【文章內容簡介】 that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down) This is a somewhat impolite way of telling someone that they are overreacting and that they need to relax. Only use this if you think the person you are speaking to is getting upset over something insignificant. If your friend tells you that their close relative has died, it is NOT the time to tell them to pull themselves together.⒊I39。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。m sick) Yes, it39。s longer and more difficult to say than 39。I39。m sick39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。t done your homework, he or she is more likely to forgive you if you say that you were feeling under the weather. You may not have done your English homework, but your teacher might be impressed that you know how to make eloquent excuses in a foreign language.⒋It39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。s easy) I don39。t know why this means what it does, but sometimes you just have to accept that English people use weird phrases.⒌Break a leg (Meaning: good luck!) This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 they are just wishing you luck. It is most often used for people wishing success to actors and actresses before they perform on the stage, but it can be said in other situations, too. All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s definitely not a piece of cake, especially when there are so many confusing idioms. However, with enough hard work and interest, you will succeed in no time. Break a leg!（1）Which idiom is proper for you to say to your worried classmate who is to take part in the 800metre race at the school sports meet? your act together. yourself together. a leg.39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。s wrong with you?B.Don39。t worry. Let39。s call 120.C.Get up and finish your homework.D.Why don39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習語是學習語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個常見習語的用法。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據It39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達你對即將參加800米比賽的同學的擔憂，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據I39。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。m sick)可知，當你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時，你該怎樣回答。故選A。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第一段中的“They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時，甚至以英語為母語的人也會感到困惑?？芍xB。 【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，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 As Shanghai prepared to introduce mandatory(強制的) garbage sorting on July 1, games and toys that examined fun ways to spread information about the garbage sorting were to encourage younger people to take action. A 15second video of a game went on Chinese social media. In the video, players wearing VR(虛擬) headsets saw four different types of trash can in front of them, and had to throw different types of garbage into the right buckets(桶) to get points. Although it was not the only VR game in the place, visitors lined up around the booth to explore it because of the garbagesorting theme. As a Shanghai, I am in great need of this game. Maybe I won39。t need to check how to categorize(分類) each piece of garbage on my phone while going through all my garbage every day if I play this game more often, said ZhouZhou, a young Shanghai. But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage. Wu Xia, founder and CEO of VitrellaCore, the pany that created the game, said the idea was to provide an interesting way of learning about garbage sorting. It39。s simple and easy to understand. People can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash, and it is a more effective method than using paper materials when training volunteers, Wu said.（1）What is the purpose of the VR game? A.Just for fun.B.Teach students to sort garbage.C.Do exercise.D.Keep fit.（2）What do some people plain about? is too hard to sort garbage. are too many people lining up. VR game should be more interesting. are more ways to use paper materials.（3）What is the meaning of the underlined word in the last Paragraph? （4）What is the main idea of the text? people like VR games more. performs mandatory garbage sorting. were used to help young people sort garbage. by playing VR games is practical for the young.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，上海執(zhí)行嚴格的垃圾分類，而與此相關的游戲也變得火爆起來。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據最后一段內容可知，發(fā)明這款游戲的公司創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官吳霞說，發(fā)明這個游戲是為了提供一種有趣的學習垃圾分類的方法，人們可以練習分類垃圾，而不必實際地翻垃圾。所以該款游戲的發(fā)明是為了教育大家正確進行垃圾分類。故選B。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第三段中的“But some social media users in Shanghai have plained about the difficulty of sorting different types of garbage.”可知，垃圾分類對于有些用戶而言太難了，所以人們才抱怨的。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據最后一段中的“It39。s simple and easy to understand. people can practice sorting garbage without actually going through their trash.”這很簡單，也很容易理解。人們可以練習分類垃圾，而不必真正地翻垃圾?？芍槐卣嬲涂梢苑磸途毩?，所以該方法是比發(fā)紙質材料培訓志愿者更有效，更成功，故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據第一段可知該文章主要介紹的是游戲公司利用有趣的虛擬游戲來幫助青少年為垃圾分類做好準備。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 Children should do housework. That39。s a controversial idea, though not everyone will admit it. A few parents will declare that their children are too busy for housework. Many more of us assign housework, or say we believe in them, b