【正文】 What you just practicedthe conscious act of wearing another selfis an exercise that, according to psychiatrist SriniPillay, MD, is essential to being creative.9．閱讀理解 WISH YOU WERE MORE CREATIVE?故答案選B。故答案選D。主要對(duì)英國文學(xué)雜志《格蘭達(dá)》提名的最年輕的西班牙小說家之一Samanta Schweblin及其作品進(jìn)行了簡(jiǎn)單的介紹。a textbookhas an appetite for writing something extraordinaryher Chinese edition is slightly different from the original oneC.help to make her book more popular Born in Argentina in 1978, Schweblin says she is influenced by the literary traditions of the La Plata area, home to many famous LatinAmerican novelists.故選B。他們非常聰明有很強(qiáng)的記憶。 stomachs【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了蜘蛛猴。D.EncouragedThey have five legst have thumbs.7．閱讀理解故選B。Maryland Institute College of Art.（3）What can we learn from the advertisements? A. Assistant Director—Media Resources Center DeSales University39。6．閱讀理解Assistant Professor in Musical Theatre Dance根據(jù)第二段中的“I was staying in an Airbnb, and rented a bike so I could cover more ground.”可知作者租一輛自行車是因?yàn)樗胍幢M可能多的旅游勝地，故選D。To remember a holiday故選C。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。People should, spend more money on marriages.C.To have more choices.C.To live alone happily. But it seems that the old conventions have been replaced by the limitations of choice. The expectations of partners are raised to an unmanageable degree: good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and right socks. There is no room for error in the first impression.4．閱讀理解最后一段再次強(qiáng)調(diào)中心論點(diǎn)。根據(jù)第一段中的“But the paradox（悖論）is that our children can only truly succeed if they first learn how to fail.”可知，文章的中心論點(diǎn)是如果孩子想要真正成功，首先就要學(xué)會(huì)失敗。B.根據(jù)最后一段中的“Piff pointed out that the findings don39。根據(jù)第一段中的“new study claims there may be some truth behind the saying…that rich people are more likely to do immoral things, such as lie or cheat, than poorer people.”可知，用這個(gè)俗語“金錢是萬惡之源”來引出本文的話題——富人們是否比窮人們更加有可能做不道德的事情，通過一些實(shí)驗(yàn)來證實(shí)，讓讀者們看到這一研究，目的是吸引讀者對(duì)這個(gè)研究的注意，故選B。To show the difference between higher class people and lower class people.（4）What does the passage really want to show us? A.They bee more selfish.（3）Why did the scientists do the experiments? A.They believe money talks.draw readers39。s feelings.本文主要講述的是觀看新聞可以有很多選擇。有些新聞來自民間，這種民間的非正式媒體新聞?wù)噬仙厔?shì)；市民還可以在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布一些新聞。pay more attention to world newsC. Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throwyour bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.start a career in citizen journalism（1）考查推理判斷。故選B。 They carried out the first two experiments from the sidewalk near Berkeley. They noted that drivers of newer and more expensive cars were more likely to cut off other cars and pedestrians at crosswalks. Nearly 45 percent of people driving expensive ears ignored a pedestrian pared with only 30 percent of people driving mow modest cars. attention to the researchC.To show how social status affects people39。The poor are respectable.B.(2)考查推理判斷。t mean that all rich people are untrustworthy or all poor people honest.”可知，并不是所有的富人都是不值得信任的，也并不是所有的窮人都是誠實(shí)的，故A，C都錯(cuò)誤；B項(xiàng)“金錢是萬惡之源”這只是一個(gè)引子，并不是文章要告訴我們的；根據(jù)文章第一段科學(xué)家發(fā)表的聲明可知，富人們更加有可能不道德，也就是行為上更糟糕，惡劣。 We need to flip(翻轉(zhuǎn)) this approach. In a plex world, failure is inevitable. It is those individuals and institutions that have the flexibility to face up to failure, learn the lessons and adapt which eventually excel(突出).（1）The question raised in the first paragraph is to ________. A.后面以世界級(jí)滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員摔倒的次數(shù)更多來證明這一點(diǎn)，最后一句提出問題：為什么好的滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員反而摔倒的次數(shù)多呢？下文對(duì)這個(gè)問題做了回答，進(jìn)一步闡明了文章的中心論點(diǎn)。故選A。To avoid marriages.B.The expectations and reality separate the lovers.D.根據(jù)第四段中的“But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence.”可知，人們認(rèn)為獨(dú)自生活也很好這種觀念使得人們不愿意放棄他們的獨(dú)立生活。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。I was staying in an Airbnb, and rented a bike so I could cover more ground. One of the first places I visited was the Rundetaarn, or “round tower” built in the 17th century as an astronomical observatory. It has an equestrian staircase (a wide set of stairs big enough for horses to use) that went on and on. As I was going up, I stopped to visit the tower39。 The next day, I visited the Glyptotek art museum, exploring the grand exhibits. I looked into the marble eyes of many Roman gods，and walked down dimly lit staircases to see mummies from Egypt.B.(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s Performing and Fine Arts Department seeks a highly skilled, professional technical director. The position is a 10month staff position with the possibility of summer employment with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Professional experience is required。 A review of applications will begin immediately。All the jobs mentioned in the text require experience.B.(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Ignored（4）Where do newlyborn spider monkeys stay? A.B.蜘蛛猴主要以水果為食，當(dāng)水果不夠時(shí)，也可以以花朵，種子，樹葉和小昆蟲為食。他們叫蛀蛛猴是因?yàn)樗麄兛雌饋硐裰霋祛嵉古c胳膊和腿擺動(dòng)尾巴。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 Samanta Schweblin, one of the best young Spanish language novelists nominated (提名) by British literary magazine Granta, has visited Beijing to promote the first Chinese edition of a collection of her short stories. The collection, Birds in the Mouth, has been translated and published by Shanghaibased publisher Reader. The idea for this story came to Schweblin when she was browsing the Internet, “Click, click, click, a picture of a little girl who looks frightened with her hands covering her mouth came to my eyes. Little by little, I developed the story