【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 tarted in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced delinquency(少年犯罪), arrests and use of health and mental health services as the students aged through adolescence and young adulthood. In another latest study, by looking at the data from nearly 900 students in previous findings, researchers found that about a third of the influence on future crime outes was due to the social and selfregulation skills the students learned from ages 6 to 11. The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the longterm consequences when they make a decision. Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children. Parents should do all they can to promote these skills with their children as should education policymakers. To the extent we can improve those skills, we can improve outes in delinquency.（1）Fast Track was intended for children who . A.were randomly chosen from their schoolsB.had some problems with academic learningC.often went against their teachers and parents39。 wishesD.were considered to have criminal trouble in the future（2）What can be learned about the intervention in Paragraph 2? A.It included all the students.B.It focused on social skills.C.It improved health services.D.It had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skills . A.almost have no influence on studentsB.are more affected by students39。 emotionC.are mainly related to academic learningD.offer children greater selfcontrol abilities（4）Which is the best title for the passage? A.Soft Social Skills MatterB.Fast Track Helps ChildrenC.How to Prevent DelinquencyD.What to DO for Education【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。(1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students ‘soft’ skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the ，F(xiàn)ast Track是為那些在未來(lái)被認(rèn)為有犯罪問(wèn)題的兒童準(zhǔn)備的。故選D。(2)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“The students were randomly divided into two groups。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. ”學(xué)生被隨機(jī)分為兩組；一半的人參與了the intervention，其中包括教師主導(dǎo)的課程、家長(zhǎng)培訓(xùn)小組、學(xué)術(shù)輔導(dǎo)以及自我控制和社交技巧方面的課程。由此推知?jiǎng)澗€詞的意思是“輔導(dǎo)”，故選D。(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence.”可知，與軟技能相比，硬技能主要與學(xué)術(shù)學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)。故選C。(4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children.”可知，本文講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)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 Spending Christmas in a foreign country can be a truly eyeopening experience, especially since it39。s easy to believe that as a worldwide festival, most countries probably celebrate it in a fairly similar manner. Being from the UK, Christmas for me means spending time with family and friends, exchanging presents, eating and drinking, and, of course, hiding from the cold. In Colombia, however, Christmas is viewed much more as a time which devotes itself to religion. With celebrations beginning on 7 December, Columbia is recognized as having the longest Christmas celebrations period in the world. The celebrations generally begin in the evening with the lighting of candles, either in the streets, parks or outside people39。s homes. Cities are lit up by candles, as this day marks the beginning of the Christmas period. Although decorations have been up since early November, another tradition in Colombia is that during the nine days before Christmas, family members and friends meet up to pray, sing songs and share traditional foods at home. Probably the biggest surprise for me has been the music people listen to during the Christmas period. At first, you could easily mistake these songs for the classic salsa, which is played all year round. However, after asking a Colombian if it really felt like Christmas music, they explained to me that the songs are loved more for the memories they symbolize than for the way they sound, and that Colombia has been through so many dark periods in history, it was important to hold on to the good memories of years gone past. Being in a country like Colombia during this festive period has taught me that you don39。t need to be religious to take part in these Christmas traditions.（1）What39。s the authors opinion of Christmas? isn39。t a global festival. isn39。t a time for being alone. is mainly devoted to religion.39。s celebra