【文章內容簡介】 we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。s how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it.（1）What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in mon? A.They are well –knownB.They are aggressiveC.They are very richD.They are conservative.（2）The writer made the decision to pull Casey out of school__________. A.for lack of moneyB.because of her illnessC.as a result of cheatingsD.due to her bad behaviour（3）What does the writer think of her daughter39。s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.It39。s meaningless.B.It is well worth it.C.It is a waste of timeD.It is a wrong decision.（4）The writer advises parents to____. A.create a fort zone for their kidsB.do whatever they can for their kidsC.help their kids have a better educationD.let their kids experience disappointment【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由大學作弊丑聞入手并結合自己教育女兒的經歷告訴我們，真正的成長不是發(fā)生在安逸的時候，父母應該讓孩子體驗失望。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第一段中的the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country可知，陷入大學作弊丑聞的父母都是有錢人，故選C。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第一段中的In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University.可知，作者和丈夫失業(yè)了，負擔不起讓女兒繼續(xù)讀書的費用，所以決定讓她休學，故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據第一段中的When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。t what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education.可知，女兒重返校園后，學習比以前更加努力了，每一天都充滿感激之情，因為她知道無法接受教育是什么滋味，由此可知，作者認為女兒在南非的志愿工作是值得的，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據第三段中的I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it.可知，失望是生活的一部分，我們應該勇敢面對它而不是逃避它，由此可知作者建議父母讓孩子體驗失望，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解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，同時根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 The United States is home to 562 recognized American Indian Nations each with its own language. Yet the number of native. Americans with the ability to speak their tribe39。s language has decreased over the past century. Now, Indian Nations are trying different ways to expand the number of native speakers, and increase interest in their munities to learn tribal languages. Since the late 1800s many American Indian children have attended boarding schools. At that time, Indian children were required to attend schools by law, and the government forced Indian families to send their children to such schools. The children were separated from their families. and given English name The teachers often taught native American students in English, instead of the language of their parents. They were told they needed to learn English in order to get a job, earn money and buy a house or nice things. However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members. At least one organization is turning to modern technologyThe Sealaska Heritage Institute, a nonprofit group, has developed two apps for speakers of the Tlingit language. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a reference for important language topics such as conversation phrases, number, and letters. The Tlingit tribe has about 10, 000 members. They live mainly in southeastern Alaska. But as of 2013, the tribe had only 125 native speakers left. in addition, very few young people are able to speak Tlingit. Currently there are two apps, called Learning Tlingit and Tlingit Language Games. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a language guide. It provides Tlingit words and expressions, the tribal alphabet, as well as a basic list of the words included. With the Tlingit Language Games app, users are given a choice of different places of environments, like a house, forest or ocean.（1）What is the problem the native Americans are facing now? number of native Americans has been increasing. and fewer native Americans speak their own language. native language has been extinct.39。s hard to increase the interest of hearing native languages.（2）What will be the result if more and more native Americans only speak English? will get better jobs and higher pay. will teach their own children to speak English. will lose their history and culture. will get along well with the government.（3）What can we know about Tlingit? can help the native people know some language topics. can help the: native people earn money and buy a. house or nice things is a very popular app among the native speakers is a native language spoken by fewer than 200 people.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? Indian tribes39。 efforts to increase native speakers. for the disappearance of some American Indian languages. to help the native tribes lead a traditional life. popularity of the language learning apps.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法來增加本族語言的使用，否則，他們的本族語言將面臨嚴重的危機。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的“Yet the number of native. Americans with the ability to speak their tribe39。s language has decreased over the past century. ”但是能說他們本族語言的本地美國人的數量在過去的一個世紀中已將減少?？芍?，會說本族語的美國土著的人數在過去的一個多世紀中已經減少了，故選B。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第六段中的“However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members.”然而，害怕失去自己的歷史和文化，許多印第安部落嘗試新的方法來提升族人的本族語使用能力?？芍绻絹碓蕉嗟淖迦酥徽f英語，他們將會失去自己的歷史和文化。故選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第九段中的“The Tlingit tribe has about 10, 000 members. They live mainly in southeastern Alaska. But as of 2013, the tribe had only 125 native speakers left.”特林吉特部落有大約一萬人。他們主要居住在阿拉斯加東南部。但是就2013年的統(tǒng)計，這個部落只有125人可以說自己民族的語言，可知，現在僅僅有不到兩百人可以說這種語言了，故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。本文前六段描述了美國印第安人在民族語言方面面臨的處境以及這一處境引起的擔憂，最后四段提出了針對這一問題的解決方案：美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法（app）來增加本族語使用人數。選項A中efforts能凸顯人們這一問題的擔心及在努力尋求解決方案方面所做的努力。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解