【正文】 One scientist says the Japanese and the Israeli have different opinions of failure. In Japan, when people do not succeed, they feel bad about themselves. They blame（責備） themselves for their failure. In Israel, the opposite is true, Israelis often blame failure on outside reasons, such as family, teachers, friends or bad luck. In Israel freedom of opinions and risktaking are strongly supported. This may be why Israelis worry less about failure and are less shy. For shy people, it can be difficult to make friends, speak in class even get a good job. But scientists say you can get over your shyness, suggest trying new things and practicing conversations. And don39。t forget—if you are shy, you are not the only one.（1）What is the passage mainly about? A.Happiness.B.Shyness.C.Kindness.D.Loneliness.（2）What does the underlined word genetic in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A.Passed down from parents.B.Learned from friendsC.Taught by teachers.D.Made by brothers（3）What can be learned from the passage? A.Most little babies are born shy and quiet.B.If you are shy now, you will be shy forever.C.Many shy children have elder brothers or sisters.D.Most Israeli people are shy of expressing opinions.（4）We can learn from the passage that _______ may cause shyness. A.genes, grownups and birthplaceB.genes, family size and birthplaceC.family size, grownups and failureD.genes, family size and freedom【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】主要講了人們?yōu)槭裁词呛π叩摹?（1）主旨題。根據(jù)Now scientists are trying to understand shyness可知主要講了為什么害羞，故選B。 （2）推斷題。根據(jù)前句Interestingly, these shy babies usually have shy ，即害羞是遺傳的，故選A。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Scientists at Harvard University studied shy children. They found that 66 percent of them had elder brothers or sisters可知科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)害羞孩子中的66%的孩子有哥哥或者姐姐，故選C。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)As a result, scientists think that some shyness is genetic. Family size might cause people to be shy as may also be shy because of where you were 、家庭規(guī)模和出生地都可以影響害羞，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種常考題型，細節(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；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。13．閱讀理解 Nov 21 is United Nations39。 World Television Day. While many of us today are familiar with the television, it39。s actually one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. TV changed the way that we get on with the world. And TV bees more and more popular since its introduction. In fact, it39。s said that, by 2021, there will be billion homes around the world that have TV at home. Think about the life before TV. We mostly had to depend on the radio or newspapers to know what was going on in the world. But after TV arrived, the world seemed much smaller. It brought information to our home. People were able to municate better, solve problems faster and know things happening around the world by watching the news. They could take part in global （全球的）culture—such as, Olympic Games. But there is also a bad side to TV. It could be said to have destroyed munication as much as it improved it. In the days before television, an ordinary family would have played games or just talked with each other after evening meal. But since then, sitting around the TV quietly has bee an evening activity. Still, the United Nations says that TV invites people to discover beyond their living rooms, and that is true. But sometimes, this discovery pays the price of refusing to get close to friends.（1）When is United Nations39。 World Television Day? A.July 14.B.November 21.C.October 1.D.November 11.（2）Before TV, what can we mainly depend on to know what happened in the world? A.radio or newspapersB.people around usC.lettersD.The Internet（3）What does the author mean by saying smaller in the second paragraph? A.We can know and see what happened around the world quickly.B.The earth bees smaller.C.The buildings around the world in TV seem smaller.D.With the growing number of TV, the world is crowded.（4）Which one of the following is TRUE? A.TV is a great invention in the 21st century.B.The United Nations thinks that TV destroyed munication between each other.C.TV can bring information to our home without going out.D.We can only know local culture with TV.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】主要講了沒有電視之前和有了電視之后的生活的對比及電視對人們產生的影響。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Nov 21 is United Nations39。 World Television Day11月21日是聯(lián)合國的世界電視日，可知時間為11月21日，故選B。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)We mostly had to depend on the radio or newspapers to know what was going on in the world我們必須依靠收音機或報紙來了解世界上正在發(fā)生的事情，可知在電視之前，人們靠收音機或報紙來了解世界，故選A。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)It brought information to our home. People were able to municate better，solve problems faster and know things happening around the world by watching the ，人們能夠更好地交流，更快地解決問題，了解世界各地正在發(fā)生的事情，可知因為電視，我們能足不出戶通過看新聞來了解世界，使世界變得更小，故選A。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)It brought information to our home它給家庭帶來了信息和the United Nations says that TV invites people to discover beyond their living rooms聯(lián)合國表示，電視邀請人們在客廳之外進行探索，可知電視幫助人們足不出戶了解世界，C項符合題意，故選C。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細尋找答案。14．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 A lion was getting tired of hunting. He called all animals and passed an order. Every day one of you should e by yourself as my food. All animals started to obey this order. It was the rabbit39。s day. The rabbit was very sad. As he was going to the lion39。s den （獸穴）, he came across an old well （井）. He looked into it. It was very deep and dangerous. He made a plan in his mind. The lion was very angry that no animal had e that day. The rabbit slowly came towards the lion. The lion shouted,