【正文】 ? A.By experience.B.By taking risks.C.By reading deeply.D.By doing experiments.（3）What can be learned from the last paragraph? A.Reading literature helps develop good values.B.Chinese students like reading stories as they get older.C.Stories in Chinese bookstores are generally of poor quality.D.Chinese students have no chance to read enough materials.（4）What39。s the main idea of the text? A.Literature is a kind of art.B.Reading literature should be valued.C.Good reading materials are in great need.D.Something is wrong with Chinese education.【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了閱讀文學(xué)作品應(yīng)當(dāng)受到重視，以及閱讀文學(xué)作品的原因。最后作者指出文學(xué)的價值不僅有助于促進(jìn)決策制定和價值觀共享的舉措，而且有助于中國的未來。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“There is therefore the possibility of something wrong with the way students are taught here.”因此，這里的學(xué)生的教育方式可能有問題?？芍髡卟惶邮苤袊鴮W(xué)生的教育方式。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Studies show clearly that the most powerful ways of learning are by experience, action and doing experiments and taking risks.”研究清楚地表明，最有效的學(xué)習(xí)方法是通過經(jīng)驗、行動、實驗和冒險?？芍钊腴喿x的學(xué)習(xí)方法不是最有效的。故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“There are moves in Chinese education to promote decision making and shared values. The value of literature is helpful to these as well as to the future of China.”中國的教育中有一些促進(jìn)決策制定和價值觀共享的舉措。文學(xué)的價值不僅有助于這些，而且有助于中國的未來?？芍喿x文學(xué)有助于培養(yǎng)良好的價值觀。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“The importance of reading literature often seems lost on many Chinese people.”許多中國人似乎忽視了閱讀文學(xué)作品的重要性；以及最后一段中的“There are moves in Chinese education to promote decision making and shared values. The value of literature is helpful to these as well as to the future of China.”中國的教育中有一些促進(jìn)決策制定和價值觀共享的舉措。文學(xué)的價值不僅有助于這些，而且有助于中國的未來。結(jié)合文章主要內(nèi)容為說明閱讀文學(xué)作品的重要性，故可知文章的主旨大意是閱讀文學(xué)作品應(yīng)該受到重視。故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解 It is hard to say the first day of school in the United States because when the first day of school is and what happens on the first day of school usually are different by districts(地區(qū)). The first day of school for many school districts in different states is on the day after the first Monday in September. In some other school districts, school begins in midtolate August. For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, Ohio start back usually one week before the first Monday in September. The Boston, Chicago, New York City and San Diego schools start back on the Tuesday or Wednesday after the first Monday in September. Schools in Cleveland, Ohio used to start the school year on the day after the first Monday in September, but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years, the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms, extreme cold. In the 19781979 school year, the Ohio Department of Education moved the start of the year to late August, one week before the first Monday in September. This went into effect in the 19801981 school year. In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts between August 25 and August 30, and goes until the last week of May or the first week in June next year. In American high schools, the freshmen class usually goes back one or two days before the rest of the school body for an orientation(迎新)period. An orientation period helps the freshmen get familiar with their new school, its rules, and surroundings. In some schools, the freshmen classes have their photographs taken for identification purposes. Some high schools have tried to make the first week of school fun for ining freshmen.（1）According to the passage, which schools start their school year the earliest? A.Schools in Denver.B.Schools in Cleveland.C.Schools in New York City.D.Schools in Boston.（2）Why did the Ohio Department of Education change the start of the school year? A.Because of some political events.B.Because of the entrance examinations.C.Because of the increasing number of students.D.Because of the extreme weather.（3）How many months does the school year last in schools in Utah? A.About seven months.B.About eight months.C.About nine months.D.About ten months.（4）The article is probably taken from ________. A.a book about one39。s life storyB.an official website of educationC.an advertisement in a newspaperD.a sports magazine【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國開學(xué)第一天的日期沒有明文規(guī)定，因地區(qū)而異。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, …Monday in September.“ 可知，丹佛的學(xué)校在八月中旬開學(xué),克里夫蘭的學(xué)校通常在9月的第一個星期一之前開始。波士頓，芝加哥，紐約和圣地亞哥的學(xué)校在9月的第一個星期一之后的周二或周三開始。綜上所述，丹佛的學(xué)校開學(xué)最早。故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years，the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms，extreme cold可知俄亥俄州的學(xué)校受到暴風(fēng)雪的影響，因而開學(xué)日發(fā)生了變化。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段 中的”In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts …next year.“可知猶太州學(xué)年從8月25日到8月30日開始，一直持續(xù)到5月的最后一周或明年6月的第一周，持續(xù)時間為九個月左右，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國學(xué)校開學(xué)第一天的日期的內(nèi)容，應(yīng)屬教育類，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 When it es to learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary. But this question never happens about t