【正文】 s an edge in the global economy.He speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read social media posts from his Chinesespeaking friends. While it39。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“As the name indicates, Giving Tuesday is meant to restart the charitable season and therefore observed by raising funds for local nonprofits and schools, organizing food and clothing drives, and conducting random acts of kindness.”可知 給予星期二是為了重新啟動慈善活動季，因此，人們會為當?shù)氐姆菭I利組織和學?；I集資金，組織食品和衣物捐贈活動，并進行一些隨機的善舉。Business【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了Giving Tuesday （給予星期二）。LifestyleCultureEducationTo donate money to local schoolsTo keep a record of one39。B.To make Thanksgiving Day enjoyableThanksgiving DayBlack Friday While the easiest way to participate is by donating to your favorite charity, this day can be celebrated in many other ways too. You can give back by volunteering at your local shelter or food bank, or even by donating blood. If all else fails, a purchase from the growing number of organizations that give a portion of their sales to charity will do the trick. （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries, Unique works of this kind are different from today39。Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了根據(jù)文化相對主義，藝術(shù)作品在永恒受歡迎的原因是人類的審美具有共同性，并且就此展開說明。B.s greatest artistsD.great artists are skilled at bining various cultures（3）According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because_____ . A.It excites the human mind throughout the world.（2）In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned in order to show that _____ . A. Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the longlasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.（1）According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism? A.由文章的主要內(nèi)容可以推知，作者來參觀the Hadza就是為了了解他們的生活方式。故選C。t have conflict, and have no memory of starvation. Their population never reaches numbers that cannot be supported through hunting or gathering. They never get from their land more than they need.”可知，哈扎人沒有沖突，也沒有饑餓的記憶。由此可知，他們的環(huán)境非常危險。由此可以推知，the Hadza過著非常簡單的生活。汽車和電力也沒有。他們和大自然和諧相處，長期以來過著平和的生活。D.is full of conflictC.D.C.B.s environment? A.live on traditional agricultureC.ve been in such a state of peaceful existence for thousands of years.（1）We can learn from the text that the Hadza_______. A.t have conflict, and have no memory of starvation. Their population never reaches numbers that cannot be supported through hunting or gathering. They never get from their land more than they need. The Hadza diet consists mainly of honey, fruit and meat. Men often hunt in pairs to shoot animals with bows and arrows. The Hadza show us how to track animals, from baboons to snakes to lions. They are hugely skilled with their handmade bows and arrows — we have a go and barely get the arrow to go three feet in front of us.s Lake Eyasi lives the world39。4．閱讀理解 （4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“In Colombia, however, Christmas is viewed much more as a time which devotes itself to religion.”可知在哥倫比亞，圣誕節(jié)更多的是作為宗教節(jié)日被慶祝的，故選B。根據(jù)第一段中的“Being from the UK, Christmas for me means spending time with family and friends, exchanging presents, eating and drinking, and, of course, hiding from the cold.”可知在作者眼里，圣誕節(jié)意味著與家人和朋友共度時光，交換禮物，吃喝玩樂。t a global festival. isn39。 (3)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“After inspection, all bags, backpacks, umbrella, parcels and other items as determined by security officers must be left at the checkrooms, free of charge, close to each entrance.“可知，傘、背包和手提包等都不可以帶進國家美術(shù)館。D.The artworks of the galleryC.They can take pictures for personal use anywhere.suitcase（2）When in the gallery, what can visitors do? A.C. *Animals, other than service animals, are not permitted. *Smoking is prohibited. Food and drink are not permitted outside the food service areas. Unopened bottled water may be carried only in a visitor39。 *For the safety of the artworks and other visitors, nothing may be carried on a visitor39。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中對亞洲孩子與美國孩子在基本數(shù)學運算方面的對比可知，亞洲兒童可以更快地在基本數(shù)學運算中找到答案，是因為他們不必先把語言翻譯成數(shù)字。根據(jù)第一段中的Because we most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within a twosecond period. And unlike English, the Chinese language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds.（因為我們最容易記住我們在一兩秒鐘內(nèi)能說或讀的東西。）及第四段中的That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children.（這種差異意味著亞洲兒童比美國兒童學的要快得多。通讀全文可知，本文介紹了東西方數(shù)字系統(tǒng)之間的差異對東西方人數(shù)學能力的影響。t have to translate language into numbers firstD.Their different IQ.（3）Asian children can reach answers in basic math functions more quickly because ____________.A.Their mother tongue.C.Their understanding of numbers.Western culture fail to provide their children with adequate number knowledge.C.t. We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. For numbers above 20, we put the “decade” first and the unit number second (twentyone, twentytwo), while for the teens, we do it the other way around (fourteen, seventeen, eighteen). The number system in English is highly irregular. Not so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logical counting system. Eleven is tenone. Twelve is tentwo. Twentyfour is twotensfour and so on.The Asian numbernaming system helps grasp advanced math skills better.B.s advantage in math may be sour