【正文】 h levels of educationD.parents39。 level of education had nothing to do with their children39。s levels of education（2）What does the underlined word motivating in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Making somebody want to do something.B.Helping somebody to finish somethingC.Making somebody pretend to do something.D.Preventing somebody from achieving something.（3）Which of the following has the most important effect on the level of education a child will gain? A.The economic level of the country.B.The father39。s occupation.C.Education levels of parents.D.Having books in the home.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，分析了影響孩子教育水平的因素，告訴我們家里有書對(duì)孩子的重要性勝于家長(zhǎng)受過高等教育的影響。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor(預(yù)示物) of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated”. 多年來，教育工作者一直認(rèn)為，預(yù)示孩子能獲取高教育水平的最強(qiáng)的因素莫過于有受過高等教育的父母”。可知，過去教育家們認(rèn)為受過高等教育的父母的孩子將獲得高水平的教育。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。文章第二、三段一直說家中有書對(duì)孩子的積極影響。再根據(jù)第三段中的“Even a little bit goes a long way. ...the greater benefit the children get” 即使是一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)書，也能大有幫助......你家的書越多，孩子得到的好處就越大?！笨芍?，書對(duì)孩子有很大影響。所以劃線詞的句子“Having as few as 20 books in the home still has a significant impact on motivating a child to a higher level of education”這句話是說“ 即使家里只有20本書，在激勵(lì)孩子接受更高層次的教育方面仍然有很大的影響”。所以，家中有書可以激勵(lì)孩子獲得更高層次的教育水平。由此可推斷出劃線詞的意思是“使某人想做某事”。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“The researchers were struck by the strong effect having books in the home had on children39。s educational attainment even above and beyond such factors as education level of the parents, the father39。s occupation or the economic level of the country.” 研究者們感到震驚的是，在家里看書對(duì)孩子的受教育程度的影響甚至超過了父母的受教育程度、父親的職業(yè)或國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)水平等因素的影響。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和詞義猜測(cè)兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 As we reflect on the evolution of fitness over the centuries, and the emergence of a well organized and growing fitness market and industry, it is well to ask ourselves: what have we lost, and what have we gained? Obviously, much good has e out of these recent developments: there39。s widespread awareness of the importance of regular exercise, nearly every munity has a gym or fitness club where people can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works. Yet despite the many health and fitness methods, programs, and resources, the general population has never been so physically sedentary (久坐的)and outofshape. A recent World Health Organization report indicates that life expectancy (壽命)in the U. S. dropped for the first time since 1993. The health of modem people is declining, despite highly advanced medical technologies and the booming health and fitness industry. How could that be? A large part of it is motivation. People are simply not as motivated to move their body and get healthy as they were in the past. We live in a society where the inability to operate one39。s body in a practical and effective manner is no longer an embarrassing condition. The fitness industry no matter how good each new program claims to be, has failed to get the majority of people to value, practice, and enjoy physical exercise. So, should we expect the answer to this dilemma to e from even more varied, or more technologically advanced programs and equipment? Or will the solution e from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new culture?（1）What does the author tell us about fitness industry in paragraph 2? provides better technology. is supported by most people. brings about positive effects. costs people too much money.（2）What is the main reason why people fail to do physical exercise? enough equipment. of inner drive. instructions. living conditions.（3）What does the author seem to agree with? attitudes to fitness. on standard practice. more potential customers. to more advanced programs.（4）What is the best title for the text? in fitness about fitness of fitness of fitness【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，分析了健身市場(chǎng)的發(fā)展帶來的好處，盡管醫(yī)療技術(shù)高度發(fā)達(dá)，健康健身產(chǎn)業(yè)蓬勃發(fā)展，但現(xiàn)代人的健康水平卻在下降。問題產(chǎn)生很大一部分原因是人們?nèi)狈?nèi)在動(dòng)機(jī)。作者建議應(yīng)當(dāng)改變對(duì)健康的態(tài)度。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Obviously, much good has e out of these recent developments: there39。s widespread awareness of the importance of regular exercise, nearly every munity has a gym or fitness club where people can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works.”顯然，這些最新的發(fā)展帶來了很多好處:人們普遍意識(shí)到定期鍛煉的重要性，幾乎每個(gè)社區(qū)都有一個(gè)健身房或健身俱樂部，人們可以去那里或花錢去那里鍛煉，我們對(duì)人體如何工作了解得更多，可知健身產(chǎn)業(yè)帶來了積極的影響。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“A large part of it is motivation.”其中很大一部分是動(dòng)機(jī)，可知人們不鍛煉身體的主要原因是缺乏動(dòng)機(jī)或內(nèi)在驅(qū)動(dòng)力。故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Or will the solution e from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new culture?”或者，解決方案將來自一個(gè)不同的心態(tài)，一個(gè)更簡(jiǎn)單的方法和實(shí)踐，以及一個(gè)全新的文化?可推知作者似乎同意改變對(duì)健康的態(tài)度。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段“As we reflect on the evolution of fitness over the centuries, and the emergence of a well organized and growing ‘fitness’ market and industry, it is well to ask ourselves: what have we lost, and what have we gained?”當(dāng)我們回顧幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來健身運(yùn)動(dòng)的演變，以及一個(gè)組織良好、不斷發(fā)展的“健身”市場(chǎng)和行業(yè)的出現(xiàn)，我們有必要捫心自問:我們失去了什么，又得到了什么?以及文章主要內(nèi)容為分析健身市場(chǎng)的發(fā)展帶來的好處，以及其中存在的問題和問題產(chǎn)生的原因。故選A。 【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，是一篇健康類閱讀，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．閱讀理解 Parents should stop blaming themselves because there39。s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal. I39。ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懶散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. I don39。t know what to do with him these day