【正文】 and Day lasts for two days! The second day is called Taily Day and tricks on this day involve the bottom (or the tail, in informal speech). Often a sign saying ‘kick me39。If one is fond of fish.C.To trick the audience.C.Italy.D.根據(jù)France and Italy部分中的“In France and Italy, if someone plays a trick on you, you are the‘fish of April’.“在法國(guó)和意大利，如果有人捉弄你，你就是“四月魚”。根據(jù)America and Britain部分中的“Today, Americans and the British play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on 1 , a British short film was shown on April Fools39。故選B。故選D。 That sounds like a good thing, certainly pared with the mon public image of undergraduates as a bunch of lazybones. But changes in attitude that the researchers recorded were rather worrying. In the university group, again, none were detectable. But those who had chosen the vocational route showed marked drops in interest in tasks that are investigative and enterprising in nature. And that might restrict their choice of careers.s choices, that is indeed a matter worthy of serious consideration.（1）Which of the following can best replace beckoned for in Paragraph 2? A.Attracted.Going to university is a mindbroadening experience.C.. A.people show less interest in investigative jobs due to vocational training（4）What is the author39。Unclear.D.B.Concerned.the undergraduates have changed significantly in attitudeC.s minds.D.Recognized.（2）What can we learn from the research? A.C. s time at school, and then again six years later. Of the original group, 382 were on the intermediate track, from which there was a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job.bingen, in Germany, thought she would try to find out. Her result, however, is not quite what might be expected. As she reports in Psychological Science this week, she found that those who have been to university do indeed seem to leave with broader and more inquiring minds than those who have spent their immediate postschool years in vocational (職業(yè)的) training for work. However, it was not the case that university broadened minds. Rather, work seemed to narrow them.8．閱讀理解 根據(jù)Scotland部分中的“In Scotland, April Fools39。有一次，愚人節(jié)放映了一部英國(guó)短片，講的是種意大利面的農(nóng)民如何從意大利面樹上收獲意大利面”和“有一次，愚人節(jié)放映了一部英國(guó)短片，講的是種意大利面的農(nóng)民如何從意大利面樹上收獲意大利面。故選A。作者講述了關(guān)于“愚人節(jié)”的一些事情以及一些國(guó)家愚人節(jié)的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。America.B.To inform the audience.（3）Where does April Fools39。If one prefers chocolate.（2）What was the purpose of the British short film? A.s back without them knowing.（1）In what condition would someone be called fish of April in France? A. Day has now developed into an international festival of fun, with different nationalities celebrating the day in special ways. 所以從最后一段可知，infrasound將在未來的電影中被更多地使用。故第三段加下劃線的subtle一詞是C選項(xiàng)“不明顯的”。s causing it. Only when the music is taken out of the film should audiences understand its effects.可知，觀眾應(yīng)該感受到的只是一種強(qiáng)烈的情感——他們不應(yīng)該意識(shí)到是什么導(dǎo)致了這種情感。故選D。故選B。根據(jù)第一段中的But try watching them without the background music and you just might decide they39。It makes audiences relaxed.C.D.B.s called infrasound (次聲波) to arouse fear. While we may not be able to hear it because its frequency is below the range of the human ear, infrasound has been proven to cause anxiety, tremble and even sorrow. For example, infrasound was used in the soundtrack of the 2007 horror movie Paranormal Activity, and audiences reposed extremely high fear levels despite the 1ack of action throughout the movie. It doesn39。s causing it. Only when the music is taken out of the film should audiences understand its effects.re not so different after all. Music and movies have been closely connected since the beginning of the film industry—even before the voices of actors were recorded. In movies, music helps to provide a sense of time and place, convey ideas about the characters and, most importantly, draw emotions out of the audience.故選C（4）細(xì)節(jié)題。第四段第二句It is more enjoyable to play than soccer because you are always involved in the game玩英式橄欖球比完足球更有趣，因?yàn)槟憧偸潜痪砣胗螒蛑械?。?）歸納總結(jié)題。English children have a talent for rugby.C.warn teenagers against playing rugby at school（4）What can we infer from the passage?A..A.rugby makes people enjoy sports better than soccerD.Football players are not as athletic as rugby players.D. “Football could learn a lot from rugby, said Brian Moore, a former England rugby player The wonderful spirit of rugby is: there is a gentlemanly code to it. You play hard on the pitch, but you always respect your opponent..t often question the referee39。 The games are physically aggressive。 The Rugby (英式橄欖球) World Cup is currently being held in New Zealand. The tournament, due to finish on October 23, is living up to the famous English saying, “Rugby is a thug39?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。故選C。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. ”學(xué)生被隨機(jī)分為兩組；一半的人參與了the intervention，其中包括教師主導(dǎo)的課程、家長(zhǎng)培訓(xùn)小組、學(xué)術(shù)輔導(dǎo)以及自我控制和社交技巧方面的課程。根據(jù)第一段中的“Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students ‘soft’ skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the ，F(xiàn)ast Track是為那些在未來被認(rèn)為有犯罪問題的兒童準(zhǔn)備的。D.B.almost have no influence on studentsIt focused on social skills.C.D.B. half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced del