【正文】 sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond39。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 根據第二段中的“Musk will continue to “donate and advise the organization”可推知Eldon Musk對于AI的態(tài)度是同情，故選B。Level 5 autonomy is impossible.Unpopular.Sympathetic.（3）What does the underlined word “malicious” in Paragraph 3 mean? A.s attitude towards the AI? A.(3)考查推理判斷。What to DO for Education【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。Soft Social Skills MatterIt had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skillsoften went against their teachers and parents39。 （2）考查推理判斷。in Paragraph 5. A.people donated money actively for the two libraries in BaltimoreB.To inspire the poor to have a positive view of life.D. While Black Friday and Cyber Monday help start the holiday shopping season, Giving Tuesday, which will be observed on November 28, attempts to inspire the season of giving. Now in its sixth year, the charitable(慈善的)day uses the power of social media to encourage organizations and individuals to donate funds or resources to worthy causes. Its mission is to bring positive change to munities through giving.To promote sales of the holiday shopping season.C.. A.故選A。2．閱讀理解 Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children. Parents should do all they can to promote these skills with their children as should education policymakers. To the extent we can improve those skills, we can improve outes in delinquency.（1）Fast Track was intended for children whohad some problems with academic learningC.D.offer children greater selfcontrol abilities（4）Which is the best title for the passage? A.D.由此推知劃線詞的意思是“輔導”，故選D。3．閱讀理解s moving into the field of Artificial Intelligence(AI)，which he said in 2017 would be the “best in the world”and would even be able to “predict your destination, ”Musk will continue to “donate and advise the organization,” Open AI said in a blog post on Feb. 20, adding that “As Tesla continues to bee more focused on AI, this will avoid a potential future conflict for Eldon.To create safer AI.To avoid a possible conflict with Tesla.（2）What is the Eldon Musk39。D.B.Advanced.s ments? A.He has no confidence in Open AI.(2)考查推理判斷。At the same time, the Fringe appeared as a challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years. 根據第一段中的“The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.”可知，這個Edinburgh Festival是為了在二戰(zhàn)后重新團結歐洲。根據最后一段中的“ 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. ”可知它發(fā)展的非?？?。 ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself.（1）Parkour has bee popular throughout the world because of （1）考查細節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the mon life of Americans. The other is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. （2）考查推理判斷。故選D。 In our annual Readers39。s main attractions are famous not because of tourist advertisements, but because they are really so impressive. No wonder it39。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。s capital”可知，如果沒有奧地利的首都，西方的音樂將是不可識別的，因此推斷畫線句句意：奧地利誕生了許多著名的音樂家。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。 Indeed, studies claim that by 2050 the area of the world suitable for growing coffee will be cut by half. Coffee production is likely to then be pushed to higher elevations (海拔) to take advantage of lower temperatures, but this will not be enough to make up for lost lowland areas.slightlyTo increase the quality of the products.C.Worried.C.adversely意思是有害的，故選C。根據第一段中的“a new report suggests that the effects of climate change may significantly affect coffee.”一份新的報告表明，氣候變化的影響可能會顯著影響咖啡。 Going back to school can be an anxious time for many students. But one institution in Texas is doing its part to make