【正文】 0。D.By encouraging her to read aloud.（2）According to Paragraph 3, the author was probably the little boy39。s . A.motherB.teacherC.best friendD.favorite writer（3）What does the small child39。s idea in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.To start a holiday.B.To reduce poverty.C.To found LitWorld.D.To overe loneliness.（4）What can we know about World Read Aloud Day from Paragraph 5? A.Its origin.B.Its future.C.Its purpose.D.Its development.（5）What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.Sticking to reading isn39。t easy.B.Reading gives a high rate of return.C.Reading aloud isn39。t actually simple.D.Kids should try to change the world.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）A（4）D（5）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要介紹了大聲閱讀對(duì)孩子們的巨大影響，以及World Read Aloud Day的開端以及后來的發(fā)展。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后兩句I remember as if it were yesterday, hearing her voice at my side on a cold wintry night. My mother39。s voice changed my world. 可知父母親大聲朗讀改變了作者的一生。故A項(xiàng)正確。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句Years later, I was reading aloud a picture book to a small child in a classroom. 可知作者是在教室里向一個(gè)小孩大聲朗讀一本圖畫書。通常只有老師才會(huì)這樣做，由此可知作者最可能是一位老師。故B項(xiàng)正確。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句What he said was this: Mrs. Allyn, let39。s make sure everyone knows how good this feels. Let39。s have a holiday for the read aloud可知小男孩的主意是出去度假來宣傳read loudly的好處。故A項(xiàng)正確。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段第一句Since the day he shared that good idea with us, World Read Aloud Day has bee a worldwide event reaching over one million people in more than 65 countries around the world可知本段主要介紹了World Read Aloud Day的開始以及后來的發(fā)展。故D項(xiàng)正確。 （5）推理判斷題。根據(jù)本文最后一句And the impact is huge. 可知大聲閱讀對(duì)孩子們未來的發(fā)展影響很大。故B項(xiàng)正確。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題兩種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。8．閱讀理解 Compared with solar and wind energy, which are booming, tidal (潮汐的) power is a loser in the clean energy petition. But if you did want to build a tidal power station, there are few better sites than the mouth of the River Severn, in Britain. Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world. Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925. But none of the suggested projects has materialised. Price is one objection. A study thought that tidal energy might cost between ￡216 and ￡368 ($306 521) per MWh of electricity by 2025, pared with ￡58 75 for seagoing wind turbines (輪機(jī)) and ￡55 76 for solar panels. Environmentalists also worry that any plant would change the tides, making life harder for wildlife. An engineer called Rod Rainey thinks he has a way around both problems. He plans to replace the conventional turbines of previous plans with a much older technology. Specifically, he plans to span (橫跨) the river mouth with a line of water wheels. This is a design that dates back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Examples can be found fixed to the sides of old watermills (水磨). But there would be nothing old fashioned about Mr Rainey39。s wheels. Thirty metres high and sixty wide, they would be made from ordinary steel. Two hundred and fifty of them, along with the supporting structures, would be floated into place and secured to the seabed, creating a line 15km long. Together, they could supply power at an avenge ate of 4GW. That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. Substituting one of the wheels with a set of locks would provide a shipping channel about twice the width of Panama Canal, permitting upstream ports such as Avonmouth and Cardiff to continue operating.（1）What is special about the mouth of the River Seven? A.The tidal range there is about 15 meters.B.It has the largest tidal range in the world.C.The tidal power station has been built there.D.Its power plant makes life harder for wildlife.（2）What was people39。s initial attitude towards tidal power? ....（3）What are the locks used for? .. wheels. electricity.（4）What39。s the best tittle for the text? invented turbines.39。s tidal power station. power in the River Seven. old idea might be made practical.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，潮汐能發(fā)電站雖然計(jì)劃已久,但由于科學(xué)家的擔(dān)心,很長時(shí)間以來都沒有得以實(shí)現(xiàn)。而名叫Rod Rainey的工程師最近想到了解決問題的辦法,雖然用的是過去的科技,但在輪上做了很大改進(jìn),這樣在保證海洋生物和環(huán)境安全的同時(shí)也可大量發(fā)電。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world.它的潮汐差,即最低和最高潮汐的深度差,是大約15米,位居世界首位。可知,the mouth of the River Severn最大的特點(diǎn)就是潮汐差很大。故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925.和最后一段中的Environmentalists also worry that any plant would change the tides, making life harder for wildlife.可知,工程師對(duì)潮汐電站的想法漫不經(jīng)心,環(huán)境主義者擔(dān)心它會(huì)給海洋生物帶來危險(xiǎn),所以最初人們對(duì)潮汐發(fā)電站都是不支持的。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的a set of locks would provide a shipping channel about twice the width of Panama Canal, permitting upstream ports such as Avonmouth and Cardiff to continue operating.可知,locks的主要作用是提供一條比巴拿馬運(yùn)河寬一倍的水上運(yùn)輸渠道,保證上游的港口能夠正常運(yùn)行。故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意?？v觀全文可知,文章主要講Rod Rainey用古老的方法代替?zhèn)鹘y(tǒng)的輪機(jī)進(jìn)行潮汐發(fā)電,打破River Severn不適宜潮汐發(fā)電的舊思想。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀下列短文，從所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Supermarket shoppers who buy lots of foods on two for one deals are far more likely to be obese (肥胖的), a major study suggests. Cancer Research UK found that those with highest consumption of discounted foods were at 50 perce