【正文】 In 1840 the first stamp was used in Britain and sending birthday cards became easier, cheaper and more popular. The development of color printing processes （工藝流程） in the 1930s also helped to increase sales of birthday cards. People send birthday greetings by using cards in both eastern and western countries. It is not known when and where exactly the tradition of sending birthday cards began. It is believed that it began in England in the early nineteenth century. In those days people sent birthday cards when they couldn39。11．閱讀短文，判斷正誤。根據(jù)Mike這一豎排Teaching children music at school in the countryside和Humorous可知Mike在學(xué)校教孩子音樂(lè)，并且性格是幽默的，故選A。根據(jù)Job這一欄可知Du Yue工作是護(hù)士，所以在冰雪節(jié)有人受傷時(shí)她可以幫助，故選B。根據(jù)Volunteering experience（s） 這一橫排中可知Du Yue和Zhang Na可知她們都在寵物醫(yī)院工作過(guò)，所以她們有相似的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)，故選A。根據(jù)Age這一橫排中可知Mike年齡是31歲，Zhang Na年齡是28歲，Mike比Zhang Na大3歲，故選A。根據(jù)Jack這一豎排中Helping during the City Art Festival in 2016，可知在2016年幫助常識(shí)藝術(shù)家，故選C。Jack from England is a tour guide.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】主要講了冰雪節(jié)的一些志愿者信息。Mike who taught children music is humorous.B.C.B.may be the most suitable to help. A.e from different countriesC.. A.C.B.Zhang Na. A.in 2016（2）Mike is B.in 2013Du YueMikeZhang NaAge25283128NationalityAmericanChineseEnglishChineseJobCoachNurseSingerTour guidePersonalityFriendlyQuietHumorousOutgoingVolunteering experience（s）Helping during the City At Festival in 2016Volunteering at an animal hospital in 2013 and 2015Teaching children music at school in the countrysideWorking at an animal care centre twiceWord Box：item項(xiàng)目；personality性格（1）Jack helped during the City Art Festival The Volunteers for the Ice and Snow FestivalNameItem本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了機(jī)會(huì)只有一次，故選A。根據(jù)后句可知失去機(jī)會(huì)是容易的，除非我們是仔細(xì)的，所以意思是仔細(xì)的，認(rèn)真的，即careful，故選C。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知他意識(shí)到自己把溫暖的鵝卵石扔進(jìn)大海里時(shí)肯定感到后悔，regretted，故選D。根據(jù)He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it ，故選D。根據(jù)The touchstone was a small pebble（鵝卵石）that could turn any mon metal into pure ，故選B。他開(kāi)始檢測(cè)鵝卵石，每次都把涼的鵝卵石扔進(jìn)大海里，最后他撿到了一顆溫暖的鵝卵石，但是因?yàn)榱?xí)慣，他像以前一樣把石頭扔進(jìn)大海，最終才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己失去了一次機(jī)會(huì)。Where there is a will, there is a way.D.Opportunity knocks but once.B.D.C.B.s the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph? A.D.Interested.B.Excited.he was too tired to hold itD.it was coldB.that can bring you thousands of pebblesD.that you can touchB.s easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it39。 One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this. The real stone would feel warn, while ordinary pebbles are cold.t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮紙）on which was written the secret of the Touchstone. When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it.9．閱讀所給材料，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance （浪漫） novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, Well, if you think it39。 （5）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中的語(yǔ)句理解可知，作者接受了Brooke Lane這個(gè)名字，故選B。根據(jù)文中的語(yǔ)句. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, Well, if you think it39。短語(yǔ)is very big on的含義是非常喜歡，故選B。t.（職業(yè)） （2）詞義推斷題。t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance （浪漫） novelist for older women. （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。D.Hazel39。s students all want to write novelsB. . A.D.C.B. . A.told her workmates about her writing novels（4）Hazel finally realized that her parents39。accepted Brooke Lane as her pen nameC. . A.s clear that Hazelto have more experiencesD.to give no adviceB.D.C.B. ． A. Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.（1）Hazel is probablyd written it she even offered to lend it to me after she39。ll make me successful, okay, I39。 To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known. One of the reasons most people don39。t want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure. I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good promise （妥協(xié) ） , especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twentyfive，I39。 and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn39。ve loved reading crime and detective （偵探） novels, so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older. However, my family is very big on having a traditional careert Judge a Book by Its Cover本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題，推斷題，詞義猜測(cè)題，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，詞義猜測(cè)題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意。他已經(jīng)被要求看卡通片了 ，可知?jiǎng)P西被送回家后，他很放松 ， 故選C。根據(jù) He is up and talking. He39。根據(jù)講述了Casey Hathaway走丟后神奇的經(jīng)歷，可知首先凱西和他的朋友一起玩后來(lái)不見(jiàn)了， 一家人開(kāi)始尋找凱西 ， 有人聽(tīng)到一個(gè)孩子在哭 ， 最后警方發(fā)現(xiàn)凱西身體健康，故C的順序是對(duì)的 ， 故選C。根據(jù) in