【正文】 ioned in the passage? A.Music can bring us enjoyment.B.Music can bring us happiness.C.Music can make people excited.D.Music can help to improve students39。 grades.（2）What does the underlined word excel probably mean? A.It means be good at doing something.B.It means do badly in doing something.C.It means give up doing something.D.It means play with something.（3）Which of the following is true? A.The research was done in the USAB.One fifth of the students can work better with background music.C.20% can concentrate better if allowed to play with a small object.D.No parents accept the idea.（4）What can you infer form the passage? A.The students at Millfield School are against the new idea of allowing children to listen to music.B.More and more parents will allow children to listen to music while doing homework.C.The new idea will spread all over the world.D.More and more children will realize the importance of working hard.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文主要講了研究發(fā)現(xiàn)音樂(lè)有助于提高學(xué)生成績(jī)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Music can not only bring us wonderful enjoyment, but also bring us happiness when we are tired or find it is helpful to improve the students39。 grades，可知文章提到的音樂(lè)的優(yōu)點(diǎn)有給我們帶來(lái)美妙的享受、歡樂(lè)及提高學(xué)生成績(jī)，沒(méi)有提到Music can make people excited音樂(lè)可以讓人興奮，故選C。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)下文while up to 80% can concentrate better if allowed to play with a small object，而80%的青少年在玩小東西的時(shí)候可以更好地集中精力，可知上文是10%的青少年被允許完成工作時(shí)在房間里散散步表現(xiàn)突出，excel表現(xiàn)突出，擅長(zhǎng)，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)According to a research at Millfield School in the UK，可知研究是在英國(guó)，A錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)around 20% of teenagers work better with background music，大約20%的青少年伴隨著背景音樂(lè)學(xué)習(xí)更好，20%即五分之一，B正確；根據(jù)80% can concentrate better if allowed to play with a small object，可知是80%不是20%，C錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)Some parents don39。t believe, .but many are now accepting it at home where children are allowed to do their homework with the television on，可知一些家長(zhǎng)接受了這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)，D錯(cuò)誤，故選B。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)Some parents don39。t believe, but many are now accepting it at home where children are allowed to do their homework with the television on，可知越來(lái)越多的父母會(huì)允許孩子邊聽音樂(lè)邊做作業(yè)，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解，可以根據(jù)題目要求，去文章找到關(guān)鍵信息，并進(jìn)行理解判斷。10．閱讀理解 Our monthly talks start at 19: 30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don39。t need to book. They end around 21: 00. November 7th The Canal（運(yùn)河）Pioneers（先驅(qū)者）, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early civil engineers. December 5th Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering. Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London39。s ice trade grew. February 6th An Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroud water Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March 6th Eyots and AitsThames Istands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. （1）When is the talk on James Brindley? A.On February 6th.B.On March 6th.C.On November 7th.D.On December 5th.（2）What is the topic of the talk in February? A. The Canal Pioneers.B. Ice for the Metropolis.C.Eyous and Aits Thames Istands.D.An Update on the Cotswold Canals.（3）Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames? A.Miranda Vickers.B.Malcolm Tucker.C.Chris Lewis.D.Liz Payne.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了博物館每個(gè)月的講座安排。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) 11月7日運(yùn)河（運(yùn)河）先鋒（先驅(qū)者），作者克里斯劉易斯。詹姆斯布林德利是公認(rèn)的早期運(yùn)河工程師之一可知，11月7日是關(guān)于James Brindley的講座，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) February 6thAn Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroud water Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play 2月6日利茲佩恩報(bào)道科茨沃爾德運(yùn)河的最新情況。斯特勞德運(yùn)河正朝著重新開放的方向發(fā)展。泰晤士河和塞文運(yùn)河將需要一點(diǎn)時(shí)間。我們將有一份關(guān)于比賽現(xiàn)狀的報(bào)告，可知二月份談話的主題是科茨沃爾德運(yùn)河的最新消息，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) March 6thEyots and AitsThames Istands, by Miranda Vickers可知 Miranda Vickers 將在泰晤士河中的島嶼上發(fā)表演講，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。11．閱讀理解 Have you noticed your life being a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free WiFi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city. The idea of a smart city was brought up by US pany IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from. In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water me tens. They can detect （探測(cè)） water waste and leakage （泄漏） and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. In this way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste. Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App （應(yīng)用程序） that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.（1）The underlined word convenient is closest in meaning to ______. A.usefulB.normalC.su