【正文】 wish, they said, 39。It39。s not too late. We will teach you one word a day39。 . Natsuko is Takamizawa39。s granddaughter and main English teacher. Natsuko sends a new English word to her grandmother39。s phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. Wele to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you? Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. I can clearly see her English is getting better. It39。s my joy now. The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。t Takamizawa learn English when she was young? A.Because English was useless.B.Because she was too young to learn English.C.Because English was forbidden to learn.D.Because she was unwilling to learn English.（2）What can we know from the third paragraph? A.Takamizawa gets strong support from her family.B.Takamizawa39。s grandchildren love her a lot.C.Natsuko is Takamizawa39。s granddaughter and only English teacher.D.Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.（3）What does the underlined phrase This situation in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.English is not the first language in Japan.B.The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C.Younger generations in Japan wele English.D.Japanese people bee open to the rest of the world.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.Where there is a will, there is a way.B.It is never too late to learn.C.The early bird catches the worm.D.Two heads are better than one.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，日本91歲的奶奶Takamizawa為了做好迎接在東京舉行的2020奧運(yùn)會(huì)的志愿工作，在孫輩的鼓勵(lì)和幫助下開始學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, ‘In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.’”可知，是在她高中二年級(jí)時(shí)第二次世界大戰(zhàn)大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)了，而英語(yǔ)因?yàn)槭菙橙说恼Z(yǔ)言被禁止了，故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的”Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. ‘When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, ‘It39。s not too late. We will teach you one word a day39。 ”.可知她的孫輩說(shuō)服并且?guī)椭龑W(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，因此推斷她從家人那里得到很大的支持。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.” 在英語(yǔ)不是第一語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家中，日本排名第49位。可知“This situation”指的是在日本人的英語(yǔ)水平相對(duì)較低，故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。文章主要介紹了日本91歲的奶奶Takamizawa在孫輩的鼓勵(lì)和幫助下學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，從她身上體現(xiàn)了“活到老，學(xué)到老”的精神，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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 How do you notice a child genius (天才)? Gifted children tend to share three characteristics. First, they develop skills at a very young age. Mozart began posing music when he was just five years old. Second, they are selfstarters. Srinivasa Ramanujan was building plex formula (公式) before he39。d even been taught basic mathematics. Third, gifted children can be crazy about their interests. For William James Sidis, a writer, had collected hundreds of street car models and had learned eight languages by the time he was eight. He was accepted at Harvard University at the age of 11. They would all have been good members for Mensa, an international society for people with the highest IQs. Its youngest member is just two years old. But there can be disadvantages to being so clever. Members of American Mensa are three times more likely than the general public to suffer from allergies (過(guò)敏) or depression (抑郁), and they are almost six times more likely to struggle with anxiety. These are just some of the physical and emotional problems that gifted children in particular may face. Noticing those children is important, but many of them are being missed. To find out gifted children, you actually have to look for them in all places. The benefits can be huge when those lost Einsteins are found. A study has been observing 5,000 gifted people since 1972. All of the children had test scores high enough to get into university when they were just 13. In adulthood, the first 1,650 people went on to publish 85 books, more than 7,500 articles. Onethird of the group earned a doctor39。s degree that is 17 times the national average. The founder of Google and Lady Gaga were discovered as gifted children. The child geniuses who could change tomorrow39。s world are already out there. But will we notice them?（1）What do we know about William James Sidis? was only gifted in languages because he could speak 8 languages. was famous for collecting hundreds of street car models. was accepted at a top university at a young age. was a wellknown musician.（2）According to the passage, what do gifted children tend to do? all skills at five. themselves everything. a lot of time and energy into their interests. members of Mensa when they are 13 years old.（3）What can we infer from the passage ? the gifted children struggle with physical and emotional problems. national average, about 32 out of 1650 can earn a doctor39。s degree. of the 5,000 gifted people got into university at 13. was lost when he was young.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? to notice a child genius. Lost child geniuses. famous child geniuses. difficulties child geniuses may face.【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了天才少年的三個(gè)特點(diǎn)，但天才少年也比普通人更容易過(guò)敏或抑郁。發(fā)現(xiàn)這些天才少年也有著非常大的益處，他們能大量的產(chǎn)出學(xué)術(shù)文章，也有更多的人能獲得博士學(xué)位。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“He was accepted at Harvard University at the age of 11.” William James Sidis在11歲的時(shí)候就被哈佛大學(xué)錄取了，故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“gifted children can be crazy about their interests”天才兒童對(duì)自己感興趣的內(nèi)容都非常瘋狂，故選C。 （3）考查