【正文】 ate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar. In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year from midnight on December 31st to January 1st, People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal（正式的）clothes, and they may drink champagne（香檳） at midnight. During the first minute of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead, But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. Many cultures also do special things to get rid of（擺脫）bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes, The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh（重新）. Other mon traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year. Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year39。s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck he will have in the new year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck on New Year39。s Day. In the United States, some people eat blackeyed peas for good luckbut to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them!（1）The passage is mainly about____________. A.the meaning of Happy New Year!B.several different New Year traditionsC.what to eat on New Year39。s DayD.why people dress up nicely on New Year39。s Day（2）It39。s clear that____________. A.some cultures celebrate New Year in the morningB.the Western people celebrate New Year only on New Year39。s DayC.people in Ecuador go to parties from December 31st to January 1stD.no cultures do special things to celebrate New Year（3）To have a happy new year, ____________. A.friends talk to each other in special waysB.families make big dolls filled with old clothesC.some people get up early to watch the sunriseD.Europeans eat 365 grapes on New Year39。s Day（4）When eating black eyed peas on New Year39。s Day, people think____________. A.one pea brings one day of luckB.black eyed peas are the best medicineC.the peas are too black and taste badD.the peas are helpful to count numbers【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介紹了西方國家不同的慶祝新年的方式， （1）主旨大意題，通過閱讀全文可知，短文主要介紹了不同國家不同的新年慶祝方式，故答案是B。 （2）細節(jié)理解題，根據 But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. 可知，一些國家喜歡在早晨慶祝新年，故答案是A。 （3）細節(jié)理解題，根據 But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. 可知，為了過一個快樂的新年，人們要早起看日出，故答案是C。 （4）細節(jié)理解題，根據In the United States, some people eat blackeyed peas for good luckbut to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them!可知人們認為吃一顆黑豆會帶來一天的好運，故答案是A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)理解題和主旨大意題。細節(jié)理解題要可以直接從文中尋找答案；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。10．閱讀理解 Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others Believe that success mostly Comes down to luck. I39。m not going to say luck, talent, and Circumstances（境遇）don39。t Come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are Born with great intelligence, and that39。s just the reality of how life is. However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then make it more practical. And, vesides that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10, 000 hours studying and practising. To vee great at certain things, it39。ll require even more time, which most people won39。t put in. This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don39。t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you give up before you ever bee good at it. When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there. It39。s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were Born with some unusual talent, But thinking that way does you no good, and there39。s a huge Chance that you39。re wrong anyway. No matter what you do, if you want to Bee great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction（入迷）, and over a long period of time. If you39。re not willing to put in the time and work, don39。t expect to receive any rewards. Hard work won39。t guarantee（保證）you the level of success you may want, But it will guarantee that you will Bee really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.（1）Paragraph 1 mainly talks about __________. A.the reasons for successB.the meaning of successC.the standards of successD.the importance of success（2）The underlined word that refers to __________. A.putting in more timeB.succeeding in lifeC. Being good at somethingD.setting a practical goal（3）Successful people suggest doing what one loves Because __________. A.work makes him feel painB.he is likely to enjoy his workC.he gives up his work easilyD.it takes a lot of time to succeed（4）What is the main purpose of the passage? A.To explain that luck or talent leads to success.B.To tell us that one cannot succeed without time and practice.C.To show us that having a goal is the main reason to success.D.To describe that successful people like to show their great skills.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是介紹成功的關鍵因素不是天賦、出身或運氣，而是設定一個符合實際的目標，然后為此不斷地努力、付出。巨大的努力也許無法確保你想要的成功，但是你為之付出的（領域）一定會成為你的優(yōu)勢所在。 （1）主旨題。 第一段主要分析了成功的原因，有人認為是天賦、出身或者運氣，但是作者并不完全認同，認為這只是生活的現實而已。故A項， 成功的原因是正確。B項意為“成功的意義”；C項意為“成功的標準”；D項意為“成功的重要性”，均與第一段不相關，故選A。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據 to succeed in life, one first needs