1、2012高考英语精选备考题库系列（含详解）阅读理解（一）高考资源备战2012高考，精选阅读200篇，适合高三上学期使用，希望对大家有帮助。（2011年8月）网www.%k$#Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But
2、 studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 15 minutes a day, and then
3、 other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adults remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again. Today s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not b
4、e taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency writing without having to think about it. F
5、luency continues to develop up until high school.But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Grah
6、am at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administ
7、ers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.语篇解读文章介绍了在键盘普及的年代美国的书法教学情况。高考资源网www.%k$#1We can learn _ from Paragraph 1.A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching jobB. most teachers prefer to
8、teach handwritingC. teachers spend little time in teaching handwritingD. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely解析推理判断题。根据第一段中“90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting”可知书法教学是基本的教学要求，A项为正确推论。根据“One study published this year found that about three out of every fou
9、r teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting”可知，很多老师不愿意教书法课，B项错误；根据第一段末句可知C项错误；根据全段判断，只是说键盘普及使一些人认为书法渐渐过时了，D项错误。答案A2Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.B. The letters are repeated many times.C. Han
10、dwriting includes two skills.D. To write in cursive is taught first.解析细节认定题。根据第二段可知，传统的书法教学重复很多遍并且持续时间长，因此A、B两项内容正确。根据第三段第一句可知C项内容正确；根据最后一段第二句可知D项内容错误。答案D3The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means _.A. easy to read B. complexC. unexpected D. unreadable解析推测词义题。根据下文“which means forming the
11、 letters so they can be read”可推测画线词的意思是“清楚，易读”。答案A4The best title for the passage is _.A. How to improve handwriting in schoolB. Right or wrong: the death of handwritingC. Handwriting involves two skillsD. Handwriting lessons are on the way out解析标题归纳题。作者对美国书法教学的现状作了叙述，没有自己的主观评论，故选择B。A项没有涉及，C项只是其中一部分
12、内容，D项只是一部分人的观点。答案B5The author s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is_.A. negative B. objectiveC. critical D. optimistic解析态度判断题。根据全文的叙述，作者只是将美国书法教学的现状和不同人的观点呈现出来，并没有发表自己的见解，因此作者持客观的态度。答案B长难句解读One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers s
13、ay they are not prepared to teach handwriting.今年公布的一项研究发现，大约每四个教师中就有三个说他们不准备教书法了。published this year为过去分词短语作后置定语，found后面为宾语从句，其中又含有一个宾语从句they are not prepared to teach handwriting。Saturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired offi
14、cial in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskayas mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed(诊断) with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husbands funeral. “Your father wil
15、l forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him,” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the day at the
16、 hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskayas apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind,” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying
17、 to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people fa
18、ithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner of Hell: reports from Chechnya.” Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend tim
19、e in a hospital than on a battlefield, and her writing bore frequent witness to robbery, and the uncontrolled cruelty of life in a place that few other Russiansand almost no other reporterscared to think about. 1. Politkovskayas father died of _.A. tiredness B. a heart disease C. an attack D. an acc
20、ident【答案与解析】答案B。从第2句中的“had died of a heart attack”可知B选项是正确答案。C选项attack是“攻击”的意思，而文中出现的是heart attack，“心脏病”，因此C选项偷换了概念；其他选项与文中相关的表述不相干。2. From the text we know that Raisa Mazepa _. A. didnt love her husband B. didnt attend her husbands funeralC. was having an operation the day her husband was buried D.
21、 was too sad to attend her husbands funeral【答案与解析】答案B。从3、4、5三句可知B选项是正确选项，其他三个选项与文中的表述不一致。3. The underlined word “emerged” most likely means _. A. came out B. went into C. disappeared D. left for【答案与解析】答案A。介词“from”表示动作的出处、来源，而后面的介词宾语是“the Moscow Metro”，可知“Moscow Metro”是“emerged”这一动作的起源地，因此，A选项符合原文的意思
22、。4. How many family members of Anna are mentioned in the passage? A. Three. B. Four C. Five D. Six【答案与解析】4. 答案C。文中提到Politkovskaya姐妹俩，以及她的父母、女儿。5. Which of the following words can best describe Politkovskayas character? A. Curious B. easy-going C. careless D. responsible【答案与解析】答案D。从“Politkovskaya was
23、 a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta,”一直到文章的结尾，作者简述了Politkovskaya敢于直面社会的不良现象的正值性格，而这是其他记者所不屑的，因此D选项是正确答案。A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain w
24、hy people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the British Medical Journal.Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians altho
25、ugh more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those
26、 who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social cl
27、ass and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more li
28、kely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.But Dr Frankie Phillips of the
29、British Dietetic Association said，“It_ is_ like _the _chicken _and _egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues？”语篇解读研究表明，素食和高智商有一定的关系。1What s the result of the research mentioned in the text?A. Intell
30、igent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.B. Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.C. Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.D. Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.解析
31、细节理解题。根据第一段中的“people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10”可知A项正确。根据“it could explain why.”可知这一结果可帮助解释B项中的现象，但B项并非这次研究的结果。故本题选A。答案A2It was found in the research that_.A. most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were c
32、arried outB. vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetariansC. female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetariansD. vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“There was no d
33、ifference in the IQ scores between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken”可知答案。答案B3Catharine Gale talked about “being vegetarians” in a(n)_way.A. doubtful B. favorableC. negative D. objective解析推理判断题。根据第六段可知Catharine Gale只是客观地讲述研究结果，并没有表示自己的立场。
34、故选D项。答案D4What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?A. Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.B. The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.C. The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.D. The link betw
35、een a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.解析推理判断题。文章最后一句的意思是：人们成为素食者是因为他们智商高还是因为他们足够聪明而更注意健康问题？由此可见Dr Frankie Phillips认为素食和高智商的因果关系尚未明确，就像弄不清楚是因为有蛋才有鸡，还是因为有鸡才有蛋一样。故C项正确。答案C5What s the best title for the text?A. Get more IQ points!B. Be a vegetarian, please!C. Vegetarian diet cuts heart riskD
36、. A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian解析标题概括题。本文介绍了一项研究结果：素食与高智商有关，故D项正确。作者并未提出建议，所以A、B两项错误；文章中虽然提到了心脏病，但不是文章的主旨，故C项错误。答案D长难句解读(1) A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10.本句是含有定语从句的复合句。who were veg
37、etarians by 30是定语从句，修饰先行词people。(2)There was no difference in the IQ scores between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.There was no difference in the IQ scores between strict vegetarians and those是主句，who said they were vegetarians but repo
38、rted eating fish or chicken是定语从句，修饰先行词those。Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across
39、 the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers dont come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails
40、 filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neibourhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it. There is no standard for how much w
41、ater a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litresless than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between fou
42、r hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that daytwo or three buckets worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesnt
43、 go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; its cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the
44、 people of New Delhis slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.1. The underlined word “slum” most likely means _. A. a village B. a small townC. an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings
45、 D. the part of a town that lacks water badly【答案与解析】答案C。A、B、D可以指贫穷地区，也可以指富裕地区，但根据第1段的第2句及第2段的最后一句可以知道slum指的更可能是贫穷地区，C选项比较接近这个意思，因此应该是最佳答案。2. Sometimes the water tanker doesnt come because _. A. the weather is bad B. there is no electricity C. there is no water D. people dont want the dirty water【答案与
46、解析】答案B。根据第1段的On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers dont come at all.可以知道B选项是正确答案。3. A person needs at least _ litres of water a day. A. a hundred B. four hundred C. forty D. fifty【答案与解析】答案D。根据第2段的“but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres”可以知道D选项是正确答案。4. Whic
47、h of the following statements is wrong? A. a hundred litres of water a day is enough for Shobas family B. Americans uses the largest amount of water each day C. in Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water D. Shoba has a family of seven people【答案与解析】答案A。根据第2段的Shoba has a husband and five ch
48、ildren, and that much water doesnt go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon.可以判断A选项不符合文意，而其他选项均可在文中找到支持信息。5. The passage mainly tells us _. A. how women in Kesum Purbahari gets their water B. how much water a day a person deeds C. t
49、hat India lacks water badly D. how India government manages to solve the problem of water【答案与解析】答案C。该题是判断主旨大意题。第2段第2句是该文的主题句，C选项与主题句的意思一致，因此是正确选项。A、B选项是细节信息，用于村托印度缺水的现象；D选项则完全与文章的意思相反，因此均可排除。We bet that on cold wintry days, many of you love to stay in your warm home and, every now and then，come out
50、into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately, plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!Winter is the time when bugs (虫子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold, the ground is hard and many trees have no l
51、eaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapauses. There re different kinds of diapauses, but all are similar to
52、 hibernation, a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period, too, but it often isn t when the temperature drops.They rely on more dependable signals in the environment. For example, many insects can tell how much sunlight there s each day. They use that t
53、o tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded, meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can t move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.They re looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 milli
54、on years, so they don t really know they re coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behavior. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unnoticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food, but they dont care
55、about humans.语篇解读本文主要介绍的是：为什么虫子在冬天会入侵人类住所。1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.C. To mean that bugs will invade humans houses for their winter.D. To put forward the idea th
56、at bugs are not welcome in winter.解析推理判断题。根据文章第一段可知，虫子和人类一样，也会喜欢待在温暖的屋里，再结合文章的后面几段可知，本段暗示虫子在冬天会入侵人类住所。答案C2According to the text, what is diapauses?A. It is the same as the animals hibernation.B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.D. It is a deep s
57、leep similar to hibernation.解析细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知答案为D。答案D3What often decides bugs diapauses?A. The lower local temperature.B. The amount of sunlight.C. Kinds of environmental signals.D. The insects inside temperature.解析细节理解题。根据文章第四段的“They rely on more dependable signals in the environment”可知，虫子的“diapaus
58、es”是由多种环境可依赖性因素决定的，不一定全靠温度或者光照。答案C4According to the text, bugs invade humans homes to_.A. attack humansB. look for enough foodC. seek for protectionD. show their evolutionary results解析细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知，虫子进屋是为了寻求保护，把自己置身于安全形势之下，而不仅仅是为了寻求食物。答案C5What would be the best title for the text?A. Bugs life on
59、cold wintry daysB. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?C. Good relations between humans and bugsD. What does diapauses mean?解析标题概括题。整篇文章主要告诉读者的是：在冬天里，为什么虫子会入侵人类的住所。答案B长难句解读(1)Therere different kinds of diapauses，but all are similar to hibernation，a time when bigger animals become inactive in the
60、cold.此句是but连接的并列复合句，but后的部分中a time是hibernation的同位语，而且后面接了when引导的定语从句。(2)Bugs are cold-blooded，meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside.句中的meaning相当于which means；meaning后接that引导的宾语从句，在此宾语从句中含有the same as结构。One day last September, as Britney Spears was about to board a flight to
61、 Los Angeles from London, a blue bottle fell out of her purse. She quickly put it back in, but not before the camera recorded the event. Neither Spears nor her spokesman was willing to comment on the contents of the bottle, but the next morning Londons Daily Express published a page of pictures unde
62、r the headline “EXCLUSIVE: POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS.” Spears was apparently carrying Zantrex-3, one of the most popular weight-loss pills now sold in the United States. The pill, which is sold at about fifty dollars for a months supply, contains a huge amount of c
