【正文】 以及文章內(nèi)容主要介紹了四個藝術(shù)和文化城市，由此可推知文章能夠在“藝術(shù)”一欄找到。由此可知劃線單詞意思為“產(chǎn)生，誕生”，故選A。故選C。根據(jù)s capital, which nurtured many famous musicians. It39。 Vienna, Austria London is inspiration and setting for the rise of Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell and Eliot and the breeding ground for all those iconic (標志性的) bands: The Kinks, The Clash and The Stones. London is also Banksy39。s known as the Eternal City: You could spend forever here and find new artistic and cultural treasures every day. Choice Awards survey, we asked our readers to rate their favorite cities in the world for arts and culture. These cities are centers of music and dance, museums, and theaters. Here are four of them where you can find inspiration in the arts, starting with the top spot.8．閱讀理解 （4）考查主旨大意。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to also listen to the news about sports，the weather，politics，and activities of the American people.”可知，成年司機開車上班時聽汽車收音機里的音樂，他們還收聽體育新聞，天氣，政治，和美國人民的活動。 （1）考查推理判斷。 Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has bee a national star.7．閱讀理解 故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。By 1947, the LEGO pany began using a new material (材料) to make their toys — plastic. One of the toys they sold was called the Automatic Binding Brick. A person could put the bricks together to build something. But the bricks did not hold together easily. Still, they were a popular toy. 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中對亞洲孩子與美國孩子在基本數(shù)學運算方面的對比可知，亞洲兒童可以更快地在基本數(shù)學運算中找到答案，是因為他們不必先把語言翻譯成數(shù)字。根據(jù)第一段中的Because we most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within a twosecond period. And unlike English, the Chinese language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds.（因為我們最容易記住我們在一兩秒鐘內(nèi)能說或讀的東西。）及第四段中的That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children.（這種差異意味著亞洲兒童比美國兒童學的要快得多。通讀全文可知，本文介紹了東西方數(shù)字系統(tǒng)之間的差異對東西方人數(shù)學能力的影響。t have to translate language into numbers firstD.Their different IQ.（3）Asian children can reach answers in basic math functions more quickly because ____________.A.Their mother tongue.C.Their understanding of numbers.Western culture fail to provide their children with adequate number knowledge.C.（3）主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段中Because her mouth was full of food, Ella made a sign with her hand that to her meant OK. Although Ella meant the food was good, this symbol in Brazilian culture is extremely rude and her host was deeply ，她因為嘴里有東西故用手勢表示OK，但這個手勢在主人所在國家是非常粗魯?shù)囊馑?，所以主人生氣是因為誤會了她，故選B。D.What mattersShe was badly treated.C.Her host didn39。t like the meal her host prepared.s house because taking food or drink suggests that you think the host cannot afford the meal. More and more people around the world are travelling abroad to study, to go on vacation, or to work, and while it can be a great way to learn about other cultures, there may be times when travelers accidentally annoy their host.所以是來支持橄欖球運動會使人受傷。故選B（2）細節(jié)題。英式橄欖球是暴徒們的紳士運動，玩這項運動的人身體一定要強壯才行呢。B.support the point that rugby players often get hurtD.rugby is not very popular in America and AsiaC.There is a better spirit in playing rugby than football.C. Rugby is mainly played in Europe. Australia, New Zealand and parts of Africa. It is more enjoyable to play than soccer because you are always involved in the game, said Peter, a Welsh rugby coach. Rugby is also a far superior test of strength, stamina (耐力) and determination. s game played by thugs. Indeed, unlike soccer players, rugby players don39?！癳ternal”永恒的，和Everlasting同義，故選B。(3)考查推理判斷。(1)考查細節(jié)理解。Because of the climate and geography.Four.（3）Why are the Nazca Lines well preserved? A.Three.Two.One.They were built as a big map. The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta，United States (Mississippi and California), Chile，Holivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers， characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history period, form the most impressive archeological (考古學的) group.根據(jù)最后一段中的“Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children.”可知，本文講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。(3)考查推理判斷。(2)考查詞義猜測。What to DO for Education【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。Fast Track Helps ChildrenC.Soft Social Skills Matter emotionC.It had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skillsIt included all the students.often went against their teachers and parents39。 . A. The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the longterm consequences when they make a decision. Once a program called Fast Track was started in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups。 In another latest study, by looking at the data from nearly 900 students in previous findings, researchers found that about a third of the influence on future crime outes was due to the social and selfregulation skills the students