【正文】 用知識的能力。 Grandma, what39。 Water, my childnothing 6 water.s only 7 . she said. You can see it ing out of the teakettle. Well, if the steam es from a lot of water it must be 11 stronger. Why can39。 The idea grew with him as he grew into a man. He 12 out this idea and failed, then tried again and failed again. But each time he learned something 13 . Some people laughed at him. Don39。 After that people all over the world, men and women, old and young, knew his name and 15 him for his first steam engine.1. A. nameB. namedC. namesD. naming2. A. sitB. sitsC. sittingD. sat3. A. wonderB. wonderedC. wonderingD. want to know4. A. moveB. movingC. to moveD. moved5. A. heB. himC. himselfD. his6. A. butB. andC. orD. until7. A. waterB. lidC. steamD. teakettle8. A. makesB. turnsC. asksD. orders9. A. so muchB. so manyC. too manyD. too much10. A. manyB. mostC. mustD. more11. A. muchB. moreC. mostD. a bit12. A. triedB. carriedC. workedD. found13. A. difficultB. newC. seriousD. wrong14. A. tryB. tryingC. triedD. to try15. A. askedB. calledC. choseD. thanked【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）C；（4）A；（5）C；（6）A；（7）C；（8）B；（9）C；（10）C；（11）A；（12）A；（13）B；（14）B；（15）D； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要介紹了詹姆斯瓦特發(fā)明蒸汽機的故事。C：names，命名，動詞name的單數(shù)形式。根據(jù)下文He was watching the fire可知，他正在看火，所以此空也要用現(xiàn)在進行時，為was doing， （4）句意：什么使它上下移動呢？make sb do sth，使某人做某事，固定搭配。B：him，他，賓格。He looked under the lid, but he could see ，他看著蓋子下面，但是什么都沒看見，所以推測他應該是在自言自語，所以是問他自己，故選C。C：or，或者，表示選擇。A：water，水。根據(jù)下文How did the steam get under the lid then?可知，水蒸氣使蓋子上下移動，所以此空應該說的是水蒸氣，故選C。C：asks，詢問。A：so much，如此多，后接不可數(shù)名詞，用在be之后。questions，問題，可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，所以用too many修飾，故選C。C：must，必須，情態(tài)動詞。A：much B：more C：most D：a bit。try out，嘗試，固定搭配。B：new，新的。 （14）句意：但是他繼續(xù)嘗試，最后他達到了他的目標。A：asked，詢問。根據(jù)常識可知，蒸汽機有很大的作用，所以人們是感謝他的，故選D。 Back in 1872, people didn39。t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence（連續(xù)） of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse39。 Though Edison is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison39。 . A.darkWhether a horse would fall over while running.C.that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static picturesC.根據(jù)下文 So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. 所以科學家很努力地嘗試找到讓照片動起來的方法，可知以前的照片是靜止的，static意為still“靜止的”。t know exactly（確切地） whether all four of a horse39。根據(jù)第三段 In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence（連續(xù)） of 12 photos. 可知，直到1878年， Muybridge ，才設法拍到連續(xù)的12張照片。故選D。 I am afraid, said one, that we may meet with wild animals. Fear nothing, friend Quickwit, cried the other, whose name was Braggart, If they e at us, we shall stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a strong heart, and… for he had heard that bears would never touch a dead body. In no time the bear camp up to him, sniffed（用鼻子吸氣） at him. Quickwit did not dare to move。 When Braggart saw that the danger was over, he came down from the tree and tried to pass off the matter with a joke. Well, my friend Quickwit, he said, what did the bear say to you when he put his mouth dose to your ear?B.D. . A.felt pity for himC.D.a good friend is a good listenerThe Travelers and the BearC.根據(jù) Two men were going through a forest. 兩個男人正在穿越森林—— a low sound was heard from somewhere nearby 一個奇怪的聲音從附近傳來—— Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel （松鼠） Braggart像松鼠一樣爬上樹—— Quickwit could do nothing but throw himself on the ground and pretended（假裝） to be dead .Quickwit躺在地上裝死，可知事情發(fā)生的正確順序為 a—d—c—b。 （3）推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，文章主要講了兩個男人在森林里遇到熊的故事，因此旅行者和熊是最好的標題。8．閱讀理解 s easy. we39。re a beginner, the influence can be harmful, warns Macintyre. If you39。s physical practice? A.s body.D.It is more useful for golfers.D.B.testedA New Way of Doing SportsB. （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù) Imagination has advantages over the real thing: You can do it anywhere and any time. 可知想像力可以在任何時間和地點都能做，不受時間和空間的影響，故選A。re trying to imagine a free throw, and you don39。 （4）主旨題。【點評】考查閱讀理解。 Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways o。 What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible? 細節(jié)題要注意細節(jié)從文中找答案；詞義猜測題是根據(jù)上下文，猜測出詞義；主旨題需要通讀全文了解大意之后找出中心思想。故選D。re probably going to mentally practice the wrong skill, 可知如果你是一個初學者，你不知道正確的動作，你憑借你的想像去做，可能做得差。根據(jù) If you39。re imagining an action, your brain sends signals to your muscles which are too weak to tighten the muscles but might help train the body to perform. In other words, mental practice might create a plan in your head, like a howto guide for a special skill. 可知心理的訓練可能在頭腦中產(chǎn)生一個計劃，指導你的技能，故選C。Methods for Mental PracticeD.D.weakenedIt is not influenced by time and space.B.Performing the action before imagining.C.t even know the proper movement, then you39。 It doesn39。re done, they39。re not controlled by physical tiredness. That39。 Sports researchers have done hundreds of studies paring imagined and physical practice for actions. In short, the studies show that mental training works. A 2012 study pared 32 nonprofessional golfers with another 32 who only imagined their action. Under the same training program, both groups improved their skills. For more than a century, scientists have been trying to understand how this mental training works. In the 1930s, researchers proved by experiment that when you39。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。故選A。根據(jù)第三段 and the bear, thinking him dead .可知，熊以為他死了。A True Friend in Trouble【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要講述了兩個男人在森林里遇到熊的故事。 .