【正文】 ll be surprised at how much more you notice, thanks to exploring art by sketching. Time to Sketch Bringing together some of the most respected thinkers on a given subject, MetSpeaks features lectures, discussions, talks, films, and forums in which pelling voices explore timely issues that connect to the Met39。 This 2000yearold building stood near the Nile River, surrounded by a wall that no longer exists. But you can still peek through the gateway. Whose house is this? It39。【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)全文大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“As he stood there gazing at his beautiful work of art, he cried with a loud voice, ‘This is indeed life itself!’”。（2）考查推理判斷。終于這幅畫完成時，他卻發(fā)現(xiàn)妻子死了。他關懷備至，贊不絕口，終于使她答應嫁給他，婚后不久這位美女就發(fā)現(xiàn)，丈夫?qū)λ绱烁信d趣卻并非愛她，而是欣賞藝術。A Rare MasterpieceA Wellmatched CoupleHe was grateful to his wife.C.D.B. Not long after they were married, however, the beautiful woman found out that she was more the object of his artistic interest than of his affections. When he admired her classic beauty, it was as though he were standing in front of a work of art rather than in front of a human being to whom he had pledged his love and promised his life. And soon he expressed his great desire to put her rare beauty on canvas.第一段和第二段介紹了車店生意紅火，下文作者買車更是證明了這家車店的優(yōu)秀，作者在這家店的買車經(jīng)歷，令妻子感到驚喜和幸福，作者對購買過程非常滿意，因此作者是在高度贊揚這家車店，故選C。d ever heard in 29 years of marriage.”和第十段中的“Jane saw it, screamed, collapsed in my arms and cried loudly. ”的內(nèi)容，可推知Jane看到標牌一定非常驚訝和激動，因此選A。(3)考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的＂I don39。to show his deep love for his wife【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）A（4）A（5）B（6）C 【解析】【分析】本題是一篇記敘文，作者通過給妻子買車的經(jīng)歷，使作者明白了這家車店如此紅火的原因。to sing high praise for a car storeThe writer39。Picking up the new car in the store.C.D.Surprised and thrilled.B.s recovery from cancer.（3）When did the writer decide upon the white car? A.Because he wanted to mark his wife39。Because his car was so old that he didn39。He was asked to write a report about that car store.C. While this conversation was going on, there was no one in the store. The sales consultant had arranged it so that we could share the moment alone. Even so, it39。t know what to do. I was in tears. I took out my invoice (發(fā)票) from the previous Monday, pointing to the white coupe, said, ＂No, honey, this car isn39。s celebrate life. From Team Saturn＂ Every employee at Saturn of Albuquerque had signed the back of that sign.d ever heard in 29 years of marriage.ll be out.＂t guarantee it39。d bring Jane in on Wednesday at 4:30. I told them why I was buying the car.s my fifth anniversary of being cancerfree.＂ I was surprised, partially because I was embarrassed that I had forgotten and, partially because.... Well, I didn39。專家說，更多的人則是自以為可以有效地處理多任務，但他們其實是在兩件事之間迅速轉(zhuǎn)移注意力，而并沒有全身心地投入到其中任何一件事中?！笔且粋€“inattentional blindness”的例子。故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。examine and evaluate【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是“雞尾酒會效應”的啟示。A manager talked on a handsfree phone with his client.We benefit from pushing the limit with multitasking.（3）Which of the following is an example of inattentional blindness? A.B.The higher brain processes sounds and images selectively. Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are important — like police officers learn to scan crowds for faces and conductors can listen for individual instruments within the orchestra as a whole. Many more think they can effectively multitask, but are actually shifting their attention rapidly between two things and not getting the full effect of either, experts say.（1）What have scientists in University of California found about “the cocktailparty effect”? A. Many of those accidents are due to “inattentional blindness”, in which people can, in effect, turn a blind eye to things they aren39。t very good at multitasking — our brains are wired for “selective attention” and can focus on only one thing at a time. That inborn ability has helped humans survive in a world buzzing with visual and auditory stimulation (刺激). But we keep trying to push the limits with multitasking, sometimes with tragic (悲劇的) consequences. Drivers talking on cellphones, for example, are four times as likely to get into traffic accidents as those who aren39。s as if only one person was speaking alone,” says investigator Edward Chang.re at a party. Music is playing. Glasses are clinking. Dozens of conversations are driving up the decibel (分貝) level. Yet among all those distractions, you can tune your attention to just one voice from many. This ability is what researchers call the “cocktailparty effect”.4．閱讀理解What Cocktail Parties Teach Us根據(jù)最后一段中的“not putting forth my full potential”沒有盡我的全部力量，可知D選項的意思與此句相符，故選D。（1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.had less passionD.concentrated on skill trainings challenges, including Wooden, Coach, and The Screwtape Letters.根據(jù)最后一段中的“The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. He knows that sound, satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.”可知，旅行的最好方法是步行。（3）考查推理判斷。（2）考查推理判斷。（1）考查推理判斷。D.Human39。feeling physical tiredness（4）What does the author intend to tell us? A.The fastpaced life style.（3）From the passage, we know traveling at high speeds means _______. A.The unclear sight from the vehicles.people travel without using legs（2）According to the passage, what might make people lose the right of using their eyes? A.lifts prevent people from walking The future history bo