【正文】 . Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls. Camsic McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel weled in STEM subjects, Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is Goldie Blox. To interest girls, Sterling create the character（Goldie. ________. Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds. Mia is a sevenyearold girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of（Goldie Blox from her grandmother. ________Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. ________. At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking. A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothesB. She learn to make a machine with the blocks（積木）C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjectsD. They should also provide a good educationE. The four areas together are known as STEM【答案】 E；C；A；B；D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：美國人想提供從事STEM行業(yè)的工作人員，在喜歡STEM這些課程中，男生明顯比女生多，作者呼吁人們應(yīng)該為這些孩子提供更好的教育，而不是僅僅給孩子購買娃娃。 A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothesGoldie并不關(guān)心美麗或衣服。B. She learn to make a machine with the blocks她學(xué)會用積木造一臺機(jī)器。C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects然而女孩子似乎對STEM課程遠(yuǎn)缺乏興趣。D. They should also provide a good education他們也應(yīng)該提供一個(gè)好的教育。E. The four areas together are known as STEM這四個(gè)領(lǐng)域合起來命名為STEM。 （1）根據(jù)后文提到 Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the ing years ，出現(xiàn)了STEM，可知空缺的語句應(yīng)該解釋STEM是什么，故選E。 （2）根據(jù)后文提到的Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls，可知空缺的語句意義為女生對這些課程不感興趣，故選C。 （3）根據(jù)后文提到的 Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds 可知，Goldie不關(guān)心美麗或者衣服，故選A。 （4）根據(jù)上文提到 Mia is a sevenyearold girl who likes science ，可知她學(xué)會用積木造機(jī)器，故選B。 （5）根據(jù)上文提到 Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects 可知，他們應(yīng)該為女孩提供更好的教育，故選D。【點(diǎn)評】考查任務(wù)型閱讀，做此類題首先熟悉文章大意，熟悉各個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思，聯(lián)系上下文，確定空缺語句，即可。12．閱讀理解B Pandasare very cute animals．In 1972,two pandas named HsingHsing and LingLing were sent from China to the United States as a gift．The National Zoo in Washington,D．C．became the pandas39。 new home．Americans fell in love with the two pandas right away．On the first day the two pandas came to the zoo，about 20,000 people visited them．People kept ing year after year． HsingHsing and LingLing were just cubs（幼崽）when they got to the United States．As the years passed，many hoped the pair would have cubs of their own．LingLing gave birth several times．But none of the babies lived more than a few days．Each time a cub died，people all around the world felt sad． Both of the pandas lived to all old age．LingLing was 23 when she died in 1992．HsingHsing died in 1999 at the age of 28．But people never forgot them．Following HsingHsing39。s death（死亡），the zoo received lots of letters（信）from their fans．The letters showed their love for the pandas and told how much they missed them．根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容完成下列任務(wù)。 （1）HsingHsing and LingLing came to the United States in 1975． （2）LingLing gave birth several times，but none of the babies lived long． （3）LingLing died________years earlier than HsingHsing． （4）After the two pandas died，the National Zoo got lots of letters from their________． （5）Where might you see this passage? A.In a travel book．B.In a student39。s diary．C.In a medical dictionary．D.In an animal magazine．【答案】（1）0（2）1（3）7／seven（4）fans（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文。講述了兩只來自中國在美國居住的熊貓。（1）根據(jù)In 1972,two pandas named HsingHsing and LingLing were sent from China to the United States as a gift．可知兩只熊貓是在1972年到達(dá)美國，故不正確。（2）根據(jù)LingLing gave birth several times．But none of the babies lived more than a few days．可知沒有順利擁有后代。故正確。（3）根據(jù)LingLing was 23 when she died in 1992．HsingHsing died in 1999 at the age of 28．可知玲玲是早7年死亡的。（4）根據(jù)Following HsingHsing39。s death，the zoo received lots of letters from their fans．得到的是粉絲的信。故填fans。（5）根據(jù)講述的是熊貓可知是一本動(dòng)物雜志。故D選項(xiàng)正確?！军c(diǎn)評】任務(wù)型閱讀考察的是學(xué)生們讀取和獲取信息的能力。將題干理解透徹，才能在原文中找準(zhǔn)。同樣讀懂原文才能理解題干。兩者相輔相成。13．任務(wù)型閱讀C When we say a person blows his own trumpet，we mean he tells other people how good and successful he is．That is usually an act of arrogance（自大）．But teachers at Wimbledon High School once asked their students to blow their own trumpet． Some students are under too much pressure（壓力）and they find it difficult to accept that they have been successful，said Ms Hanbury,head of this famous all—girls school in London．They push themselves hard and might never be happy．That39。s why theBlow Your Own Trumpet Weekwas held in the school．In theBlow Your Own Trumpet Week,the teachers asked their stories of success and failure（失?。?They also asked them to tell how well they did in each subject．In this way,he school wanted to help students to know they were all good at something and that they didn39。t have to be good at everything． Before that．the school ran aFailure Weekto help students deal with setbacks （應(yīng)對挫折）．The students learned how to get better from setbacks quickly,so they wouldn39。t think it was the end of the world if they didn39。t do well in an exam．根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容完成下列任務(wù)。 （1）TheBlow Your Own Trumpet Weekwas held to help students who ． A.had trouble getting out of their setbacksB.didn39。t spend enough time on their studiesC.found it difficult to accept their successD.didn39。t like to talk with their teachers（2）Ms Hanbury asked her students not to talk about their success． （3）The students couldn39。t talk about their subjects in theBlow Your Own Trumpet Week． （4）Where is Wimbledon High School?