【正文】 選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Alibaba39。s advantage wasn39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards.”阿里巴巴的優(yōu)勢(shì)不難看出，就是其規(guī)模，而且阿里巴巴的規(guī)模以中國(guó)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)而言也是非常大的。故選D。 （4）考查詞義猜測(cè)。最后一段中的“and it wants to grow bigger still”，阿里巴巴也想繼續(xù)擴(kuò)大，此處使用了bigger形容詞的比較級(jí)，由此可判斷劃線詞意為“大”，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Now in 2019, jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis39。 art culture. Jazz clubs around the city still host concerts with local jazz musicians like Rob Dixon and Joel Tucker. One of these clubs, the Chatterbox Jazz Club, still has live jazz seven nights a week. But the real history of jazz in Indy is much less simple. Along with the Avenue39。s culture, jazz music was gone from the streets for many years. Indiana Avenue was the heart of a neighborhood along the White River. It was a center for black music and live street music. The wealthy avoided this area. So it became a place that poorer families, including many AfricanAmerican and immigrant (移民) families, moved to. Jazz prospered in the mix of American cultures around the Avenue in the 1930s and 1940s. But in the 1950s, things changed. After the war, there were projects to make the city beautiful and build a university nearby. Both of these seemed like good changes. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the Indiana Avenue munity and with it, its jazz culture. After many years, Indianapolis remembered the value of its arts and music culture. It began to bring back lost cultures such as live music on the Avenue. To do so, it began to make new changes. The changes included repairing historic areas like the Avenue. Once again, the high living costs in these historic arts areas pushed lowine families out. Today there are several oldstyle jazz clubs where friends can meet up to remember the past or just enjoy a summer evening. It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue.（1）What does the author mainly want to say in Paragraph 1? clubs can make big money. musicians often hold concerts. music is popular in Indianapolis. culture is just part of Indianapolis39。 culture.（2）What does the underlined word prospered in Paragraph 4 mean? quickly. soon. soon. well.（3）What did Indianapolis do to bring back its lost culture? rebuilt some old important areas. invited old jazz musicians to sing in the city. educated people about the value of music culture. settled lowine families in the Indiana Avenue munity,（4）According to the passage, which of the following about modern Indy jazz is true? home culture is gone. styles are too traditional. shows the sadness of the poor. is no longer a favorite of the young.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，2019年爵士樂(lè)仍然是印第安納波利斯藝術(shù)文化的重要組成部分，但是它的本土文化消失了。 （1）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Now in 2019, jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis39。 art culture.” 現(xiàn)在到了2019年，爵士樂(lè)是印第安納波利斯藝術(shù)文化的重要組成部分?？芍?，第一段主要是介紹了爵士樂(lè)在印第安納波利斯很受歡迎。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第四段中中的“But in the 1950s, things changed…. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the Indiana Avenue munity and with it, its jazz culture.” 但在20世紀(jì)50年代，情況發(fā)生了變化?！欢?，新的大學(xué)和建筑使得貧困家庭不得不離開(kāi)這個(gè)地區(qū)。這摧毀了印第安納大道社區(qū)，也隨之摧毀了它的爵士樂(lè)文化。可知，轉(zhuǎn)折詞but之后描述了爵士樂(lè)的衰落，因此推測(cè)出劃線詞prospered意為“興盛、蓬勃發(fā)展”。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“It began to bring back lost cultures such as live music on the Avenue. To do so, it began to make new changes. The changes included repairing historic areas like the Avenue.” 它開(kāi)始帶回失落的文化，比如大街上的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)音樂(lè)。為此，它開(kāi)始做出新的改變。這些改變包括修復(fù)像The Avenue這樣的歷史街區(qū)?？芍亟艘恍┡f的重要區(qū)域。故選A。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue. ”乍一看，爵士樂(lè)似乎又活了起來(lái)，但在這些爵士樂(lè)俱樂(lè)部背后卻有一個(gè)可悲的現(xiàn)實(shí):現(xiàn)代印地安那爵士樂(lè)只是曾經(jīng)活躍在印第安納大道上的文化的一個(gè)影子?？芍?，爵士樂(lè)的本土文化消失了。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和段落大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)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 In our annual Readers39。 Choice Awards survey, we asked our readers to rate their favorite cities in the world for arts and culture. These cities are centers of music and dance, museums, and theaters. Here are four of them where you can find inspiration in the arts, starting with the top spot. Rome, Italy At its peak, the Roman Empire extended over nearly two million square miles of land across Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa. Today, that history is on display everywhere. The city39。s main attractions are famous not because of tourist advertisements, but because they are really so impressive. No wonder it39。s known as the Eternal City: You could spend forever here and find new artistic and cultural treasures every day. Paris, France Hemingway famously called Paris a moveable feast, but wherever you go while in the city, there is always something to see, hear, taste or feel. With some 150 museums, Paris doubles as an art history class, offering the very best of the discipline across centuries and styles. London, United Kingdom London is inspiration and setting for the rise of Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell and Eliot and the breeding ground for all those iconic (標(biāo)志性的) bands: The Kinks, The Clash and The Stones. London is also Banksy39。s favorite canvas, home to more than 1,000 galleries, and the kind of place where you can spend a whole day in a single museum and still be ready for more when it opens the next morning. Vienna, Austria As we all know, Western music would be unrecognizable without Austria39。s capital, which nurtured many famous musicians. It39。s also the site of the Vienna Secession, a revolutionary art movement founded in 1897 by Gustav Klimt. Visitors today can see the fruits of all that creativity in the city39。s 100 – odd museums.（1）Why is Rome regarded as the Eternal City? had an important role in history. history can be seen everywhere. can easily find new art and culture. can spend money well there.（2）Wha