【正文】 Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(揚(yáng)聲器)and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.故選D。obstacles與barriers同義，故選D。 . （3）Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour? and extremes. and freedom. and success. and popularity.（4）Which of the following is true of parkour? is a team sport. is a good but boring sport. needs special training. challenges human abilities.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了跑酷運(yùn)動(dòng)的起源、特點(diǎn)和此運(yùn)動(dòng)蘊(yùn)含的哲理。Another philosophy we39。故選A。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。By 1947, the LEGO pany began using a new material (材料) to make their toys — plastic. One of the toys they sold was called the Automatic Binding Brick. A person could put the bricks together to build something. But the bricks did not hold together easily. Still, they were a popular toy. 故選D。故選A。A paid administrator(行政人員) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than million tickets were sold.（1）What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning? bring Europe together again. honor heroes of World War II. introduce young theatre groups. attract great artists from Europe.（2）Why did some uninvited theatre groups e to Edinburgh in 1947? owned a public house there. came to take up a challenge. thought they were also famous. wanted to take part in the festival.（3）What does the Fringe mean in the third paragraph? groups groups groups groups（4）We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival 故選D。t sit still before his class。s knowledge. good actor39。 he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(預(yù)先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don39。t sit still before his class。故選C。How can we protect our culture?【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文講述的是，我們的智慧將會(huì)幸存嗎？(1)推理判斷題。Three.One.第一段介紹英國(guó)是一個(gè)受到海洋影響的國(guó)家，四周環(huán)海，航海在人們的生活中起著重要的作用。above board39。The sailing story of British sailors.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，英國(guó)作為一個(gè)島國(guó)，四周環(huán)海，海洋在英國(guó)人的生活中起著重要的作用。Sailors need to go to sleep when they hear a whistle.B.故選A． 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。故選D。雖然這通常被認(rèn)為是他們婚姻狀況的一個(gè)指標(biāo)，但這種做法主要與印度教有關(guān)。2．閱讀理解 s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices.”當(dāng)然，TED也免不了受到批評(píng)。以及以下幾個(gè)段落的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”，故選D。The TED website is owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non profit devoted to fostering the spread of great ideas. The Sapling foundation acquired TED in 2001. Since then, it has been focusing on using TED to broadcast ideas that might change the world. s most inspired thinkers, as the website puts it. The current version of the site was launched in April 2007, and contains videos of talks given at the TED conferences around the world. The talks are transcribed into hundreds of languages.s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices (more than 6,000 dollars total). It39。t important is the best website【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了TED以及它的歷史發(fā)展。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whatever its failings, TED is a source of inspirational information for those who seek it out.”不管它的缺點(diǎn)是什么，TED都是那些尋找它的人鼓舞人心的信息來(lái)源。 現(xiàn)在眉心紅點(diǎn)更多的是作為裝飾品使用。以及“As such，the dot serves as a constant reminder to keep God inthe front of a believer39。根據(jù)第三段中的“Decorative or sticker bindis e in all sizes，colorsand variations，and can be worn by young and old，married and unmarried people alike．Wearinga bindi has bee more of a fashion statement than a religious custom.” 裝飾物或貼紙貼紙有各種尺寸、顏色和變化，年輕人和老年人、已婚人士和未婚人士都可以佩戴。going sailing ships in the fifteenthcentury, the sea became even more important to the country39。The influence of British sailors39。故選C。s boatswain (水手長(zhǎng)) would blow a whistle, or pipe, at the end of the day to indicate (表明) to the sailors it was time to quieten down and go to sleep.”可知船上的水手長(zhǎng)會(huì)在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候吹口哨或吹笛子，向水手們表示應(yīng)該安靜下來(lái)睡覺(jué)了。Making lost wisdom alive again.D.B.s mainly talked about in the text? A.What will the earth be like in the future?故選A。無(wú)論采用什么方法，作者都是為了說(shuō)明事物的本質(zhì)特征，清晰地展現(xiàn)說(shuō)明的事物。 and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.There are very important differences between the teacher39。I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stageplay because they can39。故選B。你必須能hold住觀眾（學(xué)生）的注意力和興趣點(diǎn)。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(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。Today the Fringe, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. . bee a nonofficial event gone beyond an art festival shows all year round growing rapidly【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了愛(ài)丁堡音樂(lè)節(jié)形成和發(fā)展，包括對(duì)創(chuàng)設(shè)目的，參與群體，發(fā)展規(guī)模等方面進(jìn)行了簡(jiǎn)要而準(zhǔn)確的敘述，回顧了愛(ài)丁堡音樂(lè)節(jié)的發(fā)展歷程。根據(jù)第三段中的“At the same time, the ‘Fringe’ appeared as a challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to the official festival. ”可知Fringe 與official是相對(duì)的；再根據(jù)“Eight theatre groups turned up？”以及第四段中的“Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the S