【正文】 D.The British are being more French.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了英國和法國這兩個歐洲相鄰國家各自生活方式上的特點。英國人想要在法國生活，因為法國有更好的氣候和更放松的生活方式，有一些歐洲最長的假期。它被認為在從健康到交通的各個領域都有更好的公共服務。而每年大約有15000名法國人來到英國居住，主要定居在倫敦。他們被英國更高的工資、更低的稅收、更有活力的生活方式所吸引。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第四段中的“People in France work shorter hours and enjoy longer vacations.”可知一些英國人想要去法國生活的原因是他們希望有更長的假期。故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據最后一段中的“They are attracted by higher pay in Britain, lower taxes, a more dynamic lifestyle.”可知一些法國人主要定居在倫敦是因為他們被英國更高的工資、更低的稅收、更有活力的生活方式所吸引。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據第四段中的“France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle, with some of the longest holidays in Europe. It is thought to have better public services in every area from health to transport.”可知法國有更好的氣候和更放松的生活方式，有一些歐洲最長的假期。它被認為在從健康到交通的各個領域都有更好的公共服務。因此適合人們生活；而根據最后一段中的“They are attracted by higher pay in Britain, lower taxes, a more dynamic lifestyle.”可知倫敦的工資更高、稅收更低以及生活方式更有活力，因此適合人們工作。綜上，兩國人們最理想的生活方式是：在倫敦工作，在法國生活。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據第一段中的“Britain and France are two important countries in Europe. They are neighbors, separated only by the 20mile seaway of the English Channel.”可知英國和法國是歐洲的兩個重要國家。他們是鄰居，只隔著20英里遠的英吉利海峽。因此可以推測這兩個國家的人都在變得更加歐洲化，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long selfanalysis known as the journalism credibility project. Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly lowlevel findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, bined with lots of headscratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want. But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard patterns into which they report each day39。s events. In other words, there is a traditional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a readymade narrative structure for otherwise confusing news. There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the standard patterns of the newsroom seem foreign to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middlesize cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area. Then residents in these munities were phoned at random and asked the same questions. Replies show that pared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they39。re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a munity. Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite (精英), so their work tends to reflect the traditional values of this elite. The alarming distrust of the news media isn39。t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily conflict of world views between reporters and their readers. This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums (討論會) and a credibility project devoted to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class prejudices that so many former buyers are plaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.（1）What is the passage mainly about? A.Needs of the readers all over the world.B.Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.C.Origins of the declining newspaper industry.D.Aims of a journalism credibility project.（2）The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be ______. A.quite trustworthyB.somewhat conflictingC.very informativeD.rather shallow（3）The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their ______. A.working attitudeB.traditional lifestyleC.world outlookD.educational background（4）Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ______. A.failure to realize its real problemB.tendency to hire annoying reportersC.likeliness to do inaccurate reportingD.prejudice in matters of race and gender【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，為了解釋為什么大眾不信任報紙信息，專門做了一個叫新聞可信度項目，結果卻是相當得膚淺，大眾對報刊的不信任不在于單詞拼寫錯誤，語法不對，而是新聞記者和普通讀者之間世界觀的沖突。 （1）考查主旨大意。本文主要講述，為了解釋為什么大眾不信任報紙信息，專門做了一個叫新聞可信度項目，結果卻是相當得膚淺，大眾對報刊的不信任不在于單詞拼寫錯誤，語法不對，而是新聞記者和普通讀者之間世界觀的沖突，因此本文解釋了大眾不信任報紙的原因，故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據第二段中的“Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly lowlevel findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes,”可知，很悲傷的是，這個項目結果卻是很多膚淺的發(fā)現，比如事實性的錯誤，單詞拼寫和語法錯誤等，因此可知，作者對這個項目的結果很失望，覺得發(fā)現很膚淺，故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據倒數第二段中的“The alarming distrust of the news media isn39。t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily conflict of world views between reporters and their readers.”可知，對新聞媒體不信任不在于信息的不準確和匱乏，而是記者和讀者之間世界觀的沖突，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據最后一段中的“But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class prejudices that so many former buyers are plaining about.”可知，新聞媒體似乎沒有抽出時間去關注文化和階級的偏見，而這些問題是之前很多讀者就一直在抱怨的，故可知，報刊行業(yè)依然沒有讓人滿意在于沒有認真去關注問題，故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇社會文化類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據上下文進行分析推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 Tiny Countries You Never knew Existed Sao Tome and Principe Sa