【语篇解读】 本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了四条野外出行线路的相关信息。
1.What's the best route for people who want to go birdwatching?
A.Murphys fire trail.
B.The Big Yango loop trail.
C.Cambridge Plateau scenic drive.
D.4WD Oberon Colong historic stock route.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Remember to keep your eyes...rainbow lorikeets(彩虹吸蜜鹦鹉)and cockatoos"可知,在这条旅游线路上,你可以看到当地的野生生物,比如袋鼠、沙袋鼠、彩虹吸蜜鹦鹉和凤头鹦鹉。由此可知,该线路是比较适合鸟类观察者的。故选D。]
2.Where would you most probably go for a picnic with short-time driving?
A.The Yengo National Park.
B.Yerranderie Regional Park.
C.The Blue Mountains National Park.
D.Richmond Range National Park.
答案 C [细节理解题。根据Murphys fire trail中的"Situated only a short drive from local townships,it's a great track for driving,walking,picnicking and camping"可知,选择该线路的话,你可以去野餐、露营等,而且因为其离城镇比较近,所以也不需要开很长时间的车。再根据该部分中的"Where:The Blue Mountains National Park"可知答案选C。]
In almost all other species,especially primates (灵长目动物),baring one's teeth is a threat or a show of potential force.Are there any cultures in which smiling is not considered friendly?
Anthony Stocks,chairman and professor of anthropology (人类学) at Idaho State University,responds: The evolution of smiles is not apparent and,as with many evolutionary accounts of social behavior,filled with justsoism.Among human babies,however,the tooth-baring smile is associated less with friendship than with fright-which,one might argue,is related to the tooth-baring threats of baboons (