【正文】 Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return t。 （1）考查詞義猜測。To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown.D.To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown.B.s the author39。D.The colorful light display.C.The cold temperature.D.The snowbirds in Long Island are rarer.C.Winters in Long Island are milder.A bird flying to the south in winter.（2）What39。A person permanently living in a foreign country.B.A person spending winter in a warmer climate. While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I e back. Who says you can39。m grateful that I don39。t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors39。t create the special feel of a New England winter. So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o163。 I39。 I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others make their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuck in reverse. Instead of enjoying Florida39。 【點評】本題考點涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇社會類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。和第五段中的“Indeed, studies claim that by 2050 the area of the world suitable for growing coffee will be cut by half.”事實上，研究表明，到2050年，世界上適合種植咖啡的面積將減少一半。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Coffee is the second most traded goods by developing nations, and the inability of producer nations to export it could cause dramatic chain reactions in their economies.”咖啡是發(fā)展中國家的第二大貿易商品，而生產國無法出口咖啡，可能會在其經濟中引發(fā)巨大的連鎖反應)和最后一段中的“Not only that, but the economic effects will cost the West millions in increased foreign aid.”不僅如此，其經濟影響還將使西方國家在增加對外援助方面損失數(shù)百萬美元。由此推斷出，人們要在高地地區(qū)種植咖啡是為了適應溫度的變化，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。由此推斷出，上文的意思是阿拉比卡咖啡的產量占所有商業(yè)咖啡的70%，在典型的天氣條件下，即使氣溫只上升了半度，也會對其產生不利影響。 （1）考查詞義猜測。到2050年，世界上適合種植咖啡的面積將減少一半。D.Unconcerned.B.Cautious.Developed countries ought to aid poor countries.D.The rich will get richer and the poor poorer.B.D.To reduce the cost of coffee productionB.To adapt to the change of temperature.D.C.B. As the temperature keeps rising, your cup of coffee will bee much more expensive, and it may also carry an aftertaste bitterer than usual, for all those workers in the coffee belt left without the means to make a living as conditions worsen. Not only that, but the economic effects will cost the West millions in increased foreign aid.（1）What does the underlined word adversely in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. Coffee is the second most traded goods by developing nations, and the inability of producer nations to export it could cause dramatic chain reactions in their economies. Millions of people make a living in the production, processing, transport, and sale of coffee。 In Central America the average temperature has risen by a full degree Celsius since 1960. In Ethiopia the average temperature has increased by 1. 3 degrees. This increase is enough to have notable effects on the plants. In Tanzania the productivity per hectare of coffee has fallen by half since the 1960s due to changes in temperature. The report, put out by The Climate Institute, describes the effects of climate change on various coffeegrowing nations and the resultant effects on the plants and those who grow them. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生準確掌握細節(jié)信息，結合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)最后一段中的“not only does giving increase our happiness, but also our happiness increases the possibility that we will give.”一個人越快樂就越愿意去捐贈，去幫助別人。故選D。根據(jù)第三段年齡，性別，收入，信仰，家庭環(huán)境都相同的兩個人，總是向慈善機構捐錢的那個人，更快樂。故選B。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.stop charitable activityC.ask for more donationsD.C.B.42% of the volunteers say they are as happy as the nonvolunteers（2）What causes the happiness difference? A.more givers say they feel having happy lives than nongiversC.. A. Of course, not only does giving increase our happiness, but also our happiness increases the possibility that we will give. Everyone prefers to give more when they are happy. Researchers have investigated this by conducting experiments in which people are asked about their happiness before and after they participate in a charitable activity, such as volunteering to help children or serving meals to the poor. The result is clear that giving has a strong, positive causal impact on our happiness, so does happiness on giving（1）According to Paragraph 2. We can learn that A number of studies have researched exactly why charity leads to happiness. The surprising conclusion is that giving affects our brain chemistry. For example, people who give often report feelings of euphoria, which psychologists have referred to as the Helper39。 It is a fact that givers are happier people than nongivers. According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who give money to charity are 43% more likely than nongivers to say they are very happy about their lives. Similarly, volunteers are 42% more likely to be very happy then nonvolunteers.6．閱讀理解 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。故選B。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.（