【正文】 k with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate （集中注意） better if allowed to play with a small object. The research has made the school use a very new way, encouraging students to discover which learning styles suit them best, and then do their homework listening to music or even lying down. 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. I prefer to work on the floor with music on, said Sam, a 13yearold boy. At first my parent thought I didn39。t study hard, but my teacher asked them to look at my homework and when they saw it was OK, they agreed at last.（1）What advantage of music hasn39。t been mentioned 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)音樂有助于提高學生成績。 （1）細節(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的優(yōu)點有給我們帶來美妙的享受、歡樂及提高學生成績，沒有提到Music can make people excited音樂可以讓人興奮，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在房間里散散步表現(xiàn)突出，excel表現(xiàn)突出，擅長，故選A。 （3）細節(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，A錯誤；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學習更好，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，可知一些家長接受了這個觀點，D錯誤，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，可知越來越多的父母會允許孩子邊聽音樂邊做作業(yè)，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，可以根據(jù)題目要求，去文章找到關鍵信息，并進行理解判斷。10．閱讀理解 On Miriam39。s 9th birthday two years ago, her aunt, who lives in Kenya（肯尼亞）, gave money to a group that cares for elephants to celebrate Miriam39。s birthday. Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants. Later, Miriam fell in love with the animals and wanted to help save them. A few months after visiting Africa, Miriam watched How I Became an Elephant, a film about the mistreatment of elephants in Thailand, and a young girl39。s effort to save them. Miriam decided she wanted to raise money to save elephants. Last year, Miriam created a program called They Deserve（應得） to Be Free after seeing how young elephants are abused in Thailand. She learned how people take a baby elephant, don39。t give it food or water for days and beat it hard. It made me really sad. I need to do something useful. Miriam said. Miriam is working to make money for Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. She asked her friends to give money to the park rather than giving her birthday gifts. She recently joined about 12 other students in an art center. They made elephants from clay and decorated（裝飾） them. Then she created a plan to sell clay elephants. Kate, Miriam39。s art teacher, opened her art studio（工作室） to Miriam and her friends on weekends so they could make clay elephants. She even gave them the clay. It39。s great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards, Kate said. Miriam says she has sold 180 clay elephants worth 2, 000 dollars, and all of that money has been sent to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.（1）Miriam went to Africa to ________. A.join a groupB.visit her auntC.help save elephantsD.learn about the group（2）The underlined word abused in Paragraph 3 means . A.虐待B.殺害C.訓練D.飼養(yǎng)（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Kate from the passage? A.She was probably very proud of Miriam.B.She taught Miriam to make clay elephants.C.She spent time selling clay elephants with Miriam.D.She was worried that Miriam39。s plan wouldn39。t work.（4）The best title for the passage is probably . A.Elephants Are in Great DangerB.Care for Animals, Care for EarthC.11yearold Fights to Save ElephantsD.Protect AnimalsDuty of Everyone【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個有愛心，為了大象做了很多事情的女孩。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù) Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants 可知米里亞姆訪問了非洲，為了了解該組織，故選D。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據(jù) Miriam created a program called They Deserve（應得） to Be Free after seeing how young elephants areabusedin Thailand. She learn