【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 60。B.can develop good charactersC.can impress their classmatesD.can get more job opportunities（3）Which of the following should you avoid when improving your handwriting?A.Practicing writing a lot.B.Writing as fast as you can.C.Relaxing your hand when holding the pen.D.Changing your letters till you like how they look.（4）The text is to present the fact that ________.A.writing seems to be very important in the SATB.those who will go to college have to take the SATC.students should practice handwriting more oftenD.kids don39。t know how to write in the puter age【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】SAT考試增加了書面表達(dá)，但當(dāng)前學(xué)生不注重書寫，所以此項(xiàng)改革會(huì)督促學(xué)生更多的練字。( 1 )詞義猜測(cè)題。結(jié)合劃線部分的上下文，在計(jì)算機(jī)時(shí)代，學(xué)生手寫的內(nèi)容已經(jīng)很罕見，只有一兩個(gè)單詞在行李箱或午餐包上，用來辨認(rèn)物主，書法在其他場(chǎng)合就像嘟嘟鳥一樣滅絕了，故推斷學(xué)生在課堂上記筆記非常潦草，故選A。( 2 )細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段提到Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help one39。s score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential ，漂亮的書法不僅僅能在考試中幫助得分，還可以在今后找工作中給雇主留下美好的印象，故選D。( 3 )細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后三段的標(biāo)題Evaluate your writing；Take your time；Practice. Practice it a lot可知，沒有提到B項(xiàng)，這是寫作中應(yīng)該避免的。故選B。( 4 )推理判斷題。由于SAT考試增加書面表達(dá)，但當(dāng)前學(xué)生不重視書寫，所以此項(xiàng)改革會(huì)督促學(xué)生更多的練字，故選C。5．閱讀理解 One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We had heard in school about a planet called Pluto. It was the farthest, coldest, and darkest thing a child could imagine. We guessed how long it would take to die if we stood on the surface of such a frozen place wearing only the clothes we had on. We tried to figure out how much colder Pluto was than Antarctica, or than the coldest day we had ever experienced in Pennsylvania. Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星） in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could plete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system. Pluto39。s underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive. Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and selfground lenses. As an assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh39。s task was to search millions of stars for a moving point of light, a planet that the observatory39。s founder thought existed beyond the orbit of Neptune. On February 18，1930，Tombaugh found it. Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American, and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression39。s dark encroachment (入侵). Pluto is much more than something that is not a planet. It39。s a reminder that there are many worlds out there beyond our own and that the sky isn39。t the limit at all. We don39。t know what kinds of fantastic variations on a theme nature is capable of making until we get there to look.（1）Why did Pluto bee famous in 2006 according to the passage?A.Because it lost its major planet status.B.Because it disappeared in the sky.C.Because it was discovered by an American.D.Because it was proved to be the coldest planet in the universe.（2）What can be a suitable title for the text?A.An American Scientist: Clyde TombaughB.Pluto was First Discovered by a BoyC.Pluto39。s Strange RomanceD.The Days I Spent with My Brother in Pennsylvania（3）What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?A.Clyde Tombaugh discovered the darkness in the Great Depression.B.Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.C.Clyde Tombaugh39。s job was to build telescopes for Lowell Observatory.D.Clyde Tombaugh39。s telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.（4）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably mean?A.Pluto is no less than a planet in the solar system.B.Pluto is much more than a planet in the solar system.C.Pluto is more important than any other planet in the sky.D.Pluto is not a planet in the solar system, but it is more than a planet.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】文章講述了小時(shí)候作者對(duì)冥王星的認(rèn)識(shí)，以及冥王星被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了冥王星的神秘和魅力，這使作者認(rèn)識(shí)到宇宙是無窮的，也是不斷變化的，需要我們不停去探索。( 1 )推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星）in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could plete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system可知，在2006年冥王星被從太陽系大行星中被去除，失去了其大行星地位，故選A。( 2 )主旨大意題。文章主要講述的是冥王星的被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了它的神秘和魅力。C項(xiàng)“冥王星的奇怪浪漫史”概括全文，故選C。( 3 )推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and selfground February 18，1930，Tombaugh found it. Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American, and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression39。s dark encroachment (入侵).可知，是Clyde Tombaugh用他簡陋的儀器發(fā)現(xiàn)了冥王星，成了第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)行星的美國人，并且給黑暗的大蕭條時(shí)期帶來了一線光明。故選D。( 4 )猜測(cè)句意題。此句指冥王星的發(fā)現(xiàn)并不僅僅是一顆行星，它還讓我們知道了宇宙無限大，天空根本不是極限，它們是不斷變化的需要我們?nèi)ヌ剿鳌９蔬xD?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】考查科普類短文閱讀。6．閱讀理解 It39。s 3 o39。clock and you39。ve been hard at work. As you sit at your desk, a strong desire for chocolate overes you. You try to busy yourself to make it go away. But it doesn39。t. Here is another situation. Perhaps you are not feeling well. The only thing you want to eat is a big bowl of chicken soup, like your mom used to make when you were sick as a child. Food cravings are a strong desire for a specific type of food. And they are normal. Scientists at the website How Stuff Works pare hunger and cravings this way. Hunger is a fairly simple connection between the stomach and the brain. They even call it simply “stomach hunger.” When our stomachs burn up all of the food we have eaten, a hormone (荷爾蒙) sends a message to one part of the brain for more food, which regulates our most basic body functions such as thirst, hunger and sleep. The brain then produces a chemical to start the appetite and you eat. Hunger is a function of survival. A craving is more plex. It activates (使活躍) brain areas related to emotion, memory and reward. These are the same areas of the brain activated during drugcraving studies. So, some scientists call food cravings “mind hunger.” People often crave foods that are high in fa