. Which of the following describes （第二关键词）the word “the” （第一关键词）correctly?
定位：第一段描述了“the" 这个词汇的特点。对于此题，知道overlooked 这个单词的直接选，不知道的根据第一段内容使用排除法。
A. It is often overlooked.
B. It is useless in practice.
C. It is dull and descriptive. （最强干扰项，记住要忠实于原文）
D. It is in every English sentence.
13. The word “the” is frequently（第一关键词） used（第二关键词） because it is ________.
定位：第二段出现关键词。
A. brief and functional. （注意同义词替换）
B. popular and unique.
C. effective and emotive.
D. meaningful and expressive.
14. What does the example in Paragraph 3（第一关键词） imply（第二关键词）?
定位：第三段出现转折连词Although，转折后之重点。（连词在阅读中很重要，优先做标记）
A. “A” is not as important as “the”.
B. Words should be understood in the context.
C. It’s impossible to understand a single sentence.
D. Some words have a clearer meaning than others.
15. Why did the writer of the play stress“the” （第二关键词）in “Looks it not like the King”（第一关键词）?
定位: 最后一段“the"给观众造成的”confusion"是为了增加戏剧效果。
A. To show his confusion. （干扰项，足够的耐心去读懂原文是关键）
B. To add drama to the scene.
C. To repeat the guard’s words.
D. To help the audience understand.
