【实例1】A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic included settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and who would make some money and then go home. Between 1908 and 1915, about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio” birds of passage.
26. “birds of passage” refers to those whoA. stay in a foreign country temporarilyB. leave their home countries for goodC. immigrate across the AtlanticD. find permanent jobs overseas
26. “birds of passage”指的是哪些人A. 在外国待很短的时间B. 永远地离开他们的祖国C. 横穿大西洋移民D. 在国外找永久的工作
方法一：实力型选手做题
先阅读题干，题干意思为：“birds of passage”指的是哪些人。回归到原文，可以根据最后一句话了解，birds of passage 指的是前面的they, they对应的文章理解就可以知道是答案是A。
【实例2】Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewable, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.
26. The word “plummeting”(line 3，para 2) is closest in meaning to.A. changingB. stabilizingC. risingD. falling
本题通过plummeting之后的单词price找到解题线索，描述可再生能源价格方面的词，从后文中The cost of solar panels has drop by 80 percent...“太阳能板的价格下降了80%”，得知可再生能源等的价格是下降的，drop是plummet的同义替换，所以选D。
【实例3】Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red paper clip. Starting a year ago, MacDonald bartered the clip for increasingly valuable stuff, including a camp stove and free rent in a Phoenix flat. Having announced his aim(the house) in advance, MacDonald likely got a boost from techies eager to see the Internet pass this daring test of its networking power.“My whole motto（座右铭）was 'Start small, think big, and have fun',” says MacDonald, 26, “I really kept my effort on the creative side rather than the business side.”
41. The word “techies” probably refers to those who are.A. afraid of technologyB. skilled in technologyC. ignorant of technologyD. incompetent in technology
