【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 or the talented。 it can help everyone grow. Those with a strong artistic background are often more energetic, and more successful in all fields of life. Art widens the range of a person39。s life. Painting is one of the most popular art forms. Those who are interested in taking it up as a career need to go through extensive training to get familiar with the various styles. Professional painters often host art exhibitions, with art lovers from all over the world ing to see and buy their creations. Sometimes the paintings are sold at high prices. Performing arts are equally popular and admired. Dance, instrumental music, drama and so on require unusual artistic talent as well as a long period of education and training before audiences start to applaud the performances. But anyone with some artistic sense can make art part of his/ her life, and benefit from it.（1）People should make the most of life because ______ . A.life is difficult but enjoyable timeB.life is valuable and ordinaryC.life is too short to be wastedD.life is like a road full of tomorrows（2）What39。s the main idea of Paragraph 2? A.Different people have different lifestyles.B.Different peoples have different cultures.C.Art can make people happier.D.Art can connect people together.（3）he underlined word knack in Paragraph 3 possibly means ______. A.characterB.abilityC.powerD.favour（4）What is the passage mainly about? A.How great artists make a living by selling their works.B.How to live a unique and colorful life.C.How the arts contribute to people39。s lives.D.How much performing arts have to do with talent and education.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，人生苦短沒有回頭路，但藝術(shù)可以把不同背景的人聯(lián)系在一起，有藝術(shù)天賦的人通常在各個領(lǐng)域都會更加成功。作者還列舉了繪畫、音樂、舞蹈等藝術(shù)形式對人們生活的影響。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“Life is like a road on which you never get a chance to return, and is not a very long road either. So we should try to live life to the fullest and enjoy every bit of it.”可知人生沒有回頭路，而且非常短暫，我們要努力享受生活的一點(diǎn)一滴。我們不能浪費(fèi)生活，要珍惜生活給我們的一切，故選C。 （2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“But among these, the arts provide an easy and natural way for people to connect.”可知藝術(shù)可以很自然地把不同背景的人聯(lián)系在一起，故選D。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“People with a knack for the arts usually discover it in childhood. ”可知在童年時(shí)期有藝術(shù)天賦地人就可以發(fā)現(xiàn)自己這方面的才能。與“But art isn39。t only for the talented。 it can help everyone grow. ”藝術(shù)不僅對有才能的人有好處，它可以幫助所有成長，是一致的。劃線詞knack意為”ability/talent“，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹的是藝術(shù)如何影響人們的生活的內(nèi)容，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測，段落大意和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生根據(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。5．閱讀理解 It is hard to say the first day of school in the United States because when the first day of school is and what happens on the first day of school usually are different by districts(地區(qū)). The first day of school for many school districts in different states is on the day after the first Monday in September. In some other school districts, school begins in midtolate August. For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, Ohio start back usually one week before the first Monday in September. The Boston, Chicago, New York City and San Diego schools start back on the Tuesday or Wednesday after the first Monday in September. Schools in Cleveland, Ohio used to start the school year on the day after the first Monday in September, but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years, the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms, extreme cold. In the 19781979 school year, the Ohio Department of Education moved the start of the year to late August, one week before the first Monday in September. This went into effect in the 19801981 school year. In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts between August 25 and August 30, and goes until the last week of May or the first week in June next year. In American high schools, the freshmen class usually goes back one or two days before the rest of the school body for an orientation(迎新)period. An orientation period helps the freshmen get familiar with their new school, its rules, and surroundings. In some schools, the freshmen classes have their photographs taken for identification purposes. Some high schools have tried to make the first week of school fun for ining freshmen.（1）According to the passage, which schools start their school year the earliest? A.Schools in Denver.B.Schools in Cleveland.C.Schools in New York City.D.Schools in Boston.（2）Why did the Ohio Department of Education change the start of the school year? A.Because of some political events.B.Because of the entrance examinations.C.Because of the increasing number of students.D.Because of the extreme weather.（3）How many months does the school year last in schools in Utah? A.About seven months.B.About eight months.C.About nine months.D.About ten months.（4）The article is probably taken from ________. A.a book about one39。s life story