【正文】 onversations more borings experiences and tastes.The attractive topics of conversation.C. . A. . A.s interesting… Hmm, I39。t say anything that could land you in jail (監(jiān)獄).ve checked to make sure that what you39。 One of the biggest problems when we are talking is the awkward silence. Encountering this situation is so unfortable that you would avoid meeting new people in the first place. In the past, I struggled with this and I even thought it had to do with my DNA or something… But later I learned that once you know how to keep those words flowing, you can meet and talk to anyone you like, which helps create great possibilities for friendship, fun and shared activities that you would otherwise have missed out on.【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，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。故選D。s school”可知，作者是通過父親朋友的幫助進入到Mrs. Gutzlaff學校的。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。B.It was skeptical.Foreign trade with China was developing fast.C.s influence.（2）Why did the author39。s request.s school? A.s prador(買辦) happened to e from my village and was actually my father39。 school. As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs. Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to Macao. Supported by the Ladies39。s friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaff39。Through his father39。B.s parents put him into an English school？ A.It met with Chinese public opinion.D.It was mysterious.C.根據第三段中的“Mrs. Gutzlaff39。故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。2．閱讀理解re about to say is cool, impressive and interesting. Another problem is not learning to get in the mood for conversation. If you don39。 It is the reflex (習慣性思維) that allows you to say whatever goes on in your mind. It39。ve never heard of that Hmm, cool! expressions are reactionary (保守的) bits of conversation that prove to the other person that you39。train their working skillB.feel nervousbe free to expressB.D.making conversations livelierC.遇到這種情況是很不舒服的。故選C。re allowed to say whatever is on your mind.”可知習慣性思維讓我們表達我們內心所想，意識到你可以說出你心里想說的話，是很有趣的。根據第四段中的“All of the ‘Oh! That39。ll hang around and want to talk to you even more.”聽者的贊美之詞和他們有興趣想了解更多的好奇心和關注，是說者最關心的。劃線詞語所在的句子指每個人都知道故事會讓對話變得生動有趣，“juiceup conversations”指讓對話變得生動有趣，與B項同義。s pay in the hands of customers has a feeling of classism (階級歧視). And in theory, handing restaurant customers the power to tip is at least supposed to motivate better service. This fails in practice because humans turn out to be pretty arbitrary (隨意的) about their tipping behavior. Research has shown that the amount diners tip has very little to do with their level of satisfaction. All of this doesn39。 Tipping is also very unfair to kitchen staff. The law allows restaurants to divide tips between frontofthehouse workers like waiters, hosts, hostesses, and bartenders (調酒師), but not cooks. This creates a system in which the people serving the food in a restaurant can earn more than the people preparing it.s move is that, unlike some restaurant owners who have taken an antitipping stand, he won39。s attitude towards stopping tipping? A.Doubtful.（2）What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A.Tipping will guarantee diners high quality service.C.Tipping will bring customers a sense of satisfaction.（3）What can we know about Union Square Hospitality group? A.D.B.Tips on running restaurants successfully.【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，介紹了強迫服務員和侍者靠顧客的小費，而不是正常的工資維持生計是一種毫無意義、粗魯、獨特的美國風俗，過去幾年，一些進步的餐館老板試圖消除這種風俗。（2）考查推理判斷。這些都會擾亂飯店的管理，故選A。根據第一段中的“Danny Meyer, …… has announced that he plans to gradually stop tipping at the pany39?！军c評】本題考點涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要根據上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Rescue workers had collected 820 birds from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the majority of them already dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts stretch across the summer, it39。 Is it worth the effort? Some scientists aren39。 Clean bird feathers repel water (防水) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones don39。 rescue remain a controversial problem? birds39。但是科學家們質疑救援工作是否值得。因此，科學家們懷疑自己在救鳥兒時作的努力可能是白費了，故選C。根據這些數據可知，被浸在石油中的鳥兒即使獲救，他們的存活率也很低。t look like they39。故選C。援救那些鳥兒，對于鳥兒來說也要遭受痛苦，而看到它們的死去也是很殘忍的。t find her wallet. She didn39。Gilleece, 42, didn39。 t eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet into the ocean. Then he bought a sandwich.s small build, Gilleece thought he was more of a kid than a criminal. However, because of the missing ring, Prather could be put into prison.s owner, she burst into tears and immediately dropped the charge against Prather for stealing the ring.（1）What did the woman value most in her wallet? ID. credit cards. money. wedding ring.（2）What did Prather do after getting the wallet? kept the ring. spent the money in it. threw it in a dustbin. returned it to the owner.（3）Why did Gilleece help Prather? teach the child a lesson. meet the customer39。Gilleece覺得Prather只是個孩子，于是決定幫助他，最終找到了戒指，Prather也被撤銷了指控。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。故選C。故選B。 s product manager. And they also want it to recognize facial expressions, which involved training it to know what happiness looks like. The Google team also trained it to recognize what not to shoot—like when a child39。The only way to see the images is by connecting the camera with your phone, as it has no screen for viewing or editing. （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的“l(fā)ike when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.”比如孩子做了一些可愛的事情，你可能來不及拿出智能手機。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 （4）考查主旨大意。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 If you39。ll need to wash off every single day. Similarly, if you wo