63、affeine, some green tea, and three common South American herbs that also act as stimulants (兴奋剂). It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would be hard to overstate. Millions of bottles have been sold, and during the Christmas season it was displayed in the windows of the nation
64、s largest chain of vitamin shops, G.N.C. (It is so highly sought after that many of the stores keep it in locked counters.) Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, and other chains, and over the telephone and on the Internet. If you type “Zantrex” into Google, more than a hundred thousand
65、 pieces of information about it will appear. At any moment, there are scores of people sell it on eBay. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the success story of Zantrex-3, however, is that it is far from unique. There are hundreds of similar products on the market today, and they are bought by
66、millions of Americans. And though Zantrexs producer makes some exciting statements (“the most advanced weight control compound (化合物)period”), so do the people who sell Stacker 2 and Anorex along with those who sell Carb Eliminator and Fat Eliminator. Almost all of these compounds suggest that they c
67、an help people lose weight and regain lost energy, and often without diet, exercise, or any other effort. 1. Britney Spears is a / an_. A. dancer B. singer C. athlete D. chemist【答案与解析】答案B。细节信息题。从第1段的大写部分“POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS.”可以知道B选项是正确答案。2. Which of the follo
68、wing is also a kind of weight-loss pill? A. CVS B. Rite Aid C. Wal-Mart D. Anorex【答案与解析】答案D。细节信息题。根据第1段的 “Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, and other chains,”以及第2段的“so do the people who sell Stacker 2 and Anorex along with those who sell Carb Eliminator and Fat Eliminator.”可以知道D选项是正
69、确答案。3. The underlined part of the sentence in the first paragraph is most likely similar in meaning to _. A. it is difficult to say how successful Zantrex-3 is B. you cant overstate the success of Zantrex-3 C. you cant think too highly of the success of Zantrex-3 D. Zantrex-3 is not very successful【
70、答案与解析】答案C。理解句子结构及推测词义题。从It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would be hard to overstate. 的前半部分可以知道Zantrex-3是美国市场很畅销的减肥类商品；根据构词法可以知道后半部分的overstate有“夸张、夸大事实”的意思，而would be hard to overstate可以理解为“难以夸张、夸大”的意思，因此划线部分的意思可以直译为“难以夸大/夸张的成功”或理解为“怎么夸张都不过份的成功”，C选项所含有的句型can nottoo亦是此意。4. F
71、rom the second paragraph we know that _ . A. Zantrex-3 is one of the successful weight-loss pills on the US market B. Zantrex-3 is the most successful weight-loss pills on the US marketC. Zantrex-3 is the only weight-loss pill on the US marketD. there are five kinds of weight-loss pills on the US ma
72、rket 【答案与解析】答案A。从第2段的1、2、3句可以知道A选项是正确答案，其他选项均与文章的信息不一致。5. The text mainly tells us _. A. when Britney Spears was found taking weight-loss pills with her B. how Zantrex-3 became successful in the USA C. weight-loss pills are very popular in the USA D. Zantrex-3 is forbidden to be sold on the US marke
73、t【答案与解析】答案C。A选项只包含了文章的部分信息；B选项侧重Zantrex-3获得成功的方式，而文章并没有这方面的信息；D选项与文章中的信息相反；从整体来看，文章是以Zantrex-3为引子，引出减肥或瘦身类商品当今在美国很流行的话题，即第1段是引入，第2段开始切入主题，第2段的第2句可以看做是主题句。C选项与主题句的意思一致，因此应该是该题的答案。14 days from just 2,090 ppFully inclusive from the UKPrice covers: International airfares, departure taxes, fuel charges,
74、local transportation, accommodation, all meals, entrance fees, guides, daily tours and visas for UK citizens.Days 1 3: UK ShanghaiFly to the great city of Shanghai and in the evening sample traditional Shanghai food. Visit the beautiful Yu Gardens, Old Town, Shanghai Museum, cross the Great Nanpu Br
75、idge and tour the Pudong area. Also explore Xintiandi with its 1920 s style Shikumen buildings and end your stay in Shanghai with an amazing Huangpu River evening tour.Days 4 7: Shanghai Yangtze River TourFly to Yichang and change (approx: one hour)to board your Yangtze River ship for the next four
76、nights. Enjoy a tour of the Three Gorges Dam (三峡大坝)before sailing on the grand Yangtze River, passing through the impressive Three Gorges. We take a side trip to the Lesser Three Gorges or travel up the Shennong Stream in a peapod boat and enjoy various shore trips along the way.Day 8: Chongqing Che
77、ngduGet off in Chongqing and drive to Chengdu for an overnight stay.Days 9 10: Chengdu XianVisit the famous Panda Reserve to see the lovely animals.We then fly to the historic city of Xian for two nights stay and enjoy traditional Shui Jiao. Next day, explore one of the most important discoveries of
78、 the 20th Century the Terracotta Warriors(兵马俑) ，followed by the ancient City Wall and a performance of Tang Dynasty dancing.Days 11 13：Xian BeijingVisit Little Wild Goose Pagoda and see the ancient objects at the wellknown Shaanxi Provincial Museum before walking through the lively Muslim Quarter to
79、 see the Great Mosque.Later fly to Beijing for three nights stay and try Peking Duck.During our stay in Beijing, we stroll through Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City, the largest and best preserved collection of ancient buildings in China, and visit the Summer Palace. Next day we take a walk on
80、the Great Wall, tour the unique Temple of Heaven and enjoy an attractive Chinese Acrobatic Show.Day 14: Beijing UKFly back to the UK, arriving home later the same day filled with happy memories.语篇解读本文是一则广告，介绍到中国旅游的一些日程安排。1The underlined word “sample” in the passage probably means “_”A. buyB. reserve
81、C. taste D. make解析词义猜测题。该句说的是飞抵上海，在晚上应该是“品尝”传统的上海食物。其他选项明显不符合句意。答案C2The first and last scenic spots to be visited in Xian are_.A. the Terracotta Warriors and the Great MosqueB. the Terracotta Warriors and Shaanxi Provincial MuseumC. Little Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great MosqueD. Little Wild Goose P
82、agoda and the Muslim Quarter解析细节理解题。依据Days 910：ChengduXian这个部分可知，在西安最先看的景点是兵马俑；再依据Days 1113：XianBeijing可知，离开西安前看的景点是the Great Mosque(清真寺)。答案A3Which of the following is TRUE according to the ad?A. Tbe tourists will have to pay extra for fuel and meals.B. The tourists will visit the 1920s Shikumen bui
83、ldings in Beijing.C. The tourists will take a side trip to the Three Gorges Dam during the tour.D. The tourists will stay in Beijing for three nights before leaving for the UK.解析细节理解题。依据Days 1113：XianBeijing这个部分的内容可知，游客要在北京呆三个晚上，所以选D。答案D4The ad is mainly intended to_.A. encourage the British to trav
84、el in ChinaB. attract the British to traditional Chinese foodC. offer services of booking air tickets to touristsD. provide the British with a better understanding of China解析写作意图题。这是一则广告，把旅游的日程安排以及中国的文化古迹、人文地理及美食介绍给英国游客，自然目的是A。答案ANext time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee.
