【正文】 er evening. It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue.（1）What does the author mainly want to say in Paragraph 1? clubs can make big money. musicians often hold concerts. music is popular in Indianapolis. culture is just part of Indianapolis39。 culture.（2）What does the underlined word prospered in Paragraph 4 mean? quickly. soon. soon. well.（3）What did Indianapolis do to bring back its lost culture? rebuilt some old important areas. invited old jazz musicians to sing in the city. educated people about the value of music culture. settled lowine families in the Indiana Avenue munity,（4）According to the passage, which of the following about modern Indy jazz is true? home culture is gone. styles are too traditional. shows the sadness of the poor. is no longer a favorite of the young.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，2019年爵士樂仍然是印第安納波利斯藝術(shù)文化的重要組成部分，但是它的本土文化消失了。 （1）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“Now in 2019, jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis39。 art culture.” 現(xiàn)在到了2019年，爵士樂是印第安納波利斯藝術(shù)文化的重要組成部分?？芍谝欢沃饕墙榻B了爵士樂在印第安納波利斯很受歡迎。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第四段中中的“But in the 1950s, things changed…. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the Indiana Avenue munity and with it, its jazz culture.” 但在20世紀(jì)50年代，情況發(fā)生了變化?！欢碌拇髮W(xué)和建筑使得貧困家庭不得不離開這個(gè)地區(qū)。這摧毀了印第安納大道社區(qū)，也隨之摧毀了它的爵士樂文化?？芍?，轉(zhuǎn)折詞but之后描述了爵士樂的衰落，因此推測(cè)出劃線詞prospered意為“興盛、蓬勃發(fā)展”。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“It began to bring back lost cultures such as live music on the Avenue. To do so, it began to make new changes. The changes included repairing historic areas like the Avenue.” 它開始帶回失落的文化，比如大街上的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)音樂。為此，它開始做出新的改變。這些改變包括修復(fù)像The Avenue這樣的歷史街區(qū)?？芍?，它重建了一些舊的重要區(qū)域。故選A。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue. ”乍一看，爵士樂似乎又活了起來(lái)，但在這些爵士樂俱樂部背后卻有一個(gè)可悲的現(xiàn)實(shí):現(xiàn)代印地安那爵士樂只是曾經(jīng)活躍在印第安納大道上的文化的一個(gè)影子?？芍?，爵士樂的本土文化消失了。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)和段落大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，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。8．閱讀理解 After shopping for deals in stores on Black Friday, or online on Cyber Monday, Americans and people worldwide are preparing for newly popular Giving Tuesday. Starting in 2012, now the global event that is celebrated annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving is the brainchild of 92nd Street Y, a cultural center in New York City and United Nations Foundation. As the name indicates, Giving Tuesday is meant to restart the charitable season and therefore observed by raising funds for local nonprofits and schools, organizing food and clothing drives, and conducting random acts of kindness. In 2015, 700, 000 people from 71 countries came together to donate $ million in cash. An additional $ million was spent on gifts. While the easiest way to participate is by donating to your favorite charity, this day can be celebrated in many other ways too. You can give back by volunteering at your local shelter or food bank, or even by donating blood. If all else fails, a purchase from the growing number of organizations that give a portion of their sales to charity will do the trick. But perhaps the best way to celebrate the day is by helping those nearest and dearest to you. Assist a family member with a simple chore like folding laundry, cooking dinner, or even reading to a younger sibling. No matter what you do, be sure to share you good deed on social media and inspire others to celebrate Giving Tuesday as well!（1）Which of the following has the shortest history? A.Black FridayB.Giving TuesdayC.Thanksgiving DayD.Cyber Monday（2）What39。s the main purpose of Giving Tuesday? A.To make Thanksgiving Day enjoyableB.To get voluntary work better knownC.To encourage more people to do charitiesD.To persuade more people to shop online（3）Why does the author advise sharing good deeds on social media? A.To keep a record of one39。s experienceB.To help people make new friendsC.To donate money to local schoolsD.To make Giving Tuesday more popular（4）Which section of a website does the next probably e from? A.EducationB.CultureC.LifestyleD.Business【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了Giving Tuesday （給予星期二）。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“After shopping for deals in stores on ‘Black Friday’, or online on ‘Cyber Monday’, Americans and people worldwide are preparing for newly popular ‘Giving Tuesday’可知在黑色星期五或網(wǎng)絡(luò)星期一購(gòu)物后，美國(guó)人和世界各地的人都在為新流行的給予星期二做準(zhǔn)備，給予星期二是一個(gè)新流行，說(shuō)明它最近才出現(xiàn)，應(yīng)該是歷史最短的，故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“As the name indicates, Giving Tuesday is meant to restart the charitable season and therefore observed by raising funds for local nonprofits and schools, organizing food and clothing drives, and conducting random acts of kindness.”可知 給予星期二是為了重新啟動(dòng)慈善活動(dòng)季，因此，人們會(huì)為當(dāng)?shù)氐姆菭I(yíng)利組織和學(xué)?；I集資金，組織食品和衣物捐贈(zèng)活動(dòng)，并進(jìn)行一些隨機(jī)的善舉。這說(shuō)明這個(gè)活動(dòng)主要是為了鼓勵(lì)人們做慈善，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“No matter what you do, be sure to share you good deed on social media and inspire others to celebrate Giving Tuesday as well!”可知作者鼓勵(lì)無(wú)論人們做什么，一定要在社交媒體上分享他們的善行，并鼓勵(lì)其他人也慶祝給予星期二!這說(shuō)明作者鼓勵(lì)人們?cè)谏缃幻襟w分享善行就是為了讓越來(lái)越多的人參與到這個(gè)活動(dòng)，讓這個(gè)活動(dòng)更受歡迎，故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。本文介紹了給予星期二這一活動(dòng)，人們會(huì)在這一天進(jìn)行各種慈善活動(dòng)，這反映了社會(huì)價(jià)值，是一種社會(huì)文化，所以最后可能來(lái)自網(wǎng)站的文化板塊，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 It is monly believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1 April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar