【正文】 at peace and do some exercise new friends with strangers as you walk to a quiet place as far away as possible（5）The author of this passage may be ________. researcher who studies music of working under pressure person who is trying to find a job in dealing with work stress【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一些可以緩解工作壓力的方法。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第一段中的”To relieve (緩解）stress and lighten your mind, you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up.“可知，想要緩解思想上的壓力，我們首先要明白壓力的特征和它產生的原因。故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的”Talking to others helps relieve work stress especially when you and the person you talk to are in the same boat and under the same work stress.“可知，與別人交談可以緩解工作壓力，尤其是和自己有相同遭遇或者相同壓力的人。故選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第三段中的”Music has the power to take you into a new world, away from your worries. Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress.“可知音樂可以讓人遠離擔憂，聽喜歡的音樂也是一種緩解壓力的方式，即音樂可以令人放松并且緩解壓力。故選D。 （4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第四段 中的”Move around, look at the world around you and forget your work for a while. Let your body get some exercise.“可知，我們在散步時要暫時忘記工作，關注周圍的世界，讓身體動起來。故選B。 （5）考查推理判斷。結合文章所給的幾個緩解工作壓力的方法和第一段的”Working with a stressed mind is like swimming with a jacket on, while a mind free from work stress is light like the wind and it can help you acplish your daily tasks easily.“可推測本文的作者可能是處理工作壓力方面的專家。故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解 Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？ Let39。s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy， while sweetbreads, which aren39。t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes(悖論), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don39。t fing, grocers don39。t groce, and hammers don39。t ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn39。t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？ English was invented by people, not puters, and it shows the creativity of human beings. That39。s why, when stars are out, they are visible。 but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it。 but when I wind up this essay, I end it.（1）Which of the following words or expressions have the similar meaning? and oversee. a lot and quite a few. as hell and cold as hell. wise man and a wise guy.（2）What does the author probably think of English people? ....（3）What can we learn from the text? rings should be round. should be eggs in an eggplant. are the apples on the pine tree. and sweetbreads are different things.（4）How does the author organize the text? the order of time. the order of place. giving a great number of examples. paring English with the other languages.（5）What39。s the tone(語氣)of the text? and proud. and unsure. and disappointed. and lighthearted.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了為什么英語是一門瘋狂的語言。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據倒數(shù)第二段中的“How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?”overlook和oversee怎么會是反義詞，而quite a lot和quite a few卻是很相似的呢？可知，quite a lot和quite a few有相似的意思。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據最后一段中的“English was invented by people, not puters, and it reflects the creativity of human beings.”英語是由人而不是計算機發(fā)明的，它反映了人類的創(chuàng)造力，以及列舉了英語中的許多悖論可推知，作者想表明英國人是很聰明的。故選A。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的“Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren39。t sweet, are meat.”蜜餞是糖果，雜碎是肉，但不甜，可知，蜜餞和雜碎是不同的東西。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據第一段中的“Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？”為什么黑夜降臨，卻沒有黎明；為什么白天破曉，卻沒有黃昏？為什么騎摩托車的人叫騎手，騎自行車的人叫騎自行車的人?以及下文可知，作者主要是通過大量的例子來論證英語是一門多么瘋狂的語言的。故選C。 （5）考查推理判斷。根據第二段中的“English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.”英語是一門瘋狂的語言。茄子里沒有雞蛋，菠蘿里也沒有松樹和蘋果，漢堡包里也沒有火腿，及下文所舉的多個詞可知，這些詞的意思并不是詞的表面意思。由此可以判斷出，作者以既幽默又輕松的語氣在論述英語是一門瘋狂的語言。故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 Almost none of us have the time to read everything we39。d like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection? Founded in 2012, iReader, a microlearning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from bestselling books through 15minute audio (音頻) and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day. Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven39。t read a single paper book this year, but reading isn39。t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of ebooks and audio books. The books in iReader are rewritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure