【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students “soft” skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the future. Once a program called Fast Track was started in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced delinquency(少年犯罪), arrests and use of health and mental health services as the students aged through adolescence and young adulthood. In another latest study, by looking at the data from nearly 900 students in previous findings, researchers found that about a third of the influence on future crime outes was due to the social and selfregulation skills the students learned from ages 6 to 11. The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the longterm consequences when they make a decision. Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children. Parents should do all they can to promote these skills with their children as should education policymakers. To the extent we can improve those skills, we can improve outes in delinquency.（1）Fast Track was intended for children who . A.were randomly chosen from their schoolsB.had some problems with academic learningC.often went against their teachers and parents39。 wishesD.were considered to have criminal trouble in the future（2）What can be learned about the intervention in Paragraph 2? A.It included all the students.B.It focused on social skills.C.It improved health services.D.It had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skills . A.almost have no influence on studentsB.are more affected by students39。 emotionC.are mainly related to academic learningD.offer children greater selfcontrol abilities（4）Which is the best title for the passage? A.Soft Social Skills MatterB.Fast Track Helps ChildrenC.How to Prevent DelinquencyD.What to DO for Education【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。(1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students ‘soft’ skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the ，F(xiàn)ast Track是為那些在未來(lái)被認(rèn)為有犯罪問題的兒童準(zhǔn)備的。故選D。(2)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“The students were randomly divided into two groups。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. ”學(xué)生被隨機(jī)分為兩組；一半的人參與了the intervention，其中包括教師主導(dǎo)的課程、家長(zhǎng)培訓(xùn)小組、學(xué)術(shù)輔導(dǎo)以及自我控制和社交技巧方面的課程。由此推知?jiǎng)澗€詞的意思是“輔導(dǎo)”，故選D。(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence.”可知，與軟技能相比，硬技能主要與學(xué)術(shù)學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)。故選C。(4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children.”可知，本文講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。故選A。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，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 It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are being horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would bee fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver39。s seat is another matter. Road politeness is not only good manners, but a good sense. It takes the most coolheaded drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and bees so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behavior of politeness is by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don39。t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it. However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. A typical example is the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oning cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to. An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in a traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can39。t even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship (公路駕車技能). Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more giveandtake from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to he