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w words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven39。t bookmark。 “eternal”永恒的,和Everlasting同義,故選B。(3)考查推理判斷。(1)考查細節(jié)理解。Because of the climate and geography.Four.(3)Why are the Nazca Lines well preserved? A.Three.Two.One.They were built as a big map. The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta,United States (Mississippi and California), Chile,Holivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history period, form the most impressive archeological (考古學的) group.s hamburgers will eventually replace the famous Spanish tapas.”可知,或許麥當勞的漢堡將最終取代著名的西班牙tapas,由此可推斷tapas指西班牙的一種食品。根據(jù)第二段中的“In the last few years, the government has tried to protect the Spanish movies. Now, in our cinemas, at least twenty percent of the movies which are shown must be from Spain or from other countries in Europe.”可推斷出,西班牙政府給在西班牙上演的電影制定一些規(guī)則是為了限制外國電影的數(shù)量,保護西班牙的電影。選A。A certain kind of food.【答案】(1)A(2)B(3)C(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,講述了美國對作者家鄉(xiāng)西班牙有很大的影響,美國人的飲食習慣。B.The name of a drink.American music.(3)Why did the government set some rules for the films shown in Spain? A.McDonald.Hollywood movies.American novels.t like to listen to their own music,C.. A.s true that in every city in Spain you can find a McDonald39。 However, it39。s lives as Spanish things. For example, Coca Cola is as familiar to everybody as any typical Spanish product. I39。 I think that American movies are a good way to spread American culture because people are often influenced by what they see in the movies. Most of the programs and documentaries(記錄片) we watch on TV are from America, and most of the movies we go to see are made in Hollywood.故選B。故選A。故選B。(2)考查詞義猜測。一直以來,水手們經常使用的一些航海術語豐富并影響著英語這門語言。 language on English.C.A poor sailor may be whipped nine times a day.D.D.C.B.they had the largest navy ever(2)If someone is open and above board, it means he is ________. A.B. Most native English speakers have heard the expression notenough room to swing a cat, but few know that the cat does notrefer to a small furry animal with four legs and a tail. The cat isactually a short form of cat of nine tails — a whip with nine, knotted(打結的) tails. A boatswain needed a lot of spacein order to swing the whip properly when lashing (鞭打) a poor sailor under his control!(1)The British have been strongly influenced by the sea because ________. A. Pipe down!, meaning Be quiet!, is anothermon expression that has nautical origins. The ship39。 The great sailing ships were so much a part of British life thatthey even affected the language. Many English expressions we use today were originallynautical (航海的)terms, although most people no longer realize this. For example, people monlydescribe an honest and fair business deal as being above board. Thisexpression was originally used in sailing ship times when secretive, dishonest ship39。s development. Shipssetting sail from England determined to extend Britain39。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.”不管它的缺點是什么,TED都是那些尋找它的人鼓舞人心的信息來源。它因其高昂的票價被稱為精英主義;以及最后一段中的“And accusations of elitism ring hollow when so much is given away for free on TED39。 (3)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。t important is the best website【答案】 (1)D(2)A(3)C(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了TED以及它的歷史發(fā)展。 s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices (more than 6,000 dollars total). It39。s most inspired thinkers, as the website puts it. The current version of the site was launched in April 2007, and contains videos of talks given at the TED conferences around the world. The talks are transcribed into hundreds of languages.TED began in 1984 as a conference that brought together individuals from the fields of technology, entertainment and design. It was intended to be a onetime event focusing on technology and design. The event ended up losing money, and it was six years before the founders tried it again. This time it worked, and since 1990, the TED conference has been an annual event. There are now two held every year, with topics as diverse as music, medicine, and money. Other specialized spinoff conferences address narrower issues. The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to offer free knowledge from the world39。The TED website is owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non profit devoted to fostering the spread of great ideas. The Sapling foundation acquired TED in 2001. Since then, it has been focusing on using TED to broadcast ideas that might change the world.t immune to criticism. It39。s on TED today. and cons of . is TED(2)Which of the following statements is NOT true? TED conference came after the success of . TED conferences are now held every year. talks are available in many languages. Sapling Foundation owns .(3)From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that ________. is accepted to all involved that some TED talks might not be published host of the conference is one who plays a supportive role to the speakers is criticized for giving special treatment to the wealthy or powerful negative ments on TED greatly affects its reputation(4)This author probably believes that________. is elitist is beneficial isn39。以及以下幾個段落的內容,可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”,故選D??芍啊边@種表述錯誤,故選A。s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices.”當然,TED也免不了受到批評。 (4)考查推理判斷。2.閱讀理解going sailing ships in the fifteenthcentury, the sea became even more important to the country39