85、And when youre doing your holiday shopping online, make sure youre holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation (感觉) of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent researc
86、h by psychologist John A. Bargh.Psychologists have known that one person s perception (感知) of another s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable
87、. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness.Classic studics by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “
88、mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlows work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.Feelings of “warmth” a
89、nd “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal.Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm”， or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.To test the relationship between p
90、hysical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the studys hypotheses (假设) , handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form.
91、The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of“Person A”based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.“We are grounded in our physical experiences even wh
92、en we think abstractly，” says Bargh.语篇解读最近的心理学研究发现，人们对“温暖”或者“寒冷”的感受可以改变人们的情感。1According to Paragraph 1, a person s emotion may be affected by_.A. the visitors to his officeB. the psychology lessons he hasC. his physical feeling of coldnessD. the things he has bought online解析细节理解题。由文章第一段的第三句话可知，温暖的感觉
93、激发温暖的情感，而冷饮在手则会阻止你做出不明智的决定，因此可以说一个人的情感可能会受到冷的感觉的影响。答案B2The author mentions Harlow s experiment to show that_.A. adults should develop social skillsB. babies need warm physical contactC. caregivers should be healthy adultsD. monkeys have social relationships解析细节理解题。在试验中，猴子喜欢去靠近布制的“妈妈”而不喜欢“金属线”做的“妈妈”。
94、这使心理学家们强调养育者应该让孩子们多接触一些令人感觉温暖的东西，以帮助孩子们成长为有正常社交技能的健康的成年人，故B项正确。答案B3In Bargh s experiment, the students were asked to_.A. evaluate someone s personalityB. write down their hypothesesC. fill out a personal information formD. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively解析细节理解题。由文中倒数第二段中的“After that，the stu
95、dents were asked to rate the personality ofPerson Abased on a particular description.”可知选A。在试验中，学生被要求评价某人的性格。答案A4We can infer from the passage that_.A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiencesB. feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwideC. physical temperature affects how
96、 we see othersD. capable persons are often cold to others解析推理判断题。全文都在论述人们对“温暖”或“寒冷”的感觉可以影响人们对事物的评价。因此，物理温度会影响我们看待他人的方式。因此选C。答案C5What would be the best title for the passage?A. Drinking for Better Social RelationshipsB. Experiments of Personality EvaluationC. Developing Better Drinking HabitsD. Physi
97、cal Sensations and Emotions解析主旨大意题。本文主要介绍的是人们对物理温度的感觉对人们情绪的影响，D项概括性比较强。答案DA little under one-third of U.S. families have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday.Park Associates, a Dallas
98、-based technology market research firm, said 29 percent of U.S. families, or 31 million homes, do not have Internet access and do not intend to subscribe（预订）to an Internet service over the next 12 months. The second annual National Technology Scan conducted by Park found that the main reason why pot
99、ential customers say they do not subscribe to the Internet is because of the low value to their daily lives rather than concerns over cost.Forty-four percent of these families say they are not interested in anything on the Internet, versus just 22 percent who say they cannot afford a computer or the
100、 cost of Internet service, the survey showed. The answer “Im not sure how to use the Internet” came from 17 percent of participants who do not subscribe. The response “I do all my e-commerce shopping and YouTube-watching at work” was cited by 14 percent of Internet-access users. Three percent said t
101、he Internet doesnt reach their homes.The study found U.S. broadband adoption grew to 52 percent over 2006, up from 42 percent in 2005. Roughly half of new subscribers converted（转变）from slower-speed, dial-up Internet access while the other half of families had no prior access.“The industry continues
102、to chip（击破）away at the core of non-subscribers, but has a long way to go,” said John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates. “Entertainment applications will be the key. If anything will pull in the holdouts, its going to be applications that make the Internet more similar to pay-TV,” he
103、predicted.1. What does the underlined word “holdouts” in the first paragraph most probably mean?A. some American familiesB. those who hold out ones opinionsC. those who have been surveyedD. those who still havent access to the Internet currently【答案与解析】D 根据前文one third of the U.S. families have no Int
104、ernet access and do not plan to get it 可知2. Many potential customers refuse to subscribe to the Internet mainly because _.A. they show too much concern about the cost B. they can find little value of itC. they do most YouTube-watching at work D. the Internet doesnt reach their homes【答案与解析】B 由第二段foun
105、d the main reason potential customers say they do not subscribe to the Internet is because of the low value to their daily lives they recognize可知3. From the passage we can infer that _.A. It is not an easy job to transform those holdouts into the Internet usersB. people will adopt dial-up Internet a
106、ccess no moreC. many Americans enjoy doing e-commerce shopping at homeD. more than half of the population are using the Internet in 2005【答案与解析】A 从最后一段第一句可知4. According to John Barrett, what is the key to attracting more U.S. families to broadband service?A. making the Internet look more similar to T
107、V setB. applying the Internet more to entertainmentC. providing more pay-TV programsD. chipping away at the core of non-subscribers【答案与解析】B 由最后一段“Entertainment applications will be the key”一句可知5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Web develops with technologyB. The present situation of webC.
