【正文】 etitors at a time were allowed to take a 20minute sleep. A doctor measured their pulse to time how long they actually spent on asleep. Competitors earned extra points for snoring (打鼾), sleeping in strange positions, or wearing silly pajamas (睡衣). The winners of each round advance to the next stage in the petition. It39。s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to. Yet, many of them did. They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep. The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is being forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day. This would energize them, and keep them going for the rest of the day. Not to mention the health benefits of a good nap. But, that39。s all changing. People are too busy making money or watching gossip shows on TV after lunch to care about taking a nap. The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots. They are doing this by having the siesta petition. They set up the petition to reward the best sleepers with money. Actually, they were paid to sleep. There are really health benefits to a midday nap. We could all learn from this tradition. It39。s a much better way to get more energy than drinking a cup of coffee. It is also believed that a nap, and in fact a good night39。s sleep, can help reduce heart disease. The more rested we are, the less stress we feel with daytoday life.（1）The underlined word siesta here probably means ________. A.oversleepB.night sleepC.a short sleep after supperD.a short sleep after lunch（2）In what situation did the petition take place? A.In a noisy place.B.In a quiet place.C.In a fortable place.D.In a familiar place.（3）When the petitors went to sleep, they could ________. A.have their own bedsB.use nothing to cover their eyesC.have doctors to help themD.use something to help them sleep（4）The petition is held because the Association wants to ________. A.know if people still know the traditional habitB.call on people to have their traditional habitC.do some research on how people sleepD.give people money in this way【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一次“午睡比賽”。午睡比賽在一家超市舉行，有很多購物者、尖叫的嬰兒、說話的聲音和腳步聲，以分散競爭對手午飯后睡覺時的注意力。舉辦這項比賽是因為協(xié)會想要號召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。 （1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is being forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day. ”午睡是西班牙的一項傳統(tǒng)，許多人覺得這項傳統(tǒng)正在被遺忘。過去，人們每天午飯后都會小睡一會兒。由此可知第一段中的劃線詞的意思是“午飯后的短睡”。故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“It39。s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to.”令人驚訝的是，盡管在他們不習(xí)慣的沙發(fā)上，這些人中的任何一個會在這么繁忙的地方睡著?？芍?，比賽是在嘈雜的地方進(jìn)行的。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep. ”他們抱著枕頭或柔軟的玩具熊。他們也用睡眠面罩蒙住眼睛。無論如何要幫助他們快速入睡并保持睡眠。可知，當(dāng)參賽者去睡時，他們可以用一些東西來幫助他們?nèi)胨?。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots. ”National Association of Friends of the Siesta希望讓西班牙回歸傳統(tǒng)。”可知，舉辦這項比賽是因為協(xié)會想要號召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀短文，從短文后每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 One night I received a Facebook message from Laura, a former classmate. Hey Steve, she said, I know you39。ve always been an animal lover. I39。ve just had a baby and I can39。t keep my mini pig. Being fond of animals, I knew I wanted the pig. I just had to figure out how to make it happen. I lived in a twobedroom singlelevel house in Georgetwon, Ontario. It39。s tough to bring a pig back to the house I share with two dogs, two cats, and my lifelong partner. But I was not letting that pig go. So I told Laura I39。d take the animal. When I got home with the pig, I hid her in the bedroom, and began to prepare a dinner for Alisha—her favourite bacon cheeseburgers. It39。s better to make her happy before introducing the new member to her. When I led her to the bedroom and showed her the surprise, Alisha stood in the doorway like a statue. It took her a few seconds to know what I had done. She plained about my unreasonable action. She insisted there was no more room in the house. I knew I was wrong, but I hoped I could smooth things over. Soon enough, the lovely pig did the smoothing for me. Never had we felt such joy as she brought to us. We got her a name Esther. Esther39。s arrival changed our lives. A few weeks later, we decided to stop eating bacon. We figured it was our turn to try to change the world for other animals. A few months later, we moved to a farm where we cared for abandoned animals—so far, six rabbits, six goats, two sheep, one horse, three cows and three chickens.（1）Who does the underlined phrase my lifelong partner in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.LauraB.SteveC.AlishaD.Esther（2）Why did the author cook Alisha a meal? A.To please her to accept the pig.B.To make an apology to her.C.To celebrate Esther39。s arrival.D.To show off his cooking skills.（3）What was Alisha39。s reaction the moment she saw Esther? A.She burst into tears.B.She showed interest in her.C.She quarreled with Steve.D.She was frozen for a while.（4）What is the best title for the text? A.A Small Pig Making a Big DifferenceB.An Abandoned Pig Finding a Warm HomeC.A Little Pig Bringing Happiness to a FamilyD.A Lovely Pig Removing a Couple39。s Disagreement【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者在