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B. Lights appear at night and stars are seen in the dark
光显现在夜晚而在黑暗中人们看见星星．
C. Cities lights illunfinate the night sky and make stars invisible
城市的灯光照亮了夜空而使得星星已经无法看见．
D City lights at night illuminate stars in the sky．
夜晚的城市的灯光照亮了天空中的星星。
分析：本题是唯一的一道主旨题，所以需要纵观全文。通过我们对前4题的解答，完全可以判断出文章的主题就是说：由于不断扩大的城市，越来越多的城市灯光，已经成为一种污染，使得天空中的星星黯然失色，所以答案就是C 。

例二：
Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills
1. Australia’s foreign language skills are declining, voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13 percent of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.
2. Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia’s economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies in its language skills.
3. Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world’s economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to trade with Asian countries, it is very important for them to learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.
4. But students have different opinions about Asian language learning Pippa McC百思特网owage, a 22-year-old Australian student, says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign languages, and the language curriculum is often weak. “While we’re encouraged in high school to learn another language, it’s not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it,” said McCowage. “For example, I learned Japanese in high school, when I went on an exchange in Year 10, I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense, it almost discourages you.
5. At present, about 70 percent of Australia’s major exports go to Asia and the Australian government has been keen on developing closer economic and diplomatic ties with Asia. Academics say that, as Asia becomes one of the world’s economic powerhouses, Australia needs to improve its language skills if it is to take full advantage of the business opportunities on its doorstep.

1. How much percent of high school graduates were proficient in foreign languages forty years ago?
A. 70. B) 13. C) 40. D) 6.5.
2. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A) Australia has rich deposits of minerals.
B) Australia is essentially a self-sufficient country.
C) Australia has no intention to trade with Asian countries.
D) Australian students are not required to learn a foreign language.
3.What does Dilip Dutta think language skills can do?
A. Improve your relation with your partner.
B. Help settle international conflicts.
C. Remove barriers in negotiations.
D. Increase trading opportunities.
4. Why has the Australian government been keenly interested in strengthening ties with Asia?
A) Because Asia is where Australia is located.
B) Because Asia is where Australia’s major exports go.
C) Because Asia is where Australians go and spend their holidays.
C) Because Asia is where Australia can play a big role in international affairs.
5. The word "faculty" in paragraph 3 can be replaced by _______.
A) college. B) institute. C) university. D) department.
解题目：Declining衰退的Interest兴趣 in Developing发展、开发 Foreign Language外语 Skills技能，所以串在一起可以将之理解成：逐渐丧失提高外语技能的兴趣。通过理解题目，我们可以推测一下，在文章中foreign languages和declining interest应是核心词。

接下来，来看5道题的题目，对出题方式加以判断：1，3，4都是细节题，而2题是推断题；5题是词语释义题。针对不同出题方式的题目要以不同的方法加以应对。

1. How much percent百分数of high school graduates（高中毕业生） were proficient（精通的）in foreign languages forty years ago（40年前）?
A) 70. B)13. C) 40. D) 6.5.
分析：这是细节题，关键词：high school graduates，forty years ago 。位于第一题的位置，所以答案应该来源于第一段：