108、 Many Americans see little point to webD. It is urgent to promote web service【答案与解析】 C 从文章的写作逻辑可知作者主要在谈目前还有三分之一的美国家庭没有网络服务，而B答案太宽泛In ancient Egypt ，the pharaoh(法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner h
109、ad the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Shades of that spirit spread over today s conversations.Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out the door，picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked u
110、p at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus.As I breathlessly put my handful of
111、 cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of headcutting!It s not the news that makes someone angry. It s the unsympathetic attitude with which it s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning pr
112、ofessionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone.Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.Un
113、fortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you are tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or din
114、er want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning.Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that s all right.
115、 Ill catch the next one. ”Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸的) person is sure to have.语篇解读当我们告诉别人不好的消息时，我们应该以同情的表情和语气来表达。1In Paragraph 1 ，the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to_.A. make a comparisonB. introduce a topicC. describe a scene D.
116、offer an argument解析逻辑推理题。从第一段可知，作者用“法老的故事”来引出文章的话题，所以答案选B。答案B2In the writer s opinion, his neighbor was_.A. friendly B. warmheartedC. not considerate D. not helpful解析事实细节题。文章中第二段，作者的邻居高兴地向作者传达一个坏消息，他没有考虑作者的感受，由此可知作者的邻居很不会体贴人，考虑事情不周全。答案C3From “Dreams of headcutting！” ( Paragraph 3 ), we learn that th
117、e writer_.A. was mad at the sales agentB. was reminded of the cruel pharaohC. wished that the sales agent would have bad dreamsD. dreamed of cutting the sales agent s head that night解析逻辑推理题。从文章第三段推断可知，作者对售票员的这种行为非常愤怒，所以答案选A。答案A4What is the main idea of the text?A. Delivering bad news properly is imp
118、ortant in communication.B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.解析主旨大意题。本文告诉我们“在日常交流中，当向别人传达坏消息时应该委婉地表达出来，以照顾到对方的感受，这在日常交流中是非常重要的”。由此可知答案为A项。答案AAgainst the supposition than forest fires in Al
119、aska, Canada and Siberia warm the climate, scientists have discovered that cooling may occur in areas where burnt trees allow more snow to mirror more sunlight into space.This finding suggests that taking steps to prevent northern forest to limit the release of greenhouse gases may warm the climate
120、in northern regions. Usually large fires destroyed forests in these areas over the past decade. Scientists predict that with climate warming, fires may occur more frequently over next several centuries as result of a longer fire season. Sunlight taken in by the earth tends to cause warming, while he
121、at mirrored back into space tends to cause cooling.This is the first study to analyze all aspects of how northern fires influence climate. Earlier studies by other scientists have suggested that fire in northern regions speed up climate warming because greenhouse gases from burning trees and plants
122、are released into the atmosphere and thus trap heat.Scientists found that right after the fire, large amounts of greenhouse gases entered the atmosphere and caused warming. Ozone（臭氧）levels increased, and ash from the fire fell on far-off sea ice, darkening the surface and causing more radiation from
123、 the sun to be taken in. The following spring, however, the land within the area of the fire was brighter than before the fire, because fewer trees covered the ground. Snow on the ground mirrored more sunlight back into space, leading to cooling.“We need to find out all possible ways to reduce the g
124、rowth of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Scientists tracked the change in amount of radiation entering and leaving the climate system as a result of the fire, and found a measurement closely related to the global air temperature. Typically, fire in northern regions occurs in the same area every
125、 80 to 150 years. Scientists, however, found that when fire occurs more frequently, more radiation is lost from the earth and cooling results. Specifically, they determined when fire returns 20 years earlier than predicated, 0.5 watts per square meter of area burned are soaked up by the earth from g
126、reenhouse gases, but 0.9 watts per square meter will be sent back into space. The net effect is cooling. Watts are used to measure the rate at which energy is gained or lost from the earth.1. According to the new findings, taking steps to prevent northern forest fires may _.A. result in a warming cl
127、imateB. cause the forest fires to occur more frequentlyC. lead to a longer fire seasonD. protect the forests and the environment there【答案与解析】A 根据第二段第一句This finding suggests 可知2. The following are all the immediate effects after a forest fire EXCEPT _.A. large amounts of greenhouse gases enter the at
128、mosphereB. the levels of ozone which is a type of oxygen increaseC. snow on the ground mirrors more sunlight back into spaceD. ashes from the fire fall on the ice surface and take in more radiation from the sun【答案与解析】C 根据第四段可知3. Earlier studies about northern forest fires _.A. analyze all aspects of
129、 how northern fires influence climateB. indicate that forest fires will pollute the atmosphereC. suggest that people should take measures to protect environmentD. suggest that the fires will speed up climate warming【答案与解析】D 根据第三段可知4. The underlined phrase “soak up” in the last paragraph most probabl
130、y means _.A. releasedB. absorbedC. createdD. distributed【答案与解析】B 根据but 0.9 watts per square meter will be sent back into space 可知soak up 与sent back 的意思相反5. From the passage we can draw a conclusion that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia may _.A. warm the climate as the supposition goesB. al
131、low more snow to reflect more sunlight into space and thus cool the climateC. destroy large areas of forests and pollute the far-off sea iceD. help to gain more energy rather than release more energy【答案与解析】B 根据第一段Against the supposition scientists have discovered that可知Kincaid looked at his watch: e
132、ight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it s
133、wung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt unpressed stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots
134、.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S. Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.He wished for t
135、he thousandth time in his life that he had a dog ,a golden retriever, maybe ,for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal .Still ,he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too
136、old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it .Robert Kincaid was alone as its possible to bean only child ,parents both dead , distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no clo
