【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 coach. Rugby is also a far superior test of strength, stamina (耐力) and determination. Most professional rugby players are large, strong and weigh over 90 kilograms. People who play the sport need to be tough and be prepared to get hurt. Black eyes, broken bones, lost teeth and being knocked unconscious—all these are mon injuries. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is blind in one eye thanks to a rugby accident at school. In England, children begin playing the game at school at the age of 8. When they enter high school, many begin to play full contact rugby. Children are taught to play for around one hour a week during their PE lessons. Most schools have a rugby team. Children who play for the school team are usually the sportiest kids, and are seen as brave and athletic.（1）What can be concluded from the first three paragraphs?A.Football players are not real gentlemen.B.There is a better spirit in playing rugby than football.C.Football players are not as athletic as rugby players.D.Brian Moore thinks that rules should be stricter in football.（2）According to the passage, Peter thinks ______.A.rugby players pretend to be injured when they are notB.rugby is not very popular in America and AsiaC.rugby makes people enjoy sports better than soccerD.rugby needs players39。 strong will rather than strength（3）The example of Gordon Brown is mentioned in order to .A.prove that playing rugby can earn people fameB.explain why Gordon Brown is blind in one eyeC.support the point that rugby players often get hurtD.warn teenagers against playing rugby at school（4）What can we infer from the passage?A.Teenagers will lose interest in football.B.English children have a talent for rugby.C.Playing rugby doesn39。t involve skills.D.Rugby is not suitable for everyone.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了英式橄欖球，并且將它與足球進行了對比。英式橄欖球是暴徒們的紳士運動，玩這項運動的人身體一定要強壯才行呢。（1）歸納總結(jié)題。前三段都在介紹英式橄欖球并且將其與足球比較，人們認為橄欖球是暴徒們的紳士運動，而足球是紳士的暴徒運動。并且說足球應(yīng)該學習橄欖球。故選B（2）細節(jié)題。第四段第二句It is more enjoyable to play than soccer because you are always involved in the game玩英式橄欖球比完足球更有趣，因為你總是被卷入游戲之中的。故選C（3）細節(jié)題。倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is blind in one eye thanks to a rugby accident at 學校的一場橄欖球賽中瞎了一只眼睛。所以是來支持橄欖球運動會使人受傷。故選C（4）細節(jié)題。倒數(shù)第二段第二句 People who play the sport need to be tough and be prepared to get hurt. 玩這項運動的人們要強壯并且要做好受傷的準備。從這里可以得出橄欖球這項運動不適合所有人，故選D5．閱讀理解 Singles Day: Alibaba Says a Lot of People in China Bought OnlineThe planet39。s biggest shopping day has e and gone, and Alibaba again showed the world how many mountains of stuff (物品) it could persuade people to buy in the 24 hours. Monday was Nov. 11, known in China as Singles Day. This year, nearly $ billion worth of stuff was sold on Alibaba39。s platforms (平臺) that day, beating last year39。s $ billion and making Black Friday look, yet again, like a yard sale. China has grown richer and more digitally connected. Alibaba has bee a technology powerhouse. Along the way, the pany has made a few famous friends. This year the singer Taylor Swift performed in its livestreamed evening gala (慶典) in Shanghai on Sunday. In previous years the model Miranda Kerr and the actors Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig also showed on the Singles Day stage. Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers with big buyers across the world. Its businesstobusiness site, allowed people to buy almost everything. Alibaba39。s advantage wasn39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Alibaba now calls itself a data and technology pany, one that provides digital tools to help the businesses on its platforms. That, in turn, leads consumers to look to those platforms for their every need, from shopping and services to entertainment and travel. Today, Alibaba is itself a gigantic pany, and it wants to grow bigger still.（1）Where is this passage probably from? textbook. newspaper. science news report. advertisement.（2）How many famous people showed on the Singles Day stage? ....（3）What does Alibaba39。s advantage mainly lie in? platform. service. price. size.（4）Which word can replace the underlined word gigantic in the last paragraph ? ....【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了引領(lǐng)了中國雙十一購物節(jié)的阿里巴巴公司。每年購物節(jié)前夕都會找明星預(yù)熱。同時介紹了阿里巴巴的相關(guān)信息。 （1）考查推理判斷。本文介紹了中國雙十一購物節(jié)相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)和阿里巴巴公司的情況，可以從報紙了解到相關(guān)信息。故選B。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的Taylor Swift ，Miranda Kerr，Nicole Kidman，Daniel Craig等人都參加了雙十一晚會慶典，共4人，故選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Alibaba39。s advantage wasn39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards.”阿里巴巴的優(yōu)勢不難看出，就是其規(guī)模，而且阿里巴巴的規(guī)模以中國標準而言也是非常大的。故選D。 （4）考查詞義猜測。最后一段中的“and it wants to grow bigger still”，阿里巴巴也想繼續(xù)擴大，此處使用了bigger形容詞的比較級，由此可判斷劃線詞意為“大”，故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 Now in 2019, jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis39。 art culture. Jazz clubs around the city still host concerts with local jazz musicians like Rob Dixon and Joel Tucker. One of these clubs, the Chatterbox Jazz Club, still has live jazz seven nights a week. But the real history of jazz in Indy is much less simple. Along with the Avenue39。s culture, jazz music was gone from the streets for many years. Indiana Avenue was the heart of a neighborhood along the White River. It was a center for black music and live street music. The wealthy avoided this area. So it became a place that poorer families, including many AfricanAmerican and immigrant (移民) families, moved to. Jazz prospered in the mix of American cultures around the Avenue in the 1930s and 1940s. But in the 1950s, things changed. After the war, there were projects to make the city beautiful and build a university nearby. Both of these seemed like good changes. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the