【正文】 In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year from midnight on December 31st to January 1st, People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal（正式的）clothes, and they may drink champagne（香檳） at midnight. During the first minute of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead, But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. 11．閱讀理解 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。由文章內(nèi)容可知Gertrude是一個(gè)友善明智的人。根據(jù) His wife recently passed away. He is very sad. 可知Barry很悲傷，但是他的鄰居 Gertrude，通過讓Barry忙碌起來的方式，讓Barry忘記自己的悲痛，因此sorrow意為“悲傷”故選C。根據(jù)I want you to fix this fence for me；Do you think you could paint it for me?以及He even helps repairing her ，籬笆以及在籬笆上畫畫，但是沒有買檸檬水，故選D。根據(jù)Still, he knows she is a nice woman, and he respects her. He agrees to help her at ，故選D。friendly but selfish【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章中介紹了一個(gè)叫巴里的男子喪妻，非常難過，他的鄰居是一位老太太，為了讓他從痛苦中解脫出來，就讓巴里為她干一些家務(wù)活，通過不斷地干活與交流，巴里從悲傷中解脫出來，同時(shí)感受到到鄰居的愛心與良苦用心。C.kind but rude喜悅（4）From the text, we can learn that Gertrude is ________. A.悲傷遺憾憤怒D.paint the fenceB.repair the doorBecause he respects her.（2）Barry does a lot for Gertrude, but he doesn39。Because he has some free time.C. He finally realizes that she has never been rude. She is really very wise. He knows that simply getting busy with something can take sorrow away. He helps her, but she truly saves him.（1）Why does Barry agree to help Gertrude to fix the fence? A.s lemonade and encouragement are wonderful. He feels proud of the beautiful fence he is making. Barry cannot believe his ears. Doesn39。 Barry works for days. Gertrude brings him lemonade while he works. When he finishes, he smiles for the first time in months. Hello, Barry! Just look at this fence. It is broken. You are a strong man, and you have some free time. I want you to fix this fence for me, Gertrude says. Barry39。10．閱讀理解 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段Mr. Wang also said，The main design consideration is easy and safe to take for the users. It39。 根據(jù)文中列舉的好處中的第一條track your face and even follow you to make sure it gets the perfect picture，追隨著你的臉，甚至?xí)S你，以確保它得到了完美的照片，故可知track詞義與follow相近，故選B。 根據(jù)文中列舉的好處中的第一條 It can fly and stay in midair，可知它可以飛到半空中并懸浮在那，故選B。How popular will Hover Camera be?【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一種可以飛到半空中并懸浮在那的相機(jī)。When can we buy Hover Camera?C.Because only a smartphone can make it land.（4）Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? A.Because it doesn39。s light and small.B.show（3）According to the passage, why is Hover Camera easy and safe to take? A.pushfollowpullD.C.B.s reported that the pany has raised $ 25 million to produce it. Hover Camera can be bought now. The price is $ 599. （1）Hover Camera can. A.s .very light and small. It can be folded（折疊） in two, so it can be easily put into a bag. When the power is low, it can land on the ground safely on its own. *It is the best choice for weddings, sports games and holidays. *It can be controlled by using a smartphone. Forget selfie sticks（自拍桿）! Compared with other cameras, Hover Camera has many advantages. 9．閱讀理解 Hover Camera 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了著名的作家之一——馬克吐溫的筆名的來歷及他的生活經(jīng)歷給了他寫作的極好的素材。根據(jù)With little education, he had to teach himself how to write ，并不是來自你期望的作家背景，故選C。根據(jù)The most amazing invention in his book is the voice of Huck ，故選C。根據(jù)Twain wrote in a style that has been called local colour because it shows great knowledge of local people and their “地方色彩”的風(fēng)格寫作，因?yàn)樗@示了對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)厝思捌滹L(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的深刻了解，所以gift指的是吐溫的被稱為“地方色彩”的風(fēng)格寫作，故選B。s life experiences which influenced his writing.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】主要講了著名的作家之一——馬克吐溫的筆名的來歷及他的生活經(jīng)歷給了他寫作的極好的素材。s achievements in American literature field.D.s interest in describing local life.C.s career as a great writer.B.At the beginning of Paragraph 5.（4）What is the passage mainly about？ A.At the beginning of Paragraph 4.B.s background you might expect.? A.D.The exciting life experiences.C.The deep social meaning.Twain39。s good sense of humour.s local colour writing style.C.B.Twain39。 The gift is very clear in the two books for which Twain is still celebrated today: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（1876） and its followup The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which many people call The Great American Novel. With little education, he had to teach himself how to write stories. Whenever possible, he would go to public libraries. There he spent much time reading and thinking, which greatly helped him with his writing. colourful early life before he became a writer. Mark Twain was the cry shouted on a ship when the ship entered a part of a river that was two fathoms（6 feet） deep. Twain is an oldfashioned way of saying two. Twain trained as a ship pilot on the Mississippi river for two years, a time that he wrote about in the humorous Life on the Mississippi（1883）.s most famous writersMark Twain（18351910）.Most readers know that his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but how many know where the pen name Mark Twain came from?8．閱讀理解 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) They are made by web designers. What happens when you click on a word or a picture You are sent to another page 它們是由網(wǎng)頁設(shè)計(jì)師制作的。s easy to get onto the Internet可知越來越多的人在使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，因?yàn)樗?jiǎn)單有用 ， 故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。 （1）主旨題。s lives.D.There are a few websites on the web.C.s work（4）Which of the following is WRONG？ A.D.the Web designers39。the