【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 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、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 Rumors(謠言): we39。ve all heard some and we39。ve all spread some. In more traditional times they shook entire families. Today, they circulate differently because the way we share information has also changed. The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. We don39。t enjoy being on the receiving end of one, since they usually don39。t have good intentions. They are somewhat veiled(掩飾的) messages. Normally rumors are oral messages: word of mouth. The paradox(自相矛盾) is that there is no evidence to support rumors, but the more people share it, the more they see it as true. To finish defining rumors, we think that they follow certain very clear laws. Secrecy: The source is unknown. There is also a proven phenomenon that human beings usually forget the source of a message before they forget its content. Certainty: We hardly question rumors simply because of the mental effort involved. On the other hand, no one likes to doubt a person who convinces us that the information they spread is true. Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the initial rumor. Another property of rumors is that they tend to bee viral. Each receiver is at the same time a potential transmitter of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and tone of transmitting it also changes it. How can we end rumors? The answer is as simple as it is impossible: preventing people from municating. A more realistic response is equally difficult, although less than the first one. It is that we should be critical of the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask (if possible) the person you heard it from whether they also trust the information. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and if that someone started the rumor. One rumor to be especially cautious of is a rumor about groups relatively unable to defend themselves. That39。s why we say, history is always told by the victors. The first payment the defeated must make is to accept the victor39。s version of the story.（1）What39。s the author39。s attitude towards rumors? ....（2）What can we learn about rumors? have all heard some and believed them.39。re happy to be the receiving end of them. may have negative influence on society. often hide good intentions in the messages.（3）How are rumors like trees? keep changing, just as trees change their color. are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth. rumors have gaps, like the space between tree branches. rumors grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.（4）What does the underlined word viral in Paragraph 4 probably mean? easily spread acceptable easily defended. beneficial.（5）Which of the following may the author agree with?