【正文】 his isn39。t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He also showed his habits at home and personal insights. Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(傳記片). He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street. As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯) 28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it es to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis. When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. Don39。t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam is still working on this problem, he said.（1）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A.An Interview with Bill GatesB.How Bill Gates SucceededC.Bill Gates39。 RegretD.The Richest Billionaire（2）The underlined part in paragraph 8 may actually mean that _______. A.it is important to lay a good foundation of lifeB.food and clothing are basic needs for people39。s lifeC.he never cares about buying food and clothingD.he doesn39。t spend much money on food and clothes（3）What advice did Bill Gates give? A.Do the dishes yourself at home.B.Be a good language learner.C.Avoid staying up too late.D.Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.（4）Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook.B.Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high school.C.Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.D.Bill Gates39。 wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁比爾蓋茨認(rèn)為自己不懂外語(yǔ)是人生的一個(gè)遺憾。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“The world39。s richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The selfmade billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.”世界首富比爾蓋茨似乎擁有一切，但他有一個(gè)遺憾。這位白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁說(shuō)，他覺(jué)得自己不懂外語(yǔ)很愚蠢。是全文的主題句，可知這篇文章主要講了比爾蓋茨的遺憾，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第八段中的“but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis.”但他喜歡在打網(wǎng)球時(shí)，投資買鞋和球拍。由此推斷出上文的意思是他在食物和衣服上花的錢不多，故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break.”當(dāng)被問(wèn)及人生的教訓(xùn)時(shí)，這位億萬(wàn)富翁表示，他仍在努力改掉熬夜的習(xí)慣。由此可知，比爾蓋茨的建議是避免熬夜太晚，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary.”我在高中的時(shí)候?qū)W過(guò)拉丁語(yǔ)和希臘語(yǔ)，拿到了A，我想這對(duì)我的詞匯量有幫助。由此推斷出比爾蓋茨在高中時(shí)很擅長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Singles Day: Alibaba Says a Lot of People in China Bought OnlineThe planet39。s biggest shopping day has e and gone, and Alibaba again showed the world how many mountains of stuff (物品) it could persuade people to buy in the 24 hours. Monday was Nov. 11, known in China as Singles Day. This year, nearly $ billion worth of stuff was sold on Alibaba39。s platforms (平臺(tái)) that day, beating last year39。s $ billion and making Black Friday look, yet again, like a yard sale. China has grown richer and more digitally connected. Alibaba has bee a technology powerhouse. Along the way, the pany has made a few famous friends. This year the singer Taylor Swift performed in its livestreamed evening gala (慶典) in Shanghai on Sunday. In previous years the model Miranda Kerr and the actors Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig also showed on the Singles Day stage. Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers with big buyers across the world. Its businesstobusiness site, allowed people to buy almost everything. Alibaba39。s advantage wasn39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Alibaba now calls itself a data and technology pany, one that provides digital tools to help the businesses on its platforms. That, in turn, leads consumers to look to those platforms for their every need, from shopping and services to entertainment and travel. Today, Alibaba is itself a gigantic pany, and it wants to grow bigger still.（1）Where is this passage probably from? textbook. newspaper. science news report. advertisement.（2）How many famous people showed on the Singles Day stage? ....（3）What does Alibaba39。s advantage mainly lie in? platform. service. price. size.（4）Which word can replace the underlined word gigantic in the last paragraph ? ....【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了引領(lǐng)了中國(guó)雙十一購(gòu)物節(jié)的阿里巴巴公司。每年購(gòu)物節(jié)前夕都會(huì)找明星預(yù)熱。同時(shí)介紹了阿里巴巴的相關(guān)信息。 （1）考查推理判斷。本文介紹了中國(guó)雙十一購(gòu)物節(jié)相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)和阿里巴巴公司的情況，可以從報(bào)紙了解到相關(guān)信息。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的Taylor Swift ，Miranda Kerr，Nicole Kidman，Daniel Craig等人都參加了雙十一晚會(huì)慶典，共4人，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Alibaba39。s advantage wasn39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards.”阿里巴巴的優(yōu)勢(shì)不難看出，就是其規(guī)模，而且阿里巴巴的規(guī)模以中國(guó)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)而言也是非常大的。故選D。 （4）考查詞義猜測(cè)。最后一段中的“and it wants to grow bigger still”，阿里巴巴也想繼續(xù)擴(kuò)大，此處使用了bigger形容詞的比較級(jí)，由此可判斷劃線詞意為“大”，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. So it may bee part of your inner speech. In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This may be true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be selftaught. Thinking in English really helps! It is not very difficult, but it does need pra