【正文】 largest number of people in the world.（4）What is the best title of the passage? , out of date? newest fashion in New York City education in New York City, to be or not?【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹了紐約的公立學校在重視英語教學的同時,還強調雙語教學的必要性。根據最后一段中的“While these duallanguage programmes are popular, educators in the US say that teaching English es first.”可知,美國的教育學家認為盡管在學校雙語教學很流行,但是英語的地位是不能動搖的。 The importance of reading literature often seems lost on many Chinese people. Even experts in education think that the first goal of education is to encourage a love of learning. There is therefore the possibility of something wrong with the way students are taught here.t quite accept it.He is confident about it.（2）Which is not among the most powerful ways of learning according to paragraph 2? A.B.C.D.Reading literature should be valued.C. （2）考查細節(jié)理解。故選A。3．閱讀理解 Ask your new friends questions about themselves. Who39。D.B.who points out their shortings（4）What does the underlined part in this passage mean? A.Knowing nothing.根據第三段中的” 想一想,當某個人總是說你好話的時候,你感覺有多棒。life is too short to be wastedArt can connect people together.（3）he underlined word knack in Paragraph 3 possibly means ______. A.abilityHow to live a unique and colorful life.C. （2）考查段落大意。劃線詞knack意為”ability/talent“，故選B。To adopt identical gesture of others.To show agreement with others.Good friends.根據第一段中的“This ‘carbon copying’ is a means by which one person tells the other that he is in agreement with his ideas and attitudes.”這種復制是指一個人告訴另一個人他同意他的想法和態(tài)度。根據第三段中的”People who are strangers, however, try hard to avoid holding mutual positions.“然而，陌生人會盡量避免持有共同的立場。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, is on the twodollar bill. He was the main writer of the Declaration of independence in 1776. Jefferson was one of the most influential of the nation39。 The picture of Alexander Hamilton appears on the tendollar bill. Hamilton was never president. But he was the first Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers. He was also an economist and political philosopher.success in their careersC.independence and democracyC.the Design of US BillsC.the Story of US Bills【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了各種面值的美元紙幣上偉大人物，以及他們對國家所做出的貢獻。 （3）考查主旨大意。s a controversial idea, though not everyone will admit it. A few parents will declare that their children are too busy for housework. Many more of us assign housework, or say we believe in them, but the housework just doesn39。 One small study, done over a period of 25 years, found that the best predictor for young adults success in their mid20s was whether they participated in household tasks at age 3 or 4. Those early shared responsibilities extended to a sense of responsibility in other areas of their lives.They doubt the possibility of it.To state the reasons for early success.B.我們中更多的人會分配家務，或說我們相信他們，但家務就是做不完。該研究表明，孩子幼時做家務預示著成年后較早成功，因為做家務過程中培養(yǎng)出的責任感會遷移到生活的其他方面。最后一段中的“What should you do when getting children to do housework?”要讓孩子做家務時你應該做什么?，是本段的主題句，作者在本段就“如何讓孩子參與到家務事中”向家長提供了建議。Longterm stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses. Depression, an extreme feeling of sadness and hopelessness, can be the result of continued and increasing stress. Alcoholism and other addictions often develop as a result of overuse of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve(釋放)stress. If stress is allowed to continue, then one39。可知，這一段主要將壓力對身體可能帶來的影響；以及“It can increase the pulse rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure.”它能加速脈率，使心臟停止跳動以及能造成高血壓，可知，加速脈率是壓力可能對身體造成的影響之一。根據第四段中的“Longterm stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses.”長期壓力能帶來很多嚴重的精神疾病，可知，本段主要討論壓力可能帶來的精神問題。 One explanation suggests the origin of fairies is a memory of real people. So, for example when tribes with metal weapons invaded land where people only used stone weapons some of the people escaped and hid in forests and caves. Further support for this idea is that fairies were thought to be afraid of iron and could not touch it. Living outside of society, the hiding people probably stole food and attacked villages. This might explain why fairies were often described as playing tricks on humans. Hundreds of years ago, people actually believed that fairies stole new babies and replaced them with a changelinga fairy babyor that they took new mothers and made them feed fairy babies with their milk. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇健康類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。There are numerous physical effects of stress. Stress can affect the heart. It can increase the pulse rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure. Stress can affect the respiratory (呼吸的) system. It can lead to asthma and cause a person to breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide. Stress can affect the stomach. It can cause stomachaches and problems of digesting food. These are only a few examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from stress.故選D。故選C?？芍獙Υ蠖鄶蹈改竵碚f讓孩子做家務存在的問題是他們沒有把它付諸實踐。To prove doing housework is beneficial.D.t worry if you must repeat yourself again and again. If you39。故選A。文章在描述每一種面值的紙幣上的人物時，都著重描寫他們對國家的作用與影響，George Washington是第一任總統(tǒng)，Thomas Jefferson獨立宣言的主要起草者，Abraham Lincoln結束內戰(zhàn)，廢除奴隸制，Alexander Hamilton第一個財政部長和開國元勛之一，Andrew Jackson支持大眾民主和個人自由，Benjamin Franklin開國元勛之一，從而可判斷美國人民看重的是偉人對這個國家做出的貢獻。故選B。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。Avoid copying the employee39。s posture to achieve the end. Similarly, an upanding employee may be seen copying his boss39。 This unconscious (無意識地) mimicry is quite int