【正文】 It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, 。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。閱讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了Samuel Johnson在惡劣的條件下編纂詞典的。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“How many words were defined by the lexicographer?”中的關(guān)鍵詞defined及聯(lián)系前后句，可以猜測出這里lexicographer指的是詞典編纂者。故選D。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。To persuade people to buy the new dictionary.D.To discuss the problems of dictionaries.B.D.He gained much financial support.B.An assistant.（3）What can we infer about Samuel Johnson from the text? A.C.A biographer.They add no more than some big words.（2）What does the underlined word lexicographer in paragraph 4 refer to? A.They simply give some translations.B.They only offer simple pictures. How many passages were used? According to Johnson39。s dictionary, which took forty workers fiftyfive years to plete (16391694), Johnson39。s leader. Language itself became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of mon words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a horse was defined in an early dictionary as a beast well known.7．閱讀理解 縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了科學(xué)家們在中國甘肅敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫，這屬于科學(xué)范疇，因此文章最有可能出自科學(xué)雜志，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings可知，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)壁畫中展示了古代制陶和釀酒技術(shù)，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years.可知，敦煌莫高窟有500個(gè)人工洞穴，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences可知，這些壁畫為中國古代在數(shù)學(xué)、物理、化學(xué)、天文，地理、建筑以及農(nóng)學(xué)等領(lǐng)域的科技發(fā)明提供了證據(jù)，由此可知科學(xué)家們對(duì)此感到很興奮的原因是他們可以通過這些壁畫了解古代的科學(xué)，故選C。Popular Science【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了科學(xué)家們在中國甘肅的敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫。C.Business Worldarchitecture and weaving（4）The article is more likely to be selected from the magazine ______. A.boiling milk over 1,000 years agoB.pottery making and wine productionhelp us to know little about ancient scienceD.have 500 manmade cavesB.Because they could learn about ancient science through them.D.Because they had rarely seen cave paintings.B. It won39。s Gansu Province. There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings (also called frescoes) and he says: We discovered frescoes containing scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes. What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences. If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we normally have to rely on archaeologists to find ruined buildings and parts of tools or instruments or machines. Archaeologists then try to reconstruct, sometimes with the help of puter technology, what these ancient buildings and objects must have looked like, and how they might have been made. Sometimes historians are lucky and find an ancient document with a written description of these ancient buildings and objects. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)第一段中的“On Wednesday, January 13th, I performed on stage for the first time.”及全文內(nèi)容可知，文章主要敘述作者第一次登臺(tái)表演的經(jīng)歷。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s tough political races.”可知，羅杰在劇中是一位總統(tǒng)候選人的高級(jí)顧問，從而可以推斷出，他給候選人提供建議。根據(jù)第四段中的“My first character is a man named Roger who is a senior advisor to a presidential candidate in a play called ‘The Spot.’ He39。故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“As someone who takes part in so many activities, it39。A Lesson Learnt through Acting.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了第一次登臺(tái)表演的經(jīng)歷。Acting for the First Time.C.The Senior Play Project.D.The characters.B.The people.D.He puts up an advertisement.C.He means what he says.D.C.B.ve learned to appreciate live theatre, and the effort that every person in the show, both onstage and offstage, puts into it.（1）How did the author feel about being in the project? A. there is no one who isn39。 While I had really interesting characters, and the plays were funny and such a great experience to act in, I really love the Senior Play Project for the people. I worked with 12 other seniors who not only loved what they were doing, but offered help and advice throughout my entire learning process.s tough political races. He39。 My first character is a man named Roger who is a senior advisor to a presidential candidate in a play called The Spot. He39。t particularly difficult, more to see who may be a better fit tor certain roles. We were told our roles in the various plays, and started to work immediately.s extremely difficult to find the time to be a part of any production. For me, it was a onceinalifet