【正文】 m Ramp。E artists are known for some of our most beloved(喜愛的) love songs, and the performers lined up for this show are no exception. Singersongwriters Tyrese (Sweet Lady) and Joe (I Wanna Know) join forces with SWV (Weak) ,Dru Hill (Beauty) and Next (Wifey) for this show. 8 p. m., Feb. 17. EagleBank Arena. 7034934000. $ 59—$ 99.（1）Which number should you call if you are interested in dance? A.7034934000.B.026331000.C.2024674600.D.2028032899.（2）Where can people enjoy a free show? A.Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.B.Kennedy Center.C.EagleBank Arena.D.Howard Theatre.（3）When can you attend a love song concert? A.Feb. 18.B.Feb. 17.C.Feb. 14.D.Feb. 13.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了近期一些藝術(shù)活動(dòng)的信息。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由Ballet: John Cranko39。s Romeo amp。，Juliet部分中的“Celebrated South African choreographer John Cranko created the dance inspired by Shakespeare39。s lovers with a score by Sergei Prokofiev”可知，該節(jié)目以芭蕾舞的形式演出。如果對(duì)舞蹈感興趣的話，可以撥打電話2024674600來了解節(jié)目詳情。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Exhibit: “Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s”部分中的“Feb. 14 through May 13. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 2026331000. Free”可知，觀眾可以免費(fèi)觀看此次展覽，展覽的地點(diǎn)是Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù) Ramp。B: Valentine39。s Love Jam 部分中的 “Ramp。B artists are known for some of our most beloved love songs ”以及“ 8pm, Feb. 17 ”可知，觀眾可以在 2 月 17 日聆聽節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)歌手們的情歌演唱會(huì)。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 The latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows that one in every 12 kids is living in homes where no one has worked for at least a year. That may be due to unemployment or issues such as sickness or disability that mean they can39。t work, and aren39。t required to. This is known as being in a long term workless family. The issues faced by children in workless families have very bad influence on their development and education, limiting their future employment prospects, and reducing their opportunities to succeed throughout their lives. Not only does worklessness reduce family ine, it can also damage families39。 health and stability, and thus destroy children39。s development. This is because many workless families are held back by disadvantages such as debt, drug and alcohol dependency, and by homelessness. Suffering from the family problems, many children face a greater and greater possibility of repeating the poor outes of their parents. Government research has shown that children in workless families are almost twice as likely not to reach the expected level at all stages of their education. For example, threequarters of children from families where no one works failed to reach the expected level at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), pared to around half of children in lowerine working families. So attention should be paid to children in outofwork homes. Having working parents means a child is more likely to do better at school, to have better health, education and development, and also means they are less likely to fall into crime. But for some families, worklessness, or not employment, is the norm. They just choose not to work. These families often face huge barriers to getting on with their lives but they take the opportunities offered by the society. Parents39。 ability to work is frustrated by issues like low skills or poor mental or physical health, or drug and alcohol dependency, leaving children without the stability they need. We all want to help workless families with plex problems so that their children can take advantage of the opportunities in Britain. We all want parents to have the chance to go out to earn a living and to enjoy the pleasure of work, so that their children can benefit from the good examples of working parents. In doing so, we should know the need to understand the plex issues that some families face and to develop a new approach to deal with poverty. Because the root causes are not financial. It is about helping families overe the problems they face so that they can go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. We shouldn39。t retreat from acting to deal with disadvantages, because we know the costs of inaction to individuals, munities and society.（1）According to the author, children in workless families may . A.have better performance at schoolB.take chances to go out to earn a livingC.be more able to deal with their problemsD.live the same lifestyles that their parents had（2）The underlined word norm in the fifth paragraph probably means . A.a huge barrierB.a turning pointC.a typical standardD.an unusual event（3）In the last paragraph the author mainly talked about . A.raising of social welfareB.solutions to the problemsC.development of the societyD.reforming of the government（4）The main purpose of the passage is to . A.introduce a study on children in workless familiesB.appeal to the readers to help children in workless familiesC.present a new approach to deal with poverty of workless familiesD.pare children39。s perf