- 阅读理解A
题干：WhenforeignersaresometimesaskedwhatseemsmoststrangeaboutAmericansociety,somewhereonthetopofthelistwillbethefacttheaveragecitizenisallowedtopossessguns.AlthoughitistruethatmanypeoplecarrygunslegallyintheUnitedStates，itisalsoknownthatmanywhopossessgunscarryillegally.Others，whodon’thaveguns，feelthatgunscanbeacquiredquiteeasily.Arecentsurveyindicatedthatmanyhighschoolstudents，especiallyintheinnercities,canacquiregunwithlittledifficulty.Althoughmostpeoplewouldneverwanttoownagun，othershavetakenuphuntingasasportandenjoyhuntingwildgameinseason.HuntingfordeerandduckinfallandwinterisverymuchapartoftheAmericanculture.Also，somefarmersinruralareaswhoraisecattleandsheepfeeltheyneedtoprotecttheiranimalsagainstwolvesthatattacktheirherdsandflocksatnight.TodefendandsupporttheirrightstopossessfirearmstheNationalRifleAssociation(NRA)wasfoundedin1871.Themainimportanceofthisorganizationhasbeenitseffortstopreventstrictguncontrollegislation.TheNRAhasgreatpoliticalsupportinsmalltownsandruralareas，especiallyintheWestandtheSouth，wherehuntingisespeciallypopular.ThosewhofavortherighttopossessgunsinsistthattheConstitutionprovidestherightofpeople"tokeepandbeararms".TheybelievethatguncontrollawswillnotsolvetheproblemofcrimeandviolenceinAmerica.RecenteventsinAmerica,however,haveshownthatthequestionofgunpossessionisnowoutofcontrolandstrongvoiceshavecalledforimmediateactiontobetaken.Inseeminglypeacefulschoolsstudentshavegoneintoclassroomsandopenedfireupontheirclassmates.Americahasbeenshockedbysuchincidentswhichseemtooccurwithgreaterfrequency.Theperiodicdeathsofinnocentcitizensandevenforeignvisitorsfromgunshaveforcedlegislatorstopasslawstostopthesesenselesskillings.ThedaymaynotbefaroffwhenAmericawillbetransformedfromagunculturetoonewhichcontrolstheiruseandpossession.
题目：What is most unusual about American society? - A 、Many Americans acquire guns illegally.
- B 、Ordinary people can possess guns legally.
- C 、The average citizen does not try to possess guns.
- D 、Many school children carry guns legally.
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
推断题。答案在文章的第一段：When foreigners are sometimes asked what seems most strange about American society，somewhere on the top of the list will be the fact the average citizen is allowed to possess guns. “当一些外国人被问到在美国社会中，什么事情在他们看来最不寻常时, 经常性的回答是为什么普通的美国人都可以持有枪支。"most unusual是most strange的同义替换，因此B选项为正确答案。
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