1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide. Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed b
2、y teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses, ” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan. MIT has offered a program called Op
3、enCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2, 000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard ha
4、s long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120, 000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join th
5、em in offering courses on the open- source edX platform. “Fasten your seatbelts, ” Hockfield said. Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie- Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online. The Harvard- MIT program will be monitored by a not- for- profit
6、(非盈利的) organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful. 1. According to th
7、is text, edX is.A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWareB. a free computer program by MIT and HarvardC. a Harvard- MIT platform of free online coursesD. a free program online for universities worldwide2. What is said about online education in the text? A. Universities have been trying online courses
8、. B. About 2, 000 online courses have been offered. C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online. D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX. 3. The underlined part in the text probably means “”.A. Get ready for the difficultiesB. Get ready for this educational changeC. Get
9、 prepared to complete the online coursesD. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses4. What can be said about MITx according to the text? A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program. B. It is another free MIT- Harvard online learning program. C. It is a standard to recognize
10、online learnersachievement. D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT. 【参考答案】14、CABC阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。When 19yearold Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophi
11、a knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide orga
12、nization that started in the United States in 1980. “Its a charity (慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true，” Sophia explained.We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first star
13、ted. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come true，so with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “poli
14、ceman” for a day. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，”explained Sophia.Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A M
15、akeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children whatever they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that were necessar
16、y, or by raising money or helping out in what way they can.文章大意：本文借Sophia之口，让我们了解了MakeAWish Foundation一个全球性的慈善组织，它帮助身患重病的孩子实现他们的愿望。8Sophia found out about MakeAWish because her best friend had _.Abenefited from it Bvolunteered to help it Cdreamed about it Dtold the author about it答案：A细节理解题。根据第一段的“Bu
17、t Sophia knew just how important Make A Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends .”可知，因为Make A Wish曾经帮助Sophia的一个朋友实现了愿望，所以Sophia才知道这个组织是多么的重要，才了解了这一组织的更多内容。9According to Sophia, MakeAWish _.Ais an international charityBwas under
18、stood by nobody at firstCraises money for very poor familiesDstarted by drawing the interest of the public答案：A推理判断题。根据第二段的第一、二句可知，Make A Wish是一个全球性的组织，而且是一个慈善机构，故A项正确；大家不理解的是Sophia去当志愿者帮助Make A Wish，而不是没人理解Make A Wish，故排除B项；Make A Wish是帮助身患重病的孩子实现愿望，而不是为穷苦家庭募捐，故C项错误；D项不是文章的内容。10What is said about Ch
19、ris in Paragraph 3?AHe has been a policeman since he was seven.BHe gave people the idea of starting MakeAWish.CHe wanted people to help make his dream come true.DHe was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.答案：B推理判断题。由第三段可知，Chris当了一天的警察，故排除A项；人们帮助Chris实现了他当警察的愿望，而且这就是Make A Wish的
20、开始，故B项正确；很多人想帮助Chris，但文章未提Chris想让人们帮助他实现梦想，故排除C项；D项不是文章的内容。11Which of the following is true about MakeAWish volunteers?AThey are important for making wishes come true.BThey try to help children get over their illnesses.CThey visit sick children to make them feel special.DThey provide what is necessa
21、ry to make MakeAWish popular.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true.”可知A项正确；志愿者不能帮助孩子们克服他们的疾病，故排除B项；志愿者们拜访孩子们是为了帮助他们实现愿望，而不是使他们感到特别，故C项错误；志愿者提供给孩子们必要的东西是为了帮助他们，而不是使Make A Wish受欢迎，故D项错误。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中
22、, 选出最佳选项。 (2013辽宁，C)Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone cant make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲劳). To the amazement of these scientists, they discover
23、ed that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we could find it full of fatigue toxins(霉素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end
24、of the day.So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of efforts as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired?Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional(情感的) attitu
