【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 t is tolerance? According to French philosopher Voltaire, tolerance s the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty (脆弱) and error。 let us pardon each other39。s fool that is the first law of nature. Very often, people don39。t realize that they39。re intolerant. This is because intolerance has a lot to do with ignorance. For example, the UN39。s campaign is in part about the treatment of females by males. But often, the behavior of men toward women is intolerant because men don39。t put themselves in the shoes of women. It39。s worth thinking a little about the words tolerance and intolerance. Are they the best words to describe the evils of which we39。re speaking here? To agree to be tolerant of someone isn39。t necessarily a very respectful thing. When someone is tolerated, it implies that there39。s something wrong with them. Still, what Voltaire said stands: We humans are not perfect and this weakness is something that we all share. That39。s the reason we should be tolerant. It39。s a little like generosity. We can give things to another person, and we can also give our forgiveness.（1）What39。s the purpose of the UN International Day For Tolerance? A.To arouse people39。s awareness of tolerance among people.B.To celebrate the founding of the UN.C.To solve the problem of global warming.D.To change peopled opinion towards globalization.（2）Why do men behave intolerantly towards women? A.Because men don39。t realize the purpose of the UN.B.Because men are physically stronger than women.C.Because men don39。t appreciate the shoes of women.D.Because men are not willing to understand women.（3）Why is it meaningless to use the words tolerance and intolerance? A.Because they are hard to pronounce in English.B.Because they don39。t express the exact meaning people refer to.C.Because they can39。t be translated into other languages.D.Because they can39。t be used in a respectful way.（4）In what sense is tolerance similar to generosity? A.Humans are advised to treat others better.B.Humans leant to find faults in others.C.Humans need to give something to others,D.Humans will change their attitudes to others.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了國(guó)際寬容日，聯(lián)合國(guó)國(guó)際寬容日的目的是喚起人們對(duì)寬容的意識(shí)。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“Marley understood that part of the reason why there are so many problems in the world is the lack of tolerance between people. The UN understands this too that39。s why it made Nov 16th 39。International Day for Tolerance39。.”可推斷，世界上的人們?nèi)狈Π?，因此?lián)合國(guó)把11月16日設(shè)置為“國(guó)際寬容日”是為了喚起人們的包容意識(shí)。故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“But often, the behavior of men toward women is intolerant because men don39。t put themselves in the shoes of women.”可知，男性對(duì)女性不包容是因?yàn)樗麄儾辉敢庠O(shè)身處地的為女性著想，不愿意理解她們。故選D。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Are they the best words to describe the evils of which we39。re speaking here? To agree to be 39。tolerant39。 of someone isn39。t necessarily a very respectful thing. When someone is tolerated, it implies that there39。s something wrong with them.”可知，對(duì)某人寬容并不一定是一件值得尊重的事情，某人如果被包容，就暗示著某人有問題，因此推斷使用“寬容”或者“不寬容”是沒有意義的，因?yàn)樗鼈儾荒軠?zhǔn)確表達(dá)人們所指的意思。故選B。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。s a little like generosity. We can give things to another person, and we can also give our forgiveness.”可推斷，在我們給與別人諒解時(shí)，寬容有點(diǎn)像慷慨。故選C。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Weighing too much can damage your health, and obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world. Sleep might be one answer to the problem. A new study has found that elementary school students who slept too little were more likely to gain pounds. Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more, but scientists have had a tough time determining which came first, the chicken or the egg, says Julie C. Lumeng of the university of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In other words, it hasn39。t been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping, or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. Both scenarios (可能出現(xiàn)的情況) seemed equally possible. To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and her colleagues interviewed the parents of 785 third graders from around the United States. The parents answered questions about how well their kids slept that year. Three years later, the parents answered the same questions. By sixth grade, 18percent of kids involved in the study were obese. The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students39。 race or gender. It also didn39。t matter how strict their parents were, or whether they were boys or girls. Obesity struck all of these groups equally. Instead, sleep seemed to be the key factor. Over the three years of study, the children averaged a healthy 9. 5 hours of sleep a night. Some kids, however, slept a lot more or less than others. For the sixth graders, every hour of sleep above the 9. 5houraverage was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of being obese. Sleep appeared doubly important for the third graders. Every extra hour of sleep they got was linked to a 40 percent drop in obesity.（1）What does the underlined sentence on paragraph 2 imply? A.Scientists have found the exact causes of children39。s obesity.B.There is always something difficult to understand through theoryC.The cause–effect relationship between weight and sleep isn39。t clear.D.A person39。s weight has something to do with the amount of his sleep.（2）What did the interview find out? A. hours of sleep a night is enough for children.B.The more a child sleeps, the healthier he will be.C.Sixth graders need much more sleep than third graders.D.One39。s race or gender has nothing to do with his weight.（3）How does the author develop the passage? A.By listing figuresB.By paring different opinionsC.1