【正文】 we were soon all ing each other madly. How did we do without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily s.re doing.根據(jù)最后一段中的“There is great significance in listening to elders who offer a piece of their history and experience.”聆聽(tīng)長(zhǎng)者講述他們的歷史和經(jīng)歷，意義重大。 （2）考查推理判斷。The new understanding of her grandpa.（4）What can we learn from the text? A.The sad stories of her grandmother.She would learn something during it.C.C. With my first step onto the train, the journey was already different from what I expected. The train was modem and filled with friendly travelers. We settled into the club car, where we could enjoy food and drinks while watching the scenery pass. Instead of listening to my music, I became a willing audience and learned family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn. With teary eyes, he told me that going to family events was hard for him since my grandmother died. It always made him think about those who were no longer with us. For the first time I felt I understood him. I gained a new appreciation for our time together. （4）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s meaningless.B.They are very richD. those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。第三段中的“New Year39。根據(jù)第二段中的“I do not care about‘New Year39。True Friendship: What?C.s resolutions creates much pressure.（3）What does the author try to convey through his experiences in Ireland and Barcelona? A.t the author care about New Year39。Family This is one of the reasons that celebrating the new year has bee very important for me. I do not care about New Year39。通讀全文，把握文意；熟讀第一段，了解主題句；分清段落結(jié)構(gòu)，把握各段段意；了解題干，在原文依次找依據(jù)。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Curious【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】中國(guó)有句俗話：不聽(tīng)老人言，吃虧在眼前。Because it is based on many years39。To be admirable.To be believable.B.s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Old wives tales are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents39。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)it 所在句We are used to passive learning, and it39。To show that a message should be delivered in different ways.C.Communication That39。 We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. We are used to passive learning, and it39?？v觀全文可知，,作者提到無(wú)現(xiàn)金支付即電子支付的好處,也提到電子支付引起的擔(dān)憂,對(duì)待電子支付是客觀的,故選C。故選C?？偟膩?lái)說(shuō),無(wú)現(xiàn)金經(jīng)濟(jì)的未來(lái)是個(gè)好消息,但是對(duì)于電子支付人們也有一些擔(dān)憂。. A.younger consumers are short of money to live their digital livesB.that cash is still king 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。financial firms want to abandon oldfashioned customers（4）The author39。negative結(jié)合上下文,可知某些富裕國(guó)家比如瑞典正在減少現(xiàn)金支付,推廣不用紙幣或硬幣的支付方式,也就是電子支付方式。運(yùn)行現(xiàn)金經(jīng)濟(jì)背后的基礎(chǔ)架構(gòu)需要付出高昂的成本,這些基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施包括自動(dòng)取款機(jī),載有紙幣的貨車,接受硬幣的出納員。Visiting an exhibitionDoing scientific reasoning（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to? A.Active learning is less important.B.Passive learning is not found among scholars.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要主要介紹了被動(dòng)獲得知識(shí)所存在的一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題——被告知的可能是謠言。通過(guò)第三段最后一句Typically, the original message has ，信息原始的意思已經(jīng)改變了。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。 Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don39。B.D.s attitude toward old wives39。由第三自然段的最后一句 Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. 用谷物制成的粘性糖果比用單糖制成的糖果容易引起更多的問(wèn)題。它是基于多年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。s resolutions cannot be reached.B.Staying with friends makes one feel at home.D. （1）考查代詞指代。由此可知，作者不在乎“新年愿望”是因?yàn)樗纳罘绞绞顾麜r(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備著改變，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，代詞指代，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(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。t what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education.because of her illnessC.It is a wrong decision.（4）The writer advises parents to____. A.根據(jù)第一段中的In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn39。6．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。s not just the trip。 In this fastpaced world, we often miss important moments. There is great significance in listening to elders who offer a piece of their history and experience. I may be more open to opportunities to stay with my grandpa. Life isn39。B.Her grandpa39。There always is beautiful scenery along the journey.D. （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。7．閱讀理解 I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said I39。Email reminds me, of course, of my puter and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my puter I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I39。m sure I will soon. Perhaps I39。故選A。Takamizawa39。Japanese people bee open to the rest of the world.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.B. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.” 在英語(yǔ)不是第一語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家中，日本排名第49位。How do you notice a child genius (天才)? Gifted children tend to share three characteristics.1