【正文】 考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)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(jù)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(jù)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(lǐng)域都有更好的公共服務。因此適合人們生活；而根據(jù)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(jù)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(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others make their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuck in reverse. Instead of enjoying Florida39。s mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years. I39。m like a migratory bird that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping against season. So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o163。 colors — first in the fall trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but can39。t create the special feel of a New England winter. I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven39。t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors39。 children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snowcovered branch (My wife and I spend winters at a retirement munity in Ridge, and I39。m grateful that I don39。t have to shovel.） While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I e back. Who says you can39。t go home?（1）What does the underlined word snowbird in Paragraph 1 refer to? A.A person spending winter in a warmer climate.B.A bird seen chiefly in winter.C.A person permanently living in a foreign country.D.A bird flying to the south in winter.（2）What39。s the difference between Florida and Long Island? A.Winters in Long Island are milder.B.The snowbirds in Long Island are rarer.C.Weather in Long Island is severer.D.Long Island is nearer to the ocean.（3）What did the author miss most when he was in Florida A.The cold temperature.B.The colorful light display.C.The family gathering.D.The winter landscape.（4）What39。s the author39。s purpose in writing the text? A.To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown.B.To describe his dream to be a free bird.C.To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown.D.To express his feeling of missing his hometown.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了作者自己獨特的習慣，喜歡家鄉(xiāng)寒冷的冬天，而不愿享受佛羅里達溫和的冬天；因為作者想念家鄉(xiāng)的冬天，想念家鄉(xiāng)的景色，想念家鄉(xiāng)的親朋好友。 （1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的“ Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others make their way south. I guess I am asnowbirdstuck in reverse. ”即使我在圣路西港有家離大海只有幾分鐘的路程,一股無法控制的沖動涌到了長島，就在其他人向南走的時候。我想我是一個反其道而行之的，一個在溫暖的氣候里過冬的人，可知選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的Instead of enjoying Florida39。s mild winters， I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island， the place I called home for 65 years．”沒有享受佛羅里達州溫和的冬天，我愿意忍受長島我稱之為家鄉(xiāng)的地方的惡劣天氣長達65年，可知，佛羅里達的冬天比長島更加溫和，所以選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“ I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven39。t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors39。 children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? ”我認為我回來的最大原因是和我?guī)讉€月沒見過的人一起慶祝節(jié)日。還有什么能比和家人朋友坐在一起吃感恩節(jié)火雞大餐或者看著鄰居的孩子在圣誕節(jié)興奮地打開禮物更好呢？可知選C。 （4）考查寫作意圖?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹作者自己獨特的習慣，喜歡家鄉(xiāng)寒冷的冬天，而不愿享受佛羅里達溫和的冬天；因為作者想念家鄉(xiāng)的冬天，想念家鄉(xiāng)的景色，想念家鄉(xiāng)的親朋好友，可知，作者寫作本文的目的是解釋自己對家鄉(xiāng)的思念的原因，所以選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和寫作意圖三個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．The passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. In a career that lasted more than half a century, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction bestsellers including The Electric KoolAid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Along the way, he created a new type of journalism and coined phrases that became part of the American vocabulary. Wolfe began working as a newspaper reporter, first for The Washington Post, then the New York Herald Tribune. He developed a literary style in nonfiction that became known as the New Journalism. I39。ve always agreed on a theoretical level that the techniques for fiction and nonfiction are interchangeable, he said. The things that work in nonfiction would work in fiction, and vice versa. When Tom Wolfe39。s voice broke into the world of nonfiction, it was a time when a lot of write