【正文】 Judith Ashton, a cofounder of Buddy Bench Ireland said, The children need to understand what the bench is about, what it represents —friendship, understanding, listening to each other and the most important thing is that it39。 Buddy or Friendship Benches (長椅)are needed because playgrounds can be lonely places sometimes. When a school places the bench, they teach a little lesson to the kids on how it is to be used. Then when a child sits on the bench, it sends out a message to others that basically says, Hey, I39。故選A?？茖W(xué)家們觀察了近2000名接受CT檢查的患者。 “No prior studies have assessed the relationship between alcohol consumption and the presence of heart disease,” said lead researcher Dr Julia Karady. We could not find any relation between the presence of heart disease and alcohol consumption, Karady said. At the same time, she added, there was no evidence that heavier drinking raised the risk of heart disease. Many studies have hinted(暗示) that alcohol, in moderation, can do a heart good. But new research suggests that moderate drinkers are no more likely than non173。 （3）考查推理判斷。s the main idea of Paragraph 2? to reach 50 points. stop trying in your life. yourself for your success39。What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby39?？芍髡咦羁赡苁且粋€教育方面的專家。故選D。Where did we go wrong? her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.（1）The boy on the sofa would most probably be described as _______. （2）From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ______ no attention to them too busy to look after them e to hate them helpless to do much about them（3）What is the author39。t know what to do with him these days, she said. He39。故選D。根據(jù)第一段中的“Soft skills are personal qualities that help a person relate effectively to others”可知，軟技能是指人的品質(zhì)，能幫助人與人之間有效交流的品質(zhì)。Some African schools are adding programs that teach what officials are calling soft skills to students. Soft skills are personal qualities that help a person relate effectively to others. Officials say this kind of training can help students succeed in the job market and in life. （4）考查主旨大意。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t knowC. Sometimes, you have the word on the tip of your tongue...and it sticks there! But you do know this phenomenon(現(xiàn)象) and don39。故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“Here, winter is used to bring out the ugliness of inhumanity (無人性). There aren39。. Christmas food makes the winter cheery is still a symbol of joy in modern stories39。s works? didn39。 The cold of the winter weather provides a contrast to the fun going on indoors.s situation: Blow, blow, thou winter wind/Thou art not so unkind /As ma39。s never fortable to be in.t your newspaper do something about the custom (習(xí)慣) of hitchhiking?”作者反問報紙“難道你們的報紙不能為搭便車的習(xí)慣做些事嗎？”可推測，如果是一個好的編輯，在看到信后會寫一篇關(guān)于搭便車會有安全隱患的文章刊登到報紙上。故推測作者是一個很細(xì)心而且見過很多事的人。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhikeC.is a good driver and often gives free rides to strangersC.s carC. carD.t there enough crime (犯罪) today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking? On the other hand, hitchhiking may bring some traffic trouble. Don39。t your newspaper do something about the custom (習(xí)慣) of hitchhiking?故選C。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 Middleschoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin. It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese and learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task I39。s vital to learn different languages? making parisons. listing people39。故選B。waiting for a bus at the bus stopB.doesn39。young people to listen to their parents at homeD.根據(jù)第二段中的“on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides.”在車上我看到至少有50個人站在路邊請求搭車；以及第三段中的“Don39。根據(jù)第四段中的“I always taught my children not to talk to strangers. I never let them take rides from people they didn39。故選A。 Once winter became less of a threat to human beings, literary works featuring it became more positive. Since Charles Dickens, the representation of the season in literature has often featured happy Christmas celebrations.s Harry Potter and the Philosopher39。s days.（1）What39。可推知，作者寫本文是為了解釋文學(xué)作品中的冬天是什么樣子的。根據(jù)第四段可知，自狄更斯以來，在文學(xué)中這個季節(jié)的表現(xiàn)常常是圣誕快樂的慶?；顒?。故選B。 New words, and new ways of using old words, appear every day. Twenty years ago, who could have been able to understand a sentence like this: Click here to download your digital book.? Nobody. You never stop learning new vocabulary and you never know how long you will need it.t avoid some work in order to learn these necessary words and all the more if you want to learn quickly. And before you consider buying into any method, be sure it is right for you. It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics(記憶群). The first few words seem very easy to learn, so you buy the course, but then you discover quickly, though too late, that a dozen words later, it is all the more difficult to learn a new word when you have also to learn the trick to memorize it.（1）From the first paragraph, we can infer that ______. A.根據(jù)第一段中的“To be honest，do you know all the words of your mother tongue？The answer is‘No’．“說實(shí)話，你知道你母語的所有單詞嗎?答案是:不。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics.”依靠任何基于記憶術(shù)的方法都是不明智的。5．閱讀理解 Emmanuel Ntagungira is a teacher and works as a trainer for Akazi Kanoze Access, He often visits employers who have given jobs to high schools. The employers are very happy because the graduates are ready to work. He says he hopes the program will help lower unemployment, which stands at over 13 percent n