【文章內容簡介】 nrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.（3）What39。s the meaning of the underlined sentence He39。s uneducable? A.He can39。t be taught.B.He is very clever.C.He is different.D.He is a late success.（4）What is the best title for the passage? A.Working Hard for SuccessB.Having DreamsC.Believing in YourselfD.Selfchallenging【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，列舉了愛因斯坦、貝多芬、愛迪生等七個名人成功的故事，他們都曾得到別人較低的評價，但最終成功實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想；“相信自己”是他們成功的關鍵。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。第一段列舉了愛因斯坦的故事，第二段講述了貝多芬的故事，第三段提到了愛迪生的故事，第四段講述了奧古斯特羅丹的故事，第五段提到了沃特迪士尼、恩里科卡魯索、路易莎梅阿爾科特的故事，共列舉了七個著名人物，故選B。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二中的“Beethoven39。s music teacher said about him, ‘As a poser (作曲家) he is hopeless.’”；第五段中的“Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher,‘You can39。t sing. You have no voice at all.’”及第六段中的“Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney?”可推知，貝多芬和恩里科卡魯索都實現(xiàn)了他們的音樂夢想，故選D。 （3）考查句義猜測。根據第四段他的父親和他的叔叔對他的評價I have an idiot (白癡) for a son. His uncle agreed.可知，他們都認為他是白癡；據此可以推斷，該句意為“他是教不會的”，故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，本文前五段列舉了七個名人，他們的共同點是都曾得到別人較低的評價，后來卻成功實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想；本文的最后一句為本文的主題句，據此可以判斷，C項“相信自己”最適合做本文標題，故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，句義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 What makes a person a giver or taker? The idea give vs. take takes shape in all interactions (互動) and relationships of our lives. We39。re either giving advice, making time for people, or we39。re on the receiving end. We keep changing between the two based on different situations on a daily basis, if not an hourly one. According to Adam Grant, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, most people are matchers. They make careful observations on takers and make it a point for them to pay something back. They hate to see people who act so generously towards others not receive any rewards. Actually, most matchers will try hard to promote and support givers so that they can get the good they deserve. Is there a gender factor (性別因素) that plays a part in this? A study led by Hannah Riley Bowles, a professor at Harvard University, focused on this question. She asked 200 senior managers to sit down in pairs where one person would act as the boss and the other as an employee to discuss salary promotions. Male employees asked for an average salary of $146k while the females asked for only $141k. But why did they not bargain as hard as the men? Simply because they were more likely to be givers. As a woman, I do enjoy the act of giving up my time, my knowledge, and my care and my attention to others. I don39。t expect anything in return, but I do tend to pull myself away when I feel like I39。m being taken for granted. I also tend to get upset when I see a loved one39。s continuous actions of kindness go unnoticed. So, it39。s safe to say I39。m 50% giver, 35% matcher and 15% taker. I do know someone, however, who is 99% giver. They39。re constantly devoting their time, sharing valuable insights (洞察力) and going out of their way for everyone who crosses their path. Although they39。re changed the lives of many people, they rarely see any of it returned. But the universe is slowly repaying them。 they39。re now extremely successful, well known for what they do.（1）We can learn from the first paragraph that ________. A.most people think they are giversB.people are not always givers or takersC.an individual is born to be a giver or a takerD.few differences exist between givers and takers（2）In Adam Grant39。s opinion, most people ________. A.hate takersB.prefer giving to takingC.enjoy relying on themselvesD.balance giving and taking（3）Hannah39。s study focused on ________. A.the role of giving and taking in jobsB.the gender difference in giving and takingC.the role of men and women in societyD.the salary difference between women and men（4）The author tends to ________. A.think acts of kindness should be valuedB.expect something in return for giving most of the timeC.take giving for grantedD.be a plete matcher（5）What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.Giving is the shortest path to success.B.Sharing is the greatest human quality.C.No good deed goes undone.D.Givers are worth respecting.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，大多數(shù)人在尋求給予和接受之間的平衡，但是好的行為最終都會得到回報。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據第一段中的“We39。re either giving advice, making time for people, or we39。re on the receiving end. We alternate between the two based on different situations we face on a daily basis, it not an hourly one.”可知，我們根據每天面對的不同情況在兩者之間交替。我們有時是給予者有時是索取者。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據第一段中的“They make careful observations on takers and make it a point for them to pay something back. They hate to see people who act so generously towards others not receive any rewards. Actually, most matchers will try hard to promote and support givers so that they can get the good they deserve.”可知，在Adam Grant看來，大多數(shù)人在尋求給予和接受之間的平衡。故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第四段可知，哈佛教授調查發(fā)現(xiàn)女子比男子更有可能是給予者，這表明這項實驗集中于人們是給予者還是接受者的性別差異，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據第四段中的“I also tend to get upset when I see a loved one39。s continuous actions of kindness go unnoticed.”可知，作者不期望任何回報，但作者會在覺得他的善意沒有受到注意的情況下感到沮喪，所以作者認為一個人的善意應該被珍惜。故選A。 （5）考查推理判斷。根據最后一段中的“But the universe is slowly repaying them。 they39。re now extremely successful, well known for what they do.”可知，好的行為最終都會得到回報，善有善報。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. That39。s when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a k