【正文】 to food leftovers, rotten food, pet food, fruit peels, remains of TCM herbs (中藥) and flowers. 4．閱讀理解 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第四段中的“Participants working in the room with the plants improved their performance from the first Reading Span Test to the second while those working in the room lacking in greenery did not. Consequently, the benefits of working among plants is indeed evident.”可知，在有植物的房間里工作的參與者從第一次閱讀廣度測(cè)試到第二次閱讀廣度測(cè)試的成績(jī)都有所提高，而在沒(méi)有綠色植物的房間里工作的參與者則沒(méi)有。根據(jù)第二段中的“Struggling directive attention(the kind of attention that takes effort can be refreshed through exposure to naturalistic environments.”可知，掙扎的注意力(需要努力的注意力)可以通過(guò)置身于自然環(huán)境中來(lái)恢復(fù)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s attention. one39。s authors rounded up a bunch of participants, put some of them in a mom with no plants and put others in a room with our plants placed around a desk, and put them all to the same series of tests. First was a Rearing Span Teat which involves reading a series of sentences aloud and remembering the Last word in each sentence. This task requires that you fluently switch between attention demanding tasks: from rending and memorizing at one moment to writing and recalling at the next. Next came a proofreading task fallowed by another Reading Span Test.s head. But can a head be refreshed simply by being surrounded by houseplants?由此可推斷如果溫度繼續(xù)升高，大堡礁可能會(huì)消失。故選C。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s famous for coral reefs rather than fish.C.It39。Skiing.s continued existence at risk, so plan your visit soon to see this awesome sight up close.（1）What can you enjoy both in St. Lucia and Banff? A. According to travelers, a visit to this Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage (遺產(chǎn)) site is a onceinalifetime adventure. Located in the Andes Mountains, it is the most familiar icon (象征物) of Inca civilization. Spend a few days accustoming yourself to the altitude in the neighboring city of Cusco, where you can experience a mix of Incan and Spanish cultures. St. Lucia故選A。故選D。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。C項(xiàng)“在絆倒別人之前把障礙物挪走”,屬于“extra minute”規(guī)則。D.The Most Useful RuleC.meet her father who was already an old man（4）What is the best title for the passage? A.B.lackedabandonedLeave the room for a minute with the iron working.C.m buying myself peace of mind and that39。t only avoid those if only moments when it es to safety. It39。 My father is famous in our family for saying Take the extra minute to do it right. I always try to live by the extra minute rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an if only moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (襯墊) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. I don39。t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.m doing the right thing. I39。B.Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.（2）The underlined word foregone in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.. A.C.join in the holiday celebration of the panyD.B.根據(jù)第一、二段的內(nèi)容可知，作者所說(shuō)的extra minute rule是指在遇事時(shí)多思考一分鐘，從而可以避免以后遺憾、犯錯(cuò)或失望。劃線詞所在句and前后連接語(yǔ)意相似成分，由其前失去一個(gè)心愛(ài)的人或物可推知此處是指“后悔放棄一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)”，foregone意為“放棄”與abandoned同義，故選A。t give up an opportunity to see him.”可知父親說(shuō)在周五去看眼科醫(yī)生時(shí)經(jīng)過(guò)作者的辦公室，雖然那天是假日，但作者想到父親84了，自己不應(yīng)該放棄每一次見(jiàn)父親的機(jī)會(huì)，于是又改口說(shuō)那天上班。if only作為線索貫穿了整篇文章，且第一段也提到了the saddest words，The Two Saddest Words適合作為標(biāo)題，其他選項(xiàng)比較籠統(tǒng)，不能涵蓋本文內(nèi)容。 Abundant rainforests and splendid mountains are all reasons to visit this Caribbean island. St. Lucia offers the perfect mix of relaxation and adventure. To take in the breathtaking scenery, plan to hike the Piton Mountains or dive in the waters of Anse Chastanet. Great Barrier Reefs easy to see why the Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World – it stretches nearly 1,500 miles along the eastern coastline of Australia and features about 3,000 reefs, 900 islands and more than 1,500 species of fish. Travelers can see these amazing natural structures from the air or underwater. However, large amounts of coral bleaching (褪色) caused by rising ocean temperatures put this place39。B.Diving.St. Lucia.Banff. Alberta.Machu Picchu.Great Barrier Reef（3）What do we know about the Great Barrier Reef? A.It39。It may disappear if temperature keeps on rising.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了四處假期極好的去處及各自特色。根據(jù)Machu Picchu部分中的“a visit to this Peruvian UNESCO World Heritage (遺產(chǎn)) site is a onceinalifetime a few days accustoming yourself to the altitude in the neighboring city of Cusco, where you can experience a mix of Incan and Spanish cultures.”可知?dú)v史學(xué)家們可以在這里參觀聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織世界遺產(chǎn)遺址，體驗(yàn)印加文化和西班牙文化的融合。s continued existence at risk, so plan your visit soon to see this awesome sight up close.”可知海洋溫度升高造成大量珊瑚褪色，對(duì)大堡礁的存在造成了威脅。3．閱讀理解 s been acknowledged that a bunch of pretty putted houseplants can help you maintain a healthier home, but a smarter home?s the question in light of a recent study published by the Journal of Environmental Psychology showing that the presence of plants in a room, particularly in an office environment, can shrink attention span (范圍). Struggling directive attention (the kind of attention that takes effort) can be refreshed through exposure ho to naturalistic environments. Basically, taking a walk through the park can clear one39。 To test their theory, the study39。 The results? Participants working in the room with the plants improved their performance from the first Reading Span Test to the second while those working in the room lacking in greenery did not. Consequently, the benefits of working among plants is indeed evident.（1）What do we know from the first paragraph? indoors can help avoid the poorer air outdoors. can Function as beautiful cheap air purifiers.