【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 Well, the problem es from the fact that the word fun was not originally an adjective. Until the early 19th century, it was mostly just a noun, and it gained its meaning as amusement in the 18th century. But as early as the 1800s, people began using it as an adjective, the way we39。d describe a fun time or a fun place today. Basically, language is still developing. Grammarians have mostly e around to the use of fun as an adjective (though some dictionaries still call it informal). There was (and remains) an agreement of Fine, you can use ‘fun39。 as an adjective…but, like, it39。s not really one, so it can39。t follow the rules of real adjectives. So they also agree that the answer to is funner a word? is yes. If you want to consider fun, as an adjective, then funner is indeed a word, as is funnest. But this doesn39。t mean that more fun and most fun are incorrect, though。 in fact, in formal writing, you39。ll probably still want to use those instead of funner and funnest. The English language is chockfull of uncertain grammar rules。 there39。s no need to insist that a word breaks the mon rules of language just because we didn39。t used to use it in a way we do now.（1）How do paratives and superlatives work in the English language? A.Put more or most before onesyllable adjectives.B.Add er or est to most polysyllabic adjectives.C.Put more or most before polysyllabic adjectives.D.Add er or est straight to twosyllable words ending in a y.（2）People didn39。t used to use funner or funnest partly because ______________. A.it sounded strange to grammariansB.the English language changed a littleC.the word was originally used as a nounD.some dictionaries considered it incorrect（3）What can be the best title of the passage? A.Is funner a word?B.A general rule of English grammar.C.The development of English language.D.The paratives and superlatives of adjectives.【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了英語形容詞比較級和最高級中，單詞fun的比較級和最高級變化規(guī)則而展開。告訴了我們單詞fun詞性的歷史演變，英語充滿了不確定的語法規(guī)則。沒有必要僅僅因?yàn)槲覀冞^去不像現(xiàn)在這樣使用一個詞就認(rèn)為它違反了語言的一般規(guī)則。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“The general rule is that onesyllable words get the suffix, and polysyllabic words get 39。more39。 or 39。most.39。一般規(guī)則是單音節(jié)單詞詞尾添加后綴，多音節(jié)單詞則需要添加more或most?？芍谟⒄Z比較級和最高級中，在多音節(jié)形容詞前加more或most。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的”Until the early 19th century, it was mostly just a noun, and it gained its meaning as amusement in the 18th century. But as early as the 1800s, people began using it as an adjective, the way we39。d describe a fun time or ‘a(chǎn) fun place“today.”直到19世紀(jì)早期，它還只是一個名詞，到了18世紀(jì)才有了娛樂的含義。但早在19世紀(jì)，人們就開始把它用作形容詞，我們今天用它來形容有趣的時間或有趣的地方?？芍^去的人們不習(xí)慣使用funner或funnest，部分原因是這個詞最初用作名詞。故選C。 （3）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“But what about the word fun? This simple adjective only has one syllable, so you39。d think you39。d add suffixes on it to create superlatives.”但是樂趣這個詞呢?這個簡單的形容詞只有一個音節(jié)，所以你會認(rèn)為你應(yīng)該在它上面加上后綴來創(chuàng)造最高級。以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“So they also agree that the answer to is funner a word? is yes.”所以他們對funner是一個詞嗎?的說法是肯定的。本文主要內(nèi)容都是圍繞著fun的比較級和最高級變化規(guī)則展開論述，故A選項(xiàng)funner是一個詞嗎？符合文章主旨。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化知識類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 Almost none of us have the time to read everything we39。d like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection? Founded in 2012, iReader, a microlearning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from bestselling books through 15minute audio (音頻) and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day. Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven39。t read a single paper book this year, but reading isn39。t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of ebooks and audio books. The books in iReader are rewritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice. Besides, the content is rewritten with relevant examples in real life, which means users are more likely to remember and apply what is helpful to them. Holger Seim, German cofounder of this app, declares, iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.（1）What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time? A.Read and think.B.Write and share.C.Avoid taking buses.D.Bring joy to daily routines.（2）What can we infer from the PRC findings? British benefit a lot from reading. methods are more important than before. technology are taking the place of paper books. forms of books are changing the way the British read.（3）How does iReader make the content easy to remember? bringing fun to it. making it useful. using artistic designs. taking users as examples.（4）What is the best title for the text? Prevents Reading from Dying Unites Worldwide Booklovers: The Best New App Creation: Big Ideas in Small Packages【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一種閱讀方式：iReader。它開創(chuàng)了一種新的閱讀方式，已經(jīng)有超過900萬的用戶享受到了這種好處，同時也正改變著英國人的閱讀方式。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。第一段中的“Almost none of us have the time to read everything we39。d like to read.”幾乎沒有人有時間讀我們想讀的所有東西；以及最后一段中的“What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection?”可知作者認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該把空閑的時間變成寶貴的、有價值的學(xué)習(xí)和反思的時間，即作者建議我們利用空閑時間來閱讀