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d the bodies of humans； the human heart froze solid。 Here wendigos represent oncoming winter。 They were hunting to kill and eat poor Nokomis； the warm embodiment of female fecundity who； like the summer； has grown old。
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Knowing this was a pursuit to the death； Nokomis outsmarted the cold devils。 She hid in a stand of maple trees； all red and orange and deep yellow。 This maple grove grew beside a waterfall whose mist blurred the trees’ outline。 As they peered through the mist； slavering wendigos thought they saw a raging fire in which their prey was burning。 But it was only old Nokomis being hidden by the bright red leaves of her friends； the maples。 And so； drooling ice and huffing frost； the wendigos left her and sought easier prey。 For their service in saving the earth mother’s life； these maples were given a special gift： their water of life would be forever sweet； and Canadians would tap it for nourishment。
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Maple and its syrup flow sweetly into Canadian humor。 Quebeckers have the standard sirop d’ erable for maple syrup； but add a feisty insult to label imitation syrups that are thick with glucose glop。 They call this sugary imposter sirop de Poteau “telephonepole syrup” or dead tree syrup。
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The contention that maple syrup is unique to North America is suspect； I believe。 China has close to 10 species of maple； more than any country in the world。 Canada has 10 native species。 North America does happen to be home to the sugar maple； the species that produces the sweetest sap and the most abundant flow。 But are we to believe that in thousands of years of Chinese history； these inventive people never tapped a maple to taste its sap？ I speculate that they did。 Could Proto…Americas who crossed the Bering land bridge to populate the Americas have brought with them a knowledge of maple syrup？ Is there a very old Chinese phrase for maple syrup？ Is maple syrup mentioned in Chinese literature？ For a non…reader of Chinese； such questions are daunting but not impossible to answer。
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What is certain is the maple’s holdfast on our national imagination。 Its leaf was adopted as an emblem in New France as early as 1700； and in English Canada by the mid…19th century。 In the fall of 1867； a Toronto schoolteacher named Alexander Muir was traipsing a street at the city； all squelchy underfoot from the soft felt of falling leaves； when a maple leaf alighted to his coat sleeve and stuck there。 At home that evening； he wrote a poem and set it to music； in celebration of Canada’s Confederation。 Muir’s song； “The Maple Leaf Forever；” was wildly popular and helped fasten the symbol firmly to Canada。
The word “maple” is from “mapeltreow”； the Old English term for maple tree； with “mapl” — as its ProtoGermanic root； a compound in which the first “m” — is； I believe； the nearly worldwide “ma”； one of the first human sounds； the pursing of a baby’s lips as it prepares to suck milk from mother’s breast。 The “ma” root gives rise in many world languages to thousands of words like “mama”； “mammary”； “maia”； and “Amazon。” Here it would make “mapl” mean “nourishing mother tree；” that is； tree whose maple sap in nourishing。 The second part of the compound； “apl”； is a variant of IndoEuropean able “fruit of any tree” and the origin of another English fruit word； apple。 So the primitive analogy compares the liquid sap with another nourishing liquid； mother’s milk。
模拟考场十套模拟考场（二） 答案解析及参考译文
Section ⅠUse of English
篇章导读
本文是一篇论说文。文章的主题是“英才通才教育”。作者在文章开头就提出了一个具有选择性的问题：“如果我们只是需要决定是把基本的科学传授给每个人，还是找一些有才华的人，引领他们变得更出色，那么我们的工作将会相当容易。”随后作者从“the education in public school； the balance among the branches of knowledge and the balance between current and classical knowledge”三个方面来论述在教育中保持知识平衡的重要性。解读文章时注意作者的客观态度。
思路解析
1 【答案】＇C＇
【解析】“选择”。根据文章一致性原则，“choice”与文章第一句中的“decide决定”形成呼应，根据原文“decide whether。。。or。。。”所以下文就应该是对其有所“选择choice”或没有“选择choice”。而选项＇A＇“（与属性区别的）本质：the entity of justice正义的本质”，＇B＇“拍卖；（某些纸牌戏中的）叫牌；叫牌阶段”，＇D＇“结合体，联合；（政党、个人、国家等）临时结成的联盟”是本题的干扰，均不形成呼应，不符合题意。
2 【答案】＇D＇
【解析】“因为”。“for”与文章第一段第三句中的“Because we depend。。。”构成搭配，均表示解释原因。而选项＇A＇＇B＇＇C＇均不用于解释原因，不符合原文意思。
3 【答案】＇D＇
【解析】“坚持下去；继续下去”。“carry on”与原文中的“at the same time 同时”是一种搭配，而且根据原文意思：“由于这种工作必须同时继续下去”，所以选择“carry on”。而选项＇A＇“carry off 拿走，搬走；抓走；夺走；致……死亡 ”，＇B＇“carry forward 推进，使前进”，＇C＇“carry away 拿走，搬走；抢走；冲走，卷走；使激动而失去自制力；吸引住”均不符合题意。
4 【答案】＇B＇
【解析】“大量地”。根据原文意思：“因为为了我们的发展，我们大量地依据科学和技术，所以必须培养出许多领域里的专家。”，所以选择“heavily”。而选项 ＇A＇“substantially 实际上；大体上；实质上”，＇C＇“equally相等地；同样地”，＇D＇“misleadingly误解地”均不符合题意。
5 【答案】＇C＇
【解析】“进步；发展；进展”。根据文章的一致性，“progress”与上文的“as far as they can go”构成呼应。而选项＇A＇“刺激；鼓舞；激励”，＇B＇“转换，转变；（轮）班，（换）班”，＇D＇“魔力；魔法；魅力”均不构成呼应，不符合题意。
6 【答案】＇C＇
【解析】“因为”。根据文章的一致性，“because”与上句的“Because we depend。。。”形成句子结构的一致性。而选项＇A＇＇B＇＇D＇均不构成句子的一致性，不符合题意。
7 【答案】＇B＇
【解析】“民主主义的；民主政体的；平民的”。根据文章一致性原则，“democratic”与“whose citizens”形成一种照应。而选项＇A＇“繁荣的；富裕的；兴旺的”，＇C＇“受过教育的；有学识的”，＇D＇“兴隆的；兴旺的；繁荣的”均不构成呼应，不符合题意。
8 【答案】＇C＇
【解析】“when”。根据原文，在文章开头作者就用假设的手法提出了问题“if。。。whether。。。or”，而“when”表达的是对可能出现的某种情况的回答，即对“if”的假设问题