137、se friends.He thought about Marian .She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty-two now , that would make her just under forty .Marian had dreams of becoming a musician ,a folksinger .She knew all of the Weavers songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Sea
138、ttle .When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.His long absencestwo or three months sometimeswere hard on the marriage .He knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married ,and both of them had a vague(not clear) sense
139、 that it could all be handled somehow. It couldnt when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and ,she was gone . The note read, “Robert ,it didnt work out ,I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”He didnt stay in touch .Neither did she .He3 signed the divorce papers when they arrived a
140、 year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.1. Which route is the right one taken by Kincaid?A. BellinghamWashington 11Puget SoundU.S Route 20U.S Route 2Duluth B. U.S. Route 2BellinghamWashington 11Puget SoundU.S Route 20Duluth C. U.S. Rout
141、e 2U.S Route 20Duluth BellinghamWashington 11D. BellinghamWashington 11U.S. Route 2U.S Route 20Duluth 【答案与解析】A 从第一，二自然段可看出。2. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. Kincaids parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives.B. Kincaid would have had a dog if he had
142、nt been away from home too much.C. Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.D. Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.【答案与解析】B 从第三自然段中的He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal
143、 可得出此答案。3. Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?A. To write “memory snapshots”B. To remind himself of places he might want to visit again.C. To avoid forgetting the way back.D. To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.【答案与解析】B 从第二自然段中的The purpose of these causal photographs was to remi
144、nd him of places he might want to visit again可得出此答案。4. What can you know about Marian?A. She died after five years of marriage.B. She was older than Kincaid.C. She could sing very well and earned big money.D. She was not a professional pop singer.【答案与解析】D 从第五自然段中的Marian had dreams of becoming a musi
145、cian ,a folksinger。可得出此答案。5. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that .A. Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.B. Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian.C. It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaids absence and left him.D. After Marian
146、 left him, they still kept in touch with each other.【答案与解析】 C 从文章中最后两自然段中可得出此结论。A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below 16.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment bec
147、ause they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world.Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over
148、 the world.In the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources (资源): land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example，a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)in the ai
149、r comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly
150、, cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world s wood supply.Rainforests are often called the worlds drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1%
151、 of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the worlds shrinking rainforests.语篇解读文章论述了热带雨林的重要作用以及对环境的影响。1Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they_.A. reflect more heat into the atmosph
152、ereB. bring about high rainfall throughout the worldC. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than 16D. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth解析因果判断题。由文章第一段内容可以得出答案。答案D2What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?A. We will lose much more than we can gain.B.
153、 Humans have begun destroying rainforests.C. People have a strong desire for resources.D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests.解析由上下文内容可知，A项正确。答案A3It can be inferred from the text that_.A. we can get enough resources without rainforestsB. there is great medicine potential in rainforest
154、sC. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained landD. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns解析推测判断题。由文章最后一段内容即可得出答案。答案B4What might be the best title for the text?A. How to Save RainforestsB. How to Protect NatureC. Rainforests and the EnvironmentD. Rainforests and Medical Developmen
155、t解析主旨大意题。整篇文章主要论述了热带雨林的重要作用以及砍伐热带雨林对环境所造成的影响。答案CWhat is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods，including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical
156、 instruments, clothes and shoes the list goes on and on.The idea came from Pierre Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988, he worked for the
157、next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skoll, and in
158、 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he_has_never_looked_back. Even in the crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact wit
159、h each other. All you have to do is take an ephoto, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item (商品)sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items liste
160、d on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.语篇解读文章向我们介绍了eBay网的一些情况。1We learn from the text that eBay provides people with _.A. a way of buying and selling goodsB. a website for them to upgradeC. a place to exhibit their own photosD. a chance to buy things at low prices解析根据第一段内容可知。答案A2Why did
161、Pierre create eBay after graduating from university?A. For fun.B. To make money.C. For gathering the engineers.D. To fulfill a task of his company.解析由第二段第三句话可知。答案A3From “he has never looked back ”in Paragraph 2 we learn that Pierre_.A. did not feel lonelyB. was always hopefulC. did not think about t
162、he pastD. became more and more successful解析Peter由原来的业余爱好开始，逐步走向成功，创建了世界知名网站。答案D4How does eBay make money from its website?A. By bringing sellers together.B. By charging for each sale.C. By listing items online.D. By making ephotos.解析由最后一段第一句话可知，这个网站通过提供交易平台，然后收取适当的服务费。因此B项正确。答案BI was waiting for a p
163、hone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours pas
164、sing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didnt care about my work, and he didnt care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone，“ Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are？”At that time I didnt realize my wife was looking on. Witho
165、ut showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires，and shouted at the phone，“Yeah! Who do you think you are？Bad telephone ! Bad telephone！”And she swept it into the wastebasket.I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth?She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the res
166、t of the house, “Now hear this ! All objects in this room if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go！”Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly，“Honey，you just have to learn how to take control. ”With that, she left the room.After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting a
