【正文】 n. There are a hundred trillion(萬億)connections in the brain of a threeyearold child.The bear caught John.39。 Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn39。s brain? A.Experiencing new information.C.The connection with other babies.（2）What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment? A.A certain brain region processes language.（3）What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3? A.Words have different sounds.（4）What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl? A. brain.C. brain development.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文屬于科普文章，介紹小孩最初幾年的經(jīng)歷對大腦發(fā)育很重要，而媒介輸入對孩子大腦發(fā)育效果不明顯，最有效的是面對面語言輸入。根據(jù)第二段The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the ABB pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different ，實驗表明嬰兒可以區(qū)別不同的聲音模式，故選A。 is very different from 39。根據(jù)最后一段Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn39。4．閱讀理解 purchasing decisions.t. It found that the smell increased the number of consumers39。 Ever felt frenzied due to a store39。 satisfaction. Another interesting finding from a recent study was that customers actually shop longer when exposed to unfamiliar music. Just as department stores use different scents in certain departments, many use different music in some areas to appeal to varying consumers.t your best choices as brands like Cinnabon and Panera Bread also use scents as part of their customers39。shopping malls39。 shopping decisions（2）What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A.The products with a kind of special smell are more popular.（3）How does music have an effect on consumers? A.It gives consumers the satisfaction of enjoying shopping.D.Depressed.Excited.（5）What does the writer try to express in the last paragraph? A.s promotion strategies.D. （1）主旨大意題。 （2）推理判斷題。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. Satisfied滿意的；B. Depressed沮喪的；C. Surprised吃驚的；D. Excited興奮的。根據(jù)最后一段中的Online retailers (零售商) use a variety of other strategies to get your business, but you can always neglect those and enjoy the familiar scents of home.（網(wǎng)上零售商使用各種各樣的策略來獲得你的生意，但你可以忽略這些，享受熟悉的家的味道）可知，作者想要告訴人們，我們可以選擇擺脫銷售員的促銷策略。 The evidence from willpowerexhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year39。t require making decisions at all.（1）From the studies in the passage we learn that ________. A.willpower is hardly pletely exhaustedC.increase（3）The author pares self—control to muscles ________. A.to explain the benefits of practicing selfcontrol（4）To develop a good habit, which of the following does the author prefer? A.I will read an English novel every month.I will keep myself from any temptation.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，列舉了關(guān)于意志力的幾種研究和觀點，作者認(rèn)為有了明確的目標(biāo)，良好的自我監(jiān)督和練習(xí)，就可以在面對誘惑時使意志力保持堅強。s willpower is ever pletely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands.”可知，研究人員不相信人的意志力會完全耗盡，他們還有備用的和為將來需求節(jié)省的意志力。根據(jù)第三段中的The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our selfcontrol strength has been run down.可知，正確的動機使我們能夠利用這些儲備，即使我們的自我控制能力已經(jīng)被消耗殆盡，我們?nèi)匀豢梢岳^續(xù)前進(jìn)。根據(jù)第四段中的“While muscles bee exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term. Similarly, regular practices of selfcontrol may improve willpower strength.”可知，雖然肌肉在短期內(nèi)會因運動而疲憊不堪，但長期而言，它們會通過經(jīng)常鍛煉而增強。故選D。t require making decisions at all.”可知，作者認(rèn)為一個接一個的制定目標(biāo)是一個更好的方法。故選C。 The head of China39。 Jack Ma is the chairman of the Alibaba Group. At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, he said, China and (the) . will never have a trade war. Give Trump some time. He39。 Last week, Ma met with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York City. The Chinese billionaire is said to have discussed a plan to permit one million small . businesses to sell goods on Alibaba39。 During the campaign and after winning the presidential election, Trump strongly criticized the Chinese government39。 Trump also has threatened to place import taxes on goods from China and other countries in response to their trade policies. William Zarit is chairman of the chamber. He says trade policies in China make it difficult for American panies. He says, we feel that over the last few years that we39。 Another major concern for . panies in China is fake products. Fake products are copies of the originals that cost businesses with the legal right to sell them millions of dollars each year.s efforts to fight fake products on its shopping platform. He said his pany is doing all it can to fight the problem.TrumpMario RitterB.D.Group says American businesses in China concernedD.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，劃線詞提到的“The Chinese billionaire”指Jack Ma，即阿里巴巴集團(tuán)董事長馬云，故選B。 Editor: clover及文章的時效性可知，此文來自網(wǎng)站，故選C。A項能概括全文，故選A。 Brightons edge for a dip. On the northwest coast, a popular resort for the people in the industrial north, Blackpool is a gay, noisy town, famous for its amusement facilities and the magical lights. At night people travel from miles around to see the extravaganza of lights decorating the sea front.Because people are full of food, icecream and lollypops.C.There are palm trees growing near Bournemouth.B.Southend is a better preferred resort than Briton by London locals.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了不列顛海岸線上4個供英國人在海灘度過每年的大量時間的度假勝地。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Southend 部分中的“On the east coast at the mouth of the Thames, Sout