【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 aph 2 probably refer to? one39。s attention. one39。s attention. one39。s attention. one39。s attention away.（3）What does the test prove? in nature helps increase productivity. will be in great demand in our life. creates healthier naturalistic atmosphere indoors. among houseplants improves mental functioning.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? : Grand Feast to Eyes: Effective Airpurifier: Visual Brain Food Plants: Great! Housebeautifier【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，通過實驗說明室內(nèi)植物可以很好地提高人們的注意力。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Given that the air inside your home can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than the air outside of it, making it clean with plants like peace lily (百合花) and asparagus fem (蘆筍蕨) is a economical, artistically pleasing alternative to air purifiers.”可知，鑒于室內(nèi)空氣污染比室外空氣污染嚴(yán)重2到5倍，用百合花、蘆筍蕨這些植物來取代空氣凈化器凈化室內(nèi)空氣即經(jīng)濟實惠又美觀。故選B。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的“Struggling directive attention(the kind of attention that takes effort can be refreshed through exposure to naturalistic environments.”可知，掙扎的注意力(需要努力的注意力)可以通過置身于自然環(huán)境中來恢復(fù)。據(jù)此可推知，縮小注意力范圍即指注意力得到恢復(fù)，變得更專注。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Participants working in the room with the plants improved their performance from the first Reading Span Test to the second while those working in the room lacking in greenery did not. Consequently, the benefits of working among plants is indeed evident.”可知，在有植物的房間里工作的參與者從第一次閱讀廣度測試到第二次閱讀廣度測試的成績都有所提高，而在沒有綠色植物的房間里工作的參與者則沒有。因此，在植物間工作的好處是顯而易見的。由此可知，這個測試的證實了在室內(nèi)植物間工作可以改善精神功能。故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知本文介紹室內(nèi)植物可以很好地提高人們的注意力，對大腦的工作效果起到積極作用。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud he assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine. As he got up to investigate, he heard another sound, this one ing most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he noticed a tree enveloped in smoke about 500 yards away. A car wrapped around the tree39。s base, its engine on fire. Grabbing buckets of water, he and his wife ran to the crash site. Up close, the accident looked worse. The car was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver39。s seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 20 yearold Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver39。s side window, in visible pain. Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water but failed. When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to get the young man out. So Languell opened the car39。s back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he39。d brought with him, he cut through Thompson39。s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames. It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as he said, My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly. For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of reallife heroes changing the world.（1）Where was the first sound actually from? house on fire. car crash. bedroom window. basement.（2）What do we know about Quintin Thompson? saved his car from fire. was successfully rescued. remained calm all the time. was capable of helping himself out.（3）Which of the following best explains empathy underlined in the last paragraph? ....（4）Which words can best describe Damian Languell? and generous. and grateful. and noble. and reliable.【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Damian Languell勇敢地救出了一起車禍中的幸存者Quintin Thompson，因為他的英勇行為，Languell被列入了現(xiàn)實生活中改變世界的英雄名單。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud he assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine.”清晨8點15分， Damian Languell被吵醒的聲音太大了，以至于他以為那聲音是從緬因州Wade的家中傳出來的；以及“A car wrapped around the tree39。s base, its engine on fire.”一輛汽車?yán)@在樹的底部，發(fā)動機著火了，可推知，第一個聲音實際上是車禍發(fā)出的。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.”現(xiàn)在Thompson自由了，Languell把他拉了出來，在整輛車起火之前把他拉到安全的地方，可知，Quintin Thompson成功獲救。故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.”我很同情湯普森。當(dāng)你接近那種程度的傷害時，你會直接感受到)可推知，正是這種同情心促使Languell伸出援手的，可知，劃線單詞意思為“同情心”。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“So Languell opened the car39。s back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he39。d brought with him, he cut through Thompson39。s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.”他用隨身攜帶的小刀割斷了Thompson的安全帶。現(xiàn)在Thompson自由了，Languell把他拉了出來，在整輛車起火之前把他拉到安全的地方)可知，Languell不怕危險將Thompson從車?yán)锞攘顺鰜?。由此可知，Languell很勇敢；根據(jù)最后一段中For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of reallife heroes changing the world.(因為他的英勇行為，朗格爾被列入了現(xiàn)實生活中改變世界的英雄名單可推知，Languell的行為很高尚。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 Stories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read around the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from standalone booths. But what else? To revive (復(fù)興)literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of shortform literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers (分發(fā)機)in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices. Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the pany and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport. Everything old is new again, said Andrew Nurkin, the director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. We want people to be easily exp