【正文】 airport. Earlier boarding times can also considerably cut down your chances of getting bumped on an overbooked flight or delayed because of other delayed flights or mechanical issues. Getting the best fare. Airlines put out their fare sales on Tuesday morning, making this day the best day to book a flight for less.t getting any cheaper. Since you can39。4．閱讀理解然而飛行自行車的安全性和強(qiáng)度一直是個大問題。由此可知it指的是parachute (降落傘)。 （3）考查詞義猜測。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。To describe the problems of inventing flying vehicles.B.the enginethe Jetpack can reach a great speed and height（3）The underlined word It in the last paragraph refers to ________. A.can be transported quickly after being folded and packed（2）Peter Coker uses the example of Formula One racing car to show that ________. A. The Jetpack uses a gasolinepowered engine that produces two powerful jet streams. Mr. Coker says it also has a parachute that would be used, if there should be an emergency. It starts to work at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot, he adds. Mr. Coker says the Jetpack will be ready for sale soon.（1）We can learn from the passage that the Hoverbike ________. A.s main concern. He says the designers solved the safety issue by using overlapping rotors to power the vehicle. The British pany Malloy Aeronautics has developed a prototype (原型) of its flying bicycle. Grant Stapleton, marketing sales director of Malloy Aeronautics, says the Hoverbike is able to get in and out of small spaces very quickly. It can be moved across continents very quickly because it can be folded and packed, he adds. 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。s almost time for your son to e home. ”她說這些郁金香球莖秋天種下，整個冬天都在土里。根據(jù)第二段中的“She explained that these bulbs were put into the ground in the fall and lay sleeping all winter. They had all the nutrients they needed inside the bulb and would e out in the spring. 39。 progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. ”我日復(fù)一日的關(guān)注這花的成長。d planted those flowers, and I soon forgot they were there.”那是一個漫長的冬天——又冷又黑……枯葉、霜和最后那場雪覆蓋了我種那些花的地方，我很快救忘記了它們的存在，可知，冬天很冷、很長，故推測作者忘記它們是因?yàn)橛X得它們熬不過這個冬天，即沒對它們抱有希望。t have a good track record when it es to making them grow.”我不是個好園丁，我喜歡漂亮的花，但我在種植方面沒有良好的記錄，可知，作者雖然喜歡花，但不擅長種花。一位朋友送來了一盒郁金香球莖，這種花的種植，給作者帶來了希望。d planted those flowers, and I soon forgot they were there. She walked me through the process of planting them. I thanked her — trying to show my gratitude for her gift.ll know that it39。 I39?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(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。本文講述的是有時候病人的病并不是需要真正的藥物來醫(yī)治，而是需要醫(yī)生開一些安慰的藥劑，這時候就會安慰病人的心理，病人的情緒得到舒緩從而有利于病情的痊愈。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選A。Placebo：Heal Your Body【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，有時候病人的病并不是需要真正的藥物來醫(yī)治，而是需要醫(yī)生開一些安慰的藥劑，安慰病人的心理使病人的情緒得到舒緩，從而有利于病情的痊愈。Placebo：The Best DoctorThe medicine.（4）What is the passage mainly about? A.The bad effect.D.t be healed by it.It won39。 The strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is. There are people who say you can heal your body by using your mind. And the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo．（1）What do we know about placebo according to the passage? A. A placebo is a sugar pill, a harmless shot, or ail empty capsule. Even though they have no medicine in them, these things seem to make people well. The patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get better. How does this happen? The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself. It is as if there was a doctor in each of us. The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it. But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body. Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself. These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine, then it will act as if it did, and the body will feel better.B.t believe placebo can39。The patient needs help badly．The doctor knows better about your body．B.D.Placebo：The Most Powerful MedicineC.D.所以此處的it是指的安慰劑。故選B。(4)考查主旨大意。故選A。 When you see the leaves of the tiny flowers pushing toward the sun, you39。39。It was a long winter — cold and dark. I endured both the weather and the loneliness and fear I felt with my son away. Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where I39。Finally the weather began to warm. One day, as I walked down my front steps, I noticed an area of green. I bent down to inspect the situation more clearly and saw that those tulips had begun to grow, their tiny leaves forcing their way to the sun. progress. And day after day, the time approached when my son would finally be home. Now with spring just around the corner, nothing could keep either of us from marching toward the light. Almost all of those bulbs bloomed. And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again.（1）What can we know about the author? is a professional gardener. is not good at growing flowers. never plants flowers at home. often sends friends flowers as gifts.（2）Why did the writer forget the tulip bulbs soon? bitter winter reminded her of her son far away. was discouraged from making another attempt. failed to live through the cold and long winter. had no hope for beautiful flowers indeed.（3）What were those flowers mentioned in the last paragraph referred to? physical representation of the hope. deep inside her heart and soul. lesson she will never forget pletely. trouble she had in making them e out.（4