【正文】 When I was a child, the peasants cut down the trees to make grasslands and charcoal, and the water dried up and did not e back, he told the reporters, I thought: 39。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段It is worth mentioning that while some people slept, researchers used brain scans to see the type of sleep each participant ，研究很重要的一個(gè)階段就是要讓參加者睡一會(huì)，然后來(lái)掃描他們大腦看看他們進(jìn)入的睡眠階段。( 3 )細(xì)節(jié)理解題。( 1 )詞義猜測(cè)題。Sleeping has three processes which is good for creativity.C.Because REM can store more information.C.C.REM. In the study, led by Professor Sara Mednick, scientists made a conclusion that the REM was important for assimilating(消化) new information into past experience in order to find solutions to creative problems.所以C項(xiàng)I will read an English novel every month.是先設(shè)立目標(biāo)，然后成為好習(xí)慣，作者更喜歡這種目標(biāo)。ll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will bee routine, and won39。所以作者把自我控制比作肌肉是為了解釋自我控制的好處。 （3）考查推理判斷。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。t believe that one39。D.I will set three goals this new semester.C.to argue that selfcontrol can he easily used upD.D.make use ofs successC.ll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will bee routine, and won39。s willpower is ever pletely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands. The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our selfcontrol strength has been run down. High motivation might help overe weakened willpowerat least to a point. A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower. Most of the researchers exploring selfcontrol do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?6．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。然而飛行自行車(chē)的安全性和強(qiáng)度一直是個(gè)大問(wèn)題。由此可知it指的是parachute (降落傘)。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。To describe the problems of inventing flying vehicles.B.the enginethe Jetpack can reach a great speed and height（3）The underlined word It in the last paragraph refers to ________. A.can be transported quickly after being folded and packed（2）Peter Coker uses the example of Formula One racing car to show that ________. A. The Jetpack uses a gasolinepowered engine that produces two powerful jet streams. Mr. Coker says it also has a parachute that would be used, if there should be an emergency. It starts to work at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot, he adds. Mr. Coker says the Jetpack will be ready for sale soon.（1）We can learn from the passage that the Hoverbike ________. A.s main concern. He says the designers solved the safety issue by using overlapping rotors to power the vehicle. The British pany Malloy Aeronautics has developed a prototype (原型) of its flying bicycle. Grant Stapleton, marketing sales director of Malloy Aeronautics, says the Hoverbike is able to get in and out of small spaces very quickly. It can be moved across continents very quickly because it can be folded and packed, he adds. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇介紹類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(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。故選C。ll take 1 language course and 1 culture course. language courses meet for 60class hours/ 4 credits(學(xué)分). While culture courses meet for 20 hours/1 credit.”你將會(huì)有一門(mén)語(yǔ)言課，一門(mén)文化課程。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Education pleted: high school graduate Application: Price: $ 由此推斷之后作者會(huì)在學(xué)校開(kāi)始新的生活，會(huì)有豐富的經(jīng)歷，故選C。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。His parents would acpany him at the school.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者第一天去學(xué)校的時(shí)候并不開(kāi)心，但是等他到了學(xué)校之后，他結(jié)交了很多朋友，開(kāi)始了新的生活。New uniforms and shoes（4）What would probably happen next? A.Father and brotherTeachers and classmatesB.wearing a smileB.happy I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed. Some of the children burst into tears. The bell rang. A lady came along and said, This is your new home. There are mothers and fathers here, too. Everything that is enjoyable and beneficial is here. So dry your tears and face life joyfully. My father39。 I was not convinced. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, highwalled building.s a place that makes useful men out of boys. Don39。3．閱讀理解 Half a Day根據(jù)第四段中的”He believes that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to challenge the stereotyped (陳詞濫調(diào)的) advice that urges you to ‘believe in yourself.’ In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else.“可知想象自己處在一個(gè)新的環(huán)境中，或者是一個(gè)全新的身份，你會(huì)感到從未有過(guò)的高效，你讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力。根據(jù)第七段中的”According to Dr. Pillay, it works because it is an act of conscious unfocus, a collection of brain regions that spring into action when you39。每個(gè)人都可以有創(chuàng)造力，只要他或她覺(jué)得自己是一個(gè)有創(chuàng)造力的人。是一種對(duì)保持創(chuàng)造力至關(guān)重要的練習(xí)。根據(jù)第一段可知作者問(wèn)讀者一條褲子可以有多少種不同的用法?并讓讀者假設(shè)自己是一名建筑師，比爾蓋茨，帶水肺的潛水員，一個(gè)中世紀(jì)的騎士等等思考同樣的問(wèn)題；再根據(jù)第二段”What you just practicedthe conscious act of wearing another selfis an exercise that…is essential to being creative.“可知作者接著說(shuō)剛才你所練習(xí)的173。turn to be rightbrained【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了如何讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力，給讀者展示了一種心理學(xué)理念173。pretend to be someone elseD.B.your creativity is determined by yourself（3）According to Dr. Pillay, Halloweenism works because B.To ask a favor.（2）The study led by Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar proves B.re giving yourself permission to do something you39。s work takes this a step further: He argues that simply identifying yourself as creative is less powerful than taking the brave, creative step of imagining you are somebody else. This exercise, which he calls psychological Halloweenism, refers to the conscious action of wearing another self. An actor may