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解析：文章第一句介绍了一个关于白人想要促进Indian艺术的运动，紧接着两句话分别出了不同学者对这个运动目的的分析。第二句里的scholars认为目的是为了通过艺术证明工业化不好。第三句里的others 认为是想要让当时的美国西南部转型。
第一题考的就是两种观点的区别，很简单，就是认为这个运动的目的不同，选最有一个e选项。
文章第四句先说让步，承认两种观点都有对的部分，insightful正向性，转折是作者的逻辑重心，指出两个观点里都忽略了两个问题。
第二题题干问的是作者会同意哪个关于解释的选项，不是问作者的主要观点，让步里的内容作者也是同意的，所以答案是第三个c选项，来自于insightful这个部分。
长文章原文
Recently, researchers investigated the foraging profiles of bird species in two separate eucalypt forests in Australia Dryandra in Western Australia and the Southern Tablelands, roughly 3000 km east in New South Wales. Despite their geographical separation, there is a broad overlap in species between the two locations. However, at Dryandra, a much larger proportion of species (61 percent) than at the Southern Tablelands (34 percent) are ground foragers.
The high proportion of ground forages in Dryandra might be explained by the openness of habitats there, that is, the absence of dense ground vegetation, and the lack of a continuous shrub layer. Ground foraging appears to be facilitated by an open habitat with areas of bare ground. However, the researchers found that the Tablelands were also open with sparse to dense litter layers, abundant in woody debris, and had discontinuous or absent ground and shrub layers. Thus, differences in habitat structures between these areas and Dryandra cannot entirely explain the greater abundance of ground foragers in Dryandra.
The researchers offered several hypotheses to explain the difference. First, there may be important differences in habitat structure that are not revealed by casual observation. For example, differences in tree heights and canopy complexity may contribute to differences in species richness and foraging behavior among bark and foliage-foraging birds. Second, despite structural similarities, it is possible that there are differences between habitats in the abundance or availability of litter and ground dwelling prey. Such differences, if they exist, may indicate fundamental differences between eucalypt ecosystems in how and where energy and nutrients are cycled, as well as in overall productivity. Finally, the differences in foraging profiles between Dryandra and the Tablelands may be the result of historical changes in bird species as a consequence of changed grazing and fire regimens, the impact of introduced predators, such as foxes and feral cats, and logging following European settlement. The greatest impact of these processes is on ground-foraging and ground-nesting birds. Dryandra had not been free of these changes, but the impact may have been less or more recent with the result that Dryandra may retain a more natural or complete bird diversity relative to the Tablelands.
1. Which of the following best describe the organization of the second paragraph?
A. A thesis is proposed and supporting examples are provided.
B. A thesis is presented, considered, and then rejected.
C. opposing views are described and the evidence on which they are based is evaluated.
D. An argument is described, rejected, and then an alternative is proposed.
E. A hypothesis is presented, weighed, qualified, and then reaffirmed.
2. Which of the following best describes the function of the highlighted sentences in the context of the passage as a whole?
A. It reconciles two conflicting theories discussed earlier in the passage.
B. It provides an example of a general tendency described earlier in the passage.
C. It suggests the relevance of phenomena mentioned in the previous sentence.
D. It provides support for a claim made in the first paragraph.
E. It provides evidence for a hypothesis discussed in the second paragraph.
3. The passage suggests which of the following about “canopy complexity”?
A. Decreased canopy complexity can lead to a greater abundance of ground foragers.
B. Increased canopy complexity usually helps in retaining a more natural bird diversity.
C. Increased canopy complexity is usually detrimental to ground-nesting species.
D. Differences in canopy complexity between two regions are not always obvious.
E. Differences in foraging behavior among foliage-foraging birds can lead to differences in canopy complexity.
4. The author suggests which of the following about “foxes and feral cats”?
A. They may have benefited from the logging that followed European settlement.
B. They probably affect the overall productivity of the ecosystem.
C. They feed primarily on ground-foraging birds.
D. They rarely, if ever, feed on tree-nesting birds.
E. They may have had a smaller impact on Dryandra than on the Tablelands.
解析：文章是关于两个桉树林里地表觅食的鸟的数量有差异，接下来寻找这个现象的原因。第一段只是在说现象。第二段给了一个解释，是说地表空旷所以可能是D这个地方地表觅食鸟多的原因，紧接着被推翻，另一个地方也很空旷。
第一题问第二段结构，答案是第二个B。
文章第三段给出了其他三个可能的原因，都是在解释D比T地标觅食的鸟多。第一个原因是树高和树冠的复杂，第二个是鸟的天敌，最后一个讲人带来的改变。
第二题问黑体句子作用，这句话就是解释上面紧挨着的一句里写的各种changes对地表的鸟有影响，所以答案是第三个C。
第三题问第一个原因里的树冠复杂度，文章中并没有明确指出树冠复杂会对地表觅食的鸟有什么方向的影响，所以选项里出现的decrease和increase可以优先去掉，最有一个选项和文中方向相反，不是鸟影响树冠的复杂度。所以答案选第四个D，来自文中的are not revealed by casual observation。
第四题定位到黑体句子之后的部分，狐狸和野猫都属于changes，这些changes对D地区影响出现更晚，所以D这个地方地表觅食的鸟更多些。
参考答案：BCDE
短文章原文
讲到了中国的南方北方和种植植物。文中写到中国的南方资源很丰富，但是出现种植培养植物的时间比北方还要晚，而且可能是因为跟北方的接触才开始种植，接下来寻找原因，最后一句写到forage可能是更有效的方式。上面的长文章中有写到forage，觅食的意思。
第一个题目答案是第一个A选项，选项里的discourage来自文章最后一句的比较级，强调资源太丰富反而阻碍到了cultivation。
第二个题目问长江流域的植物种植，文章里长江流域也是出现在南方之前，所以可以推出要比南方开始种植的时间更早，选第二个B。
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