【正文】 0。C.Dorians.D.Romans.（3）What does the underlined word ensconced probably mean? ....（4）What came to the author39。s mind during his visit to Napoleon39。s gardens? views on Elba. living conditions on Elba.39。s ambition to regain power. of Napoleon39。s return to France.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了對拿破侖曾經(jīng)流放地Elba島的參觀之旅，作者介紹了Elba島的歷史背景與拿破侖在島上的生活事跡。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“I studied the history of the island, which of course particularly features Napoleon.”可知作者為了Elba的此次拜訪對它過去的歷史做了一些學習和研究，故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Long before Etruscans and other Greeks set foot on it, Dorians had moved in by the tenth century B. C. and were mining the island.”可知早在伊特魯里亞人和其他希臘人踏足該島之前，多里安人在公元前10世紀就已遷入該島，并在島上采礦。故Dorians可能是最早到Elba的外來者，故選C。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“She lived safely there and showed little interest in visiting her husband in his minikingdom.”可知Marie Louise住在Viennese很安全，對去她丈夫的小王國探視毫無興趣。live對應(yīng)上文的ensconce，意思為“定居；安置”，故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“In the formal gardens behind the house it seemed to me that I could imagine the exiled (流放的) conqueror39。s anxious thoughts.”可知在房子后面的花園里，作者仿佛能想象出那個被流放的征服者的焦慮的思想。即作者在參觀拿破侖的花園時想到了拿破侖對重新掌權(quán)的野心。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 NASA has a new job listing, and it39。s no joke. The US space agency is looking for a joker to join their planned mission to Mars. A mission to Mars is no laughing matter. On average, the red planet is 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. And Mars has a munications delay of 20 minutes. This means that astronauts will have to wait 20 minutes for a reply, when an emergency happens. When you39。re living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur, Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told The Guardian. This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together, Johnson said. In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren39。t alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying. There are other examples of team clowns. One example is the journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was a difficult journey full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsen39。s team, was a clown. He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team. But if you39。re hoping that your favorite TV edian will fly to Mars, that probably won39。t happen. Being funny won39。t be enough to land somebody the job, Johnson said. They also need to be an excellent engineer. Besides, they must be in top physical condition.（1）What is NASA39。s new job listing? A.A funny engineer.B.A talented clown.C.A good cook.D.A popular edian.（2）What does a confined space in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.a full spaceB.an empty spaceC.an open spaceD.a small space.（3）How does the author think humor can help astronauts? A.It can stop them from feeling bored.B.It can promote teamwork on a mission.C.It can make them feel less homesick.D.It can help them know themselves better.（4）What39。s the author39。s purpose of giving the example of the cook? A.To tell us that what explorers eat on their journey is very important.B.To prove that an amateur can play a more important role than a professional.C.To make the point that humorous people can cheer people up in difficult situations.D.To reveal that a mission to Mars is more difficult than a journey to the South Pole.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，由美國宇航局尋找一位幽默的工程師來和宇航員一起執(zhí)行航天任務(wù)介紹了幽默對宇航員的重要作用。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“‘Being funny won39。t be enough to land somebody the job,’ Johnson said. ‘They also need to be an excellent engineer.’”可知，美國宇航局的新工作是幽默的工程師，故選A。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“ such as on a mission to Mars, ”可知，與在地球上生活的寬廣空間不同，在火星任務(wù)中，你需要和其他人一起在狹小的航天器內(nèi)生活很長一段時間，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“狹小的空間、有限的空間”，故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“These are. people that have the ability to pull everyone together,”可知，幽默的人有能力把每個人都團結(jié)在一起，也就是說幽默能夠促進宇航員在任務(wù)中的團隊合作，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we aren39。t alone. By laughing together, we share our stress.”可知，在壓力大的情況下，幽默是一種減壓的方式，第六段第一句話又說有很多團隊小丑的例子，緊接著舉廚師的例子就是為了證明這一點，即：幽默的人能使人在困難的情況下振作起來，故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 Effective Friday, Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAGAFTRA) has declared a strike against 11 video game publishers over games that went into production after Feb. 17, 2015. The panies include some of the heavyweights of the industry, like Electronic Arts Productions, Insomniac Games, Activision and Disney. The strike es in light of an unsuccessful 19 months of negotiations after the existing labor contract known as the Interactive Media Agreement expired in late 2014. Overall, the strike is an effort to provide more secondary pensation along with other concerns, such as transparency upon hiring talent and onset (制作中) safety precautions. The video gaming industry has ballooned in recent years. The Los Angeles Times reports that the industry is in the midst of an intense increase in cash flow. In 2015, gaming produced $ billion in domestic revenue. But SAGAFTRA says voice actors don39。t receive residuals (追加酬金) for their gaming work. Instead, they receive a fixed rate, which is typically about $825 for a standard fourhour vocal session. So the voice actors are pushing for the idea of secondary pensation—a performance bonus every time a game sells 2 million copies or downloads, or reaches 2 million subscribers, with a cap at 8 million. It39。s a very small number of games that would trigger this secondary pensation issue, said voice actor Crispin Freeman, who39。s a member of