問題詳情：
I was in the middle of the Amazon (亞馬遜) with my wife, who was there as a medical researcher. We flew on a small plane to a faraway village. We did not speak the local language, did not know the customs, and more often than not, did not entirely recognize the food. We could not have felt more foreign.
We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity It was easy for us to go to sleep at the end of the day feeling a little misunderstood.
Then one perfect Amazonian evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer. I am not good at soccer, but that evening it was wonderful. Everyone knew the rules. We all spoke the same language of passes and shots. We understood one another perfectly. As darkness came over the field and the match ended, the goal keeper, Juan, walked over to me and said in a matter-of-fact way, “In your home, do you have a moon too?” I was surprised.
After I explained to Juan that yes, we did have a moon and yes, it was very similar to his, I felt a sort of awe (敬畏) at the possibilities that existed in his world. In Juan’s world, each village could have its own moon. In Juan’s world. the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous. Anything was possible.
In our society, we know that Earth has only one moon. We have looked at our planet from every angle and found all of the wildest things left to find. I can, from my computer at home, pull up satellite images of Juan’s village. There are no more continents and no more moons to search for, little left to discover. At least it seems that way.
Yet, as I thought about Juan’s question, I was not sure how much more we could really rule out. I am, in part, an ant biologist, so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown. How much, though? How ignorant (無知的) are we? The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.
I began collecting newspaper articles about new species, new monkey, new spider…, and on and on they appear. My drawer quickly filled. I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species, four hundred species of bacteria found in the human stomach. The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries. It fills more slowly, but all the same, it fills.
In looking into the stories of biological discovery, I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant occasionally half-mad, who made the discoveries. Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see, but they pay more attention to them, and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion (窮盡), and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers. In looking for the stories of discovery, I found the stories of these people and how their lives changed our view of the world.
We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover. We used to think that insects were the smallest organisms (生物), and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters. Yet, when something new turns up, more often than not, we do not even know its name.
65. How did the author feel on his arrival in the Amazon?
A. Out of place. B. Full of joy. C. Sleepy. D. Regretful.
66. What made that Amazonian evening wonderful?
A. He learned more about the local language.
B. They had a nice conversation with each other.
C. They understood each other while playing.
D. He won the soccer game with the goal keeper.
67. Why was the author surprised at Juan’s question about the moon?
A. The question was too straightforward.
B. Juan knew so little about the world.
C. The author didn’t know how to answer.
D. The author didn’t think Juan was sincere.
68. What was the author’s initial purpose of collecting newspaper articles?
A. To sort out what we have known.
B. To deepen his research into Amazonians.
C. To improve his reputation as a biologist.
D. To learn more about local cultures.
69. How did those brilliant scientists make great discoveries?
A. They shifted their viewpoints frequently.
B. They followed other scientists closely.
C. They often criticized their fellow scientists.
D. They conducted in-depth and close studies.
70. What could be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. The Possible and the Impossible .
B. The Known and the Unknown .
C. The Civilized and the Uncivilized .
D. The Ignorant and the Intelligent.
【回答】
65. A 66. C 67. B 68. A 69. D 70. B
【解析】
這是一篇夾敍夾議文。作者和妻子來到了亞馬遜，妻子是一名醫學研究者。一踏上這裏，作者感到非常不適應，通過與當地人的接觸，作者瞭解一些人對外部的世界並不瞭解。在生物多樣*發現的過程中，作者意識到，很多東西是人類已知的，還有很多是人類未知的。
【65題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據第一段“We didn’t speak the local language, did not know the customs and more often than not, didn’t entirely recognize the food. We couldn’t have felt more foreign.”可知，我們不會説當地的語言，不瞭解當地的風俗習慣，而且往往我們不能完全認識食物，我們感覺非常陌生。由此可知，作者一到達亞馬遜感覺格格不入。故選A項。
【66題詳解】
細節理解題。根據第三段“Everyone knew the rules. We all spoke the same language of passes and shots. We understood one another perfectly.”可知，每個人都知道規則，在傳球和*門方面，我們説着同樣的語言，彼此非常瞭解。由此可知，踢球時他們的彼此理解使得他們的亞馬遜夜晚很美好。故選C項。
【67題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據第四段“In Juan’s world, the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous.”可知，在胡安的世界裏，未知的東西和未被發現的東西是浩瀚而神奇的。由此判斷，胡安對這個世界知之甚少。故選B項。
【68題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據第七段“I began collecting newspaper articles about new species, new spider...,and on and on they appear, my drawer quickly filled, I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species ...I started a third drawer for these big discoveries.”可知，我開始收集報紙上關於新物種、新蜘蛛的文章……它們源源不斷地出現，我的抽屜很快就填滿了。我開始用第二個抽屜來儲存更普遍的發現:在新的洞穴系統發現了幾十個無名的物種……我還為這些重大發現準備了第三個抽屜。由此判斷，作者收集報紙文章的初始目的是為了分類我們所知道的事情。故選A項。
【69題詳解】
細節理解題。根據倒數第二段“but they pay more attention to them ,and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion ,and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers.”可知，但他們更多地關注這些發現，他們把注意力集中在這些發現上直到精疲力竭的地步，冒着被同齡人嘲笑的風險。由此可知，傑出的科學家進行深入細緻的研究，做出重大的發現。故選D項。
【70題詳解】
主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，作者和妻子來到了亞馬遜。一踏上這裏，作者感到非常不適應，通過與當地人
接觸，作者瞭解到一些人對外部的世界並不瞭解。在對這裏的風土人情和多樣化生物的研究過程中，作者提高了認識，意識到很多東西是人類已知的，還有很多是人類未知的。所以短文的最佳標題為“已知和未知的事物”。故選B項。
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