【正文】 . The sun rises at 6 o39。clock in the morning and sets at 6 o39。clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole（北極）is tilted（傾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere（半球）. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.（1）When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.A.both day and nightB.dayC.neither（既不）day nor nightD.night（2）A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.A.the pushingB.the pullingC.the spinningD.the passing（3）At the equator day is as long as night ________.A.sometimesB.neverC.usuallyD.always（4）When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.A.lessB.moreC.allD.no【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：day這個單詞有兩層含義，當(dāng)我們談?wù)撘荒曛杏卸嗌偬鞎r，我們用“天”表示24小時，但是當(dāng)我們談到“白天”和“夜晚”時，我們用“天”表示日出和日落之間的時間。（1）細(xì)節(jié)推理題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. 當(dāng)?shù)厍虻囊话胧前滋鞎r，另一半?yún)s是夜晚，可以推斷“當(dāng)西半球是白天時，東半球是夜晚”，故選D。（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋轉(zhuǎn)）of the earth. 可知選C。（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（長度）. 可知在赤道，有時白天和夜晚一樣長，故選A。（4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)For six months the North Pole（北極）is tilted（傾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere（半球）. 可知當(dāng)北半球向太陽傾斜時，北半球的光照時間比南半球長，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】這是一篇科普類閱讀短文，講述了“白天”和“夜晚”的劃分。12．閱讀理解 Here is something about an American high school and its students.An American high school has a few large buildings and it39。s big enough for about 1,500 students. Each student has a locker（儲物柜）in the hallway. When they are at school, they take their textbooks and outdoor clothes out. Because American textbooks are expensive, the school libraries usually loan them to students. But they must pay for them if they lose them. American students usually take a yellow school bus to school. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they are 16, most of them take a free driving class at school. Then they can drive by themselves to school. Each day, students must take Science, Maths and English classes. They can also choose Art. Fashion and other classes. They usually go to different classrooms for different subjects because the teachers have their own classrooms. The school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school, more than half of the students take part in afterschool activities such as sports and join some school clubs.（1）Where is the locker of a student? A.At home.B.In the hallway.C.In the bedroom,D.In the school library.（2）What does the underlined word loan mean in English? A.buyB.pushC.followD.lend（3）Which of the following is TRUE about American high school students? A.They have all the classes in the same classroom.B.Students must pay for textbooks borrowed from the school libraries if they lose them.C.A small number of them love after school activities.D.All of them take a school bus to school every day.（4）The passage mainly talks about _______. A.an American high schoolB.school clubsC.afterclass activitiesD.education in America【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】大意：本文講述美國一所高中的一些事情，美國高中有一些大的足夠容納1500學(xué)生的建筑物，美國學(xué)生有一個儲物柜，學(xué)校有校車，學(xué)生年滿16歲會上免費(fèi)開車課程，他們在不同的班上不同的課。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Each student has a locker（儲物柜）in the ，儲物柜放在走廊里，故選B。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)the school libraries usually loan them to students. But they must pay for them if they lose ，學(xué)校圖書館通知會把課本借給學(xué)生。但是他們丟失了課本必須賠償，可推出loan的意思是借，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)the school libraries usually loan them to students. But they must pay for them if they lose ，如果學(xué)生丟失了從圖書館借的課本，他們必須賠償，故選B。 （4）主旨題。本文主要講述美國一所高中的一些事情，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解能力，細(xì)節(jié)題、詞義猜測題和主旨題是閱讀理解題中?？碱}型。細(xì)節(jié)題要從文中尋找答案；詞句猜測題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推出詞句的意思；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。13．閱讀理解 Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone around the world without putting a stamp on it? With an you can just do that. By using puters you can send s quickly and easily. An can send its messages to the other side of the world in secondsHowever, the post is much slower than the . The is easy to use and it saves time and money. You can send an no matter where you are and when it is. In addition, it does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send an to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send an back.（1）With an you can send a letter without putting _______ on it