【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 nect. 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(méi)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(gè)領(lǐng)域都會(huì)更加成功。作者還列舉了繪畫(huà)、音樂(lè)、舞蹈等藝術(shù)形式對(duì)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(méi)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(cè)。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(duì)有才能的人有好處，它可以幫助所有成長(zhǎng)，是一致的。劃線詞knack意為”ability/talent“，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。縱觀全文可知，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(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)，段落大意和主旨大意四個(gè)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 A friend is better than fortune. A friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above have opposite meanings and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us into bad ways. My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below — he has no bad habits such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality (節(jié)儉). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers。 at school he respects his teachers and shares the feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characteristics that I don39。t have. I can follow him as a model. With his help I can be free from all difficulties. Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word failure.（1）This passage tells us ____. A.how to make friends with othersB.how to help friendsC.what kind of person the writer39。s friend isD.what kind of person we should make friends with（2）According to the writer, an ideal friend refers to _______. friend without bad habits famous man perfect man respectable man（3）From the passage we can learn that ________. writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend writer39。s ideal friend has a lot to learn from him writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend（4）From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that _______. means a great deal to him can be done without friends who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend friends should always help each other【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了我們應(yīng)該交哪種朋友。我們應(yīng)該交那種在學(xué)校尊敬老師，在家愛(ài)戴父母認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)，珍惜時(shí)間的朋友。 （1）考查推理判斷。縱觀全文可知，本文講述的是我們應(yīng)該交哪種朋友。我們應(yīng)該交那種在學(xué)校尊敬老師，在家愛(ài)戴父母認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)，珍惜時(shí)間的朋友。故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段可知理想的朋友就是那些完美的人。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“I can follow him as a model.他是我的楷模，我能從他身上學(xué)習(xí)到很多東西。故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。從文章內(nèi)容可知我很看重生命中的好朋友，一位友誼對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)意義重大。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀。考生需要根據(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。6．閱讀理解 Painkillers (止痛藥) are turning out to be a real pain: according to a new study in the British Medical Journal. Taking them for just a week can increase your risk of heart attack by 50%. The research suggested that the risk related to the use of certain drugs was greatest with higher doses (服用量) and during the first month of use. The potential risk may increase by 75% for medicines like ibuprofen (布洛芬) and naproxen, and more than 10