【正文】 ments are waiting for us in the next twelve months? In many ways, New Year39。s Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition(過渡) that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It39。s about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar. Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead. Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness(沉靜) and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese. I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing(熱情洋溢的) heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness this holiday season.（1）What does the underlined word halt in Paragraph 2 mean most probably? A.Stop.B.Beginning.C.Meaning.D.Tradition.（2）What39。s the main cause of the author39。s unhappiness on New Year39。s Eve a decade before? A.The pressure she faced in her work.B.The health problem her husband faced.C.The information received from her family.D.The relationship between her and her husband.（3）What39。s the author39。s attitude towards the thing people should do at New Year? A.Set challenging goals for the next year.B.Break with daily routines and form a new habit.C.Spend more time with family members.D.Think about the past and get ready for the future.（4）What39。s the main purpose of writing the passage? A.To memorialize her husband.B.To show how she got through a hard time.C.To share her view of New Year39。s Eve.D.To remind us that uncertainty is part of life.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文主要論述了作者對于新年夜的看法，作者認(rèn)為在新年應(yīng)該想想過去，為未來做好準(zhǔn)備。（1）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文In the years since that painful season, I have e to look back upon New Year39。s Eve as an ending and a beginning.（在那個(gè)痛苦的季節(jié)之后的這些年里，我開始把新年前夜看作一個(gè)結(jié)束和一個(gè)開始。）以及下文to the endless mitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect可知，新年前夜讓我們停止無休止的日常生活，也有了反思的機(jī)會(huì)。故可推測劃線部分單詞意思為停止。故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段But I wasn39。t feeling happy. In midDecember, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die.（但是我不開心。12月中旬，我和丈夫被告知，他得了癌癥，即將去世。）可知，作者在十年前新年前夜不開心的主要原因是她丈夫面臨的健康問題。故選B。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段中I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.（我發(fā)現(xiàn)，每一年我都必須走出即將結(jié)束的已經(jīng)適應(yīng)一年的自己的版本，輕松地進(jìn)入我將為未來的一年實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)的版本。）可知，作者認(rèn)為人們在新年應(yīng)該想想過去，為未來做好準(zhǔn)備。故選D。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章主要內(nèi)容可知，作者分享自己的經(jīng)歷和對新年夜的看法，故推知作者的寫作目的是為了分享自己對于新年夜的看法和觀點(diǎn)。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】考查學(xué)生對語篇的理解能力。通讀全文，把握文章主旨。理解題干，在原文找到對應(yīng)段或具體到對應(yīng)上下文，歸納總結(jié)答案。9．閱讀理解 There is good news for students of vocational(職業(yè)的) colleges in China: The government has announced plans to develop modern vocational education. In the Government Work Report delivered to the National People39。s Congress on March 5, Premier Li Keqiang spoke of the need to accelerate the development of modern vocational education to ease the pressure in the job market and meet the demand for skilled workers and technicians. It is noteworthy that Li said that enrollment(招生) in higher vocational colleges in China should increase by 1 million this year, the first time the central authority has set a clear target. This es after the news of the large shortfall(不足) in highlevel technicians, despite the fact that China has millions of technical workers, according to China Daily. China is expected to face a shortage of 3 million skilled workers who are able to operate robot and highend numerical(數(shù)字的) control machines by 2020, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The shortfall will grow to million by 2025. In addition, vocational education is at present unsatisfactory, although there39。re many vocational colleges in China. In some vocational schools, the education methods and curriculum are not able to meet the demand of upgrading manufacturing(制造業(yè)升級(jí)), Xing Hui, director of the Vocational Education Center of the National Academy of Education Administration, told Xinhua News Agency. As can be seen from job markets, panies still can39。t recruit qualified technicians even with high salaries. Some foreign countries have set a good example with respect to vocational education. For example, Germany has a dual(雙重的) system in its vocational education. Teaching content and methods are determined by industries and training schools to reflect current industrial practice, reported China Daily. The system requires that students should be trained at both the school and the pany, with pany training as the main focus. In Switzerland, the apprenticeship(學(xué)徒制) system is popular. Two thirds of Swiss students start vocational education after finishing middle school, reported The Telegraph. Many have academic and vocational training at the same time. They work as apprentices in a pany for three or four days a week and study in school for the rest of the time. The experience of these countries shows vocational schools can cooperate with employers to better prepare students for th