【正文】 fer to read local newsD.explain a reason The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this pany are often local people who write the stories for free. This nonprofessional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices. However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or nonWestern view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic pany, are international channels that broadcast in English. Both panies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don39。本文是圍繞禁止給小費這一事件寫的，Restaurants39。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Rather, Union Square Hospitality Group means to raise menu prices enough to fully cover the cost of a meal.”可知Union Square Hospitality Group打算提高菜單價格，這樣顧客就會為飯菜多支付錢，故選D。s pay in the hands of customers has a feeling of classism (階級歧視)．This fails in practice because humans turn out to be pretty arbitrary (隨意的) about their tipping behavior.”和“All of this doesn39。根據(jù)第一段中的“Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, is about to join their ranks and has announced that he plans to gradually stop tipping at the pany39。The popularity of notipping restaurants.Restaurants39。Its cooks earn much more than its servers.C.s enthusiasm for work. management.C.Supportive. bills. Rather, Union Square Hospitality Group means to raise menu prices enough to fully cover the cost of a meal. If Meyer manages to move away from tipping at all without hurting his profits, it would almost certainly set the stage for others to follow suit.（1）What39。 What, exactly, is wrong with tipping? As Brian Palmer has explained, more or less it39。 Forcing waiters and waitresses to survive on tips from customers rather than normal wages is a pointless, crude, and unique American custom that, in the past several years, a handful of progressive restaurant owners have attempted to do away with. Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, is about to join their ranks and has announced that he plans to gradually stop tipping at the pany39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇說明類閱讀，要求考生準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，通過題干中的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中定位，同時根據(jù)上下文進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案?？芍猧ntegral意思為“不可或缺的”，故答案選B。第一段第一句“The University of Birmingham is the first excellent UK Russell Group university to announce that it will accept the Gaokao exam for highflying Chinese students wishing to join its. undergraduate courses in 2019.”可知伯明翰大學的通告主要針對中國學生發(fā)布的。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。The high quality students accepted by top universities.D.D.B.B.The foreign students in China.Prepare Birmingham degree programmes.C.本文講述了一個小男孩失蹤后被找到的事情,文中有具體的時間地點和各方人物,描述詳細客觀,結(jié)合最后一段中的 talked with reporters from a local news agency 可以推斷這最有可能是一篇新聞報道。所以,他很好……,從媽媽的話中可知她很感激大家的幫助,她說這些話的目的就是為了向救援人員表達自己的感激。s already asked to watch Netflix. So, he39。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9 :30 that night. ”可知然后在1月24日,有人打電話給警察,說他聽到一個孩子在樹林里哭泣。當其他孩子回家時,凱西卻沒有。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.A diary.D.To invite everyone to watch her child.He was eventually found by officer Hughes.（3）Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph? A.s house.（2）What can we know about the boy? A.After a 911 call.C.s already asked to watch Netflix. So, he39。 Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. They pulled him out of some briar. He was in good health. Casey told the rescuers that he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his friend. The child went missing on January 22. He was playing with friends at his grandmother39。 Sheriff Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he was able to survive in the woods for three days in the cold, rainy weather. However, the sheriff said, He did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear that was with him.s good, said his mother. He is good, he is up and talking. He39。B.After he left his grandmother39。Someone offered key information to find him.D.To show her gratitude and relief.C.A guidebook.C.凱西告訴他的救援人員在森林里的這兩天他一直和一只熊在一起。他正在他的祖母在北卡羅來納州南部州的房子里玩耍。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。故選C。s good, ‘ said his mother. ’ He is good, he is up and talking. He39。他已經(jīng)被要求觀看Netflix。 （4）考查推理判斷。2．閱讀理解 High school students who plete the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or Gaokao, with top grades will be able to apply for direct entry onto Birmingham degree programmes without first pleting a foundation year which is a routine for the freshman. Students are tested in Chinese, Mathematics, a Foreign Language and social sciences or natural sciences.s wealth of education opportunities for the brightest and most dedicated Chinese students by accepting this strict and important qualification. I look forward to weling these highflying students to the University of Birmingham. Go through a foundation year.B.s qualification examination.（2）Who is the announcement intended for? A.Complete.Indifferent.The history of the University of Birmingham.C.本文介紹了世界一流大學——英國伯明翰大學從2019年起開始承認中國高考成績，為更多的中國高水平學生提供更多到世界名校深造的機會。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段劃線部分句子“We wele people from around the globe to study at Birmingham and Chinese students form an integral part of our education and research munity.”句意：我們歡迎來自世界各地的人們來伯明翰學習，中國學生是我們教育和研究領(lǐng)域不可或缺的一部分。即