【正文】 g across the worldC.get rid of the sideeffects of cashC. Yet set against these benefits are a couple of worries. Electronic payment systems may risk technical failures, power failure and cyberattacks. In a cashless economy the poor, the elderly and country folk may be left behind. And a digital system could let governments watch over people39。同時(shí)她強(qiáng)調(diào)凱西一切都好,感到很欣慰。根據(jù)最后一段中的 ‘We just want to tell everybody that we39。也就是在離開祖母的房子后,凱西沒有回家,失蹤了。An advertisement.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道，男孩凱西在離開祖母家后就失蹤了。To report the detailed situation.s good …（1）When did Casey get lost? A.s house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned home but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police. Police formed a search and rescue team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and still — no Casey. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。由此可知作者決定在星期五去她的辦公室，是為了見她已經(jīng)年邁的父親。s the best kind of insurance for my emotional wellbeing.（1）Which of the following is an example of the extra minute rule? the car the moment everyone is seated. the room for a minute with the iron working. for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. an object out of the way before it trips someone.（2）The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______. her appointment with the eye doctor her father who was already an old man in the holiday celebration of the pany her work before the deadline approached（3）The underlined word foregone in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. （4）What is the best title for the passage? Keep Emotional Wellbeing Prevent If Only Moments Follow the Most Useful Rule Achieve the Peace of Mind【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者認(rèn)為英語中最悲傷的兩個(gè)詞語是if only，因?yàn)樗麄儽磉_(dá)了遺憾。t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he39。Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.s equally important to avoid if only in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my pany and I wouldn39。m buying myself peace of mind and that39。t give up an opportunity to see him.”可知，父親說在周五去看眼科醫(yī)生時(shí)經(jīng)過作者的辦公室，雖然那天是假日，但作者想到父親八十四了，自己不應(yīng)該放棄每一次見父親的機(jī)會(huì)，于是又改口說那天上班。所以這篇文章最好的題目是“防止出現(xiàn)if only的情況”，故選B。 The child went missing on January 22. He was playing with friends at his grandmother39。s already asked to watch Netflix. So, he39。He was eventually found by officer Hughes.（3）Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph? A.To invite everyone to watch her child.A diary.D.當(dāng)其他孩子回家時(shí),凱西卻沒有。 （3）考查推理判斷。所以,他很好……,從媽媽的話中可知她很感激大家的幫助,她說這些話的目的就是為了向救援人員表達(dá)自己的感激。 Countries are removing cash at varying speeds. In Sweden the number of retail cash transaction per person has fallen by 80% in the past ten years. America is perhaps a decade behind. Outside the rich world, cash is still king. But even there its leading role is being challenged. In China digital payments rose from 4% of all payments in 2012 to 34% in 2017.dematerialize moneyB.the differences between developed and developing countriesB.. A.indifferent【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，富裕國家正在減少現(xiàn)金支付,現(xiàn)金正在因?yàn)樾枨蟮仍蛳?。瑞典和中國的共同點(diǎn)是現(xiàn)金支付減少,電子支付比例上升,由此可推斷作者提到瑞典和中國是為了說明數(shù)字支付正成為一種不可阻擋的趨勢(shì)。 （4）考查推理判斷。s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to succeed when they gave up.smooth away （2）考查推理判斷。故可推測(cè)劃線短語意思為削弱，與C選項(xiàng)含義接近?？芍髡邔戇@篇文章的目的是勸說人們面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時(shí)要大膽去對(duì)應(yīng)，保持積極的心態(tài)。Doing a medical experimentPassive learning（3）Why does the author mentions the game Rumor? A.由文章第二段we achieve knowledge passively by being told by some of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV of read newspaper or magazines is passive可知被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)是通過別人告訴獲取知識(shí)，而A做實(shí)驗(yàn)；B解決數(shù)學(xué)問題；D做科學(xué)推理都是主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，故選C?？芍恼孪胍嬖V我們信息在傳遞的過程中發(fā)生了變化。 I wanted to share a moment of feeling about some of my blessings and what39。 I39。D. （3）考查推理判斷。On a recent night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the week﹣end and who to do it with, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upset not the usual stuff that he and Mom and, I guess, a lot of parents worry about like which college I39。 There was a picture of my grandfather who was a member of the class of 1942, the war class. Next to his picture were photos of my great﹣grandparents. Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better. I believe tomorrow will be better than today — that the world my generation grows into is going to get better, not worse. Those pictures helped me understand why.s dad upset on a recent night？ A.s worry? A.t exist.D.All that exists will e to an end【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者從聽到父母談話，到看到照片，感悟?qū)頃?huì)更好?？芍髡哂上容厒兘?jīng)歷的事情得出結(jié)論，未來會(huì)更美好，故選B。C.visit the zoo at weekends on June 25（3）To arrange your visit better, you can 根據(jù)National Zoo所在的表格可知國家動(dòng)物園的開放時(shí)間為三月15號(hào)到九月，每天的上午九點(diǎn)到下午六點(diǎn)；十月到來年的三月14號(hào)是每天上午九點(diǎn)到下午四點(diǎn)，12月25號(hào)不開。 Unexpectedly, during the first few months of living alone, I would find myself crying every day. I would call my mum every day. Coming from a big family, I was used to noises surrounding me. Therefore, the scary silence at night was the worst. I couldn39