【正文】 D.Hoping to get a pay rise.Extra effort improves employees39。 performance, use time in the office as a measure. The consequence is often wasted effort. We pretend to work and managers pretend to believe us. Rather than work hard, you try to make bosses think that you are. Leaving a jacket on your office chair, walking around purposefully with a notebook and sending out s at odd hours are three of the bestknown tricks. After a while this can result in collective selfdelusion that this pretence is actual work. There will be days when you do not have much to do: perhaps because you are waiting for someone else in a different department, or a different pany, to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5 pm, there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see your boss hard at work and, more importantly, they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy. But that doesn39。 Ronald Reagan ever said, It39。理解題干，在原文找到對應(yīng)段或具體到對應(yīng)上下文，歸納總結(jié)答案。根據(jù)文章主要內(nèi)容可知，作者分享自己的經(jīng)歷和對新年夜的看法，故推知作者的寫作目的是為了分享自己對于新年夜的看法和觀點。根據(jù)第五段中I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.（我發(fā)現(xiàn)，每一年我都必須走出即將結(jié)束的已經(jīng)適應(yīng)一年的自己的版本，輕松地進(jìn)入我將為未來的一年實現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)的版本。12月中旬，我和丈夫被告知，他得了癌癥，即將去世。故選A。根據(jù)上文In the years since that painful season, I have e to look back upon New Year39。To show how she got through a hard time.C.s the main purpose of writing the passage? A.Set challenging goals for the next year.B.The information received from her family.D.s unhappiness on New Year39。s about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong (迅猛地) into the unfamiliar. A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 （3）考查推理判斷。故選D。D.C.B.Entertainment.（3）Who are the intended readers of the passage? A.C.. A. Wednesday, February 10: Best Friend Ever Wednesday, January 27: Ecological Risk Assessment of Your Life/Home Wednesday, January 6: Ice Skating故選D。n，Mexico中Want to beat the rush? Schedule an early tour that takes place before a site opens to the public.”可知，為避免高峰Chichen Itza 和Bamboo Forest是為早期游客提供的。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。B.Chichen Itza and Louvre Museum.（3）Who might this passage be intended for? A.B.Visiting the Sistine Chapel.（2）Which of the following are available for early tourists to avoid the rush? A.Jumping the waiting line.C.The Louvre is one of the most popular museums on the planet. If waiting around in line to get in isn39。 re longing to enjoy the pathways and take pictures in total quietness, Kyoto Arashiyama Travel Guide remends hitting the famous Bamboo Grove Path as early in the morning as possible—think 7 . if you39。Bamboo Forest: Kyoto, Japan 6．閱讀理解 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A rocket in the Apollo 12 mission.C.D.s economy.C.New York World Fair — New York（2）What is the purpose of New York World Fair? A.Expo 2010 — Shanghai, China.Expo 2010 goes down as the largest fair in history, having attracted 73 million people. It also had the highest international participation of any exposition in the world with 246 countries participating. The opening ceremony featured the biggest LED screen in the world as well as one of the biggest fireworks displays in history.（1）Which Expo is the biggest one in history? A. The 1939 New York World Fair was the largest exposition (博覽會) in US history with visitors over 14 million. The Fair was planned during the Great Depression and was aimed at relieving the city from economic depression by attracting foreign investment. Major inventions to emerge (出現(xiàn)) at the New York World Fair included nylon fabric, a streamlined pencil sharpener, and a futuristic car city imagined by General Moiors. 根據(jù)第四段中的The Gonubie River reaches the sea at this point, too, and offers an alternative bathing spot on days when the surf is bigger than usual.可知在Gonubie Beach如果風(fēng)浪太大，景點會給游客提供備用的浴場。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的There39。s Bay, Ballito. Rocks, Durban. Beach. 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