【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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 storyB.an official website of educationC.an advertisement in a newspaperD.a sports magazine【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國開學第一天的日期沒有明文規(guī)定，因地區(qū)而異。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, …Monday in September.“ 可知，丹佛的學校在八月中旬開學,克里夫蘭的學校通常在9月的第一個星期一之前開始。波士頓，芝加哥，紐約和圣地亞哥的學校在9月的第一個星期一之后的周二或周三開始。綜上所述，丹佛的學校開學最早。故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的but in the 19761977 and 19771978 academic years，the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms，extreme cold可知俄亥俄州的學校受到暴風雪的影響，因而開學日發(fā)生了變化。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段 中的”In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts …next year.“可知猶太州學年從8月25日到8月30日開始，一直持續(xù)到5月的最后一周或明年6月的第一周，持續(xù)時間為九個月左右，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國學校開學第一天的日期的內(nèi)容，應(yīng)屬教育類，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，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)該交那種在學校尊敬老師，在家愛戴父母認真學習，珍惜時間的朋友。 （1）考查推理判斷?？v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)該交那種在學校尊敬老師，在家愛戴父母認真學習，珍惜時間的朋友。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，我能從他身上學習到很多東西。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，一位友誼對我來說意義重大。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀?？忌枰鶕?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 Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway？In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand？ Let39。s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy， while sweetbreads, which aren39。t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes(悖論), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don39。t fing, grocers don39。t groce, and hammers don39。t ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn39。t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？ English was invented by people, not puters, and it shows the creativity of human beings. That39。s why, when stars are out, they are visible。 but when the lights are out, they are invisibl