【正文】 D.Sleep Can Bring Creative Ideas【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，討論了睡眠的重要性:睡眠可以帶來(lái)一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think”在晚上大腦以創(chuàng)新的方式把信息組合在一起,。白天,你的大腦很少有機(jī)會(huì)停下來(lái)思考，可知在白天和晚上,大腦處理信息的方式是不同的,在晚上,大腦處理信息更有創(chuàng)造性。故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections”睡眠似乎允許你的大腦做出一些不明顯的連接）,以及“This is the basis of creativityconnecting ideas”這是創(chuàng)造性連接想法的基礎(chǔ)，可知以不同尋常的方式組合在一起的信息會(huì)帶來(lái)創(chuàng)新。故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“but also explains how the brain can put together different information.,”尤其根據(jù)與之對(duì)比的while the areas that are responsible for logic(邏輯)are switched off,可得知與情感相聯(lián)系的大腦區(qū)域在睡眠的時(shí)候開(kāi)始活躍起來(lái)。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。通覽全文可知本文討論了睡眠 的重要性:睡眠可以帶來(lái)一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。本文首段用事例提示該主題,然后結(jié)合實(shí)驗(yàn)證明圍繞該主題進(jìn)行闡述。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇健康類(lèi)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．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 The Kids39。 Farm While kids visit vegetable plots and animal contact areas, they will learn that most of the food we eat every day es from farms, and that taking care of animals takes time, mitment and knowledge. Kids can see our cows, donkeys, goats, alpacas, pigs, etc. and learn all about looking after farm animals. At the Caring Corral, they will have a chance to touch cows and donkeys, under staff members39。 supervision. Please Note: ●Any time you touch an animal, there is a risk of spreading germs (細(xì)菌). Visitors to the Kids39。 Farm should wash their hands after touching the animals. ●The Caring Corral is open only when the staff are available。 hours are limited. ●The Kids39。 Farm uses pizza to teach kids how many kinds of food grow. Handson exhibits show how pizza ingredients go from the farm to the pizza. The Pizza Garden has sliceshaped plots of growing ingredients, including tomatoes, wheat and herbs. ●The 22footwide Giant Pizza gives kids a place to play with oversized toppings and each other. ● During the busier season (beginning in June), a free shuttle picks up visitors in need of a lift at the Kids39。 Farm and drops them off at the Panda Plaza/the Bus Lot from 11 a. m. to 6 .（1）What do visitors need to do before visiting the Caring Corral? A.Wash their hands.B.Make a reservation.C.Check on its opening time.D.Read the instructions on safety.（2）Where can kids play with oversized toppings and each other? A.At the Panda Plaza.B.At the Bus Lot.C.At the Pizza Garden.D.At the Giant Pizza.（3）Why does the author write this passage? A.To provide information about visiting the Kids39。 Farm.B.To show kids how pizza and farms are connected.C.To encourage kids to protect plants and animals.D.To seek sponsors for the Kids39。 Farm.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了孩子們?cè)趨⒓覭ids39。 Farm時(shí)會(huì)有什么收獲以及參觀時(shí)的注意事項(xiàng)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Please Note部分中的The Caring Corral is open only when the staff are available；hours are limited可知，只有當(dāng)工作人員在場(chǎng)時(shí)，Caring Corral才開(kāi)放且時(shí)間是有限制的。所以訪(fǎng)客在參觀Caring Corral前需要核對(duì)一下它的營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Please Note部分中的The 22footwide Giant Pizza gives kids a place to play with oversized toppings and each other可知，這個(gè)22英尺寬的Giant Pizza給孩子們提供了一個(gè)場(chǎng)所，在那里孩子們可以使用超級(jí)大的披薩餅裝飾配料和一起玩耍。所以孩子們可以在Giant Pizza玩超級(jí)大的披薩裝飾配料，一起玩耍。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。通過(guò)讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了孩子們?cè)趨⒂^Kids39。 Farm時(shí)，可以從中學(xué)到什么以及參觀時(shí)的注意事項(xiàng)。所以作者寫(xiě)這篇文章的目的是提供參觀Kids39。 Farm的相關(guān)信息。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇介紹類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(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)。 Midafternoon on a particularly busy Tuesday, I took leave of my desk at work and walked into a local Starbucks, only to find a space where neither my clients (客戶(hù)) nor my children would ask me to do something. Inside, I ran into Kate, a coworker of mine. The topic of parenthood came up. I plained about how packed my schedule was. From the minute I woke up to the minute I fell asleep, I was constantly in demand and always had someone knocking at the door. But a bit of sadness seemed to e over Kate39。s face. Well, my daughter39。s in San Francisco and she doesn39。t seem to need me at all these days. Kate said. It was in that moment that I realized although I might often feel in high demand, there will e a day when I39。ll actually miss that same stress I now plain about. And as our conversation continued, it turned to our children39。s younger years, with Kate smiling proudly, thinking of the little boy and girl she raised who are now a man and a woman. But I noticed her smile was marked with regret. She explained that she often wondered about what she could have done differently when her children were in their earlier years. This got me thinking Is regret an unfortunate footnote (注腳) to parenthood? With that in mind, I asked six older parents one question: What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent? It turned out that all of them thought they could have done it better. But, each of them also has a strong, healthy relationship with their kids. Whatever regrets their parents might have had about their upbringing, one thing is clear—it didn39。t affect them in a meaningful way. The bottom line is, we all feel like we could be doing this parenting thing better, And quite clearly, years later, we39。re still going to look back and wish we tried things differently. But the past can39。t be changed, and neither should it.（1）What can be inferred from the first three paragraphs? A.Kate had the same problem as the author39。s.B.The two people had arranged to meet in the coffee shop.C.Kate went to the coffee shop so no one could find her there.D.The author went to the coffee shop to escape from the pressures around him.（2）Why did Kate feel sad and regretful? A.Because she and her daughter had a fight.B.Because she hadn39。t paid enough attention to her kids.C.Because she was disappointed with her kids39。 performance.D.Because she thought that she could have done better in raising her kids.（3）What did the author find when he spoke to six older parents? A.Some of the parents have a bad relationship with their kids.B.He was moved by the love of these parents for their children.C.These parents imp