【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 connect. People with a knack for the arts usually discover it in childhood. But art isn39。t only for 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 As Shanghai prepared to introduce mandatory(強(qiáng)制的) garbage sorting on July 1, games and toys that examined fun ways to spread information about the garbage sorting were to encourage younger people to take action. A 15second video of a game went on Chinese social media. In the video, players wearing VR(虛擬) headsets saw four different types of trash can in front of them, and had to throw different types of garbage into the right buckets(桶) to get points. Although it was not the only VR game in the place, visitors lined up around the booth to explore it because of the garbagesorting theme. As a Shanghai, I am in great need of this game. Maybe I won39。t need to check how to categorize(分類) each piece of garbage on my phone while going through all my garbage every day if I play this game more often, said ZhouZhou, a young Shanghai. But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage. Wu Xia, founder and CEO of VitrellaCore, the pany that created the game, said the idea was to provide an interesting way of learning about garbage sorting. It39。s simple and easy to understand. People can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash, and it is a more effective method than using paper materials when training volunteers, Wu said.（1）What is the purpose of the VR game? A.Just for fun.B.Teach students to sort garbage.C.Do exercise.D.Keep fit.（2）What do some people plain about? is too hard to sort garbage. are too many people lining up. VR game should be more interesting. are more ways to use paper materials.（3）What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last Paragraph? （4）What is the main idea of the text? people like VR games more. performs mandatory garbage sorting. were used to help young people sort garbage. by playing VR games is practical for the young.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，上海執(zhí)行嚴(yán)格的垃圾分類，而與此相關(guān)的游戲也變得火爆起來。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，發(fā)明這款游戲的公司創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官吳霞說，發(fā)明這個游戲是為了提供一種有趣的學(xué)習(xí)垃圾分類的方法，人們可以練習(xí)分類垃圾，而不必實(shí)際地翻垃圾。所以該款游戲的發(fā)明是為了教育大家正確進(jìn)行垃圾分類。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage.”可知，垃圾分類對于有些用戶而言太難了，所以人們才抱怨的。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。s simple and easy to understand. people can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash.”這很簡單，也很容易理解。人們可以練習(xí)分類垃圾，而不必真正地翻垃圾。可知，不必真正翻垃圾就可以反復(fù)練習(xí)，所以該方法是比發(fā)紙質(zhì)材料培訓(xùn)志愿者更有效，更成功，故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段可知該文章主要介紹的是游戲公司利用有趣的虛擬游戲來幫助青少年為垃圾分類做好準(zhǔn)備。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，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。6．閱讀理解 Some African sch