【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 uages. 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(yán)重的危機。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)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(shù)量在過去的一個世紀(jì)中已將減少?？芍?，會說本族語的美國土著的人數(shù)在過去的一個多世紀(jì)中已經(jīng)減少了，故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)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?，如果越來越多的族人只說英語，他們將會失去自己的歷史和文化。故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)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?xùn)|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(xiàn)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(dān)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(shù)。選項A中efforts能凸顯人們這一問題的擔(dān)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(xì)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(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 A study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important. These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion(萬億)connections in the brain of a threeyearold child. Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mubaba. This is the patternABB. Another order was mubage. This is the pattern “ABC”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the ABB pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order. Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. Position is key to language, she says. If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: John caught the bear.39。 is very different from 39。The bear caught John.39。” Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn39。t appear to be enough for children39。s brain development. They carried out a study of ninemonthold American babies. They expected the first group who39。d watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought facetoface with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies－regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audio－learned nothing.（1）What makes connections in a baby39。s brain? A.Having a higher IQ.B.Experiencing new information.C.The baby39。 early age.D.The connection with other babies.（2）What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment? A.Babies identify different sound patterns.B.Word order is relevant to meaning.C.Babies can well understand different words.D.A certain brain region processes language.（3）What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3? A.Grammar is important in learning languages.B.Different orders have different meanings.C.Different languages have different grammar.D.Words have different sounds.（4）What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl? A.Babies shouldn39。t watch a lot of television.B.Listening to different languages develops babies39。 brain.C.Foreign languages help babies39。 brain develop.D.Social munication improves babies39。 brain development.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文屬于科普文章，介紹小孩最初幾年的經(jīng)歷對大腦發(fā)育很重要，而媒介輸入對孩子大腦發(fā)育效果不明顯，最有效的是面對面語言輸入。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the ，嬰兒接收到不同信息，可以讓大腦不同部分形成連接，故選B。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the ABB pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different ，實驗表明嬰兒可以區(qū)別不同的聲音模式，故選A。 （3）句意猜測題。根據(jù)第三段If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: 39。John caught the bear.39。 is very different from 39。The bear caught John.39?！笨芍行〇|西放在句首和句尾，會有很大的不同，比如John抓住了熊，和熊抓住了John，意思是不一樣的，可知本句意思為位置對于語言來說很重要的，順序不同，意思不同，故選B。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books, the Internet, or smartphones－no matter how educational－doesn39。t appear to be enough for children39。s brain ，通過電視、網(wǎng)絡(luò)等媒介的語言教學(xué)，對于嬰兒大腦發(fā)展是不夠的，并且后面的實驗表明，面對面的語言輸入才有效，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和句意猜測三個題型的考查，是一篇說明類閱讀，要求考生先從問題中抓住關(guān)鍵性詞語（題眼），然后以此為線索，運用略讀及查讀的技巧快速在文章中尋找與此問題相關(guān)的：段落、語句，仔細(xì)品味，同時根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Nowadays, especially in China, everything seems to favor social intercourse(社交) , such as gatherings of friends, KTV, group travel, dining tighter, playing cards and Mahjong, plus the Chinesestyle streetcrossing group. Back home, discussions can still be boisterously carried on within the circle of friends of WeChat. However, these scenes cannot always ease a sense of loneliness. Zhu Ziqing, a wellknown professor of Tsinghua University, signed with emotion: My loneliness increases as scene bees much busier. One popular song today is also called A lonely man in crowds. Actually, engaging in social intercourse requires ability, while being alone involves the whole character. These days, it is not easy to calm down totally and return to one39。s true self. Willpower, intellect and disci