【正文】 0。He has a hard head.（3）If there is a fire, you may find the _______. A.red calabashB.orange calabashC.green calabashD.cyan calabash（4）What does the underlined word invisible mean in Chinese? A.微不足道的B.看不見的C.暴露的D.赤裸的【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要介紹了七個(gè)葫蘆娃的故事，分別介紹了他們的顏色與特長(zhǎng)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句The red calabash is the other six brothers 39。elder brother.提示可知葫蘆兄弟一共七個(gè)，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句The red calabash is the other six brothers 39。elder brother. He is powerful. His body can be bigger or smaller.提示可知，紅葫蘆娃他很強(qiáng)悍，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句The green calabash is the god of fire. He can eat fire and make fire.提示可知，青葫蘆娃會(huì)造火，故選C。 （4）詞義理解推斷題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句Nobody can find him when he makes himself invisible.提示可知，invisible表示看不見，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題與詞義推斷題。細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中抓住關(guān)鍵詞尋找答案；詞義題需要通讀上下文，了解大意之后找出正確選項(xiàng)。13．閱讀理解 What should you take with you when you take an exam? Pens, pen an eraser, a ruler, and don39。t forget a bottle of water. According to a study at the British Psychological（心理學(xué)的） Society Annual Conference held in London, students who bring water into exam halls may improve their grades by up to 10 percent. Scientists at the University of East London and the University of Westminster, did a study on 447 students. The students were studying for different degrees（學(xué)位） at the University of East London. Only 25 percent of them entered the exam hall with something to drink. Scientists then pared their exam results with their normal schoolwork grades. They found that all those who had brought drinks with them got better grades by between 2 and 10 percent. It is unclear why drinking water improves exam results. But scientists said having enough water in our bodies and not feeling thirsty could have a positive effect on our brains. Drinking water may also cut down on anxiety （焦慮）which had a bad effect on exam performances, said Chris Paw son, PhD of the University of East London. Whatever the explanation is, it is clear that students should try hard to stay hydrated（含水的） during exams, he said. So next time, when you are going to have a big exam, try bringing a bottle of water with you. Who knows—it may help you pass the exam!（1）How much may the students improve their grades most if they bring water into exam halls? A.By 2%B.By 8%C.By 10%D.By 25%.（2）How many students in the study got better grades? A.About 112 students who brought drinks or water into their exam halls.B.All the 447 students who came from the University of East.C.About 300 students who took part in the study.D.About 10 percent of the students who studied different subjects.（3）The underlined phrase cut down on probably means _______. A.IncreaseB.bringC.reduceD.change（4）According to the passage, how does water help students in exams? a. It is good for their brains. b. It makes students smarterc. It helps students stay cool. d. It helps students stay awakeA.a bB.acC.b cD.cd【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】主要講了考試時(shí)帶水可能提高學(xué)生的成績(jī)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)students who bring water into exam halls may improve their grades by up to 10 %的成績(jī)，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Scientists at the University of East London and the University of Westminster, did a study on 447 students. The students were studying for different degrees（學(xué)位） at the University of East London. Only 25 percent of them entered the exam hall with something to found that all those who had brought drinks with them got better grades by between 2 and 10 ，25%的學(xué)生帶著喝的東西，并且取得了更好的成績(jī)，447乘以25%大約等于112，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)scientists said having enough water in our bodies and not feeling thirsty could have a positive effect on our ，即喝水可能減少或者降低焦慮，reduce，降低、減少，故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)scientists said having enough water in our bodies and not feeling thirsty could have a positive effect on our ，所以a正確；根據(jù)Whatever the explanation is, it is clear that students should try hard to stay hydrated（含水的） during exams, he ，即涼爽的，所以c正確，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細(xì)尋找答案。14．閱讀理解 There is an old tree on a dry land. The tree has so many branches. It brings shadow （樹蔭） to hundreds of travelers. One day, two travelers got to the tree. They walked for a long time in the hot sun. They were too hot and tried to find a place to rest. Luckily, they found the big tree. They made a decision to take a rest under the tree. They slept there for a while. When they woke up, they felt hungry and one traveler climbed up the tree. But he was sad to see nothing. He started to say bad words to the tree. Oh, this is just a useless tree without any fruit on it! The other traveler said nothing about the tree but asked his friend to be quiet. However, the traveler in the tree still shouted at the tree. The tree couldn39。t stand the traveler at last. He said in a sad yet strong voice, You can39。t be so ungrateful（忘恩負(fù)義的） to me, Just look back to the moment when you got here in the hot sun! I gave you a cool and fortable place to rest. You