25、des. One of Englands most outstanding scientists, J. A. Hadfield, says，“The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares，“One hundred percent of the fa
26、tigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciatedthose are the emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work b
27、y itself seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.文章大意：最新的研究发现：持续的脑力劳动并不使人疲劳，真正使人疲劳的是一些精神上的消极情绪。12What surprised the scientists a few years ago?AFatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborers blood.BAlbert Einstein didnt feel worn out after a days
28、work.CThe brain could work for many hours without fatigue.DA mental workers blood was filled with fatigue toxins.答案：C细节理解题。从第一段的To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all！可知答案。13According to the author, which
29、 of the following can make sitting workers tired?AChallenging mental work. BUnpleasant emotions. CEndless tasks. DPhysical labor.答案：B细节理解题。从第三段的One hundred percent of the fatigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.可知答案。14Whats the authors attitude towards the scientists
30、ideas?AHe agrees with them.BHe doubts them.CHe argues against them.DHe hesitates to accept them.答案：A推理判断题。从文章的最后一段的We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body可知，作者同意科学家的观点。15We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic, sitting workers need to _.Ahave some good
31、 foodBenjoy their workCexercise regularlyDdiscover fatigue toxins答案：B推理判断题。从文章的最后一段的A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciatedthose are the emotions that tire sitting workers.可知推知，要想精力充沛，必须去掉这些负面的东西，而去喜欢工作，享受工作。完型填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选
32、项中，选出最佳选项。议论文型完形填空 The city that I live in is about to put cameras at all traffic lights to catch people who run red lights.It _1_ me of how many people Ive seen who take the yellow light as a _2_ to go faster.I also cant understand why people dont move when the traffic light has turned green. Above
33、 all, there are those _3_ situations in which someone doesnt even _4_ that the light turns red, and just keeps going.That is why so many _5_ happen! All these situations make me _6_ the purpose of traffic lights._7_， its even more frightening to imagine letting people make their own decisions at _8_
34、 crossroads.Do the biggest cars get to go first? Who decides who goes next? So I guess I do like the idea of a system to _9_ traffic.And Ill do my best to _10_ the traffic rules: to go, to be cautious, and to stop when Im _11_ to.It occurs to me that my _12_ have done much the same for me _13_ teach
35、ing me how to live.They have given me many _14_ lights: to get along well with others, to listen and talk to them, to help others, and to _15_ with joy and purpose.They have also given me some red lights _16_ my life goes astray(误入歧途): not to be greedy, to keep my temper, and to control my desires.A
36、nd there _17_ have been some yellow caution lights: to watch how much I drink, to keep control of my behaviour, and to_18_ school regularly and work hard.If I obey these rules, my life will be as _19_ as it can be.Just as Im wise to pay attention to the traffic lights when Im walking across the stre
37、et, Im wise to pay attention to the“ _20_ signals” given to me by my parents.1A.suggests BinformsCreminds Dwarns2A.sight BsignalCmessage Dswitch3A.instant BexcitingCdangerous Dcautious4A.notice BsenseCremember Dfeel5A.events BproblemsCsituations Daccidents6A.fond of Bwonder aboutCcare for Dworry abo
38、ut7A.Besides BAnywayCInstead DHowever8A.noisy BnarrowCcrowded Dkey9A.control BdirectCimprove Dserve10A.learn BobeyCprotect Dcarry11A.supposed BusedCdevoted Ddelighted12A.teachers BfriendsCleaders Dparents13A.in charge of Bin face ofCin terms of Din danger of14A.safe BgreenCbeneficial Dhelpful15A.liv
39、e BshareCwork Dcommunicate16A.unless BwhenCbefore Dtill17A.still BevenConly Dalso18A.start BattendCleave Dmiss19A.good BcolourfulCmeaningful Dhealthy20A.traffic BlightClife Dconfidence (二)【要点综述】本文讨论了在目前的生活中，人们不严格按照交通信号灯的指示通行，由此作者想到了父母对自己的教导就如红绿灯一样，指引作者走向正确的人生之路。1C由城市将安装摄像头想到了很多人闯红灯的事情。remind sb of s
40、th使某人想到某事。2B很多人把黄灯当作一个加速的信号。sight景象，眼界，见解；signal 信号； message消息；switch开关。3C由后文可知，行人闯红灯的情形是非常危险的。4A行人甚至没有注意到红灯亮了，就径直走过去。notice 注意；sense 感到；remember 记得；feel 感到。5D句意：那就是有那么多的交通事故发生的原因！accident事故；event 事件；problem问题；situation形势。6B所有的这些危险的情形使“我”想知道设置交通信号灯的目的。worry about 担心，担忧；wonder about 想知道；care for关心，喜欢
41、。7D上文说到了一些不遵守交通灯指示造成的危险情况，下文说到更让“我”感到害怕的情况，故此处的连接词应选择however，用以强调后文。8C此处修饰十字路口，应选择crowded。noisy 吵闹的； narrow狭窄的； key关键的。9Acontrol管理，控制。10B根据前一句可知，这里应指obey the traffic rules“遵守交通规则”。11A该停下的时候就停下。be supposed to理应； be used to习惯于；be devoted to致力于；be delighted to高兴(做)。12D通过本文最后一句可以看出是my parents，此处应选择parents。13C父母在教“我”做人方面对“我”的指导。in terms of在方面，就来说；in charge of 负责；in face of 面对；in danger of 面对的危险。14B通过后文可以看出，下面说的是可以做的事情，应理解为绿灯(green lights)。15A16C根据逻辑可知，要在孩子误入歧途前给予提醒。17D前面介绍了绿灯和红灯，下面应介绍黄灯的情况。also也。18Battend school上学。19A此处用good是相对于前文“误入歧途”而言，因此不能选择B、C项。20C升华主题，由道路的信号灯联想到人生的信号灯。