【正文】 That sounds like a good thing, certainly pared with the mon public image of undergraduates as a bunch of lazybones. But changes in attitude that the researchers recorded were rather worrying. In the university group, again, none were detectable. But those who had chosen the vocational route showed marked dr。 s time at school, and then again six years later. Of the original group, 382 were on the intermediate track, from which there was a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job. bingen, in Germany, thought she would try to find out. Her result, however, is not quite what might be expected. As she reports in Psychological Science this week, she found that those who have been to university do indeed seem to leave with broader and more inquiring minds than those who have spent their immediate postschool years in vocational (職業(yè)的) training for work. However, it was not the case that university broadened minds. Rather, work seemed to narrow them. 8．閱讀理解 縱觀全文，主要介紹了美國學生學習中文熱情升溫的現象，分析了出現該現象的背景和原因，故選A。根據倒數第二段中的“She said the US government has designated (指定) Mandarin as an important needs language and provides professional development programs for teachers. ”可知，美國政府的政策促進了普通話在美國的普及，故選C。根據本句句意可知，漢語是一門全世界10億人說的語言，專家認為掌握了它的人會在全球經濟中有優(yōu)勢，故選A。故選B。根據第四段中的“While it39。許多美國學生認為學習中文能夠在今后職業(yè)發(fā)展的道路上有所幫助，美國政府對中文的重視也促使更多的學生學習中文。s growing power on American education.D.The great benefits of learning Mandarin for American students.C.Americans learn Mandarin because they worry about their national security.（4）What does the author mainly talk about in this passage? A.The US government39。Mandarin should be taught in classrooms throughout the US.B.D.the outside limitC.a slight advantageMandarin might help him learn more about China.D.Mandarin was easier to learn than Latin.B. Abbott predicts that as many as 100,000 students are now studying Mandarin in public and private schools throughout the US. She said the US government has designated (指定) Mandarin as an important needs language and provides professional development programs for teachers. Our government wants to increase our language ability for national security and economic petitiveness, Abbott added.People are looking at China as our next economic petitor, and interest in Mandarin is growing fast, said Marty Abbott, director of the American Council(議會) on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. We39。 s a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study puter engineering, thinks it will be important for his career. Chinese is a good language to know, especially with China being a growing power, he said. I thought Mandarin would be more beneficial than Latin, said Cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language. 7．閱讀理解 屬于總分總結構，故選C。第一段是總體介紹競技啦啦隊，第二段介紹其包括內容和標準，第三、四段介紹其難度很高，第五段介紹競技啦啦隊受傷率很高。故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的“including their jumps, tumbling, and overall energy.”通常這些競技啦啦隊長會將他們的體操經驗融入其中，包括跳躍、翻滾和總能量。故選A。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解?！敬鸢浮?（1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了競技啦啦隊不同于普通的啦啦隊，它是一項具有專業(yè)技能的運動，有自己的規(guī)則，融入了一些體操的技能。C.C: ConclusionA.P: Point requires more designed actions than gymnasticsD.lacks necessary guidelines to followB.D.identifyB.examineD.To attract more people to watch events.B.To pare skills of participants.t use protective equipment. Smiling cheerleaders are thrown into the air and move down into the arms of the teammates, which may easily cause injuries. Generally, these injuries affect all areas of the body, including wrists, shoulders, ankles, head, and neck. Besides, there is also a strict rule of time. The whole performance has to be pleted in less than three minutes and fifteen seconds, during which the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area. Any performance beyond the limit of time is invalid. Competitive cheerleading is also an activity that is governed by rules under which a winner can be declared. It is awarded points for technique, creativity and sharpness. Usually the more difficult the action is, the better the score is. That39。s a very mon thing for gymnasts, so it39。 main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers, which should not be considered a sport. However, petitive cheerleading is more than a form of entertainment. It is really a petitive sport. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。根據最后一段中的“ today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. ”可知它發(fā)展的非?？?。根據第三段中的“At the same time, the ‘Fringe’ appeared as a challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to the official festival. ”可知Fringe 與official是相對的；再根據“Eight theatre groups turned up？”以及第四段中的“Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform ”可知很多團體和大學生也參與了進來，所以Fringe譯為非正式的，故選B。故選D。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第一段中的“The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.”可知，這個Edinburgh Festival是為了在二戰(zhàn)后重新團結歐洲。 . bee a nonofficial event gone beyond an art festival shows all year round growing rapidly【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了愛丁堡音樂節(jié)形成和發(fā)展，包括對創(chuàng)設目的，參與群體，發(fā)展規(guī)模等方面進行了簡要而準確的敘述，回顧了愛丁堡音樂節(jié)的發(fā)展歷程。 Today the Fringe, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big. At the same time, the Fringe appe