The giant panda is a docile animal with unique black and white fur. Because of their small number, giant pandas have been listed as an endangered species. The giant pandas are of special significance for WWF (World Wildlife Fund). Since the establishment in **61, the fund has been using the giant panda as its logo. The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family. They mainly live in the forests of southwestern China. Currently, there are about 1,000 giant pandas in the world. The bamboo-eating animals are facing many threats. Therefore, to ensure the survival of the giant panda is more important than ever.

旅游

越来越多的中国年轻人正对旅游产生兴趣，这是近年来的新趋势。年轻游客数量和不断增加，可以归于他们迅速提高的收入和探索外部世界的好奇心。随着旅行多了，年轻人在大城市和著名景点花的时间少了，他们反而更为偏远的地方所吸引，有些人甚至选择长途背包旅行。最近调查显示，很多年轻人想要通过旅行体验不同的文化，丰富知识，拓宽视野。

More and more Chinese young people are becoming interested in travelling, which is a new trend in recent years. The increasing number of young tourists can be attributed to the rapid rise of their income and curiosity for exploring the outside world. With more travel, young people spend less time in big cities and famous sights. Instead, they are attracted to more remote places. Some people even choose a long backpacking trip. A recent survey shows that many young people want to experience a different culture, enrich their knowledge and broaden their horizons through travelling.
互联网

中国的互联网社区是全世界发展最快的，**10年，中国约有4.2亿网民，而且人数还在迅速增长。互联网的日渐流行带来了重大的社会变化。中国网民往往不同于美国网民。美国网民更多的是受实际需要的驱使，用互联网为工具发电子邮件、买卖商品、做研究、规划旅程或付款。中国网民更多是出于社交原因使用互联网，因而更广泛的使用论坛、博客、聊天室等等。

The Chinese Internet Community experienced the fastest development. By **10, there had been 4** million netizens in China and this number is still rising rapidly. The popularization of Internet has brought about huge changes. Generally speaking, American netizens are more often than not driven by real necessities such as sending emails, on-line trading, doing research, travel planning and on-line payment. While, Chinese netizens use Internet out of the need for social communication. Therefore, they log more generally onto web forums, blogs and chatting rooms.

阅读理解答案及点评：选词填空

36. N. survey

37. O. traces

38. I. products

39. K. released

40. J. ranging

41. M. simple

42. H. necessarily

43. L. shocked

44. C. belong

45. B. average

点评：

本次选词填空是一篇关于日常生活化学污染的文章。文章内容虽然略带科普性，但实际上与大家的日常生活息息相关，如果用生活常识和中文的背景知识来答题也能帮助不少。同时，从词汇考查角度看，仍然与往年相同，副词考查最少，名词和动词重点考查，所以与沪江英语教研君在平时向大家提倡的一样，建议对选项和目标词进行词性的标注和预判，进而再根据语法规则及上下文逻辑确定最终答案。另外，本次考题再次证明了难词往往不是答案，例如D. demonstrated，G. habitually都并未出现在答案中。
阅读理解答案：仔细阅读

56 B) Whether local bike shops will suffer.

57 C) It saw its bike sales on the rise.

58 B) Its customers have been drawn away by Citi Banks.

59 A) Inexperienced riders might break biking rules.

60 D) Approving.

61. C) Little improvement in education has resulted from increased spending.

62. B) Skilled students are moving to private schools.

63. C) Talented women teachers.

64. A) New career opportunities were made available to them by women’s liberation.

65. D) An ever-growing number of administrators.

阅读理解答案：长篇阅读

46. E

47. I

48. D

49. O

50. K

51. B

52. E

53. C

54. L

55. G

【点评】：

本次长篇阅读匹配题是关于二战后生育高峰的人在美国大萧条时期遭遇下岗、被迫提前退休等困窘状况的原因、影响等。文章题材与前两年阅读常考话题一致，属于社会问题型。考查题目中仍然以80%为细节题，仅有46题和53题为主旨概括题，其他均为细节题。而细节题的好处是题干中的定位词和原文几乎完全一致，如：47题laid off在I段第一句一致；50题Age discrimination在K段特殊标点符号，引号中为“Discrimination by age，…”。因此，从细节题居多，题干关键词基本能与文章一一对应来看，本篇难度与往年持平。(责任编辑：haoxuee)