167、t everything in sight，I noticed that something in my mood(情绪) had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone？Her antics_helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.语篇解读“我”
168、对自己的经纪人取消我的表演并且不及时接电话的行为大为恼火，冲电话大吼以泄愤，但接着妻子就此事的一系列异常及夸张的行为让我意识到自己对小事情反应过火，最后我的情绪得到好转，冷静了下来。1Why did the author shout at the telephone?A. He was mad at the telephone.B. He was angry with his agent.C. He was anxious about his wife.D. He was impatient with the secretary.解析推理判断题。从文中第一段“经纪人要取消我的表演、不接我的电话
169、”等内容可得知我很生气。答案B2What did the authors wife do after she heard his shouting?A. She said nothing.B. She shouted at him.C. She called the agent.D. She threw the phone away.解析事实细节题。从文中第二段最后一句得知她把电话丢进了垃圾桶里。答案D3What made the author laugh?A. His own behavior.B. His wifes suggestion.C. His changeable feeling
170、s.D. His wifes sweet kiss.解析推理判断题。从文中最后一段中“How could I have trouble with that telephone？.realized I had been driven crazy by small things.”得知“我”为自己刚才的行为感到好笑。答案A4What does the underlined word“ antics” refer to?A. Smart words.B. Unusual actions.C. Surprising looks. D. Anxious feelings.解析猜测词义题。由文章的最后一段
171、第一句可知妻子行为异常。答案B长难句解读After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out，shouting at everything in sight，I noticed that something in my mood had changed.看着一个疯狂的女人冲进冲出，并冲着她看到的每样东西大喊大叫后，我注意到自己的情绪已不知不觉地发生了变化。“After watching a.in sight”为介词短语作状语，后面的主句中含有一个that引导的宾语从句。How to Be a WinnerSir Steven RedgraveWinne
172、r of 5 Olympic Gold Medals“In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes(糖尿病)Believing my career(职业生涯) was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was itthe encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I
173、 believed in myself. I am not saying that it isnt difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasnt finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way.”Karen PickeringSwimming World Champion“I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary
174、. This is the key to suceessyou cant follow a career in any field without being wellorganized. List what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and youll be a step closer to achieving them.”Kirsten BestPoet & Writer“When things are get
175、ting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I cant achieve something. Then，there are other distractions,_such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate. When I feel tense, it helps a lot to repeat words such ascalm，peaceorfocus， either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more
176、 in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological(心理的) tool.”语篇解读本文叙述了三位名人在成功的道路上所经历的不同的事情，一是战胜了病痛，一定克服了精力分散的困难，一是通过坚持不懈努力，最后都取得了胜利。1What does Sir Steven Redgrave mainly talk about?A. Difficulties influenced his career
177、.B. Specialists offered him medical advice.C. Training helped him defeat his disease.D. He overcame the shadow of illness to win.解析推理判断题。第一部分写了Sir Steven得了糖尿病，但最终克服了病痛拿到了金牌，故D项符合题意。答案D2What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?A. Her training schedule.B. Her daily happenings.C. Her achieveme
178、nts.D. Her sports career.解析事实细节题。第二部分第二句中，it指代前面的句子内容，即她的训练计划。答案A3What does the underlined word“distractions” probably refer to?A. Ways that help one to focus.B. Words that help one to feel less tense.C. Activities that turn ones attention away.D. Habits that make it hard for one to relax.解析猜测词义题。从下
179、文“The key is to concentrate.”可以推出是指分散作家注意力的活动。答案C4According to the passage，what do the three people have in common?A. Courage.B. Devotion.C. Hard work. D. Selfconfidence.解析事实细节题。第一部分中“I could still be a winner if I believed in myself.”，第二部分中“Trust yourself.”及第三部分中“It makes me feel more in control an
180、d increases my confidence.”都表明自信是他们三个的共同之处。答案D长难句解读Trust yourself，write down your goals for the day，however small they are，and youll be a step closer to achieving them.相信你自己，不论目标多小，每天把它们写下来，这样你会向实现它们又迈进了一步。“祈使句and/or现在将来时句子”结构中，祈使句可转换成由if引导的条件句。本句含有两个祈使句，第二个祈使句又含有一个让步状语从句。People diet to look more at
181、tractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to a
182、void challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female ，had breeding(繁殖) rights within the group, ”explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 510% smaller than its next largest competi
183、tor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation.”The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5 10% of the size of its larger competitor，it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group.
184、 More often than not, the_evicted_fish_is then eaten up.It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily，by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tr
185、ied to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise，the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered，clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals
186、 keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves，so keeping their competitors small.While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr.Wong explains tha
187、t understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widesp
188、read the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature，” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that，while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve longterm health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the female
189、s own ideal.”语篇解读人们节食是为了更有魅力。令鱼类专家们惊奇的是有种鱼也要节食。实验发现它们节食可不是为了美，而是为了自我保护。如果身体大小吸引到竞争者的注意，会有被殴打、驱逐，最后被吃掉的危险。1When a goby grows to within 510% of the size of its larger competitor, it_.A. faces danger B. has breeding rightsC. eats its competitor D. leaves the group itself解析推理判断题。从第三段可得知如果身体大小超过权威的规定范围，会
190、有被殴打、驱逐最后被吃掉的危险。答案A2The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to _.A. the fish beaten up B. the fish found outC. the fish fattened up D. the fish driven away解析猜测词义题。从本段前文可知，体积超标的鱼会被赶出鱼群。接着说到，不仅如此，这些鱼往往会被吃掉。这些鱼一定是指被驱逐的鱼。答案D3The experiment showed that the smaller fish_.A. fought ove
191、r a feast B. went on diet willinglyC. preferred some extra food D. challenged the boss fish解析事实细节题。从第四段中的试验可得知这些鱼是自愿节食。答案B4What is the text mainly about?A. Fish dieting and human dieting.B. Dieting and health.C. Human dieting.D. Fish dieting.解析主旨大意题。文章通篇都是围绕鱼的节食来叙述。故选D。答案DFind Which Direction Is Sou
192、thDo you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.It s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted(委托) with the job of mapreading actually knows where the family is. You can tell
193、 by the slightly confused look on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and it s still morning. If you dont know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but youll need to be patient.Find a straight stick and put it in the ground
194、in a place where you can mark its shadow.Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直) as you can.You can check this by making a simple plumb line (铅锤线)with a piece of string and weight. You haven t got any string？OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight.Mark
