【正文】 Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer who starred in 30 of her works. Among the most popular are Murder on the Orient Express(1934) and Death on the Nile (1937). Her novels have been turned into films and TV scenes. This month, British TV announced they will remake eight Christie films. Her work has continuing appeal for viewers, said director Laura Mackie. There is always a desire for a really good detective novel.s bestknown mystery (神秘)writer. Only the Bible and Shakespeare39。 But her pen dared to travel where her eyes would not. In her 50year writing profession, Christie39。 She was known to millions as the Queen of Crime or the Duchess (女公爵)of Death. But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing about the weapons most often used in murder. I don39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(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。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Or that nice police officer who took pity on my boys walking home in the rain when I was at work — even though the phone rang all the next day with calls from curious neighbors. ‘Was that a police car I saw at your house last night?’”以及最后一段“That wasn39。根據(jù)語境，作者的回答是想表達(dá)她做的事不是特別重要，只是一件小事罷了，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally ，和孩子們一起在暖和的商店里等待公交車。她的善意得到了他人的感謝，她的孩子也得到了他人的幫助。D.devotion coexists with rewardC.taking responsibility is a virtueD.provide free doughnuts for the poorC.t done anything very significant（3）According to the author, those who _______ are Doughnut Ladies. A.t spent plenty of time with the childrenD.t made a lot of money from the childrenC.t found it hard to get along with the childrenB.t a big deal, (in paragraph 4) the author meant that _______. A.s helpD.provided schoolchildren with warm sheltersC.called the children39。 That wasn39。t leave until I arrived to pick her up。 Now I think about all the people who keep an eye on my own children. They bee, well, Doughnut Ladies. Like the men at the skating rink (滑冰場(chǎng)) who let my boys ring home。t a big deal, and that I enjoyed the kids.clock. He identified himself as the father of two of my favorites.t mind if the children waited for their bus inside. Sometimes I would hand out a bus fare when a ticket went missing — always repaid the next day. On snowy days I would give away some doughnuts. I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally arrived. Every afternoon around four o39。7．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. 再根據(jù)本段中的“Her goal now? To get 500 gardens across all 50 states.”可知，本段講述了的慈善事業(yè)的成就以及未來的目標(biāo)，故選C。s Krops within 33 states in the United States.”可知，籌集了超過20萬美元，在美國33個(gè)州有超過100個(gè)Katie39。 （4）考查段落大意。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.Katie39。B.s Krops.She wants them to experience the joy.（4）What is the last paragraph mainly about? A.She hopes to earn more money.B.She thinks gardening is cool.D.The gardening and sharing experience.C.Giving it to her friends.（2）What inspired Katie to help others by gardening? A.Presenting it to the school kitchen.C.sharing it with her munity.t even e close to the other amazing part. She has raised over 200,000 dollars! And there are over 100 Katie39。s Krops with the help of her family friends. She began to realize that gardening and helping people is what she likes to do most. So, she decided to start her first garden on a plot of land donated by her school. When Katie Stagliano was 9 years old, she was given a class project to grow her first cabbage from just one seed. She took it home and planted it in her home garden. It didn39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)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(cè)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.5．閱讀理解 縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了科學(xué)家們?cè)谥袊拭C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 transportatio