【正文】 today39。s shortterm thinking and the brief attention spans of modern consumers, forcing people into considering works more deliberately.”可知，慢速藝術(shù)的目的是鼓勵(lì)人們更多地關(guān)注藝術(shù)作品。故選D。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Like the Future Library, the century cameras are very much a project for cities, since it39。s in cities that time runs fastest and the pace of life is fastest. ‘Since I started living in a city, I39。ve somehow been quite disconnected,’”可知，安妮感覺城市生活是忙碌的。故選D?！军c(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，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 We want our children to succeed, in school and, perhaps even more importantly, in life. But the paradox(悖論) is that our children can only truly succeed if they first learn how to fail. Consider the finding that worldclass figure skaters fall over more often in practice than lowlevel figure skaters. At first sight this seems contradictory. Why are the really good skaters falling over the most? The reason is actually quite simple. Top skaters are constantly challenging themselves in practice, attempting jumps that stretch their limitations. This is why they fall over so often, but it is precisely why they learn so fast. Lowerlevel skaters have a quite different approach. They are always attempting jumps they can already do very easily, remaining within their fort zone. This is why they don39。t fall over. In a superficial sense, they look successful, because they are always on their feet. The truth, however, is that by never failing, they never progress. What is true of skating is also true of life. James Dyson worked through 5,126 failed prototypes(原型) for his dual cyclone vacuum before coining up with the design that made his fortune. These failures were essential to the pathway of learning. As Dyson put it: “You can39。t develop new technology unless you test new ideas and learn when things go wrong. Failure is essential to invention.” In healthcare, however, things are very different. Clinicians don39。t like to admit to failure, partly because they have healthy egos(自我)(particularly the senior doctors) and partly because they fear litigation(訴訟). The consequence is that instead of learning from failure, healthcare often covers up failure. The direct consequence is that the same mistakes are repeated. According to the Journal of Patient Safety, 400,000 people die every year in American hospitals alone due to preventable error. Until healthcare learns to respond positively to failure, things will not improve. But let us return to children. One of the major mistakes in education in the 1970s was the attempt to equip children with confidence by giving them lots of successes （setting the bar very low）. The consequence was that the ego of kids became bound up with success, and they became unable to take risks and collapsed as soon as they hit a proper challenge. We need to flip(翻轉(zhuǎn)) this approach. In a plex world, failure is inevitable. It is those individuals and institutions that have the flexibility to face up to failure, learn the lessons and adapt which eventually excel(突出).（1）The question raised in the first paragraph is to ________. A.open up a discussion on the topicB.analyze the reason for successC.express the author39。s oppositionD.doubt the abilities of the top skaters（2）Which of the following is the structure of the passage? A.B.C.D.（3）What would be the best title for the passage? A.How we can avoid failure in lifeB.What we should learn from failureC.Why failure is the key to flying highD.Where we further improve ourselves【答案】（1）A（2）A（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論證了“失敗是孩子成功的必須條件”這一觀點(diǎn)。(1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“But the paradox（悖論）is that our children can only truly succeed if they first learn how to fail.”可知，文章的中心論點(diǎn)是如果孩子想要真正成功，首先就要學(xué)會(huì)失敗。后面以世界級(jí)滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員摔倒的次數(shù)更多來證明這一點(diǎn)，最后一句提出問題：為什么好的滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員反而摔倒的次數(shù)多呢？下文對(duì)這個(gè)問題做了回答，進(jìn)一步闡明了文章的中心論點(diǎn)。很明顯，這個(gè)問題就是為了引出下文對(duì)中心論點(diǎn)的論述服務(wù)的。故選A。(2)考查文章結(jié)構(gòu)。第一段提出中心論點(diǎn)并以滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員為例引出第二段。第三段James Dyson為正面例子證明：成功是建立失敗的基礎(chǔ)上的。而第四和第五兩段分別以醫(yī)療和20世紀(jì)七十年代的兒童教育為反例證明：不經(jīng)歷失敗就不會(huì)獲得成功和提高。最后一段再次強(qiáng)調(diào)中心論點(diǎn)。故選A。(3)考查主旨大意。文章第一段即提出中心論點(diǎn)：the paradox（悖論）is that our children can only truly succeed if they first learn how to fail，中間幾段以正反兩方面的例子證明了該論點(diǎn)。最后一段又重新強(qiáng)調(diào)了該論點(diǎn)。很明顯，文章的中心意思就是：失敗是孩子真正成功的必要條件。故選C。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，文章結(jié)構(gòu)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 It was the men39。s skating finals of the Winter Olympics when I was 16. Someday I39。d be in the Olympics. In fact, it was my dream. That night I lay on our living room floor excitedly watching the battle between the Brians: American Brian Boitano facing Brian Orser in Canada. Both of them had been world champions. Both of them deserved to win. Naturally I was for Brian Boitano, a northern Californian like me. We had skated on the same ice. I held my breath in amazement. Boitano performed successfully. The gold medal! I jumped in the air when his score went up. But what happened next is what I39。ll never forget. Brian Boitano sat in front of the camera with his coach, surrounded by a group of journalist. He was talking about his career and his medal, talking to the whole world. A terrible sinking feeling went through me. I could never be in the Olympics, I thought…I could not talk in public like that. Just the idea of a press conference terrified me. I loved skating partly because I didn39。t have to talk. I could express myself with my jump sand dances better. I didn39。t have to stand up and give a speech like some teachers expected. I could feel the blood rush to my face if I thought a teacher was going to call me. I stared at my shoes. I was sure I39。d make a fool of myself. The next day I was at the rink (溜冰場(chǎng)) as usual. I was practising a bination of jumps that had once seemed impossible. I worked very hard the next few years—on the ice and especially off. After journalists talked to me and although my heart pounded every time I spoke to them, I got to know them. They became familiar faces. And they got to know me. So when my big moment came four years after Brian39。s, I was ready. Sometimes I think my biggest acp