【正文】 l.B. The Lines were first spotted when mercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian desert in the 1920,s. Who built them and what was their purpose? Are they roads, star pointers，maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan? These markings are like a vast puzzle.故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“The students were randomly divided into two groups。How to Prevent Delinquencyare mainly related to academic learning . A.were randomly chosen from their schools Once a program called Fast Track was started in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups。level jobs.可知,有吸引力的求職者更受青睞的觀點(diǎn)可能僅限于高層職位,由此可知,有吸引力的人更適合高層工作與研究結(jié)果相符合,故選A。 （2）考查段落大意。Attractive people are more fit for high173。It has nothing to do with jobs.（2）What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. opinions in their decisions. They thought that attractive individuals would want better outes, and therefore would be less satisfied, so they favored unattractive candidates when selecting for a less desirable job.desirable job.paying job. This stands in contrast to a large body of research that attractiveness, in general, helps candidates in the selection process. For the most part good looks is a blessing. We treat pretty people more favorably in general, often vote for them more in elections, and pay them more in their professions. The research suggests that attractive people may be discriminated against in selection for relatively less desirable jobs. The less desirable jobs included a warehouse worker, housekeeper, customer service representative and the more desirable jobs included things like a manager, project director, IT elite(精英). In all experiments where they were asked, participants were significantly less likely to hire the attractive candidate for the less desirable job and more likely to hire the attractive candidate for the more desirable job. The research also suggests the established view that attractive candidates are favored when applying for jobs might be limited to high173。The process of the experiment.D.C.an IT elite（4）Why are less attractive applicants preferred for less desirable jobs? A.level jobs.C.根據(jù)第四段中的The less desirable jobs included a warehouse worker, housekeeper, customer service representative及participants were significantly less likely to hire the attractive candidate for the less desirable job可知,參與者不太可能雇有吸引力的人做不那么理想的工作,而倉庫管理員是不理想的工作之一,由此可知,長相一般的人在申請倉庫管理員職位上有優(yōu)勢,故選C。often went against their teachers and parents39。It had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skillsSoft Social Skills MatterWhat 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。(3)考查推理判斷。 The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta，United States (Mississippi and California), Chile，Holivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers， characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history period, form the most impressive archeological (考古學(xué)的) group.One.Three.(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?！癳ternal”永恒的，和Everlasting同義，故選B。gradually（2）Why will people have to grow coffee in highland areas? A.Coffee trade will eventually disappear in the world.（4）How does the author feel about the future of coffee production? A.根據(jù)第三段中的“This sensitivity to temperature puts the plant at increased risk of the effects of climate change.”這種對溫度的敏感性增加了植物受到氣候變化影響的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。由此推斷出，這些小的變化也可能產(chǎn)生大的影響，故選B。 And not only is that important to students, parents, and fellow staff, but it is also vital for the school39。根據(jù)第二段中的“Through a process called the‘bathroom inspiration project,’ teachers and administrators at Warren Middle School, spent their summer beautifying the school39。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)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(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。s why a recent survey in the UK caused a major shock.It revealed (揭露) that one third of the British people would like to live in France. It also showed that twentyone percent of British people would actually prefer to have been born in France.The two countries have always been friends.（2）Some French people mainly set in London because ________. A.Work and live in London.C.它被認(rèn)為在從健康到交通的各個領(lǐng)域都有更好的公共服務(wù)。故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“Britain and France are two important countries in Europe. They are neighbors, separated only by the 20mile seaway of the English Channel.”可知英國和法國是歐洲的兩個重要國家。s mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years. colors — first in the fall trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but can39。t have to shovel.）A bird seen chiefly in winter.C.s the difference between Florida and Long Island? A.B.To express his feeling of missing his hometown.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了作者自己獨(dú)特的習(xí)慣，喜歡家鄉(xiāng)寒冷的冬天，而不愿享受佛羅里達(dá)溫和的冬天；因?yàn)樽髡呦肽罴亦l(xiāng)的冬天，想念家鄉(xiāng)的景色，想念家鄉(xiāng)的親朋好友。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? ”我認(rèn)為我回來的最大原因是和我?guī)讉€月沒見過的人一起慶祝節(jié)日。 In a career that lasted more than half a century, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction bestsellers including The Electric KoolAid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Along the way, he created a new type of journalism and coined phrases that became part of the American vocabulary.s voice broke into the world of nonfiction, it was a time when a lot of writer