Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid got higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.

As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves hit against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.

1. The passage centers on ______

A. how an undersea volcano broke out

B. how an island rose up in the sea

C. how soil was formed on a new island

D. how life began on a volcano produced island

2. According to the passage, the island got its?rst soil from _______ .

A. sea waves

B. the sand brought by the wind

C. its own rock

D. cool rains

3. The word“naked”(in Para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following?

A. red

B. new

C. old

D. bare

4. The order of coming into being on the island is _______ .

A. soil, plants and animals

B. soil, little creatures and plants

C. soil, birds and plants

D. soil, human beings and animals

5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Spiders were the?rst life that could live on the island.

B. The island is far away from any piece of land.

C. Insects could not live on the island without plants.

D. Plants were brought to the island by human beings.

真题详细答案解析：

1. D.主旨题。全文主要在讲述在一个火山形成的小岛上生命是怎样起源的。

2. C.细节题。在文章的第二段的最后一句，说到海浪拍打岩石，通过这种方式，形成了土壤和沙子。

3. D.词义题。在文章的第三段第一句，通过nothing知道在岛上是没有任何生命迹象的，那么这种土壤一定是光秃秃的，裸露的，所以答案应该选D，bare(裸露的)正符合此意。

4. A.细节题。从文章的最后一段可以知道，在小岛上各种东西出现的顺序是先有土壤，然后有了植物，最后才是动物。

5. C.细节题。排除法找出一个正确的。A选项说蜘蛛是第一个可以在小岛上生存的生物是错误的，文章的最后一句告诉我们说小岛上的第一个生物是植物，蜘蛛不属于植物，所以A选项不对。B选项说小岛远离任何一个岛屿，有any太绝对了，所以也不正确。C选项说没有植物任何昆虫都是无法生存的是正确的，因为文章中说到植物可以给昆虫提供食物。D选项说是人类把植物带到小岛上的是错误的，文章最后一段刚开始给出是鸟类和风把植物的种子带到岛上的。

【译文】

几千年以前，在海洋的中央，离最近的岛屿也有相当的距离的地方，一个海下火山爆发了。炽热的液体逐渐升高并且不断扩大。这种情况之下，在海上出现了一个小岛。

随着时间的流逝，炙热的太阳和冰冷的雨水使岩石裂开并且成了碎块。海浪拍打岩石。在这种情况下，出现了土壤和沙子。