【正文】 ways to process information.D.The ways to exchange information.（2）According to Russell Foster, what may bring out creativity? A.Information put together in normal ways.B.Information put together in unusual ways.C.Information stored in a biological theatre.D.Information stored in the mind.（3）Which can replace go into overdrive, underlined in the last paragraph? A.Start being active.B.Return to normal.C.Stop working.D.Perform badly.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.The Creative Power of the BrainB.Great Works from SleepC.Never Believe Your Sleeping MindsD.Sleep Can Bring Creative Ideas【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，討論了睡眠的重要性:睡眠可以帶來(lái)一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think”在晚上大腦以創(chuàng)新的方式把信息組合在一起,。白天,你的大腦很少有機(jī)會(huì)停下來(lái)思考，可知在白天和晚上,大腦處理信息的方式是不同的,在晚上,大腦處理信息更有創(chuàng)造性。故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections”睡眠似乎允許你的大腦做出一些不明顯的連接）,以及“This is the basis of creativityconnecting ideas”這是創(chuàng)造性連接想法的基礎(chǔ)，可知以不同尋常的方式組合在一起的信息會(huì)帶來(lái)創(chuàng)新。故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“but also explains how the brain can put together different information.,”尤其根據(jù)與之對(duì)比的while the areas that are responsible for logic(邏輯)are switched off,可得知與情感相聯(lián)系的大腦區(qū)域在睡眠的時(shí)候開(kāi)始活躍起來(lái)。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。通覽全文可知本文討論了睡眠 的重要性:睡眠可以帶來(lái)一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。本文首段用事例提示該主題,然后結(jié)合實(shí)驗(yàn)證明圍繞該主題進(jìn)行闡述。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇健康類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(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。9．閱讀理解 By the time you read these words, winter should have gone within the Northern Hemisphere (半球). But at its worst, this winter was unusually cold. Here in New York City on January 31, the low temperature dropped to 17℃. In Chicago, it was also 17℃—but that was the high. The low jumped to 29℃. And the wind chill within the Windy City was 44℃ or 46℃, relying on which climate station was crying out in pain. As ic Lewis Black said, That is not weather. That39。s an emergency condition. When the forecast warned us a few days earlier that Arctic air was looming (陰森地逼近), President Trump issued a sincere and helpful tweet, which ended with: What the hell is going on with Global Warming? Please e back fast, we need you! And being the most powerful man on Earth, he was successful in his polite request. On February 4 the Chicago temperature reached 11℃. And the following day the Big Apple was in a sunny 19℃. The Arctic is warming at twice the speed as the global average. This heat might help disrupt (打破) the polar vortex, a gradual wind pattern that usually stays focused on circling the North Pole. A shaky jet stream (高速氣流) then runs right into a brick wall of that Arctic air, which continues to be fairly cold by human standards, and both wind up lots of miles farther south than they usually belong. And for a few days we in the Deep South—by which I mean Chicago or New York pared with the Arctic—freeze our butts off. But less than a week later, thanks to some warm air ing up from the real South, I was walking outside without a coat on a date when the temperature in Chicago reached 11℃ on February 4. Like so much else we are currently living through, this experience is not normal. Or it didn39。t used to be, anyway. After all, scientists have been warming—sorry, warning—that warming can have these very results. Climate change deniers may sneer (冷笑), So when it39。s warmer than usual, that39。s because of global warming. And when it39。s colder, that39。s also because of global warming? Well, yes. And anybody who just can39。t accept these kinds of seemingly paradoxical conditions needs to reflect on the expression freezer burn.（1）By mentioning Lewis Black39。s words in Paragraph 1, the author intends to . A.indicate how unusual the winter39。s weather wasB.suggest the north isn39。t a suitable place to liveC.remind people never to forget the past winterD.urge people to take action against the emergency（2）What led to the sudden increase in the Chicago temperature on February 4? A.The cold Arctic air.B.Trump39。s sincere tweet.C.Warm air from the real South.D.Disruption of polar vortex.（3）Why does the author use the expression freezer burn? A.To show readers his concerns about the extreme weather.B.To prove global warming to be the cause of the extreme weather.C.To cast doubt about scientists39。 study on the paradoxical conditions.D.To express his disapproval of the result of the paradoxical conditions.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文主要報(bào)道了在北半球這個(gè)時(shí)候像紐約、芝加哥等城市冬天不僅沒(méi)走,反而出現(xiàn)了極不尋常的寒冷天氣。文中分析了其原因。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段Lewis Black的話的意思是：那不是天氣。這是緊急情況。然后根據(jù)上文的描述the low temperature dropped to 17176。C. In Chicago, it was also 17176。C—but that was the high. The low jumped to 29176。C. And the wind chill within the Windy City was 44℃ or 46℃可知天氣情況極其惡劣。因此這句話是突出了天氣的極其異常。故答案為A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段But less than a week later, thanks to some warm air ing up from real south, I was walking outside without a coat on a date when the temperature in Chicago因此真正的原因是南方傳來(lái)的暖氣。文中And being the most powerful man on Earth, he was successful in his polite request.只是玩笑,不能作為真正的答案。故答案為C。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段原文，文中這個(gè)詞出現(xiàn)在Well, yes. And anybody who just can39。t accept these kinds of seemingly paradoxical conditions needs to reflect on the expression freezer burn.因此這個(gè)詞的目的是反擊那些Climate change deniers所以作者是支持global warming的，是為了證明全球變暖是極端天氣的原因。故答案為B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及了細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題兩種?？碱}型。細(xì)節(jié)理解題查找原文關(guān)鍵詞，推理判斷題根據(jù)上下文的理解進(jìn)行合理的推理，不主觀臆斷。10．閱讀理解 Ronald Reagan ever said, It39。s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance? To some extent, extra