【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 國人們經(jīng)常談?wù)摮晒?。成功是?mèng)想，是終點(diǎn)。美國人認(rèn)為努力工作就能獲得個(gè)人成功每個(gè)人都能在不同的事物中找到意義。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的And not by coincidence the idea that hard work leads to personal success is as American as apple 。故選B。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的We39。d feel better equipped to deal with uncertainty if we talked about it more. 可知我們會(huì)感覺更好地準(zhǔn)備好應(yīng)對(duì)不確定性，如果我們更多地談?wù)撍？赏茢啵琲t指代的是不確定性。故選C。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的The fact is that, when asked, many patients would rather focus on living meaningfully in their final ，在生命的最后幾天，許多病人實(shí)際上更專注于有意義的生活，故選B。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段The diversity in their responses reflects the fact that there are no right or wrong answers here. We each can find meaning in different ，關(guān)于人生意義的回答，沒有對(duì)或錯(cuò)的答案，每個(gè)人都能在不同的事物中找到意義，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意從文中尋找答案；推理判斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。4．閱讀理解 We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning. We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. We are used to passive learning, and it39。s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday munication with friends and coworkers. Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem. It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor. Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn39。t show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are pared. Typically, the original message has changed. That39。s what happens in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen to improve on it, stamping(打上標(biāo)記) it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know. This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another。 and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.（1）According to the passage, what situation may passive learning occur in? A.Doing a medical experimentB.Solving a math problemC.Visiting an exhibitionD.Doing scientific reasoning（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to? A.Active learningB.KnowledgeC.CommunicationD.Passive learning（3）Why does the author mentions the game Rumor? A.To show that a message may be changed when being passed on.B.To show that a message should be delivered in different ways.C.To show that people may have problems with their sense of hearing.D.To show that people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor.（4）What can we infer from the passage? A.Active learning is less important.B.Passive learning may not be reliable.C.Active learning occurs more frequently.D.Passive learning is not found among scholars.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要主要介紹了被動(dòng)獲得知識(shí)所存在的一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的問題——被告知的可能是謠言。并用現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中簡單的事說明。 （1）推理判斷題。由文章第二段we achieve knowledge passively by being told by some of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV of read newspaper or magazines is passive可知被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)是通過別人告訴獲取知識(shí)，而A做實(shí)驗(yàn)；B解決數(shù)學(xué)問題；D做科學(xué)推理都是主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，故選C。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)it 所在句We are used to passive learning, and it39。s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday munication with friends and coworkers可知這我們依賴的是前句所提的被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，故選D。 （3）推理判斷題。通過第三段最后一句Typically, the original message has ，信息原始的意思已經(jīng)改變了。和第二段最后一句話It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and ，有時(shí)候甚至是傳聞或者謠言?？芍恼孪胍嬖V我們信息在傳遞的過程中發(fā)生了變化。故選A。 （4）推理判斷題。A、C兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)說的是主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，文中沒有提到，D選項(xiàng)說被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)在學(xué)者中不會(huì)出現(xiàn)，這和最后一段第一句This process is also found among scholars and authors不符合，而根據(jù)第二段和第三段可知人們傳遞信息到最后時(shí)，信息的原始意思已經(jīng)改變了，故得出被動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)不可靠，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及推理判斷題，需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出所需要的信息，也可以利用排除法，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，排除錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)。5．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 What makes a person a giver or taker? The idea give vs. take takes shape in all interactions (互動(dòng)) 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