195、 the end of the shadow cast by the stick.Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.Keep doing this until you have made several marks.The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to t
196、he exact south.Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.That point is south of where you are.Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.语篇解读你有好的方向感吗？如果没有，那就要带上指南针。如果没带指南针呢？你仍然可以用其他方法找到方向，本文就是教你如何找到方向的。1To fi
197、nd the direction, we ought to be patient probably because_.A. it is not easy to find a proper stickB. it is not easy to position the stickC. it takes hours to make the marksD. it takes about half an hour to make the marks解析推理判断题。依据文章中的可以看出，做阴影的标记最费时间，所以要耐心。答案C2The passage would probably be most help
198、ful to_.A. those who draw mapsB. those who get lostC. those who make compassesD. those who do experiments解析推理判断题。依据文章第二段，“我们发现地图上的标记跟身边的不一致”，可以知道这是迷路时的现象，所以答案为B。答案B3Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?解析依据文章中的叙述，可知：离树棍最近的那条线代表的阴影最短，证明当时太阳在天空最高，指向的就是最南
199、方，对应的正好是A。答案A4The author presents this passage by_.A. telling an interesting storyB. describing an activity in a lively wayC. testing an idea by reasoningD. introducing a practical method解析细节理解题。本文介绍的这种方法切实可行，所以作者是通过讲述一个很实用的方法来阐述这篇文章的。答案DPlants cant communicate by moving or making sounds, as most an
200、imals do. Instead, plants produce volatile compounds，chemicals that easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flower s sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees.Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other pl
201、ants.A tree under attack by hungry insects, for instance, may give off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs away or even chemicals that attract the bugs natural enemies.Now scientists have created a quick
202、way to understand what plants are saying: a chemical sensor(传感器) called an electronic nose. The “enose” can tell compounds that crop plants make when theyre attacked.Scientists say the enose could help quickly detect whether plants are being eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such in
203、sects is to visually inspect individual plants. This is a challenging task for managers of greenhouses ，enclosed gardens that can house thousands of plants.The research team worked with an enose that recognizes volatile compounds. Inside the device, 13 sensors chemically react with volatile compound
204、s. Based on these interactions, the enose gives off electronic signals that the scientists analyze using computer software.To test the nose, the team presented it with healthy leaves from cucumber, pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse crops. Then the scientists collected samples of air ar
205、ound damaged leaves from each type of crop. These plants had been damaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch (打孔器)The enose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber，pepper and tomato plants based on the volatile compounds they produce. It could also ide
206、ntify tomato leaves that had been damaged. But even more impressive, the device could tell which type of damage by insects or with a hole punch had been done to the tomato leaves.With some finetuning，a device like the enose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the resea
207、rchers say. A device like this could also be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring lar
208、ge benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.语篇解读植物会说话吗？植物如何“交流”？本文中的科学家们正在尝试用enose来测试植物受到伤害时的反应。1We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by_.A. making some soundsB. waving their leavesC. producing some chemicalsD. sending out electronic signals解析事实细节题。从文章第一段中的“Instea
209、d，plants produce volatile compounds，chemicals that.”可知，植物通过它本身所产生的一种化学物质来进行交流，所以答案选C。答案C2What did the scientists do to find out if the enose worked?A. They presented it with all common crops.B. They fixed 13 sensors inside the device.C. They collected different damaged leaves.D. They made tests on d
210、amaged and healthy leaves.解析逻辑推理题。从文章第五段可知，为了证实enose的效果，科学家用受到伤害的叶子与健康的叶子来测试。所以选D。答案D3According to the writer, the most amazing thing about the enose is that it can_.A. pick out ripe fruitsB. spot the insects quicklyC. distinguish different damages to the leavesD. recognize unhealthy tomato leaves解析
211、事实细节题。从倒数第二段中的“But even more impressive，the device could tell which type of damage.”可知，最令人惊奇的是enose能够分辨叶子受到的不同的“伤害”。答案C4We can infer from the last paragraph that the enose_.A. is unable to tell the smell of flowersB. is not yet used in greenhousesC. is designed by scientists at PurdueD. is helpful i
212、n killing harmful insects解析逻辑推理题。从文章最后一段中的“could one day be used in greenhouses to.”推断可知，enose还没有运用到greenhouses中，由此推断B是答案。答案BThe year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy (经济), oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁)Of course
213、, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as “boats_on_land” for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. Their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. With all these qualit
214、ies, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.In the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who live in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family
215、members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. In order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lun
216、ar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along，which indicates they regard the creature as human.Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to the animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxe
217、n help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.语篇解读牛年说牛，文章介绍了有关牛的一些民间文化。1The words “boats on land” underlined in Paragraph 2 refer to_.A. animals for taking goodsB. creatures for pulling plowsC. treasures of the folk cultureD.
218、 tools in the farming economy解析猜测词义题。由第二段中的“they are seen as.ability to carry loads”内容可以得出答案，介词for是对前面作解释说明：为什么牛被看成陆地之舟。答案A2From the third paragraph, we know that_.A. oxen are no more important today than in the pastB. ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soupC. oxen are treated as human
219、 in some areas of ChinaD. people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month解析理解判断题。由文章第三段的首句以及最后一句内容可得出答案。答案C3Which of the following helps to develop traditional customs?A. The special role of oxen in farming.B. People s respect and love for oxen.C. The practical value of an oxs body.D. The con
220、tribution of oxen to the economy.解析细节判断题。由文章最后一段最后一句话可得出答案。答案B4Why does the author write the text?A. To stress the importance of oxen in farming.B. To introduce the Chinese folk culture.C. To describe how to celebrate the Year of Ox.D. To explain how to develop agriculture with oxen.解析写作意图题。由文章内容可知，作者是为了介绍有关牛的一些民间文化。答案B高考资源网www.%k$#高考资源网www.%k$#精品资料，欢迎下载！高考资源网www.%k$#
