【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 pient registers that code with the site, which then causes the sender39。s address to be given to another postcrosser in turn. In practice, this means that for nearly every postcard I send (a few get lost in the mail) I get one back. And since I never know who will send me a card or where in the world they live, every trip to the mailbox holds the potential for a wonderful surprise. Privacyconscious Americans might worry about sharing their address with strangers overseas. But postcrossers are friendly, polite, respectful folks—in more than 450 cards exchanged, I39。ve yet to have a bad experience. On days when the international news is depressing, postcrossing is my fort. There39。s nothing like getting a card from a child in China just learning to write in English, or a grandmother in Belarus describing her most recent gardening success to remind me that we truly are members of one global family, far more similar than we are different. It seems like such a small thing to send out a postcard. But as travel and munication technology continue to shrink the world, it39。s important to remember that it isn39。t just for diplomats and politicians to represent our country anymore. All of us have the power—and perhaps the responsibility—to be ambassadors, to show the best of your country to the world. And it39。s good to know that what you need to acplish this is not necessarily plicated or expensive. It can be as simple as a postcard.（1）Why did Paulo set up ? A.To discuss personal hobbies with strangers.B.To exchange postcards with others in the worldC.To collect different postcards from other countries.D.To provide a platform for munication online.（2）According to the passage, postcrossers __________. A.don39。t know who will send them postcardsB.are sure to get a postcard back immediatelyC.often choose a receiver39。s address carefullyD.register every postcard they receive online（3）What did the writer learn from postcrossing? A.The international news is usually depressing.B.Americans are more conscious about privacy.C.Postcrossers sometimes describe their bad experience.D.The whole world is actually a big family.（4）What does the underlined word this refer to? A.Choosing a diplomat to represent a country.B.Having the responsibility to be an ambassador.C.Showing the best of your country.D.Shrinking the world with munication technology.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，一個可以讓世界各地的陌生人交換老式的、帶有郵票的明信片的網(wǎng)站，由Paulo Magalhaes 在2005年創(chuàng)立。文章說明了在這個網(wǎng)站和他人交換明信片的方式，以及作者認(rèn)為這是一種能夠向世界展示自己國家最好的一面的方式，而且它并不復(fù)雜也不昂貴。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“That39。s when he came up with the idea of an online platform (): There, postcard lovers like me can sign up to send a postcard to someone who has registered online, and receive a postcard in return.”就在那時，他想到了一個在線平臺():在那里，像我這樣的明信片愛好者可以注冊，向網(wǎng)上注冊的用戶發(fā)送明信片，并收到明信片作為回報。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“And since I never know who will send me a card or where in the world they live, every trip to the mailbox holds the potential for a wonderful surprise.”因為我不知道誰會給我寄賀卡，也不知道他們住在世界的什么地方，所以每次去郵箱都有可能帶來驚喜。可知postcrosser并不知道誰會給他們寄明信片。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“There39。s nothing like getting a card from a child in China just learning to write in English, or a grandmother in Belarus describing her most recent gardening success to remind me that we truly are members of one global family, far more similar than we are different.”在中國，沒有什么比收到孩子們寄來的賀卡更能提醒我，我們是同一個全球大家庭的一員，相似之處遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于不同之處。）可知作者從postcrossing中認(rèn)識整個世界實際上是一個大家庭。故選D。 （4）考查代詞指代。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“All of us have the power—and perhaps the responsibility—to be ambassadors, to show the best of your country to the world.”我們所有人都有能力——或許也有責(zé)任——成為大使，向世界展示你們國家最好的一面。可知要向世界展示自己國家最好的一面，你需要做的并不復(fù)雜也不昂貴。故this指代“展示你國家最好的一面?！惫蔬xC。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和代詞指代兩個題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，根據(jù)上下文進行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 History is full of tales of great ideas taking shape in sleeping minds。 Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde came to him in a dream. Scientists believe that the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think. It constantly responds to a stream of challenges, from writing a report for a work deadline to remembering where you left your car keys and figuring out what to buy for dinner. Think of your brain like a web, says Russell Foster, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxford University. During the day the web is very tight, so you can only put information in a certain number of places. During sleep the web expands, and with the luxury of time, those bits of information can be put into lots of different places and make new associations. He adds that this process may help to foster the formation of new ideas. This bringing together of seemingly unrelated bits of information is vital to helping the brain think itself out of problems, says Russell Foster. Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections. It puts all the information from the day into a big biological theatre and forces the mind to speak to people at the back of the theatre, who you may not think you have any connection with. This is the basis of creativity connecting ideas, events and memories that wouldn39。t normally fit together. By placing volunteers into brain scanners and sending them to sleep, scientists have seen that the areas associated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic (邏輯)are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are unbelievably randomyou can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in your old school classroom dressed in your nightclothes173。but also explains how the brain can put together different information.（1）In what way are the mind at night and the mind during the day different? A.The ways to receive information.B.The ways to provide information.C.The ways to process information.D.The