D1 1-4 CABD
D2 1-4 BCDA
D3 1-5 BDACB
D4 1-4 ABAD
D5 1. if/whether 2. them 3. showing 4. But 5. disappointed
6. up 7. more/other 8. the 9. should be given 10. had heard
答案解析
D1
1. C。根据第三段第一句（One reason is that the country actively protects its most breathtaking sites.）可以看出，美国之所以拥有非常好的自然风光，部分原因是因为美国人积极地保护这些自然风景区，因此选择C选项。
2. A。第四段是讲美国人和美国自然风景之间的特殊关系的，根据最后一句（……the parks give citizens the opportunity to think more deeply about their lives, the nation and each other.）可以判断出存在这种特殊关系的原因之一是因为自然风景给美国人民提供了一个可以思考自己的生活、国家以及他人的地方，因此选择A选项。
3. B。第五段讲的是美国的自然风光让美国人民充满了爱国的自豪感。根据第五段的第二句（The spirit of the settlers from lands far away who made new lives for themselves in the wilderness hangs over them.）可以看出美国的国家公园让美国人想起了他们的祖先是如何在荒野中开始新的生活的，从而激发了他们的爱国情怀，因此选择B选项。
4. D。从最后一段的第二句（……a good place to start is the work of the photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams, who took thousands of glorious pictures of Yosemite Park in California and other parks in the Southwest.）可以看出如果不能亲自到访，照片之类的艺术作品可以让读者领略到美国的自然风景之美，因此选择D选项。
D2
文章介绍了起源于爱尔兰的圣帕特里克节。美国从1737年3月17日开始庆祝。圣帕特里克节的传统颜色为绿色。
1. B。在第三、四段可知文章提到了三种爱尔兰的代表性象征，即：the humble and brave St Patrick of Ireland；the shamrock plant and mythical leprechauns，所以答案为B。
2. C。根据文章倒数第三段的“For many teenagers in US schools, though, St Patrick’s Day can be a dangerous time.”和“Students who don’t wear green to school often finish the day with marks all over their arms and legs to remind them of their forgetfulness!”可知C为正确答案。
3. D。根据文章倒数第三段的“Students who don’t wear green to school often finish the day with marks all over their arms and legs ...”可以猜测出pinch此处的词义是 “掐，捏”，D选项的squeeze也有“挤压，捏”的意思, 所以答案为D。
4. A。文章第一、二段总起提到圣帕特里克节，3-7段陈述该节日的传统和主要的节日庆祝方式，所以答案为A。
D3
1. B。本文的中心句为第二段的“However, most of us have never been bitten by a snake or a spider. So does this mean we are born with a fear of certain things?”，下文围绕这一问题论述，通过介绍科学家们的一些研究来论证该问题，所以答案为B。
2. D。根据第四段的“When scientists presented babies with animal videos along with random sounds of happy or frightened human voices, they found that babies looked at snakes for longer than any other animal however the voices sounded.”可知D为正确答案。
3. A。文中主要探讨的是“So does this mean we are born with a fear of certain things?”，结合下文的“he further explained that it was a good thing that humans didn’t have an inborn fear of snakes because it would make a young infant’s (婴儿) desire to explore new things less strong.”可知innate在这里的意思应该与inborn相近，所以答案为A。
4. C。由倒数第三段的“babies’ surprised responses were not bigger when watching a video of a snake, even when it was shown with a fearful voice. Their heart response was also lower, which also made it seem that babies were not scared”可知C为正确答案。
5. B。由倒数第二段的“She further explained that it was a good thing that humans didn’t have an inborn fear of snakes because it would make a young infant’s (婴儿) desire to explore new things less strong.”可知B为正确答案。
D4
1. A。本题考查作者的写作意图。本文是记叙文，作者讲述了儿时就发现自己希望做与飞行有关的工作，后来实现了梦想并与我们分享了曾经做空乘人员时候的难忘经历，故选A。其余几项与全文主旨不符。
2. B。本题考查细节判断，由第六段可知空乘人员对乘客的情绪很敏感，且从这位乘客问候时的反常行为可以推测她有难过的事情，故选B。A项应该是无意听见她和邻座说起. C、D项明显不对。
3. A。本题考查推断能力，第二则故事说作者可以告诉小孩Mall of America其实因为她已经很熟悉了，故选A。C项这是她目前的故乡，所以不是出生地。
4. D。本题考查推断能力，从文中第一、二段可以推断作者儿时就发现自己希望做与飞行有关的工作，所以选D。A项作者始终对此饱有热情与While my airline employment (事务) changed over the years, the excitement of seeing the world from above never stopped.不符，C项也不符，B项中所谓的超能力只是个幽默说法而已。
