【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 rial (材料) to make their toys — plastic. One of the toys they sold was called the Automatic Binding Brick. A person could put the bricks together to build something. But the bricks did not hold together easily. Still, they were a popular toy. A few years later, in 1954, Godtfred Kirk Kristiansen had a big idea. He wanted all of the LEGO bricks to fit together. Finally, four years later, in 1958, the LEGO pany found their answer. They invented the first modern style LEGO brick, which was similar to the Automatic Binding Brick but each piece would fit with any other piece. Since that time, any toy that the LEGO pany created would fit with any other toy they created. Today, LEGO is not only the second largest toy maker in the world, but also making its products a great way for children to learn creative building skills.（1）When the LEGO pany was set up, it ________. a rapid growth to attract children children to work with it small but successful（2）What do we know about the Automatic Binding Brick? was liked by few people. was the best of its kind. was a building toy. was made of wood.（3）The first modern style LEGO brick________. together perfectly created by Godtfred and his father invented in the early 1950s greatly from the Automatic Binding Brick（4）What39。s the best title for the text? : Educational Toys: Play Well Companies: From Small to Big Companies: Never Too Late to Create【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了丹麥知名玩具品牌樂(lè)高的發(fā)展歷程。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“LEGO began as one man39。s small business”；以及第二段中的“Their business helped them make a lot of money,可知，高公司在創(chuàng)立初期雖然規(guī)模不大但盈利很多。因此可知公司規(guī)模雖小但很成功，故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“A person could put the bricks together to build something.”可知，Automatic Binding Brick是一種拼裝積木，可以使用積木組裝玩具，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的the first modern style LEGO brick ... each piece would fit with any other piece”可知，現(xiàn)代的樂(lè)高積木可以彼此完全貼合，從而組裝成一個(gè)整體。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段“By 1934, the Kristiansens named their pany LEGO, which came from two Danish words, ‘leg’ and ‘godt’， meaning ‘play well’. The LEGO pany grew slowly. But it continued to create excellent wooden toys. ”可知，文章介紹了知名積木玩具樂(lè)高的發(fā)展情況， LEGO在丹麥語(yǔ)中意為玩得好”，這是公司制作玩具的宗旨所在， 因此B項(xiàng)作標(biāo)題概括了文章主旨也表達(dá)了樂(lè)高的宗旨，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個(gè)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，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Americans gave nearly $300 billion away last year. Do you know the reason? Beyond the noble goals of helping others, it is that giving will make them happier. It is a fact that givers are happier people than nongivers. According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who give money to charity are 43% more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy about their lives. Similarly, volunteers are 42% more likely to be very happy then nonvolunteers. The happiness difference between givers and nongivers is not due to differences in their personal characteristics, such as ine or religion. Imagine two people who are identical in terms of ine and faith, as well as age, education, politics, sex, and family circumstances, but one donates money and volunteers, while the other does not. The giver will be, on average, over 40 percentage points more likely to be very happy than the nongivers. A number of studies have researched exactly why charity leads to happiness. The surprising conclusion is that giving affects our brain chemistry. For example, people who give often report feelings of euphoria, which psychologists have referred to as the Helper39。s High. They believe that charitable activity produces a very mild version of the sensations people get from drugs like morphine and heroin. Of course, not only does giving increase our happiness, but also our happiness increases the possibility that we will give. Everyone prefers to give more when they are happy. Researchers have investigated this by conducting experiments in which people are asked about their happiness before and after they participate in a charitable activity, such as volunteering to help children or serving meals to the poor. The result is clear that giving has a strong, positive causal impact on our happiness, so does happiness on giving（1）According to Paragraph 2. We can learn that . A.only those people who gave money to charity will be happyB.more givers say they feel having happy lives than nongiversC.those who donate money are happier than those who volunteerD.42% of the volunteers say they are as happy as the nonvolunteers（2）What causes the happiness difference? A.Ine.B.Faith.C.Education.D.Donation.（3）If a person feels happy, he may . A.ask for more donationsB.stop charitable activityC.be likely to give more.D.cook food for the poor【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了美國(guó)人愛(ài)做慈善，因?yàn)榻o予別人幫助比得到幫助更讓人快樂(lè)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù) 第二段中的“people who give money to charity are 43% more likely than nongivers to say they are ‘very happy’ about their lives.”可知給予者比得到幫助者更快樂(lè)。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段年齡，性別，收入，信仰，家庭環(huán)境都相同的兩個(gè)人，總是向慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐錢的那個(gè)人，更快樂(lè)?？芍蔷栀?zèng)和給予影響一個(gè)人的快樂(lè)。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“not only does giving increase our happiness, but also our happiness increases the possibility that we will give.”一個(gè)人越快樂(lè)就越愿意去捐贈(zèng)，去幫助別人。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Climate change is perhaps the key issue of our time. Often, however, it is presented to us as being so abstract that it seems impossibly distant. For those of you looking for something a little more concrete, a new report suggests that the effects of climate change may significantly affect coffee. The report, put out by The Climate Institute, describes the effects of climate change on various coffeegrowing nations and the resultant effects on the plants and those who grow them. Coffee Arabica plants, which produce