第二部分阅读理（共两节，满分40分
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
A
Adult Courses in American Museum of Natural History
Animal Drawing
January 1-20, 2018
The famous doran1as（实景模型），dinosaur exhibits, and other unusual features of the Museum serve as the setting for an intensive (强化的)after-hours drawing course by artist and naturalist Patricia Wynne. Learn about the gifted artists who created the world-class dioramas as you draw subjects in their natural environments.
Our Earth s Future
February 11, 2018
In this one- day offering, Dr. Debra Tillinger leads an in depth course about the forces thatdetermine sea levels. By comparing sea level rise, a consequence of global warming, with otherphenomena related to the ocean and the atmosphere, participants will come away with a better understanding of climate change.
Adult Digital Flight School
March3一24，2018
In this three-week course, Professor Brian Abbott teaches you how to use the Digital Universe software. This course requires the use of computer software to create flight paths. and deliver a scientifically based tour of the universe.
Sackler Brain Brunch
Au1st28,2018
Wake up your mind with our first ever Brain Brunch! How might loss of sleep affect the
way you create memories Lonnie Thompson. expert in the field will discuss his work on the
science of sleep, and the role rest plays in learning, memory, and behavior.
21. When can you take the course on animal drawing?
A. On August 28, 2018.
B. On February 11. 2018.
C. On January 1－20, 2018.
D. On March 3－24, 2018
22. Who offers the course on how to use the Digital Universe software?
A. Patricia Wynne
B. Brian Abbott
C. Debra Tillinger
D. Lonnie Thompson.
23. What can you learn from the course on Sackler Brain Brunch?
A. Ways to behave yourseIf.
B. The important function of sleep.
C. Ways to bring back good memories.
D. The role of brunch in learning science.
B
Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the course of several decades
he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra, turning it into a forest
of about 1, 360 acres. The forest, called Molai forest after him, is one of the most unusual woodlands in the world for the unbelievable fact that it was planted single-handedly. It now houses Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceros, and over 1o0 deer and rabbits. several varieties of Birds.
In 1979. Payeng, then 16, witnessed a large number of snakes that had died due to extreme heat after floods washed them onto the treeless sandbar. That is when heplant
