【正文】 the way.28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair? A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skills.C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience.29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?A. They feel puzzled over choices. B. They hold on to the wrong things.C. They find it hard to make changes. D. They have to do something for show30. What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful. C. Respectful. D. Supportive.31. When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to ______.A. wait for a better chance B. break your old habitsC. make a quick decision D. ask for clear guidance【篇章導(dǎo)讀】這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。 【解析】推理題。30. B 【解析】推理題。60. A 【解析】推理判斷題。57. D 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.”可知，新技術(shù)可用于保存陳舊的產(chǎn)品，因?yàn)樾录夹g(shù)的運(yùn)用可使許多古老的東西風(fēng)韻猶存。根據(jù)第一段中的“All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.”可知，人們想要接受新技術(shù)并且通過找到更有效的做事方法來(lái)向前發(fā)展時(shí)，進(jìn)步是有很多好處的。59. C 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。(2014 江蘇卷) BHowever wealthy we may be, we can never find enough hours in the day to do everything we want. Economics deals with this problem through the concept of opportunity cost, which simply refers to whether someone39。所以this指對(duì)電梯的普遍看法。70. C 【解析】推理判斷題。ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills. Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, play a bit. Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.68. The author intends to tell us that______.A. true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair meansB. big houses are people39。作者在第一段中拋出問題“Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of a city?”，第二、三、四段中提問自己的觀點(diǎn)“new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style.”所以文章主要論述新的建筑風(fēng)格能與古老的風(fēng)格共存。有歷史遺跡的地方是否可建設(shè)現(xiàn)代建筑？作者認(rèn)為新的建筑風(fēng)格能與古老的風(fēng)格共存。69. C【解析】推理題。t have enough tastes. Real riches consist of welldeveloped and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹沒) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut. Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have. Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you39。真正的幸福源于精神上的富有。文中的“Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Here are several rooms your house of life should have. …Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.”可知，House of Life作文章的標(biāo)題最佳。69. C 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。s human nature to do precisely that—we assess the advantages and disadvantages of decisions all the time.In the business world, a popular phrase is value for money. People want their cash to go as far as possible. However, another is fast obtaining an advantage: value for time. The biggest restriction on our resources is the number of hours we can devote to something, so we look to maximize the return we get on our investment of time. By reading this passage you are giving over a bit of your time which could be spent doing other activities, such as sleeping and eating. In return, however, this passage will help you to think like an economist, closely considering the opportunity cost of each of your decisions.58. According to the passage, the concept of opportunity cost is applied to______.A. making more money B. taking more opportunitiesC. reducing missed opportunities D. weighing the choice of opportunities59. The leftover ... time in Paragraph 3 probably refers to the time______.A. spared for watching the match at home B. taken to have dinner with friendsC. spent on the way to and from the matchD. saved from not going to watch the match60. What are forgone opportunities?A. Opportunities you forget in decisionmaking.B. Opportunities you give up for better ones.C. Opportunities you miss accidentally. D. Opportunities you make up for.【篇章導(dǎo)讀】本文是一篇議論文。60. B 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 【解析】推理題。(2014 陜西卷) DOne afternoon last week, I saw three tearful children from my son’s school being forted by teachers. That morning, my 11yearold had stomach pains, retching（干嘔）into a bowl. Talking to other mothers later, I heard about other children with stomachache or difficult sleeping the night before.What caused so much pain? Sports day. Sports day might be necessary at a highlypetitive independent school, but not at a village primary school. For the children who can fly like the wind, sports day cause no problem. For those who are overweight or just not good at sport, it is nightmare（噩夢(mèng)）. Even for those who enjoy running but fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their parents, it can prove a disease.Why do we put our children through this annual suffering? Some may say petition is character building。根據(jù)第三段中的“Some may say petition is character building。文中通過馴獸師用“椅子”迷惑獅子的故事告訴人們當(dāng)面對(duì)迷惑的選擇時(shí)，要當(dāng)即作出決定，確定目的，馬上采取行動(dòng)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you fe